How to disable Facebook Timeline?



Facebook timeline logo, source: techbend.com

Facebook timeline logo, source: techbend.com

Facebook’s new timeline feature has recently been compulsory for all its users. The new timeline is more designed to be like a life journal – telling your life story with a new kind of profile according to the Facebook. However, many users doesn’t seem to like it, the first reason being – The Facebook timeline requires skills to use initially. So, people started searching ways to disable the Facebook timeline despite the company’s policy to mandate this new feature.

Every popular internet browsers can be modified to disable the new Facebook timeline feature temporarily. Watch the video below prepared by TechSansar.com to disable timeline for 4 different popular internet browsers, namely Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Apple Safari. Facebook Time line is not compatible with older browser versions like Internet Explorer 7, if you live in backward techno world chances are you are still lucky with non-timeline preview of your Facebook profile (your friends still see your Timeline, however). [Read more...]

Status of .NP Domain Names and Mercantile’s breaching of its own Rules



.np Domain Registration Logo

.np Domain Registration Logo

If you have a business inside Nepal, then you might want to get the country level domain (TLD) which is .np like .com.np. Or even if you are a Nepalese citizen, you are liable to get the free .com.np domain address which is at present, all handled by Mercantile – a private company. To regulate the internet workflow, traffic patterns, maintain national ethics & integrity, this country level domains (ccTLD) should have been handled by a Government Organization which is yet a misery (How to get a .np domain name).

The Government has just initiated to handle .gov.np domains, now onward all Government offices should register their .gov.np domain names from Gov-np Domain Registration office, National Information Technology Center (NITC) inside Singh Durbar in Kathmandu. Yes, time for the Government to undertake the Nepalese national domain has come (The rules for gov.np registration are thus different from those of other domain names.) Here, we try to explore the ethics and rules imposed by Mercantile during registration of the .np domain and violation of the same by the same registrar (Mercantile) company. [Read more...]

Do you know Why do you get so many spams?



Even if you don’t share you email address, you are always in target of potential spammers. Though the tendency is quite low while we talk based on Nepalese case scenario. But chained mail forwarding has become one of the consequences along with open Facebook profiles. Here are few ways to control the public exposure of your email address to control the number of unsolicited emails to your mailbox. [Read more...]

Must try Top 5 free Cloud Storage Services for File Sharing

Cloud connected devices

Cloud connected devices

Clouds are no more hype, cloud services in fact are getting much popular everyday and mainly for the productivity and cost-reduction factor for major organizations. Even a person or  SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) can benefit from cloud services. Accessing your files anywhere remotely (read this article) is one main pro of using cloud storage. Here we explore five top most popular and useful cloud storage services for file sharing (SaaS – Software as a Service models) – choosen among Dropbox, Box.net, SugarSync, Mozy, ZumoDrive, Windows Live Mesh, SendSpace, SoonR (paid) etc.

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Chautari – Facebook like Social Network from Nepal Telecom

NT Chautari Logo

NT Chautari Logo

Nepal Telecom had announced to launch a Facebook like Social Networking site called “Chautari” (चौतारी – meaning a shade tree) in order to overcome the loss of excessive bandwidth that Nepalese Facebook users are creating. Facebook has continuously been in top #1 most visited website in Nepal for the last 3 years, and according to checkfacebook.com a complete internet population (100% of internet users) in Nepal use facebook. This can give us a vivid idea about the bandwidth, a Facebook bandwidth in use. [Read more...]