How to make infinity symbol(∞) on facebook?

Previously, I posted about how you can make Infinity Symbol(∞) on any text editors on your PC or Mac. So, If you wants to put infinity symbol on your Facebook status update or wants to use it inside chat you can use the same trick I posted earlier. It works fine on facebook.

If it doesn't work and you are still not able to post (∞) infinity symbol on facebook. Then, I find one better tool which quite useful, called i2Symbols. It contains lots of symbols and emoticons. It also contains the infinity symbols under the Math-I tab. You can able to share your symbols with just one click to facebook and Twitter. There are few sharing option available, you can directly able to share or copy paste it or use it as an image. i2Symbols also available as Google-Chrome Extension & Firefox add-on for the faster access.

Some Keyboard shorcuts for Symbols:

There are other symbols which can be inserted into chat, messages, status or into comments. These symbols directly typed by using ALT Button.

How to use ALT Facebook Symbols:

• Press and hold left ALT key on your keyboard.
• While holding Alt key enter one of the codes below to get the corresponding facebook symbol.
• You need to use numbers on the right side of the keyboard for entering code, not the numbers on top, otherwise they won’t work.

SYMBOLS:

Alt + 1   ☺

Alt + 2   ☻

Alt + 3   ♥

Alt + 4   ♦

Alt + 5   ♣

Alt + 6   ♠

Alt + 7   •

Alt + 8   ◘

Alt + 9   ○

Alt + 10  ◙

Alt + 11  ♂

Alt + 12  ♀

Alt + 13  ♪

Alt + 14  ♫

Alt + 15  ☼

Alt + 16  ►

Alt + 17  ◄

Alt + 18  ↕

Alt + 19 ‼

Alt + 20  ¶

Alt + 21  §

Alt + 22  ▬

Alt + 23  ↨

Alt + 24  ↑

Alt + 25  ↓

Alt + 26  →

Alt + 27  ←

Alt + 28 ∟

Alt + 29 ↔

Alt + 30 ▲

Alt + 31 ▼

Actually these symbols are called ALT symbols which is not specific for facebook, but it is works on all web. Do you know any other keyboard shortcut for symbols? Then, share in comments!

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How to convert web pages into MP3s?

SoundGecko converts web pages into MP3s so you can listen to them on the go. Click the toolbar button when you're viewing a page you'd like to have read to you, and choose 'Add to SoundGecko'. The add-on will convert the text into audio and email you a link to the file.

Read more @ http://web.appstorm.net/how-to/personal-media/turn-any-article-into-a-mp3-with-sound-gecko/

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The Transparent Desktop Trick

This tiny but eye-catching tool lets you create the effect of having a transparent monitor. Take a photo of the area behind your screen, and put your monitor back into position. Use the software to turn the display magenta, and then take a second photo (from the same position) of the screen itself. Load the images and the program will arrange the background so it looks as if you can see right through the monitor.

Download : littletinbox.co.uk
Min requirements: Windows XP/Vista/7
File size: 125KB

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How often should you scan your PC?

Theoretically, once you've installed your anti-virus software on a clean PC, you should never have to scan it. Almost every anti-virus product worth its salt provides two main types of protection: on-access and on-demand. On-access protection provides continual monitoring of your computer, whereas on-demand is essentially a scan that you either run yourself or schedule for later (perhaps to run overnight).

If the on-access protection is any good, it should detect threats as they reach your computer. It can then repel them before they take hold. However, the worrying truth is that anti-virus software can be slow to react, which means a new type of threat may be able to worm its way onto your PC without your security product noticing anything amiss.

Eventually the anti-virus program may download an update that informs it about the malware now tunning on your PC. A scan could highlight its presence and aid its removal. Unless you are suspicious that a threat is active on your system, then scanning your PC once a month should be enough.

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SPEED UP YOUR PHOTO DOWNLOADS

Download Facebook photos faster

Backing up your Facebook photos protects them against hacking and loss, but if you've got lots of them it can take hours. Save yourself time and trouble by installing fbDownloader (fbdownloader.com), which can grab hundreds of pictures from the social network in a matter of minutes.

Install the program, making sure you decline each of the unwanted extras, then enter your Facebook login details and grant it access to your account. You can choose to allow 'Only me' to view fbDownloader's activity and to prevent it from posting on your behalf. Decline whether you want to download all your Facebook photo albums or one of your friend's collections and click 'Download album'. you can also download all the pictures in which you're tagged. Remember that, because Facebook resizes photos, the downloaded images will be smaller than the originals.

Download Flickr photos faster

You can download Flickr photos manually by right-clicking them, selecting a size and then right-clicking again to choose 'Save image as' (although only Flickr Pro users can access their original files). But if you want to download lots of photos at once, it's much faster to use a batch downloader such as the brilliant Bulkr (clipyourphotos.com/bulkr). This Adobe AIR-based Desktop app lets you browse all the images from Flickr photostream, choose the images you want to download and select the size at which to save them. You can also browse and download other people's photos.

