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yelp for android

we finally have yelp for android!
right now its just read only but hopefully we will get all the iphone features after version 1.0
http://officialblog.yelp.com/2009/12/its-time-to-break-out-the-robot-yelp-for-android-is-here.html

I don't really think the majority of us care.
It's not that isn't a great app or anything [well right now it really is a bad app] it's just by the time the iphone and Blackberry devs got there head out of there ass Android developers already published better similar applications.

Yelp is a great way to find a new place to eat, want to impress a date with a nice hotel or searching for a decent spot to throw back a few. There is rating feedback on a restaurant, bar, club or just about anything you can possibly rate. Yelp trying to jump on the Android market is most definitely a GOOD thing.
If they see support from our end I am sure you will see updates and added features in the near future... IM IN!!

Looks like another one of those US-only apps.
Nothing here for Rest of World. Move along.

linuxluver said:
Looks like another one of those US-only apps.
Nothing here for Rest of World. Move along.
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Hahaha I'm sorry about that, it's just that other countries are much nicer to visit so we get centered around "US"

linuxluver said:
Looks like another one of those US-only apps.
Nothing here for Rest of World. Move along.
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I don't know about the rest of the world but I can confirm that there is a uk version on the official webiste look on the top right corner. Try the app, change your location.. if that doesn't work for the uk then just go to your browsers address bar and type "www.yelp.com"
Why the hatred towards the U.S. xda members? We have no control on what these developers do with THEIR apps?

US-only apps
Icebergxx said:
Hahaha I'm sorry about that, it's just that other countries are much nicer to visit so we get centered around "US"
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It struck me how many apps I *can't* see.
The Android Dev Challenge winner: "SweetDreams". I can't see it.
Pandora? Nope. (Can't buy music outside the US, either....but I stopped buying music years ago when the stopped treating me like a customer).
Photostitch (paid)? Nope.
...and so on. I can see a lot of the paid apps....but the gaps are annoying.

we've had where for a long time, which has yelp built in...

I thought where took out the yelp reviews? It was the reason I uninstalled it. Anyway, Layar's Yelp layer is pretty good for me.

last I checked WHERE was using citisearch reviews.

jasnmb said:
last I checked WHERE was using citisearch reviews.
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You're correct just used 'Where' 5 mins ago and it clearly says Citysearch reviews. Its kinda annoying when people don't get thier facts right before posting.
Yelp has helped me find alot of interesting food places and saved me money avoiding certain ghetto and low-class nightlife locations..

legend221 said:
You're correct just used 'Where' 5 mins ago and it clearly says Citysearch reviews. Its kinda annoying when people don't get thier facts right before posting.
Yelp has helped me find alot of interesting food places and saved me money avoiding certain ghetto and low-class nightlife locations..
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chill dude
i haven't used where in a while, but i remembered it used to have yelp reviews, I didn't realize they changed it, thats unfortunate

mswiss said:
chill dude
i haven't used where in a while, but i remembered it used to have yelp reviews, I didn't realize they changed it, thats unfortunate
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Sorry dude, misinformation will and should be corrected as not to misinform other xda members.

legend221 said:
Sorry dude, misinformation will and should be corrected as not to misinform other xda members.
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Of course it should be corrected, but should be done in a courteous manner.

Yelp is a very good app, been treating me well and syncs addresses with Google Maps flawlessly.

looks like yelp for android might get better quicker than any of us think....or perhaps incorporated into google places?
google looking to buy yelp
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/17/google-acquire-buy-yelp/

Who loves GOOGLE?

I just realized how much I use google to search for inforomation, it makes me think how annoying it would be without having "google it". So, I want to know anyone else loves Google?

Dont really care much about Google to say I couldn't live without it. I used yahoo or AOL before Google, to me its just another search engine, although its the one I always use first. Does my post make sense? I love Android to death.

Google is the best search engines .
Don't wast your time whit bing.
I love Google.

