By now, I believe most of you knew the existence of the Facebook LIKE button. It is a button that you can click to express your interest (on Facebook) in the particular page or site. To make thing even more interesting, Facebook came out with a new button, known as the SEND button that allows you to send a content to a friend. This is similar to the mail-a-friend function, except that the “mail” will go directly to your friend’s Facebook inbox.
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How to Add The Facebook Send Button to Your WordPress Site
By | May 16, 2011 | 3 Comments
17 Hidden Tips And Tricks For MIUI Android ROM That You Probably Didn’t Know
By | May 15, 2011 | 24 Comments
Ever since I started using MIUI custom ROM on my Android phone, I fell in love with it and it has replaced CM7 as my handset’s default ROM. If you are in love with MIUI as much as me, here are some hidden tips and tricks that are useful to you and you probably don’t know about their existence.
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Need A Password Manager? Install KeePass2 In Ubuntu Natty
By | May 14, 2011 | 10 Comments
In the past, the best way to get KeePass running on Linux is to install KeePassX, which is a port over version of KeePass 1.x. To get KeePass 2.x to run in Linux, you will need to install a whole bunch of mono libraries and manually install the source file. Worst still, it might not work in the end. Luckily, that kind of days is over. Julian Taylor has released a PPA that allows you to install KeePass 2 easily (only work in Ubuntu or other debian based distro).
Note: The PPA will install a whole bunch of mono libraries in your system. If you are not comfortable with it, this is not for you.
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How to Add Google Analytics’s Site Speed Tracking Feature to Your WordPress Site
By | May 14, 2011 | 2 Comments
Google has recently added a new feature into its Analytics software, enabling you to track your website loading speed now. If you are not aware, in its attempt to make the web faster, Google has launched a series of tools to help webmasters improve their site speed. There is the Google Instant where users can find what they want even before they finished typing; Instant Preview to enable users to preview the site from the search result, Page Speed Chrome extension that runs performance tests based on a set of best practices known to reduce page load time and now the Site Speed Report.
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Virtualbox: How to Set 32-bit Display In Ubuntu Guest [Quick Tips]
By | May 11, 2011 | 2 Comments
I installed Ubuntu Natty on my Virtualbox (Ubuntu guest on Ubuntu host) and the first problem that greeted me when I boot up is the 16-bit display error message:
The virtual machine window is optimized to work in 32 bit color mode but the virtual display is currently set to 16 bit.
Please open the display properties dialog of the guest OS and select a 32 bit color mode, if it is available, for best possible performance of the virtual video subsystem.
Note. Some operating systems, like OS/2, may actually work in 32 bit mode but report it as 24 bit (16 million colors). You may try to select a different color mode to see if this message disappears or you can simply disable the message now if you are sure the required color mode (32 bit) is not available in the guest OS.
It stated that your system is optimized to work in 32-bit, but the color quality is set to 16-bit. First of all, there is no “display properties” in Ubuntu that allows you to change from 16-bit to 32-bit. Secondly, when you open the monitor option, you can only select 800×600 (or lower) screen resolution.
Here’s what I did to solve the problem.
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How to Install KDE In Ubuntu Natty [Quick Tips]
By | May 11, 2011 | 4 Comments
Ubuntu Natty has been out for almost two weeks. If you do not like the Unity interface, nor the classic Gnome, you could install KDE and give it a spin. We have covered KDE 4 several times and it is elegant and by far the best KDE distribution.
Here’s how you can install KDE in Ubuntu Natty.
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MIUI: A Beautiful And Functional Custom ROM For Android
By | May 10, 2011 | 11 Comments
Of all the ways to customize your Android phone, the geekiest way has to be rooting your phone, wiping it clean and installing a new ROM. Most of these custom ROMs are functionally better than your default ROMs and are rid of all the unnecessarily features that slow down your phone. One such ROM is Cyanogenmod and another one is MIUI.
I have been a follower of Cyanogenmod since CM5 (running Android 2.1). The latest version of Cyanogenmod (CM7) is based on Android Gingerbread and is full of awesomeness. However, after I get to know about MIUI, I decided to give it a try. I never looked back. Not only is it beautiful, elegant and stable, it is also blazingly fast and comes with plenty of great features not found in any other ROM.
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Fast And Anonymous VPN Services: iVPN Free Giveaway
By | May 9, 2011 | 6 Comments
Update: This giveaway contest has ended.
If you are staying outside of US and you want to watch Hulu, or listen to Pandora, one of the best way is to use a VPN connection. We have previously giveaway licenses for SailFish VPN and ibVPN. Today, we are glad to giveaway license keys for iVPN.
iVPN is a privately-owned VPN service that is focused on both speed and security. It supports both the L2TP / IPSEC and OpenVPN protocol and allows you to enjoy anonymous surfing.
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8 Really Useful Ubuntu Unity Quicklists
By | May 7, 2011 | 20 Comments
One of the useful features in Unity (Ubuntu Natty) is the adding of quicklists to the application icons in the launcher. For example, you can right click on the Google Chrome icon and access the option to open an incognito window, or right click the Gmail icon and select “Compose New Email” option. For those who came from the Windows background, this is very similar to the Windows 7′s taskbar jumplist.
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WinX DVD Copy Pro Giveaway. Exclusive for MakeTechEasier Readers [Time Limited]
By | May 6, 2011 | 3 Comments
We are glad to bring you another free giveaway. This time is WinX DVD Copy Pro and it is exclusive only for MakeTechEasier readers.
WinX DVD Copy Pro is the latest software from Digiarty and it allows you to make DVD copy without any quality loss, be it from DVD to DVD Copy or DVD to ISO Image Clone.
The usage is simple. Simply insert the DVD, select the option you want and click “RUN”. That’s it.
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