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Orkut is going to die, but you can save your data

There was a time when Google’s very first social networking site “Orkut” was in great demand. But with the advent of other social networking websites, soon the traffic on Orkut came down. Thus the owner of the website, Google has now decided to say goodbye to Orkut on September 30, 2014. Fortunately, till then you can continue using the website and even export your data, pictures as well as community posts using Google Takeout. This service will enable you to download your Orkut data to your computer in a zip file.

Here’s how you can download data from your Orkut account

Before you start, it is important to note that you can only download data from your own account. This means that you cannot download testimonials or scraps you sent. You can only manage to download data that you have received. To save file using Google Takeout, follow the below given steps:

Step 1: Open Google Takeout and fill required details to sign in.

Step 2: Select ‘Choose services’.

Step 3: Now select ‘Orkut’.

Step 4: Click on ‘Create archive’. It will take a few minutes to archive the data. If you want, you can leave the page. Once the archive is ready, you will get an email.

Step 5: When the data has been archived, click on ‘Download’.

The best part about this method to download data is that, there’s no limit to archive information. But in case, you don’t want to download data and archive it, especially pictures in HTML format, you can export them directly to your Google+ account. Check out how:

Step 1: Open Google+ home page and log in to your account.

Step 2: Login to your Orkut account and open the album export page.

Step 3: Now select all the albums that you would to like to export. Or click on ‘Select all’.

Step 4: Click on ‘Import selected’ transfer your photos. Note that these pictures will be visible to you only. To make them visible to your Google+ members, you can go to privacy settings and select the desired changes.

So all the Orkut users pack up your stuff and get ready to bid adieu to your account.

How to report spam on Twitter?

Recently you posted a Tweet about a new job opening in your company and soon your account flooded with job opportunities from different Twitter users. Well, this is a common spam problem that most of the Twitter users face every time they Tweet something that involve mass attention.

A spam in Twitter is nothing but a prohibited behavior that disturbs human sentiments and violates the Twitter Rules. Such spamming includes activities like, posting harmful links, aggressive following behaviors, abusing the @reply or @mention function to post unwanted messages to users, creating multiple accounts, posting links with unrelated Tweets, etc.

The good thing is that the Twitter takes the spam issues seriously and this is the reason it has provided a better and more proactive solution to resolve the spam issue. Twitter makes it easy to report spam and block users on Twitter and it diligently review the account you report to be spam and suspend or remove it entirely. Reporting a spam in Twitter is easy, here‘s how you can do it.

Steps to report a spam on Twitter

If you found a profile that shows spamming behavior or Tweet content that violates the Twitter rules, then you need to follow these steps to report spam:

1. Go to the account profile of the person or group you report to be spam

2. Click the person icon that brings up a drop-down actions menu

3. Click on Report @username for spam

Once you click Report @username for spam, Twitter will automatically block the user from following you or from replying to you.

Steps to block users on Twitter

This option helps you to block a user in Twitter and not reporting them as spam. Once you block a user, you can restrict them from following you, adding you to their contact lists, seeing your profile picture on their profile page or on timeline, and sharing @replies or @mentions showing in your mentions tab. Here are the steps.

1. Log in to your Twitter account

2. Go to the profile page of the user you want to block

3. Click on the person icon on their profile page

4. In the drop-down actions menu, select Block from the options listed.

Twitter provides an easy and convenient method to report a spam and block a user; however, it might take some time in reviewing your report and taking necessary actions. But, before anything else, Twitter block the account and restrict its entry in your profile immediately you report a spam or block an account.

Facebook Shared Photo Album with Multiple Contributors

Interested in sharing photos in a group? Facebook allows you this facility…

As per the latest Facebook update, you can use your Facebook account to create shared photo albums and visit and re-visit all your nostalgic moments – be it a college reunion, a classmate’s wedding or even your kid’s first Parents Day in school! And what’s more? To this album there can be up to 50 contributors uploading a maximum of 200 photos each! Phew, this is quite a number for sure. With this update, Facebook has sure scored some brownie points, especially among photo buffs. Facebook definitely aims to take the group engagement pleasures to a never before high…

How to create a Shared Album with multiple contributors

In case you are reading this piece of information for the first time, you might as well be interested in knowing how you could create a group album. So, here you go…

Log in to your Facebook account
Go to your Profile page and click on the Photos tab, appearing on the top
This will take you to your Photo stream
Scroll to the ‘Create Album’ tab on the top right corner and click on it
Select the particular images you would like to include in this album
You can supplement your pictures with relevant information if you wish to
Navigate to the ‘Post Photos’ button, located in the lower right-hand corner, and click it
On the screen that will now display, select the ‘Make Shared Album’ option located on the upper left-hand corner
You can now select the other contributors (by adding their names) to the album and complete your task

You can access the same options to add other images, at a later time and as per your convenience. Also, if you would like to modify the privacy settings of this album, you can do so at this point. Public, Contributors, and Friends of Contributors are the three available options that you can pick from and accordingly select one to apply on your album. As is the case with other Facebook features, you can edit and re-edit any setting or picture as you may like it.

This Facebook feature isn’t currently open to all; so, till you can actually implement this, keep the planning on…

Secure your Twitter account in just two steps

Up until now, Twitter was known to offer breaking news, information on global events, local updates and a ground-breaking platform to indulge in healthy conversations. And now for your security, Twitter has geared up to combat the growing number of hacking attacks, making your account absolutely safe from unauthorized logins. The two-step authentication measure, available from today as an option, comes after numerous hacks of high-profile Twitter accounts, like the Associated Press, E! Online, and The Onion.

Jim O’Leary from Twitter’s product security team said “the new feature is in response to accounts “occasionally” being compromised by phishing schemes or password breaches on other sites”.

So how can make your Twitter account safe

To enable login verification from your Twitter account, all you need is a confirmed e-mail address and a verified phone number. It adds a six-digit code validation that is sent to your registered phone number by SMS every time you sign in to your Twitter account. Just enter the six-digit code and you are all set to tweet. So basically, besides your username and password, you will also have to enter the code to successfully log in. Similarly, to log back out, you will be asked to enter the six-digit code that you entered while signing in. This means that all the potential hackers would need to not only crack your password, but also they would need your mobile phone.

Even if the new two-step authentication process gives an extra layer of security to your Twitter account, Twitter said “users should still take common precautions. That includes selecting complex passwords that are unique to their Twitter account, and not clicking on suspicious email links”.

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