How To Make Your Girlfriend Kiss You

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1. Be affectionate. All it takes is holding her hand while you shop or while you watch a movie to make a woman happy. Kiss her hello when you get home from work. When you watch television with her sit with your arm around here and play with her hair. If you are affectionate to her, she will respond with affection towards you. The more you kiss and touch her, the more she will want to do the same to you.

2. Be a lovable person. If you are funny, happy and upbeat she will enjoy spending time with you. Talk about things you both enjoy and your common interests. Be her lover and show her she matters to you.

3. Some women find certain colognes very attractive so ask your wife to help you choose one. If she helps you pick it out then you know she will want to snuggle up to you and smell your neck. Make sure you are clean and your clothes are clean and fresh as well.

4. Make the first move when it comes to affection. You can't play games and wait for her to be affectionate to you. Unless she feels that you are interested in her, you have things in common and that you desire her she won't want to give you affection.

5. Show your appreciation for all the little things she does. Don't over do it or say things you don't mean. Simply say thank you for the things she does for you and tell her she is doing a good job when she does something well. Be yourself and be honest and your relationship will improve and you will have more intimacy.

6. Give her nice little gifts when you see each other. Something like a single flower, a book you think she'll enjoy or some chocolates tells her you were thinking of her and you appreciate her.

7. Make sure she feels like the most important person in your world and let her know she is all you need to be happy.

Things to Remember:

* If you give affection, you will get affection back.

* For the first kiss, make sure you are prepared if you try to kiss or prepared in case she tries to kiss you. You don't want to end up avoiding her kiss and hurting her feelings.

* Don't rush physical things. Spend time together talking and hanging out so you can get a feel for what she wants and what she is ready for. Don't push her into something she is not ready for.

* Compliment her hair and her lips.

* Kiss her neck and see how she responds. Some girls really enjoy this and others do not. If she moves so you can kiss more of her neck you know she likes it but if she moves away or tilts her head than she doesn't like it.

* On a first date it is important to go to a place that will make it easy to have a conversation. You can walk around the mall, go to the beach, go to a coffee house or a restaurant and that will allow you to get to know each other. The movies is not a good place for conversation.

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How to Sex during pregnancy

This article is originally written by Prof. Dr. Rajan Bhonsle. This is one of the most common questions posed by couples expecting their first child. Their lack of knowledge regarding the correct method, timing and frequency cause varied misconceptions and at times, a total withdrawal from sex. This often backfires, as the woman, owing to her psychological state and emotional needs, fails to understand the behavioral changes in her partner. Here's what to expect.

Emotions on high

During pregnancy, a woman's mental make-up undergoes a dramatic change. She becomes emotional and sometimes oversensitive. The way her needs are acknowledged (or dismissed) affects her mental state and thereby the fetus as well. If she feels that her husband is not adequately responsive, she may get irritable, and suffer from insomnia,loss of appetite or over-stimulated hunger.

Most men are unaware that their behavior often causes these emotional upheavals. Many take the easy way out and take their wife to the doctor, without realizing that she simply needs her husband to understand her moods, feelings and anxieties.

Discrepancy in sex drives

The changes taking place in the mother-to-be are part of her biological make-up. Hormonal and chemical changes prepare her for conception, pregnancy and childbearing. The awareness that she is pregnant creates new aspirations and sexual relations go down the priority ladder. There is, however, no such biological change in the man. He needs to make himself aware of the physical and emotional demands of fatherhood, but continues to feel the urge for intercourse. In such a situation, it is essential that he does not force this one-sided need on his pregnant wife.

For intercourse

Though a woman may not have strong sexual urges, she does need warm and gentle physical contact and caressing. In the process, if she is aroused and willing, they can have intercourse too. However...

• Avoid the missionary (man-superior) position. Woman on top position is advisable, or they both could be in a sitting position, so that there is no pressure on her abdomen and that movement is gentle.
• The 'spoon position' is also recommended. The position is when the couple lie on their sides, their legs bent upwards, both facing in the same direction, with the man behind the woman. It is called the 'spoon' position because it is like two spoons, one nestling inside the other. This is a very 'gentle' position as neither partner is putting any weight on the other, and it is particularly good for making love to a pregnant woman.

Watch out for

• If, during missionary position, the man is on the top, his weight bears down on the woman, and without his realization, the movements can become rough. This, in turn, can disturb the fetus.
• Intercourse should be avoided from the sixth to the twelfth week of the pregnancy, as it can cause miscarriage. Sexual abstinence is recommended during the last two months of pregnancy as well. At this time, if one indulges in sexual intercourse, there is risk of the essential amniotic fluid leaking out, causing complications.
• During the fourth to seventh month of pregnancy, intercourse is allowed unless you are otherwise advised for medical reasons.
• Sexual acts such as oral and anal sex should be avoided.

Word of caution

During pregnancy, a woman does not retain her shapely figure. It is possible that the man may be sexually drawn to other women. In fact, men are often tempted to indulge in extra-marital affairs during this time. A woman's needs during pregnancy undergo a major transition. It's certainly not right, if the husband, instead of understanding this change, enters a relationship outside marriage.

This can be dealt with if the man is equally involved with the pregnancy. In fact, the couple can create deeper bonds during this period. Being present during sonograph sessions, choosing the baby's name, his/her new clothes, etc can help men grow in their new role.

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How To Feel Good Again : Be Happy Now

One path to wellness or feeling good again requires the following:


Let go of feeling you need to be popular, young, amazingly attractive, perfect body, talented, perfectly behaved or rich. You don't need any of these things to be happy and feel good again. Let go of feeling like people who are in relationships with you need to be these things. Let go of controlling others or wishing they were different. Ignore the blaring media who makes you feel like you need these things. The media are motivated by money, not truth or reality.

Let go of feeling you need to be loved by everyone or even loved/liked by someone you care about.

You just need:

a. To be loving and happy to everyone around you. Always assume the best about people- give them the benefit of the doubt. You need to find ways to be with people every day. You have as many friends as people you are kind to and make an effort towards.  Serve people as needs arise. Family, friends and acquaintances are all needed. Join groups, play with your kids, go on a date, etc. Try to connect with each person through eye contact, sincerity, friendly touch and conversation.  But even watching TV with someone is better than alone!

b. Strive to be healthy. Eat a healthy diet, exercise and keep active in your daily life. Walk more places. Do active activities. Take the stairs. Take fitness classes or do workout DVDs. Don't sit at your computer all day.

c. Keep your environment clean and organized. Have certain times (daily) where you clean, organize and declutter.

d. Keep yourself clean. Take regular showers, keep your hair and nails looking nice.

e. Keep up with necessary tasks and errands such as grocery shopping, work or kids needs. Keep a daily planner for appointments and priority scheduling.

f. Pray daily.

g. Meditate to relieve stress, control thoughts and focus on the present. Think positive thoughts on purpose.

h. Get out in nature. Go for walks, go hiking, buy an indoor plant, sit on your deck and listen to music, plant flowers, get a pet, etc.

i. Set goals and take steps to achieve them. Acquire knowledge and skills. Contribute to the world in some way. Working with others toward a goal is best.

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How to gain weight the right way: the 6 rules

GOLDEN RULE #1

Have the right perspective on weight gain.

Gaining just any weight is no good. Going from skinny to fat won’t make you look good.
You want to gain weight of the right composition. The extra weight must be mostly muscle if it’s to look good, and be healthy and functional.
To achieve that, you must exercise properly, and recuperate properly.

GOLDEN RULE #2

Be sure your sources of guidance on weight gain are appropriate for you.

