How to Use Family Sharing in iOS 8

Until now, sharing photos, music, movies and other iTunes purchases with your family members was a huge headache.
With iOS 8, Apple finally introduced a way to sync purchases without being forced to share your Apple ID and password information. The new Family Sharing feature allows up to six people to share purchased content, photos, locations and calendars from their individual accounts.

See also: 14 Hidden Tricks and Tools in iOS 8

Ready to sync up your family's digital life? Here's a step-by-step guide on how to activate and use the handy Family Sharing feature in iOS 8.

1. Download iOS 8.

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For Family Sharing to work, all devices must be running iOS 8. If you or your family members haven't already, download the update. Go to Settings > General > Software Update on your iOS device, and follow the directions to install it.

2. Enable Family Sharing.

To use Family Sharing, there needs to be one organizer who heads up the account. Once you enable Family Sharing, any purchase made from the connected devices will be charged to the family organizer's iTunes account.

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To set up a Family Sharing account, the family organizer should go to Settings > iCloud > Set up Family Sharing... > Get Started > Continue on his iOS device. If asked, enter your Apple ID, agree to the terms and conditions, and tap "Continue" to confirm that you agree to pay for all iTunes, iBooks and App Store purchases made by family members, and that your payment method is correct.
Next, you'll be asked if you want to share your location with the Family Sharing group, which means all family members can see where you are. If you decide to change your mind later, you can turn off the location setting in Settings > iCloud > Share My Location.
To add family members to your group, tap "Add Family Member..." and type in their names or email addresses. When you add family members, they'll each receive an email that will ask them to accept the Family Sharing invite. Remember, you can add up to five other family members.

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3. Share iTunes, iBooks and App Store purchases.

Once you've set up Family Sharing, everyone can access each others' apps, music, movies, TV shows and books.
To download content from another family member, sign into your iTunes account and visit the "Purchased" pages in the iTunes store, iBook store or App Store. Simply choose the family member whose content you want, and go ahead and download.

Hide and unhide purchases.

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If you want to hide your purchases from the Family Sharing group, sign into iTunes on your computer. When you hide your purchases, members of the Family Sharing group won't be able to download them.
To hide purchases, go to "Purchased" on the right side of iTunes, select content type (Music, Movies, TV Shows, Apps or Books) and you'll see your purchases. Choose the icon of the content you want to hide by placing your mouse over it, and click the "X" on the top left corner.
To unhide purchases, go to Store > View Account. If asked, enter your password. Now, scroll down to "iTunes in the Cloud" and click "Manage" next to "Hidden Purchases." Choose the content type, and click "Unhide."

4. Share photos.

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Exchanging photos with your family just got a whole lot easier. If you go to your Photos app, you'll see a new stream called "Family." This is where family members can share photos, videos and even post comments. You can also set up notifications to let you know when others add content.

5. Share calendars and reminders.

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With Family Sharing's calendar, you can keep your family organized and on schedule. If you go to your Calendar app, you'll notice that a new "Family" calendar appears. Everyone has access to this calendar and can easily add, remove or modify events. You can also set up notifications to remind everyone about certain events.

6. Share location.

Once a family member joins Family Sharing, their device will automatically share their location with everyone in the group. To turn the location feature off on an individual device, go to Settings > iCloud > Share My Location and disable it. That way, no one in the Family Sharing group can see where you are.

Find My iPhone

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With Family Sharing, each family member's device will automatically show up in the Find My iPhone app. When someone in your family is searching for a missing device, Find My iPhone can be helpful in tracking it down.
To hide your location from family members on Find My iPhone, go to your Family Sharing settings and disable "Show My Devices."

7. Set parental controls.

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Kids under the age of 13 can be a part of Family Sharing, too. However, the family organizer must create the child's Apple ID. To create a child's account, the family organizer can go to Settings > iCloud > Family. At the bottom of the screen, you'll see this:

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Once a parent creates an account for the child, the "Ask to Buy" feature is activated by default. This means when your child tries to download anything from iTunes, iBooks or App Store, he will receive a notification saying, "A request to buy this app will be sent to your parents."
Following this, the family organizer will receive a notification with the name of the child, what he is trying to download and its price. The parent will have to approve the purchase before the child can download it.
Parental controls in Family Sharing don't end there. The family organizer can also control what content his child has access to by going to the "Restrictions" setting (on the family organizer's iOS device) or "Parental Controls" in iTunes.

