How to Block Any Website on PC, Phone, Browser or Network

There are many websites that might be spreading viruses, malware, try to steal your personal data or contain explicit content not suitable for children. You need to block, these websites for the safety of your device and family members. 

Here's step by step guide to restrict access of these websites. 

How to Block a Website in Android Device

Download and install ES File Explorer from Google Play Store. Open ES File Explorer, tap the '/' button at the top > System > etc. 

You'll see the host file, click on it and open it in ES note editor. Now click the three dots button in the top right and tap edit. 

Start a new line and type "127.0.0.1 www.blockawebsite.com", just replace blockawebsite with the website name you want to block. Reboot your Android device to save changes. 

How to Block a Website in iOS Device

Go to Settings > General > Restrictions, click on enable restrictions and set a passcode. After the passcode is set, scroll down and tap websites. Here you can either choose to limit adult content or allow access to specific websites only. 

If you try to access a blocked website, you see a message displaying it is restricted. Tap the Allow Website and key in the Restrictions passcode to open that website.

How to Block a Website in Windows PC

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. Double click on hosts file and open it in Notepad. Place the cursor at the end of the last line and press Enter to create a new line. 

Type "127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com", just replace facebook with the website name you want to block and click file, save to commit to your changes.

How to Block a Website in Mac

Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal), type sudo nano/etc/hosts and press enter. This will open the hosts file in text editor, type the website name you want to block in this format "127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com", press Ctrl + X and then Y to save changes.  

How to Block a Website in Browser

In Firefox or Google Chrome, install an addon BlockSite. Press Ctrl + Shift + A and click extension on the left, click options under BlockSite. In the pop-up, click add and type the name of the website you want blocked, click 'OK'.

In Internet Explorer, go to tools > Internet Options. Click security tab and then tap the red restricted sites icon, click the site button below the icon. Now in the pop-up, manually type the website you want to block one by one, click 'OK'. 

How to Block a Website on Your Network

Open any browser and type any 192.168.1.1, in the address bar, press enter. Some router use a different address, so if this doesn't work, check your documentation provided by your ISP. Enter the username and password, navigate to Access Management > Filter > URL Filter and typed the website you want to blocked, hit save. 

You can create 16 lists of blocked websites, each containing 16 websites, using this method, letting you block up to 256 websites. Again, this will vary from router or router.

How to Migrate from Evernote to Apple Notes

A new feature in the most recent update to OS X EL Capitan is the ability to migrating content from Evernote to Apple Notes. Here what you'll need to get started:
1. A Mac running OS X 10.11.4
2. Evernote for Mac
3. Notes on your Mac, just make sure you're signed in with your iCloud account. 

How to Migrate From Evernote to Apple Notes

• Install Evernote for Mac from the Mac App Store and log in to Evernote. 

• To migrate everything all at once, click "Edit" at the top of your screen and tap "Select All". 

• Click "File" at the top of your screen and tap the "Export Notes"

• On next screen type in a file name, choose file location and select Evernote XML format for the format. 

• Once you hit "Save" and see the "Export Complete" dialog, click 'OK'.

• Now launch Notes and click 'File' at the top of your screen and tap 'Import Notes', select the file you saved from Evernote.  

Note : If you want only notebooks, you can right click a notebook in Evernote, select "Export" and the further process is same as described above.

How to Print Files from Mobile Phone or Tablets

Smartphones and Tablets are just like computers, you can browse the web, send emails, watch YouTube videos and many things. You can also print documents, emails, photos, PDF files with the help of mobile phone and tablets. Some printers let you print from your mobile phone or tablets over a Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or USB connections. 

Use Google Cloud Print With Mobile Phone or Tablet 

Google Cloud Print works with most printers, but for best experience a Cloud ready printer is recommended. These types of printers can directly connect to the Internet and don't need a computer for it to work. Google Cloud Print currently supports printing only through iPhones and Android mobile phones or tablets. Here's a Chrome extension that will let you print documents even from your desktop without requiring a Phone.

Open Google Chrome on your computer, click the Menu button > Settings > Advanced Settings > Scroll down to the Google Cloud Print and click "Add Printers". A confirmation message appears on the next screen and click "Add Printer" to confirm.