Download Picasa and Google+ albums

Picasa Web Albums and Google+ Photos make downloading your pictures much easier than rival services and let you save them at full size. You can speedily back up whole albums at once by clicking the Actions menu in Picasa Web Albums and choosing 'Download to Picasa'. In Google+, click the More menu and choose 'Download album' to save all your photos in a compressed (zipped) folder.

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How to make a quick list of installed Programs via CCleaner?

Suppose you want to update or re-install your operating system. So, in order to install the same software you are used to working with, it's useful to have a list of the softwares you had installed on your old system.

One of the best way to make a list of all programs installed on your PC can be done using CCleaner with one click of the button. CCleaner is the best freeware utitlity tool for Windows, so there's a good chance that you have it installed, or wouldn't mind installing it.

Here is the guide:

1. Open CCleaner. Click on the Tools icon.

2. In the Uninstall screen, you'll find a button called 'Save to text file' on the right bottom.

3. Click on the button and save the text file. Make sure to change the name so you can remember it(the default is install.txt).

You can easily backup this little text file as the email attachments in case if you are going to completely format you System. If you found this technique helpful, then share your thoughts below in comments!!!

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How to kill your mouse?

How to kill your PC mouse? Does it sounds weird to you? May be it is, but that's what the chrome extension DeadMouse does for us. It is a fun way to kill you mouse. Suppose you want to navigate through the web page links without using a mouse, how you gonna do this?

DeadMouse is a unique Chrome extension that enables you to type any keyword you wish to explore. It is actually detects the typed keyword and searches it on the active page in Chrome. As soon as a match occurs, the respective link text starts wiggling. Hit ENTER and you're good to go. It also include the features like fuzzy-matching on link text, Shift+Enter hotkey to open a new tab. In case of multiple matching occurs on page you can use TAB key to cycle through it.

DeadMouse is a Chrome extension available, free of cost. It tracks your activity online and then uses that information to make life easier for you. If it doesn’t work, try restarting Google Chrome and in case of failure, go to the Extensions option in the Tools menu of the browser to enable the app. Consider yourself in a situation where the system mouse is not working, DeadMouse presents a quick solution. Moreover, this particular app is useful in a multi-monitor setup where you require instant access to an active window.

How to use it?

Once the webpage loads, type a keyword and the relevant link with the matching results starts to wiggle. (For example, type 'Oracle' or just the letter 'o'&'r' in the context of the snapshot and the link starts dancing. Checkout the snapshot below.) As soon as the match occur press 'Enter', the link will open in the same window. To open the respective link in a new tab, use the Shift+Enter key combination. Use 'backspace' or 'esc' key to erase a virtual result and begin typing again. You can go down to page using the usual key Spacebar or the down arrow key. If the extension is unable to find a keyword, it cleans the entered letters from memory paving the way for a new search.

This Chrome app is sure to attract your attention enabling you to enjoy in the short-term. Of course there is no alternatives to the mouse or touchpad but you can use this extension for faster webpage navigation.

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Capture Desktop Screenshots with Snaplr

Snaplr is a freeware using which you can quickly take screenshots of your desktop activity. The program doesn’t offer much features as many other similar programs, but it is still a good option for those who are looking for some basic functionality.

The program is quite simple to use. You can specify the area of the screen that you want to capture. The program also allows you to add some annotations to the image. You can add text, arrow, rectangle, circle, pencil etc if you want to highlight some specific portion of the screenshot. The modified image can then be copied on to the clipboard or saved to the computer as a PNG file. You can also paste the screenshot as an outlook attachment.

The program is a freeware and runs on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Mac OSX. It also requires Adobe AIR.

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How to Launch Chrome Apps Directly from the Toolbar

Google Chrome is one of the best browsers in the market. For some months, it have been the number one browser in terms of use, having overtaken Mozilla Firefox and giving a superb competition to Internet Explorer.


A part of credit for such success goes to the extensions and applications available for the Chrome Browser. The noble idea of extensions was popularized by Mozilla and it was so effective that Chrome also followed the same path and extended its extensions and applications base beside the classic ones. The extensions are accessible from the new page tab, and basically (in most cases) are shortcuts to various applications hosted on the web.

The only problem is that most of the times Apps for Chrome gets mixed with available extensions and usually after Installing Apps on Chrome, we don’t remember using them. Also we get accustomed to using extensions and having to go to the new tab page (to start a app) may seem strange.

Thankfully, AppJump solve the problem, enabling us to launch any application without leaving the toolbar extensions.

A very good idea that also serves to organize them, and a mini-control panel from which we can add groups, disable applications or even get rid of them altogether. Automatically, this extension goes on to become one of the most interesting one of the year due to its usefulness and ease of use.

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How Google Chrome Extensions Are Beneficial For College Students

Now more than ever college students rely on the Internet to get their work done.  From online college courses to researching term papers and getting online help with math homework, the Internet is a crucial central part of the college students learning experience.   Google Chrome is an excellent Internet browser that students can use to take full advantage of their online learning experience.  Besides being the fastest Internet browser for most web surfing scenarios, Google Chrome also offers a wide range of free open source add on tools, called Chrome Extensions;.  Here is a list of some of the best Google Chrome Extensions for college students.

