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How to disable the auto enhance and auto awesome feature on Google Plus Photos?

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The "auto-enhance" is a feature added to Google Plus Photos which enhances your photos. Auto Enhance makes subtle adjustments (like removing red-eye and improving lighting) to help them look great. But sometimes, they don't turn out so great. And besides, it creates a copy of the original file. The new copy has "-edited" appended to the original file name. Do you like Google Plus Photos to auto enhance your photos and create another copy? And if you realized, it is turned on by default. That mean photos that you backup/upload to Google Photos or even those posted on Google Plus or posted on blogs, are auto edited. But it may not be applied to all photos as per Google Plus Photos support page . Auto Enhance does not mean better photos after all! Here's why- Read more »

BloggerTips: How to align header image in Blogger?

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If you wanted a header image (banner) for your Blogger blog and you had uploaded one but it is not aligned correctly, then do the following, like I tried today. Where to upload Blogger Header Image? You can upload Blogger Header Image at Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Header Widget > Edit . From here you can upload new or remove existing header image. You can also opt to show site's description and title. Aligning Blogger header image Read more »

Blogger Tips: How to rename a Blogger blog name and address?

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To start off, changing blog address is not advised as you will lose visibility especially if there are people following your blog. They will not longer be able to reach your blog. Besides, it will also affect your blog accessibility from search engines. People will see your previous blog address in searches initially. So, blog or site address should not be changed frequently. And if there is a need to change, the sooner the better it is done. Sometimes, it happens to Read more »

Blogger Tips: How to delete a Blogger blog?

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Blogger is one of the most popular blogging platform for both amateur as well as serious bloggers. Let's talk about how to delete a Blogger blog here. This situation might occur to most new bloggers who are just starting out, trying to find a niche creating multiple blogs just to experiment. And then you realize you don't actually need one or few of your blogs. So delete it. How to delete Blogger blog? Read more »

Access Point Name of most mobile operators in India

Here is a list of Access Point Names (APN) of most of the mobile operators in India. The APN name and dial number is required when setting up for data connection. Operator APN DIAL NO. USER NAME PASSWORD Aircel 3g aircelgprs *99# Blank Blank Airtel 2G & 3G airtelgprs *99# Blank Blank BSNL 2G & 3G bsnlnet *99# Blank Blank IDEA internet *99# Blank Blank MTNL Delhi -Prepaid gprsppsdel *99# mtnl mtnl123 MTNL Delhi -Postpaid gprsmtnldel *99# mtnl mtnl123 MTNL Mumbai -Prepaid gprsppsmum *99# mtnl mtnl123 MTNL Mumbai -Postpaid gprsppsmum *99# mtnl mtnl123 Reliance 2G & 3G RCOMNET OR SMARTNET *99# Blank Blank Spice Spiceindia *99# Blank Blank Tata Docomo 2G TATA.DOCOMO.INTERNET *99# Blank Blank Tata Docomo 3G TATADOCOMO3G *99# Blank Blank Uninor 2G & 3G uninor *99# Blank Blank Vodafone 2G & 3G www *99# Blank Blank

How to share desktop internet connection via WiFi or receive WiFi on desktop computer?

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Looking for a way to share your internet connection from your desktop computer? Or looking for a way to access WiFi connection from your WiFi router to your desktop computer? Read on. If you are looking for a way to create a WiFi Access Point (AP) on your desktop computer to share internet connection on your desktop computer to other devices via WiFi OR to access WiFi on your desktop computer from an existing Access Point, devices like this little nano WiFi adapters can help. I was trying a new WiFi adapter I bought online for a laptop whose WiFi card broke and I had to remove the hardware completely as it used to get overheated. The laptop is quite old and probably will be ditched very soon. So instead of buying a WiFi card for the laptop, I went for a cheaper nano WiFi adapter (in this case a Leoxsys’s LEO-NANO150N). Read more »

Best Free alternatives to Windows file copy tool

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The default Windows file copy manager can be a bit clumsy sometimes, especially when we have to move a lot of files around and from/to different locations. There is no queue management. While majority of users may not feel any different, for those who use computers regularly may feel different. These alternative file copy utilities will help you ease the pain. Here are a few you can try out: TeraCopy A popular file copy utility popular among Windows users. It is an ideal program for Windows but certainly not the best. Free utility designed to copy files faster Read more »

Blogger Tips: How to remove or hide the blogger navigation bar?

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In blogger you get this default navigation bar, which you can hide if you want. There is no real advantage or disadvantage for keeping or removing it. It's just that if you want to keep a clean look, you can do that. A) Steps to remove the Blogger navigation bar using CSS code: Read more »