Note : Make sure that your PC is connected to the Internet, you're logged in to your Google account in Google Chrome and your Printer is ON. 

• Install and launch Cloud Print on your mobile device or tablet and login to your same Google account registered on Google Cloud Print. 

• Click the printer icon to select a file to print and choose a printer registered on Google Cloud Print. You can select a file from Google Drive, Dropbox, Gallery and other file manager apps on your device. 

• The print preview page will appear, you're able to set the orientation of the documents, media size, DPI and the number of copies. 

• Now click the paper plane icon at the top row to send the data to Google Cloud Print and print your document.

Note : To print a Web page, click Menu > Share > select Cloud Print and print Gmail message by open Gmail message in browser, tap the arrow to reveal additional buttons, and select print. 

How to Rotate a Video 90 Degree on Android, iOS and Windows

When you captured a video with your smartphone or camcorder and try to play it in your computer or laptop, you find that it's rotated 90 degrees. If you find your video sideways or upside down then you know how frustrating it can be to watch it later. Luckily, rotating your video is a snap, and there are many free ways to do it. 

How to Rotate a Video 90 degree on Windows or Mac 

#1. Windows Live Move Maker : Click on Start button and search for Movie Maker, if you don't find Movie Maker in Windows, download it from Microsoft Website. 

Open the app, click on the "Add Videos and Photo" icon and locate the video that you want to rotate, double click the file. Now locate the rotate video icons in the Editing section and click the "Rotate left" or "Rotate right" button to rotate the video in 90 degree increments. Save the changes you've made by clicking the "Save Movie" button in the Home tab and choose the desired format. 

#2. VLC :  Open your video in VLC and open the Tools menu > select "Effects and Filters' or press Ctrl + E. Click on the "Video Effects" tab, and then check "Transform" to rotate the video 90 degree. 

This change isn't permanent, to save the video in its new orientation, you've to open Tools > Preferences and at the bottom of the preferences windows, enable "All" settings. Now find the heading call "Sout stream" (under Stream Output) then click on "Transcode" and choose "Rotate video filter" from the selections to the right and finally click "Save".

Click open VLC's Media menu > Convert/Save, click Add and choose the file we just rotated. Click on the "Convert/Save" button at the bottom of this dialog and then "Convert" (Alt+O). Select a destination and file name to which you want to save your new file. Go ahead and click "Start" and the file will be converted and saved.

#3. Download iMovie which is available at Mac App Store and open iMovie, click the file menu, select import and select video. Open the Crop Menu by selecting your video and press "C" on your keyboard or by clicking the crop button in the middle toolbar. You'll see the Rotate buttons appear at the top of the viewer and click the Left or Right rotation buttons to rotate the image in 90 degree increments, click done. 

Note : Use the "Fit" option to ensure that you don't lose any of the edges of your video when it's rotated.

How to Rotate a Video 90 degree on Android or iPhone

There are a variety of free and paid apps available for both iOS, Android Phones and tablets. Some popular apps include, Video Rotate Free, Video Rotate and Flip for iOS and mVideoCut, Video Toolbox for Android. 

Once you've installed the app, open it and select your video file. You can start rotating it, your options will depend on the app you're using, but almost all allow for basic 90 degree increments.

Bonus Tips : You can also use, online video rotating site like RotateMyVideo.net. Click the "Pick Video" button in the middle of the page and select the video on your computer or mobile device. The video is uploading and can take a few seconds or even a few minutes, depending of your connection and size of your video. Click the buttons in the Rotation section (Left or Right arrows) until the video is fixed. Click the "Download" link to download the rotated video.

How to Remove Your Number from Turecaller Database

Truecaller is an excellent Global phone number directory available that shows you contact details of unknown numbers calling you. Truecaller fetch the contact details from all it's user's address book, if you've never used the service, your name and phone number could be on Truecaller database. 

Truecaller has some privacy issues and threats which may leads us to trouble. As our number is listed on Truecaller database, it's easily accessible by any unknown person. Truecaller lists the address of the landline numbers and you wouldn't want strangers to know your home address just because you called them from your landline. For this reason, you should remove your number from Truecaller's database. 

