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• Cool Websites & Tools – Snowboard Rental, Erasing Chrome History, & Flipping Firefox Tabs
• Concerned About Privacy? How To Keep Google At Arm’s Length
• Quick Android Deals: Fieldrunners 2, Osmos HD, And Other Android Gems On Sale Now
• Top 8 Sources For Downloading And Printing Masks
• Yahoo Redesigns Mail For Web, Mobile And Windows, Offers 1TB Storage & Conversations View
• Tablets Compared: Why You Shouldn’t Spend Money on Cheap Chinese Android Imports
• 15 Things The Internet and Technology Killed Off
• 3 Self-Hosted Dropbox Alternatives, Tested
• Make Interactive Image Labels with qTip (jQuery Plugin)
• Disconnect Search Lets You Use Google, Bing and Yahoo Without Being Tracked
• What You Need To Know About Windows System Restore
• Find Everything In Gmail, Dropbox & Google Drive With FindIt
• GTA V On Film: 10 Great Grand Theft Auto 5 Videos
• Learn Markdown Using Mac Text Editor Mou
• 3 Things To Check After Removing Malware From Your PC

Cool Websites & Tools – Snowboard Rental, Erasing Chrome History, & Flipping Firefox Tabs Posted: 10 Oct 2013 03:01 PM PDT Spinlister – is a community that lets you find the best bikes, skis, and snowboards to rent online, whether from individuals or existing rental shops. Just tell the site where you’d like to ride and Spinlister gives you the best bike, ski, or snowboard rental options for that location. They will connect you with awesome people and great rides from around the world. History Eraser App – deletes typed URLs, cache, cookies, and your download and browsing history instantly, with just 1-click on the Eraser button. History Eraser is a lightweight and useful app for the Chrome browser, designed for... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Snowboard Rental, Erasing Chrome History, & Flipping Firefox Tabs

Concerned About Privacy? How To Keep Google At Arm’s Length Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:30 PM PDT With all of the scares surrounding the NSA’s PRISM program and the potential backdoors in many of the top American websites, most people today are as privacy-aware as ever. One of the biggest Internet companies, Google, has become a part of everyone’s lives, but if you’re concerned about Google’s data collection policies in light of these privacy issues, it might not be a bad idea to keep Google away from your Internet activities. But just how can you do that when Google is practically everywhere on the web? Here are 5 tips you can follow so that Google has far... Read the full article: Concerned About Privacy? How To Keep Google At Arm’s Length

Quick Android Deals: Fieldrunners 2, Osmos HD, And Other Android Gems On Sale Now Posted: 10 Oct 2013 02:15 PM PDT Quick Android Deals is a weekly column listing great games and apps that are on sale right now. Act fast, and enjoy some great discount on these well-reviewed finds!   Apps GPP Remote Viewer: Previously $3.00, now $1.00 on sale. This is a remote control app – supports file transfers, too.   Games Osmos HD: Previously $2.99, now $0.99. By far the best game on this roundup – an indie classic. Read our full Osmos review here. Rebuild: Previously $2.99, now $0.99. A well-regarded tower defense game with a zombie theme. Fieldrunners HD: Previously $2.99, now $0.99. A very good... Read the full article: Quick Android Deals: Fieldrunners 2, Osmos HD, And Other Android Gems On Sale Now

Top 8 Sources For Downloading And Printing Masks Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:30 PM PDT Did I catch you shopping for Halloween masks? You should be out and about as Halloween is not very far away. There's time left to ratchet up the creepiness with the right mask and the right costume to go with it, but why not start "mask hunting" now with a few ready online sources for printable masks. The Web coughs up a lot of Halloween ideas and there's so much to choose from. We do our bit too – from websites for the best Halloween costumes to geeky house decoration tips, we cover a large territory. We don't waste nifty... Read the full article: Top 8 Sources For Downloading And Printing Masks

Yahoo Redesigns Mail For Web, Mobile And Windows, Offers 1TB Storage & Conversations View Posted: 10 Oct 2013 01:15 PM PDT Yahoo has been revamping its core offerings ever since Marissa Mayer took over, and usually targetting Google. The new My Yahoo as an iGoogle alternative is a great example of this. Now Yahoo is setting its eyes on a bigger prize: email. For its 16th birthday, Yahoo Mail got a whole new look across platforms, and a few new features too. The new Yahoo Mail introduces 'conversations' view in your inbox, which is basically threaded messages like in Gmail — it clubs together all the mails about one subject into a single chain. Where it exceeds Gmail, though, is with... Read the full article: Yahoo Redesigns Mail For Web, Mobile And Windows, Offers 1TB Storage & Conversations View