School kid here, Google litterally has saved my grades tons of times.

yeah, google helped alot in book reports, essays almost everything even calculus lol.

tommyd2 said:
Google is the best search engines .
Don't wast your time whit bing.
I love Google.
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Bing Maps completely destroys Google Maps. Can't tell you how often Birds Eye view saves the day. And the new Silverlight version is extremely slick.
Bing search is pretty good but still not as good as Google for computer related queries. I've come to appreciate Bing's homepage, Google has taken simplicity a bit too far with theirs I think.
I view Google and Microsoft similarly. Both have products that I use all the time and others that I don't care for. But at least Google is picking up the ball that MS dropped in competing with Apple.

Bing got cashback

Lets just say that if Google were a man...I would go gay for him.

Google has more cash than most countries and is into every new technology. It is the most progressive for me!

World domination, yeah!!

Dredge said:
Lets just say that if Google were a man...I would go gay for him.
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Since you took what I was going to say, looks like we're pencilling in a threesome next Thursday.

anyone mansioned google pacman is banned on some internet access accounts in depertment of education &training NSW Australia?
Other than that, Google dominatez!

I used to be a google fanboy.
now, i can barely stand them. They've turned evil.
on that note, if i wanted to use the bing interface, i'd use bing. it's prettier. google and their new search page and their web2.0 internet-based android irk me to no end.

Do a barrel roll! (questions/commands for Google Now)

Post questions to ask Google now that will bring up cards or talking results, or something cool like the "barrel roll" easter egg..
I'm sure we have all shown off things on our phones at one time or another. Currently I have been showing off Google now to people and looking for questions/commands to add to my collection.
There are the basic "what time is it in X place?" and the same for weather..
You can tell it to define a word and it will.
"Who is the cast of X?"
"Who directed X?"
"What is the running time of X?"
"What is the population of X?"
And of course math problems..
One thing I found on my own that I like to ask it is for medicine, such as "What is a Xanax?", and so on. Very educational.
Another is questions like when/how/where was/did X (famous person) born/died/went to school.
Here's a video of some basics, I'm sure allot of you have already seen it already:
I know the Nexus 7 guide (in Play Store) lists some questions you can ask, but what are other questions you might have stumbled on that it will respond to? All useful replies are appreciated!

Zerg Rush

I know there's one which will make all the text in your browser backwards. Can't think of it now though.
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It's a website called elgoog (Google backwards)

063_XOBX said:
It's a website called elgoog (Google backwards)
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Oh yeah, that's right. Not a command, I'm a dummy. Have a thanks.
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Tilt
&
Google gravity
FTW!!!
This is my signature.

StormMcCloud said:
Zerg Rush
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It's a website called elgoog (Google backwards)
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^Wish these worked on Google Now!^
death-by-soap said:
Tilt
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Google gravity
FTW!!!
This is my signature.
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Tilt is on iPhone Safari only right? It didn't work on my iPad Safari.
Couldn't find anything on Google Gravity.

WiredPirate said:
^Wish these worked on Google Now!^
Tilt is on iPhone Safari only right? It didn't work on my iPad Safari.
Couldn't find anything on Google Gravity.
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Tilt works on Chrome so I would assume it works on any desktop browser.

WiredPirate said:
^Wish these worked on Google Now!^
Tilt is on iPhone Safari only right? It didn't work on my iPad Safari.
Couldn't find anything on Google Gravity.
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I think you just type the word gravity in the search bar? I could be wrong about that...the page should fall off your monitor.
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TheSkinnyDrummer said:
I think you just type the word gravity in the search bar? I could be wrong about that...the page should fall off your monitor.
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I think you had to use I'm feeling lucky, which needs instant turned off.

063_XOBX said:
Tilt works on Chrome so I would assume it works on any desktop browser.
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TheSkinnyDrummer said:
I think you just type the word gravity in the search bar? I could be wrong about that...the page should fall off your monitor.
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063_XOBX said:
I think you had to use I'm feeling lucky, which needs instant turned off.
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Couldn't get these to work on mobile, will try on desktop tomorrow.

