We recently posted about concerns relating to privacy and security of Zoom app. And we suggested alternatives to using Zoom. But if you are using Zoom to video meet people, out of personal choice or obligations from a peer group, here’s a list of our finds that should help you lead the pack. And handle video conferences on Zoom like a pro! Annotations Video meeting attendees can annotate on the shared screen using available options. This tool is so indispensable, you realize its value when you want to touch the…
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Zoom has privacy issues – Safe and Secure Alternative services
As the Social distancing norms are being put to practice across the globe, the urge to be in touch with other ‘social animals’ is one ‘communicable’ disease whose spread can not be curtailed. This is when people turn to virtual conferencing services. Zoom is Video Communications service that has risen to astronomical popularity of-late. The Zoom (NASDAQ: ZM) stock price sky-rocketed from $70 at the end of January 2020 to almost $160 towards end of March 2020. And March, 2020 being the golden month for Zoom, when their App downloads…
Read More5 Tips - How to Make Stories on Instagram for Your Business
If we’re talking about Instagram, I want to disappoint you, good SMM-specialists are expensive. And the bad ones, unfortunately, most of them, just put out a stolen photo from large public and thoughtlessly run the mass following. And that’s it. They don’t even connect analyst services. That is why I think that people who have a small business should at least have a little understanding of the chips that actually help to promote business in social networks. 1. Add a link If you have 10,000 subscribers, you will get a…
Read MoreAlternative careers to consider within Online Tech
Careers paths have changed dramatically over the last 10 years. Gone are the days when children grew up aspiring to one day be a fireman or a policeman, and their parents perhaps would have dreamt of different conventional career paths. If someone followed an artisanal trade, it would mean becoming a builder, carpenter or even a plumber. The careers which present day kids pursue are less tangible and more abstract. People pursue careers that produce things, outputs or results, which we can never touch or feel, yet these jobs are…
Read MoreGetting The Best Out of GitHub (Part 2)
Here is the second article in the series on how you can get the best out of GitHub. As you know, Github is the social media for programmers. The first article already outlines the meaning of git, github and the preliminary details. We now expatiate on all these. Here we go! Add a new file to the repository By running on the touch command or using any text editor of your choice, you can go ahead with adding a new file to the project. Once you have done this successfully,…
Read MoreGetting The Best Out of GitHub
GitHub has been popularly referred to as the social network for all programmers. In fact, it is the biggest community for developers from every part of the universe. However, unlike other social networks, you need to know something very well before planning to learn how to use GitHub. That thing is Git; it can be described as a distributed version control system. You already know that in a building construction, the foundation of the structure must be strong for the building to be stable. In this case, Git is the…
Read MoreHow to Post Animated GIF on Facebook
Google+ has be the addictive destination for sharing hilarious Animated GIFs, which led Facebook users asking for more. Facebook had been quick to learn and copy from facebook but GIF is one thing they just won’t give to the users for unknown reasons. For years, it was not possible to post and share animated GIFs on Facebook, but its up for a change now. GIPHY lets you share animated GIFs on Facebook right into the Timeline/ news feed stream. GIPHY is a huge GIF repository that allows users to browse and…
Read MoreAdd Google+ Comments to ANY WordPress, Tumblr Blog
Google recently unveiled Google+ comments for its very own amazing blogging platform: Blogger. Google+ comments are very clean, and have top notch appeal to it. But why should only Blogger users have all the fun? We like the Google+ comments on Blogger.com and is now possible to integrate Google+ comments on any wordpress blog. So just like Disqus, Facebook comments, it integrates well to just about any webpage, not just blogs. However, there is one simple caveat. Since its not officially supported, there is no way to import existing comments…
Read MoreSoftware Tracks user Activity, predicts Future using Social Networks [Video demo]
There have been millions of privacy allegations raised against Social Networking sites like Facebook. Facebook has indepth knowledge of who you’re and what you like to do. What if this kind of information leaks on to somebody’s hands? US Government and several federal agencies in US are believed to have access to Social networking database of Trillions of users worldwide. This has raised concerns of privacy in every part of the world. A security firm which takes projects from defense, has secretly developed an application that is capable of tracking people’s movements…
Read MoreTop Google+ Pro Tips
We all love the diversity and outrageous scope of Google+ Streams. Things can get even better when you learn from Pro Google+ users ad dwell on them. We tried to jot down some Pro Tips that would help you use Google+ like a Pro. Note: This page will be updated with new tips very often, keep posting your Tips. Tip: Rich formatting in Posts Use *Text* for bold, _text_ for italics, and -text- for strikethrough. To add photos, videos, or links to your posts, drag them to the sharebox. Tip:…
Read MoreHow Facebook Tracks Users
Social sites that track user activity and sells user data is Evil, hands-down. There have been number of concerns which have taken all the Big players to court. Whether its Google over Wifi streetview data, or Microsoft’s SmartScreen, one thing is pretty clear, Facebook wins all Evil crowns. Facebook is known for breaking all the privacy boundaries and number of incidents & allegations are above all. Facebook is known to store your private data and never delete it. May it be the photos you upload to facebook, those are never…
Read MoreAdd Twitter search to Google Search results
Few months back Google announced that they would stop the Realtime search partnership with Twitter as Twitter had its own concerns. And now that Google is doing well with Google+, personal search results are introduced that leverages content from your Circles, and highlights them along with organic search results. Its a great value add to search, but not everyone is a Google+ user and not everyone likes to have personal search results. Instead, you might want to bring back the Twitter search results. If you’re among those, you’re lucky, coz…
Read MoreHow to Get New Facebook Profile Timeline Now
Facebook has announced New profiles with Timeline of all your events, occassions of the past. The music you like, things you love to do, are all summoned up. Facebook is rolling the feature first to developers, and in next few weeks for rest of the users. You can get it now, using the easy steps below: To summarize, the new features are available to Facebook developers as of today and would eventually be available in next few weeks. But you can get around this by becoming a developer. No…
Read MoreHowTo Migrate Facebook Friends, Photos, Videos to Google Plus
The permanent migration from Facebook to Google Plus may not happen for you immediately as most of your friends never made it to Plus, and to your surprise most of them didn’t even hear about it. Its a good time to actually make that happen by inviting them all in single shot, as you migrate your Facebook data including Photos, Friends to Google Plus. How to Migrate Facebook friends to Google Plus Facebook won’t let you export your Facebook friends to Gmail or Google Plus for their own anti-competitive reasons.…
Read MoreSync Google+ Posts/Status with Facebook, Twitter [Cross-Post]
Google Plus has got strong positive reviews from critics, and so far most of the users seem to love it. Within a week of its launch, it managed to get 5 million+ users (unofficial number), and have engaged users like never before. It happened to me aswell, where I never spent more than couple of minutes on Facebook, ended up spending hours on G+. For some users its a goodbye to Facebook, (and for few twitter too), but the reality is, it won’t happen that soon. Every social network needs…
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