8. Remove Family Sharing.

If you want to leave a Family Sharing group, keep in mind that you will no longer have access to your family members' apps, music, movies, TV shows and books. The same goes for the shared photos, calendar, reminders and location information.
Additionally, you won't be able to access any content protected by digital rights management (DRM) that you downloaded from another family member in the group.
If you have additional questions about Family Sharing, visit Apple's support page.
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Top 5 ways to earn money online

Top 5 ways to earn money online

In todays world everyone wants to earn some extra bucks especially youngster for their day to day need. Some work overtime, few do part-time job to earn some extra money for their living. And people always search for some alternatives to get better job and earn some extra bucks. Indeed their are many ways to earn some money which includes Making money online by working from your home. Youngster usually have plenty of free time which they can utilize to earn some extra money. In this post i will tell you about Top 5 ways to earn money online. Don't waste single second and start earning.

1. Blogging

If you don't know what is blogging then you must check this article What  is blog and how to make blog ? Blogging is most common and you can make lots of money by blogging but their is bad side of it that you can not earn money over night. If you dont have patience then blogging is not for you. . It requires lots of efforts and patience. But once you have established successfull blog you can earn lots of money by monetizing your blog. But if you want to earn some real fast then below are some other ways to make money online. However if you are high school student then you must start your blog today because you have plenty of time require for blogging and before you will enter college you will be earning good amount of money.

2. Freelancing

If you are good at writing then freelancing is another good way of earning money online. And its completely different from blogging. In freelancing you can earn money by submitting you article to article directory. Unique and quality article will make you earn lots of money. If you are focus on your path and have good publishing platform then you can make more then 1000$ per month. Most important in freelacing is good publishing platform and quality of your article. Below i have listed some good freelancing websites. If you think you can be a good freelancer then check this website and know more about their cost per article.

• Guru
• Fiverr
• Elance
• Freelancer

3. Uploading Videos to Youtube

You all have used youtube to watch videos but never thought to earn some money through youtube. Yes you can earn some bucks by Joining Youtube partner program. Google often invites people to their program if your videos are hit on youtube i.e More like and views. Then you could display adsense ads on your videos.

Not much but learn little video editing that you could learn  over  the internet. Start making quality videos and apply for youtube program. Below are list of countries where youtube partnership is available.

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden and the United States.

4. Online Surveys 

There are many websites which pays you for taking surveys. The aim of such comapnies or website is to get feedback and do market research on a product.  This is easiest among all ways listed here to make money online. Sign up for as many websites you can and start taking surveys to make some extra bucks. Such Few sites are listed below.

• SurveyScouts
• Surveyhead
• SurveySavvy

5. Question and answers

There are several Q&A websites that pays you to answer questions! Q&A websites are all about question that people ask. People ask all kinds of questions on such websites. So the websites hire people to answer those questions. Below are few webites which pays you for just answering the questions. Give it a try !!!

• Knowbrainers
• Justanswer

Share your thoughts !!

Tell us about your thoughts on Making money online. And what you would like to do in future to make money online. If you know some other ways to Make money online then share with us.

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Tips For Boosting Up Your Blog's Subscriber Base

Tips For Boosting Up Your Blog's Subscriber Base

Many beginners tend to underestimate the importance of building a strong subscriber base for their blogs. A successful blog isn’t just well written and well-presented content, its maintaining a dedicated and passionate subscriber base who would read your content and spread it across their own networks. Engaged readers provide long term and reliable traffic to your blog.



While there is no denying that building a loyal subscriber base can be a tricky and long process, it can be done with dedication and hard work by the bloggers. So those who do work on it need to do it right to make sure their time is well utilized. Today we take a look at 5 Tips to boost up your blog's subscriber base.

1. Give your readers a reason to subscribe

If someone visits your blog and sees a “Subscribe” button there, he/she should know exactly what they will get from subscribing to your blog. For example, if your blog is about Internet Marketing, you should have a text that says “covers all inbound marketing, SEO marketing and email marketing”. Giving your readers an incentive to subscribe is a plus that will push them to subscribe to your site. Everybody likes free stuff, so will your readers. Offer them an exclusive ebook or something relevant on a certain topic that was not covered in your posts in return for subscribing to the blog.