What’s the proper way for you to exercise and recuperate?
Not the way a muscle mass monster does it.
Today’s muscle mass monsters are genetic freaks stuffed with anabolic drugs. The training that works for them won‘t work for you.
A much better approach is to find out how genetically normal, drug-free people build muscle. In the bodybuilding world, these people are often called “hardgainers.” But even hardgainers can make terrific progress when they train and recuperate properly.
When you look for nutritional guidance, be watchful of vested interests. Some exceptional weight-gain successes didn’t use any food supplements whatsoever.
Food supplements are not essential, but prudent use of some of them may be helpful.

GOLDEN RULE #3

Exercise in the right way to stimulate healthy weight gain.

Exercising in the wrong way is just as useless for stimulating healthy weight gain as not exercising at all.
Even if the volume and frequency of your training are fine, if you use the wrong exercises you won’t make much if any progress. Conversely, even the right exercises won’t help you much, if at all, if the volume and frequency of your training aren’t right.
But even the best exercises and the right volume and frequency of training won’t produce good results unless you use correct exercise technique and sufficient training intensity.
You must use the right exercises, correct exercise technique, sufficient intensity, and enough volume and frequency of training without overtraining. And you must strive to gradually increase your exercise poundages while always maintaining correct exercise technique.

GOLDEN RULE #4

Provide sufficient calories and nutrients for healthy weight gain.

Even proper training won’t yield good results unless it’s combined with sufficient nourishment. For the sake of your health, and to provide a rich supply of nutrients, stick to healthy foods.
Sufficient protein is essential, but so is sufficient healthy dietary fat. Even if your protein and caloric intake are sufficient, if you don’t have sufficient dietary fat you’re not going to grow much if any muscle. Consume about 30% of your caloric intake as healthy fats.
To increase your caloric intake, eat a larger overall volume of food, and choose foods that are more calorie dense. Some people prefer three large meals a day, others prefer three big meals and two or three small snacks, while others prefer six similar-sized meals.
Increase your food intake gradually, so that your digestive tract can cope without any discomfort.
But don’t increase your food intake to caloric surplus until you’re training hard enough to stimulate muscle growth. “Caloric surplus” means caloric intake in excess of what maintains your bodyweight, in order to permit weight gain. But make it just a slight surplus, so that the weight gain is mostly muscle.
Meal replacement drinks, milk shakes and smoothies can be convenient. As a teenager, my standard “protein shake” was whole milk with skim-milk powder. It was cheap, effective, and pleasant tasting.
Always choose foods that you can digest readily, in combinations that agree with you.

GOLDEN RULE #5

Provide enough sleep and recovery time to permit your body to grow.

Even if you train properly and supply sufficient nourishment, if you don’t provide enough sleep and overall rest between workouts, your body won’t be able to recover properly in order to build muscle and gain weight.
Get at least eight hours sleep each night when you’re in hard training, and minimize physically demanding activity outside of your gym workouts. Ideally, eliminate all physically demanding activities other than your workouts.

GOLDEN RULE #6

To gain weight, be a model of dedication and persistence.

Knowing what to do is one thing, but doing it consistently is something else.
Even the best training know-how is worthless unless fused with dedication to consistent action. But even dedication in abundance will be wasted if it’s combined with a poor training and recovery program.
If it’s time to train, then train you must regardless of the weather, what’s on TV, or whatever other potential distraction there may be.
When you work out, you must use correct exercise technique in every set, and train hard enough to stimulate growth. And you must build strength.
You must sleep enough each night. You must give your sleep sufficient priority so that you avoid distractions that would reduce your time asleep.
And you must meet your caloric and nutrient requirements each day.
Make each day count, and make each week a perfect example of training and recovery. If you do this, week after week, and month after month, you’ll make terrific progress.

A LEGENDARY PROGRAM FOR WEIGHT GAIN

The most famous workout routine for weight gain is the 20-rep squat program. When properly implemented it has a legendary reputation for effectiveness, even for the most difficult cases. It’s the program that accounted for most of my weight gain.
But it may also be the most misunderstood and misapplied workout routine. Many people try it without understanding how to implement it properly, and as a consequence they don’t make good progress.
Apply this workout routine properly, or not at all

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How to create and build impressive Linkedin profile

We guide you on how to harness LinkedIn’s technical platform to get the best out of it.

LinkedIn is another one of those social media giants that has taken the web world by storm. It provides an exclusive platform for users to interact with each other in a professional environment and showcase their achievements, talents and interests. As such it’s an ideal forum for job seekers and head hunters. It also serves as a specialised profile building platform and enables users to maintain multiple levels of connections. 
Off late there’ve been some amazing developments from LinkedIn giving users access to a multitude of features. This Tips & Tricks section is not a tutorial teaching you how to build a strong LinkedIn profile but it will guide you on how to harness LinkedIn’s technical platform to get the best out of it. Follow these nifty tricks and cheats for mastering LinkedIn.

 

 

Connecting professionally is what it’s all about

 

SEO your profile

The fact that you’re a LinkedIn user means that you’re out there to market yourself and your skills. As such you need to make your profile easier to find when searched for using a search engine. A useful tip is to include a certain keyword throughout your profile. Make sure that this keyword appears in your endorsements and recommendations as well. Once done, you can check and rate your profile against others with similar keyword by doing a search by people. This tip is hardly a LinkedIn-specific hack but is extremely useful and powerful.

 

Use Boolean search 

The LinkedIn search bar has awesome support for Boolean search, which means that you can execute complex searches by combining Boolean operators (terms such as AND, OR, NOT). For example, if you want to search for a software engineer or architect you can search for ‘software AND Engineer OR Architect’ by combining the AND and OR Boolean operators. For exact matches, use quotation marks on either side of specific terms and use the NOT operator to exclude certain terms. E.g. “subject matter expert” NOT “technical writer”. This sort of search query allowance lets you look for extremely specific profiles or a largely generalised database of profiles by a smart combination of Boolean operators.

 

Reorder and rearrange headers

Don’t like the way your profile headers are arranged? Reorder them. Simply go to the Profile > Edit Profile and move your mouse pointer to the double-sided arrow at the extreme right of each header. Click and drag to rearrange the positions of the headers.

 

Build your resume

Linked in has a really nice built-in Resume Builder tool which can turn your profile into a resume that you can print, store and share as a .pdf file. To export your LinkedIn profile as a resume, go to http://resume.linkedinlabs.com/ and click on the “Create a new resume now” button. Grant access to the Resume Builder application. You’ll then be redirected to a page where your resume will be exported to a document type sheet. You can choose between various resume formats. After zeroing in on the desired format and content, click on the PDF/print option located at the end of the menu just above the sample document to save and download the resume as a .pdf file. 

 

 

Optimise your profile to get pulled up in search results

 

You’re probably already aware of a similar feature within your LinkedIn profile where you also have the option of a quick .pdf download of your profile. However, that’s a plain Jane version compared to the template options you’ll get with Resume Builder.  

 

Export contacts

LinkedIn enables you to have multiple levels of connections. As such it gets really important to organise contacts. You can export LinkedIn contacts to another contact or people management system. To do this, go to Network > Contacts > My Connections. Then scroll down and click on the bottom right option of Export connections. There’s an option to export contacts either as a .csv or .vcf file.

 

Remove Contacts tab

Deleting connections is not a really smooth procedure in LinkedIn. The remove connection page simply displays a list of contacts without pictures. For users with a large number of contacts it may become cumbersome to identify contacts without additional information. But thanks to a neat Greasemonkey script deleting connections becomes simple. Follow the instructions for installation at http://dgit.in/189ubY2 and install the plug-in from http://dgit.in/189usdD to enable a ‘Remove Contact’ link next to each profile. 

