October 20th, 2011 >
With recent changes in Facebook, some users may have the rare problem where you cannot add a friend to an existing friend list. Facebook will show the friend as added, but your changes are not saved. A basic solution is given here.
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August 10th, 2011 >
If you get a Google+ account, one added benefit is that you can now upload an unlimited number of higher quality photos (up to 2048 x 2048 pixels) to Google+ and/or Picasa Web Albums, for free. There are some differences in how your photos are handled and stored, depending on if you upload photos in Google+ or in Picasa Web Albums. The details are explained here.
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July 31st, 2011 >
Using the desktop software version of Picasa, you have the option to sign in to Picasa Web Albums to upload and share your photos. If you get a "login incorrect" message when you try to sign in to Picasa Web Albums from the desktop version of Picasa, it may be because you have 2-Step Verification turned on in your Google account.
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July 30th, 2011 >
Google’s 2-Step Verification is an optional and relatively simple way to provide an extra level of security for your Google account. While it is not a newly introduced feature, it may not be very widely known or used by most. More information on 2-Step Verification for your Google account is given below, including details on
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June 3rd, 2010 >
Facebook has recently begun to roll out their new "Improved Privacy Controls". This changes how some privacy settings are accessed on the Facebook website.
A previous article on TechUserFriendly.com dealt with how to change Facebook’s Instant Personalization Pilot Program privacy settings, so that it would be disabled for your account.
But depending on if Facebook has applied these "Improved Privacy Controls" to your Facebook account, those instructions may no longer apply to you, and instead the instructions below may be applicable.
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May 14th, 2010 >
A recent new feature from Facebook is the Facebook Instant Personalization Pilot Program, which acts to personalize your visits to other selected partner websites such as MicrosoftDocs.com, Pandora, and Yelp. This personalization feature will make it so that information is tailored towards you on these external partner websites, based on your "public Facebook information". But it may be difficult for you to know exactly what information in your Facebook profile is public (i.e. your Facebook Friends list).
To get greater control over your online privacy in relation to Facebook, you may choose to opt-out of this program. If you do not want this feature activated, then you can disable it through the Facebook Privacy Settings, using the steps shown here.
Update: Facebook recently changed their privacy setting layout. New and slightly different instructions for Facebook’s "Improved Privacy Controls" are here.
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May 13th, 2010 >
With recent changes to Facebook’s privacy settings, you can once again hide your Facebook Friends list, so that no one else can see who your Facebook friends are from your profile page.
Facebook has gone through many changes to their privacy settings and policy over the past several months. For a while, you could not completely hide your Facebook Friends list from people who had access to your profile page. But now, you can prevent others from viewing your Friends list if you wish.
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November 10th, 2009 >
Here is a great free resource for users interested in tech-related topics. Recently posted on another site, is an article with links to "15 Free Guides That Really Teach You USEFUL Stuff", as the title of the post says. These guides really break down the basics for several tech-related issues, and can be useful for users of all levels of expertise on a topic. They are free to download as PDF files or to read online.
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October 23rd, 2009 >
Xomba.com is a web site whose central purposes are to share ideas (by writing and commenting), make friends, and get paid. This article deals with that last one, getting paid, and goes through the basics of how to make money online through Xomba.com. Xomba.com makes it more user friendly to not only make some extra income online, but also to help publicize either your own work or other useful/interesting material online, through their version of social bookmarking.
Xomba.com uses Google Adsense, so that Xomba.com itself does not pay you, but rather, you are paid through your Google Adsense account, which is free if you do not have one. For those who are new to online income, the process of making money online, with a free Xomba.com account, is simplified here.
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