063_XOBX said:
I think you had to use I'm feeling lucky, which needs instant turned off.
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I'm on my phone right now, or else I'd be trying this crap.
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I got the "tilt" and "gravity" to work on desktop. Very cool. Gravity does require the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
Does anybody have any suggestions for Google Now? Something that will trigger a card or at least a voice result? That's what I'm really looking for.

WiredPirate said:
I got the "tilt" and "gravity" to work on desktop. Very cool. Gravity does require the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
Does anybody have any suggestions for Google Now? Something that will trigger a card or at least a voice result? That's what I'm really looking for.
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I've found most direct questions trigger a card type of result, with regular Google results below. The 2 examples I saw earlier were "how old is Barack Obama" and "How tall is Justin Bieber". Just direct specific questions.

Archer said:
I've found most direct questions trigger a card type of result, with regular Google results below. The 2 examples I saw earlier were "how old is Barack Obama" and "How tall is Justin Bieber". Just direct specific questions.
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Nice! I didn't think of the "how tall" question. That's exactly the type of thing I'm looking for.. More questions like this.:good:
I think I've asked it 17 times how Abraham Lincoln died and where Barack Obama went to school lol. People always give me the reaction face.

For any Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fans if you Google "answer to life the universe and everything" the answer is pretty familiar.

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For any Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fans if you Google "answer to life the universe and everything" the answer is pretty familiar.
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I saw him ask this in the video I embedded in the OP but had no idea what the hell it was talking about, lol. Thanks for the heads up.

Nothing to do with Google now, but Google "where is chuck norris" and hit I'm feeling lucky.
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I've always felt like Google should do something for if someone looks for ask jeeves. Like saying "he dead" or something.

prototype7 said:
Nothing to do with Google now, but Google "where is chuck norris" and hit I'm feeling lucky.
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lol
Google won't search for Chuck Norris because it knows you don't find Chuck Norris, he finds you.
Your search - Chuck Norris - did not match any documents.
Suggestions:
Run, before he finds you.
Try a different person.
Try someone less dangerous.
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The 'How to teach Google Now' Thread

Okay guys, finally got my N7 yesterday now and am eagerly awaiting google now to start learning my traits.
Feel free to share how google now has picked up your traits - be specific.

Mine thinks work is somewhere at the sea
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First tip is to set your home/work locations using Latitude.
Next you can ask about when your favourite team/s are playing next, or what the score for their match was etc, that will hopefully teach it the team/s that you support.
Set up calendar items/appointments and it will notify you about them.

If you use Chrome on your desktop and stay logged in to Google, Now will learn from whatever you search. I searched for an address on my laptop the other day and within seconds got an alert on the phone telling me long it would take to get there.

ToL9a said:
First tip is to set your home/work locations using Latitude.
Next you can ask about when your favourite team/s are playing next, or what the score for their match was etc, that will hopefully teach it the team/s that you support.
Set up calendar items/appointments and it will notify you about them.
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The only thing is I'm Australian, and at the moment Australian sports aren't covered. Do you think this will be added in future?

On my laptop I was looking up "cocaine bricks" and then found directions to "the brick"', a furniture store, in my notifications
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noobletsausecakebbq said:
On my laptop I was looking up "cocaine bricks" and then found directions to "the brick"', a furniture store, in my notifications
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Damn! I want to party with you!
Lol, jk

wmoore said:
If you use Chrome on your desktop and stay logged in to Google, Now will learn from whatever you search. I searched for an address on my laptop the other day and within seconds got an alert on the phone telling me long it would take to get there.
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That's interesting, I have tried searching things like pizza places etc on my desktop and it hasn't come through on my nexus 7.
Could this be because I'm Australian and it isn't supported?
(Yes My accounts are synced)

Riimez said:
That's interesting, I have tried searching things like pizza places etc on my desktop and it hasn't come through on my nexus 7.
Could this be because I'm Australian and it isn't supported?
(Yes My accounts are synced)
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I'm in Brisbane Are you logged into Chrome with the same account?
Actually I've just tried searching for my nearest Dominos, looked up the location on Maps, then opened Now and it is proving me wrong. Odd.

