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Showing posts with label Internet Tips. Show all posts

How to Secure Personal Information on Facebook Profile

Including networking and making new friends, Facebook has benefited almost all of us in a way or another, from being socially connected to finding the old friends that we all have lost. Facebook also helped many of the businesses to grow and gain market share through online presence in form of Business Fan Pages. Facebook is Fun to use as we find lot of interesting and diversified stuff  at one place, but at the same time using Facebook without and security measures can be turned into a worst nightmare. The personal information given in your Facebook Profile is the critical info, which if gone in wrong hands can bring a disaster to your life. There is nothing more irritating than giving your personal information publicly to everyone you even don't know.
With having thousands of friends over the Facebook account, it is very difficult to know all of them personally. There are some of the things you must do so that you can secure your personal information and keep your privacy. Some of the information should not appear on your profile, not even to Friends.
You might love to learn How to Design Best Facebook Cover Photo
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Things You Should Hide from Facebook Profile 

 Primary E-Mail

Primary E-Mail is the e-mail address that you use to Log-In to your Facebook account. This is the first thing that should not appear onto your Facebook Profile. A couple of days back I noticed that someone tried to access my Facebook account and tried to reset my Facebook Password. If I already had hidden my Primary E-Mail from my Profile, the person tried to access my Facebook Account wouldn't have attempted this. Hiding your primary E-Mail from your Profile is the first thing to secure your Facebook Account from being hacked and secure your personal information.

Personal/Home Address

Leaving your home address open for everyone on internet is not a good idea. It doesn't make any sense. You might have 100's of friends in your friends list but  this isn't necessary you know all of them personally. What if the person you don't wish to see suddenly knocks at your door, telling you that he got your address from your Facebook Profile. I guess there is nothing more annoying as compared to this. 

Personal Mobile/Land-line Number

Unwanted SMS marketing is the most annoying thing that you can face on your cell phone. Some times you surprise from where they get our personal contact number. One of the source is Facebook Profile, where many of the users leave their cell number open to all. This leads to unwanted SMS and sometime weirdest Prank Calls on your number. Your cell number visibility should be set to Friends, only and only if your friends list is limited to the one you trust and know personally. In case you have 100's of friends that include the ones you don't know personally as many of us have, the visibility should be set to Only Me.

Download HD and Blu-Ray Movies FREE

The entertainment business have been growing rapidly now a days. People prefer to go online rather than going to shops and purchase movies. The best versions including High Definition and Blu-Ray movies can be watched as well as purchased easily online. One of the biggest online business in entertainment industry is the Online Movies. Watching Movies in Cinema Hall is fun, that cant be experienced at home. But one thing for sure, except the environment all other elements of this experience can be enjoyed at home, with Home Theater Systems, 3D Televisions, HD and Blu-Ray Movies. You can also enjoy these High Definition and Blu-Ray Movies on your Personal Computers as well, or your big TV Screens.
You can Buy and Download Blu-Ray Movies from several online portals, but the problem is where to find and get the authentic HD / Blu-Ray Quality Movies. To ease this problem we are sharing three different categories of sources from where you can Buy and Download the HD / Blu-Ray Movies.

Best Sites to Download Blu-Ray Movies

Buy HD/Blu-Ray Movies Online

If you are one of those who want to purchase the original stuff rather than having the Free Copy you can chech these websites. These websites has maintained a huge Data Base of HD / Blu-Ray Movies. They guarantee you the original stuff at competitive prices.
  • Amazon.com
  • DVDPlanet.com
  • Blu-ray.com

Download HQ, HD / Blu-Ray Movies - FREE Direct Download

Getting the free stuff online is not that easy as it seems. You may be encountered to scams, spywares, virus and other defected files. Downloading Free Movies from unauthenticated sites can harm your computer system, not necessarily through virus or some spywares, but through the  bombardment of unwanted Ads, Pop-Up Ads. We are sharing some well known and authenticated websites to Direct Download HQ /  Blu-Ray Movies. These are not only reliable but allows users to download HQ Movies in less amount of Add Clicks.
  • Oneclickmoviez.com
  • Findanyfilm.com
  • Moviesbit.com
  • HNMovies.com
  • MovieHS.com
  • BestMediaFire.com
  • ShareMovie.com
  • ExtShare.com
  • MKVMovie
  • VTMovie.com

