Computer And You

Earlier this month we had rumors coming-up for the launch of new cloud storage from Internet giant Google. The iconic, much talked about cloud storage Google Drive is finally here. Integrated highly with Google docs and Gmail, it also has a dedicated app for desktop and mobile phone. Currently, it is in beta phase and offering 5 GB for free to all users. Before Google closes the free beta invite and reduces the 5 GB offer, get the free invite to Google Drive. Here is the link where you can get the. 

Even before the release of Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu has announced the release of the next version 12.10 which has not been named yet and is supposed to be identified as “Q” for the moment. Ubuntu lovers, time to update your calendar. According to its Wiki page, the release schedule for Ubuntu 12.10 is following: June 7th – Alpha 1 June 28th – Alpha 2 August 2nd – Alpha 3 September 6th – Beta 1 September 27th – Beta 2 October 18th – Ubuntu 12.10 Final Logic. 

Most of us netizens spend a lot of our time on Social Networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ etc. While we invest (or waste) our time these social networking sites make money from it. If these sites are earning through the user-generated contents then why not the users it self are paid. That puts us to a hundred (if not million) dollar question: how to make money using social networking sites on internet? Internet is a fast changing sphere. One doesn’t need to invest a fortune. 

Without exaggeration, Ubuntu is definitely the king of all Linux distributions. Perfect for beginners, apt for learners and powerful enough for advanced users, it has almost all the qualities. But satisfaction is not the virtue of a normal human being and thus there comes a point when you get bored of Ubuntu (Yeah, right. Now don’t kill me for this). Looking for some worthy competitors of Ubuntu I have shortlisted 5 Linux Distributions that are capable enough to take the place of Ubuntu. Please. 

When you install Ubuntu and try to surf internet using the default browser Firefox, you will notice one thing missing and that is the bookmarks toolbar on the top. I had a little trouble looking for the option in the Preferences and that is the reason why I am writing this post. Here is how to enable the bookmark toolbar in Firefox in Ubuntu12.04. Go to top menu and look for view, In view go to Toolbars and here you can see the option of Bookmarks Toolbar. The pic below will come as handy:  

After spending hours and hours on social networking sites doing nothing more than growing virtual crops on Framville or chatting with people you never know and will never know, are you bored of your virtual life on social networks? Do you want to break free and meet the real world again? A simple solution would be to delete all (or most of) of your social network presence. Well doing that could be fine if you think deactivating your account deletes the account but thats not case here as most of these.