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5 Simple Ways to Prevent Files or Data Loss on Your Computer

April 26, 2013 By 17 Comments
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Apart from keeping your computer safe and your internet connection secure, don't you think it is necessary to protect, secure and prevent your personal files, important data and information on your computer from getting lost? Files and data loss is one of the most common problem faced by many computer users including the pros. Due to neglect and carelessness, many users lose tangible information, substantial and useful files on their computer. No matter how smart you may be, if your files and data are not backed up and secured the right way, there is no way you wont lose them, unless these steps are put into work.  #1 Use Windows Backup System backup is one of best and important … [Read more...]

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Facebook Trick: Javascript to Select All Friends for Fan Page / Event Invitation

May 5, 2012 By 21 Comments
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Just a few days ago, I sent over 2,500 invitations to my facebook friends, asking them to like my fan page. You think I selected them one by one? Come on, you know that's definitely not possible, I used a simple javascript that saved me the trouble of selecting them one after the other. With this script, I was able to select all friends and send the fan page invitation. Selecting your friends can be quite stressful especially if the page is new and you have tons of invites to send. So, how Did I go about it? Like I told you before, it's nothing but a simple piece of javascript but we're going to make a bookmarklet with it, OK? - See the bookmarklet below? Drag it to your bookmarks … [Read more...]

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Facebook Trick – Update your Status with Blue Links

April 6, 2012 By 9 Comments
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Bored with the usual facebook status update and want to play a prank on your friends? As you already know, facebook status updates is normally in black font but you might have seen some updates in blue text, linking to your profile. There was a post I wrote on using custom links in facebook status updates but this no longer works because Facebook found a way block it. This trick lets your update lets your Facebook status update link directly to your friend's profile or whoever viewing the update. There's just a little trick behind this and it's just a little piece of code: @[1: ]@@[1:[0:1: Click here to view the ugliest profile ever! ]] This is how it looks like when posted: You can … [Read more...]

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Inserting Google Adsense, Inmobi and Admob Ads in WordPress Mobile Version

December 15, 2011 By 32 Comments
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When a huge percentage of your visitors are on mobile phones, you definitely need to optimize your site for mobile view to encourage them to keep visiting. Also, there's need to monetize your mobile traffic by inserting inmobi, admob, buzzcity or google adsense for mobile ads to make some extra income. There are several plugins to make your wordpress blog mobile which includes WordPress Mobile Pack but the one I prefer most is MobilePress. If you try visiting this blog on mobile, should see the mobile version exactly as shown below. MobilePress allows you to insert google adsense, inmobi and admob ads into your Wordpress mobile site but it can only be done through Aduity, a third … [Read more...]

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How To Find A Facebook User Or Page ID

November 18, 2011 By 7 Comments
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These days, you're sometimes asked to provide your facebook user ID when filling some forms online and some of us don't even have a clue what this is. You might even need the profile ID of a page for certain reasons and this can be a real challenge especially if the profile in question already has a username. Since most facebook profiles now have vanity URLs, you can't get the profile ID just looking at the address bar, all you're gonna see is the username. So how do you get such profile ID for profiles with custom address?Users Or Pages Without A UsernameFor pages or users who do not already have a facebook username, you can get the profile ID by just going to the profile, checking your … [Read more...]

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List Of Smileys To Use On Facebook Chat And Messaging

November 5, 2011 By 5 Comments
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I was on facebook chat earlier this morning with an old friend whom I haven't seen for quite some time. We were just talking about old times when i replied with a funny smiley and she was like, "how did you do that?" I was a bit surprised she didn't know about how to use smilies on facebook chat and messaging because I assumed everybody did. I couldn't find a better way to reply but to come up with a blog post that gives out a list of smileys/emoticons to use on facebook chat and messaging. The list of smilies given out by facebook is incomplete, they claim they're adding more and you should keep trying out different codes yourself.Unlike Yahoo messenger and other IM platforms that gives a … [Read more...]

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Hiding Facebook Friends List From Your Profile

October 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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We all love privacy and you will definitely need lots of that if you use facebook for more personal reasons than just socializing. You can hide your facebook friends list and even new friends you make. This makes the list invisible to your friends and everybody else except you. To hide your facebook friends list from your profile, go to your profile page and follow these steps:How To Hide Friends List From Profile-Locate the friends list on the left side bar-Click on the edit button (pen icon)- The next page takes you to relationship settings page. Scroll down to Friends. Click the icon next to it and select Only Me from the drop down menu.That's all you need to do to make your friends list … [Read more...]

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Signing In To Two Gmail Accounts At The Same Time

October 27, 2011 By 1 Comment
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With the countless number of free google services around, you might be forced to have more than just one google account. You might even have two gmail accounts for different purposes. I, for example, have a normal google account for this blog plus a couple of other google services I regularly use and another google apps account on which my business email is hosted. Sometimes I need to sign in to both accounts but switching between accounts will make one log out and log in countless times. Also, using different browsers to access your different google accounts isn't the perfect solution. Did you know it's possible to use to google account (or gmail accounts) at the same time on the same … [Read more...]

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