Create Cool Vodafone Pug Signatures

Hi! Everyone, hope you all are fine.
Today in this post I will tell you how you can create cool looking Pug Signature. As few days back Mobile Number Portability (MNP) launched so now to attract customer Vodafone have made a Facebook application by which you can make some Vodafone’s Pug Signature Banners.

Create A Cool Signature

  1. Go to apps.facebook.com/pugsignature
  2. Login to your Facebook account (if not logged in)
  3. It will ask you to grant access to your some personal details
  4. Click on Allow button (if you want them to access your access your details)
  5. Select a signature banner you want to use
  6. Now fill the form with your details (you can see the demo above how your banner will look with your details)
  7. Then click on Submit button
  8. Once you click on submit it will publish it on your wall
  9. If you want to save it in your computer click on Download button
  10. Now it will take it to the photo which got publish on your wall (after submitting)
  11. At the bottom-right side menu click on Download in High Resolution
  12. Now that Pug signature is saved in your computer

Vodafone Pug Signature

My favorite banner is red color, do tell me which is your favorite banner color.

See Historical Images And Places In Google Earth

Hi! Everyone, hope you all are fine.
Today in this post I will tell and show you how you can see the Historical images of any places you want. Near about couple of months ago Google introduces the new version of Google Earth 6. In the new version of Google Earth you can see the historical images of many different places.

Historical Images In Google Earth

When you will zoom into any particular place a clock icon will appear in the status bar with the year till which you can see the images of that particular place.

Google Earth History Clock And Year

When you will click on that year it will take you to the images of that particular place with that year. You can also see the images in between present and that year by moving the time slider in timeline with the help of mouse.

And see how the place is changed in between.

See this video to see in details about Historical Images in Google Earth

If you are having problem in viewing the videos Click here.

All About Mobile Number Portability (MNP) In India

Hi! Everyone, hope you all are fine.
Today in this post I will talk about Mobile Number Portability (MNP). Mobile Number Portability is the most awaited in all over India and is finally launched on 20th January 2011. Haryana is the first state to try it this out, in Haryana it was launched on 27th November 2010 for testing purpose and more than 80,000 people have changed their mobile network operator using MNP. Now let me tell you what and how of Mobile number portability (MNP)

Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

Let me tell you first how you can change your operator, here how you can

  1. Send a SMS “PORT <Your Mobile Number>  to 1900
    Massage Body: PORT 9812345678
    Send to: 1900
  2. Now you will receive a SMS from 1901 with a Unique Porting Code with an expiry date and time after which that code will not work if you didn’t port your number before that date
  3. Now go to the nearest  Official store of the respective mobile operator you want and collect a form for mobile portability
  4. Now fill that form and also in that form you need to give the Unique Porting Code (UPC) which you got while sending an SMS to 1900
  5. Then submit that form to that operator from where you have collected it
  6. And within seven days your number will get port to new operator

Q.1) What is Mobile number portability (MNP)?
A.1) Mobile Number Portability or MNP let you continue with your current mobile telephone numbers when you are changing from one mobile network operator to another.

Q.2) If I didn’t port my number before the expiry date of Unique Porting Code, will I not able to port anymore?
A.2) In general UPC expires after 15 days from the day you sent the SMS to 1900. And Yes, you will able to port even after UPC get expire but you have to resend the same SMS and you will get a new Unique Porting Code (UPC) which you can use it to apply.

Q.3) Will I able to transfer my current prepaid balance to new operator?
A.3) No, you will not able to transfer your current prepaid balance to new operator.

Q.4) In the process my mobile number will get disconnect?
A.4) Yes in the seven days process your mobile number will get disconnect for two hours, in the night between 11 PM to 5 AM (IST).

Q.5) Will I get charge for porting my number?
A.5) Yes, you will be changed of Rs.19 for porting your number by TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), which you need to pay to your new operator.

Q.6) How many time I will able to change my operator?
A.6) As for now there is no limit, you can port your number as much time as you want. But you need to complete 90 days with the new operator after porting.

Q.7) I am currently using my number in West Bengal and want to port it to Delhi, will I able to do that?
A.7) No, you will not able to port your number from one state to another, you need to port within the circle (state).

