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Plan for a brighter future

I was searching the internet about some of the best colleges. I found this infographic worth sharing. This is a very detailed infographic telling you details of everything. Infographic courtesy of: www.vistacollege.edu

Develop iOS, Android and Windows applications using HTML - Part 1

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of HTML , CSS and jQuery Mobile   This is the part one of the series, You can directly to second part from Develop iOS, Android and Windows applications using HTML - Part 2   There are different ways to develop mobile applications. One is to develop the applications using the Native Software Development Tools ( like developing Android applications using Eclipse in JAVA, or developing iOS application using XCode in Objective C) and the other one is to develop cross platform (i.e. platform independent applications, iOS, Android, Windows,  BBM) applications using Hybrid Development Tools in HTML5 and CSS.   To know about the difference between Native and Hybrid application development, please refer here . This tutorial will be a part of the series and some more tutorials will follow after this post.   Step 1 Donwload a Text Editor to write HTML code. Proffered ones are Notepad++ and Sublime Text. I am using a great Text Ed...

How to get rid of annoying online ads in 2 simple steps

Today, online ads get more and more annoying, which spoils everyone’s browsing experience. Almost every major website in invested by ads: Facebook, Google, YouTube and many others. Also, new obtrusive forms of advertising are being introduced: video ads are one of the latest obnoxious trends in advertising. However, there is a very simple and quick way to get rid of all annoying ads. We have written earlier on how to block flash content in the browser.   With no doubt, Adblock Plus is the best way to block ads. Being introduced in 2006 as a Firefox-only plugin, today it is by far the most downloaded browser extension in the world, available for free on Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Android OS (Internet Explorer support is coming soon too). Besides being the most reliable solution for blocking ads, Adblock Plus also can be configured to block malware, disable tracking and remove social media buttons from websites. The installation is very easy, and it takes a few seconds:   Ste...

Unlocking a secured PDF file

If you are having a [highlight]secured[/highlight] PDF file, for which you don't know password to make edits. This post is for you. I was having this problem in editing a PDF file, it was a secured file, after doing a bit of research I found this PDF password remover software, this takes less than a minute to remove password from secured PDF files. The download link to this software is given at end of this post. You can also read this guide, if you are having any problems removing password from a secured PDF.

Blocking Flash in Google Chrome

Flash videos can some time be very annoying. They eat up your bandwidth unknowingly, but if you are using Google Chrome, you can always avoid them eating up your bandwidth. While there are Google Chrome Apps and extensions available for this purpose like chrome flashblock, but you can do it without actually installing any other add on for this purpose. You can selectively block flash plugins and other plugins in Google Chrome. The process is very simple to follow and will save 100s of MB from your bandwidth if you are a regular YouTube video viewer. Open Google Chrome browser and type in – chrome://settings Click on “Content Settings” Select “Click to play” under Plugins, and save your changes by clicking “Done”. Next time when you will open some website containing flash content or any other plugin content it will ask you before playing video. So, now you will have control on when to play video, so that videos won’t start automatically.

Disable thumbs.db in Windows 8

I really don’t having “thumbs.db” file in every other folder I open in Windows 8. So, I recently figured out, how to get rid of this. Below screenshot explains much of it… Just open “gpedit.msc”, go to Administrative Templates => Windows Components => File Explorer. Look for entry “Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files.” Right click and edit this entry, click on “Enable” to Disable the generation of thumbs.db anymore… Please use the comments section, if you are still not able to achieve this…

SMS Marketing Tips for Businesses

SMS marketing can have a number of benefits to your company. Knowing how to properly implement SMS marketing, however, is easier said than done. Many companies make the mistakes in SMS marketing that can cost them customers. Following certain tips can allow you to avoid these mistakes. Advertise Special Promotions When you use Sms For Business you are usually taking part in an advertising campaign. Customers have signed up to receive your advertisements, so you will need to make sure that the advertisements you send out are accurate and updated. If you fail to send out updated messages, you can cause the customer to become annoyed. For special promotions, you will want to give specific details without being overwhelming. Give the customer a reason to look further into your advertisement and give them enough details to have the gist of the advertisement. Make Your Messages Viral Send out messages that your customers will want to share with their family and friends. If your message is u...