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How to Hide Pinterest Activity on Facebook

asadali — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:08:50 +0000

Pinterest has provided a very fast platform for sharing. Pinterest’s social media integration is also a very acceptable and important feature. But, no one wants to share every pinterest activity on social media like on Facebook or Twitter etc. If you want to hide your Pinterest activities on Facebook then here is the guide for you.

Step 1:

Start by editing settings on your Pinterest account. If you are using Facebook auto-post feature for pinterest activity then change your Pinterest account settings. Just move to your Pinterest account and go to the top-right of the screen. Click on your name’s tab and then select “Settings” from the scrolled down menu.

Step 2:

Its time to change your Facebook timeline settings. Scroll down until you find Facebook settings section. Select “Off” where it says “Add Pinterest to Facebook Timeline”. It will turn off auto-post feature.

Step 3:

Now you can change Pinterest Facebook app settings to show your Pinterest activities to some specific group of friends. Move to top-right of your Facebook homepage and click on drop-down menu. Select “Account Settings” and then select “Apps”. Now select Pinterest App, you will be able to see “Posts on your behalf”. Move little down side and you will see a box saying “Friends” select it then click on “Custom”.

Step 4:

By selecting “Custom” you will see another screen saying “Custom Piracy”. Now enter the names of the friends with whom you want to share your Pinterest activities. You can select a group as well. More, You can also write the names of the people with whom you don’t want to share.

Step 5:

If you want to share some specific Pinterest activity you can do it by ticking the “Facebook” box as you use he Pinterest bookmarklet tool.

Step 6:

You can also share on Facebook manually by selecting “Pin It”" and then “Share to Facebook”. This feature gives you additional features too.

How Jets Will Look Like In Future [Pictures]

asadali — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:54:40 +0000

World’s top aircraft engineers are asked to design jets which consume less fuel and must have the capability to fly cleaner and quieter. Jets with such features and specification will definitely solve the current hardest problems in commercial aviation. The project is initiated by NASA. Here are some jets proposed by different aircraft engineers for future.

1. Box Wing Jet:

To overcome the fuel consumption problem in jets Lockheed Martin engineers proposed a Box Wing Jet design. With looped-wing configuration design the Lockheed Martin engineers are sure that lift-to-drag ratio will increase by 16 percent. With such increase in lift-to-drag ratio it will be possible to reduce the fuel consumption.

2. Supersonic Green Machine:

Lockheed Martin engineers displayed Supersonic Green Machine to avoid the noisy, inefficient and highly polluting supersonic aviation. Supersonic jet series ended its operation in 2003 because of noisy flights but this time Martin engineers came up with a different supersonic design. The Green Machine can switch into conventional turbofan mode during takeoff and landing with the help of variable-cycle engines. In engines Combustors will reduce supersonic noisy effect.

3. Boeing SUGAR Volt:

Boeing SUGAR Volt is designed to overcome fuel consumption problem. The SUGAR conserves fuel with battery packs and electric motors present in it hybrid propulsion system. During take off Boeing SUGAR consumes energy both from jet fuel and batteries but at a constant altitude batteries are enough.According to Boeing’s principal investigator, “By making the wing thinner and the span greater, you can produce more lift with less drag.” With the combination of high-lift wings, hybrid powertrain and open-rotor engines SUGAR Volt can perform 55 percent more efficient.

Multimedia-Oriented LG-Cloud Service

asadali — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:54:05 +0000

LG’s multimedia-oriented cloud service brings real-time streaming access to the digital content across many of the current android based electronic devices. The access service is called LG Cloud. The service isn’t an online storage only, it enables users to manage and view digital content across many electronic devices such as Android smartphones, PCs and smart TVs.

Users can avail the cloud service with an appropriate and compatible cloud app. Android users can download the app from Google Play or LG SmartWorld app stores while Smart TV users can download the app from LG SmartWorld store and PC owners can find the app from LG Cloud website.

LG’s cloud app will synchronize digital data automatically that will allow users to access videos and photos on their Android smartphones, PCs and smart TVs from anywhere. You can play saved multimedia files on TV with TV app. Users can easily upload and download digital files via Cloud app. Even if smartphones, laptops, computers or TVs fail still your data is secure.

How To Disable USB Ports In Computers

asadali — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:28:57 +0000

As you know USB is the very modern and most popular portable data carrying technology. However, sometimes virus attacks the personal computer through USB and damages the whole data. Its very unrealistic that you are going to to disable USB ports but their isn’t any other alternate to avoid virus attacks through USB ports. So here is the guide for users to disable USB ports on their PC’s.

Step 1:

Start your computer and then open “Run” dialog box. You can open it by pressing (windows key + R).

Step 2:

Now type “regedit” in the “Run” dialog box and then press “Ok”.

Step 3:

Registry editor screen will appear on your computer. Now move to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” –>
“SYSTEM” –> “CurrentControlSet” –> “Services” –> “USBSTOR”.

Step 4:

Now select “Start” from the Registry editor. Right click on “Start” and then select “Modify” option from the bar.

Step 5:

A new screen will appear saying “Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value”. Change the value in the box from 3 to 4. Your computer’s USB ports will be disabled. To enable change the value from 4 to 3.