 

Create map virtualisation

Although this tip doesn’t really utilise a LinkedIn-based service it relies on an official application called InMaps developed by LinkedIn employees for an experimental service (like Resume Builder) called LinkedIn Labs. InMaps is a beautiful tool that essentially creates a graph network linking together all your contacts with you and each other. It’s a stunning visualisation tool and you can easily zoom in on the map and see specific contacts and their connections. Clicking on a specific dot on the map will show the respective contact’s connection in the map and his/her details are displayed in the pane to the right. This is a handy tool when it comes to viewing connections of specific contacts and building databases. You can easily share the map with other contacts also. To use the service go to 

http://inmaps.linkbs.comedinla/ 

 

Save searches

This might sound like an utterly useless thing to do but it is actually quite handy if you’re tailing a particular profile for a job or otherwise. A little known feature in LinkedIn allows you to save upto three searches and get email notifications if there are new profiles similar to the ones in your search query list. 

Call it keeping an eye on the competiton or whatever but it quite useful if you happen to be in HR. Simply type your search query in the search toolbar at the top and click on the Save  option. Let’s suppose you’re looking for a mechanical engineering student who joined graduate school at MIT, you can simply type “Mechanical” AND “graduate” AND “MIT” in the search bar and save that search query. LinkedIn will send you alerts weekly or monthly regarding additions to the list.

 

Customise your LinkedIn profile URL and other profile settings

The official profile URL provided by LinkedIn hardly catches one’s eye. The URL has a set of confusing and unrelated numbers at the end and it would be really great if a user could obtain a cleaner and crisper URL instead. Fortunately you can. If you’re signed in at LinkedIn go to http://dgit.in/16iAqqu. In the tab titled ‘Your Public Profile URL‘ click on ‘Customise your public profile URL’. Enter a suitable URL in the box that appears and you’re set. 

The same page is quite handy for changing the way your profile appears when searched for. You can choose the kind of information to display when googled! The page also provides a nifty option of creating a profile badge to display and promote your LinkedIn profile on other public forums associated with you. Choose from a variety of profile badge options by clicking on the “Create a profile badge” under the Profile Badges section. 

 

View stats of LinkedIn groups

This option gives you an idea of the group dynamics in general which includes number of group members, activity and growth. You can view comprehensive infographics that cover demographic information, activity (discussions, jobs posted, comments and promotions) over a period of time and growth in number of members. This is quite an amazing feature if you’re wondering whether the group is the right match for you given your career aspirations. For example, if you’re at entry-level and the demographics show that a majority of the group members are at a senior level, this may not be the group for you yet. To access it go to the specific page under investigation. In the tab containing the name of the group click the ‘i’ button towards the extreme right. Click on ‘Group statistics’ in the menu box that appears. 

 

 

Explore the demographics tab for a deeper insight into the group

 

Track your brand’s reputation

This tip is regarding another brilliant LinkedIn application called Company Buzz. This application helps track what people are saying about you, your company or product via microblogging on Twitter. That’s not all. You can also see a time-varying trend to track information over time, and modify search queries to catch Twitter trends. To install this application go to http://dgit.in/185HpXz. Once added, you can type in search queries in the search toolbar, click on the “Follow Topic” tab that appears on the upper-left side of the page and view instant Twitter feeds.

Check out LinkedIn plug-ins

Developers at LinkedIn have come up with some really fancy applications and plug-ins to act as useful value additions. Go to https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins to see an array of plug-in options that you can install. Some of the cool member-based plug-ins let you embed a profile summary card on your personalised webpage or simply a neat LinkedIn logo that shows your profile summary card on hover. 

 

Sync LinkedIn with Twitter

There are quite a few users who are very active in cyberspace including in the Twitter blogosphere and the LinkedIn network. If you’re one of them, you might want to share your LinkedIn status updates on your Twitter profile. To do this, simply post the update in the update box and click on the ‘Share With’ box below. Choose ‘Public + Twitter’ from the dropdown menu and press Share to post the update simultaneously on your LinkedIn 

and Twitter profile.

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How to hack and modify your (old) mobilephone

Stuck with an old smartphone that you just can't throw away? With nothing to lose, and no warranty, why not hack it? Here's how.

There’s no denying the fact that we’re seeing explosive growth in smartphones both, in terms of  features and specifications. As cliched as it may sound, it’s the absolute truth. Heck, we even have a satellite powered by an Android smartphone (Google Nexus One) orbiting around the earth which in fact was launched by our very own ISRO (Read more about it here: http://goo.gl/pSVGl). The crux of the matter is that we have a lot of computing power in our palms but it goes largely untapped due to the restrictions placed by the device manufacturers, carriers and the stock versions of the operating systems.
And if you were too afraid to hack your smartphone when it was under warranty, what's stopping you now from trying your hand if you've an 'old' smartphone lying around to play with? With nothing to lose, and no warranty, why not hack it? Here's how.

The methods discussed in the following pages will not only help you extract maximum performance and unlock advanced features on your latest smartphone but also help resuscitate older devices making them more usable. In this section of Tips & Tricks, we’ll cover all the dominant mobile platforms in the market, detailing how to jailbreak/root the devices on which they run. The hacks mentioned here will allow you to sideload, i.e. install third-party apps on your device, install a custom/modified ROM and give super-user access to the system which will enable you to tweak the innards of the device.

 

With great power, comes great responsibility

[DISCLAIMER]

The tools and techniques discussed here provide you with high privileges allowing you to alter low-level settings and data on a device. If not handled properly, such changes may result in unexpected and undesired behaviour which in turn may lead to damaging your device. Nine Dot Nine Media Interactive Pvt. Ltd is not responsible for any damage to your phone resulting from your actions based on this guide.

This article is accompanied  with the customary disclaimer. What we’ll discuss here is dangerous and if not done carefully, you may brick your phone. Jailbreaking/rooting your phone is not illegal as long as it is limited to non-copyright infringement purposes, but jailbreaking/rooting your phone will void your device’s manufacturer warranty so proceed with extreme caution.

Before trying out any method mentioned in these pages, make sure that you take a full backup of your phone data using the method(s) mentioned for each OS. Please follow all the instructions provided here or the guides to which links are provided for a particular model or device to a tee. Not doing so can lead to extremely dire consequences.

 

Android

Android is much more relaxed as compared to other platforms when it comes to allowing the user to install third-party apps which is perhaps the main reason for rooting/jailbreaking other mobile platforms. Rooting is the first step in extending the functionality that your phone has to offer – wireless tethering for older phones, custom ROMs, CPU overclocking and so on. Rooting in Android is very much akin to running a program as an administrator in Windows or running a program with the sudo command in *nix systems.

 

Back up your phone:

All your contacts, mail, calendar and other Google account specific data will already be in sync with Google’s servers, so you need not worry about that. As far as the system data, apps and app data is concerned there are two ways to go about backing them up – using either the Titanium Backup app, available in the Google Play Store or ADB (Android Debug Bridge), a command-line utility included with Google’s Android SDK. The problem with the first tool is that your phone needs to be rooted to use Titanium Backup as it requires root permissions, and brings into existence the classic chicken and egg problem. Titanium Backup is useful on rooted phones that you plan on installing a custom ROM on. You’d want to make sure that all your installed applications, settings and the original firmware are available to you in case you run into any problems. Another advice here is to go for a Nandroid backup provided by the Clockwork Recovery Mod or your own custom ROM which saves an entire image of the device to the disk for future use.