Torrent Sites to Download HQ / Blu-Ray Movies - FREE

The most famous and preferred method among Free Downloaders is the Torrents. Torrent sites let you download everything you can think of. You can get all types of HD, Blu ray ripped formats of movies on torrent sites. 
  • PirateBay.se
  • ISOhunt.com
  • Kickasstorrents.com
  • Torrentz.com
  • ExtraTorrent.com
  • 1337x.org
  • Mininova.org

How to Design Unique & Best Facebook Cover Photo

Its good to be back on track after couple of busy days. I was busy in my exam preparation, when I got a query on one of my most popular articles "Design Best Facebook Cover Photo-A Photoshop Tutorial. The query was mentioning me a resolution problem, that when you upload the profile image, it doesn't fit with your cover photo to give the perfect and unique look of your Facebook Cover Photo. 
The problem is that Facebook only accepts the "180*180" minimum resolution of your image to be set as your profile image. Using my older tutorial when we change the 125*125 image to 180*180 it appears bigger. When I wrote that tutorial that worked, but after a couple of weeks something gone wrong and the tutorial could not serve your needs. 
Therefore I decided to write a new tutorial, rather than updating the old one. Now without wasting time I should start the tutorial.

How to Design Facebook Cover Photo

Step1

Download the attached Photoshop file, that is a template that you'll need to create your own Facebook Cover Photos. This Photoshop template will ease your half of the work.

Step 2

Open the Downloaded psd template. Click the Slice tool as shown in the image below.
 

Step 3

Select you Image you want to set as your Facebook Cover Photo. Make sure your photo is not less than 851x352 pixels. Open Cover Image Image in Photoshop and Duplicate Layer on fb cover photo frame by Software Wanted file. as shown below.

Step 4

Now a bit technical part is here.
Adjust Your Image The way so that the portion of your Cover Image that is going to be your Facebook Profile Image Fits into the Profile Image Box, and the portion that you want as Cover Photo fits into Cover Photo Area. As shown in the image below.

Step 5

Now change the opacity of this image layer to 20.
The image will look similar to the following.
Don't worry we will revert the opacity back to 100%

Step 6

Now there is a bit technical part.
Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) and select the green looking area "The Profile Image Area"
Revert the opacity back to 100
Your Selection should be similar to this.

Step 7

Cut the Selected Portion of your image. (Ctrl+X)
Open new file in Photoshop
Paste the Image in new file and Save as .png "Cover Img.png"
Upload this image to your Facebook Cover Photo
Take a screen shot "Print Screen" of your Facebook Profile page as shown in the image below
Paste the Screen Shot in a Photoshop New File "Cover Photo"

Step 8

Now copy the Cover Img.png and paste it above the Layer 1 in New "Cover Photo" file.
Change the opacity of Pasted image to 25, and Adjust it, the way it completely and exactly covers the "Cover Photo" of your profile screenshot as shown below.

Step 9

Select the Rectangular Marquee tool (M)
Make a selection around the profile image as shown below

Step 10

Change the Opacity Back to 100
Cut the Image and Open new File
Name it "Profile Image"
Paste the Image there and Save as Profile Img.Png
Upload it to your Facebook Profile Image


