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10 Most Common Google Buzz FAQ

The social sharing service Google Buzz enable us to share links, videos, photos and status updates with the public, specific groups or individuals. Buzz will recommend items you might like based on your friends’ activity. It did not have passed much time to be launched yet it got a corner place in mostly blogs beside the digg, twitter or stumble upon button. But, you have to take yourself deep in to Buzz to understand it properly. After facing some problems with Buzz here i have collected some of very common FAQ about Google Buzz by users and also the solutions to FIX .

How to stop Google Buzz From Showing the World Your Contacts?

This might not apply if you haven't touched much inside Buzz, or haven't set up a Google Profile, or that Profile is set to be hidden from the public. If so, you're mostly in the clear. But keep in mind that, once you post to Buzz, your profile will likely be created, and you'll want to know what's getting put up on the web.

To turn this off, sign into your Google account (via Gmail or elsewhere) and head to your Google profile—that link should work if you're signed in. Look for the two links showing "Following X people" and "X people following me." There's a gray note underneath those numbers, indicating whether they're visible to just you or to everyone.....more

How can I remove Buzz from my Inbox?

If you're one of the people who say "I don't want Buzz in my inbox!" simply create a filter that moves messages with the label buzz out of your inbox.

Create a filter for label:buzz.
Click Next Step and ignore the warning that no incoming messages will be filtered.
Check Skip the Inbox.
Click Create Filter.
Mission accomplished.

How to disable Google Buzz?

Click the Disable Buzz link that appears at the bottom of every page in your Gmail.

How do I block someone following me with that stupid buzz thing?or How to block buzz followers who are not click-able?

You can blockbuzz followers using the below steps:

Goto Buzz, to your name click the "# followers" link.
Click the person who you want to block.
Their Buzz Profile will open.
Next to "Follow Name" there a "Block" link.

How do i make my buzz post private?

Just before you click "Post" choose "Private" from the drop. the click the "Post to a group" link.
then select a group by checking the checkbox .
Or create a new one for single or multiple users by clicking "Create A New Group" and adding new users to it.
Choose the group you want to post too and then hit "Post".

For some reason I can't click few peoples name. How do I get rid of them?

- Even after clicking block and coming back to buzz they can see the person following them. In this case:

Click the person's name again.
This will take you back to their Buzz Profile.
Then under their name click Google Profile.
The Google Profile will open in the new page.
Click BLOCK in the right most column

- Some users / followers / people following me are not clickable

How to use multiple inboxes in Buzz?

Would you like to keep Buzz out of your inbox but still see new messages on the front page of Google Mail? Then you need to enable Multiple Inboxes from the Labs section (it's the icon of a green beaker). Once you've enabled it, you should see a link for Multiple Inboxes when you click on Settings.

In Pane 0, enter the criteria "is:buzz" and in Panel Title choose something descriptive, such as Buzz Messages. Then, click on Right Side of the Inbox and Save Changes. Your inbox will now have a second panel containing Buzz posts immediately to the right of the normal inbox.

I have turned off buzz but people can still look at my public profile and public buzzes

Below are the steps on how to change your Public Google Profile to Private:

Goto http://www.google.com/profiles. Login / Click View My Profile.
Click the "Edit Profile" link in the top right corner (near the "Sign Out" link).
The "About Me" tab will now open There are three checkboxes in this tab (On the left of your 'profile picture').
Unclick /Uncheck all of them. Change your 'Nickname' to something weird (You don't want to change you actual name as this will even update you gmail accounts etc).
Scroll down......There is a "Profile URL" section.
Make sure you Uncheck 'Your "Profile URL" is http://www.google.com/profiles/yourGmailUserName.
Click Save Changes .

How to Add WordPress blog to Buzz? - or add Buzz to your WordPress Blog

If you're running a WordPress.com blog and you'd like Buzz to tell people when you've updated it, a bit of fiddling enables you to add your site to Buzz's Connected Sites list.[http://cuu508.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/adding-wordpress-com-blog-as-connected-site-in-google-buzz/].

Alternatively if you'd just like to list your Buzz posts in a panel on your blog, simply install the Google Buzz-er plugin [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-buzz-er/].

How do you Put Buzz in your browser?

As you'd expect, extensions already exist to put Buzz inside your browser. If you're running Chrome there's Chrome Buzz, while Firefox users can install Buzz It - or just add Buzz to their Sidebar.

5 Best jQuery Plugins!

If we search in web then it will come with a great and long list of JQuery Plugins,but we don't say that every one were be useful to us.So,here is a collection of 5 useful plugins jQuery you can’t miss. If you have other interesting plugins to share, please leave a comment.

1. Sunday Morning

Sunday Mrning is a famous JQuery Plugin which allows the website owner to offer their visiter some ezsy and fancy ways to convert content in more than 30 languages.
The most important thing to note about this plugin is that it is also available as a bookmark.

2. MapBox

The jQuery mapbox plugin is for creating relatively small scale, zoomable, draggable maps with multiple layers of content. This framework could be applied to games, development plans, or any layout that could benefit from being able to zoom in and pan to get a better view.

