How to Get Back Old Facebook
Facebook is all set to launch its new design, and have already started moving users to it. Some have liked the new Facebook, but there are many others who find it very confusing and don’t like it.
Soon Facebook will disable the old Facebook for good, and everyone will have to use the new one. But at least for now, there are two ways by which you can get the look and feel of old Facebook back.
How to Disable Firefox Extension Install Delay
by Haris on September 12, 2008
in Firefox, Tips and Tricks
After all the Chromey hype and tips, I finally got a chance to share a new Firefox tip with all my readers.
You must have noticed that whenever you install a Firefox extension, you get a four seconds delay before the Install button becomes active. Of course that won’t be a problem for most, but if you get annoyed with that you can follow the steps below to disable it.
Upload Photos by Email to Picasa Web Albums
by Haris on September 6, 2008
in Google, Tips and Tricks
Picasa Web Albums is a free photo-sharing web app site by Google that allows you to organize and edit your photos online and share them with your family and friends. It also has a native application for your desktop so that you can easily upload new photos.
It gives users two methods to upload photos. One is to upload from your browser, and the other is by Picasa (desktop application). Another method I found to upload photos is by email. You can upload new photos by email in whatever you album you want.
How To Backup Preferences In Chrome
by Haris on September 4, 2008
in Google, Tips and Tricks
It’s just been two days since Google released its open source web browser, Chrome, and the blogosphere is filled with its tips and tricks.
The last Chrome tip I wrote about was how to browse privately, and today I’d like to share how you can backup your preferences.
How To Fix iPhone 2.0.2 Security Issue
by Haris on August 29, 2008
in Apple, Tips and Tricks, iPhone
The latest iPhone firmware update was released a few days ago and many users updated to it as it brought several updates and bug fixes. But with this release, a major security issue has been found.
If you are using JesusPhone to password protect your iPhone, then using a simple trick, anyone can gain access to your private information like in mail, SMS, contacts, and even Safari.
How To Try Out The New iGoogle
by Haris on August 26, 2008
in Google, Tips and Tricks
The new iGoogle has been in beta testing for more than 2 months now. It was announced back in June that the new developer sandbox has been opened for a few Google accounts and not all are able to access it.
Several changes have been made like the tabs are now in the left side of the page instead at the top. They are expandable if you want to see the list of gadgets in a treet list. Another major change is that each gadget now has an expanded view providing more functions and features.
Access Digg at Blocked Places with Alternate URLs
by Haris on August 19, 2008
in General, Tips and Tricks
Digg is one of the most popular social-bookmarking services. There you discover and share content by submitting links and stories from anyhwere on the Internet and vote up or down the stories. Voting up is called digging, and voting down is called burying. The most dugg and popular stories get to the front page.
Such sites are usually blocked at work places like schools, offices etc. Here are a few alternate URLs that could be used to access Digg where it is blocked.
How To Disable Apple’s Kill-Switch in iPhone
by Haris on August 14, 2008
in Apple, Tips and Tricks, iPhone
Last week it was discovered that through the kill-switch mechanism in iPhones, Apple can remotely blacklist and disable third-party locations stored on users’ private devices.
Later on, this was readily confirmed by the Apple CEO Steve Jobs that there exists this kill-switch which allows Apple to remotely block bad and malicious apps that are bought from the App Store.
Hack YouTube Olympic Channel For Beijing 2008
by Haris on August 9, 2008
in Internet, Social Networks, Tips and Tricks
The official Olympic channel at YouTube has been blocked at some countries due to some reasons, and does not allow users to watch Olympics coverage there.
A commenter, Stephen Sclafani, over at Valleywag has found a small hack by which everyone can access YouTube’s Beijing 2008 channel. All you have to do is replace a cookie that YouTube servers store in your browser and then you will be able to access all the clips at YouTube.
