How to Block and Unblock a person on Snapchat – Norton Setup

Social apps are a great way to share your adventures with your friends and family but if someone irritating or harassing you then blocking them is the best and easy way to get rid of them. You can block and unblock a person on Snapchat as many times as you want.

Follow the below steps to block and unblock a friend or stranger from your Snapchat account,

How to Block your Snapchat Friend

1.    Open the ‘Snapchat’ app.

2.    Type your Snapchat username and password for login, if you aren’t logged in.

3.    And hit ‘Login’ button.

4.    Open ‘Account profile’ by simply swiping down on the camera screen.

5.    Touch on the ‘My Friends’ option near the bottom of the screen to see your friends.

6.    Scroll through My Friends to find the friend you want to block.

7.    Long touch on the name of the friend to select. This will prompt a dialog box.

8.    Open the ‘Settings icon’ present at the top-right corner of the dialog box.

9.    Now, tap on ‘Block’.

10.    Again tap ‘Block’ on the confirmation dialog box to confirm blocking.

11.    Choose a reason for blocking the person from ‘Let us know your reason for blocking them?’ pop-up box.

Now, Your Snapchat friend will be blocked. He or she will be no more able to connect with you on Snapchat.

How to Block a Stranger contacted you on Snapchat

1.    Open ‘Snapchat’ app.

2.    If you are not already logged in, type your Snapchat username and password for login.

3.    And hit ‘Login’ button.

4.    Select the ‘Chat icon’ at the lower-left corner of the screen. Doing this will open your chat list here you’ll get the person you’ve chatted to or sent the message to you.

5.    Scroll down under conversations to find the person you want to block.

6.    Press & hold on the name of the person to block from your Snapchat account.

7.    Click ‘Settings icon’ at the top-right corner of the dialog box.

8.    Now, hit on ‘Block’.

9.    Again hit ‘Block’ on the confirming dialog box to confirm blocking.

10.    Choose a reason for blocking the person from ‘Let us know your reason for blocking them’ pop-up box.

Now, the person you have selected will be blocked. He or she will be no more able to connect with you on Snapchat.

How to Unblock someone from your Snapchat account

1.    Open the ‘Snapchat’ app.

2.    Log in with your Snapchat account, if you aren’t logged in.

3.    Touch on the ‘Profile icon’ at the top-left corner of the camera screen.

4.    Now, press on ‘Settings icon’ at the top-right corner.

5.    Scroll down to the ‘Account Actions’ section. It is near the bottom of the page.

6.    Tap on ‘Blocked’ under Account Actions heading. Here you’ll see a list of blocked persons.

7.    Tap the ‘Close (X) button’, right to the name of the person you want to unblock.

8.    Confirm by tapping ‘Yes’ on the ‘Are you sure you want to unblock this Snapchatter’ written in the pop-up box. The person will be unblocked successfully, and he or she will be able to contact you again on Snapchat.

Bradon Wilson is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.

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How to Gain Fan Following on Tumblr – Norton Setup

Tumblr is a blogging website which is simple to use and attractive. By making good content for your blogs and posting it twice a day, you can gain more fans in your Tumblr blog. You can ask your friends or relatives to give promotion to your blogs; you can interact with more peoples so that they start showing interest in your blogs.

Here are some of the tips to increase followers on Tumblr:

• Liking and then sharing posts from others.

Some people like a small blog as compared to large blogs, popular blogs, so that the blog holder gets to know that you enjoy their writing. This will encourage them to follow you back and also like your blogs in return when you like their posts. This is the right way of liking other people posts.

• Interact with other users of Tumblr.

That peoples whom blogs you are like the most that encourage them when you send them fan request to them. You should make sure the following things in your mind while interacting with them:

• Make sure you are not sending dummy mails again and again to the same users.

• If you send angry or annoying messages to them, then there are no possibilities of increasing your followers.

• Be calm and behave well.

• Remember to follow them too.

Likes many of the other people’s blogs and don’t forget to follow them, like that blogs which are similar to you, this will be a great way to make other users to follow them and get attracted by your blogs.

• Remember there are only 5000 blogs limitations of following others at the same time.

• Tagging your posts.