If you are stuck at any step or need some guidance, Feel free to comment

Google Drive: Can Ohters Survive Against Web-800 Pounds Gorilla

The web's 800-pounds gorilla has jumped into Cloud Storage Service Pool. This definitely has caused a huge splash in water, time will tell this gorilla can swim or not.One thing for sure can be said that Google Drive will definitely exert pressure on the competition and will give a tough time to Small Player of game like DropBox. Google Drive's low prices in competition of  Premium storage services are attracting the existing customers of other Cloud Storage Service Providers. 
Google has leverage of it already existing and strong relationships with 100s of Millions of Google Users. Based on these relationships Google Drive can push back the major player of this Cloud Storage Service Game, and definitely alarming situations for the small players.
One of the DropBox's Pro Users "Ritchie H." has posted on DropBox Online forum "Goodbye Dropbox - Hello Drive. 200GB for $9.99? I think that's what is known as a no brainier. Security Schoomaty!
The Question is Can DropBox and other Cloud Storage Service Providers survive against this Web-800-Pounds Gorilla "Google Drive"?
"Like Apple and Microsoft, Google has relationships with a millions of people who use its various applications and services, including Gmail, Google Docs and the Chrome Web browser. Those relationships give Google an advantage as its woos consumers to its new storage and synchronization service,"said Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg.

Google Drive VS. Other Storage Services


Google Drive. Keep Everything. Share Anything. Access Everywhere.

The cloud storage service of Google by the name of Google Drive is finally here. This is your mobile drive that you can use to save everything you want to save up-to 5GBs "Free Storage", and access everywhere. Once you got started with Google Drive's 5GB Free Storage Service, you can upgrade to 25GBs for just $2.55 /month almost free.

Google Drive is also offering the highest of all available cloud storage services up-to 16 TB; premium storage service for $799.99/month. All other Cloud Storage Service Providers are not offering more than 100GBs of premium storage service.
We are providing you with a short comparison of Google Drive Vs. Other Cloud Storage Providers.
Google Drive VS Others
Based on this comparison this can't be said with surety that this gorilla "Google Drive" will swim in this pool or not, will this be another successful story of Google Inc or not? Because users have their own priorities. As many users may keep using DropBox as their friends do. Many can switch to Google Drive as they are already using Services of Google, like GMail, Google Docs, Blogger and many others...

How to Disable Facebook Timeline Easily

Facebook timeline is hated by many of current Facebook Users. The new Facebook Timeline has nothing beautiful else the Cover Photo and Profile Pic combination. In fact I hate the new Facebook Timeline view. The older version of Facebook Profile view was more neat and sophisticate than this Timeline. There were lot of voices against this Facebook Timeline but nothing have been changed. It look that Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook doesn't care what you think.
Earlier I have written posts about Facebook Timeline Cover Photo Manipulation. My posts varied from Unique Facebook Cover Photo Ideas to Cute Facebook Cover Photos. I also have designed a Photoshop Template to Design Best and Unique Facebook Cover Photos.
My today's post is for those who want don't like Facebook Timeline Profile View. In my today's post at Software Wanted I am writing about How to Disable Facebook Timeline Profile View and Return to Older Version. I am sharing three ways using which you can revert back to your old Facebook Profile view, disabling the new Timeline Profile View.

How to Disable Facebook Timeline Profile View

Timeline Remove Add-on

The most easiest way to get rid of the unwanted Facebook Timeline is to install Timeline Remove Add-On / Extension onto your Web Browser. This Timeline Remove Add-On is available for the most famous and popular web browsers like, Firefox, Microsoft IE, Google Chrome. Developers are working on Add-On compatible to Safari. We are expecting them to release its Safari Compatible version soon.
All that you need to do is Download Timeline Remove for your browser, Install it and refresh your Facebook pages.

Facebook Timeline Remover for Google Chrome


This is a Google Chrome extension and works only with Google Chrome Web Browser. This is also easy to install but I prefer using first method of Facebook Timeline Removal. You need to Install this on to your Google Chrome Browser, refresh your Facebook Pages, your Timeline Profile will be gone. You will be reverted to old version of your Facebook Profile View. Using this Chrome Extension you can get back to your Timeline View any time you want by just clicking the button as shown in the image below.

Free premium downloads with Rapid 8

Hi this time I bring you a tutorial for those who regularly download huge amount of files from many file sharing sites. We know that these sites gives us option to download as premium user with full support and priority of the site or as a free user with wait and limited features like slow speed, no resume capability etc. As many of the user do not want to pay as premium account and stuck on free user restrictions this website bring them a new way to become premium member without paying anything.
Rapid8.com is a free website providing premium link generation for your downloads and also support with many download accelerators like IDM (Internet download manager).

