Get Google Doodle on your Birthday

Do you want a Doodle from Google on your Birthday? here is how.

1. Make sure you have mentioned your birthday on your Google Plus profile.

2. Open the browser sign in your Google Plus account and in the other tab open www.google.com

3. Viola!! you'll see Google  wishing you happy birthday with their awesomest Doodle :)

4. Clicking on it will lead you to your Google+ profile page.

Email a Tweet

Now you can directly email a tweet right from your Twitter timeline. Twitter has rolled out this new feature recently. Here is how
- You'll see '...More' option along with other tweet options

Clicking on Email tweet option will open up an embedded email client

Write the email address to send the tweet and you're done.
That's how your shared tweet will appear in the inbox of the recipient.

How to Record a Video of your Android Device's Screen - Windows User Guide

Hello Friends,
Sorry for staying away from the blog for long, but now finally, I am here again after like 8 months with a new blogpost.
Ever faced diffculty in showing a demo of any of your Android application, on your device, to a group of people all at the same time? Well, you need not to worry anymore. I'll provide you a step by step guide that will help you to record a video of your activities on your Android Device. Click Here to watch the tutorial.

PS: I originally wrote this tutorial for another blog called Android Plug .

Installing MySQL Server and MySQL++ API on Linux (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS)

This tutorial covers how we can install MySQL server and MySQL++ API on Ubuntu. The MySQL++ API will help your C++ code to communicate with and retrieve data from your database. So here we go,

To install MySQL Server

Step I:

Go to Terminal and write

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server

During the installation it will prompt you for the password, set the password and continue (this will be the password of your server)

Step II (Optional):

To be able to connect to mysql from internet, remove the restriction on the configuration file. Open the file by typing the following command at terminal.

$ gksudo gedit /etc/mysql/my.cnf

Find the line bind-address = 127.0.0.1 and comment it out and save the file again.
Like this --> #bind_address =127.0.0.1

Step III:

Once you're done with the installation, write on terminal

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-query-browser

Step IV:

After installing MySQL Query Browser go to Applications > Programming > MySQL Query Browser

• Now in Stored Connection type: loopback 127.0.0.1
• Enter the password, that you must have set during the step I.
• Click on Connect. Now your mysql server is up.

To install MySQL++

Okay, now we are done with the installation of server, now comes the installation of mysql++, the C++ API which makes your code to communicate with your Database.

Step I:

Go to Terminal and type

$ sudo apt-get update

Step II:

Now, download the required package for mysql++, type.

$ sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient15-dev

Step III:

Now move to home directory and to download .tar file, type

$ cd~

$ wget http://tangentsoft.net/mysql++/releases/mysql++-3.1.0.tar.gz

Step IV:

to Untar the file, type

$ tar xvfz mysql++-3.1.0.tar.gz

Step V:

Now configure and Install.

$ cd mysql++-3.1.0

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr

$ make

$ sudo make install

And now your done with the installation of the stuff.

C++ Code to Connect with Database

Here is the c++ code snippet that will help you to connect and communicate with your database.

Sample Code

Points to remember:

• In the header file, you have to give the complete path, where you've saved your mysql++.h header file, normally this is the case, which has been shown in the above snapshot.
• To compile and run this .cpp file go to terminal and type

$ g++ file_name.cpp -o result -I/usr/include/mysql -lmysqlpp

• To run this file

$ ./result

And you're Done :)