Change the top Google search result for your name for free

August 21, 2012 |  by  |  Tips n Tweaks  |  No Comments

Norton has introduced a new tool called Norton Top Search that lets you control the top search result for your name, for free. To change your top search result, all you need to do is pick a URL that you would like to pop up first when people search your name. The form to do so, found here looks like this: After inputting your desired URL, Norton then shows you how the search result will eventually look: Then the site asks you to verify your identity via Facebook. After that, you receive the following message: “Congratulations! Your online reputation is now protected.

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How to change your Facebook relationship status without alerting friends

February 14, 2012 |  by  |  Facebook, Tips n Tweaks  |  No Comments

#1 Facebook Relationship Status - The new Timeline design makes much of your relationship status, so we'd recommend erring on the side of caution about what you choose to broadcast. #2. The Break-Up - If you change your status from being in a relationship with someone to being single using the default settings, Facebook will alert all your friends to this via their News Feeds. If you want to change your status in a more subtle manner, we can show you how. #3. Edit Your Profile - From your Facebook profile page, click on the "About" link under your profile picture. #4. Edit

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How to export/transfer your Nokia contacts to iPhone

January 3, 2012 |  by  |  Mobiles, Nokia, Tips n Tweaks  |  1 Comment

1. Using Outlook, Nokia PC Suite and iTunes #1 Make sure you have installed iTune, Microsoft Outlook and Nokia PC suite. #2 Connect your Nokia Phone to your computer using data cable/bluetooth/wi-fi. #3 Open Nokia PC Suite, connect it with your phone to synchronize the contact with your Outlook which will transfer all your phone contact to Outlook. #4 Go to Sync -> Sync Options -> Contacts and select the option “Microsoft Outlook” under the section “Syn with contacts application” #5 Click on OK in this window. #6 Now, click on ‘Sync’ button for contacts in the Ovi application home. This synchronises the contacts from your

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How to add ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ to desktop context menu

December 18, 2011 |  by  |  Tips n Tweaks  |  No Comments

To safely disconnect a USB connected hardware is to use the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ option which appears on the system tray whenever a USB storage drive is connected to the machine. Or to use software that lets you manage USB devices. Removing a device prematurely can lead to all sorts of data problems, including out right corruption and lost files! The tiny icon at the bottom of your screen on the system tray is enough but if your find its location inconvenient, you can add this option to the desktop context menu. How, well here we are - #1 Go to

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How to revert Yahoo Mail, back to the previous version

November 28, 2011 |  by  |  Tips n Tweaks, Yahoo  |  No Comments

A little over a year ago Yahoo started rolling out the beta version of their new Mail service and now the beta tag is gone and Yahoo has moved everyone to the new layout. If you did prefer the old version here are the steps- #1 Sign out of Yahoo Mail and close the browser (if you are logged in). #2 Set your screen resolution to 800 *600. #3 Yahoo Mail doesn’t support screen resolution below 1024*600 pixels. #4 Yahoo detects screen resolution and shows screen resolution problem page with links at the bottom to get back to previous version

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How to enable the new YouTube design instantly

November 22, 2011 |  by  |  Tips n Tweaks, YouTube  |  No Comments

YouTube has a slick new design with some pretty tight Google+ social integration and content discovery features. Fret over the new YouTube hasn't yet appeared for you, well don't. Folks at The Verge (http://www.theverge.com) have figured out an easy way (via Google+ user Mortiz Tolxdorff) to turn on the new features right the heck now. At present, the trick only seems to work in Firefox and Chrome. Open up your browser’s development tools: For Firefox: Ctrl + Shift + K (Win) | Cmd + Shift + K (Mac) For Chrome: Ctrl + Shift + J (Win) | or Cmd + Alt + J

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Wolfram Alpha search engine now identify plane and tracks flight paths

November 19, 2011 |  by  |  Cool Stuff, News, Tips n Tweaks  |  No Comments

Every time you see a plane go by, ever wondered what type of aircraft it is, where it’s coming from, where it’s going, what airline it belongs to and how high it’s flying at the moment. Now, Wolfram Alpha can satisfy my curiosity in real time, letting me look it up on the Wolfram Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine. The search engine, which recently began incorporating data from the FAA can now, with a five-minute delay from real-time data, use a flight's speed, heading and altitude to offer a projection of a plane's position. A search for 'flights overhead' via the Wolfram

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Scrollbar Of Contents generates navigable heading markers next to scrollbar for navigating long articles

November 17, 2011 |  by  |  Chrome, Extension, Tips n Tweaks  |  No Comments

Articles on the web can get a little long sometimes, and it can be difficult to skim them and find the parts that are most relevant to you. Welcome Scrollbar of Contents, a free Chrome extension which adds clickable buttons next to your scrollbar so you can jump right to different sections of the article you're reading. Or say it generates clickable markers for all the headings of a page and places them proportionately on the scrollbar. Especially useful when navigating through lengthy documents. Once installed, the extension will scan a page when you load it to see where there are

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Uploading.to – Upload files to multiple file hosting services at once

November 14, 2011 |  by  |  Sites, Tips n Tweaks  |  No Comments

If you're in need of mirroring a file across multiple file hosts, Uploading.to is a service where you can simultaneously upload to sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload, DepositFiles, FileSonic, MediaFire , FileServe, and more (can upload up to 10 Files at time). You can upload your files to our server and it will be automatically distributed to several file sharing sites hence saving your bandwith and time. With a simple and clean interface, just need to check or uncheck any hosts you'd like to upload to and you can get up to ten files going at once. Once done, you're provided

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