Free Up Disk Space on Your iPhone or iPad

Feel your iPhone is getting slow? Worry about iTouch or iPad running out of disk?

Like most operating system , iOS devices like the iPhone and the iPad creates temporary files during the normal operation and  these files can be taking up a significant portion of your storage. But iOS does not have an effective mechanism to clean up these files which result is lost space. 

Here is a free app PhoneClean that can give you a fast and simple iPhone cleanup solution! This iPhone cleaner freeware is your best choice to clean App caches, cookies and off-line files; sweep off media temp files and reclaim other storage space on all your iOS devices.

Supported iOS Devices:

iPhone:  iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, the first generation iPhone

iPad: The new iPad, iPad 2, iPad

iPod touch: iPod touch 1 2 3 4

How to use Phoneclean?

1. Download and install Phoneclean

2. Start it up, plug in your phone and click Start Scan.

3. After the scan is completed you will see the results of the space that can be reclaimed.

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Facebook introduced new privacy shortcuts

Security was always being a concern while using Facebook. As part of their ongoing effort now Facebook introduced new privacy shortcuts at the top of the page. You may have noticed it, the lock icon at the top of the page.

This update makes their security settings simple and you don’t have a computer geek to manage it. The latest updates include:

1. New privacy shortcuts in the lock icon at the top of the page

2. An easier-to-use Activity Log

3. A new Request and Removal tool for managing multiple photos you're tagged in

4. Settings are easier to get to, and some have been reworded in plainer language

5. A new setting has been added, 1 has been retired and 2 have moved inline

Visit https://www.facebook.com/about/details to see the details of the privacy settings change in Facebook.

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How to reset the forgotten Router Username and Password

All Routers protect their web interfaces where you can manage their settings, with a default username and password. You can change these default passwords to protect the router from unauthorized access.

If you've forgotten the router’s password which you had set, there is a way to reset the password. But you may have to spend some time to reconfigure the settings which you made because this process may wipe out your configurations such as forwarded ports, network settings, parental controls, and custom passwords.

How to reset the Router to default settings?

All Routers come with a button you can press to reset the router to its default factory settings. The process may vary from router to router. So for better result refer your routers manual. However, usually this process is very similar on most routers.

Look at the back/bottom of the router and you can see a special button labeled Reset. To reset the router, you need to press this button and hold it down for about 10 seconds. After you release the button, the router will reset itself to the factory default settings and reboot. Once you done, you’ll be able to access the router with its default username and password.

The Reset button is located in a pinhole to avoid accidental hit on the button. You should use a narrow object to press and hold it.

How to find the Default Username and Password?

1. To locate the default username and password for the router, refer the user guide you received at the time you bought router OR look at the back of the Router, these passwords may sometimes be printed on a sticker on the router itself.

2. Try a common username and password combination. Many routers use admin as username and blank password or admin as both the username and password.   You can find a list of default usernames and passwords for various routers on routerpasswords.com

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Mozilla in 2012 - infographic

Here is an infographic from Mozilla to remember and remind you about the company’s progress in 2012. It was an incredible year for Mozilla. Firefox got over 100 new features in less than 12 months and close to 20,000 enhancements. 

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Customize your Google search for finding specific type of file

When we do a Google search for a specific type of file, it gathers all types of the results, be it of any type. Here I would like to share a tweak which you can use to customize your Google search for finding specific type of file.

The syntax is (Use the command without <>)

filetype:< file type > <search term>  

For example if you are searching for a PDF format files type filetype:pdf mobiletechnology, you can see the result with the file type that you mentioned.

Similarly you can search for any type of file like ppt, doc etc…

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Facebook Messenger for Firefox

If you are using latest version of Firefox, here is good news for you!!!

You can make it possible for social network features to be accessed straight from Firefox. It support Facebook only now and should eventually include most other major social sites such as Twitter. 

This feature lets you access Facebook directly from your browser without being on Facebook site. Once you enabled this feature; you get extra buttons in the toolbar and from there you can see what’s happening on your Facebook account.

You get four buttons to be precise. The first is the options which let you hide/show the sidebar or switch off the Facebook integration. You then get buttons for friend requests, messages and notifications exactly as you do on the website. The buttons work exactly the same as the website as well giving you a clear indication if you have any new notifications/messages/requests and how many. Clicking on them opens a little box exactly the same as on the website. You also get little pop ups in the bottom left if you get a notification whilst you are browsing.

To enable this you need to go to the official page Messenger for Firefox and click the Turn On button.

Write us your experience with this feature under comments.

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Microsoft Product Life Cycle Search - Microsoft Support

It is important that you know how long you will get support from manufacturer when you purchase licensed product. Here I would like to share the product life cycle of Microsoft products.

The product lifecycle of Microsoft is divided into mainstream support and extended support. Mainstream support is the first phase of the product support lifecycle. It covers both security and non-security updates for the operating system, as well as complimentary support that is included with the license and paid support. The extended support phase provides users of the operating system with security updates, and paid support is available as well.

The Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems for instance are currently in the extended support phase, while Windows 7 and Windows 8 are in the mainstream support phase.

To check your Microsoft product life cycle, click here and search with your product name. It will gives you the details about the product support that offers by Microsoft.

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How to protect workbook, documents and presentation using password?

There is high importance in security and privacy at business environment.  For example, if you sharing a business document with others in the office you should like to encrypt the document with password.

In Microsoft application like excel, word and PowerPoint, you can do this in simple way. You can set passwords for open and modify the file, then share those passwords to other users which you like to open this file and modify.  If you sharing only the open password with others, they can’t do any editing and it just open in read-only mode.

Here is the simple steps to do this trick.

1. Open the file which you want to encrypt

2. Click on File and select Save As

3. From Save As dialog box choose Tools and then select General Options

4. Then set the password for Open and Modify , then select the option Read-only recommended

5. Click OK and Save the file

You are done! Next time it will ask for password to open and modify the file.

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