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Note : you can't remove your number from the Truecaller database, if you're using the app. You'll have to deactivate you own account to get your number removed. 

How to deactivate your Truecaller account

#1. Windows Mobile : Open the app and tap the three dots in the bottom right corner > Settings > Help > Deactivate account.

#2. Android : Open the app > tap the people icon in the upper left corner > Settings > About > Deactivate account.

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#3. iPhone : Open the app > tap the gear icon in the top right corner > About Truecaller > Scroll down > Deactivate Truecaller. 

How to remove your number from Truecaller 

• Go to the Truecaller unlist page.

• Enter your phone number with the correct country code. For example: +911140404040 or +919999999999.

• Tick one of the reasons for unlisting, or if you wish, type your reasons for removal in the Other form.

• Enter Key in the verification Captcha and Click Unlist.

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Truecaller claims that it removes these numbers up to 24 hours after receiving an unlist request. This doesn't always mean that your number will stay off the service forever. Your best bet is to keep checking with Truecaller users whether they see your contact details. If they don't, you're good to go. If not, you can always ask them to unlist your number.

How to Disable Animations in iOS (No Jailbreak)

SpringBoard animation in iOS might seem pretty fast and responsive to you but did you know that it slow down the overall system. While the animation are running, user can't interact with apps or iOS as a whole, and waiting for an animation to complete before you can tap anywhere within an app is no fun for anyone. 

There have been countless jailbreak tweaks that disable animation, but of course, not everyone likes to jailbreak. Here are the steps you need to follow to disable system animation on iPhone, iPad and iPad touch.

How to Disable Animation in iOS without Jailbreak

Note : Restarting your device will restore the system animations again.

Step 1: Open Settings → General → Accessibility → Assistive Touch and enable the Assistive Touch switch.

Step 2: Go to the Home screen and drag the Assistive Touch nub to the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.

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Step 3: Invoke Spotlight search by swiping down on the Home screen. When the Assistive Touch nub rests above the keyboard, tap the screen to dismiss Spotlight. If you time Spotlight to dismiss as soon as the nub goes above the keyboard, you’ll notice Spotlight’s interface speed up, indicating that the glitch is now active.

Step 4: Try launching any app to see if the animations are gone. If not, repeat Step 3 until it works. Some suggest that you should try ~20 times, but I was able to make it work almost immediately.

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Step 5: Disable the Assistive Touch switch enabled in Step 1.

Best Methods to Upload Photos to Instagram From Computer

Instagram is now one of the most popular social site for sharing pictures and short videos. You can run Instagram on popular platforms such as iOS, Android and Windows phone. Instagram launched a web platform in 2013, but it only gives the ability to view your Web profile and others profile, like photos and follow/unfollow.  The app is available for phones, it is not available for desktops including Windows and Mac but there are some ways to upload photos to Instagram. 

In order to upload Photos to Instagram, you can use any you like to transfer your Photos from your desktop to a mobile device that either runs on iOS, Android or Windows and then upload it through the Instagram app.

1. Emailing yourself the photo then opening and downloading the photos from your phone.
2. Saving the photo on Evernote then using the Evernote app to download it on your phone.
3. Use DropBox, Google Drive or Amazon cloud to create folder on your computer and drop any photos you potentially want to use on Instagram on that folder.
4. Upload your images to Flickr or Facebook from PC and download to your mobile phones.

Note : The above methods are time consuming but safe. 

There are some Apps using which you can upload or post photos to Instagram from Computer like Bluestacks, InstaPic. 

How to upload photos to Instagram by Bluestacks 

Bluestacks app player allows you to run any Android app on your Windows or Mac PC. To upload Photos to Instagram from your PC, download and install Bluestacks App Player on your PC.

Sign in to Bluestacks with your Google account credentials.
Search the Instagram App and install it. Sign up or login to your Instagram account.  Now choose the photos to be uploaded and Scale and crop the image.  Add filter to image, upload and share.

