Backup Your Facebook Timeline, Photos and Status Updates

Posted on February 10, 2012 at 5:56 am

Facebook has become a part of daily life for millions of people, many of whom use the service to store photos and contact information. Facebook has become like a digital scrapbook of our lives, but unfortunately, we have very little control over the information we store on Facebook. At any time, the site could change their policies and delete or alter our stored content.

To create a backup of your Facebook status updates, timelines, friends list and contact information, try SocialSafe.

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Click Free Download to start using Social Safe.

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Create a Music Video Playlist to Share with Friends

Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:40 am

To share a playlist with friends, you normally must find a service that makes playlists, register, make the list (often with limited resources), then invite your friends to register to see the list. Choruzz simplifies this process to just a couple minutes worth of work, with no registration required for you or your friends.

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To start making your list, enter a title for the list and click the yellow Create Playlist button.

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From the options on the right, enter an artist or song title in the box labeled Add a Song and click the magnifying glass icon.

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Create a Movie from Your Facebook Timeline

Posted on February 8, 2012 at 5:15 am

The latest change to tick off Facebook users is the switch to timeline-style profile pages. While the timelines might be easier to navigate and offer more customization options, Facebook’s users just do not accept change well.

Apps are starting to appear to make timelines more colorful and stylish, and among them is a clever movie creator called Timeline Movie Maker.

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The beauty of Timeline Movie Maker is its automation. Instead of users having to manually choose photos, videos and other posts to add to the video, Timeline Movie Maker randomly selects content, sets it to music and creates a one-minute, ready-to-share montage of your timeline.

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Generate Custom CSS Code for Rounded Corners

Posted on February 4, 2012 at 5:18 am

Rounded corners are highly desired as in Web design. They give a softer, more professional experience for borders on a Web page. However, they are not the easiest element to code for CSS beginners.

If you are struggling with making your corners round, a service called Border Radius can generate code for you—all to your custom specifications and in CSS3, Gecko and WebKit.

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Convert a PDF to a Microsoft Office PDF, DOC or XLS File

Posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:05 am

When someone sends you a PDF, they do not always consider that you many need to edit that PDF or that you may want to print the PDF in a different format. We have been told PDFs are the most portable files available—and for the most part, they are—but sometimes editable file types just make more sense.

If someone sends you a PDF and you want to view it as an MS Office file, try converting it to your preferred format with PDFConverter.com.

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Skip Ads on YouTube

Posted on February 2, 2012 at 5:04 am

YouTube was once a place where we could peacefully watch videos starring skateboarding cats and nasty honey badgers. We could bounce from video to video, never encountering any resistance other than the occasional slow Internet connection or rogue flaming comment from disgruntled video watchers. It was a beautiful place to squander time—then Google decided to rain on our parade with video advertisements.

If you are a Chrome user and you are tired of the advertisements interrupting your YouTube time, a extension called Skip Ads on YouTube can give you back the peaceful YouTube experience from the good ol’ days.

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