Google+ is slowly adding all the useful features to fully compete with Facebook. Now you can receive your Google+ huddle conversations and stream messages on your cellphone through SMS (short messaging service). All you have to do is add your cellphone number to your Google+ profile and you would start receiving text messages immediately after verification. At present this SMS service seems to be available only for India and United States but is expected soon to include more countries.
Read moreHow to Delete Your Google+ Profile
Google+ is out and people have jumped on to this new social networking service to use it. But like it happens with everything else, some people are not going to like Google+. If you think that Google+ is not your thing, then you can disable and delete your Google+ profile in your Google account. By deleting your Google+ profile your Google+ service and linked profile shall be removed. Doing this will not affect your Google account in any other way.
Read moreAdd Nyan Cat Progress Bar in Windows 7
Nyan Cat or Pop Tart Cat is an internet meme (of a flying cat with cherry pop tart body) which has taken the internet by storm in the last few months. The original animation of the Nyan Cat was designed by Chris Torres in April 2011. Since then many people have come up with various creative ideas for the popular cat, the latest being a Nyan Cat progress bar for Windows 7. This cute looking progress bar replaces the usual Windows progress bar with the Nyan Cat progress bar.
Read moreMake Short Vanity URL for Your Google+ Profile
Google+ has arrived, is in full swing and people are loving it. But there are still things that people coming from Facebook desire in Google+. For one, Google+ does not offer vanity URLs like Facebook. A vanity URL is a short URL to your profile which is easy to remember and share, in contrast to a URL with twenty one character long profile ID. But if you want, you can still have a shorter vanity URL using third party website gplus.to.
Read moreDisable Checking For Solutions For Crashed Programs in Windows 7
When a program crashes, hangs for a long time or closes down unexpectedly, Windows 7 shows a dialog with options to check for a solution online, close the program and debug the program. A program crashing is already a headache, checking for solutions online is too much to ask. Additionally, this option works only if you are connected to the Internet. Fortunately, there is a way to disable checking for solutions online in Windows 7.
Read moreShow Image Preview in Context Menu in Windows 7
Windows 7 shows image thumbnail previews in a folder but it just shows the thumbnail and there is not much you can do with it. If you have to perform some basic tasks on images regularly, like rotating and resizing then you might want to add XnView shell extension in Windows 7. The XnView shell extension adds the functionality for you to view the thumbnail preview of any image by right clicking on that image. The image thumbnail preview is show in the context menu itself, so no extra window opens up.
Read moreStore Your Files in Encrypted Containers Using Protect Me
The usual problem with encryption programs is that you need to install the encryption program in order to decrypt the encrypted files. Imagine you encrypt a file and email it to your friends – they cannot decrypt it without installing the same encryption program on their computer first. Protect Me addresses this problem in an entirely different manner – it enables you to store confidential files in a single password protected container.
Read moreSet Default Email Client for Mozilla Firefox
Surfing everyday on the Internet, you often come across websites with mailto links clicking on which your default email client opens up so you can send an email. You can also email a web page URL to a friend by choosing from the menubar. Firefox allows you to choose which email client or service you want to set a default for such actions. You can choose from installed email clients like Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook etc. and also web based email services like Yahoo or Gmail.
Read moreClean Old Icons from Notification Area in Windows 7
Windows 7 has a unique notification area – previously called the System Tray. It automatically hides the inactive icons and shows only active ones. The only annoying part of the Windows 7 notification area is that it retains older icons from older application too – from the programs that you uninstalled or removed ages ago. But there is a registry hack using which you can clean the old icons from the notification area.
Read moreSetup Video Calling Feature in Facebook
Recently Facebook has started a new Video Calling feature to its huge battery of features. The feature will be powered by the Internet phone service Skype. Using this feature, now you can start a video chat with your friends on Facebook. Before you can start using this feature you need to setup your computer to use this video calling feature.
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