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How to Stop Viber from Sending your “Seen” Status while Chatting

by Jaber Al Nahian | 13 Mar, 2015 | Viber

If you want to prevent Viber from sending your “Seen” status when a friend sends you a message, you can easily turn it off. Viber, the instant messaging and free call (voice over internet) app for smartphones has become much popular in recent years. Even...

How to Run Opera Always in Private Mode by Default on Windows

by Jaber Al Nahian | 11 Mar, 2015 | Opera

Private browsing in a web browsers like Opera, lets you automatically leave traces of your website visits. Once you close the private window, all of your browsing history will be removed by the browser itself from your computer, thus you don’t have to worry...

[Fix] Chrome Syncing/Storing Incorrect Passwords and Usernames

by Jaber Al Nahian | 11 Mar, 2015 | Chrome

Google’s Chrome was one of the pioneers to bring web browser sync among multiple devices seamlessly. If you sing into Chrome using your Google account in purpose of synchronization, Chrome will sync your passwords, bookmarks, themes, extensions, auto-fills, etc....

How to Stop Android from Auto Adding Newly Downloaded App Icons to Home Screen

by Jaber Al Nahian | 10 Mar, 2015 | Android

When you install an Android application from Play Store, you will notice that the newly installed app’s icon is added to Android home screen without asking you. This is a feature of the Play Store application. But you can disable it if you want. By default...

How to Disable ‘Home’ Tab in Opera Mini on any Phone

by Jaber Al Nahian | 9 Mar, 2015 | Opera Mini

Opera Mini browser’s start page and new tab displays two kinds of pre-installed tab. One is ‘Home’ and another is ‘Speed Dial’. Here’s how to remove or turn off the ‘Home’ tab. Starting from Opera Mini version 7, Opera...

How to Disable Birthday Notifications in Facebook

by Jaber Al Nahian | 9 Mar, 2015 | Facebook

Facebook shows birthday reminders in your Facebook’s notification section when one or more of your Facebook friends have/had birthdays. You can easily disable it. Facebook is an obvious way to keep connected with your friends, family and others. It let’s...

How to Limit Upload or Download Speed in Transmission on Mac or Linux

by Jaber Al Nahian | 4 Mar, 2015 | Softwares

Transmission is a popular cross-platform BitTorrent client with which you can download or share torrent files (P2P file share) easily. It is free and open-source. What makes it special is, it’s so lightweight and works out of the box. Unlike other torrent...

Show Menus in Application’s Window Instead of Global Menu Bar in Ubuntu

by Jaber Al Nahian | 3 Mar, 2015 | Ubuntu

One major thing you will find in Ubuntu’s UI system is, when you are active in an application window, that application’s Menu bar items will be shown in the top section of desktop of Ubuntu instead of the application’s own Title bar. That Menu bar...

How to Pin Any Chrome App to Ubuntu Unity Application Launcher

by Jaber Al Nahian | 2 Mar, 2015 | Ubuntu

Unity is the default desktop environment used in Ubuntu. Most noticeably, it has an application launcher that sits on left side of the desktop taking the whole vertical area. This launcher can be used to pin/lock your favorite applications for quick access and switch...

[Fix] Windows Showing Wrong Time in Linux-Windows Dual-boot System

by Jaber Al Nahian | 2 Mar, 2015 | Linux, Windows

If you have a computer where a Linux OS (e.g. Ubuntu) is dual-booted with Windows, you will notice that, every time you reboot from Linux to Window, clock time displaying incorrectly in Windows. Even some Linux may show incorrect time if you are returning from...