Do you know that ‘Selfie’ is named as Oxford Dictionaries word of the year in 2013? Selfie means a photo that one has taken of oneself with smartphone and share to social media.

With the rise of smartphone and social media in the recent years, the ‘selfie’ trend has quickly spread to every corner of the world. When you check out your friends’ status updates on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, it’s not difficult to find many of them like taking their self-portrait pictures with a new outfit, a cool hairstyle or while enjoying a delightful dinner. Moreover many celebrities regularly post their selfies on social profiles and successfully attracted a huge community of fans and followers. Read more…

It’s not only your headache, everyone wants to remove those annoying ads from Facebook, YouTube, websites as well as apps on mobile devices.

Most of the free web services and mobile apps generate revenue through online ads. While some of them display moderate amount of ads, the others avidly show excessive ads that fill up the entire screen while using the online service or app.

One of the best ways to get rid of these distracting ads is to install an ad blocker service to stop the ads from showing up on the screen of your computer or mobile devices. Read more…

So you want to send anonymous emails while keeping your identity secret? Well you should then read through this article and learn how to do it.

Despite there are plenty of free and feature-rich email services such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Outlook offered by some well-known Internet companies, many users still feel unsafe when it comes to online privacy. Just like most of the websites and free online applications, these email services are ‘free’ simply because they generate revenue through online advertising.

These days, most of the online ads are tailored made for each and every service user. To do that, web service providers would need to get as much as private information from you so that they can show you ads based on your interests, or in other words, ads that you are most likely click through. Read more…

No matter you are a blogger, content distributors or brand marketers, social media is the must-have platform to engage with your online audience. We all know that content is king thus posting breaking news, impressive images, or interesting videos on social networking sites will surely catch people’s attention making them share with other people.

However if you post a great content at the optimal time where most of the social users are right in front of their computers or smartphones and primed to share the content, chances are your post will receive tremendously high click rates and shares. Who knows your post may go viral within hours? Read more…

Blogging requires a large investment of time and effort to produce high quality content on a regular basis. Because each content creation comes with huge resources, therefore it is important to publish blog posts at the most opportune times to maximize their social reach on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.

Timing is everything! Here are a few useful social tips and infographics to give you some ideas on the best time to publish your blog posts. You can study the graphs and statistics below to better understand the trends in posting schedule and corresponding engagement too. Read more…

The first rule of using Internet is ‘don’t believe everything you read on Internet’. This is especially true when you stumble upon some odd news on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. These days, more and more people are getting news through their social networks and blogs. But it’s always good to verify the authenticity of the content and consider the source before sharing any news with your friends.

In today’s post, we would like to share with you some famous fake technology stories that have gone viral on the web in the form of online news and ads. These hoaxes are intentionally crafted by some notorious pranksters, making it looked so real and difficult to tell truth from fiction. We hope you’re not a victim of these pranks. Read more…

Most of the blogs, websites and businesses have both Facebook and Twitter profiles to engage with their online audience. However having only these 2 social profiles are simply not enough, you should have multiple social media profiles targeting different groups of Internet users.

Among myriad of social networks available on the web, Pinterest is definitely one of them you should add into your social marketing strategy. Basically Pinterest is a visual discovery, collection and sharing service that allows you to manage collection of images, videos and other online contents, and share with other people online. Read more…

When it comes to searching information on the web, the first thing we will think of is definitely Google. Without a doubt, Google is the best search engine giving Internet users, from students to professional researcher the most relevant results for every query. In most cases you’re happy with the results but sometimes you may not. This could be due to unclear search query you’ve typed in and the search engine don’t understand what exact online content you are looking for.

To help you become a more sophisticated Google searcher, below we’ve shared 13 very useful Google tricks and techniques to refine your search. We believe they will assist you to get more relevant and accurate search results in the shortest possible time. Hope you’ll find this article beneficial. Read more…

Computers, smartphones and tablets play an essential part in our daily lives. Due to the needs of multi-tasking, better gaming and movie watching experience, the screens of these electronic devices are tend to get bigger and sharper. If you are watching a screen for long hours, you might suffer some ill effects such as eye-strain, blur vision and headache. Over-staring at a screen can even cause you to experience sleep disorders.