Create Moving Images With Flexil App

asadali — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:28:28 +0000

Flexil is an iPhone app enabling users to edit and create their own moving images. The Flexil app is created by a Toronto-based company called Flexil-Photos. The app gives a real-time moving look to the still images.

Co-founder Mark Homza said, “When you’re able to present still a photograph and have that one element that’s in motion with this hint of motion that is so strategically placed, it’s a story within a story. It’s either emphasizing a point, exploring an image’s perspective or highlighting something. You are just drawn to that point in photography.”

Users can edit their photos with high effect custom filters to create moving images. In Flexil, insertion of a forward or backwards loop is very easy.

You need to download the Flexil app and then take a picture and start making it a moving image. After creating, you may share your master-piece on social media like Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.

Simplest Way To Check Flashback Trojan On Mac

asadali — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:29:58 +0000

Flashback Trojan is the most savior and harmful computing virus. It effects thousands of desktops and laptops daily. According to a report over 600,000 Macs are effected by nasty Trojan. One bad thing about Trojan is its non-clear presence. Mac users can scan Trojan using a lengthy command line code but such time consuming methods are tiresome. But there is a very quick method called Two AppleScripts to scan the presence of nasty Flashback Trojan in Macs.

The AppleScript checks the two terminals of the Mac hard drive. The terminal commands will scan the two areas of the hard drive and will let the user know about any Trojan threat.

You can download the AppleScript from CloudApp (Download here). After downloading unzip the file and the double click “trojan-check” and “trojan-check-2″. Now if the following image appears on your Mac screen then there is no Flashback Trojan.

How To Edit Videos On YouTube [Video]

asadali — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:15:21 +0000

YouTube is the biggest source for videos. However, along with huge amount of videos, sometimes we need to compromise with the bad quality. It irritates badly if you watching your favorite video in bad quality. But this problem isn’t anymore because YouTube introduced a new video editing feature. The new one-click editing feature enables users to improve video’s visual quality by clicking one button only.

The new editing feature adjusts video quality automatically. Using one-click editing feature one can improve shaky and darkly videos. If you don’t like the edited video too, just revert the editing. Mobile videos can be edited using Video Manager.

Best Online Tools To Create Animated GIF

asadali — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:16:50 +0000

Pictures are the very best way to save your past. However, an animated GIF gives pictures a more real-time look. So if you are having a collection of your pictures and want to create GIF then here are three best online tools.

1. LooGix :

The best of all is LooGix. 2 frames are the minimum limit to create a GIF in LooGix while 10 frames are the upper limit. To set preset levels you can vary speed and size of the animated GIF. LooGix offers many other special effects services enabling you to create a much better and eye-catching animated GIF. Such services include blurring, rotation, fading, etc. It also facilitates sharing feature using HTML code.

2. Picasion:

Picasion is another online tool for creating GIF. It works in the same way as LooGix but offers much advanced features. It allows users to upload pictures from their computers, webcam and even online GIF creation feature is there. You can create GIF based on size and speed. You can upload your GIF on MySpace, Hi5, Facebook, eBay, Orkut, Bebo, Digg, QQ, Friendster, etc.

3. Gickr:

Gickr facilitates users with much more efficient features. You can upload photos from Flicker, YouTube or from your computer. Maximum 10 files are allowed to be uploaded at one time. Service offers size and speed setting option.

How To Get Windows 8 Consumer Preview Product Key

asadali — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:18:35 +0000

Microsoft’s Windows 8 Consumer Preview is lacking of product key. Unlike previous Developer Preview builds, Windows 8 installation cannot be proceeded until and unless users provide the system with the new OS product key. But here is the guide for you to get product key for your Windows 8. Head to the official website and click on “Get Now”.

A new screen will appear. Now click the box titling “Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview”. Then click on “Save File” tab. The size of the Exe.setup is about 5MB.

Now run the downloaded file. Follow the instructions appearing on your computer screen. You will be able to get your own product key. You can also use public product key. But this public key will remain functional till the release of Windows 8 RTM version.

How You Can Hide Yourself From Annoying Friends on Facebook Chat

asadali — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:07:56 +0000

Everyone has some annoying friends on Facebook and always try to avoid them on chat. But being online its very impossible to hide yourself from such friends. But Facebook now offers a very useful setting chat group application allowing you to create a chat group whom you want to chat with. You will remain invisible to other annoying friends. You need to follow the instructions below to create your chat group.

Step 1:

Start by login to your Facebook account. Move to homepage and the go to left side of the screen and click “More”. Then click on “Create List”.

Step 2:

A new screen saying “Create New List” will appear. Now add the friend whom you don’t want to chat with. After adding save the list of the friends.

Step 3:

Now open cog for Facebook Chat options. You have to move to the bottom of your Facebook Screen.

Step 4:

Now select “Advanced Settings” from the pop up box.

Step 5:

A new screen will appear saying “Advanced Chat Settings”. There will be 3 options.

Step 6:

Now select the first option “All Your Friends See You Except….”. Now add the list you created first. You can also add friends individually whom you don’t want to chat with.

Step 7:

You can also add friend whom you want to chat with. Just select the second option “Only Some Friends See You…”. And now add friends of your choice.

Step 8:

Now go online. You will be visible to only the selected group of your friends. Chat with your best friends now and have fun.