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New Privacy Settings From Facebook

Note: This post was written in 2012 covering a privacy update Facebook rolled out at the time. Facebook has redesigned its privacy interface many times since then, and most of what's described here has been significantly changed or replaced. Have you noticed a new privacy shortcut appearing in your Facebook account lately? If you haven't tried it yet, you should — Facebook just revamped its privacy settings to make them simpler, easier to understand, and more powerful. Here's a rundown of what's new. Privacy Shortcuts Facebook has introduced a new Privacy Shortcuts menu. From here you can quickly control who sees your posts, review your activity log, preview your public profile, manage messaging and friend request settings, and block people — all from one convenient place without digging through the full settings.

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Papercut: Set Bing Background As Wallpaper On Windows Phone

Note: This post was written in 2012 for Windows Phone, which Microsoft discontinued in 2017. The Windows Phone Store no longer exists and the download links below no longer work. If you're a fan of Bing.com's daily background images, you're probably already using the "Best of Bing" theme to get them as your desktop wallpaper on PC. But what about your Windows Phone? That's where Papercut comes in. Papercut automatically fetches Bing background images and sets them as your Windows Phone wallpaper. What makes it especially nice is that it doesn't just pull from one region — it grabs backgrounds from all 10 regional versions of Bing.com, so you get a much wider variety. It also has a Live Tile that shows today's featured image right on your home screen.

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Control Your Facebook Timeline

Are you frustrated due to some non useful, unknown, unwanted posts, pictures coming up your Timeline? Your friends are tagging you in unwanted photos? Is your reputation is getting decreased due to such things? Then here is how you can control your Facebook Timeline.

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Avoid Facebook Account Hijacking In 4 Steps

Note: This post was written in 2012. The security steps here are still sound, but Facebook's interface has changed significantly. Navigation paths like "Account Settings > Security" now look different. All these settings still exist — look for them under Settings & Privacy > Settings > Security and Login. Facebook is used by you, me, and millions of people around the world to stay connected with friends and family. Most of us use it daily — some of us are probably a little too addicted to it. But here's a question worth asking: is your Facebook account actually secure? What have you done to protect it? If you don't have a good answer, follow these four steps right now. Step 1: Change Your Password This is the most important step. If you've been using the same password for a long time, change it now. Go to Account Settings > General. Make it a habit to update your password every month — it cuts off anyone who may have come across your old one.

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How to add Gmail and Yahoo accounts in Windows 8 Mail

Note: This post was written in 2012 for Windows 8 Mail. Windows 8 reached end of support in 2016, and the Mail app has since been replaced by the Outlook app in Windows 11. These steps no longer apply to modern Windows. Windows 8's Mail app has a fresh, modern look and works great if you're signed in with a Microsoft account — your Hotmail or Outlook mail shows up automatically. But it also supports Gmail and Yahoo accounts, which is handy. Here's how to set them up. Step 1: Sign in to the Windows 8 Mail app with your Microsoft account. If you don't have one, sign up — you don't need a new email address, you can use your existing one.

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9 Best Sites For Diwali Greetings, SMS, E-Cards And More

Note: This post was written in 2012. Several of the sites listed below may no longer be active. For fresh Diwali greetings, a quick search will serve you better than this old list. Diwali is just around the corner and you still haven't found a greeting or message to send to your family and friends? Don't worry — here's a list of sites with all kinds of Diwali e-cards, SMS, and greetings. Pick what you like and send it to your loved ones. And before we get into the list — Happy Diwali to you and your family! 1. www.123greetings.com

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Deleting Old Profile Pics & Cover Photos From Facebook

Note: This post was written in 2012. Facebook's interface has changed significantly since then, and these steps no longer apply. Today you can delete photos from your Profile Pictures or Cover Photos album directly without any workaround. Facebook — you've been using it for a while now, and chances are your Profile Pictures and Cover Photos albums are filled with old images you'd rather get rid of. The problem is that Facebook recently removed the direct delete option from these special albums. There's no straightforward way to delete photos from them anymore. So how do you do it? The trick It's actually pretty simple. Open your Cover Photos or Profile Picture album and you'll see all your photos in a grid. Now right-click on the photo you want to delete and select Open link in new tab.

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Creating A Simple Database Application In Visual Studio ’10 (Drag & Drop Way)

Note: This post was written in 2012 for Visual Studio 2010. The .sdf (SQL Server Compact) format used here has since been discontinued by Microsoft and is no longer supported in modern Visual Studio versions. If you're starting fresh today, consider SQLite, LocalDB, or SQL Server Express instead. There are already thousands of tutorials on the web for this kind of thing, and most of them are unnecessarily complicated. They use too many columns and too much code, which just ends up confusing beginners. So I'm going to show you how to build your first database VB app the simple way — three columns only (ID, Name, City), and almost everything done through drag and drop. No heavy coding needed. Steps Since we're building a Windows Forms application, choose Windows Forms Application as the project template. I've named the project dbapp, but you can call it whatever you like.

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