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Google+ releases pages

Monday, November 7th, 2011

Google+ may not be Facebook or Twitter but it still has steam. Today, the Plus team released Google+ Pages. Very much like Facebook Pages, Google+ Pages allow your business to broadcast itself and connect with followers via the Circles functionality.

For more on this new feature, check out Google’s own press release below.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/google-pages-connect-with-all-things.html

Pages are not open for everyone yet. Send your email to info@webit.ca and we’ll notify you when they are ready.

Update

Google+ Pages now online.

Posted in General Computing

Find large files on Mac OSX

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

The following terminal command is great for finding those large, hidden files on your hard drive:

cd / && sudo find . -size +1024k -ls

Substitute 1024 with a size you consider big for a file (in kilobytes). In the example, the command sequence will find all files over a megabyte in size.

Posted in General Computing

Plus’d

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Definition:
To be voted on in Google+
Past tense of the verb To Plus. eg. “I plus’d you on Google+”

Synonyms:
Plus One’d, One Plus’d

Tags: google
Posted in Abstract Thought, General Computing

Firefox won’t load a webpage?

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Screenshot of Facebook not loading in Firefox

So your Firefox web browser refuses to load a page? Perhaps you’ve recently updated to the latest Firefox and now things don’t work as you expected. Bellow is a list of solutions that I use when Firefox won’t load a page.

1) Clear the cache and reload the page (Ctrl + Shift + R).

2) Disable all your Add-Ons. Check if the webpage loads. If it does, then one of the Add-Ons is at fault. Start re-enabling them one by one until you find the culprit. For more, see the Firefox Add-On troubleshooting page.

3) The problem is a browser misconfiguration or some problem with the installation, perhaps. Download another copy of Firefox, uninstall your current version (back up those bookmarks!) and install the downloaded version (Add-Ons will have to be re-installed afterward).

Hope these tips help you resolve your Firefox page loading issues.

Posted in General Computing, Web Browsers

Reclaim Some Privacy: 3rd-party Cookies

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Which sites are Facebook and Google tracking you on? It could be any.

Each time you visit a site that implements either Facebook’s or Google’s widgets (Like button, AdSense) or traffic monitoring (Analytics), you are exposing your browsing history. It’s like a credit card company knowing your shopping habits by tracking your purchases. Unlike with credit cards, you can do something about it.

One small step to reclaim your privacy is by disabling 3rd party cookies in your browser. Doing this prevents your browser from sending your information to a site other than the one you’re visiting. Here’s how you do it.

Google Chrome

Select Chrome > Preferences on the menu bar.
Click the Under the Hood tab.
Click Content settings in the “Privacy” section.
Check Block all third-party cookies without exception

Firefox

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Disabling+third+party+cookies

Safari or Opera

You’re in luck, 3rd party cookies are disabled by default.

Internet Explorer

By disabling 3rd party cookies, you’re taking back some control over your privacy.

Tags: privacy
Posted in General Computing, Web Browsers