New Blog Form TechGau.Org

We are happy to announce our move from Blogger to WordPress with the start of a new blog iGau.org. We will continue to provide you with the best tech updates and tips on this website but will concentrate on blogging and making money online topics on the new website.The new website is running CommentLuv, so make sure you drop a comment there. Thanks!

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Top Energy Saving Apps for Your Smartphone

Smartphone applications are wonderful tools for communication and productivity. However, they're also quite adept at streamlining and simplifying our lives. Within iTunes, Google Play and even BlackBerry World, there's a wealth of powerful apps that can be used to save on energy. These seven apps are some of the best you can get your hands on.

Green Outlet
Like a diagnostic machine for your home's electrical system, Green Outlet is an iOS app that helps you analyze power usage around the house. For the thrifty consumer, it's a godsend that can identify major and minor sources of electricity waste. Armed with that information, it's a cinch to trim electricity bills.

Everyday Energy Tips
In the fight against energy waste, knowledge is power. Everyday Energy Tips is your go-to encyclopedia of efficient energy usage tricks. It's a comprehensive compendium of advice on finding sources of energy waste, cutting down on electricity use and maximizing efficiency in your own home. At $0.99, it's an absolute steal.

Wiser EMS
If you're in need of an energy management tool, Wiser EMS will be right up your alley. You can find it on iOS and Google Play. In a nutshell, Wiser EMS makes it easy to alter your energy use patterns to reduce utility bills by cutting back on power during peak hours.

Light Bulb Finder
A perennial all-star on many an energy efficiency best-of list, Light Bulb Finder can save you a bundle on energy costs. It can be used to research and bargain hunt for the most efficient bulbs available offline or as a way to directly purchase your lighting hardware from providers found online. 

Kill-Ur-Watts
Yet another electricity monitoring and management app, Kill-Ur-Watts is quite possibly the most full-featured program in its category. Amazingly, it's also free. Kill-Ur-Watts places an emphasis on visualization of its comprehensive data so that users can easily curtail their energy consumption. It'll even show you the "carbon footprint" of your home.

Ecobee Smart Thermostat
Used in conjunction with its matching digital thermostat, Ecobee Smart Thermostat makes keeping an eye on the meter a simple task. From anywhere in the world, you can use it to set heating schedules, adjust the temperature of your home on the fly and monitor current energy usage rates in real time. 

JouleBug
If you turn a task into a game, you'll find yourself more committed to achieving your end goal. That's the premise behind Joule Bug, an energy conservation app that incorporates social media. It educates users on the best ways to reduce energy consumption and allows them to track savings while competing with their friends on Facebook and Twitter.

The Future of Mobile-Powered Efficiency
While these applications are terrific in their own right, they're nothing compared to what we can look forward to in the coming years. Once an interconnected "Internet of Things" comes to fruition, all bets are off. For now, these apps will empower you to significantly cut down on energy costs. 

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Most Expensive Mobile Phones in The World 2013

Nowadays in this materialistic world people are not judged by the hidden qualities that they have but they are judged on the basis of their status. Mobile phones in this world have gained the maximum importance rather than anything else. We require internet connections, chit chatting with our friends, lots of apps and games in our phone and sorry I’m missing the most important thing that is calling or in other words connecting through wireless communications through our mobile. Mobile has it’s own Pros and Cons but we are not here to discuss them we are here to discuss about the latest and expensive mobile this year that will help you to stand out from the crowd. So have a look on these phones.

iPhone 3GS Supreme Goldstriker:

Price: $3.2 Million
This phone was initially designed by the famous Goldstriker International For an New Zealand businessman who tended to buy it. You might be shocked to know that it weighs about 372 grams and loaded with 22 carat of gold and about 140 diamonds approximately each worth 89 carats . It is the most luxurious phone ever of all time.

iPhone 3G Kings Button:

Price: $2.5 Million
The design of the iPhone 3G Kings Button was crafted by the person world famous all over Peter Aloisson, you might be knowing that he was the one that designed the model of Crypio Smartphones . It is almost embedded up with lots of gold of yellow , rose and white color of about 19 carats..It ‘s a bountiful experience to operate this phone.