If you tag your posts in your blog, then the other users can add you as when they search for a particular topic they will see your blog listed on the front page. If you don’t tag your posts, then the users only find your blogs when they manually search your blog-related topics.

• If you want to create a tag on your post, enter a hashtag symbol which is with that keyword you like to use, there is an option below “Tags” and then click Enter key and do that processor again.

• When you were selecting tags, make sure to ignore the words which are too definite.

• Post twice a day.

You should post at least two in a day, and this will show that you are active on social media. Remember your written content is not compulsory to belong all the time, post a small content like pictures, a quote and a short paragraph, it will show your more availability.

• Promote your blog on a promotional blog.

The pages which are given will promote your posts in your blog, but it asks you to follow them first. If you want to search, then you can do so by entering “promo blogs” option in Tumblr.

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Ways to Play Music on your Amazon Alexa – Norton.com/setup

Amazon Alexa comes with lots of utilities and convenience. You can also use your smart speaker to play your favorite music. Here, some easy ways are given below and you can use them to play music on your Amazon Alexa.

How to stream music through Alexa App

If you own an Amazon Prime account, then you’ll already have access to thousands of music. Either you’re using Amazon Prime or Amazon Music Unlimited, both services provides pretty much similar streaming service. Amazon Alexa also allows connecting and using other Music services, for example, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Pandora, and so on.

Steps:

1.    Start the Amazon Alexa application.

If you don’t have one, then you can download it free from Apps Store (iPhone) or Play Store (Android).

2.    After opening the app, touch on ‘Hamburger’ icon at the top-left side of the screen.

3.    Now, go to ‘Music, Video & Books’ section from the main menu.

4.    Select your ‘Alexa’ device to stream music from the device selection dropdown menu. The device selection menu is on the top of ‘Music, Video & Books’ screen.

5.    Under ‘Music’ section you’ll get a list of Music services (iHeartRADIO, Spotify), choose a service for you to stream music.

6.    Now, go through with the on-screen instructions according to the service you’ve selected to finish set up.

To stream music through iHeartRADIO

1.    Open ‘Music, Video & Books’ screen.

2.    Select ‘iHeartRADIO’ form ‘Music section’.

3.    Now, tap on the blue colour text ‘Link your account now’ to link your account.

4.    Now, return to ‘App’.

5.    Navigate to the type of ‘music, radio stations, or podcast that you want to play on your Echo device or request “Alexa” to play it.

How to stream music through your Phone Bluetooth

To connect direct:

Make sure your phone and your Alexa device with the range.

1.    Open your device ‘Bluetooth Settings’.

2.    Now, ask ‘Alexa pair’ to your Alexa device. Your Echo device enters into pairing mode.

3.    Wait & Check for your Alexa device name to show up on your Phone screen and select it from the list.

With ‘Alexa app’:

Before starting, open your phone or tablet’s Bluetooth.

1.    Open your ‘Alexa’ app.

2.    Open ‘Main Menu’.

3.    Go to ‘Settings’.

4.    Choose your ‘Alexa’ device from settings.

5.    Tap on ‘Bluetooth’ option from the settings.

6.    Tap on the blue ‘Pair a new Device’ button.

7.    Now, Wait & Check for your Alexa device name to show up on your Phone screen and tap on it to connect.

Once Alexa is connected with your phone via Bluetooth, you can play music on Alexa with your phone with any music app.

How to stream music through your PC

1.    Open your PC browser.

2.    Go to ‘Amazon Alexa’ page.

3.    Go to ‘sign in’ option and sign in with your Amazon account.

4.    Now, open ‘Settings’.

5.    Click on your ‘Alexa device name’.

6.    Select your ‘Bluetooth’ device.

7.    Click on the blue ‘Pair a New Device’ button.

8.    Now, go to your ‘Windows Settings’.

9.    Go to ‘Devices’.

10.    Go to ‘Bluetooth’ section.

11.    Click on ‘Add a Bluetooth’.

12.    And add your Alexa device with your PC. When Alexa is connected with your PC, you can play your music on Alexa with your PC by iTunes, Windows Media Player, or any other Music app.

Bob Martin is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.

