How to get rid of advertisements while browsing

Limited advertisements is acceptable by almost many users, but the number of websites on websites are increasing more as it is the main source for any website administrator . Some advertisements pops in middle of reading an article or watching a video on YouTube, some person starts talking about some washing powder or other something suddenly which makes us wonder from where the sound is coming from for some seconds and it became to wait for 5 seconds for watching a video which sounds really annoying as we don't know whether the website is really helpful or not.  For stopping these kind of advertisements some of the nice developers had developed extensions for web browsers  which when installed blocks almost(99%) all advertisements on a website, and the links are as follows:

Mozilla Firefox: ABP(Ad Block Plus) is the best extension for Mozilla Firefox, if you know how to install extensions for Firefox then its fine, or else click on Add to Firefox after which it downloads plugin and installs it automatically. After successful installation it asks for restart option which can be skipped and you can continue your browsing or you can restart if you want.

Google Chrome: Chrome ABP(Ad Block Plus) click on the link and install, if you are new for installing extensions on Google Chrome you need to sign in to your Google account and click on install button.

Safari: Safari Adblock(AdBlock) click on Get it button, after successful downloading install it by double clicking the file.

These plugins/extensions work for web browsers installed on Windows and Mac OS, recently ABP(Android ABP, doesnt need your phone to be rooted) plugin released application for Android Mobile OS where in it blocks all advertisements on web browsers in Android over Wi-Fi(I didn't tried it if anyone tried please leave a comment as it would be helpful for others, thank you in advance).

How to protect Google Plus account

Google Plus is a social networking site developed and maintained by Google Inc. If you have a google account  you can activate your google plus account with single click, with single google account you can enjoy all google services apart of saving your search history, free mailing service(up to limited memory space), youtube, google docs, google calendars and many( for others check Google Products).

Google Plus is very simple to use  and powerful as google results are also affected, so many corporate companies are customising their profiles and posting regular updates and offers in order to attract more traffic from Google.

With the increase in number of Android OS phones, number of people accessing Google Plus via mobile has increased a lot when compared to accessing the site via web browser. Google is continuously updating Google plus application in both Android and iOS(iPhone 3gs and higher, iPod 4 and 5th generation) to allow users in using the best of it.  But few things have to be thought while posting your opinions or links which are

> Don't attach your location for posting any public posts or videos as this result in being added into circles from people you never know and will end up getting strange messages from different people.

>  Share personal information within your circles instead of public.

> Use public circle while sharing a thought about something which is trending or general information like sharing this post etc.

> If you don't want your photos to be uploaded automatically into google plus instant upload(though your photos will not be posted until selected) go to settings  and turn it off.

> Block users if you think they are harassing you by simply blocking them, which can be done by visiting their profile and selecting menu options(if using android supported phones) and select block.

> Always check your settings every month and view your profile how it looks by logging into account via web browser and selecting profile in the left hand side and  selecting "View As" and entering different circles and if any settings has be changed, change it immediately by going to google account  settings.

Google Plus profile tab and View as option

By following these simple steps you can protect yourself and enjoy sharing things with people u love.

Traffic Widget in Android ICS

Google Maps has taken a major change by adding live traffic updates, though it is not supported in all places but the places at which it has been supporting is being used by many to know traffic at particular location while planning their travel. Open https://maps.google.com/ and select traffic view by moving your cursor on default map display view then select Traffic, after zooming maps it looks as below

Traffic View of Google Maps

Android latest version 4.0 formally known as Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)  has gained an immense priority from its availability  in all latest mobiles from Google Nexus S, HTC ONE series till now Samsung Galaxy SIII. 

Is there any relation between these two?? Yes, Now you can know the traffic at any place on ICS supported phones with a simple widget, which can be easily done by following steps:

> Long press on your Android OS phone(Samsung Galaxy SIII, HTC One Series, Samsung Nexus S etc)

> Click on Widget  and it display a list of all available widgets on your phone

> Scroll down to Traffic and click it

>In name field for your widget for example(trafficdallas)

> In enter destination field enter the place where you want see traffic(eg dallas)  and click on save 

> Give some time(normally 10 seconds) for the widget to sync with google maps and update the traffic at the specified location 

> If traffic at specified place is available then you can see widget as 

Traffic widget

> if you see any warning symbol instead of any color then please check the place again

That's it!! Now on your phone tap you can see traffic status at particular location, isn't it handy? 

Chrome Update

Google Chrome  has released its new version which is 19.0.1084.46 m , its very simple to update chrome or check its version all you need to do is follow these simple steps and you are done.

> click on settings icon near Google Chrome address bar

Fig: Settings icon in Chrome

> click on "About Google Chrome"

after clicking a pop-up window is displayed which gives the current version installed in your 

Desktop/Laptop and present updated version of Google Chrome and if any update is required then it is done automatically

A sample pop-up window of Google chrome version

Cold Turkey

Cold Turkey is website blocking tool available for both free and paid versions. This portable tool is available for Microsoft Windows OS and supports Windows XP/Vista/7, free version can block sites to a maximum of seven days whereas paid version can do this for thirty days . Once the tool has been successfully installed the screen looks like this

You can also the site you wish by clicking on Custom Sites and entering manually or by clicking on import file( save all the websites URL's you want to block  in txt file). After selecting all the websites you wanted to block in the second step select the date and time upto which you want to block these sites then click on "GO COLD TURKEY!" and that's it you are done , all the mentioned sites will be blocked till the specified time. 

A warning window which confirm that the blocking of sites is about to be started.

A sample test scenario in which we tested Cold Turkey on facebook and its working 

You can also add websites at the time of blockage inorder to do this open the cold turkey software and follow the similar procedure 

Download cold turkey here .