For Android 4.0 and later, you can use the ADB backup. Just download Holo Backup, a GUI wrapper for conducting the backup, from its homepage at http://goo.gl/Ya4sL Once you get the app running , hit “Backup all without system apps” and you’re set. Since this functionality doesn’t exist for Android 2.3 or lower, your best bet is to use an application like MyBackup Pro to back up your other data to the SD card or online and ASTRO File Manager to copy your application APKs to a safe location.

 

Root your phone:

The complication for Android is that there are a large variety of phones available in the market today. Now, while some methods do work for a very large cross-section of handsets, there’s no universal one-size-fits-all rooting solution for every phone out there. 

We’ll start with the one tool that’s able to root a lot of models, especially the older ones – it’s called SuperOneClick. The catch is that it may or may not work for your phone, so you’ll have to dig a little deeper for another tool, especially for older phones as they have their own little quirks.

Download SuperOneClick from http://goo.gl/QMOIZ and extract the downloaded zip file. On your phone make sure that USB Debugging is enabled under settings and then connect the phone to your PC. The next step is very important: make sure your SD card is not mounted before proceeding. Once your phone is detected by SuperOneClick, click on “Root” to begin the rooting process and wait for it to complete. That’s it! Once the process completes, your phone will be rooted and you can then proceed to the post-rooting section of this guide. In case you face any problem, search the SuperOneClick support thread on XDA Developers at http://goo.gl/tzReR for others with the same problems as you.

 

 

SuperOneClick in action

 

This app is known not to work with the following phones. You can use unrevoked.com instead to circumvent the NAND lock used by these phone.

• Sprint HTC EVO 4G (Supersonic)

• HTC Droid Incredible 

• HTC Desire GSM

• HTC Desire CDMA (BravoC)

• HTC Aria

• Droid Eris (HTC DesireC)

• HTC Wildfire (HTC Buzz)

One thing to note here is that there may be other methods as well by which you can root your phone. You’ll have to find the one that suits you the best. For example, all phones from HTC released in and after 2011 are allowed by HTC itself to unlock their bootloader (http://goo.gl/YyWIu). The only step you need to perform after this is flashing a custom ROM to your device to get the root access. Now other methods may exist which may do this for your phone in one click, it’s entirely up to your discretion to select the method that you’re comfortable with.

Some of the latest phones have different exploits and one-click root tools specifically made for them. They’re listed in the table below along with links for the respective phone’s guide.

You’ll find that nearly all links point to XDA Forums. It is infact the mecca of smartphone hacking, rooting and development. Nearly all the developers congregate and collaborate here, making rooting toolkits and apps possible. Whenever in doubt just head over to XDA Developers forums. You’ll find that someone usually has had the exact same problem as you, and in all probabilities you’ll find an excellent solution here.

 

Rootable Phones	Links
Samsung Galaxy Note	http://goo.gl/LJfzz
HTC One S	http://goo.gl/PLfYj
HTC One X	http://goo.gl/OLJlu
Sony Xperia S	http://goo.gl/WtunD
LG Optimus 4X HD	http://goo.gl/pNHfj
Samsung Galaxy Note 2	http://goo.gl/CGdxX
Google/LG Nexus 4	http://goo.gl/KtTXz
Samsung Galaxy SIII	http://goo.gl/XHt82
Samsung Galaxy SII	http://goo.gl/7k8gp
HTC Desire	http://goo.gl/4nWr4

 

Things you can do post rooting:

Once you’ve rooted your phone, it will open up a host of hidden features on your phone. For starters, you’ll be able to flash custom ROMs such as ParanoidAndroid, LiquidSmooth, Android Open Kang Project, Cyanogenmod 10 and Xylon to name a few. You’ll find many threads online which deal with installing/flashing these ROMs on your phone after rooting. You’ll also be able to install applications which need root access such as Titanium Explorer, ES File Explorer, ROM Manager, CPU Master for overclocking and so on. There’s this excellent thread at Stack Exchange (http://goo.gl/8h0Rm) that will blow you away with the possibilities post rooting of your phone.

 

 Paranoid Android running on Nexus 4

 

 CyanogenMod 10.1 which provides a customized Jelly Bean experience

 

iOS 

Hacking your iOS device, on the other hand, is called jailbreaking. In an ecosystem which is under tight control by the iron-fists of the Cupertino-based giant, jailbreaking allows the user to install a modified operating system by unlocking the bootloader, sideloading third-party apps apart from those from the App Store and provide root permissions to the user. 

 

Back up your phone:

Backing up your iPhone is quite straightforward. You could either have your phone synced with iCloud or just manually create a backup from iTunes by right-clicking on your phone icon and clicking on “backup”. An advantage of doing it this way is that you can restore it much faster. If you’re upgrading from a jailbroken phone, make sure that you back up your Cydia apps separately so that they can be easily restored after you’ve upgraded and jailbroken your phone.

You can back up your Cydia apps by downloading OpenBackup from Cydia’s official repositories. The app is quite easy to operate: simply open the app and hit the Backup button; this backs up your Cydia data to either iCloud or iTunes. You also get a local copy if you want to manually save the backup file to your computer’s hard drive. You’ll find the backup file at private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/OpenBackupFiles, and can use iFunBox to copy the files to your hard drive.

 

Root your phone:

As opposed to Android, not many methods are available for cracking your iPhone (infact this works for any iDevice, but we’ll be limiting our discussion to the iPhones here). The table below details the various methods available for the different versions of the phone at different operating system versions.

The highlighted jailbreaks are tethered jailbreaks, i.e. you need to plug in the phone at every restart so that the jailbreak can be loaded; this patches the kernel in real time. This might sound quite cumbersome but it’s the only way to go about doing it for the older versions of the operating systems. If you update your phone now, you’ll be updated to iOS 6.1.3 and you won’t be able to downgrade to 6.1.2 or lower so if you’ve not updated your phone you’re still in luck, as you’ll still be able to use evasi0n or the respective jailbreaking tool for your version of operating system. The evad3rs team is hard at work at bringing out a jailbreak for iOS 6.1.3. Follow them on Twitter (@evad3rs) for latest updates.

These jailbreak tools are incredibly easy to operate. For e.g. consider evasi0n. Just grab the latest zip file from the tool’s download page and extract the file. Make sure that you remove the lock screen password before proceeding and avoid all iTunes related tasks when evasi0n is running. In case the process freezes at any time it’s safe to restart the program and reboot the device to try the process again. To jailbreak your device just run evasi0n and click on the jailbreak button for the process to begin. Your phone will restart a couple of times during the process, be patient. Eventually, the process will run its course and you’ll be able to tap on the exit button. The phone will restart and Voila! You’ve just jailbroken your iPhone.

Both the other apps function in a similar way. When in doubt, visit the forums on the respective app’s pages, and you’re bound to get help there. Make sure that you find the exact version of your firmware and use the recommended jailbreaking tool from the table above.

 

Jailbreaking Tools	Download Links
evasi0n	http://evasi0n.com
Greenpois0n/absinth	http://greenpois0n.com
Redsnow	http://www.redsn0w.us

 

Access features post jailbreaking:

You’ll now have access to an amazing set of features which will let you modify the phone in some very interesting ways, the first of which being Cydia. This amazing little app will allow you to download a host of third-party apps hosted on both, Cydia’s own and other repositories. You’ll be able to personalize the menu and its appearance along with the background and lock screen images. 

 

OpenBackup to back up your Cydia apps

 

Advance task switcher, mods which let you run tasks in the background, folder enhancer, SSH and GCC are just some of the apps which form the tip of the iceberg. You can find quite an interesting list of possibilities compiled by Big Boss over at http://goo.gl/KYhmY. It lists some of the app mentioned here and many more interesting ones which can be installed once you’ve jailbroken your phone.