Supported file sharing sites:
Best MegaUpload, RapidShare, also support 4Shared, BayFiles, BitShare, Cramit.in, DepositFilesExtabit, Easy-Share/Crocko,FileFactory, FileJungle, FilePost, FreakShare, GigaSize, HotFile, iFile.it, JumboFiles, Letitbit.net, MediaFire, MegaShare, MegaShareS, Netload.in, RapidGator.net, Share-Online.biz, SendSpace, Oron, Turbobit.net, UploadC, Uploaded.to, Uploading.com, UploadStation, Vip-File*, VideoBB, Youtube Premium Link Generator, directly. Use it at work, school and home effortlessly.

How to Use Rapid8
This site is very simple and easy to us just copy your link and paste in the bar in Rapid8.com click the download button and it proceeds you to the next advertising page jst skip the ad after 9 seconds and it will provide you the download link. To download with IDM just Press insert key on your key board and press download button. 
enjoy ;)


Chrome Extension to Watch Ads free Videos on YouTube

Advertisements are annoying, especially when you are watching our favorite Movie, Video Clip or some Video Songs on YouTube. Closing these Add one by one manually is the more annoying thing and whenever while closing adds you accidentally end up in opening that Add you get frustrated. What if you can skip these Add from YouTube Video Screen?

Software Wanted found a way to Skip Adds on YouTube, basically this is a Chrome Web Browser extension that lets you to watch complete YouTube Video without a single view of Adds on YouTube Video. Once you download this Chrome Extension, a new "Blue Play Button" will appear on YouTube, which will skip YouTube Adds and will Play the main Video.

Chrome Extension: Skip Adds on YouTube

You need to download the Extension from Chrome Web Store. Skip ads on YouTube - No illegal block


Once you have downloaded and installed this Chrome Extension, go to YouTube and  enjoy any YouTube Video without any annoying Add, after Clicking the New "Blue Play Button" on YouTube.

Design Best Facebook Cover Photo-A Photoshop Tutorial

Recently Facebook has introduced its new format named "Timeline", which includes an awesome profile Cover Photo and allows Facebook subscribers to show their creativity with the combination of profile and timeline cover photo.In our earlier post we shown you some beautiful and unique Facebook Timeline Cover Photo Ideas. This post is focused on How to Design Facebook Timeline Cover Photo.Here is simple and easy Photoshop Tutorial to design your own Facebook Timeline Cover Photo.

Announcement:

This tutorial is outdated, and the profile image "extracted by this tutorial" doesn't go with the cover, as Facebook has changed some setting in Profile Image Display. To Design same Unique looking Beautiful and Best Cover Photos we have written a new Tutorial. Please Move to "How to Design Unique & Best Facebook Cover Photo "

How to Design Facebook Cover Photo

Step1

Download the attached Photoshop file, that is a template that you'll need to create your own Facebook Cover Photos. This Photoshop template will ease your half of the work.

Step 2

Open the Downloaded psd template. Click the Slice tool as shown in the image below.

Step 3

Select you Image you want to set as your Facebook Cover Photo. Make sure your photo is not less than 851x352 pixels. Open Cover Image Image in Photoshop and Duplicate Layer on fb cover photo frame by SoftwareWanted file. as shown below.

Step 4

Now a bit technical part is here.
Adjust Your Image The way so that the portion of your Cover Image that is going to be your Facebook Profile Image Fits into the box 3, and the portion that you want as Cover Photo fits into box 1. As shown in the image below.

Step 5

Save Image Two Times.
  • Save as PNG [Cover Image]
  • Save for Web & Devices [Profile Image]
Now go to the Directory / folder where you saved [Profile Image].. There you'll see 5 Slices of your Cover Image, You need the one that was in box 3, you can delete other 4 slices.
The resolution of the [Profile Image] is125x125 you need to re-size your [Profile Image] to 180x180, other wise Facebook won't let you set that as your Profile Image.