How to upload photos to Instagram using InstaPic

InstaPic is the first and only fully featured and free Instagram client for Windows devices. The app comes with a suite of Photo editing features like adjusting brightness, saturation, contrast and several more. This app allows users to upload Photos by either selecting from the gallery or using the camera on your laptop or desktops. Once you have selected the photos, you can do all the basic editing you find on the official Instagram mobile app and then apply filters before uploading them. 

Note : There are also some apps like Gramblr, Up-Uploader for Mac, ARC Welder and Instamize, but I don't prefer due to security reasons. Gramblr can get you banned because of misuses of the API, Bluestacks and InstaPic don't use API. If you're using any of the tools that use the API, you can get banned. 

You can use Latergramme to upload and schedule photos and videos from your computer or mobile device, at the time of posting they send you a notification on your mobile device, you just have to click the notification and you're ready to post in Instagram. 

Tell Us, Which Method do you use to upload photos to Instagram from PC.  Drop a line in Comment Box!

How to Get Free Ride in Uber

Uber is an on-demand car service that allows you to request private drivers through applications for iPhone and Android devices. The service utilizes dispatch software to send the nearest driver to your location. The service provides a cashless solution that charges your ride directly to the credit card on file with your account.  Uber is a good cab service used in 58 countries including United States, United kingdom, India, china, Brazil, Singapore etc and connected to new cities in every week. 

Uber provides the following type of service having different type of cab and variation in fare.

1. UberX : Its Uber's low cost option, allow you to get from Point A to Point B without putting a hurt on your pocket and there can be up to 4 passengers.

2. Uber Black : This is Uber's original service, choosing Black car will send a high end sedan to your location. It is essentially the luxury version of UberX and there can be up to 4 passengers.

3. Uber Taxi – This calls a taxi that has an agreement with Uber. These taxis are much like any normal taxi, except that you can pay through the app.

4. Uber SUV : This is significantly more expensive than the Black Car service with seating up to 6 people.

5. Uber LUX : This will send a high-end luxury car to your location with seating for up to 4 people. This is Uber’s most expensive service.

How to get Free Ride in Uber

Download the Uber App which is available for free from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and the BlackBerry App world. Install the app on your device and then open it.  You will be asked to create an account. 

Uber will need your name, mobile number, email, language and billing information ( excluding some countries like India ). You must enable location service in mobile and verify your mobile number by using OTP sent to mobile. Once your Uber account is created, login to your account and tap on promotions and enter the promocode RAJENDERM173UE

How to use Free Ride in Uber

Sign in to your Uber account, choose vehicle type and mark your position on the map with a pin or you can set the location by tap the "Set Pickup Location" button. You will be given the option to pay with any Uber credit that you may have on your account like free ride.  

Wait in front of your exact street address for your ride and you will be given an estimation on how long your car will take to show up. 

Common tips

1. Fares are different in every city, so be sure to check the Uber website or use an online fare estimator. All cities have a minimum fare. 

2. Uber charges are based on a combination of time and distance. If the car is travelling under 11 mph (18 km/h), you will be charged by the minute, and if you are travelling over 11 mph (18 km/h), you will be charged by the mile.

3. If you don’t have access to the Uber app, you can request a car through the Uber mobile site or by texting your pickup address and city to UBR222. 

4. The Uber app will provide you with the phone number of your driver. You can use this contact the driver if you have any special considerations.

5. If you need to cancel your reservation, you will be charged a $5-$10 fee if you cancel after five minutes.

6. If there was no car available, try again in a few minutes, as a driver may have dropped their passengers off and become available. 

7. If using the TAXI service, you can select the amount to be tipped through your Uber Payment Settings - the default is 20%. 

8. Uber only recognizes a 5 star rating as a positive one. Any number less than 5 may harm your driver's service.

9. Each Uber account can only request one car. Someone else in your party will need to order the second car from another Uber account.

10. You cannot signup in US to get free ride in $ dollar and use in India. You will not get $20*66=Rs 1320/- in India. Don't try to fool the system by changing your location in mobile or browser to get such rides, you may loose your country ride also.