2. Simpler is better

It’s a basic rule of web design that your website should lead the user to the desired action in less than three clicks. In this case, the subscription process can be made as simple as one-click. Soon enough you’ll figure out that there are many people out there who are unfamiliar with the concept of RSS Feeds. Try explaining to them how it works and how wonderful it is. Then, of course, there are readers who simply don’t prefer RSS. In that case provide them with an alternative, most commonly, an email subscription to your blog.

3. Produce Quality Content

While it may be obvious, but no matter how great your marketing and subscription strategies for your blogs are, your readers will never return to you if they are not satisfied with the content. Try to find peak traffic times for your blog and post on those times to touch the as many readers as possible. If posting on those times is a problem for you, schedule your posts to be published, schedule your posts to be published on the specified timings. Write frequently and write well. That is the key concept.

4. Leverage Social Proof

People tend to follow the masses, its human nature. That remains true in case of blogging. You can make use of this to make people subscribe to your blog. While this scheme may not work particularly well for a newer blog, it can work handsomely for a blog with a decent number of subscribers. Display the number of subscribers your blog has next to the subscribe button. Not only does this boost their confident in your blog, but also pushes them to subscribe to a blog that is followed and trusted by many.

5. Use All Available Resources

Use your existing blogs, website, social media profiles to convince audience to subscribe to the blog. If you already have a subscriber base elsewhere, you can easily convince them to subscribe to the blog since they already enjoy your content. They might even recommend your RSS feed to others. Add social media sharing buttons to the blog posts. If your readers enjoyed a post, they can share it with their Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn networks and eventually some of them will end up subscribing to your blog. Let the readers do some work too.

Although there is a lot more you can do to help your blog gain more subscribers, these tips pretty much form the gist of them. So what have you done to increase the subscriber base of your blog? Let us know in the comment section below!

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How To Write The Perfect Guest Post That Is Never Rejected

How To Write The Perfect Guest Post That Is Never Rejected

 

As a blogger, you are constantly looking for more exposure. Writing guest posts for blogs is a great way to gain online reputation among the audience of your niche. However, with the Panda, Penguin and Hummingbird updates from Google, publishers are far more careful and particular about what they publish on their website. We recently posted on how blog owners should deal with guest posts on their blogs, today we'll take a look at how writers can write effective guest posts that will never be rejected.




Even though some publishers no longer accept guest posts, many still do, but with a tougher acceptance criteria. So what really makes a guest post great? Today we share with you 5 tips on how to write the perfect guest post that never gets rejected.

1. Find the right publisher

Firstly, as mentioned above, not all publishers accept guest posts. So you need to be certain of their stance towards guest posts before working on it.
Secondly, as tempting as it may be to submit your post directly to Mashable or TechCrunch, it would be very difficult to get yourself published there without building up your online reputation first. It would be like expecting a promotion on your first day at work. So do aim at getting published at these sites, but start with smaller sites with lower PR where you have better chances of getting published.

2. Be creative and factual

If you’re writing on a topic that has already been covered by hundreds of blogs online, multiple times, you’re not giving your audience anything interesting to read, nor are you giving the publishers a reason to consider you. Be creative with your choice of posts. Even if you produce low-quality content, don’t worry about it. It will gradually improve.
Keep in mind that when you’re writing on a certain topic, do your research and use facts for your argument. No one cares what your opinion is, they are interested in the facts. Use expert quotes, charts and research to build a sound argument for yourself that would convince the readers.

3. Know the Prerequisites for the Guest Post

Since you are writing for someone else, you need to follow their rules and regulations. Take a look at the blogs regulations to create content that matches their requirements. Do give special attention to the link exchange protocols they have established. You don’t want to give yourself a bad name by violating them and end up getting your article rejected as well. Add links that make sense at the location even a twitter account or a link to your blog’s homepage would do, but not a link to a random company page. It’s categorized as a bio.

4. Choose Trendy Topics

Know what’s up in the blogosphere. Keep track of what’s popular among your readers. Even if you are being creative with writing about something that used to be popular quite a while back or has a short term lifetime, you’re not helping yourself. Go for article that people read today and will continue to read in the days to come. It’s the easiest way to generate reliable long term traffic from a single blog post.

5. Follow your readers

A good guest post always gathers comments from the readers. Follow them. Take their feedback. Sometimes they can give your valuable input that can eventually improve your writing and researching skills. Answer their questions, for it strengthens the bond between you and your readers. Interact with them and build a reputation for yourself among your target audience.

