Facebook Tips

Facebook tip: How to turn on (or off) individual email notifications

Jhesa writes: How can I receive individual Facebook email notification again, instead of that summary email notification that I’m receiving? I’m much more comfortable with the individual email notifications, especially since Facebook access is blocked at my company.

Greetings, Jhesa! If you want Facebook to shoot you an email each time someone posts a message to your timeline, comments on one of your status updates, “likes” a photo you’re in, or otherwise does something related to your profile, all you have to do is change a key account setting.

But here’s the thing: you should also take some time to tweak your notification preferences, or else you may wind up buried in a pile of Facebook emails.

Here’s what you do:

• Click the little downward arrow in the top-right corner of any Facebook page, then select Account Settings from the pull-down menu.
• Click the Notifications tab in the left column, then find the gray “Email Frequency” box at the top of the page.
• Want to start getting individual email notifications from Facebook? Then clear the “Email Frequency” checkbox. If you just want the occasional summary email, make sure the box is checked.
• If you un-checked the box, your next step is to customize your Facebook notification settings—and be warned, there are a lot of them. Start by looking at the notifications in the “Recent Notifications” section, and toggle the email icon for each depending on whether you’d want an individual email alert for a specific event.
• Next, check out the “All Notifications” sections, and start clicking the Edit links next to the various categories (such as “Facebook,” “Photos,” “Pages,” “Wall Comments”). Within each category, you’ll find a series of checkboxes covering just about any Facebook event imaginable. Just check or clear the checkboxes as you see fit.
• Last but not least, you can change the email address where Facebook sends your notifications by clicking the General tab in your account settings. From there, click the Edit link next to the Email heading, then select or add a new primary email address.

Bonus tip

 
One way to keep your Facebook email notifications under control is to filter incoming Facebook messages into a special Facebook folder in your email account.

In Gmail, for example, you can create a filter from the Mail Settings menu; just select the Filter tab, click the “Create a new filter” link, type “Facebook” into the “From” field, check the “Apply the label” checkbox, select “New label” from the pull-down menu, then create a new label called “Facebook.”

Looking for more Facebook tips? Click here!

Thank you 

comments are welcome 

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What are QR codes, and what are they for? (reader mail)

Gail writes: So here goes. What are those boxy-looking, black-and-white squares that you see everywhere—the ones with all the little blocks inside? I’m starting to feel dumb for not knowing what they are.

Hi Gail! You’re not the first person to be stumped by a QR (short for “Quick Response”) code, and they do indeed seem to be everywhere you look—in magazines, at bus stops, plastered on billboards, and even on business cards.

Think of a QR code as a more advanced version of those little barcodes you’ll find stamped on just about every product at the grocery store.

Think of a QR code as a more advanced version of those little barcodes you’ll find stamped on just about every product at the grocery store.

What’s the difference between a garden-variety barcode and a QR code—besides the way they look, that is?

Simple: while a UPC (or “Universal Product Code”) barcode can only contain a string of a dozen numbers or so, a QR code can contain more than 7,000 numbers, or a combination of more than 4,000 numbers, letters, and symbols—perfect for, say, a web link.

Now, QR codes have actually been around for almost 20 years, but they’ve only recently started cropping up in magazines and in display ads. Why the big change? Probably because more and more of us are walking around with camera-packing, Net-connected smartphones capable of scanning a QR code in a flash.

So that’s the “what” when it comes to QR codes; now, it’s time for the “why.” Why would you want to scan a QR code, anyway, and what do you get if you do?

More often than not, the QR codes you see in advertisements and billboards will lead you to a web page that’s related to the specific product—the idea being that it’s easier to just scan a QR code with your phone than to manually tap in a web address.

Scan a QR code on an ad for a new movie, for example, and you might end up at the film’s official web site, complete with local showtimes. Or, you might scan a QR code on a coupon to get a special offer, or to quickly sign up for a contest.

Scanning a QR code with your smartphone may lead you to a web page with more information, a special offer, or even a contest.

In other cases, you might find random, even mysterious QR codes sitting on their own—say, on a blank magazine page, or on a flyer taped to a wall. What are they for? Good question, although it’s a safe bet that some marketer out there is hoping you’ll scan their code just out of curiosity.

OK, so how do go about scanning a QR code, then?

You’ll need a smartphone with a camera, of course, and you’ll also need to download and install an app for reading QR codes. Search the Apple App Store or the Google Play app store for “QR code” and you’ll find dozens of readers, many of which are free.

For the iPhone, one of the most recommended QR code readers around is called Scan, a dead-simple (and free) app that can decypher a QR code the instant it appears in its viewfinder.