Share your story! How many free rides have you had and what problems you experienced with Uber car service. We'd love to know all about it? 

5 Best Ways to Access Blocked Sites

Internet is the best source of information but at the same time, many countries have banned websites on the behalf of security, culture etc and peoples can't access them. Is your school, college or office blocking you from getting on social network websites like Facebook, Myspace, Friendster etc. 

Here are some best and easiest ways you can bypass the restrictions and surf like normal, but please check with your local authorities before using them. We will not held any responsibility if you’ve breach the regulations of any.

1. Using a VPN Service: Virtual Private networks route the traffic via their servers and hence you will be able to access these sites even if they are banned in your country. There are many free and paid VPN services available for Windows and also mobile devices. All you need to do is to install the VPN service provider’s app and get started. 

Please note, some of the VPN service providers may be blocked in certain countries, so you need to check if it is accessible in your location. We have compiled a list of best VPN service providers here.

VPN Book, Hide.Me, Finch VPN, Hotspot Shield, CyberGhost, FreeVPN.Me, ProXPN, SecurityKiss, Its Hidden, Hideman, Froot VPN, iVPN, HideIPVPN, USA IP, ibVPN, VPN Reactor, TunnelBear, TorVPN, SpotFlux, GetVPN.

2. Using Proxy Websites: There are lots of proxy websites offering free access to blocked websites. These sites offer free browsing by just entering the URL of the website you want to navigate to. Since the traffic is routed through a proxy server, it is advisable not to share your username or password for sites requiring them.


3. Using IP to access the website: Each of the websites has their own IP address and ISPs might have blocked the website based on URL and not IP address. So you might be able to access the website via IP address. There are lots of websites which provide you with the IP address of any website. So once you have got the IP address, just type it in the address bar instead of the URL and you will be able to access it.

You can also get the IP address by using the command prompt by typing ping www.baatkar.com. Replace "baatkar" with the name of blocked website. Here 74.125.203.121 is the IP Address of the website.


4. Using Tor Browser: Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy. So this browser surfs anonymously, so you can access any blocked websites using this browser.

5. Using Google Translate: Google Translate as the name indicates allows you to translate text or website from one language to another. Now here if you enter the website which is already in your language, Google translate will show error, so instead you need to select any language to translate it. Once the translate is complete, you get an option to view the original website.

There are many other ways to access blocked websites like Google Cache, Internet Archive-Wayback Machine, Use Proxy in Browsers, Retrieve Web pages via Email, Subscribe to RSS feed etc..but we listed the best and easiest ways to access the blocked websites. 

How to Expand Your Phone Storage with Wireless USB stick

If your smartphone or tablet is running low on storage for your apps, photos, videos, music and other files, perhaps you have received an error message suggesting you have insufficient storage available. When your mobile phone has limited storage and there's no option to add an external SD card. 

To overcome this situation, you have clouded based services like Dropbox or Google Drive that add virtually unlimited storage to your phone but you've to be connected to the Internet to access your files. Another solution for this problem is Use a wireless USB stick from Sandisk that adds storage to your phones and tablets much like a regular USB drive. 

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How to use Sandisk wireless USB stick

1. Plug the USB device into your laptop or desktop computer and let it charge for about an hour or two.
2. Once the device is charged, you tap the little power button on the stick to turn it on.
3. Now install the Sandisk connect app on your mobile phone and go to WiFi settings on your mobile phone and connect to the WiFi hotspot created by the USB stick.

 Advantage of using Sandisk wireless USB stick

1. You can assess content of the USB drive like stream audio, video files, photos, PDF Files and other document.
2. You can easily transfer files between the phone and the wireless drive. 

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3. You have an option to add a USB WiFi password to prevent other nearby devices from connecting the USB stick.
4. Sandisk Connect USB stick requires no Internet connection.
5. Multiple devices can connect to the same USB drive over WiFi.
6. Act as a bridge between the iOS and Android device.
7. Sandisk connect is compatible with both Android and iOS devices and is available in various capacities from 16GB TO 128 GB.

You can buy Sandisk wireless USB stick from Flipkart or Amazon. 
 