Does anyone know if you can teach it to take a particular route to work?
It shows me the traffic on a route I don't use because it would cost me about $15 in tolls to save me about 5 minutes of time.
I have tried to go to navigate, then select my preferred route, but Google Now still uses the other one by default.
Riimez said:
The only thing is I'm Australian, and at the moment Australian sports aren't covered. Do you think this will be added in future?
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Having issues getting it to pick up NRL/AFL as well, but it has a few of my European football teams in there.

ToL9a said:
Does anyone know if you can teach it to take a particular route to work?
It shows me the traffic on a route I don't use because it would cost me about $15 in tolls to save me about 5 minutes of time.
I have tried to go to navigate, then select my preferred route, but Google Now still uses the other one by default.
Having issues getting it to pick up NRL/AFL as well, but it has a few of my European football teams in there.
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It might work of you check to avoid tolls in the maps app
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If you want to see something hillarious with Google Now, do the following:
1) Turn ON Safe Search/Profanity Blocker in Google Now settings.
2) Say "****"

It doesn't seem to like when I ask for football teams in Europe.

It also learns from Google maps.. it will display your most visited places from time to time and tell you the traffic etc
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Getting Google Now to work:
http://androidforums.com/nexus-7/588248-all-those-disappointed-google-now.html
see this link for more tips:
http://exzacklyright.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/google-now-tips-and-tricks.html

phonic said:
If you want to see something hillarious with Google Now, do the following:
1) Turn ON Safe Search/Profanity Blocker in Google Now settings.
2) Say "****"
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Awesome... I say "****" and it gives me a stock quote for Sprint.
I guess they somehow... know!

noobletsausecakebbq said:
On my laptop I was looking up "cocaine bricks" and then found directions to "the brick"', a furniture store, in my notifications
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Haha that's a good one
Sent from my Nexus 7

lbbooga said:
It might work of you check to avoid tolls in the maps app
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Can it avoid internet trolls too? That would be an awesome feature.
By the way no I'm not calling you a troll.

ToL9a said:
Does anyone know if you can teach it to take a particular route to work?
It shows me the traffic on a route I don't use because it would cost me about $15 in tolls to save me about 5 minutes of time.
I have tried to go to navigate, then select my preferred route, but Google Now still uses the other one by default.
Having issues getting it to pick up NRL/AFL as well, but it has a few of my European football teams in there.
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The first time it showed me the time to work, it was using toll roads. When I headed to work going the other way, I kept Now open and refreshed it a couple of times during the journey. Now it always shows me that route.
What I think would be good is if you could program a primary and secondary route. Tonight, for example, it was telling me 53 mins to get home because I drive past a football stadium where Monday night footy is on tonight. It would be nice if it said "this way is busy, take the other way instead".
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phonic said:
If you want to see something hillarious with Google Now, do the following:
1) Turn ON Safe Search/Profanity Blocker in Google Now settings.
2) Say "****"
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Very good.
tevinwade said:
It doesn't seem to like when I ask for football teams in Europe.
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Apparently this is because the season isn't on there. This has some truth in it because I searched for Arizona Cardinals and got nothing in Now but then I searched for Red Sox and now apparently they are my team Though I've tried it with Aussie teams and it doesn't work either, even though we are approaching the pointy end of the season. My guess is that it only understands US sports at the moment. Hopefully that will change soon.

You need to ensure that web history is turned on in your google account (not on by default) for searches to show on your phone.
Follow the android forums link a few posts up for a guide.

Anyone know a way around this?

Hey guys,
does anyone know a way to create proxy servers and how to unblock websites?

Try a VPN,might work
POTATO!!!!

