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Archive for May, 2010

6 Simple Steps To Check If Your Gmail Account Has Been Hacked

Are you suspicious about someone hacking your Gmail account? Inspection time! All you have to do is follow 6 quick and easy steps by which you can determine if someone has tried to invade your personal space. So here we go:

Step 1: Check the ‘Last Account Activity’ Section of your inbox

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Often neglected, displayed in small font the ‘Last Account Activity’ section lies at the bottom of your Gmail inbox. It witnesses who uses your Gmail account and when. Click on ‘details’.
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5 Basic Steps To Protect Your Privacy On Facebook

Facebook PrivacyProtecting your privacy is of paramount importance on any social networking site. The new incarnation of Facebook had to face great deal of criticism because people using it felt robbed of their privacy. However, though it still is appealing enough for you to hang on to it and stay in touch with your buddies, while at the same it time it tempts you to navigate through the numerous applications it offers. You should take some time to go through these privacy tips which can prove quite handy for any Facebook user:

1. Use Facebook Lists

“Everyone”, according to Facebook’s own website means the entire internet, not just all face book users. What? You didn’t know that? Well, now you do. So learn to use one of the most underrated tools on Facebook- the list function.

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How To Block Usage Information Sent To Google Analytics Service

google analyticsGoogle Analytics Service facilitates websites to collect the data about their visitors. You may not know but it’s very common that websites usually track your behavior through this Google service. It’s amazing to know that Google itself will now help you to block this information.

Google has released an add-on “Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on” for your web browser which will stop the browser from sending information to the Google Analytics services. According to Google, it has made such an add-on to provide the website visitors with more number of choices about how their data is collected.
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How To Embed HTML 5 Video To Your Website – 5 Essential Tools

flash playerEvery website developer wishes that all the content of his website which may often include videos, should be accessible to anyone who visits the site.

No doubt, flash videos have gained tremendous popularity, but there are still a lot of users accessing the Internet from different cell phones and low powered devices which have either no or minimum flash support. Hence, integrating HTML5 videos in your website could be a great idea if you wish to cater to all your visitors impartially.

As a website owner and developer you should know that there are some great tools available for free, that will let your videos run via HTML5 or flash in case the former is not supported by visitor’s browser:
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The Next Apple iPhone Uncovered – Expected Features

apple iphoneThe iPhone was Apple’s top-selling product last quarter, which took $5.45 billion in sales, or 40 % of revenue. Apple Inc may plan to uncover the successor of its highly appreciated product iPhone this June. Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs will be addressing the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference to be held in June and the news much likely will be revealed then.

According to Willian Kreher(St Louis-based analyst at Edward Jones & Co), the company will introduce the new hardware i.e the latest iPhone. WWDC is known for the product introduction and this time it will be the new iphone. Steve will kick off the meeting on June 7 which will be till 7 days.
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6 Trends to Rule the Future of Internet Marketing

Internet marketing is a crucial activity that lets content reach to a global audience. More and more enterprises are plunging into internet marketing and nobody wants to be left behind. Internet marketers need to stay abreast with the latest trends in this field and continuously update their marketing strategies.

Here are some interesting and upcoming trends of internet marketing:

Emergence of Mobile-dependent markets

Using mobile for surfing internet is not rare nowadays. As more and more mobile consumers go online, web publishers are coming up with special versions of their websites, tailored especially for the mobile market. Reports reveal that mobile ad spending will increase by 74% this year and by 2013 it is expected to touch a whopping $13 billion.
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How To Get A Job By Spending $6 on Google Adwords

The Story of a copywriter who got a job using Google Ads.
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What is Cloud Computing? – Why Should You Care About It? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Cloud ComputingAlthough IMHO Cloud Computing is a little over hyped but it is working for a lot of people. There was a time when only big businesses owned the best of the computers but with hardware costs coming down everybody started having there own machines.

Impact of Low Cost Hardware on Business

In a typical business scenario whenever you need more computing you would probably ask an IT guy to install more systems in to the server room. There are chances that your resources are not utilized properly.

Only at some peak hours your requirement for resources will spike and else it will not be wrong to say that your resources will be wasted.
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All About Twitter Through An Infographic

As a business Twitter is not making sense at this point but it is one of the most used sites today. Initially the messages were kept limited to 140 characters in order to make it compatible with SMS messaging which also led to the popularity of a lot of URL shortening services like bit.ly, tr.im and goo.gl.

According to an independent research, twitter tweets can be categorized into six categories:

* Pointless babble – 41%
* Conversational – 38%
* Pass-along value – 9%
* Self-promotion – 6%
* Spam – 4%
* News – 4%
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Some Mind Boggling Facts About Social Media That Will Open Your Eyes

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