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Top 5 Sites to Receive SMS Online without a Phone

2017-01-07T08:32:00.000-08:00

It is very common nowadays that you will need to at least provide your email address in order to sign up for a service offered by a website or to participate in a discussion at a forum or even leaving a comment on a blog. If you don’t care about receiving a reply or are not comfortable in providing your real email address, there are many temporary disposable email addresses that can be automatically and instantly generated for use without any hassle. The only drawback is the temporary email address can be accessed by anyone if they know the username unless like Hide My Ass Anonymous Email that offers password protection feature for better security.

Because of this, the email verification system is not secure at all. This is why some websites have implemented a phone verification system where the user needs to provide a phone number to receive a randomly generated code via SMS or voice call and feed the code back to the website to confirm that you are a real user and not a spam bot. The aim of phone verification is very similar to CAPTCHA for determining real users and preventing the same user from having multiple accounts except it is done through a phone number. If for some reason you need to receive text messages online from your computer rather than your phone, here are top 10 sites to help you receive SMS online and show the code to you.

5. Twilio

Ironically, Twilio gives you a private phone number for free in the trial account if you provide them with your phone number to receive a verification code. Fortunately you can use any of the temporary phone numbers from the sites above to receive the verification code to activate Twilio trial account.

You can view your private phone number given by Twilio by clicking NUMBERS on the menubar on top of the page. To view the received SMS text message, click on LOGS followed by MESSAGES. Do note that the trial account of Twilio cannot send messages to unverified numbers but can receive SMS online from any phone numbers without problems.

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4. Sellaite SMS RECEIVER

The country of the public phone number offered by Sellaite SMS RECEIVER to receive SMS online is Estonia, which is quite different from its competitors. We found that they are quite reliable because they are very quick to take down the phone number from the webpage if it doesn’t work. If you see a phone number available, it is very likely to work unless the SMS gateway can’t send a text message to Estonia.

Simply click on the available online phone number on the webpage and the messages that the number has received will be shown.

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3. Pinger Textfree Web

If you are having trouble signing up with TextNow because you can’t find a working US proxy or VPN, Pinger Textfree Web is a great alternative because anyone can sign up and use it for free. During sign up you will need to provide a valid US zip code (example 01001) which can be found by searching in Google. Then you are presented with a list of US phone numbers that you prefer to use.

If you can’t remember the phone number that you’ve chosen, simple click on Options and your phone number is displayed at the first line when your account information pops up.

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2. TextNow

TextNow is a good option if you’re looking for a reliable and free private phone number that only you have access to the received SMS text messages. You will need to sign up for a free account and you’ll be automatically given a unique phone number. The only common problem that most people get is receiving a generic error message “Something went wrong with your signup. Please try again!” when trying to sign up. To solve this problem, all you need to do is use a US based VPN or proxy to perform a one time sign up and you can login normally using your own IP address.

Your personal unique US phone number to receive SMS online is shown at Account Details after logging in.

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1. Receive-SMS-Online.com

2 weeks ago they had 7 phone numbers with only 1 from the US failing to receive our text message. Now they are showing 8 numbers but unfortunately none of them are working because their secondary domain name sms-verification.com seems to be down which makes it impossible for us to check for received messages. We’ll test and update the results once they are back up.

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Five Simple Steps to Speed up Your Computer

2011-08-08T18:04:00.007-07:00

Most people download and save so much information on their computer that before long the computer starts slowing down and the user has no idea what the problem is. However, even if you are not a computer whiz there are several things you can easily do to speed up your computer quickly and easily.

Tip #1 Defrag

One of the first things you should do if you want to speed up your computer is to defrag. This is something you can easily do and a wizard on your computer will help you defrag. You might want to do it overnight, however, because it can take a long time.

Tip #2 Spyware Remover

Download a good spyware remover. Most computers have a lot of spyware running in the background, stealing information and slowing down your computer. Remove it frequently if possible.

Tip #3 Empty Temp Internet Files

Most Internet browsers save your last visited web pages for up to 30 days. If you don't want all of those pages saved then change the days to one or two, or none, whatever meets your needs.

Tip #4 Turn off Active Desktop

When you turn of active desktop that will be one less thing using memory on your computer. Plus, you won't really notice the difference.

