Mayur Godhani

Mayur Godhani is young technology blogger and website developer, He is Software / Website developer as profession and, is College student. He is Chief in Editor of this Technology blog and he writes Technology reviews here.

How to Block Facebook Access on Windows XP

by Mayur Godhani - on May 15th 2012 - 3 Comments

Facebook, one of the most popular social network have some drawbacks. Everyday Thousands of youngsters jumping in this social network. Well, Having an account on any social network is good for business. Social networking helps sometimes in saving lives but there are few misuse of Social networks likes Facebook,Google Plus, Twitter and so on. Many Underage children’s are jumped in this social networks as behaving like blind sheep. everyday, a lots of children’s registering their Facebook accounts just for an enjoyment, but in most of the cases they make big mistakes while creating Facebook profile. They unveils their Full Personal details like Home Address, Pin code etc. on Facebook. Some pornography contents are also affects child’s soft mind. I know that, being beginner many child’s didn’t know about this things. So, Parent’s always want to block Facebook for their child’s safety.

Here, I show you few tips to block facebook easily without having any software on your computer.

 

block-facebook-access-logo

 

Guide Requirements:

  • Windows XP
  • Web Browser
  • Working Internet Connection
  • Access to Windows XP System 32 Folder

Step 1 : Open C:\ Drive and navigate to WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc folder.

Step 2 : Still, if you can’t understand, type this address C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc in your my computer address bar and press enter, you will redirected there automatically.

Step 3 : Now in \etc folder open the hosts in any text editor or in notepad.

Your current hosts file will be looks like as below.

 

hosts

 

 

Step 4 : Now do the changes as following screenshot in your hosts file.

 

 

newhostsfile

 

simply, enter new two lines after the existing line 127.0.0.1 localhost.

new two lines to block facebook is,

127.0.0.1        www.facebook.com
127.0.0.1        facebook.com

 

Explanation : you can block any website on your computer by following this method. just use that website name with “www” prefix and without “www” prefix.

 

If you want to block xyz.com site then format will be,

127.0.0.1        www.xyz.com
127.0.0.1        xyz.com

 

There are some extra strict methods to block facebook and individual sites on your computer, we will discuss it later on. Stay tuned with amigowork for more news and technology details.

Facebook timeline available now – how to get it ?

by Mayur Godhani - on Dec 16th 2011 - 2 Comments

Facebook timeline is finally available for worldwide Facebook users. The timeline team of Facebook has worked too much to make it available for public. it’s amazing event for the Facebook team and its user’s across the world. the main and noticeable feature of timeline is that you can create cover for your Facebook profile. Its official launch was Announced by Paul McDonald (An Engineer at Facebook). This timeline let you share and highlight your most memorable life moments, meetup and so on.  you can easily rediscover past stories of your life  and share them with your relatives and loved ones.

facebook-timeline-logo

How to enable Facebook timeline ?

It’s very easy and so simple to get it. simply open  this Facebook timeline official site and scroll down to the end of the page and click on “Get it Now” button. That’s it !! you’re now ready to go with your new Facebook timeline.

Timeline will just upgrade your look of Facebook profile. It will never force you to delete or change your old Facebook stories. after upgrading your account for Facebook timeline, you’ll have seven days for setup and understand it. However, it will be visible for all users if you choose to publish your timeline for everyone. if you want to wait for seven days review period, your timeline will be visible automatically after that period.

Now, “What’s on your mind ? ” box is updated with new linked tabs including Photo, Place and Life Event !. this tabs will help you to share your events easily with everyone in your friend circle. wherever you go an easy to use “Place” option will help you to update your geographical status updates. thus, Facebook timeline will enhance your Facebook experience. may be its a gift from Facebook for their worldwide users on christmas.

Send Free SMS to any mobile Worldwide

by Mayur Godhani - on Nov 26th 2011 - 2 Comments

SMS is the most debated word in the Indian youth, collegian and business man’s as well. SMS is way to connect with our friends, relatives, loved ones and parents anytime. Indian Mobile operators provides various SMS Packages and plans for their loved Prepaid and Postpaid subscribers. As being one college student i know that almost most of college students are using SMS packs to send SMS to their friends. But did you know that, you can do this thing free at all !! you can do this by going online SMS based sites such as way2sms, 160by2 etc..etc.

But do you know there is one another free sms site available which extremely helps mobile users to send SMS to any mobile from internet, anywhere anytime in world. ? it’s getting popular day by day. Here is will introduce you to one site which provides you not just an SMS service. it’s also provides SMS Messages as a collection online, Greetings, News, Jobs as well. it may help you to search and send your selected SMS messages to your friends.

 Send Free SMS Worldwide

Let’s open smsfi.com, it will help you to send free sms to any mobile in India.
Now you need to register to use SMS services, follow registration process and after verifying your mobile you are allowed to send messages. You don’t want to spread your personal data on more sites ? then use login using Facebook option to login to smsfi.com website. There are different ability for user’s there, such as send Single SMS, Group SMS, Create SMS Alerts etc.

I Am an International User, What can I ?

This free sms site supports international user as well. If you are international user outside India. Then open this page, and follow the instructions, yeah…  smsfi will always be as your fellow whenever you require to send SMS.

