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• Quip: A Collaborative, Mobile-First Word Processor For iOS & Web
• Cool Websites and Tools – August 8th – Polls, 100GB Cloud Storage, Trivia, & Blinking Android Notifications
• How To Share A Windows CD Or DVD Drive On Your Network
• 4 Alternatives To The Pebble Watch
• Google Search Will Now Highlight In-depth Articles On The Results Page [Updates]
• How to Call Phones From Your Android Tablet
• 15 Impressive Mac Decals You Can Actually Buy
• Tourism Radio Looks To Kickstarter To Create Google Glass Experience [Updates]
• LinCity-NG for Linux vs. SimCity: Is Free Always Better?
• How To Use Google Forms To Create Your Own Self-Grading Quiz
• Using NFC? 3 Security Risks To Be Aware Of
• FullRecall: A Cross-Platform Tool To Remember Everything
• Amazon Adds Fine Art to Its Online Marketplace [Updates]
• Spotify Brings Expert Playlists To Suit Your Every Mood & Moment [Updates]

Quip: A Collaborative, Mobile-First Word Processor For iOS & Web Posted: 08 Aug 2013 07:30 PM PDT As we continue to embrace tablet computing, ever-powerful smartphones and small RaspberryPi-like budget computers, we begin to rely on our laptops and desktop PCs less and less. While a tablet or smartphone certainly can’t (presently) do everything our PCs can, there are certain tasks that may be better suited to your mobile devices, such as word processing. While typing thousands of words on your iPad or iPhone might not sound like your idea of a good time, there’s no denying how useful it is to have access to your documents wherever you are. And, while touchscreen typing is an often... Read the full article: Quip: A Collaborative, Mobile-First Word Processor For iOS & Web

Cool Websites and Tools – August 8th – Polls, 100GB Cloud Storage, Trivia, & Blinking Android Notifications Posted: 08 Aug 2013 03:00 PM PDT Today in Cool Websites and Tools, we take a look at 5 cool websites, including setting up your own polls, a new cloud storage service that offers 100GB free to new signups, a way for trivia junkies to get their fix, interactive online courses for programmers and web developers, and an Android app that sends notifications through the device flashlight. Read on below! PollSnack – is an easy online tool for polls & surveys, allowing you to create and conduct market questionnaires without having to learn complicated software. The reporting is very simple and straightforward, with results being displayed in... Read the full article: Cool Websites and Tools – August 8th – Polls, 100GB Cloud Storage, Trivia, & Blinking Android Notifications

How To Share A Windows CD Or DVD Drive On Your Network Posted: 08 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT “How do you share a CD or DVD drive across a network?” This was the question that dropped into my head recently as it became apparent that I would need to access data on some archive DVDs. If I was using a standard PC this wouldn't be a problem; as it is, I've been the owner of an Acer Iconia W700 for several months now and one of the key drawbacks of a tablet computer is that they don't come with integrated DVD drives. Now, I do have one way around this problem. Recently I purchased a caddy for an... Read the full article: How To Share A Windows CD Or DVD Drive On Your Network

4 Alternatives To The Pebble Watch Posted: 08 Aug 2013 02:00 PM PDT I love watches! I love technology! When these two things come together, I pay attention. Do you? I owned a SPOT watch. Did you? Casio Databank? Had one in the 80s. Some say smartwatches are the best thing since Prince George. Others say they’ll be a blip on the radar screen like so many TV shows once Ted McGinley was on them. If the early success of such watches as the Pebble smartwatch is any predictor, I’m saying that they’ll be a big hit. The Pebble E-Paper Watch (which we’ve just reviewed and will be giving away) has a lot... Read the full article: 4 Alternatives To The Pebble Watch

Google Search Will Now Highlight In-depth Articles On The Results Page [Updates] Posted: 08 Aug 2013 01:30 PM PDT Google will now feature longer, in-depth articles on the search results page and will call attention to them within a new block of results. The new block of results specifically for in-depth articles will not affect the regular search results as they will get the same prominence as before. The in-depth article block will be nearer the foot of the page, though the exact position hasn't been confirmed yet. The update has arrived on Google.com (the English version) to begin with and soon should extend to other domains. Google found that nearly 10% of all searches are for detailed information.... Read the full article: Google Search Will Now Highlight In-depth Articles On The Results Page [Updates]

How to Call Phones From Your Android Tablet Posted: 08 Aug 2013 01:00 PM PDT Love your Android tablet, but wish it could make phone calls? Stop wishing: all you need is the right software. You’ll be making calls to phone lines and mobile phones in no time (but it probably won’t be free). Whether you don’t own a phone or simply don’t want to put down one device to pick up another, it can be useful to call regular phones on your tablet. After all: many tablets already have a built-in microphone and speakers. Which software is right for the job? Good question. Let’s go over some options. I made calls using the tablet,... Read the full article: How to Call Phones From Your Android Tablet