3. jQTouch

JQTouch is a JQuery plugin for mobile web development on the iPhone,
iPod Touch, and other forward-thinking devices.

4. CJ Image Video Previewer

CJ Image Video Previewer is meant to mimic the video preview boxes you see on many Video sites. It displays a block that contains an image thumbnail and when the user moves their cursor of the box, it dynamically loads and then displays a group of images in sequence. Kind of like a flip-book. This is an excellent way to provide an preview of the video, without the user actually downloading the video file.

The plugin has a few options you can pass to it. You can set the delay amount and determine if you want to show the "image loading" progress bar.

5. jQuery Before/After

The possibilities for this plugin are endless. Doctors can have before and after images of patients, Photoshop users can show the before and after differences between images, remodelers can show the before and after images of projects and on and on. This plugin weighs in at only 7K and can be used multiple times on a page.

5 Free iPhone Apps for eBook Readers

After a little research, I found myself fairly impressed at the range of options out there!now,Forget carrying around stacks of books for school, work, or vacation. Stanza on your iPhone or iPod lets you hold a lifetime’s worth of reading in your pocket or handbag. Whether on a plane or waiting in line, your books are only a tap away.
The most important thing is that these all are free and very easy to use.

1. Barnes & Noble eReader

The B&N eReader app is specifically designed for the B&N store. Upon initially downloading it, you get 6 eBooks free, as well as access to a library of classic titles. Not only can you browse the entire B&N library of eBooks to purchase, you can also download samples of books to see if you like it, just like if you were in the bookstore browsing. After building your own library of purchased books you can browse through them with the Cover Flow feature and easily find what you are looking for.

2. Kindle

The best thing about the Kindle App is that you don’t even have to own a Kindle! You can utilize all the features of Kindle on your iPhone instead of spending the cash on the actual Kindle reader. But, if you do have a Kindle, you can actually sync between your last pages read on your Kindle or iPhone, and the unique Whispersync technology syncs the two devices together. The app has all the basic functionalities of all the other eBook readers, and can access Amazon Kindle’s entire eBook library.

New Features on the Kindle for iPhone App

Read in portrait or landscape mode
Select alternate background and text colors to improve reading comfort in low light conditions
Tap on either side of the screen or flick to turn pages
Pinch to zoom images in books
Tap and hold on a word to create a note or highlight
Whispersync will back up and synchronize annotations with your other Kindle devices

3. Stanza

Stanza is a free application for your iPhone and iPod Touch. Use it to download from a vast selection of over 100,000 books and periodicals, and read them right on your phone. It’s a wireless electronic library that stays open 24/7.

4. Aji Reader

Rather than this app being just an eBook reader, this is actually more geared toward reading PDF files. It gives you full functionality of reading your PDF files on the go including accessing links, outlines/bookmarks, annotations, and even important password-protected documents. If you deal with PDF documents on a regular basis, this is a must have, and the best thing… it’s free!

Features:

* Full PDF Support: Use all PDF features, including Links, Outlines, Annotations (viewing existing annotations only), and Password-Protected documents.
* Reliability: Aji Reader easily handles PDF documents with thousands of pages, and libraries with thousands of PDF documents -- use Aji Reader to have mobile access to ALL of your PDF documents.
* Document Search: Keyword search documents of any size quickly and easily.
* Library Search: Instantly search your entire Document Library -- Aji Reader will display a list of all documents that match your search.
* Web Download: Use Aji Reader's integrated browser to locate and download PDFs from the web. Or, find PDF files in Mobile Safari and quickly send them to Aji Reader for import into your Library.
* Standard Reading Features: Portrait and landscape viewing, scroll and zoom gestures, fullscreen reading, orientation lock, page number display, page locator view, and more!
* Aji Support: Get started quickly with our complete User Guide and in-app help topics and tips. Our top-notch support team is also available to address any issues you might encounter.

5. eReader

This is one of the oldest eBook formats, existing for over a decade, and now they got their iPhone app out there for everyone to grab for free. eReader supports a ton of features, just like almost all the other eBook readers out there, such as landscape mode, tons of font styles and sizes, footnotes, sidebars, and dictionary integration.

Via:www.iphone.appstorm.net

25 Most Wanted WordPress Tutorials [Videos]

No doubt that WordPress is one of the most popular publishing platforms currently out on the market. Because of its popularity, you’ll find a wide array of resources that discuss WordPress development, administration, as well as plenty of user guides to help you get started quickly.

In my opinion vscreencasts teach You skills a lot faster than the best book You can find.In this list You’ll find all available WordPress video tutorials on Internet with a lot of links for every level of knowledge.