Google+ Pages are now live !!

by Mayur Godhani - on Nov 8th 2011 - 2 Comments

Google+ is getting more popular day by day. recently Google enabled Page system for their Google+ Users. it’s gorgeous moment for Google and Google+ Team. From now Google+ Users can create their own pages on Google+, same as Facebook pages, Currently Facebook pages is most popular now. Google+ Users can create their official Google+ pages for their small/big businesses, brands, music community and Non-profit organizations as well..

 google-plus-pages

Just with performing a few steps can create your new and fully featured Google+ Page. As this new update there are number of pages are already available,  yeah definitely angry birds in it as well !!

See all included pages below :

How to Create Google+ Page ?

may be this question is surrounding in your minds now. There is no lengthy setup to create Google+ Pages, just follow this link  http://plus.google.com/pages/create and follow step by step instructions to create your Google plus page.

 

Preview of Google+ Page :

You can gather information of Google+ pages by seeing the preview of Angry Birds Google+ Page..

Angry-Birds-Google-plus-page

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Full Guide To Setup Facebook Privacy

by Mayur Godhani - on Aug 30th 2011 - No Comments

Facebook is king of the social network and its website ranks #2 in the world after Google. although privacy is most important in social network and as you know that most of people are sharing their life’s every seconds in social network. everyone wants privacy because privacy is our life than why we should share our privacy with all ?

Facebook Privacy Logo

In matter of Facebook, thousands of people joins in it everyday. even they share their all private data from date of join. when other groups, companies or spammer uses your data without your permission then this situation goes out of control.

so, i will suggest you to use bulletproof security for your Facebook account.but how to do it ? which will be required steps for your Facebook accounts security ?

Let we will teach you all the basic and advanced Facebook privacy steps with step by step instruction. we will teach you security for Facebook albums, hidden facts, privacy in your Facebook wall sharing, access for Facebook applications and games, friends list privacy and many more.

This is the follow up articles of the Facebook privacy step by step guide. We will post full details about Facebook privacy in next followup post.
Be updated .

 

 

 

Google acquires motorola mobility to supercharge android

by Mayur Godhani - on Aug 15th 2011 - 1 Comment

The Search engine giant Google acquired Motorola mobility announced by CEO Larry page on Google official blog.  readers keep eyes on words Motorola mobility , it’s not “Motorola”.  as announced by Google in their press release that they acquired Motorola mobility which is part of Motorola. Motorola Mobility provides mobile accessories, Android tablets,Smart phones etc, but now it is part of Google.

Google Acquired Motorola Picture

Full Press Release :

Combination will Supercharge Android, Enhance Competition, and Offer Wonderful User Experiences

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and LIBERTYVILLE, IL – AUGUST 15, 2011

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion, a premium of 63% to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on Friday, August 12, 2011. The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies.

The acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a dedicated Android partner, will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing. Motorola Mobility will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. Google will run Motorola Mobility as a separate business.

Larry Page, CEO of Google, said, “Motorola Mobility’s total commitment to Android has created a natural fit for our two companies. Together, we will create amazing user experiences that supercharge the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners and developers. I look forward to welcoming Motorolans to our family of Googlers.”

Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola Mobility, said, “This transaction offers significant value for Motorola Mobility’s stockholders and provides compelling new opportunities for our employees, customers, and partners around the world. We have shared a productive partnership with Google to advance the Android platform, and now through this combination we will be able to do even more to innovate and deliver outstanding mobility solutions across our mobile devices and home businesses.”

Andy Rubin, Senior Vice President of Mobile at Google, said, “We expect that this combination will enable us to break new ground for the Android ecosystem. However, our vision for Android is unchanged and Google remains firmly committed to Android as an open platform and a vibrant open source community. We will continue to work with all of our valued Android partners to develop and distribute innovative Android-powered devices.”

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals in the US, the European Union and other jurisdictions, and the approval of Motorola Mobility’s stockholders. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2011 or early 2012.

 

This news is Officially announced by CEO Larry page on Official Blog of Google here.

 

Google Launched Games For Google+ Users

by Mayur Godhani - on Aug 12th 2011 - 5 Comments

Finally, Google unveiled Game for Google+ users.  Google Announced this news on its official blog at 8/11/2011  on 12:49:00 PM. They have added lots of games in it. currently it seems that game for all Google+ users are not available.

Google Plus Game logo

“Today we’re adding games to Google+. With the Google+ project, we want to bring the nuance and richness of real-life sharing to the web. But sharing is about more than just conversations. The experiences we have together are just as important to our relationships. We want to make playing games online just as fun, and just as meaningful, as playing in real life.” Google Says.

The screenshot of featured games blogged on official blog of  Google is below..

Games At Launch in Google+

Some of the popular Games available on Google plus  games are Angry birds, Crime City,  Zynga poker, City of wonder, Sudoku etc.

How to open Google+ Games ?

To open Google plus games page, just click on small game icon beside circles icon at top of screen. Now you will be redirected to the games page.

Google Plus Games Icon

I am not getting Game icon on Google+, What to do ?

Just wait for it to be added. because currently it’s not available for worldwide users, even the Google+ Project is still in beta mode. If you want to manually access the games page in Google+, open the link https://plus.google.com/games/ in your browser. You will get it if its available for you otherwise it will display error message .

I haven’t Google+ Account yet..

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