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How to

LinkedIn Two-Step Verification: How to add your PC/Mobile as Trusted Device [Tip]

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

After enabling Two-step verification for your LinkedIn account, you need to make sure your computer or mobile device you use to login to LinkedIn should be added as trusted device. its, very simple, here is how to do it. Unlike […]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox
Confirm folder replace dialog

How to Restore Old Firefox Profile Data After Reset

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Confirm folder replace dialog

As you know to fix the problems such as slowness and other issues Firefox users face Mozilla has introduced Reset feature from version 13 onwards, you can find Reset button on “Troubleshooting Information”/about:support page. This feature is also useful to

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
How to
Dropbox Preferences Import tab

How Dropbox Automatically Saves Screenshots to Its Folder on Windows

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Dropbox Preferences Import tab

Recently, we’ve covered Dropbox has made experimental build available for Windows and Mac with features like saving screenshots to Dropbox, move to Dropbox and other features. The most useful future Dropboxers find will be Saving screenshots. Let us take a

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Tips and Tricks
Yahoo Mail Classic

Its Still Possible to Access Yahoo Mail Classic/Old Version

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Yahoo Mail Classic

How to access Yahoo mail classic or old version as it being discontinued. As Yahoo announced in this year April, they’re closing Yahoo Mail Classic version and other products like Upcoming, Deals, SMS Alerts on June 3rd. There is no […]

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Firefox
Firefox Australis menu from hotdogs icon

How to Check for Updates in Firefox Australis UX Build [Tip]

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox Australis menu from hotdogs icon

Firefox interface for Windows, Mac and Linux is going to change completely with Australis, you can see this in action if interested, by installing latest Nightly UX build. It may take a while for you to get used to the

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

How to Enable or disable Tabbed Inbox for Gmail

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Gmail’s new Inbox is rolling out for all users, it won’t be turned on by default though. You need to check and enable it by selecting ‘Configure inbox” from Settings (Gear) menu and then need select two other (optional) tabs- […]

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Google Chrome

How to Disable Service/Site Handler Requests in Google Chrome

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

If you don’t want Google Chrome to show site handler requests you can disable them easily. Google Chrome lets web services to request you to open some kind of links for instance when you visit Gmail login page in Chrome,

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox

Firefox 21: Disable Slow Startup Notification

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Today Mozilla to officially release Firefox 21 for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms with new features and improvements over the previous version. Significant new features are: three options for Do Not Track feature, Firefox Health Report and notification about slow

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
How to
Foxit Reader Start page with ad

How to hide Start Page and Advertisement Shown by Foxit Reader on Startup

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Foxit Reader Start page with ad

Yesterday we’ve covered how to set Foxit Reader default Zoom to 100%, today we’re going to share another useful tip for Foxit Reader users -that is how to hide Start page and ad showed by Foxit. Foxit Reader by default

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Google Chrome
IDM Integration Chrome extension

How to Install IDM Integration Extension in Google Chrome Manually

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments
IDM Integration Chrome extension

The article which I’ve written way back in 2008 on how to integrate internet Download manager into Chrome is old and needs to updated which I did. If you’ve Google Chrome installed on your computer and when you install IDM

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks
How to
Avast Free AV with SecureLine Installed but not activated

How to Uninstall or Remove SecureLine VPN from Avast v8?

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast Free AV with SecureLine Installed but not activated

If you’ve recently installed latest Avast v8 cleanly on your computer by choosing “Express Settings” during the setup then you should know that SecureLine VPN service also installed for you along with Avast. FYI, recent minor update 8.0.1488.286 for Avast

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Firefox

Enable Mixed Content Blocker in Firefox 21 for More Security

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

We’ve already covered that Firefox 23 to block Mixed active Content by default. Let me give you a little brief about mixed content.  On HTTPS page when some content is loaded via HTTP connection there are chances for hackers to

Posted in: Firefox, Security, Tips and Tricks
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