If you follow these tips well enough, you can write the perfect guest post that will never be rejected. However, these skills come with time and practice, so if you’re a starter and had to face rejection from publishers, learn from your mistakes and work better the next time.

So what do you do to write the perfect guest post? Let us know in the comment section below!

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Popular Android Phone Trends for Cell Phone Watchers

Popular Android Phone Trends for Cell Phone Watchers

 

The launch of Samsung Galaxy S III, Android Jelly Bean, LG Nexus 4, HTC One X and a host of other smart phones has brought about revolutionary changes in the world of Android. Power packed with innumerable applications and features, these phones offer advanced and cutting edge technology for all users.

Even as cell phone watchers are being awed by their attractive designs, application downloading facilities, Linux based operating systems, global team of software professionals developers, performance profiling, debugging tools/plug-ins and a host of other personalized features; they are looking for more enhanced features and benchmarked performances in 2013.

So, what are the popular trends to look out?

Much Bigger Screens

Android phones are now becoming synonymous with huge displays and larger screen sizes. With the high end 5.5-inch Samsung Galaxy Note II and 4.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S III making their presence felt with mammoth screens, larger display areas have created a big impact in the world of telecommunication and smart phones alike.

Happy times are in store for lovers with supersized smart phones models like Galaxy S IV with 4.99 inches of screen size and Galaxy Note III with 5.9 inches waiting to catch their attention. Following the footsteps of Samsung, other manufacturers are now extrapolating their screen sizes—in more ways than one.

Processors—Quad Core and Octa-Core

Dual core processors are now passé. Cell phone watches are now being set for models which boast of quad core and octa core processors. These processors allow effective handling of more than one task at a given point of time and go a long way in improving overall performance. So, with quad core processors in hand, users are tapping into their other tasks along with watching their favorite movie on a small sized window on their display screen. .

While quad-core processors have already become a standard feature in most notable android phones, the first octa-core smart phone is all set to make its appearance at the end of 2013- in the Galaxy Note III.

TV Control

It’s a dream which may come true for many android users and television buffs. Cell watch circles are now buzzing with the news that future mobile sets are ready to boast of TV control features-- which will allow users to fling away their remote controls.

These smart applications will not require the purchase of set-top boxes or any software downloads. The HTC one already comes packaged with an IR emitter which has the abilities of manipulating volume, power, channels and almost every other essential feature of television sets. Android makers may soon follow suit to keep up with the competition.

Getting closer towards Indestructibility

You can expect more smart phones getting closer to indestructibility. With Sony’s flagship product Xperia Z offering waterproof features and Corning unveiling its Gorilla Glass 3, which is shatter proof beyond compare-- the going cannot get any better for users looking for almost indestructible products. Its certainly nice to have a phone which is more robust, durable and stronger than their other counterparts.

Android based applications and phones are setting the grounds for an increasingly excellent crop.Watch out for more!

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How To Improve Your Online Writing

How To Improve Your Online Writing

 

The most common mistake rookies make when starting online writing is thinking it’s the same as writing elsewhere. It’s very different and hence, requires a different methodology to be done effectively. Anyone can write a blog post, but not all know how to write a great blog post that makes the audience want to come back to the site. So what is the secret that makes great online writing great? Today we share 5 tips for improving your online writing skills.

1: Be Concise

Online writing is meant to be concise and short. If you read articles online, then you’ll know what we are talking about. Online readers mainly skim through an article and never go into the details. If you’re writing is too complicated, not only will your readers have a hard time trying to make sense of what you’re saying, they’ll move on to the next website that offers relevant information.

Keep your articles short, preferably below 500 words. This doesn’t apply to blog posts where you need to be elaborate enough to effectively communicate the subject. Write your article so that it delivers the information effectively in the minimum number of words possible.

2: Know your Domain

Generally your readers on the internet are hobbyists and have keen interest in the topic you are writing on. So when they are reading your work, they expect you to deliver something new to them. They expect you to be the expert. Now it’s up to you to deliver to them the quality they are expecting from you. Doing this will establish your name as an authentic and valuable source of information that they would turn to.

3: Take a Break

Writing is a time consuming task, and working for longer periods of time can eventually effect the quality of our work. It’s important that you give your mind a break every once in a while so that it can maintain its focus on the task at hand. Working for longer periods of time without any breaks can result in poorly written text that takes two or three sentences to say what can comfortably be explained in a single sentence.