 

 

UI Overhaul using WinterBoard

Windows Phone

Rooting a Windows Phone is comparatively trickier. There are three ways by which you can root/unlock Windows Phone: Developer Unlock, Interop Unlock and Full Unlock.

 

1. Developer Unlock: This allows you to sideload third-party apps on your phone. The number is restricted to 10 and you need to register yourself at App Hub at $99/year to unlock your phone. There’s also a student account which allows you to sideload up to three apps for free.

2. Interop Unlock: A new lock was introduced with the earlier builds of WP7 Mango which required apps to have this lock to be able to access device drivers and other restricted areas such as the registry, root access, the file system and so on. Called the Interop Unlock by its finder Heathcliff from the XDA Developer forums, this unlock used exploits to target the vulnerabilities in some of the manufacturer specific software to unlock the phone.

Full Unlock: As of now this is only possible for first generation HTC and Samsung phones. After unlocking the bootloaders and installing custom ROMs, you need to install Full Unlock packages which patches to remove the policy checks and gives you full access to the system. The problem here is that all apps then have full access to your system, even the bad ones.

 

 

Back up your phone :

There are two ways you can go about backing up data on your Windows Phone. You can either use the WP7 Easy Backup Tool or the WP7 Backup app. You can grab WP7 Easy Backup Tool at http://goo.gl/qM9bu. The process is quite straightforward and the app is laid out like a wizard to guide you through the backup process. 

The app is a very clever piece of software and uses the Zune updater tool to back up your phone. This backup can be used by Zune to restore the device when you use the “Update” option under settings. This will save everything right from the application settings to your texts inside the update. One downside is that any file changes, updates or other user specific data won’t persist if they weren’t present at the time of the backup. Check out the apps’ XDA Developers thread here http://goo.gl/305YK for the download and exact deployment instructions.

 

WP7 Root Tools to tweak WP performance

 

Unlock/Root your phone:

Different brands, different OEMs and different versions will have their own unlocking method(s). We’ve compiled a list of brands and devices which can be unlocked in the table below. One important thing to note here is that Windows Phone 8 users won’t be able to unlock their phones as there are no unlocks available which allow you to root your phone.

 

 

Use WP7 Easy Backup to save all your files on your PC hard-drive

 

Another possible method is Policy Unlock. Once you manage to get an Interop Unlock activated on your phone you can sideload WP7 Root Tools into your phone and then use the bundled exploits to attempt a full unlock of the phone. You can grab the latest copy of WP7 Root Tools from http://goo.gl/OYwTj You’ll also need the Windows Phone SDK to deploy the app file (.xap) to the phone. You’ll find the deployment program at the location C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft SDKsWindows Phonev8.0ToolsXAP Deployment. You can either use this or XAPDeployX which can be downloaded from its XDA Developers thread here http://goo.gl/bvhCb. Note that this will only work once you’ve interop-unlocked the phone or on the 1st generation Windows phones with Developer Unlock.

 

Unlockable Phones	Links
Samsung 1st Generation Phones	http://goo.gl/mvk35
Samsung 2nd Generation Phones (OS Version 7740 and below)	http://goo.gl/iYIsL
LG	http://goo.gl/eauag
HTC 1st Generation	http://goo.gl/YREop
HTC 2nd Generation	http://goo.gl/jJGMO
Nokia 710 and 800	http://goo.gl/o8Snj

 

Things you can do post unlock/rooting:

A host of brilliant applications are made available once you’ve unlocked your phone, starting with Jaxbot’s WPH Tweaks, which enables you to carry out a smorgasbord of much needed tweaks to the OS. Other applications include the installation of new themes, dynamic backgrounds, lock screen widgets, orientation lock, file explorer, screen capture, certificate installer and much more.

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How to improve productivity using free software tools

Reach new heights of productively using your time with these apps, tips and services

Too many distractions can bring down your productivity, but so can boredom, a whole pile of brainless and repetitive tasks and so on and so forth. Here we’ve compiled a list of apps and Chrome extensions that can help streamline your work as well as take care of those “pesky” distractions.

Managing desktops

Anyone who has used an OS like Ubuntu or OS X will be familiar with the concept of a virtual desktop and how convenient it can be. Windows users need not fret however. Download mdesktop from http://dgit.in/ULOQKW

mdesktop is a tiny little app that, once installed, will allow you to manage up to 10 desktops at a time.

 

mdesktop settings

 

By default you will be given 4 virtual desktops to work in and you can switch between them using the ALT+(number) keys; very handy and perfect for managing your work (or ensuring a quick and easy escape route in case your boss happens to come around).

 

Chrome plug-ins

Google Chrome is now the most popular browser in the world and chances are, most of your work revolves around using this browser and many of Googe’s myriad services. 

 

Any.do

This is a free app that is available on iOS, Android and as a plug-in to Chrome. All you need to do is download it and set it up and it will sync tasks across all your devices. It can sync with Gmail, remind you to call someone back, send a mail and much more. 

The app will add a bar below your mail (with options for setting reminders) and a “remind me” button near the header to allow you to manage your mail. This is a must-have app/extension for the scatter-brained among us

 

AnyDO-Gestures

 

Split-Screen

Available at http://dgit.in/SEmypx, split screen does exactly what the name suggests. It creates a new chrome tab that will let you browse two different sites at once.

 

 split-screen in action

 

If 40 open tabs weren’t enough, you can now literally double the number of sites you view simultaneously. Just imagine a boring spreadsheet on one page, YouTube on the other. Work and play at the same time, what more could you ask for?

 

Quotes Book

Running out of quotes for that epic speech you’re preparing? This is the app for you. This Chrome App is nothing more than a veritable quotencyclopedia; allowing you to search and pick the ideal quote. Download the app at http://dgit.in/VLv5lH

 

QuotesBook

 

Save to Google Drive

This is one of the most useful productivity enhancing apps that we’ve come across. Its working is very similar to other site/article archiving utilities like Evernote but with a twist. Just install the plug-in from http://dgit.in/ZcCTon and hit the button. The extension will scroll through the entire webpage that you are viewing and take snapshots, compiling them into one large image that will be saved to your Google drive.

 

Tab.bz

Not closing your browser because there are too many tabs open and you don’t know which ones you want? Want to save a collection of articles for later use? Tab.bz is the ideal tool for you. This handy extension (http://dgit.in/VLw1GH) will package all your open tabs into one link that you can share, save or do whatever you want with. There are privacy issues though, where if you accidentally create a tab package with some private tabs, the link is not immediately deleted; so use with caution.

 

StayFocusd

This extension’s sole purpose is to make sure that you’re actually working at your PC. You can download the plugin at http://dgit.in/Rzw0dB. After installation, you will need to setup the plugin. There are a myriad of settings to choose from and they are surprisingly comprehensive. Some of the functions of this plugin are as follows:

• Set a blacklist and whitelist from the sites you regularly visit.

 

• Allot a fixed amount of time in total for your blacklisted sites, access to which will be blocked once your allotted time has expired.

 

• A nuclear mode that will block all sites permanently till the timer is reset for the next day.

 

 Nuclear response

 

• A complicated puzzle needs to be solved to change the settings, making it more of a hassle if you want to sneak in some extra time behind the program’s back.

 

• Hitting the “StayFocusd” button in your Chrome browser will automatically add that site to the blacklist.

 

• The plugin will warn you when you are AFK for more than a set period of time.