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The U.S seems to lack behind in 5G’s Global Communication revolution | Norton.com/Setup

Leaving behind the 4G technology, the world is slowly adopting 5G speed. People need to understand that 5G is going make a global revolution in the communication world. Based on the reports published by Susan P. Crawford, a professor at Harvard Law School, the U.S may be left behind in this new global revolution.

Susan Crawford made a 6-months visit to Seoul, South Korea, in late 2017 before the announcement of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The author of Captive Audience was surprised to witness the technology advances in Korea, which she describes as “the most wired nation on the planet”. The country has impeccable network coverage for cell phones, real-time data transmission access, driverless buses deploying the top-notch communication technology to avoid pedestrians and blockades.

What does Korea think about technological advances in the U.S?

In a recent interview, she responded she has never been self-conscious to be American before. But after knowing what Korean people tell about America was quite awful. As for them, going to America is like taking a break visiting a rural place.

Captive Audience and the new book

Harvard Law School professor has accumulated her concerns about communication and technology along with suggestions on how to alleviate them in her new publication. The book named “Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution – and Why America Might Miss It.” released this week. It is a follow-up to her 2013 book “Captive Audience”, which is a non-fiction book about the telecom industry & monopoly power in the new golden era.

It also cautions America’s leadership approach in internet technology, which is frittering away by handing over the tech policy in the hands of profit-seeking firms with no inducement to keep the U.S. on the leading edge. The U.S majorly focuses on making capital than coping up with the technology.

However, this new book describes how the trend has intensified. Today, the issue is serious because the capacity of carrying data of the next generation of fiber optics, known as “5G” (as the fifth generation of wireless telecommunications technology). It will give a huge advantage to countries investing in advanced networks.

This new 5G revolution will give 100 times faster results than the existing 4G technology. Moreover, it will be far more sizeable making it possible to connect billions of other devices at the same time. Although, 5G networks serve wireless devices, they still need extensive land-based fiber systems, which is making it is bigger issue to think about.

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If Not Playing Videos, How to Fix Chrome to Play Videos | Norton.com/Setup

In the holidays and festive seasons, everyone is free from their routine work like free from the official burden for adults, free from school time for kids. They spend their free time with friends and family to enjoy this memorable moment with much excitement. This excitement can be brought by watching interesting videos or classic movies on PCs/laptops. Once videos stop functioning in the middle, then it can be quite irritating or frustrating.

If your Google Chrome version is not playing videos properly then you can troubleshoot this problem with the simple methods as given below:

1. Examine that you are running the latest Chrome version

Google Chrome is periodically updated, and often video websites update to comply with the new standards of Chrome in tandem. For checking the latest version of Chrome, you can follow the given steps:

•    Choose the icon of “three small dots” placed in the upper-right-hand corner.

•    Choose the option of “Update Google Chrome”, if it is available.

•    Reboot the browser if prompted.

Alternatively, you can choose “About Google Chrome” from the menu, and if an update is available, then it will start downloading.

2. Check if the video is available publicly or not

If you have found a video link sent by a friend and this video may have limitations regarding who can watch it or there may be tools like “age gate” in place which asks your date of birth in order to watch the content. Insert the name of the video into Google, or the search bar of hosting website then look at the result. If you don’t get it, then it is more probable that this content is for only a few selected people.

3. Do Enable the JavaScript

For the security concerns, Google Chrome or external software can disable the programs like JavaScript. This is particularly right if you have been entrapped to hack or add malicious content websites. For re-enabling the JavaScript program, follow given steps:

•    Choose the “three vertical dots” in the top right of the Google Chrome.

•    Choose the option of “Settings” and scroll down and choose the “Advanced” option.

•    Hitthe option of “Privacy and Security” then choose the “Content Settings” option.

•    Choose “JavaScript” then choose “Allowed” option.

•    Reboot/Restart your browser and give a try to the video again.

4. Download/Enable the Flash Player

Adobe Flash is a legacy program which has some security concerns and Google and developers have turned to stop using it. In another side, some websites have not updated their videos. For enabling the Flash in videos, you can follow below steps:

•    When a video uses Adobe Flash, then you need to download and enable the Flash Players.

