Why to have an attractive Facebook profile picture?

Facebook is one of the most used social networking sites in the world. About 845 million people are users of Facebook all over the world. While all of them might not be active users, about 85-90% of them are. Infact, it has been seen and reported in a survey that people are addicted to Facebook severely and login several times a day to check updates and also to provide updates. Created as a social networking website, Facebook is extensively used for various other purposes that include online marketing and online promotional events. The various features in the website help in carrying out various kinds of work while interacting with friends.

Profile picture in Facebook

After you sign up to Facebook, you can do various kinds of activities. The first activity that is important is to put a valid profile picture. It is very obvious that any person, be it your relative or a friend or a person who wants to share your friendship will be interested in the way you look. Therefore it is very important to have a nice profile picture for you Facebook account. Different kinds of people have different tastes for the profile pictures. While some like it simple and smart, some prefer it to be funky and fun-filled. It will also depend on the factor for which you have opened a Facebook account. If it is just for keeping in touch with your friends and interacting with them, then any kind of picture will do. But if it is intended for business purposes, the picture should reflect your personality.

The need for an attractive Facebook profile picture

It is common human psychology that you will be fascinated to anything that looks beautiful, attractive and charming. This is also applicable for the Facebook profile picture. You might put the picture of your pet or beautiful scenery or a beautiful flower as your profile picture. But that will not be attractive enough to draw attention of people. People definitely want to know as how you look. An attractive Facebook profile picture would be you holding your pet or you at a nice scenic spot and so on. This will also give a slight hint on your nature and on your likes and preferences. Also make sure that your face is clearly visible in the picture. If these things are kept in mind, you can have a great Facebook profile picture.

Facebook profile pictures for business purposes

As mentioned above, Facebook is used quite commonly for marketing purposes. Many people use Facebook and services like mixbook and snapfish as online marketing tools. With the help of these social networking websites, it is very easy to spread the word to the world in a short span of time. If you are using Facebook for your business needs, then the profile picture for that will be a little different. It need not be grim and serious, but it has to have some weight and personality reflecting through it. With your office background or a picture with your team would make a nice profile picture for Facebook for business purpose.

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Samsung Galaxy Note

Samsung mobiles are the leading kinds of mobiles are which are well known for the best kinds of features and specifications. The company has launched a long series of Smartphone’s and the Samsung Galaxy Note belongs to one of it. There are lots of features of it and which can help to get better results.

The Samsung Galaxy Note features are really superb. This smartphone is inbuilt with GSM networking technology. 2G and 3G both networks are available in the model. The Samsung Galaxy Note comes with 5.3 inches WXGA HD super AMOLED capacitive touch screen display with 16 M colors. Lots of display features as S Pen Stylus, Gorilla Glass display, TouchWiz UI v4.0, Multi-touch input method and Touch-sensitive controls are integrated in the smartphone. Samsung Galaxy Note is supported with Accelerometer, Digital Compass, Proximity, Barometer and Light Sensors. Resolution of the model is 800 x 1280 pixels. Vibration, polyphonic, MP3 and WAV as ringtones alerts features are supported in the model. This mobile phone comes with Face book, Twitter, Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, and Picasa as social networking services along with some instant messaging services features.

The Samsung Galaxy Note comes with stereo FM radio with RDS, audio player and video players as multimedia features for lots of fun and enjoyment. This smartphone is enabled with 3.5 mm audio jack device. Operating system of the model is very fast which can power with v2.3 Gingerbread Android OS. This smartphone is worked with 1.4 GHz dual core processor and Mail- 400 MP GPU which can help to run mobile application very speedy. Some applications as Samsung ChatON, Adobe Flash 10.1 support, Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF) are also presented in the smartphone. Internet memory of the model is 16 GB and up to 32 GB include with 2GB external memory via Micro SD memory card is also supported. This handset comes with 1 GB RAM as additional memory.

The Samsung Galaxy Note is integrated with 8.0 MP main camera which can help to capture clear and nice pictures. Main Camera of the model gives 3264 x 2448 pixels resolution. Autofocus, LED flash, Action Shot, Beauty, Panorama Shot, Smile Shot, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection and  image stabilization some features are well presented in the model. This smartphone also comes with 2.0 MP secondary camera for live video calling services. The model is enabled with HD 1080p video recording facility with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution. GPS with A GPS navigation services and Glonass services are also available in the model. Samsung Galaxy Note has NFC connectivity options. Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, TV-out (via MHL A/V link), Image/video editor some special features are available in the model.

This model is also known from Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 and Samsung GT-N7000 models. Standard Battery of the model is excellent which power by 2500 mAh is. Battery of the model is offering talk time up to 13 hours and standby time up to 570 hours.