Got an Android phone? Try Google Goggles, a free app that uses your phone’s camera to identify buildings, statues, and other landmarks in your line of sight—including QR codes.

Once you’ve installed the app of your choice, just fire it up, point the viewfinder at a nearby QR code (make sure you’re within about a foot or so, and that the QR code isn’t obscured by glare or shadows). Within a second or so, your app should notify you if it’s detected a valid code.

If the QR code you’ve found contains a URL, your app should (hopefully) be able to zap you directly to the web page in question. Some apps may also let you preview the URL before you visit the address.

And what if the QR code contains a message instead of a web link? If that’s the case, the app should be able to display the message instantly.

Still have questions about QR codes? Post ‘em below!

thank you 

Comment are welcome 

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tips of the day

Cell phone always running out of juice? Consider a portable battery pack

So, it’s the end of another long day, you’re heading home, and you need to make one last phone call. But when you pull out your smartphone, bad news: the needle on the digital battery meter is buried in the red. What do to?

Well, you could always try ducking into a nearby Starbucks to plug your phone into a wall outlet—provided you can find one, of course, and assuming you have the charging cable handy.

There’s also another alternative: a portable (and rechargable) battery pack, small enough to fit in a pocket or a purse and ready to give your iPhone, Android phone, BlackBerry, or iPod a much-needed shot in the arm, even when there isn’t a wall outlet in sight.

A quick search on Amazon reveals dozens of makes and models, some of which are small enough to fit on a keychain while others are closer to wallet size.

Some portable battery packs (like Mophie's new Juice Pack Reserve) are small enough to fit on a keyring.

Your typical portable battery will cost anywhere from $20 to $100, depending on the size, and they all work in more or less the same way: you charge them at home by plugging them into a wall outlet, then bring them with you for a quick boost whenever your phone’s battery is running low.

Of course, the bigger the battery, the more power it’ll store.

For example, a smaller, keychain-sized battery probably couldn’t completely recharge a dead iPhone 4; in a pinch, though, it could give you enough power for a few extra calls or to check your email one last time, and it would also be compact enough to bring in your purse every day.

If you want more portable power—say, enough to keep your smartphone going for a cross-country flight—you’ll need something a little bigger, perhaps the size of your phone itself.

Another clever option is a smartphone case with its own, built-in battery pack (such as those made by Mophie, Kensington, and Incase).

When shopping for a portable battery pack, make sure it’ll charge your particular make and model of phone.

Some portable chargers come with Apple’s 30-pin iPhone connector, which plugs directly into the bottom of your iPhone; others may have USB, Micro USB, or Mini USB ports. Check your phone’s charger to see what kind of connector it uses, then make sure the battery pack you’re considering will fit before you plunk down your cash.

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Transfer Files between Android and PC without data cable

Android is the leading Mobile/Tablet OS in the world today, Hundreds of Manufacturers are using Android OS on their Gadgets. So, using an Android device must make work easier. There are lot of utilities available on Google Play (Android Market) today which makes work easier “Software Date cable” is one such application developed for Android devices to make easy file transfer between Phone and PC without using a data cable.

Many of us carry data cables along with our laptops, just to transfer files between Phone and PC. By using this Software data cable application you can leave your physical data cable in your home as you can transfer files using this software through wireless medium (Wifi) available both on PC and Phone.

You can drag and drop files from and to your PC by using this application. You can also manage your files better because it comes with built in file manager. So we can use it as  two in one application for Android devices.

How to use Software Data Cable App ?

1. Download the Software Data Cable App from Google play from the download  link at the end of this post. Install it on your Android Phone/Tab.

2. Turn on and Connect Wifi on both devices.

3. To start file transfer over Wi-Fi you need to start this application. It will give you an FTP address and Port number like ftp://192.168.1.122:8888 (192.168.1.100 is IP and 8888 is port number) which you must  use to connect our laptop Wi-Fi to Android.

4. Now open your windows explorer and type the FTP address and Port number in the address bar.

5. Your android files will be accessed on to your windows explorer, by dragging and dropping files from or to your PC you can transfer files between PC and Phone.

[Download Software Data Cable App]

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How to Recover Permanently Deleted Files (Alt+Ctrl+ Del)

Sometimes we delete important files permanently by mistake and stay blank after we realize that the file was an important one.  Mistakes like these happen sometimes, All you need to do is to be prepared for situations like this.

If you are a folk of this sort,

Here is the solution for your mistake!

There is a Software by name Kissass Undelete which can bring the deleted file back into flash drive or hard disk memory. The file will be lost only if the space in which the file was stored is written or occupied!

Click here to download the software.