Q.8) How old my number should be to port it to new operator?
A.8) Your number should be 90 days old before you can apply for porting.

Q.9) Only prepaid or only postpaid subscribers will able to take advantage of MNP?
A.9) Both prepaid and postpaid subscriber can take advantage of MNP.

Q.10) Will I able to take advantage of MNP without carry forwarding my dues of existing operator?
A.10) No, there should be no dues before you port your number to new operator.

Q.11) What are documents I need to carry when I go to apply for MNP?
A.11) You need to carry Proof Of Identity (POI) and Proof Of Address (POA)

Q.12) Will able to shift from CDMA to GSM or GSM to CDMA on MNP?
A.12) Yes you can shift from CDMA to GSM or GSM to CDMA in MNP, just you should have supported mobile for that.

Q.13) Will I able to cancel my MNP request?
A.13) Yes, you can cancel your MNP request within 24 hours from the time you requested for MNP, with a written application.

Q.14) Will I get refund of Rs. 19 porting after I cancel MNP request?
A.14) No, you will not get your refund of Rs. 19 after once you made the request for MNP by submitting the form.

Q.15) Can in use MNP for my landline phone?
A.15)  As MNP is Mobile Number Portability so it is only for mobile not for landline or any other, so answer is No.

Q.16) Will I get a new SIM card from new operator?
A.16) yes, you will get a new SIM from new operator before your number gets ported.

Q.17) Do I have to return my old SIM card?
A.17) No, in any case you don’t need to return your old SIM card.

Q.18) If I have Vodafone number register on my name and I want to transfer it to other person’s name during the process of MNP, is it possible to do?
A.18) No, you can’t transfer the number to the other person’s name during the process of MNP.

Q.19) How will I get to know, now I have to change my old SIM card with the new one or how will I get to know my number is ported to new operator?
A.19) You will get an SMS with the date and time of porting so according to that you can change your SIM card.

For testing purpose I sent an SMS to 1900 and afterwards I got a call from my operator regarding why I want to port my number. So you have a chance to demand what you want from your mobile network operator.  :p

So if you are going to change your operator then do let us know by commenting below and also with the reason so other also can know about that operator. And if I have missed any questions which you want to know regarding MNP do let me know by commenting below.

Get Warrning Before Closing Multiple Tabs At A Time

Cross Post With Google-Chrome

Hi! Everyone, hope you all are fine.
Today in this post I will tell you how you can stop your browser by closing multiple tabs at a time. All of you must be using latest versions of web browser in which now a days have tab feature instead of opening each webpage in a new separate window you can open as many web pages in one window in separate tab. But not like FireFox and Internet Explorer, Google Chrome will not alert you when you are going to close multiple tabs at time. If by mistake you closed the main window of Google Chrome then all your tabs will also get closed and you will lost all your work. So here is an extension by klausw@google.com which can warn you before closing multiple tabs at a time.

Confirm Navigation (Leave This Page)

Go to https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lnpifgapnmpninomacbhdlconlpikdai there click on Install button, now the extension is install in your computer, whenever you are going to close multiple tabs at a time it will prompt a massage asking you if you want to close all tabs.

You can make the settings according to you, when and how alert should appear

  1. Click on Customize and control Google Chrome button (at the top-right side of the window)
  2. The go to Tools –> Extensions
  3. Customize And Control Google Chrome -- Tools -- Extensions

  4. Then click on Options under Window Close Protector extension
  5. Options Under Window Close Protector Extension

  6. Now choose the settings according to you
  7. After you set the settings according to your click on Save button
  8. Save button

Hope now this will help you when you accidently close all your tabs

Thanks to @labnol for the tip.

How To Embed Facebook Videos Anywhere On Your Blog Or Website

Cross Post With In-Face-Book

Hi! Everyone, hope you all are fine.
Today in this post I will tell you how you can embed Facebook Videos on your blog or website. All of you see videos everyday on YouTube, Facebook and other many different sites. But when you like a video and want to share it with your visitors. So what you do, if it is a YouTube video you embed it on your page and when that video is from Facebook do you put the link of that video which goes that video page on Facebook? It is not necessary that all your visitors have a Facebook account. So you can embed that video on your webpage.

