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Facebook Lite for Android - for 2G or slower internet connections

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Image: ajaygour.com Facebook has introduced a lighter version for slower connections. If your favorite Facebook app is not loading well due to poor network? You may want to try Facebook Lite! Social Media giant, Facebook, launched a lighter version of the Facebook app called "Facebook Lite" around June 2015 in India. The app is designed for 2G and slower internet on mobile devices. With more and more internet users on mobile, this app will be ideal for users in developing countries to access Facebook. Facebook Lite is: Fast to install – the app is less than 1MB Quick to load Efficient with data Designed for 2G networks and areas with limited network connectivity. Read more »

How to view gif on Android mobile phone?

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While some Android Phones automatically handle GIFs by default from the gallery app, some don't. On such phones, when a GIF file is opened, it is shown as a still image. There is not animation played. On online search, a lot of people seems to be talking about this.  If your phone is unable to play GIF files by default, here are some workarounds. Read more »

Outlook + Gmail: How To Resolve Duplicate Sent Emails in Outlook Sent Items when using Gmail account in Outlook

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I f you want to access Gmail using Microsoft Outlook email client, you can easily add Gmail account in Outlook and use it. Email clients are great primarily for one reason - y ou do not need internet to check previously downloaded or synced emails. This is very handy when you quickly need to check past email but your internet is down or when you are on the road and without data network. If you are here, probably you already are using Gmail with Outlook. If you have not and want to know how to add Gmail account to Outlook, refer previous post: How to add Gmail email account to Microsoft email client? Now, after adding Gmail to Outlook, we normally see duplicate emails in the Outlook Sent Items folder by default. In this post we shall see how to prevent duplicate emails in Outlook Sent Items when using Gmail account in Outlook. As shown in the screenshot below, we can see duplicate email in the Outlook Sent Folder of the Gmail Account. This is happening because Outlook by default is savi...

How to post blog posts to Facebook Account or Facebook pages automatically using twitterfeed?

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This is a continuation to the previous post ( Setting up twitterfeed to auto post blog updates to Twitter ) where I discussed how to use an online service called " twitterfeed " to post blog updates to Twitter automatically. In this post, we will discuss how to setup " twitterfeed " to post blog updates to Facebook account or Facebook Pages automatically. For that, you need to setup an account on "twitterfeed " first. Creating a new feed service on TwitterFeed: Read more »

How to auto publish blog posts to multiple social media platforms?

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M any bloggers take the advantage of social media such as Facebook or Twitter to share content and generate traffic. While sharing links manually gives a publisher more control and addition of more information when sharing their posts, auto sharing of new blog posts is definitely a respite for content publishers. If you are an avid blogger, you might have thought about how to share your blog posts to various social media platforms automatically when new posts are created. In this post, I am going to discuss about just how to do that using an online service called - " twitterfeed ". Using " twitterfeed ", one can auto share blog posts to the following social media platforms: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn   How to setup a service on " twitterfeed " for sharing blog posts to Social Media services? Read more »

How to backup Sticky Notes in Windows?

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Sticky Notes is a handy program to take notes on your computer. While there are various flavors of it on the internet to download and install, it also comes along with Windows 7 operating system. If you have a Tablet PC or a touchscreen, Windows 7 Sticky Notes support pen and touch input, too—you can even switch between different input methods within the space of a single note. Sticky Notes is available only in the Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate editions of Windows 7. Sticky Notes File Location in Windows Windows stores sticky notes in a folder inside the appdata folder, which is normally - C:\Users\ logon \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes   - where logon is the name of the user logged in to Windows. Inside the Sticky Notes folder, there would be one file-  StickyNotes.snt, which contains all your notes.  How to backup Sticky Notes? Read more »

How to speed up slow Google Chrome browser on Android?

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If you have experienced that Google Chrome browser on our Android devices is working a bit slow and sluggish, then this is for you. Most of us might have experienced that the native Android browser seems to work a bit faster than Chrome. But why use Chrome then? Well, it's up to you but there are some advantages such as bookmark sync across devices, some chrome specific apps etc.  Here is how to speed up Google Chrome browser on Android: 1. Open Chrome browser Read more »