Step 6

The work is almost done now. All that You need is to upload the Images.
Upload the [Cover Photo] as Cover Photo in Facebook
Upload the [Profile Photo] as Profile photo in Facebook

If you are stuck at any step or need some guidance, Feel free to comment

Best Facebook Timeline Cover Photo Ideas

Recently Facebook has introduced its new format named "Timeline", which includes an awesome profile Cover Photo and allows Facebook subscribers to show their creativity with the combination of profile and timeline cover photo. We are providing you some of the best creativity examples. If you come up with an idea for your Profile Photo and Cover Photo. Follow our Simple Tutorial To Create/Design your own Facebook Cover Photos in couple of steps.
 Leave Your Cover Photo link with us. We'll upload your Idea toooo.


 






Many More To Come................

Click Here To Design such unique Facebook Cover Photos

Sign up to Google+ Right Now: Get Official Invitation

All of might know, Google has introduced a new service named GOOGLE +. Currently, you can join through invitation only. So you require an invitation to join Google+. At the moment Google has disabled sending invitations but here is how you can get it officially from Google:

Open following link in your browser:

Google+ Invitation

What you have to do is
Just fill in You Full Name and E-Mail ID
THATS it ...
You'll get an invitation in your inbox.

Wanted Tips: Watch Full Movie at Mega Video "Remove 72 min Limit"

MegaVideo is now a day’s growing as hosting of video service online. It contains uncountable videos and movies. Every seconds Users are uploading and downloading movies. Recently i saw a problem of restriction of waiting time around 72 minutes of video. This restriction is for free users. It can be solve using alternative MegaVideo9 which allows unlimited streaming along with downloading of videos from megavideo. 




It is an amazing online tool; you just need to enter a url of video from megaVideo. You can enter and click on Watch. Even you can download or watch from video at your desktop.




You can try Simple and Amazing Tool MegaVideo9

Wanted Tips: 5 Tips fo your Wireless Broadband Internet


1: Use Good Routers
The most important and major part of your wireless internet connection is the router because it is the part that broadcasts the internet, after receiving from the server or host computer, to other computes on the network. Many people tend to use used or old routers to set up new wireless internet connection network in the sake of saving money. This can lead you to spending more that you expect to spend initially. If you want your wireless internet connection network to be very effective don’t use old or fake routers and always check for the quality of the router you’re buying if you’re buying it on your own. It is always advisable that whenever you want to buy equipments like routers let an expert follow you. 
2: Always Inspect all Computers on the Network
Another effective way of maintaining you wireless internet connection network is by checking the computers on the network. Checking the computers that are hosted goes a very long way to keep your network intact. It also helps you know which computer on the network consumes the bandwidth excessively. Through checking the computers that are hosted, you will get to know which computers are faulty, virus infected computers and which ones are slowing down the network in general. Slow computers should be upgraded as they can cause others to slow down and lead you to diagnosing the wrong problems for your wireless internet connection which might lead to spoil. 
3: Use Strong and Protective Passwords
Monitoring and protecting your network with the right password should also be part of the sacrifice you pay in maintaining your wireless internet connection. If your password is too weak and too general for people to know easily, your network will be exposed to unsolicited users connecting and misusing your network. Some people can even go to the extent of hacking in and changing your password. And when your network is hacked like that, it means you’ll have to reset it which takes longer procedures than using a very strong and reliable password. If you use the right password, your connection will also last longer. 
4: Don’t Do Everything Yourself
One of the easiest ways of ruining your wireless internet connection network is by tampering with it. Whenever you are experiencing any technical difficulties which you are not sure of the source of the problem try to call for the service of an expert. When you handle technical problems that are arising from you wireless internet connection network you will end up creating another problem which might ultimately lead to your router getting spoil. 
5: Avoid Liquids
All electrical appliances can be affected by water and other forms of liquid which can lead to the ultimate damage of such device that comes in contact with it. Apart fro damage, there can also be shock which is hazardous to human. To make your wireless internet connection network last longer and not get spoilt in a very bad way, keep it away from any form of liquid like coffee, tea, juice, milk, water and even hot candle wax. If you take to these tips, you’ll enjoy your wireless internet connection network.