Author Bio :
Himanshu is a technology blogger who runs a gadget blog which deals with Apple iPhone, nokia, Samsung android and is currently promoting iit admission blog.

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Remote Website Monitoring Tools

Dotcom-monitor is a website that works in order to keep you well known about your websites availability and performance. Since more than a decade many companies worldwide have trusted dotcom-monitor for monitoring the performance of websites and providing information about the website content. It also monitors the web applications, internet network infrastructure. Dotcom-monitor is trusted, advanced yet affordable provider of externally-hosted network and IT monitoring services. It enables organizations to combine powerful monitoring, reporting, notification, escalation, and analysis options in affordable packages that are designed to best suit their needs.

The remote agents positioned globally by Dotcom-monitor works as an internet browser. After creating an account with dotcom-monitor one needs to provide URLs that which needs to be website monitoring . The process starts immediately after creating an account. The agents positioned starts checking the site with the frequency that has been set up while singing up. The agents monitor the website and keep an eye to make sure the website is accessible, has proper content, and are maintaining good web server performance and notify if there is anything that falls out of the unexpected.

In order to monitor the performance it checks the time it takes for the website server to respond. One can mention the server uptime it should take for the website page to load on the user’s browser. If it takes more than the mentioned time the owner of the website is informed about the same. Each time the site is checked the agents monitoring the site ensures the pages are not altered without the owners knowledge and makes sure it has the right content. It also secures the site and allows the owner to monitor password protected sites.

Dotcom-monitor has education clients such as American Intercontinental University Online, Trinity International University, healthcare clients like Delta Dental of Michigan, Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital, Insurance clients like Aon, Inc., United Automobile Insurance Companies etc. It also has government clients such as Australian Security Intelligence Organization, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency, British Columbia Securities Commission etc. It even has clients related to Banking and Financial Services , Online retail , Nonprofit , Transportation, Travel and Automotive , Electronics and Communications , Media and Publishing , Technology .

With some of the names mentioned above as clients there is no doubt that dotcom-monitor is the best option available  to make sure your website is working good and delivering great profits. If you are passionate about maintaining your website’s performance then singing up with dotcom-monitor is a must.

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All about Broadband Security

Most of the users get muddled by all the technical glitches whenever an issue arises with the broadband connectivity, particularly when it comes down to the security aspect. In fact, it is not a complicated task when you actually know what the problem is and if you are good in resolving it. There are many broadband services, available and Broadband Expert is one of the best Service that you must be aware of.

The fight against virus attack is a very tough job as most of them come to know about the problem only when lot of systems in the network are affected. Most of the spyware and viruses perform equivalent damage to the PC, but not all of them are very easy to find. A Trojan is even harder to find and behaves as if it is a useful application; once allowed, it starts affecting your network, and it can enter through a wireless network too.

Broadband Security is an Issue

As all of us know, Internet is a free flow of information and as you are able to access thousands of websites it is natural that many other hackers can also access your personal data using open ports in your computer. Hence, it’s essential that you surf the web using a broadband connection only in a secured manner.

What does Broadband Security Actually Mean?

Adware: Adware is one of the most innocent security threats; this will not harm your computer in any form. Instead it looks at your browsing history and bombs you with related ads or pop-ups, but these ad bots can reduce the performance of your PC.

Cookies: These are designed especially to put a “marker” on your PC so that some of the websites can remember your visit. Generally, they are harmless and mostly used by the websites that are used regularly.

Firewall: It is nothing but a boundary between internet and info saved on your computer. It helps in identifying the weaknesses in your defense system, and in turn repairing them.

Malware: This threat mainly causes problems to your PC by erasing the information available in your system, or destroys your PC or involves in performing unwanted activities on behalf of you. Malware may even pose serious threats like identity thefts, while some of the malware may do nothing more than blocking particular applications.

Phishing: It is one the illegal techniques of sending scam mails sent on behalf of few reputed companies asking for login credentials. A common example would be lottery scam, which asks for your personal information, claiming that you’ve just won a million dollars!

How to Be Secure Your Broadband and PC

In order to secure your PC from all the above threats, you are required to install antivirus software and set up you wireless devices so that they meet all the security measures. There are tons of antiviruses available over the globe and are being updated regularly to defeat the latest threats; some of the most familiar ones are Kaspersky, Norton, and McAfee.

To boost up the security levels, you must also enable firewalls, and set highest security and privacy levels in the web browser too.

Furthermore, it’s crucial to keep your browser up-to-date, and enable Microsoft security essentials, and regularly install the updates too.


