Category: Internet

Many web sites track your browsing behavior in order to present you with products or advertisements that better suite your web browsing pattern. This includes information about what sites you visit, things you like, dislike and purchase. Some people think this is clearly a violation of personal privacy. If you also are concerned with being tracked then you can use a new feature in Firefox 5 using which you can tell all the sites that you do not want to be tracked.

Many countries have put heavy censorship on the their citizens on the use of the internet. If you live in such a country, you are missing most of the fun on the internet like Facebook and Twitter. Fortunately, Global Internet Freedom Consortium has come up with an easy to use proxy which hides your IP address and encrypts your connection to the Internet.

Google is always coming up with newer and refreshing ideas about how to use Google search. Now Google has come forward with a new style of search called Voice Search. Using voice search you can dictate search phrases or keywords in Google search engines using your microphone. Google voice search is only available for the Google Chrome web browser in the English language.

Twitter has become a dominant micro blogging site. Recently we saw that many peoples movements in various countries took birth on twitter. It has revolutionized the modern world in a true sense. If you also have a twitter account, you should update your profile picture to personalize and make it look more authentic. You can easily update your twitter profile picture.

Yahoo! has been going down the hill for last few years. More and more people are leaving Yahoo! services for better options from Google, Bing and Facebook. If you also feel that you no longer need a Yahoo! account, then you can terminate it for ever. The termination of your Yahoo! account will result in deletion of your Yahoo! ID, email address and profile names – in addition to the account data and settings across the Yahoo! network.

The proxy servers setting in the Internet Explorer is used not only by Internet Explorer itself by many other programs like Google Chrome browser. If you have set proxy servers in Internet Explorer or some malware has set malicious proxy servers in Internet Explorer, then you can disable them easily and connect to the internet directly.

Facebook has recently added another feature called Tag Suggestion. As soon as you upload a new picture to facebook, this tag suggestion feature comes into play. It starts recognizes the faces of your friends in that picture and automatically tags the uploaded picture. By default, this tag suggestion feature is turned on for all the users. If you find this tag suggestion annoying, then you can disable it in your facebook account.

By connecting your printer with the Google Cloud service you will be able to print using your printer from any computer or smart phone, regardless of where you are in this world. Some modern printers like HP ePrint printers can be connected to the cloud automatically. But if you have a classic printer, you can still connect it to Google Cloud using Google Chrome web browser.

Do you want to send free MMS (pictures messages) online to a cellphone ? You can do this easily using the free Pixdrop service. PixDrop is a free online service which allows you to send free picture messages to mobile phones using your desktop computer. This service is limited to only a few carriers like AT&T, Sprint, T-mobile and Verizon. It is available only for the US based phone numbers.