Gold Vish Le Million:

Price: 51.3 Million
A Swedish designer almost famous in all parts of the world Emmanuei Gucil, Designed this phone .It is the fourth top expensive and luxurious mobile phone in the international market.It was firstly purchased by a Russian ambassadors . The phone is full of White gold worth Rs 16 cr and on the other side with diamonds worth Rs 120 crore approximately.

Diamond Crypto Smart Phone:

Price: $1.3 Million
This phone was made by a great designer Peter Alonisson which almost spent most of his investments in it’s design at an average about 1.4 million dollars.This creative and expensive mobile phone was made from yellow gold of about 18 carats and it’s corners embedded with 50 diamonds of 35 carats each. Gresso Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot Price $1 million A famous company named as Gresso which was previously know for it’s luxury cell phones and other branded boutiques .had designed this phone . This phone was embedded with almost pure gold rarely existing black diamond are also included in it which are 300 years older. It’s front cover is almost covered by the black diamonds which weighs about 45.6 k.

Verto Signature Cobra:

Price: $310000
This is a special edition phone worth $310000 millions which was manufactured by Verto. This phone was beautifully decorated with a pear of diamond and one of gold and with two emeralds . And this is not enough along with all these there are 440 rubies embedded on it . But still it is said to be the most ugliest mobile phones in the world.

Author Biography:

This article is written by Tarun Jaitely who is a professional blogger. He has written several posts and articles on different technology topics such as, Smartphone apps, Reviews, Antivirus and much more on his Tech Blog.

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Stock ICS Android 4.0 Messaging App Not Working?

While updating the firmware on my phone, I noticed that for some reason, the Stock ICS Android 4.0 Messaging App stopped working and kept crashing after every few minutes with the message "Sorry, Messaging App is not working". Well I did try a few things, any of these tips can help you solve your problem -

• Download the apk of the Stock ICS Android 4.0 Messaging App, which is available in some forums where people have modded or customized the Stock ICS Android 4.0 Messaging App and made it available for download.
• Use other popular messaging applications such as GOSMS etc. These apps, you can download for free from the Google App Store.
• Reboot and factory reset your phone to check if it solved the problem, remember, if you factory reset your phone, you will lose all the information you have stored on it.
• Another option would be to contact customer service for your phone, they may be able to help you out.

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Why Not To Buy The Sony Xperia Z

Sony Xperia Z, touted as the best of Sony in a smartphone, really does not stand up to the tall claims.Feature wise, it only offers what any other smart phone in the 25-30000 RS market offer, so being priced at RS 38000 is not very competitive. Here is the specs comparison between LG Optimus 4X ( which is available in the market for RS 25000  ) and the Sony Xperia Z.

LG Optimus 4X vs Sony Xperia Z

We can that it is too close a fight between the two smartphones instead of a 13000 RS price gap, well if you are planning to take a swim with your phone in your trunks then the price is worth it ( I Suppose? ).

Secondly, let me come to the part of this article where a share a personal experience, or the experience of my friend rather.

My friend bought the Sony Xperia Z about a week back. Probably due to the extensive marketing from Sony about toughness of this phone, his mind did not think twice to put a phone and a watch in the same pocket.Here is what happened.

If this phone cant handle a few minutes in the pocket with a watch, why is it marketed to have really tough glass and scratch proof metal?

This is not the worst part. When contacted, Sony said it was not their fault and the warranty does not cover the damage that has occurred. They say the glass on the Sony Xperia Z is not replaceable and hence a new device needs to be bought and Sony "generously" offered a 20% discount on a new phone.Great customer service indeed.

I have seen an iPhone drop from the pocket of a person riding a bike and still operate even while the glass was heavily scratched and the repair cost for the iPhone was only 6000 RS for heavy damage, but this small scratch cannot seem to be repaired.

The phone does not work anymore, hopefully Sony will see this case and issue a replacement to the owner of the damaged smartphone and solve this problem.

To prospective buyers of this phone, I can only tell you that it is a risk buying the Sony Xperia Z, because Sony is offering very poor after sales service, if something did go wrong with your phone, you may be left hanging by Sony.

As a review website, I must say that this may be a one off case, hopefully others have not faced the same problems with the Sony Xperia Z. Please leave your comments below.

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