Comparison of Communication Status in South Asia and Nepal

Well, it's been quite a while that I've not written some stuff or shared something. Recently, I went to "Open Nepal Hackathon 2013" where developers and designers sit for some hours to create a useful product at the end of the day. The basic idea of the program was to use open-data to build something useful.

Open-data is the data that is free(open) to everyone so that they can use it, know about it and let others know about it. It is kind of a open-source concept. Open-data is available in open formats such as CSV, JSON or XML. If the required data is available through a website or a PDF or a DOC then it can be scraped to make it open format so that anyone can use it. Open-data is basically required by data journalists, developers to manipulate and make use of it to make different visualizations, services or even applications. Example of some open data could be census, GDP, etc. 

Electronic Payment and Challenges !

Recently I did a case study on "E-payment Systems and It's Challenges". For those of you wanting to know about E-payment you can take a look at my report and feel free to redistribute it. Only a brief compilation of the system and challenges that needs to be faced. 

Download this pdf.

Cheers !!! 

Delete Your Skype Username From Skype Login

If you use Skype with different accounts then you must have noticed that Skype remembers all the usernames that you have logged in. The login screen has all the list of usernames. So, if you want to stop the names showing up in the login screen for some reason then follow these steps:

For Windows Users:

• Quit Skype if running, open Run.
• Type in %AppData%/Skype, hit Enter.
• Then, delete the folder with your Skype username.

For Linux Users:

• Quit Skype if running.
• Go to the folder: /home/YOURLINUXUSERNAME/.Skype
• Then, delete the folder with your Skype username.

Done !

Delete System Folder Trace Left in My Computer by Nokia PC Suite or Sony Ericsson PC Suite

If you are getting a strange system folder in the others category of My Computer. This is due to any 3rd Party Applications like Sony Ericsson PC Suite or Nokia PC Suite. This normally happens after you uninstall the product. Thus, to  remove this system folder you need to do a registry edit.

Goto the following path in regedit and delete the unwanted folder with a random name:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace

If this doesn't solve your problem then re-install the PC Suite and then remove it by using Revo Unistaller Pro.

Cheers !!!

iPhone/iPod White Apps FieldTest, iOS Diagnostics, AdSheet on Jailbroken Device : Remove Solution

White Apps Problem

I got this strange problem on my jailbroken iPhone 3G (iOS 4.2.1) after updating my apps from the app store. Some white apps/icons appeared automatically. The apps were FieldTest, iOS Diagnostics and AdSheet. You cannot delete these apps by the default method. The problem is due to libhide a thing that lets you hide icons.

There are two ways to solve this problem:

1. By doing a Hard Reset. To do a hard reset press the Sleep/Wake and Home button for sometime until the Apple logo appears on the screen.
   (Note: This method solves 80% of the iPhone Problems!)
   
   
2. Update libhide via. Cydia and then open SBSettings and click "More", "Mobile Substrate Addons" make sure libhide is toggled on. After this hard reset your iPhone for the changes to take place.

This will help you to get rid of those unknown white apps from your device. Enjoy!

iPhone/iPod Home Button Not Working : Software Solution

My iPhone 3G is giving me some trouble lately. The home button is not working due to some reasons, it only works when pressed hard. Thus, to solve this problem without trying to repair the home button you need to download Activator from your jailbroken device through Cydia. It is available for free download via Big Boss Repository. 

After you've installed Activator you can apply certain gestures, motions to specify your required command. For Example: I am using Double-Tap on Status Bar for Switching Between Apps.

Here's the example, to Activate Switcher when you double tap on  the status bar.

Peace !