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Kumara Velu

Kumara Velu is a multimedia trainer and has been a tech blogger since 2007, writing close to 1000 articles.

How to Create a Blog for Free and Make Money: 2 Quick and Easy Ways for Beginners

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>The best way to write and share your thoughts or know-how is by creating a blog&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You know you can set up a blog easily these days&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>But you wonder if you can do it for free and still make money out of it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Yes&comma; you can create a blog for free […]

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What is the SVG File Format? What is an SVG File Used For?

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Have you come across the SVG file format and are wondering what it is&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>If so&comma; here&&num;8217&semi;s a quick explanation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>SVG stands for <strong>Scalable Vector Graphics<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>It is a 2D non-photographic XML-based image format popularly used for web and logo design&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>If you want to include charts and illustrations or display quantitative statistics&comma; graphs&comma; […]

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What is 8-Bit Color Depth? A Quick Explanation

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>The maximum number of colors supported by an 8-bit image depth is 256 colors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>It is used in images&comma; digital video&comma; and computer-generated animation content&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Each pixel of color information is recorded using 8 bits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>This results in 256 or 2 to the power of 8 colors &lpar;2 x 2 x 2 x 2 […]

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How to Lock Photos on Facebook So Nobody Can Save Them

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Facebook is a great platform for you to share your photos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>What&&num;8217&semi;s more&comma; it allows you to organize your photos into albums&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>This is a handy feature&period; You may store up to 200 photos per album&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>But then there will be instances when you don&&num;8217&semi;t want certain people to download or save your photos […]

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What is Wi-Fi 6? Do You Need It?

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Wi-Fi 6 is the latest Wi-Fi standard to be introduced into the computer market&period; It is also known as 802&period;11 ax in the old parlance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Introduced in 2019&comma; and popularly known as AX Wi-Fi&comma; it is an upgrade of Wi-Fi 5&comma; also known as 802&period;11ac&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Wi-Fi 6 offers better speed and is more efficient&period; […]

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How to Make Facebook Private to Non-Friends

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Most non-savvy Facebook users leave their page at the default settings&period; They don&&num;8217&semi;t know that this would expose certain &&num;8216&semi;private&&num;8217&semi; information to strangers&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>In truth&comma; they may just wish to share this information with their friends only&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>If you&&num;8217&semi;re one of them&comma; you would want to know how to exclude strangers from viewing […]

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How to Change the Download Location in Google Chrome

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>If you&&num;8217&semi;re downloading files with Google Chrome&comma; your files will be saved in the <strong>Users&bsol;&bsol;Downloads <&sol;strong> folder if you&&num;8217&semi;re using <strong>Windows 10&comma; 8&comma; 7&comma; and Vista<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>The downloads folder makes it easier to find files you&&num;8217&semi;ve downloaded from the Internet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>However&comma; if you&&num;8217&semi;ve downloaded dozens of files you may have trouble finding the new […]

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How to Fix “The editor has encountered an unexpected error” in WordPress

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You are about to edit a WordPress post when you get &&num;8220&semi;The editor has encountered an unexpected error&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>This is frustrating especially when you need to quickly edit a post after publishing it&comma; especially to correct a glaring typo or grammatical mistake&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Unexpected Error Options<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You&&num;8217&semi;re given three options &&num;8211&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”><strong>Attempt Recovery<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>Copy […]

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How to Use WhatsApp on Your Desktop without Using WhatsApp Web

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Although most of us use WhatsApp with our smartphones&comma; there will be times when using WhatsApp on your computer desktop is much more convenient&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>This is especially so if you have to handle a large number of messages&period; For those who type slowly on their smartphone keyboards&comma; the computer or laptop keyboard is a […]

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Send a WhatsApp Message to Yourself through a Web Browser : Easy Steps

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You&&num;8217&semi;ve learnt one of the best ways to send a WhatsApp message to yourself by creating a group&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Now if you don&&num;8217&semi;t have the time to it or you don&&num;8217&semi;t often send messages to yourself&comma; you may try this option of sending a message to yourself though a web browser&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading” id&equals;”h-a-handy-whatsapp-feature”>A Handy WhatsApp […]

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