Instructions to use the Software:

1. To start searching for the files,vSelect the drive from the Left panel of the Windows and Click the scan button. the Scan might take upto 10 secs.
2. When the files search has been completed, it will show you the results with the name, typ, size and the last modified date of the searched file.
3. Now you can select the file to be recover. This is an Open source application and available for All Windows OS(Windows XP/Vista/ 7).

Features :

• Free and Open Source
• Support for both NTFS and FAT filesystems
• Filter by filename and extension
• Easy-to-use interface
• Unreasonably large scan button

There is one more similar Software to recover Permanently deleted files. Click here to download it

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How to Change Your Blogger Background Image and Color

Designing your blog is a crucial factor and it will helps you to impress your readers at first sight. There are many options you can follow such as using a custom templates, customizingelements, use of effects on images and more if you consider attractive designing for your blog. However design itself not enough for your blog. So you should work on content to be qualitative too. When it comes to designing, how does your blog background aids in impressing readers? You may not care about it, but your blog background which spread over large amount of area could be able to convey what type of blog and what kind of personality you have. Would you like to give more color to your blog with different background image and colors?

As you change templates, you might see different backgrounds native for them. It could go with your blog and content. It may be your favorite choice. If you have type of common background image, then readers may not impress with your design. Also if it doesn't work out or seems odd for you, then you might seek a way to make use of another background image or background color. So you wanna change background image with a one suitable for your theme. As another reason, sometimes they will find your background color is buggy when they reading your blog. You know, background color and content color should be matched and readers should be able to read them easily without finding any friction for them. So in such a scenario, you have to change your background color to make it more convenient with a new look to your readers. Let's take a look at customizing your blogger background.

Steps:

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard.

2. Click on your Blog Title.

3. Now navigate to Template tab.

4. Click on Customize button beneath your live blog preview.

Change Background Image

i. Click on Background on left pane.

ii. There you can find heading Background image and click on the image box below the heading.

iii. Either you can select background image provided by Blogger or use Upload image menu itemto upload you own image.

Note: Blogger allows you to upload only JPG, GIF or PNG files and size should be equivalent or below to 300 Kilobytes. It recommends to use images with 1800 x 1600 or greater dimensions.

iv. Click Done button after the completion of upload.

Change Background Color

i. Navigate to Advanced menu item.

ii. Find and click Backgrounds sub menu item.

iii. Change Outer Background, Main Background or/and Header Background color as you prefer.

5. After making necessary changes, click Apply to Blog button to commit your changes.


More Information:

* If you wish to customize font and colors of your template, read How to Customize Fonts and Colors in Your Blogger Template.

Enjoy :-)

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How to deactivate facebook account permanently

Had it up to here with Facebook? You can always delete your account, but it’ll require a little work—and patience—on your part.

First, we need to make a clear distinction between merely “deactivating” your account and actually deleting it.

Deactivating your Facebook account is a fairly quick and easy process, but it will only hide your profile and personal information, not wipe it completely off of Facebook’s servers.

To deactivate your account, visit the Security Settings menu (click the down-arrow in the top-right corner of the screen, select Account Settings, then click Security in the left column), click the “Deactivate your account” link, and follow the prompts. Change your mind? Just log back into Facebook, and your profile will be waiting for you.

But what if you want to delete your account completely—and permanently? You can, but you’ll have to jump through a few more hoops, and the process isn’t instantaneous.

But what if you want to delete your account completely—and permanently? You can, but you’ll have to jump through a few more hoops, and the process isn’t instantaneous.

Here’s what you do:

• The first step is actually finding the link for deleting your account. One way is to search for “delete account” in the Facebook Help Center, or you can just click this link.
• Next, you’ll come to a page warning what will happen if you delete your account—namely, that once your account is deleted, you won’t be able to recover your information. Ready to continue? Click the “Delete My Account” button.
• A pop-up window will appear with yet another warning: “You are about to permanently delete your account. Are you sure?” You’ll then have to enter your Facebook password, then enter a “captcha” security code (a cluster of random text, intended to make sure you’re not a malicious spambot).
• All done? Click the “Okay” button, then check your inbox for an email confirming that you’ve requested that Facebook permanently delete your account.

You'll have two weeks to change your mind after asking Facebook to delete your account.
• Now comes the time-consuming part. Facebook won’t delete your account right away—indeed, you’ll have to wait a full 14 days for your Facebook profile to be erased forever. If you have second thoughts during your two-week wait, you can log back into your account and click the “Cancel Deletion” button.
• One more thing: Even after Facebook has officially deleted your account, keep in mind that some of your information may remain on Facebook’s backup servers for up to 90 days. After that, though, your profile and other personal data should be completely wiped off Facebook.

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