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T he  old Like box  for Facebook Pages has been deprecated and replaced with a new Page Plugin. If you have not manually upgraded the embed code for Like box on your website yet, no worries as Facebook has automatically migrated all the Like boxes using the old embed code to the new Page Plugin. Unlike the previous Like box that carried too much Facebook branding, the new Facebook Page plugin is cleaner without any branding. You can now display the cover photo of your Facebook Page inside the Like box. You can also add a “Call to Action” button that will redirect people to your email newsletter or prompt them to install your mobile app and so on. The other difference that you can now only display a single row of fan pictures inside the Page Plugin. Why does this matter? The pile shows profile pictures of mutual friends who have liked your Facebook Page and thus, when a casual visitor sees a familiar face inside that pile, it is likely to increase their interest in your we...

T oday everyone is facing problem of editing a pdf file. To solve this adobe authorities launch a new application for pdf editing which is  Adobe Acrobat DC  which you can download from here:- https://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/. It's a 30 day trial version, so you have to buy it to get full version. I had found a way to get rid of this. Just follow the below steps to edit it:- 1.      Select the file you want to download and upload it to http://www.zamzar.com/  to convert it into a jpg file.  2.      Then, download converted parts of the file. 3.      Now right click on the page you want to edit. 4.      Then, open the image in paint. 5.      Open a word file write the content you want to write (word wise like- today). 6.      Copy it and then paste the content, then drag image above the word or sentence you want to editing. ...

While apps like Skype or Viber let you make cheap (or even free) international phone calls, you need to connected to WiFi for these apps to work. Meet an alternate that offers similar features but needs no Internet. H o w do you make international calls from your mobile phone? Mobile carriers often charge exorbitant rates for international phone calls but you can Internet based services like Skype or Google Hangouts and call any landline or cell phone number in the world for a low per minute fee. All you need is a mobile phone connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot and some credit balance in your account for making the phone call. You can use these VoIP apps when travelling overseas as well and make significant savings for both domestic and international calls. Now consider a scenario where you have a mobile phone but there’s no Wi-Fi around and the 3G/4G services are either slow or unavailable. Would you still be able to place calls through any of these apps? The answer is obviously in ...

T he  Learn to Code  movement has picked up momentum worldwide and that is actually a good thing as even basic programming skills can have a major impact. If you can teach yourself how to write code, you gain a competitive edge over your peers, you can think more algorithmically and thus can tackle problems more efficiently. Don’t just download the latest app, help redesign it. Don’t just play on your phone, program it. —  Obama . There’s no reason why shouldn’t know the basics of coding. You can automate tasks, you can program your Excel sheets, improve workflows, you can extract data from websites and accomplish so much more with code. You may not be in the business of writing software programs but knowing the basics of coding will help you communicate more effectively with developers. Gone are the days when you had to enroll in expensive computer training classes as now exist a plethora of web-based courses that will help you learn programmi...

M ost big-name web services like Gmail, Microsoft, Evernote, WordPress and Dropbox now support 2-step authentication to improve the security of your online accounts. Once you enable two-factor authentication, a malicious person will not be able to log into your online account even if they know the password – they’ll need access to your mobile phone as well to get in. The verification codes required for logging into a 2-step enabled account can be generated either using a mobile app – like  Authy  or  Google Authenticator  – or you can have them sent to your mobile phone via a text message or a voice call. The latter option however will not work if the mobile phone associated with your account is outside the coverage area (like when you are in a foreign country). There’s another option that makes the process of logging into a 2-factor enabled account Google less cumbersome. Instead of generating the verification codes on a mobile phone,  yo...

U n less you are living under the rock for the past few years, you may have heard of the term “blogs” or personal diaries that are published online by millions of users across the globe. (Stats say that 71.5 million blogs exist as of today) Jumping the blogging bandwagon is simple — pick your niche, choose a blogging platform (like Blogger, WordPress) and start writing. The moment you hit that publish button, your thoughts and commentary instantly reach hundreds and thousands of souls with little effort. You can blog on virtually any topic from shoes to iPods to cooking to stuffed toys — think of a niche that you are passionate about, write consistently and you will automatically find readers in some corner of the world who’ll enjoy your writing and keep coming back for more. People have quit their 9-to-5 jobs to take up blogging as a full time profession and they aren’t complaining. And blogging is not just about sharing expression; it can even help pay your utility bil...