StayFocused

While the Internet is a great tool for connecting with peers, professors and experts, it can also be a real time drain when time is spent unwisely.  The StayFocused app helps you focus on important tasks on the Internet without getting bogged down with constantly checking your friends’ Facebook status or going through endless Reddit posts.  This app works by limiting the number of minutes per day that you allow yourself to stay on any particular site that you program in.  So, for instance while you may want to be able to spend unlimited amounts of time at websites assigned by your professor, you can limit your daily time to sites like Reddit to one or two hours.

Diet Diary

One of the biggest lifestyle changes for students leaving home for college for the first time is the change in eating habits.  As a full time student with a limited budget, it can be difficult to keep healthy eating habits at college.  The Diet Diary extension can help you keep track of what you eat on a day to day basis, and also help you track your ideal weight and set goals for yourself to help you achieve your weight and healthy eating goals.

Open Library Book Search

If you are looking for a good read but do not have the money to spend on the latest best seller at the corner bookstore, the Open Library Book Search extension may help you find a good read at a great price – that is, free!  The extension searches the openlibrary.org database to find books that are free to read.  This is a great extension whether you are doing research for a term paper or just trying to get a juicy bit of fiction to read between classes relax a bit.

RapidMailReader

College students often find themselves with multiple email accounts assigned and used for different purposes.   Besides your personal email account, you also may have a high school account, any other special purpose accounts you may have set up for product or social site registration and now a student account from the college which requires regular checking.  RapidMailReader is a Chrome extension that allows you to converge up to ten email accounts together to read at the same time.  This is a great time saving app since it removes the necessity and confusion of having to check all of these accounts individually.

WordStash

WordStash is a Chrome extension designed to help you learn anything you need to learn based on flash cards.  The app allows you to create a blank flash card based template and then enter in your own custom questions and answers.  This is a great extension for studying for tests or just quizzing yourself on information you want to remember later.

Utube Trends

Utube Trends allows you to search YouTube for the most popular videos in a specified country.  With the massive amount of YouTube videos uploaded every minute, this app is a great way to quickly find and share the best of what YouTube has to offer.

Tell us about the other useful extension in comments!!!

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Internet Security: Common Browser-Based Attacks to Avoid at Any Cost

Don’t fall victim to the attacks described below. It’s ultimately you who decides here whether you’ll let hackers access to your computer or compromise your account. So make an informed decision by reading and implementing the methods and advise in the post below.

Facebook Phishing – To Access the Video, Please Login

Some of your friends might post a video like this on your wall:

Oh cool, a hot chick video. Click. Here’s what happens after you click:

A new window will appear prompting you to enter your username and password. If you’re in a rush, you probably WON’T notice the URL above.

Well, that’s what happened with many Facebook users on May 29th. The name of this phishing attack is “Most Hilarious Video Ever.” If you were a victim of this attack, your account was compromised.

Do you want to run that Java Applet? It comes from a trusted source…NOT!

Do you want to run that Java Applet? It comes from a trusted source…NOT!So you want to run some cool game or online app in your browser. Before you do that, the website is asking you to run a Java Applet:

If you’re like most casual surfers, you might say: “Why not?” and proceed by clicking on “Run.”

BIG MISTAKE. See what happens after that:

Yes, several files are created in your Temp folder including one .exe file which is probably a dangerous virus. Java apps can do nasty things in your computer. That’s why browsers give you ‘danger’ windows like the one above.

Do not download .exe files from Facebook (apps)

The below screenshot is from a malicious Facebook application that asks you to ‘update your video software’ by installing a brand new FLV player:

Why would they REALLY ask you to download a FLV player? Is there a virus in it? In this case, no. The reason is money. Every time you download the software (FLV Direct Player), the owner of the Facebook app will get money for that. It’s called PPI (pay per install).

After a bit of research, I found they get $1.5 for each new installation. So if 1000 people download and install that FLV player, the owners of the Facebook app get $1500:

Rogue Antivirus – Would you Like to Download Anti-virus That is ACTUALLY a Virus?

This has happened to me twice so far. I would be searching for a particular topic on Google and then click on a search result and see a page come up that looks like a Microsoft security scan.

THIS IS A FAKE SECURITY SCANNER. There is NO WAY for a security scanner or an anti-virus to run in your browser without your permission. After this ‘scanning’ is done, you’ll usually get a window saying your computer is infected:

After that, you get prompted to download an .exe file which is the magical antivirus that will remove the infections. Unfortunately, the file you’ll download actually contains a virus and if  your computer wasn’t infected before it will be now.

Another common screen you may get is this:

One Key Lesson to Learn:

Who’s most likely to fall victim of these attacks? It’s the person with the lowest attention span.

Bad news: We ALL have low attention spans. Hackers are using this to make us click “Run” and execute a Javascript applet without seeing the URL, or enter our login information and not see the beginning of the URL realizing it’s an unknown website.

The key lesson is: If you get a suspicious message or request (like the ones above), SLOW DOWN and say: “Wait a minute. This doesn’t seem right. Let me check the URL. Or can anti-virus programs really scan my computer via the browser?” So sustaining your attention is the key to protecting yourself from these kinds of attacks.

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