•    When it is done then look at your web address bar and choose either the lock or an “i” in a circle icon placed on the left. Now, a menu will open up. •    You will get a set of arrows in the right of the word “Flash”. Choose them then choose “Always allow”. It will enable the Flash Player for only this particular website as you will require enabling it for each site that needs it.

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Norton Setup – How to See and Delete Alexa’s Recordings?

Monitoring how to get out your Alexa history turned out to be recently pertinent because of a case in Arkansas, where police need Amazon to turn over data transmitted to its servers by an Echo having a place with the respondent in a homicide preliminary.

As revealed by The Information, James Andrew Bates has argue not blameworthy in the wake of being accused of the homicide of a man discovered dead in his Bentonville, Ark., hot tub a year ago.

It’s indistinct what data could have been transmitted from the Echo speaker. Its seven amplifiers are dependably on and tuning in, yet are just expected to record after those mics get a Wake word, for example, “Alexa” or “Amazon.” However, The Information takes note of that the Echo’s receivers “can regularly be activated incidentally.”

Amazon has twice declined to divert over chronicles sent from the Echo, as indicated by court records. The organization has, in any case, gave duplicates of Bates’ record data and buy history. Police say they’ve additionally removed a few information off the Echo.

Clearing Your Alexa History

In case you’re awkward with leaving around old voice accounts, there’s an approach to clear the information on your Alexa gadgets in case you’re so disposed. Before you begin erasing, however, recollect that you’re basically wiping the AI’s particular memory, as it’s holding this data to all the more likely serve you.

In any case, here’s the means by which to clear your Alexa history and erase accounts.

1. Open the Alexa application on your cell phone and tap the menu catch to open the sidebar. Select Settings.

2. Select Alexa Account.

3. Select History. Here you can see sound chronicles held by your gadget.

4. Select an account.

5. Select Delete voice accounts. On the off chance that you need to scour Alexa clean all things considered, you have a great deal of tapping in front of you.

Or on the other hand you could visit Amazon’s Content and Devices page to eradicate the majority of your chronicles without a moment’s delay. From that point, select Your Devices, tap on the Alexa gadget you need to tidy up and select Manage Voice Recordings. Select the alternative that enables you to erase everything.

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How to share music tracks on Instagram by using Sound Cloud | Norton.com/Setup

Finally, SoundCloud has made an announcement that they will be adding their much-anticipated feature of sharing songs from your Soundcloud playlist to your Instagram Stories. The SoundCloud subscribers had been awaiting this feature for quite some time, and finally, on October, SoundCloud announced via their official blog post to add a new feature for their users.

Now it is quite simple for users of SoundCloud to share their favourite soundtracks with their friends and followers on Instagram stories. If you have created your track and want to promote it and receive feedback, using this feature can help in doing so.

You can facilitate this feature to share new and your favourite soundtracks to your followers by setting different songs to your Instagram stories and make a dynamic impact on your followers.

Steps to share songs on Instagram stories from your SoundCloud

Instagram is one of the leading social media platforms and provides a higher reach to its users, as its new feature to create Instagram Stories has provided every individual to share their stories with friends and followers on Instagram.

Various stars and celebrities prefer sharing their new music videos and pictures using this platform. It helps in ensuring that your shared music can reach a vast audience at once and instantly you can also receive feedback associated with that. You can follow the steps given below to share your SoundCloud music tracks on your Instagram stories.

1. Download the SoundCloud application from “Google Play” or “App Store”.
2. After installing the app, search for your desired track that you want to share.
3. Now spot the “Share” icon from the bottom of your screen.
4. Locate the “Instagram” option from the share options.
5. Allow the authentication and your link will be shared on Instagram.

That should do it; by these simple steps, you should be able to share your desired music with your Instagram followers. You can create your music community with a similar taste of music on Instagram by sharing your favourite songs and getting to know various preferences of others.

You can also find similar features on other music apps like Spotify. In addition to this, Instagram has also introduced a new feature to add background soundtracks on your Instagram stories which avail plenty of options for users to choose from. Now by going through the steps above, hopefully, you will be able to share your favourite music tracks with your followers.

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