Tip #5 Antivirus Programs

Make sure you have a good anti-virus program and use it frequently. If you are deleting virus and preventing them from feeding on your computer then you will have a faster computer as well.

Once you perform these simple tasks you will be amazed at how much faster your computer runs and with so little effort.

Though there a software called Pc Speed Maximizer that can do all of these and even much more at the click of a button. It is really your Solution for a Cleaner and More Secure PC .

PC Speed Maximizer is one of many PC optimization tools currently on the market. Like its competitors, it works by scanning your computer for problems, listing them and presenting you with the option of fixing them, hopefully before they begin to slow down your computer.

PC Speed Maximizer's interface is simple to use and intuitive. It presents scan and repair options clearly, naming and listing everything so it is easy to see exactly what is happening. It also offers a large range of scan options, from cleaning the registry to clearing junk files and eliminating invalid short cuts, and quickly fixes any problems it does find.

Unfortunately, the option to fix these problems is only available with the paid version - the trial version just lets you know that your computer is crawling with errors; it doesn't actually let you do anything about it.

PC Speed Maximizer's trial version is too limited to be of use, while the paid version leaves a lot to be desired.
PC Speed Maximizer normally costs around $30 per single license key. But i will be giving license key for just $10 (N1,600 Naira) for the first 10 people that are interested in speeding up their pc. Just contact me via instinctoflife@yahoo.com or leave a comment below if you are interested.
I hope this helps.
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Free Download Windows Media Player 12

2011-08-06T19:55:00.005-07:00

Windows Media Player 12 is built into Windows 7 OS. However, it is available for free download for windows 7 N and KN Editions as windows media Feature Pack. This software pack will work only on those special editions and not on other versions of Windows. Though the media player is available only for Windows 7, we have the download link of its skins for XP and Vista here.

Free Download the media player skins and enjoy the feel of the latest player. Get WMP 12 for Windows Vista from here. To use it, check the instructions to install WMP12 here.

If you are on XP, you may download Windows Media Player 12 i.e. WMP 12 For Windows XP here. These are skins for the existing player in XP.

If you don’t have the latest version of WMP for Vista or XP, download windows media player 11, which even has a task-bar-integrated mini-player! This mini-player has unfortunately been removed in windows media player 12.

Windows 7 N and KN are special editions released by Microsoft to comply with the laws of European countries. These editions provide all the functionality in Windows 7 except the Windows 7 media player 12. However, Microsoft does provide Windows Media Feature Pack. Users of Windows 7 special editions can download and install this software pack to enable and experience the functionality offered by the default media player.Download Windows Media Player 12 from here for Windows 7 N and KN.

Windows Media Player 12 Features

This default media player for Windows 7 supports all the video and audio formats supported by WMP 11 including 3GP, AVI, AAC, AVCHD, WMA and WMV. In addition, you can enjoy high definition videos as it supports H.264 (MPEG-4).It can also play Xvid and DivX videos and also support digital audio formats like AAC (Advanced audio coding).

It thus supports more formats than WMP 11 but it comes bundled together with windows 7.You can however download it separately for Windows 7 N and Windows 7 KN.

It is a complete media player as it can play videos, music, pictures, recorded TV and any other media. Here are a few other notable features.

· Organize your media into libraries of music, videos, pictures, recorded TV and any other digital media

· Create a play-list of of your digital media files. You can also create auto play-lists by specifying your own rules.

· Burn the media files to any CD or DVD. This will be useful when you want to burn your favorite play-lists in your home computer to a Cd or DVD and carry the disk with you. You can thus enjoy the media even when you are on the move.

Alternatively, you can sync the media files to any portable device and carry that device with you. Syncing can be done either automatically or manually.

· Stream media from home to other computers on the same network or by allowing Internet access to media on your home PC. You can thus stream and share your favorite videos and music with your friends and dear ones, wherever they are. You will only need an Internet connection to stream the media to distant places. Media streaming over the Internet is an easier alternative to sharing the large media files like personal videos and music libraries for download.

If you face any issues with the media player, Microsoft has now released a new online script (Fix it) to automatically repair any Windows Media Player errors.