Wanted News: I got a 30,000+ Job Offer "Must Read Post"

Today I got a job offer at my email ID, the job for which i haven't applied, I tried to ignore that but the salary offered and the fringe benefits really were too good to be true….
Here is the email that i received from amirmalik@gmail.com
Dear Job Applicant
It is to inform you that after receiving your resume, your name has been selected by our company on following parameters:
Company Name: SingTel (One of the largest telecom Singapore Company now introducing their business centers in Pakistan)
Job Title: ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE (KARACHI BASED)
You will be evaluated by face-to-face interview and a very simple written test. Your salary range will be Rs. 30,000 plus. This means you can be hired on a very good salary which all depends upon your performance in evaluation step. SingTel cares about their employees. We not only welcome you with good salary but we also provide you a competitive working environment. We offer different benefits like pick n drop, insurance, medical and provident fund etc.
To register you for test/interview and to know your test/ interview venue please contact on below given numbers:
With best Regards
Human Resource Department.
SingTel
http://www.singtel.com
http://info.singtel.com/
5060147
03244845001(for registration call timings 9am to 4pm)
03244845006(for registration call timings 9am to 4pm)
Note: Deadline for registration of test/interview: 11th March 2011

Scammers pose as representative of SingTel of Singapore (a cellular company), and calls young professionals offering them very catchy jobs with hefty salaries. They pose as if SingTel is going to start telecom services in Pakistan, and company is large scale hiring the workforce.
When you confirm via email or call, and provide them with details – they ask for Pay Order of Rs. 900/- (amount may vary from person to person) as Guarantee that you will not skip the test.
This is not un-expected as evil minded people will keep exploring new ideas to trap the innocents. Government should run awareness campaigns, for good, so that everyone is aware of such scams (and upcoming scams)
There is an important thing to note that scammers offer jobs as per location and areas of expertise of young people. For instance, if you have done ACCA and you live in Lahore, then interview email will offer you Accountant’s job based in Lahore. This shows that database of any of job portal is either compromised or website itself is involved in the scam.


THINGS I CONSIDERED:
1. First I never applied to any such position whatsoever.
2. Singtel at present is not running any operations in pakistan except sharing network with warid.
3. The salary and benefits are too good to be true for a fresh Grad like me.
4.The E-mail says The Hr Department has sent me an email and the mail is coming from a gmail account.
5. HR department of even Pan shop wont give their mobile number for contact.
FINALLY COMMON SENSE……..
Hope it Help you out……..
So friends be aware specially Fresh Grads…….

Wanted Softwares: Facebook Desktop "Bring FB to your Desktop"

facebook desktop app
Download Facebook Desktop today and take your Facebook experience to the next level. If you have that constant urge to check Facebook after every few minutes, switch to Facebook Desktop and never launch the browser again.
Facebook Desktop is a light-weight client that sits in your system try, like any other messenger software, and will alert you as soon as some new activity happens in your Facebook stream. The alerts are presented as unobtrusive pop-ups on the desktop that automatically fade after some time.
Facebook Desktop is written in Adobe AIR and will work on Windows as well as Mac OS X 10.5. It displays notifications for status updates, new wall posts, friend requests and messages from Facebook friends but nothing related to Pages that you may have liked on Facebook.
I have had it running on my desktop for almost a week now and the alerts from friend’s activity on Facebook almost appear in real-time.
Thanks to Labnol.org

