Computer Tricks and Secrets

How can a software company like Automattic make money when they are giving away WordPress blogging software for free? WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg shared how WordPress makes money: 1. Web Hosting – WordPress offers web hosting services to big brands like WSJ’s All Things D, CNN, TechCrunch, Time.com and more. The pricing for WordPress VIP Hosting starts at $15,000 per month. 2. Google AdSense – Free blogs hosted on WordPress.com may sometimes carry Google AdSense ads and the ad revenue goes to WordPress. The Google ads will only appear if all the following three conditions are met: The visitor is not using Firefox browser. He has logged out of his WordPress account, if he has one. The referring source is not a WordPress powered blog. So if you land on abc.wordpress.com from xyz.wordpress.com, you won’t see any Google Ads. Even with all these conditions, the revenue generated from serving Google AdSense ads on WordPress.com hosted blog may still be significant as they do aro...

We use cell phones thousands times a day and can’t even imagine our life without this tool. It helps us to be in touch with lots of people in any country, to make business and to have a fun. Sometimes you face up the problem of missed calls because of a bad mobile connection.   W hy the mobile signal is weak? The construction materials used at the process of building of the house or office the main cause of a bad signal inside. Some kinds of them can block the mobile signal. The mobile net structure with lots of towers located far from each other that can be the cause of a bad connection at the time of changing zones when you’re driving. Bad mobile service of your operator can be the main cause off missed calls. You’re situated in the area with a lack of inhabitants where the mobile signal is very low. Your mobile phone has a damaged antenna. How to cope with a problem of a bad signal? If your house or office have become a cause of a bad cell signal it’s better to find ...

Wouldn’t it be nice if Twitter had an Export button? You search for a trending #hashtag, or an old tweet , or your brand name, and all the matching tweets get saved in an Excel or Google spreadsheet. And this archive would just update itself in the background as new tweets arrive. Meet Twitter Archiver , the simplest tool for saving tweets, forever It is a Google add-on that takes 5-minutes to setup (watch video tutorial ) and will easily capture all tweets that match particular search terms in a Google Spreadsheet automatically. You can use the tool to monitor tweets around any conference hashtag, learn what people are saying about your brand, track popular search terms, save tweets from any geographic location and more. Save all kinds of tweets with the Twitter Archiver How to Save Tweets in a Google Spreadsheet To get started, install the Twitter Archiver and it will create a new Google Spreadsheet. Go to the Add-on menu, choose Twitter Archiver and select the Authorize menu. All...

Internet censorship has grown drastically over the past few years with countries like China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran taking the lead over others in blocking sources of free unbiased information. China is known to have even forced Google to filter its search results. Government censorship is not the only reason why websites are blocked. Some network administrators also prevent users from accessing certain websites which they believe are of no use in places such as schools and sometimes, even offices. In such times, you may need to access a website that is blocked. This article explains how. Which websites are most commonly Blocked? The most commonly blocked websites include websites about pop culture, health, medicine, women, religion and politics. Social websites are also often blocked and include the likes of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, Reddit, Digg, Hulu, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Blogger (Blogspot), MySpace, Bebo, Flickr, Yahoo! Messenger, Typepad, Technorati, Stu...

Say dad bought you a digital camera from Japan but the problem is that the  PDF manual  that came with the camera is also written in Japanese. How do you quickly translate that PDF document into English? Well there are several ways by which you can translate your Microsoft Office documents, presentations or PDF files from one language to another using Google Translate. The only condition is that your documents should not be password protected  as Google Translate won’t be able to read such files. The easiest option is that you upload the document to the Google Translation website –  translate.google.com  – then select the language translation pair and hit the Translate button. The other good option is the  Translator Toolkit , also from Google, where you may not only translate documents but also edit the translated material. Microsoft also offers a  free utility  that brings translation capabilities right into all your existing Office programs (including Outlook emails). How to Transla...

[For non-techie parents who have a computer at home and are worried about their kids safety online.] How Parents Can Block Certain Websites From Children A mother recently wrote saying she is very concerned that her young children are spending too much time on websites like Orkut, MySpace and Facebook. Her worries are not just about children wasting time on the Internet – it’s more about the activities that children are doing on these sites. She is concerned that children could be interacting with complete strangers (or online predators) and even sharing personal information. And with some news reports saying that criminal activities could have been planned on Orkut, the mother has finally made up her mind to restrict access to Orkut and some other websites on the home computer. The only problem is that she has absolutely no clue about how to block websites – parental control software like Net Nanny or Norton Internet Security are pretty good but they cost money. Now before you take th...

Microsoft paid close attention to personalization in Windows 7, and shipped it with a gorgeous collection of desktop backgrounds and themes. Windows 7 also makes it easy for users to create their own personalized themes and then share it with other Windows 7 users. If you are still using an older version of Windows (like Windows XP or Vista), you don’t have to feel left behind because, with some simple tricks, you can enjoy all or part of what these Windows 7 themes have to offer. How to Use Windows 7 Themes on XP or Vista First, launch the official  Windows 7 themes  directory and download some of the themes you like to your Windows XP or Vista desktop. These files have a unique .themepack extension which is just another zip format containing all of the elements of a theme including the background images, Aero glass colors, sounds, cursors, icons, screen savers, etc. To use these files on an older version of Windows, you first need to extract them as only Windows 7 can natively unders...

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YouTube is a video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. Founded: February 14, 2005, San Mateo, California, United States CEO: Susan Wojcicki Country of origin: United States of America Acquisition date: November 2006 Headquarters: San Bruno, California, United States Parent organization: Google Founders: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, but media corporations including CBS, the BBC, Vevo, Hulu, and other organizations offer some of their material via YouTube, as part of the YouTube partnership program. Unregistered users can watch videos, and registered users can upload videos to their channels. Videos considered to contain potentially offensive content are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old. As  Mash...