Google > How to unblock blocked sites
Was it hard?
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Josepho1997 said:
Dude. How does google equal more than how to unlock blocked sites? I dont even...
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Fairly basic maths really. 'How to unblock...' is a subset of what Google can do, therefore Google does indeed equal more than just that

Just don't bother.
That you have come to XDA to ask suggests you don't have the skills to hack the work web filter, it may be an ASA with a CSC module or similar.
Pull your socks up and get back to doing your job

xaccers said:
Just don't bother.
That you have come to XDA to ask suggests you don't have the skills to hack the work web filter, it may be an ASA with a CSC module or similar.
Pull your socks up and get back to doing your job
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but my job is already done and id like to learn how to do stuff like this in my spare time lol

Prawesome said:
Try a VPN,might work
POTATO!!!!
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i tried to google vpn and went to openvpn.net and the computer blocked the website LOL, I actually google'd "how to unblock websites" and i looked at this website, pretty cool... gives me all these different methods on how to unblock websites using TOR, VPN, DNS, 2 layered unblocker, and so on

MRsf27 said:
i tried to google vpn and went to openvpn.net and the computer blocked the website LOL, I actually google'd "how to unblock websites" and i looked at this website, pretty cool... gives me all these different methods on how to unblock websites using TOR, VPN, DNS, 2 layered unblocker, and so on
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Then install it and use it? Lol
POTATO!!!!

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Then install it and use it? Lol
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MRsf27 said:
i tried to do all of them and the damn computer still blocked all of them I'm not a pro so I think I need to use more advanced measures lol
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To be brutally honest with you dude;-
You are at WORK. They are paying you to work, not to fu*k around with your phone. I used to have a colleague who played around with his phone at work while the rest of us actually did his job - he didn't last for long.
Keep your work at work and play with your toys in your own time, rather than trying to get one over on your employer

Don't make me call your boss.....

Try adding https:// in the beginning of the URL
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SimonTS said:
To be brutally honest with you dude;-
You are at WORK. They are paying you to work, not to fu*k around with your phone. I used to have a colleague who played around with his phone at work while the rest of us actually did his job - he didn't last for long.
Keep your work at work and play with your toys in your own time, rather than trying to get one over on your employer
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Lol wat the hell do u want me to do at work if I finished all my work and I'm just waiting to go home? Sit there and look lazy? I think that's more unprofessional
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shahrukhraza said:
Try adding https:// in the beginning of the URL
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Did you even bother to actually read to OP and the thread, or did you just read a couple of words and decided to post this pointless answer?
If the OP's company blocks hosting sites, TOR installers etc then I don't think simply trying to use https will acheive anything - do you?

ever try underget.com? I worked for me for a few weeks, until one day I tried it, and was blocked.
I was in a similar situation. I feel if my job is done, I should be able to relax *a little*.
I know employers will never agree, and that we should be helping others who cant finish their jobs, or go clean the office, etc..
You can always upgrade your mobile data plan, and download from your phone/device. Is there a free (unblocked)wifi in the area you could utilize?
happy hacking... I can relate. I used to have a virtual machine running ubuntu, building kernels in my free time.
If you change your OP to: how to get to blocked sites so I can develop Sooper Awesome Kernel and Rom for Device XYZ, I some people would have been more inclined to help...
part of me says, yeah i should be "working", the other half says do what I feel, and I end up usually browsing the web.. and laughing my butt off to the off topic images thread... lol

Find more work to get on with, be more productive than your colleagues, get promoted, win!
Or
Get caught in breach of company IT policy, attend disciplinary meeting, get sacked, fail

xaccers said:
Find more work to get on with, be more productive than your colleagues, get promoted, win!
Or
Get caught in breach of company IT policy, attend disciplinary meeting, get sacked, fail
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I work the midnight shift and I have a certain Amount of duties to complete (I work at FedEx) so its a relaxed job. I finish my work And I can do what I want after.. and on top of that I work alone I also tried downloading toro but it doesn't move after it goes to "connecting to server" or whatever
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Type in the whole web page with https and not http for example
https://www.example.com
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lreyes said:
Type in the whole web page with https and not http for example
https://www.example.com
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That only works if the web filter is crap and the website is also running on port 443 which most don't.
OP now I'm with you, I used to work 12 hour shifts in IT at night and weekends, we used the office modem to play online games etc, and also watch DVDs.
You could talk nicely to your IT guys and see if they can make an exception for you.

Use your phone as a USB modem and download via that. If your company has blocked access to certain sites then you're risking getting sacked if you find a way to access them. Respect your company's wishes and stop trying to stumble your way around their security.