Embed Facebook Videos

Here what you have to do.

  1. Go to that video page which you want to embed (for example we will use this video link http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1246153453292)
  2. Every Facebook video have a unique ID which you will get in video URL
    For our example video URL, video ID is 1246153453292
  3. Now copy that video ID and replace it with VIDEO-ID in below code (there are two place where you have replace)
  4. <object width="400" height="224" >
    <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
    <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
    <param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/VIDEO-ID" />
    <embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/VIDEO-ID" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="224">
    </embed>
    </object>
  5. After you replace it, it will look something like this
  6. <object width="400" height="224" >
    <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
    <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
    <param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/1246153453292" />
    <embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/1246153453292" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="224">
    </embed>
    </object>
  7. Now copy that code (with the replaced video ID) and past it where ever you want
  8. You can also change the height and width according to your need

Here is an example Facebook video how it will look after it get embed

Export Your Facebook Friend’s Contact Details

Cross Post With In-Face-Book and Google-Chrome

There is a Google Chrome extension by Mohamed Mansour which let you export your Facebook friend’s data to your computer as CSV or in your Gmail account. You will able to export Name, Emails, Phone numbers, Screen names, and Websites which are shared with you by your friends.

Facebook Friend Exporter By Mohamed Mansour Export Your Facebook Friends Contact Details

Let see how you can do it

  1. Go to Facebook Friend Exporter extension page
  2. Click on Install button
  3. Google Chrome Webstore Install Button Export Your Facebook Friends Contact Details

  4. After your extension get install go to Facebook.com
  5. There you will see a new option called Export friends! is added in your Facebook menu bar, click on it
  6. Export friends Export Your Facebook Friends Contact Details

  7. A popup will come asking Redirect now, click on it
  8. Redirect now Export Your Facebook Friends Contact Details

  9. It will take you to Edit Friends page (don’t close this page) and also open a new tab/window
  10. Now read their terms and conditions (you should read it)
  11. Now select I have read the Terms of Service. (if you read it)
  12. Then click on Let’s get started! Button
  13. I have read the Terms of Service. Export Your Facebook Friends Contact Details

  14. Now you will see all your friends (if you have many friends it may take time to load page)
  15. At the top you will see let’s start! Button click on it
  16. lets start Export Your Facebook Friends Contact Details

  17. Now you will see some activities going on in Edit Friends page
  18. Now wait if you have many friends (in hundreds) then it will take hours because Facebook don’t allow visiting more than 60 profiles in an hour. By the time you can continue doing whatever you like in a new tab/window. If you closed the tab/window you can continue till where it was left just follow from the step 4 as because it cached all the data in your computer.

  19. After it cached all your friends you will see a massage in top box
  20. If you want to skip any friend data just uncheck them (by default all are checked)
  21. Now click on Gmail button if you want to save data in Google Contacts
  22. Gmail button Export Your Facebook Friends Contact Details

  23. Then it will ask you to access your Google Contacts (if you are not login it will ask you to login to your Gmail account in which you want to save)
  24. Now click on Grant access button
  25. Grant access button Export Your Facebook Friends Contact Details

  26. Now all your data is saved in Gmail Contacts with a label name called Importde from Facebook
  27. Or click on CSV button if you want to save it in CSV
  28. CSV button Export Your Facebook Friends Contact Details

  29. A blog will appear where you will see all your data
  30. Open a notepad
  31. Copy-past that data into that notepad
  32. Save (Ctrl + S) the notepad
  33. While saving select All files (*.*) in Save as type option
  34. Then give the name to that file after the name put .csv
  35. Now save the file

save the file Export Your Facebook Friends Contact Details

It might be looking big task but when you will do it is not at all a big task, I have just written each and every steps that why it may be looking big takes.

As this extension is open source so you can see what going on, to see the codes go to github.com/mohamedmansour/fb-exporter

Note: – Use this extension on your own risk, Facebook Terms doesn’t allow you to use any such things. Facebook Terms says “You will not collect users’ content or information, or otherwise access Facebook, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our permission.”