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How to expand your Steam experience

How to get past the basics of Steam
Here are the basics from Digit's own ‘The Zen Guide to Steaming’. Aside from what third party sources have to offer, Steam has some built-in features to make your gaming lives convenient. Here are a few:
Backup your games: Despite the convenience of downloadable games, it’s always more comforting to have a DVD or some kind of physical avatar of your games in case of a system breakdown. Unlike certain other game distributors, backing up the game files of Steam is an easy process. In your client, go to Steam>Backup and Restore Games>Backup currently installed programs, and let the Steam client do its thing. Follow the same steps to restore said backups when needed. Simple, convenient, easy as pie. Remember, however, in case of a game update, you may need to create a new backup after deleting the old one, unless you intend to re-download from when you took your last backup.
To bypass this step entirely, there is the easier method of entering C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/SteamApps/Common (replace the path with wherever you’ve installed Steam) and copying the game files directly. Any issues with missing files or file corruption during the transfer will be fixed by Steam when you replace these files into the same path later.
Verify the integrity of the game cache: Sometimes your games may crash regularly, or at a particular point in the game, or maybe even refuse to start up. Don’t freak out. It’s possible that your files have gotten corrupt, or even missing because you unintentionally deleted it. Simply right-click on the game in your steam library, select Properties and enter the Local Files tab. The Verify the integrity of the game cache button will fix most of these problems for you. Steam will recheck the files on your PC, and delete/re-download the problematic files.

Enhanced Steam Settings UI

How to Outfox your Steam If you’re a Firefox fanboy and are a regular on Steam, look out for the Enhanced Steam add-on. The personalization options help add a little more to your Steam browser experience. You can change the tab colours of the website UI to change colours as per what you’ve already purchased, what’s on your wishlist, and so on. Enhanced Steam also gives you the option to remove that annoying  button that crops up at the top of your webpage, along with options to remove some of the other irritating aspects of the Steam page. Getting it is a minute’s job. Simply go to http://dgit.in/enSteam and click on Download now. The only downside to this add-on is that it’s meant specifically for Firefox, so Chrome and Safari users are out of luck.

How to move your Steam files around
Yes, Steam has a backup option, but in situations when you want to change the location of all your Steam install files from one partition to the other, you need something like Steam Mover. Steam mover is a third party software. This software makes it much easier for you to transfer your entire Steam Library exactly the way it is from one location to the other. It creates junction points at the primary location to your selected secondary location. The biggest advantage of Steam Mover is that you can store copies of all your steam games on multiple drives without it hindering your ability to game on. Steam Mover makes it unnecessary to uninstalling and reinstalling to make a sufficient amount of space on your primary drive to install that new 20GB game you want to play.
The install file for the Steam Mover is easily available on http://dgit.in/st3amvr. The recommended instructions by the creator of the software can be found on http://dgit.in/1p0BWcL if you want to go through the process manually, using the command prompt.

How to release some of the pressure With Steam’s default sorting system, it’s possible that those suffering from OCD may have an itch to sort games in the way they see fit. It’s a personalization feature that Valve should consider incorporating in their client in future updates. However, until then, there is always the Depressurizer. Depressurizer is a lightweight software that lets you organize the subheads in your Steam client to your own personal specifications. Download Depressurizer v0.4.4 from http://dgit.in/depr3ss. Post install, run the .exe file and input the default location of your Steam library. Depressurizer proceeds to pull out your game list. It then gives you the option to either reorganize the categories according to what you want them to appear or source the assigned game genres from Steam and organize them according to that. As the image shows, it does it quite well, overall. Some micromanagement may be required, but it still leaves you with a much better-organized Steam library than the default interface.

Steam Depressurizer

How to clean up your Steam files
Steam may be convenient, but it does tend to use up a lot of hard drive space with temporary files and unnecessary duplicate installer files. Tiki One Steam Cleaner is free tool that will scan your Steam folder for these files and give you an easily accessible way of removing them, letting you free up at least a gigabyte of space (on account of these files being around 90MB per game).
Tiki One is available at http://dgit.in/t1k1one.
It’s a good software that can keep things organised but there’s a catch. If you need to run the “verify game cache” option for the game (as mentioned above) or even if the game updates very regularly, the Steam client will register these files as ‘missing’ and re-download them.
How to back up your saved game backups
Yes, Steam has cloud synchronization, but those who’ve been gaming for years have to agree, there’s nothing more self-scalping than losing saved games. Saved games are possibly more important than game backups. Backups can be re-downloaded in a matter of hours, but catching up to a game could take days, even weeks.
So once again, for those who prefer the safety net of localized backed up content, there is a way to save your game saves on a local storage device.
SaveGameBackup (the programmer earns no points for creativity) is an application that can be used to conveniently backup and restore not just your Steam saved games, but also the saved game files of any game installed on your system. Download the setup from http://dgit.in/sgbckup and follow the instructions.
How to gauge your Steam standing and deal with bundles
Steam Gauge is an interesting website that compiles the basic stats of your Steam usage like Hours played, games owned and the total worth of your entire library. This is very effective for people who suffer from digital shopaholism. If required, take a screenshot and save it as your wallpaper to constantly remind you to stop spending money on games.

Is there any deal?

Or simply revert to online game bundles. Yes, there are cheaper ways to obtain original Steam games outside the Steam seasonal sales. Most of you have already probably figured that out, by now. But for the naive – wake up and smell the scent of cheaply obtained original games! Humble Bundle and Bundle Stars are two such websites you can visit. Keep a tab on websites like Is there any deal? which keep tabs on the gaming websites and bundle sites that support Steam-based games and post about deals consistently.

‘Is there any deal’ goes to the extent of syncing with your Steam account and informs you when there’s a game on your wishlist up for sale (along with the all-time lowest rates, so that you know how good the deal actually is).
Keep the above little tricks in mind on the road to becoming a Steam Jedi. May the vaporous Force be with you, young Padawan.

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How to make Firefox browser work faster and speedup its overall performance.

If you're a Firefox user not doing all of the things mentioned here, then you're not optimizing your browsing experience

It’s been quite a while since we last shared tips for your favorite Firefox browser. Finally, the wait is over! All the mentioned tips and tricks have been tested on the latest Firefox 20.0.1. So if you don’t have an updated version installed on your system, go to Firefox > Help > About Firefox > Check for update, or you can manually install the latest Firefox from its website: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Manage downloads

The latest version of Firefox enables you to manage your downloads more easily than ever before. The enhanced download manager has a library that keeps a record of your downloaded files. The older dedicated download panel is replaced by a new toolbar button which shows your downloaded files in a drop-down list. Once downloading is started, the arrow button gets converted into a timer bar which keeps you updated about the current progress and remaining time. To access your download library, click the arrow button and then “Show All Downloads”. 

 

 

The all new Downloads panel

 

A button next to each one of your files will take you to the directory where your file is being downloaded. You can easily pause, continue, cancel, or even retry your downloads.

 

Get Firefox theme for Chrome

It’s rare to find a Google Chrome user employing a Firefox theme  so you can be an exception. This theme is available on Chrome Web Store for six different screen resolutions. We used “Firefox 1280x1024”. To install this theme on your Google Chrome browser go to http://dgit.in/178TsnY

 

Firefox theme on Chrome

 

Save text to a file

This is a simple browser add-on which helps you create your own text files right from the web page you’re on. All you have to do is highlight the text you need and save it as a file to your specified directory. Your files will be saved in .txt format, and you can later add or replace content in this file that you’d created earlier. To download and install this add-on to your Firefox browser go to http://dgit.in/ZTAQUS

Save text from a web page

 

Get pinned tabs

Pinned tabs let you keep your favorite websites and online applications just a click away. Though similar to bookmarks, this feature lets you view your most used apps and important websites in a tab-like interface. You’re probably  wondering how pinned tabs differ from normal tabs. Pinned tabs have a smaller width and don’t occupy as much space as normal tabs on your browser’s tab stripe. Pinned tabs are very handy and easy to create. Simply right-click on the tab you want to pin and select “Pin Tab” from the menu. 