How to Find Your WiFi Network Password

Your computer is connected to WiFi network and you forget the WiFi password that you had earlier used to connect to this particular WiFi network. Whether you've misplaced your home network's password or you're visiting someone house and don't want to ask them for the password. Maybe you forget the password or maybe the network administrator entered it directly without revealing the actual password to you. You would now like to connect a second device like your mobile phone, laptop, Tablet to the same WiFi network but how do you find out the WiFi Security Key.

You can either send a password request to the WiFi admin or you can retrieve the saved password with some easy steps given below.

Find the Default Password Printed on the Router

Modern WiFi routers offered by many Internet Service Providers comes with a default WiFi network name and password. To find default password, just examine your WiFi router and see a sticker somewhere on it that contain both the Network Name (SSID) and Wireless Security Key (Password).

Also See : How to Create a WiFi Hotspot in Windows 10

Find the WiFi Password on Windows

To look up a WiFi network password on Windows, open the Control Panel and Click "View network status and tasks" under Network and Internet. Click the name of the current Wi-Fi connection to the right of “Connections”. 

Click the “Wireless Properties”  button in the Wi-Fi Status window that appears. 

Click the “Security” tab and activate the “Show characters” checkbox to view the hidden password.

You can also use Command Prompt to retrieve your WiFi network Password. Open the command prompt in administrator mode. Type “cmd” in the Run box, right-click the command prompt icon and choose Run as Administrator. Now enter the following command and hit enter to see the WiFi password.

netsh wlan show profile name=digital adda key=clear

Remember to replace digital adda with the name of your Network name or Wireless SSID. The password will show up under the Security Setting section > key content.
 
If you would only like to see the password and not the other information, use the findstr command:
netsh wlan show profile name=digital adda key=clear | findstr Key


Also See : How to access Your Router if You forget the Password

Find the Password on a Mac

Both Windows and Mac allows you to view the current network WiFi password, however mobile devices like Android smartphones and Apple's iPhone and iPads don't allow you to view your Current WiFi network password.

To find the Wi-Fi password on your Mac, press Command+Space to open the Spotlight search dialog, type “Keychain Access” without the quotes, and press Enter to launch the Keychain Access app.

Locate the name of your Wi-Fi network in the list, click it, and then click the “info” button — it looks like an “i” — at the bottom of the window.

Click the “Show Password” checkbox in the window that appears. You’ll have to enter your username and password to gain access to the password. You’ll need an administrator account for this.Click the “Show Password” checkbox in the window that appears. You’ll have to enter your username and password to gain access to the password. You’ll need an administrator account for this.

You can also use Terminal to retrieve WiFi network password. Open Spotlight (Cmd+Space) and type terminal to open the Terminal window. At the command line, enter the following command (replace baatkar with your WiFi name), then enter your Mac username and password to access the OS X keychain and the Wi-FI network password would be displayed on the screen in plain text.

security find-generic-password -wa baatkar

Find the WiFi Password on Linux

Open the terminal and enter the followind command (replace baatkar with your WiFi network name). The value of the field psk is your WiFi password.

sudo cat /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/baatkar | grep psk=


If you don’t know the network name, use the following command.

sudo grep psk= /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/*

Start WLAN AutoConfig 

If you are using this technique to retrieve the WiFi password on a Windows computer but getting an error that says – “The Wireless AutoConfig Service (wlansvc) is not running” – here’s a simple fix:

Click the Windows Start button and type “services.msc” in the Run box to access Windows Services. Here go to the WLAN Autoconfig service and make sure that the status is Running. Else right-click the WLAN AutoConfig service, select Properties and go to Dependencies. Check all the dependencies to make sure they are all running.

Reset Your Router to its Default WiFi Password

If you don't find your WiFi network password and don't have access to your router's web interface, You can reset your router and force it to use the default WiFi password printed on the router once again.

Look for a small “reset” button on the router. It’s often a pinhole button you’ll have to press with a bent paperclip or a similarly small object. Press the button down for ten seconds or so and your router’s settings will be completely erased and reset to their defaults. The Wi-Fi network name and password will be restored to the default ones on the router.