Wordpress Theme Development Tutorials

1. How to make a WordPress plugin

2. Designing for Wordpress

3. Creating a WordPress Template

4. How to Modify WordPress Theme

5. Create your first widget

6. Lost Password, Update User Info

7. Moving your Blog, changing your domain name

8. Import and Export WordPress Data

9. How to setup PrettyURLs on WordPress

10. Setting up a member/user directory in WordPress

11. WordPress blog admin settings

wordpress tools tutorial

12. Using Windows Live Writer

13. How do I write WordPress blog posts with the ScribeFire Firefox add-on?

Some massive wordpress Tutorials

14. How do I create a picture gallery in my blog post?

15. How to Upload PDFs

16. Creating the Database for your Wordpress Installation

Useful Wordpress Tutorials

17. How to manage comments in WordPress

18. How to create a backup of WordPress

19. How to protect WordPress from spam

20. How to optimize WordPress for search engines – WordPress SEO

21. What’s a category? How do I add and manage categories?

22. What’s a tag? How do I add tags to my posts? How do I manage tags?

23. How do I write WordPress blog posts with the ScribeFire Firefox add-on?

24. Inserting a Hyperlink Within Your Content

25. How to secure WordPress

12 coolest Youtube Tips and Tricks

When we need to search for something on the Internet, we use Google. And when we need to find a video, our first stop is always YouTube.
YouTube has become a repository for literally millions of movie and TV clips, music videos, home videos, and video blogs. But there’s more to it than just clicking the Play button.Instead of just searching and playing here are some top Youtube URL tricks that you should know about:

1. Hide the search box

The search box appears when you hover over an embedded video. To hide the search box add ‘&showsearch=0′ to the embed url.

2. Save Your Favorite Videos

Videos stay in your QuickList until you close your web browser; the next time you visit YouTube, those QuickList videos aren’t there anymore.

When you view a video you like and want to keep longer than a single session, you can save it to your YouTube Favorites list. This list is kind of like the Favorites or Bookmarks list you have in your web browser. Any videos saved in YouTube Favorites can be easily accessed for future viewing.

To save a video to your Favorites list, open that video’s viewing page and click the Save link beneath the YouTube video player. This adds the video to the Favorites list. When you want to revisit any of the entries in this list, go to the YouTube home page and click the My Favorites link in the My box. This displays a list of your favorites. Click any video to watch it again.

3. Embed Higher Quality Videos

While the above trick works for playback, if however you want to embed hig quality videos you need to append “&ap=%2526fmt%3D18″ and “&ap=%2526fmt%3D22″ to the embed url.

4. View High Quality videos

Suppose You have Embedded a Video In your Blog or webpage and do not want to show the related videos Options When your video Ends.In That case append the string “&rel=0” at the end of video URL and All those related video Suggestions are gone.

So if your video source is :

Your Modified code would be :

5. Flag a Video for Future Viewing

Here’s a familiar situation. You’re browsing the YouTube site and find a video that looks interesting, but you don’t have the time or inclination to watch it right then. Fortunately, YouTube lets you save this video in a temporary QuickList, without having to open the video page and start playback. Then, when you’re ready, you can go back to this video and watch it at your leisure.

To add a video to your QuickList, all you have to do is click the little + button at the lower-left corner of any video thumbnail. Videos stay in your QuickList for just a single web browsing session; as soon as you close your browser window, the QuickList is flushed.

To see all the videos stored in your QuickList, go to any video viewing page and look for the Unsaved Playlist panel on the right side of the page. View a single video by clicking the thumbnail, or you can play all the videos in your QuickList one after another by clicking the Play All link. To clear your QuickList, click the Clear link.

6. Overcome the Country Limitation

Some You tube Videos may be Blocked and You can’t See them.This is because Some videos have country Limitation imposed on them .To Overcome The Country limitation replace “?” and “=” with a “/” .So if the Video Url of a blocked Video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=somenumber your Modified video URL will be http://www.youtube.com/v/somenumber

7. Jump to a Specific Part of a Video

You can Jump or link to a Specific part of a You tube Video Very easily.Simply Copy the URL of the You tube Video and append #t=xmys at the end of it. Here x Stands for minutes and Y stands for seconds.

8. Disable Related Videos

Publishing your content in the form of Youtube video? Don’t want people to see other people’s content that may be related but may as well be in competition to you? Just add ‘&rel=0′ to the end of the url part of the embed code and you just turned off the related video suggestions!

9. Embed only a part of Video

Just append ‘&start=30′ to skip first 30s of the video. In general you can modify the value after start= to the number of seconds you want to skip the video for.

10. Autoplay a Video On Loading

If You want to Watch Only the Video and Nothing Else In You tube,Viddler or Vimeo Then Drag and Drop This Bookmarklet in your Bookmarks Toolbar.Whenever you are on a You tube page Watching a Video Just click The bookmarklet and It lets You watch Only the Video and Fades Out Everything from the screen. (See example

The Bookmarklet also creates a Short Url For you so You can easily share The Video That you are watching On Microblogging Sites like Twitter etc.

If you Have Greasemonkey Installed you can try this Greasemonkey Script

11. Loop a Video

If you want to loop a Video append “ &loop=1” to the end of the url.

So if your video source is :

Your Modified code would be :

12. Fool a friend : Flip The Video

Not a Useful trick though but if you want to Flip a Youtube Video for fun just append ‘&flip=1′ at The end of the Video URL and the Video is flipped as upside Down.Funny !

10 Beautiful and Creative Artworks Featuring Year 2010

Here is a Collection of 10 Absolutely Beautiful Artworks Featuring Year 2010 that you can use. Feel free to download these amazing work of art and give your desktop a new look.