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How to save bandwidth on limited broadband plans

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 09:30 AM PDT

bandwidth-saving Most of the Indian broadband users are on limited bandwidth plans. The reason for choosing these limited broadband plans is lower price than unlimited plans and also higher speed than unlimited plans. For example BSNL 500C+ plan gives you 2.5 GB of free bandwidth and 2Mbps speed whereas unlimited 750 plan gives you only 256Kbps speed. So most of the people use limited plans. These plans offer high speed but can also result in a heavy monthly bill if you go beyond your download limit. This article is about monitoring and saving your bandwidth to save yourself from extra bills.

Monitor your Internet usage

A limited broadband user must monitor his internet usage. By monitoring internet usage you can spend less time on internet when you are reaching to limit. Networx is a great software to monitor your bandwidth. You can also set free hours so that it ignores counting in that period. You can also set monthly quota and it displays warning messages when you reach near to the limit. An alternative to NetWorx can also be NetMeter.

Link: Networx

Take advantage of your Free Downloading hours

Many limited bandwidth plans offer free downloading hours. Like BSNL500C+ plan offer free downloading between 2AM to 8AM. Most of the ISPs have same plans, you get free downloading at night. But it is difficult to wake up at 2AM and download. But by using scheduling softwares like your Internet Download Manager, you can easily take full advantage of your free hours. Schedule your download manager to start downloads at 2am and stop at 8am. Place download links in the day and it will automatically download at night.

Save bandwidth while browsing

While surfing the net, you can screw up a lot of bandwidth. Sites with flash content, loads of images and advertisements eat up lots of bandwidth. To save your bandwidth without effecting your great browsing experience, use Ad blocking addons in Firefox or Chrome. Also use the FlashBlock addon to save loading unwanted flash objects, animations and videos. It will save your bandwidth and also improve your browsing experience.

While using all these tools, you should also remember on thing that these tools can only save your bandwidth if you want them to. You should also control yourself from clicking on every link or downloading at monitored hours. In the end, we also want to hear from you, what are your ways to save bandwidth?

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Manage Your Twitter Account in Firefox Sidebar

Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:51 AM PDT

There are many desktop clients available which enables users to manage their twitter accounts. But they also hog your system resources as well. How good it would be if you could manage your twitter account without any client? And manage twitter account in your browser?

Well, we came across a great tool, Yoono, which helps you manage your Twitter account in Firefox. With Yoono, you cannot only manage your Twitter account but also other social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Flickr etc.

1. Install Yoono in Firefox from Mozilla add-ons site.

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2. Once installed, it will show you the list of supported services in Firefox siderbar.

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3. Select the account you want to add in Yoono e.g click on Twitter icon and it will ask you to login in to your twitter account.

4. Click Allow when it asks you that "an application would like to connect to your Twitter account".

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5. Once the account is added, you will see a small green arrow on the social network icon.

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6. Click Finish and it will open your Twitter account. Now you can update your Twitter status while browsing and you don't even have to open a new tab or any software.

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7. With Yoono, you can use the full functionality of twitter e.g update status, follow your timeline, read direct messages, replies from friends and much more.

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8. You can even upload and share photos and videos with your friends.

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9. One of my favourite features in Yoono is that you can share the web page easily on twiiter and other social networks you have added in Yoono with just one click. Just tick the check box of the social network (e.g Twitter or Facebook) and click Share.

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10. You can visit the profile of your friends, retweet their updates and much more.

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I think Yoono is a must have add-on for all the Firefox users.

Download Yoono for Firefox

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Edit Images in Google Chrome with Picnik

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 09:36 PM PDT

Picnik is a great tool which enables users to capture screenshots of web pages and edit them directly in your browser without the use of any other software. You can even add annotations to your images using Picnik and share it with your friends on popular image sharing websites such as Flickr, Picasa or Facebook etc. Picnik was a online service which was bought by Google so an extension for Chrome was always going to be in the works.

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1. First of all, install Picnik extension and you will see a small button next to your address bar in Chrome.

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2. Once installed, you can capture snapshots of any webpage you like while browsing. For example, click on the Picnik extension button and it will open a drop down list of options which you can use.

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3. You can either take the snapshot of the visible page or select from the list of different images that are on that page, and edit them in Picnik.

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4. For example, I want to take screenshot of the visible page and edit it using Picnik. After i click "Send the visible page to Picnik", It will open Picnik app in a new tab and load the picture.

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