Shorten You Links The Easiest & Fastest Way

Sharing links on Facebook, Twitter, My Space or any other site is a daily action that everyone uses to show what they read, what they like on the internet or for any other purpose, but when your link is too long it becomes annoying to share and it might take some space so this why it is necessary to shorten such links. This tutorial will show you the easiest and fastest way.

1- Navigate to www.bitly.com

2- Copy and paste your long link in the box and click Shorten

3- Here you go a short link is given to you which you can use instead of the other long one, click Copy to copy the new short link and use it wherever you want

4- Enjoy your short link which take a short place on any website sponsored by bitly.com

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Send A Secure & Encrypted Email

Ever had to send a message to someone that contains sensitive information and were afraid that it may end up in the wrong hands, well everyone has experienced this problem. In this tutorial we will introduce an email provider that gives you the option of securing and encrypting your message so you don't feel paranoid anymore.

1- Go to www.hushmail.com

2- First you need to sign up for free email

3- Now you need to fill with the appropriate information such as email address, passphrase ... A very important step is to enable Java because random data will collected based on the movement of your mouse to further protect your security. When you finish click Create ******@husmail.com now

4- If everything went well you should see the below message

5- Click To Sign in now, click here

6- Now enter your full hushmail address (it should be their at this step) and click Sign In >>

7- The above message should appear now telling you that the hush encryption engine may take up to 3 minutes to install software for hush communications. Wait for it to finish and you will notice the below message

8- Now enter your passphrase and click Authenticate

9- To create a new message click Compose

10- Enter the email of your friend(s) and type your message in the blank field, when done with your message click on Message Options

11- Now be sure to check Encrypt Message, the others are optional. Now enter a security question and fill in with its answer. Only people who knows the answer to your secret question can read you message.

12- As shown above you can attach any kind of documents to your message with a limit for your total message of 25 MB

13- Click Send, your secure and encrypted message will be delivered to your friends

14- Enjoy secure emailing :)

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How To Send Self-Destructing Messages

Every kid watching spy shows dreams about self-destructing messages that will disappear forever. So how about sending a message to your friend without anyone else ever being able to see afterwards. Yes everything is possible when having the internet at your disposal. This tutorial will show you how you can send a message that can self-destruct or self-delete after a specific amount of time which you can specify. Also you have the option of password-protect your message & prevent anyone from copying it here's how

1- Go to www.burnnote.com

2- Once you open the website you are ready to begin typing your message

3- After typing your top secret message click on Options

4- First choose how your message will be displayed. You are given 3 options: Plain Text, Short Phrases and Spyglass, if you choose Plain Text anyone would be able to copy your message but if you choose Short Phrases or Spyglass your message won't get copied. Now make sure to check the box next to Timer when note is opened and set the time that will indicate after how many seconds the message will self-delete after been opened. For the last option you can choose to password protect your message (if you are paranoid)

5- After finishing setting up your message click Send

6- Now copy the link generated by clicking on COPY LINK

7- Voila! now you are ready to send your message. Sign in to your mail and send the link to your friend.

8- Once your friend receives the mail and open your message by clicking on the link the timer will start automatically. When the timer reaches the number of seconds you chose earlier the message will self-destruct and vanish forever. If you set a password for your message the timer won't start until your friend enters the password and opens your message.

9- Registering to the website is optional

Your childhood dream just came true yyyyyeessssss :)

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