Guest Post by Siddartha. He's currently working as Designer and Promoter for Eamcet 2012 website which gives details about Eamcet Mock Counselling and many other details.

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3 Basic Causes of a Slow Broadband Internet Connection

Broadband internet connection is one of the best and greatest gifts we can talk about that we’ve had since the time when technology arrived. Technology offers many things but an ability to browse the internet offer more and let people do more things and explore the world better right from the comfort of their homes or offices. Without an internet connection, getting access to the internet cannot become a reality and getting a fast speed internet these days has become a big pain in the head for many. And if other go the long way in getting one, getting it work faster and perfectly is another story to tell.

So, how are we going to make things work faster and better especially this time when an internet connection has become a necessity for everyone. In this article, I have three tips to share with you in this article on the basic causes of a slow internet connection, especially the broadband internet and the possible steps you can take to correct them.

Poor Connection Due to Low Signal

When there’s a low or weak signal from your internet service provider, getting good and fast internet access will become hard for you especially if you are looking for the best result. You should make sure that your internet connection is at the best all the time by making sure that you report every development you are noticing along the line as you are using it.

If your house or your office is too far from your internet service provider’ broadcasting station, getting the best of your internet connection might be very hard unless you are closer to their station. That is one of the reason you should go for ISP’s that have good infrastructures in place in order to deliver the best to their customers.

BadRouter Configuration

If you don’t connect your wireless router very well, you will likely be able to browse the web the same way you wanted to. So, make sure that you connect your router very well with your modem and your computer as well either via cable connection or via wireless access.

Make sure that your router and the computer with modem are well connected to each other so that your connection won’t be limited to a rate that is very bad.

Poor Hardware Connection

When your internet connection is performing below average, chances are that you are not getting the connection settings right. So make sure that all hardware is well connected to each other for the connection to work faster. And also, make sure that you are giving out your connection to other people because you may not know what they can do when you are not there.

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Olawale Daniel is a security technology writer, he spends more time on broadband internet connection tweaking on his technology blog where he writes product reviews for businesses and start-ups

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The new privacy policy of Google - Advantages and Disadvantages

Google has been the ultimate leader in search engines for many years. Even when the Yahoo profits had steeply declined, Google maintained a stable market position. Much of their success had to do with the Ad words advertisers Google had. In return Google protected the advertisers agianst any eventualities. They banned adsense publishers for invalid clicks and banned them for life. They used targeted ads for Gmail accounts increasing the profitability of advertisers.

They acquired the android mobiles and made Google mandatory in them. In fact Google became the other word of Internet in the world. But one area where Google felt deserted was in the case of Google+ when compared to the Facebook. Even though Google tried their level best to promote it, Facebook and twitter still were unbeatable. It was then the Google came up with the idea of “Search Plus Your World”. With this new feature Google introduced the Google + results into the search engine results ahead of other websites. This move marked furious criticisms all over the world, but Google held on to its decisions.

And further Google introduced the new privacy policy.

With the new privacy policy of Google, all the Google accounts of one user will be integrated. That means that your Gmail account would be integrated with your Google + and Youtube accounts. So what hapens is information acquired by Google in one account can be used by Google to attain profit in another area. For example suppose you searched for Nokia lumia 900 videos in Youtube. Now Google knows that you are intersted in Nokia lumia 900; so Google will start to display ads about Nokia lumia 900 in Gmail and other Google sites. Hence there is greater chance for the readers to be interested in the ads.

Google makes this system a compulsory one from 1 March 2012. From this date every Google system will be integrated and will be viewed by Google as one single system. There is no way you can opt out of this regulation. You will have to delete your account.

Advantages for you

As per the claims of Google, the search engine results would get better. They say that whenever you type Apple in Google home page, with this new system Google will be able to understand whether you meant apple for eating or apple for gadgets.

Another advantage is that you will have an all in one network in your hands. You need not log in separately to every Google network.

Disadvantages for you

Many Privacy groups have condemned this collection of information by Google as a security hazard. The question they ask is what happens when this information gets into the hands of a third party? Also such a database of information will be on the minds of various Government agencies as the perfect platform for their various operations.

But Google repeatedly claims that the information collected will not be shared with any other third party.

In fact there is not much option for you. If ever you want to use Google, you will have to accept this new privacy policy of Google. Considering the advantages of browsing with Google, it would be a foolish approach to delete your Google account.

But you need to decide if you want to lead a safe and peaceful life or lead a successful and risky life?

Google has opened their new privacy policy for discussions.

Author Bio

Sandipan Mukherjee is a 23 year old blogger from Durgapur(India). He is a Computer Engineer and currently pursuing MBA in Marketing. He is the owner of Crystal Articles.

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