Internet has always been a great source of solutions to any kinds of problems. In this case, there are many online tools specifically developed to avoid you from over-watching a monitor screen. Some of them automatically adjust the brightness level and colors of the screen so that it’s comfortable for your eyes. Without further ado, let’s check out below 9 free online apps that can help reduce your digital eye fatigue and strain. Read more…

So you wish your kid to be the next Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates? Well, you should then let your little loved one start learning some basics of programming and make him get excited about it. Today we are living in the world of Internet and technology. Things we’re using the most in our daily lives are all electronic gadgets from smartphones, tablets to laptop computers. Don’t be surprised if you see kindergarten kids using their iPads for learning and playing.

Kids are getting more tech-savvy than ever before. If you happen to know your kids have high interests in Internet and computer, why not give them an early exposure to programming basics? Learning programming from the early age will not only develop your kids’ analytical skills but also give them an idea if they want to be professional programmers in the future. Read more…

We all know what Wikipedia is all about. Yes, it’s a free and largest encyclopedia on the web that contains millions of articles on a wide array of topics. Whenever we search for a famous name of people, place, history, etc via Google, the search engine will always show Wikipedia page as their first or second search results. One of the main reasons is that the online encyclopedia offers huge amount of high-quality and reliable contents. It has been a credible source for various types of research projects.

Apart from its Wiki pages and contents, many users have actually neglected some useful tools and features offered by this educational and non-profit organization. Thus, today we would like to show you a quick tutorial on how you can turn Wikipedia pages into ebooks within the site. Read more…

Alibaba is China’s one of the largest e-commerce companies. With its three famous sites Alibaba.com, Taobao and Tmall, the tech giant handles hundreds of millions of active users and hosts millions of businesses. One of the impressive facts is that Alibaba’s total transactions last year has reached $248 billion which is more than both eBay and Amazon.com combined. The astronomical figures also made Alibaba dominating 80% of China’s online shopping market.

Following Alibaba’s debut on Wall Street raising an initial $21.8 billion from its IPO, the stock rocketed high in the first day of trade. The Chinese Internet giant successfully generated tremendous buzz among worldwide investors, both institutional and individual.

In today’s blog post, we would like to showcase 24 infographics that give you some interesting facts, figures and stories about Alibaba and its spiritual co-founder Jack Ma. Read more…

Internet is undoubtedly the best source to look for great images including photography, illustrations and even animated GIF like cinemagraphs. However there are billions of various types of images available on the web, it might not be an easy task to get the image exactly you want for your design projects. Sometimes, even you find the right image’s content but it still can’t be used for your project due to issues of size, color, resolution as well as copyright.

We know the importance of images that make our websites, presentations or any other design works visually appealing. And that’s the reason why we want to share with you how to get full use out of the Google Image Advanced Search. In this post, you’ll also get to know some cool stock image sites and image search engines where you can find high-quality copyright free and royalty-free images. Read more…

Siri is a famous virtual assistant for iPhone and iPad, assisting users to get information from the Web, make appointments, locate restaurants, etc. But sometimes the helpful assistant can give you hilarious responses if you didn’t specify your questions and commands clearly.

In today’s roundup, we would like to show you 30 absolutely hilarious and stupid conversations between Siri and the users. Get ready to laugh out loud with these Siri responses and its sassy attitude! Read more…

Social marketing is not limited to the Famous Facebook and Twitter only. When it comes to posting photo updates online Instagram could be the better choice to market your brands and businesses. The mobile photo and video sharing app has more than 200 million active users including celebrities, top brands and multinational corporations worldwide.

We all know that a picture speaks thousands of words. If you happen to post some really awesome and exclusive photos and videos on this rising social platform, chances are you could get instant overnight viral success. To help you achieve that below we’ve gathered 32 proven tips for you to better engage with and attract more Instagram followers. Read more…