4: Multimedia does wonders

One of the benefits of writing online is the numerous tools at your disposal to communicate your point. Use anything that can help you in making your point, be it a graph, a video an illustration or sound clip. Secondly, it breaks up the article into chunks of text and media. This looks more appealing to the readers as compared to a page full of text.

5: Engage with your Audience

Online writing involves two way communication. You inform your readers and your readers give you their opinion on the subject. Encourage interaction with your audience. Asking for their opinion on the subject is the most common way to encourage comments.
Don’t be afraid of criticism, instead welcome it because every once in a while they can give you valuable tips to improve your writing or even point out flaws in your writing methodology.

Developing your online writing skills takes a lot of time and patience. But even the most experienced writers can’t always get it right. Did you find these tips useful? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Top 7 Game Controller Apps For iPhone Promising Great Gaming Action

Top 7 Game Controller Apps For iPhone Promising Great Gaming Action

 

Game enthusiast loves the myriad of game apps available by a few iPhone App Development Company. Every game lover will certainly love to play till the time their phone battery doesn't die. However, most of the gamers feel frustrated when their hands or fingers cramping keep spoiling their game view. Well, that's a common problem that game players usually encounter with virtual controls on touchscreen handsets.

Fortunately, now you can have access to some great gadgets that will help turn your iPhone devices into game controllers.

1. GameDock

If you miss gaming with your friend, then GameDock is the perfect gadget that puts you into a classic console. This will definitely remind you of the time when you used to game with a friend. GameDock is a multiplayer gaming platform that turns your iPhone into a 2 player game console. The best part is that it allows you to enjoy high-definition gaming action with your friends worldwide in real time. However, it's available for a cost amounting to $89.

2. JOYSTICK-IT Arcade Stick

If you don't like playing a game without your joystick, then you can bank upon JOYSTICK-IT Arcade Stick which has been introduced by reputed iPhone Development Company. This ThinkGeek gadget allows you to add a real physical joystick to your iPhone device. With just a simple push you'll be able to stick the game controller to your iPhone's screen (you no longer need any wires or batteries). It's easy to remove or can also be re-adjusted without harming your screen. JOYSTICK-IT is lightweight and enables accurate movement and enhanced playability.

3. Razor JungleCat

If you urge to elevate your gaming experience by jumping faster, driving with better precision, and so on, then you should better opt for the Razer Junglecat mobile game controller for your iPhone. It features ABXY action buttons, a D-pad and most importantly the bumpers on this gamepad on this sliding case will let you enjoy some hard-hitting game action on-the-go. The gamepad easily slides under the phone, and turn your phone into a pocket-size device. However, the solid encasing of Razor JungleCat acts as your iPhone device's protective covering.

4. Impulse

iMpulse is a tiny iPhone game controller, with the size as that of a keychain. In fact, it's actually a keychain. Impulse provides game players the wherewithal to bind and find their keys! Put simply, as gamers you'll have to chain your keys to the Impulse controller and then locate the keys. But, in case you can’t find them, just press the ‘Locate’ button in your iPhone app and retrieve the keys. It's available for $40.

5. Joypad

Joypad turns your iPhone into a functional game controller. This game console acts as a dashboard that allows you to play all types of Joypad enabled games using your iPhone as the game controller. However, apart from installing this app you should also install "Joypad Game Controller" on your iPhone. Both the applications will sync up, and you'll see a controller on your phone screen, using which you'll be able to navigate the dashboard.

6. ICADE

If you're serious about mobile gaming then you should opt for ICADE. This excellent handheld game controller for iPhone comes with a classic controller configuration, making it easy for players to play modern and retro games as well in a more precise manner. It boasts a four-way directional pad, action buttons, and 4 shoulder buttons. It can even get connected to Bluetooth.

7. Moga Ace Power

This is one of the first iOS 7 game controller that was launched in the market last year. Moga Ace Power helps to add a comprehensive set of D-pad, buttons, triggers and more to a split-apart case that slides over an iPhone 5/5S. Though, the plastic construction of the controller sometimes feels low in quality, but its built-in battery pack and a handy button layout makes Ace Power a strong choice for iPhone gamers. It's available for $99.99.

Final Thought

If you often get furious pressing hard on the button to play your game, then it's time you should switch to iPhone game controllers. With the game controlling gadgets for iPhone you can enjoy complete gaming action. Now you don't have to worry about cramps or your fingers getting numb! With the aforementioned list of top 7 game controllers just continue to game until your phone's battery run out.

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