15 Impressive Mac Decals You Can Actually Buy Posted: 08 Aug 2013 12:30 PM PDT It’s funny how most Mac users tend to love and care for their devices. They purchase protective cases to enclose their adored iPads and MacBooks; beautiful, lovely sleeves to house their precious iPhones and iPod nanos. Yet, there are some geeks who are happy to paste a $8.99 sticker on a $2000 Macbook Pro and nothing else. For those of you, we found 15 creative and impressive Mac decals that you should buy next! Which is your favourite? Son of Man Skyscraper Spider-Man Batman Mario Bros. Snow White Nerd Reaper Iron Man 3 Limited Edition Wicked Glowing Batman Sign Mario... Read the full article: 15 Impressive Mac Decals You Can Actually Buy

Tourism Radio Looks To Kickstarter To Create Google Glass Experience [Updates] Posted: 08 Aug 2013 11:30 AM PDT While Google Glass hasn’t been released to the general public just yet, future users already have much to look forward to. Thanks to South Africa’s Tourism Radio latest Kickstarter Project, these users will be able to take their own personal tour guide with them wherever they go. Announced on Tuesday, the company plans to release an app for Google Glass that will give users audio tours as they walk through global hotspots. Of course, this will only happen if Tourism Radio reaches its £35,000 goal by Sep. 5. “This info plays automatically as the user travels past points of interest and... Read the full article: Tourism Radio Looks To Kickstarter To Create Google Glass Experience [Updates]

LinCity-NG for Linux vs. SimCity: Is Free Always Better? Posted: 08 Aug 2013 11:00 AM PDT I’ve always loved simulation games for as long as I can remember. They can involve so many different aspects of the topic in question and can keep you entertained for hours. However, a common downside to any great simulation game is the price to purchase it. Thankfully, there are open source equivalents which aim to replace their costly proprietary cousins — examples include FlightGear and LinCity-NG as alternatives to Microsoft’s Flight Simulator series and SimCity games respectively. It’s great to be able to play these open source games for frugal fun, but whether they can actually be compared to their... Read the full article: LinCity-NG for Linux vs. SimCity: Is Free Always Better?

How To Use Google Forms To Create Your Own Self-Grading Quiz Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:20 AM PDT Are you a teacher or trainer? Someone involved in a hiring process? Do you need to check somehow that other people have the skills or knowledge that you expect them to? Well, you’re going to love what you can do using Google Forms. You can create a self-grading test for whatever your purposes are. That’s powerful! Google Forms are amazing tools, allowing you to do some really advanced tricks with forms as the front-end and spreadsheets at the heart. Once you get started you’ll be amazed at just how much you can achieve with this basic premise. Today we’ll look... Read the full article: How To Use Google Forms To Create Your Own Self-Grading Quiz

Using NFC? 3 Security Risks To Be Aware Of Posted: 08 Aug 2013 09:50 AM PDT NFC is the newest explosion in the wireless technology scene. At one point, wireless phone usage was a huge deal. Then the years passed by and we saw cool advancements in wireless Internet, then Bluetooth, and more. NFC, which stands for near-field communication, is the next evolution and is already a core feature in some of the newer smartphone models like the Nexus 4 and Samsung Galaxy S4. But as with all technologies, NFC comes with its own set of risks. If you want to take advantage of NFC, don’t be alarmed. Every piece of technology has inherent risks, especially... Read the full article: Using NFC? 3 Security Risks To Be Aware Of

FullRecall: A Cross-Platform Tool To Remember Everything Posted: 08 Aug 2013 09:20 AM PDT The human memory can store data for an amazingly long time, but unlike a computer, we have a hard time recalling information that's not frequently used or obviously important. Barring injury, we'll almost never lose track of where we live. But we can have hard time digging up important details from a book read just a few weeks ago. Repetition is a great way to work around this problem. By forcing ourselves to try and remember a fact on a regular basis, you can slowly nudge your mind into retaining it. This concept is core to FullRecall, a simple, free... Read the full article: FullRecall: A Cross-Platform Tool To Remember Everything

Amazon Adds Fine Art to Its Online Marketplace [Updates] Posted: 08 Aug 2013 08:30 AM PDT The leading online marketplace, Amazon, launched on Tuesday, a Fine Art store featuring paintings, mixed media, photographs, pop art and drawings priced from under $99 to $10,000 and above. The fine works of art are sold by individual galleries including Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Catherine Person Gallery, Luster, Rise Art, Paddle, the Little Collector, and UGallery. As with other online departments, the store can be browsed by Artists (including Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali), Departments (e.g., Drawings, Pantings, Prints), Subject (including Abstract, Nature, Animals, People) and Style (e.g., Art Photography, Impressionism, Postmodern & Contemporary). Works can also be viewed... Read the full article: Amazon Adds Fine Art to Its Online Marketplace [Updates]

Spotify Brings Expert Playlists To Suit Your Every Mood & Moment [Updates] Posted: 08 Aug 2013 06:30 AM PDT It's definitely music to the ears as Spotify introduces curated playlists for every mood and occasion. The specially selected playlists selected by the Spotify staffers (experts) is coming to Android and iOS Spotify apps first, and then gradually to other platforms. Spotify is calling it "expert playlists" after the fashion of carefully picking out the best (or the most apt) for any moment of the day like a party, a jog, or just a quiet stay at home evening by the fireplace. Creating your own playlists is a chore and more so if you want to cover all the moods... Read the full article: Spotify Brings Expert Playlists To Suit Your Every Mood & Moment [Updates]

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