 

Pin a tab to your browser

 

If you don’t need a pinned tab anymore you can simply convert it into a regular tab. Right-click on the tab you want to unpin and then select “Unpin Tab” from the menu.

 

Feed your Facebook addiction

Facebook addicts, this is for you guys! Imagine this: you’re busy working in one tab and have Facebook open in another. Whenever you receive an update, your attention is drawn to the Facebook tab indicating that there’s something new there that you should check out. This tip will help you handle this distraction. Don’t worry, it doesn’t involve logging off the social site. Using “Facebook Messenger for Firefox” you can have your Facebook activities running within the same tab you’re working in. To begin with, visit http://dgit.in/17cLIBg and simply hit the green “Turn on” button. Your browser will then prompt you to enable this feature. 

 

Feed your Facebook addiction using Messenger for Firefox

 

In order to activate it, you’ll need to log in to your Facebook account. Once done, a sidebar will appear with a few options regarding friend requests, messages and notifications at the top-right corner of your browser. 

Annotate web pages

Annotary is a Firefox add-on to highlight and annotate the web page you’re on. You can create and share your notes with others, or even discover the notes and annotations made by your friends or colleagues. Once Annotary is installed, you can easily highlight the blocks of text you want to annotate and create on-screen sticky notes. To save your notes, you’ll need to sign up for your account on www.annotary.com. Your notes will be saved to your Annotary account, and you can share these notes on social media or through email. Visit http://dgit.in/10tieXB to install the Annotary add-on.

 

Annotate web pages

 

Browse privately

Generally, Firefox maintains a record of all your browsing activities such as the sites and pages you’ve visited, downloads, login sessions, etc. Similar to Incognito mode in Chrome, Firefox has a private browsing functionality which allows you to browse the internet without saving any information about the sites and pages you’ve visited, form and search bar entries, passwords, downloads, caches, cookies, etc. To start using Private Browsing, go to Firefox > File > New Private Window or simply press [Ctrl+N]. If you always want to start your Firefox in Private Browsing mode, go to Firefox > Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: Never remember history > OK. Restart Firefox. Note that hiding your data doesn’t mean that you’re browsing the internet anonymously, or that your IP address is hidden. 

 

 Privately browse on Firefox by activating just one setting

 

Opt out of being tracked

Before talking about this feature let’s find out what “tracking” is. Basically, major websites and advertisers track your web browsing behavior – including the sites you visit, products you purchase, reviews you check out, search terms you use, etc – to get an idea of how to better target their services and products at you. When you enable the Do-Not-Track feature your browser won’t allow the websites you visit to track your behavior. 

 

The Do-Not-Track feature

 

To enable this feature on your Firefox browser, go to Firefox > Tools> Options > Privacy. Check “Tell websites I do not want to be tracked” and click “OK”. This feature is also available for Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. 

 

Sync Firefox

You can use Firefox Sync to synchronize your bookmarks, passwords, settings, history, add-ons and tabs with Firefox on other computers. We’ll be looking at different types of Firefox Sync settings in a while. Once you create a Sync account you’ll have all the rights to create, remove, and rename your devices. Finally,  you can also delete your Sync account if you don’t need one. So let’s get started!

 

Set up Firefox Sync on all your computers :

In order to sync Firefox with your primary computer, you’ll first need to sign up for an account. Go to Firefox > Tools > Options > Sync > Set Up Firefox Sync > Create a New Account. Fill the required details and filter all the preferences according to your needs. By default, your add-ons, bookmarks, passwords, preferences, history and tabs are synced. To change what information gets synced click on “Sync Options”. Once that’s done, select your computer name and hit “OK”. Now you have your browser synced with your primary computer. Depending on the amount of information that has to be synced, the first sync could happen quickly or take more than 30 minutes.

 

 Sign up for a Firefox Sync account

 

To sync other computers, do this for each of them: Go to Firefox >  Set up Sync > I Have an Account. A twelve-character code will be generated. Go back to the Sync tab under Options on your primary computer and click “Pair a Device”. Enter the code from the other device in the next window, click “Next”. Once you see a “Device Connected” message, click “Finish” to close the setup window. 

 

Access Firefox from any computer :

Once you have your browser synced with your primary computer, you can access it from any other computer. Open Firefox. Go to https://account.services.mozilla.com and enter your username and password. Click “Log in”. Your Firefox synced account management portal will load on your screen. 

 

Rename your device :

Go to Firefox > Tools> Options > Sync. At the bottom of the window, you’ll find an option to change the computer name on which your synced account is running. Rename your device and 

hit “OK”.

 

Change the password from your synced computer :

If you want to change the password of your Sync account from your synced computer, go to Firefox > Tools > Options > Sync > Manage Account > Change Password. Enter your new password, then click “Change Password” to apply the change and “OK” to close the window. Note that your other devices will stop syncing if you don’t update them with the new password.

 

Change the password from any computer :

If you’re not on a synced computer but want to change your Sync account’s password, go to https://account.services.mozilla.com. Then go to Sign In > Change your password and click “Change your password” and press “OK”. Note that your devices will stop syncing if 

you don’t update them with the new password. 

 

Deactivate your synced account :

Go to Firefox > Tools> Options > Sync > Deactivate This Device > Reset All Information. The data on your devices will no longer be synced with your account, and you’ll be logged out of your synced account. 

 

Delete your synced account :

Go to https://account.services.mozilla.com  Then head over to Sign In > Delete your account. Enter your password and then press “Delete your account” to confirm.

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How to Lose Weight and Keep it Off: 10 Rules to Live By

1) Seek information.
Read. Research. Watch. Absorb. Flip on your interweb button and learn about food. Get facts from experts, health professionals and reliable sources who know what they’re talking about. Gather good data and apply those numbers and strategies to your own situation. Do not let advertising make your decisions for you.

2) Ignore dumb fads.
A good rule of thumb: if it sounds like something your crazy co-worker would try, keep on walking. This includes master cleanses, herbal laxatives, TrimSpa wannabes, apple cider vinegar diets, grapefruit diets, chicken soup diets, cabbage soup diets, that godforsaken cookie diet, and their ilk. As mentioned above, these are often dangerous, pricey, and based on bum science (when they’re based on any science whatsoever).

3) “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Of all the theories I’ve heard on healthy eating, Michael Pollan’s credo seems to be the most reasonable and potentially effective, not to mention the most conscious of the financial, environmental, and social consequences. Let’s break it down.
EAT FOOD: consume whole foods and/or products with very short ingredient lists. “Don't eat anything your great-great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.”
NOT TOO MUCH: check your portions.
MOSTLY PLANTS: eat less meat. Increase your produce intake. Serve more whole grains.

4) Cook.
By cooking at home, you regulate portions, control ingredients, spend less money, and reduce wasteful packaging. It keeps you out of restaurants and fast food joints, where serving sizes are much larger than they were 30, 20, or even 10 years ago. So, experiment with dinner. Learn how to use a knife. Pick up How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman. A few minutes in the kitchen could save you a few years of heartache down the line.

5) Get up and move.
To lose weight and keep it off, you must consistently burn more or as many calories as you ingest. This is an unassailable fact, and means some degree of daily exercise, probably for the entirety of one’s life. Use it or lose it, folks.