Wanted Tips: Facebook Updates You should know about

Source: JaypeeOnline

Facebook
Many people have already posted about the recent Facebook updates and shared it with their friends, but I know there are still many out there who aren’t aware of these changes. That’s why I decided to blog about it and share it here so that more users will know about these important updates and be able to properly configure their Facebook account settings.
News Feed Settings
If you’ve recently logged in to your Facebook account and noticed that you’re missing new updates from some of your friends, then you need to check your News Feed Settings. A recent Facebook update has enabled an option by default to only show posts from “friends and pages that you interact the most“. Meaning, if you haven’t interacted with a certain friend (message, chat, comment, tag, etc.), then you won’t see/receive any updates from that friend on your News Feed.
There are two ways to configure your News Feed Settings:
Via the Most Recent link on the top part of the News Feed
  1. Login to your Facebook account.
  2. Click on “Most Recent > Edit Options“.
  3. Facebook Updates
  4. On “Edit Your News Feed Settings > Show posts from” option, make sure that “All of your friends and pages” is checked.
  5. Facebook Updates
  6. Click on “Save“.
Via the Edit Options link at the bottom of the News Feed
  1. Login to your Facebook account.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
  3. Click on “Edit Options
  4. Facebook Updates
  5. On “Edit Your News Feed Settings > Show posts from” option, make sure that “All of your friends and pages” is checked.
  6. Facebook Updates
  7. Click on “Save“.
Now you won’t miss updates from any of your friends or pages. If you noticed, below the “Show posts from” section is the “Hide posts from” option. Aside from the two filter options, this allows you to further customize your News Feed settings and block updates from specific friends or pages. To learn more about how to control your News Feed settings, refer to this post.
The option to show updates only from friends and pages you interact the most can be useful for some users as it displays less updates and only new updates from friends and pages that interest them the most. However, Facebook shouldn’t use it as the default setting especially if they don’t notify users about it. The default setting should be “All of your friends and pages” and then let the user decide whether they want it that way or not.
Secure Browsing
The other update has something to do with security and was created to address the vulnerability caused by unsecured web browsing. A certain Firefox extension called Firesheep allowed malicious users to browse the activity of other Facebook users on the same WiFi network (airport, public library, school, coffee shop, etc.) and even read or write on their accounts when logged on to Facebook via an unsecured connection (HTTP).
To address this issue, Facebook has added the option to login using HTTPS which is encrypted and secure. Here’s how to enable or setup secure browsing via HTTPS on your Facebook account.
  1. Login to your Facebook account.
  2. Click on Account > Account Settings.
  3. Under “Settings“, click on “Account Security“.
  4. Make sure “Secure Browsing (https)” is checked.
  5. Facebook Updates
  6. Click on “Save“.
It is recommended that you enable this feature especially if you login to your Facebook account on public WiFi networks. It will keep your account and private information safe from prying eyes.
IMPORTANT: If you already enabled HTTPS and would want to access a Facebook application (e.g. games), Facebook will show a message asking whether you want to switch to a regular connection (HTTP) instead of a secured connection (HTTPS).
Facebook Updates
If you click on “Continue” and use the regular connection, HTTPS will no longer be enabled the next time you login. You’ll have to enable it again if you want to use it again for secure browsing.
Hope that this simple tutorial has helped you to properly configure your Facebook account settings not only for your News Feed but also to keep your account secure. If you found this post useful, I’m sure your family and friends who are on Facebook will do too, so feel free to share it with them. You can share this post via the bookmarking buttons below or via the toolbar.

Wanted Tips: 8 ways to bypass the Megavideo time limit.

