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Best Practices to Protect your Privacy Online

As the Internet is fast growing, the threats online are growing fast as well. But the most serious threat when going online is individual privacy. How would you ensure that nobody is watching or tracking your online activity? There are millions of websites out there and how would you know that browsing any of these site would not risk disclosing your personal identity? Indeed, ones online privacy is a matter of individual concern and priority. Discussed below are useful tips to protect your online privacy when browsing any website on… Read More

Building online stores made easy using Shopify

E-Commerce Tips How Tos Reviews Tips & Tricks November 22, 2013

With the advancement of the web and internet technology, buying and selling are now made online. Better yet, online shopping is now safer and faster with millions of e-commerce websites available with few mouse clicks. The best part is, you too can sell online with just a few mouse clicks! If you are planning to launch an online version of your apparel, cosmetics, jewelry or electronic gadgets store, then you are ready to go online. You no longer need to hire web developers and programmers to build your e-commerce site… Read More

AOL Mail Tips: How to Play “You’ve got mail!” sound when email arrives in AOL.com

Email Tips How Tos September 23, 2013

There are some email programs or clients that has an audio notification when an email arrives in your Inbox. The most known for this is IncrediMail wherein an animated cartoon says “You’ve got mail, Sir!”. In AOL Mail, though it is but fancy, it is possible. Even though AOL Mail is accessed using the web browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome, this audio notification still works. You just need to set it up since it is NOT enabled by default in the web-based AOL Mail account. Setting Up the… Read More

All emails that I sent are NOT saved in Sent Folder of my Outlook.com (Hotmail)! Help!

Email Tips How Tos August 11, 2013

Have you experienced in your Hotmail (Outlook.com) that your sent emails are not saved automatically to your Sent folder upon sending the message? If you are using a web browser to send and receive emails from your Hotmail account, there is a way to resolve the problem. The default behavior of emails like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, is that every time an email is sent, a copy of the email is stored in the Sent folder. In email programs like MS Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird, etc. the same behavior… Read More

Configuring Windows Components: How To Disable Windows Defender

How Tos Tips & Tricks Windows Tips July 7, 2013

If you are using Windows Vista or the newer versions of Windows, you might not notice but you have a pre-installed security software called Windows Defender. The good thing is, it is free and it usually comes pre-installed in most systems. The bad thing is, there is no visible option to uninstall it. There are several free antivirus software available today. One of the leading security tool today is Avast. If you intend to use any free or commercial security software, during installation, these security programs are intelligent enough to disable… Read More

Allowing technical support specialist to remotely access and control your computer

How Tos Tips & Tricks Windows Tips April 24, 2013

When you are having trouble with your computer, the very first thing that you can do is to ASK for help. You can search Google for similar scenarios in thousands or millions of forum sites worldwide for solutions that you can try yourself. When all else fails, you can ask a computer expert for a remote help. It is better, safer and faster form of computer support. With the advancements of computers and the internet today, almost everything is accessible online. Help and assistance is not an exception. If your… Read More

Be informed when your email message sent through Gmail is opened or read

Email Tips How Tos Tips & Tricks April 20, 2013

If you want to know if the person whom you sent an email message already read your email, you need to enable the read receipt request. This is simply to notify you if your recipient opened and read your email. NOTE: If you are using an email program for your Gmail, like Mozilla Thunderbird, MS Outlook 2007/2010 or Windows Live Mail, the read receipt feature is readily available in the email program itself. The procedures described here is only to be used when you are using Gmail in a web… Read More

Are you missing some emails in your Gmail? You can recover them!

Email Tips How Tos March 22, 2013

There are instances that you find Gmail faulty. One of these instances is when you found out that your emails are missing from your Inbox folder, from your Trash, and from your other email folders in your Gmail account. This is basically NOT an issue with Gmail. The emails can go missing in various possible reasons. Among the reasons are the following: A configuration issue with IMAP or POP access. Settings applied to incoming mail, such as a filter or forwarding Deliberate or accidental human action, or possibly a compromised… Read More

Checking and detecting the hardware components of Windows computers

How Tos Tips & Tricks Windows Tips March 15, 2013

There are times that you want to know what hardware components are installed in your computer, regardless if it is a desktop computer or a laptop. For instance, you might want to know the exact make and model of your wireless card so that you can check the specifications of this wifi-card in the manufacturer’s website. You might want to know the brand and model of your system’s motherboard so that you will be guided when you perform major component upgrades like adding a physical memory (RAM) or changing your… Read More

From Hotmail to NEW Outlook.com interface: How to Switch back to Hotmail

Email Tips How Tos November 22, 2012

Did you upgrade from Hotmail.com to the *NEW* Outlook.com interface recently? That was a good move. However, for Mac users using their default Safari browsers, an incompatibility issue has been reported by thousands of users. The problem is described as Hotmail / Outlook screen is frozen and clicking emails and links won’t work. Thus making Hotmail account useless for sending and receiving emails. This is a very frustrating issue specially for Hotmail users who reply on Hotmail for business correspondence. In this case, there are 2 things you can do:… Read More