6) Drink water.
It’s been estimated that soda makes up 10% of all calories in the American diet. That’s practically enough for its own food group. Plus, USA Today and Yale University say: “[Soda drinkers] do not appear to compensate by reducing calories somewhere else in their diets, so they tend to pack on extra pounds.” By replacing pop with water, you’re cutting calories and hydrating your body in a healthy way.

7) Kill your TV.
According to the National Institute of Media and Family, “children who watch more than three hours of television a day are 50 per cent more likely to be obese than kids who watch fewer than two hours.” If TV is that detrimental to kids, you know it can’t have a spectacular effect on adults. Same goes for your computer and/or Playstation. That’s time you could be cooking, moving, socializing, learning, reading … you get the picture.

8) Have breakfast.
The National Weight Control Registry is a reputable organization that monitors people who have kept 30 pounds off for at least one year. (On average, it’s 66 pounds for five-plus years.) Of those successful individuals, 78% eat breakfast every single day. It prevents overeating through the rest of the day, and “may leave the subject with a better ability to perform physical activity.”

9) Remember: everything in moderation.
Are you a cold turkey kind of person? More power to you. But lots of us are baby-steppers, and when we attempt to overhaul everything at once, it results in massive burnout. So, unless it’s a medical crisis, take baby steps. Change your behaviors a little at a time. Don’t starve yourself. Work your way up to more intense exercise. You may not even notice the difference after awhile, because it’s become such a part of you.

10) Don’t diet.
Change your lifestyle. The vast majority of successful dieters gain the weight back, maybe because he very word “diet” implies a temporary modification of habit, as opposed to a lifelong adoption of behaviors. For weight loss to work, it’s gotta be for the long term.

And that’s it. Readers, what would you add to these basic tenets? What essential rules have worked for you? The comment section is open.

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How to Get Pregnant

How Pregnancy Happens

 

How Pregnancy Happens at a Glance

• Pregnancy begins when a fertilized egg implants in the uterus.
• Getting pregnant can happen in different ways.
• Understanding your fertility pattern can help with avoiding pregnancy as well as getting pregnant.

Understanding how pregnancy happens is important. If you want to avoid pregnancy, it helps to know when a woman is most likely to get pregnant, and when she is not. If you are trying to become pregnant, it is important to know when getting pregnant is most likely and the different ways it can happen.
Whether you are trying to avoid pregnancy, trying to get pregnant, or are just curious, you may have lots of questions. Here are some answers about how pregnancy happens.

When Does Pregnancy Begin?

In order for a woman to become pregnant, she must release an egg from her ovary — ovulation. Next, the egg and sperm must meet and form a single cell — fertilization. Then pregnancy begins when and if the fertilized egg attaches to a woman’s uterus and begins to grow — implantation.
MENSTRUATION
During the first two weeks of a woman’s menstrual cycle she has her period. This usually lasts 3–7 days. After that, hormones make eggs mature in her ovaries, and the lining of her uterus thickens.
OVULATIONOvulation happens about two weeks before a woman’s next period would take place. The egg enters a fallopian tube and starts moving toward the uterus.
FERTILIZATION
After vaginal intercourse or alternative insemination, several hundred sperm travel up through the uterus and into the fallopian tubes. An egg may be in one of the tubes. One sperm may fertilize the egg. The millions of other sperm seep out of the vagina or are absorbed by the woman’s body.

Boy or a Girl? Millions of sperm are released when a man ejaculates. About half of them have a gene that could produce a boy. The other half have one that could produce a girl.

The joining of egg and sperm is called fertilization. It is most likely to occur from sexual intercourse that happens during the five days before the egg is released or on the day of ovulation.
IMPLANTATION
The fertilized egg moves down the fallopian tube and divides into more and more cells, forming a ball. The ball of cells reaches the uterus about 3–4 days after fertilization.
The ball floats in the uterus for another 2–3 days.
Pregnancy begins if the ball of cells attaches to the lining of the uterus. This is called implantation. It usually starts about six days after fertilization and takes about 3–4 days to be complete. The embryo will develop from cells on the inside of the ball. The placenta will develop from the cells on the outside of the ball.

Twins It is possible for the developing ball of cells to split up until about the end of week four. If it splits into two, for example, identical twins can develop. It is also possible for two eggs to be released at ovulation. Fraternal — not identical — twins can develop if both eggs get fertilized by sperm and implant in the uterus.

Up to half of all fertilized eggs never implant. They pass out of women’s bodies during menstruation.

Gestational Age Pregnancy is measured using “gestational age.” Gestational age starts on the first day of a woman’s last menstrual period (LMP). Gestational age can be confusing. Most people think of pregnancy as lasting nine months. And it’s true that a woman is pregnant for about nine months. But because pregnancy is measured from a woman’s last menstrual period — about 3–4 weeks before she is actually pregnant — a full-term pregnancy usually totals about 40 weeks LMP — roughly 10 months. Many women do not remember the exact date of their last menstrual period — that’s OK. The surest way to tell gestational age early in pregnancy is with ultrasound.

How Do Women Get Pregnant?

Women can get pregnant in a variety of ways.
One common way is through unprotected vaginal intercourse, during which a man ejaculates sperm into the vagina. The sperm can then travel up through the cervix, into the uterus, and, if an egg is present, the sperm may fertilize it.
It is also possible — but less likely — for women to become pregnant through any kind of sex play in which semen, or ejaculate, comes in contact with the vulva. The sperm can travel through the moisture on the vulva into the vagina.
Another way for a woman to get pregnant is through alternative insemination. During alternative insemination, sperm are inserted into a woman’s vagina or uterus using a syringe or other device. The sperm may come from a woman’s male partner, or from a donor.  When a sperm donor is used, the procedure is sometimes called donor insemination.  Alternative insemination is an option for single women, women who have women partners, or for couples who are dealing with infertility.
A woman who is dealing with infertility may also get pregnant through other fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization. To do this, a woman’s eggs are taken out of her body and combined with sperm. Then, one or more of the fertilized eggs are implanted back into the uterus.

When Is Getting Pregnant Most Likely?

A woman's fertile days depend on the life span of the egg and the sperm. Her egg only lives for about a day after ovulation. Sperm can live inside her body for about six days. The egg and sperm are most likely to join when intercourse happens during the five days before the egg is released or on the day of ovulation. It is also possible for a day or two after ovulation — even though it's less likely to happen then.

 

How Can I Avoid Pregnancy?

 Using birth control consistently and correctly is the best way a sexually active woman can avoid pregnancy.  There are many safe, effective birth control options.

 

How Can I Plan a Pregnancy?

Knowing when your fertile days will happen can help you plan your pregnancy. The key is to figure out when you will ovulate. This will let you figure out the other fertile days that come before you ovulate. Then you can track your fertility pattern — the days of the month when you are fertile and the days of the month when you are not. You must do this carefully. Women don't all have the same fertility pattern. And some women have different patterns from one month to the next.
One way is to chart your menstrual cycle. The average menstrual cycle is 28 days long, but many women have cycles that are shorter or longer, and some women have irregular cycles. If you have an irregular cycle, it can be hard to predict ovulation.
You can also determine your fertile days by tracking your temperature, charting the consistency of your cervical mucus, using beads to keep track of your cycle, or using a combination of these methods to predict ovulation.

Ovulation Predictors Test kits that attempt to predict ovulation are available for home use. They may be useful for planning pregnancies. But they are not reliable for preventing pregnancy.

Learning about your fertility pattern is just one step in choosing to become pregnant. There are many other issues to think about when considering pregnancy — including your emotional and financial readiness, and your health. One way to have the best pregnancy you can have is by planning for it ahead of time.

 

 

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