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Block Certain Channels From Appearing In YouTube Suggestions List [Chrome]

While listening to music or watching our favorite videos on YouTube, we often get distracted by the related or suggested videos in the sidebar. While we can always choose to ignore those, there might be one persistent enough to make you lose focus and skip to that video instead of what you were watching. While [...] (more…)

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Set Reminders For Visiting Websites & Block URLs For A Defined Time [Firefox]

Wasting time online is nothing new for an avid internet user, and even more so if you work in a rather-relaxed environment and require browsing all day long for performance of your tasks. If you have been wasting too much time on distracting websites like Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, then Time Limiter, a useful Firefox [...] (more…)

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360MobileSafe: App Locking, SMS/Call Blocking & Anti-Theft App [Cydia]

If you are an iPhone user and value your privacy, then chances are that a simple passcode is usually not enough for you. The lockscreen passcode in iOS devices does protect users from a casual trespasser, but for those who want security at a more comprehensive level, there are a few third-party apps, both in [...] (more…)

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Modify Hosts File To Block A Website On Mac OS X Lion [Tip]

If you use a Mac at work and have access to sites like Youtube and/or Facebook  blocked, you might have experienced a mixture of disappointment and anger trying to access them. Understandably, these feelings probably helped fuel the search for a way around it. As annoying as these  blocks are, they can sometimes be useful [...] (more…)

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SMSNinja: Block & Screen Unwanted Calls Or SMS, Password-Protect Messages [Cydia]

Every once in a while, you are bound to feel like switching off your iPhone, taxed by to the amount of junk texts you get, or maybe while you’re busy, and a friend keeps prodding you with calls. There are many apps and tweaks out there that provide a convenient solution to that, but none [...] (more…)

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The Web Blocker: Block Websites Using Read-Made Category Templates

With billions of webpages, parental control on the internet usage of young kids is a big issue. Many parents are concerned about not knowing what their kids are watching or reading on the internet when they are alone. Other than that, it is very easy to get distracted from the work at hand. It starts [...] (more…)

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How To Block Time Wasting Websites Using Focal Filter & Unblock Them

With millions of websites currently on the internet, it is very easy to get distracted from the work at hand. It starts with you opening a random link on YouTube or Facebook, and ends with an hour or two wasted before you even realize that you haven’t finished your work. Previously, we have covered web [...] (more…)

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Temporarily Block Access To Time-Wasting Websites With Cold Turkey

Whenever you are working on PC, everything else suddenly starts seeming a lot more interesting than the actual work. Websites like Facebook, YouTube and Memebase can be a big distraction, and have the potential for becoming a cause of missing those important deadlines. So what do you do to stop yourself from getting distracted while working? We [...] (more…)

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Activity Monitor: Regulate And Control Online Activity On A System

Many parental control applications are restricted to checking and/or blocking content according to some defined parameters. However, before one can block inappropriate content, sometimes it is necessary to profile the habits of children to find any loopholes that may remain open even after a block is set in place. For example, you might be interested [...] (more…)

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Call Master: Schedule-Based Call & SMS Screening App For Android

If there is one Android app that offers comprehensive control to the users for all their incoming texts and calls, then Call Master has to be it. Call Master, currently in open beta, provides fully customizable screening options for your texts as well as calls and lets you put a lid on all unwanted content [...] (more…)

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Easy Filter For Android Makes Blocking Unwanted Calls And SMS Simpler

Easy Filter is a free app for Android that provides an easy yet efficient way to block incoming phone calls and SMS. The freeware allows you to choose from multiple blocking scenarios, selectively block/filter SMS or calls from numbers added to the blacklist (Block List) and view the history of filtered calls and messages while [...] (more…)

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Block Spam Links From Google Search Results In Chrome

When searching a keyword on Google, we often come across spam links. Many websites automatically pick the searched term and generate a similar result to attempt phishing. While sometimes these links are easy to identify (e.g. when one searches the term Whitehouse and a link says “buy Whitehouse”), at other instances, they can be quite [...] (more…)

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Block Access To Domain / Sub-Domains With Any Weblock

If you’re looking for an application which lets you gain control over web content accessibility whilst offering a simple way to block specified domains/sub-domains on your PC, give Any Weblock a shot. It is a simple application, requiring absolutely no extra knowledge to block websites. When blocked website is accessed, it shows a fake error [...] (more…)

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Set Parental Control And Block Unwanted Websites With Cyberoids Web Blocker

Cyberoids Web Blocker is a free application that enables user to apply parental control. You can prevent your children from accessing explicit content. Also, you can use the application to prevent your computer from connecting to potentially harmful sites carrying viruses, trojans and other malwares. (more…)

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How To Block And Filter Out Annoying Ads in Firefox

Are you annoyed by ridiculous ads that either pops up during browsing session or are displayed in  almost all websites or blogs? Advertisements can be effective when they are relative and informative where users can actually get useful information about certain products but with ridiculous ads running all over in the website to generate profit [...] (more…)