Most of the time you watch movies of Megavideo for free. But it is annoying when the movie stops after 72 minutes and ask you to wait, are you annoyed and frustrated with Megavideo’s time limit?
Don’t worry, I’ll show you how you can bypass that limit and let you enjoy watching your video or movie without any interruptions. Megavideo is one of the best and one of the most popular video sharing sites in the Internet.
Megavideo Time Limit
Some movies are more than 72 minutes long, some are even 2-3 hours long so once you hit the time limit, you can’t continue watching the movie anymore. Today, I’m gonna share with you a few methods on how to bypass the Megavideo time limit.
DISCLAIMER: I do not endorse them and I haven’t tried all of the methods listed below. PERFORM THE METHODS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Method 1 – Work Offline
Firefox Work Offline
1. Open the video that you want to watch on Megavideo. Click the Play button and when it starts playing, click on the Pause button to let it buffer.
2. Wait until the video is done loading/buffering to 100%.
3. Click on Work Offline and watch the video.
Mozilla Firefox
- Click on File > Work Offline.
Internet Explorer 7 & 8
- Click on Tools > Work Offline.
[Remember to unclick the Work Offline button once you're done watching]
Method 2 – Block Cookies
1. Clear your web browser’s cache and delete cookies.
2. Block cookies.
Mozilla Firefox
- Click on Tools > Page Info.
- Click on the Permissions tab. Under Set Cookies, if Use Default is checked, uncheck it then select Block.
Internet Explorer 7 & 8
- Click on Tools > Internet Options.
- Click on the Privacy tab.
- Click on Sites.
- Under “Address of Website“, type “megavideo.com” (without the quotes), click Block.
- Repeat the previous step and this time type “www.megavideo.com“, click Block.
3. Disconnect your modem and wait for about 10 seconds before reconnecting it.
4. Continue watching the video.
Method 3 – Download
(You’ll need Mozilla Firefox for this one.)
Download Helper
1. Install the DownloadHelper addon and restart Firefox.
2. Go to Megavideo and open the video that you want to watch and click Play.
3. Once the video starts buffering, the DownloadHelper icon would start revolving. Click on the small arrow beside it then click on the .flv file and it will prompt you to save the file to your computer. You can rename the file if you want and choose where you want it to be saved.
4. Watch the video with VLC Media Player or Applian FLV player.
Method 4 – Illimitux addon
(You’ll need Mozilla Firefox for this one.)
1. Install the Illimitux addon and restart Firefox.
2. Go to Megavideo and open the video that you want to watch.
3. Click on the Illimitux icon (lower right corner of Firefox) and you will be directed to another page where you can watch the video without any time limits.
Caution: This add-on has not been reviewed by Mozilla. Be careful when installing third-party software that might harm your computer.
Method 5 – Megastreaming.org
1. Go to Megavideo and copy the URL of the video that you want to watch. (example: http://www.megavideo.com/?v=Q7UK1BVI)
2. Open http://megastreaming.org/.
3. Paste the URL of the video you want to watch on the space provided and click Play.
Method 6 – Lyke.co.cc
1. Go to Megavideo and copy the URL of the video that you want to watch. (example: http://www.megavideo.com/?v=Q7UK1BVI)
2. Open http://lyke.co.cc/.
3. Paste the URL of the video you want to watch on the space below “Remove Time Limit” and click Watch.
Method 7 – No More 72 Mins
1. Go to Megavideo and copy the URL of the video that you want to watch. (example: http://www.megavideo.com/?v=Q7UK1BVI)
2. Open http://megavideonotimelimit.com/.
3. Paste the URL of the video you want to watch on the space provided and click Watch The Video.
UPDATE: Proven and effective method to bypass the Megavideo time limit.
Method 8 – Cacaoweb
Cacaoweb is a free and opensource software that handles live streaming multimedia content and can automatically remove the Megavideo 72 minute time limit, including the advertisements.
Firefox Users:
1. Install the Cacaoweb Firefox addon.
2. Restart Firefox once the addon is finished installing.
3. Open the video that you want to watch on Megavideo and Cacaoweb will automatically detect it.
Non-Firefox Users:
1. Go to the Cacaoweb website and click on the Download Cacaoweb Now button.
Cacaoweb Download
2. It will bring you to a SourceForge.net page, click on View All Files.
Cacaoweb Download
3. Choose the specific installer for your computer’s OS. (MAC, Windows, Linux, BSD)
Cacaoweb Download
4. Install Cacaoweb.

Just choose any of the methods listed above which you think suits you best, follow the instructions and you’ll be able to enjoy watching videos and movies on Megavideo without any time limits or restrictions.
If you know of any other way or alternatives on how to bypass the Megavideo time limit, please share it with us so we can include it on this list.