Tablets Compared: Why You Shouldn’t Spend Money on Cheap Chinese Android Imports Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT Many of the tablets sold in Asia, particularly China and Southeast Asia, suffer from serious design and quality-control issues. On the other hand, some China-designed tablets actually compare quite well with well-known manufacturers. For example, the popular Hyundai (not Hyundai of Korea) T7 tablet pound-per-pound, beats the first generation Nexus 7 in specifications and in price. However, do the best tablets from China compare to the latest tablet, such as the 2013 Nexus 7 in terms of value? In my experience, no. Plenty of excellent Chinese manufacturers exist, such as Pipo and Ramos. Unfortunately, the vast majority of China-only devices... Read the full article: Tablets Compared: Why You Shouldn’t Spend Money on Cheap Chinese Android Imports

15 Things The Internet and Technology Killed Off Posted: 10 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT Ah, the Internet. Over the years, the Internet and technology has brought many great benefits into our lives. Today, we no longer need to step out of our houses every morning to fetch the daily paper. We no longer need to visit the bank to find out how much money we have. We don’t even need to remember trivial information like phone numbers or how to spell properly. Technology does it all for us. Here’s a list of 15 things and practises that no longer exist, or could be on the brink of extinction, thanks to the glory of the... Read the full article: 15 Things The Internet and Technology Killed Off

3 Self-Hosted Dropbox Alternatives, Tested Posted: 10 Oct 2013 11:50 AM PDT Dropbox is a great service, no doubt about that. It’s the original cloud syncing and backup tool, that will make all of your data available anywhere, while keeping it safe. But what if you’re worried about your privacy while online? What can you do to ensure that your data is backed up, yet your privacy remains intact? Simple — host your own alternative to Dropbox. Although privacy is important, this isn’t the only advantage of hosting your own alternative Dropbox. Having your own syncing service means that the only limit on the amount of data you sync, is what your hard... Read the full article: 3 Self-Hosted Dropbox Alternatives, Tested

Make Interactive Image Labels with qTip (jQuery Plugin) Posted: 10 Oct 2013 11:30 AM PDT Images can be pretty lifeless and boring – unless they’re interactive and awesome, that is. And qTip makes this easy, with the power of jQuery. Read on to find out how you can add interactive labels that appear when the user hovers over parts of an image. Why would you want to do this? Personally, I’m using the technique in a new eCommerce site – so the user can hover-over elements of a scene (like an Ikea catalogue), with the product title and add to cart button appearing dynamically. It could also be used to good effect on something like... Read the full article: Make Interactive Image Labels with qTip (jQuery Plugin)

Disconnect Search Lets You Use Google, Bing and Yahoo Without Being Tracked Posted: 10 Oct 2013 11:15 AM PDT It's no secret that the major search engines keep track of every search you made and link you visited, so that they can serve up better ads. When you think about it, it's quite freaky that Google knows so much about you. So how do you thwart these search engines from snooping on you? A new browser extension called Disconnect Search stops Google, Bing and Yahoo in their tracks. Disconnect Search is made by the team at Disconnect.me, the extension that tells you which portals are trying to track you and blocks them from doing so. Disconnect Search is a web... Read the full article: Disconnect Search Lets You Use Google, Bing and Yahoo Without Being Tracked

What You Need To Know About Windows System Restore Posted: 10 Oct 2013 10:30 AM PDT Windows System Restore could save your butt when your computer goes wonky. There are plenty of horror stories of people who forgot to make backups. Well, imagine the trouble you could find yourself in, if you didn’t make backups of your system? That's where System Restore steps in. What is a restore point? Should you be using the System Restore feature or would you be better off disabling it? And if you decide to use it, how do you go about setting it up? By the end of this article, you'll know the answers to each of those questions, so... Read the full article: What You Need To Know About Windows System Restore

Find Everything In Gmail, Dropbox & Google Drive With FindIt Posted: 10 Oct 2013 10:00 AM PDT How long have you been using Gmail and Dropbox? If you’re the average person, the answer is at least a few years. How much stuff do you have buried in there? What do you do when you need to find a specific item, but can only remember a general keyword and the year you got it? For most of us, the answer is “plow through until I find it”. What else could you do? Gmail has pretty powerful search operators of its own, and these are always worth knowing about. We’ve also shown you a way to use invisible hashtags... Read the full article: Find Everything In Gmail, Dropbox & Google Drive With FindIt

GTA V On Film: 10 Great Grand Theft Auto 5 Videos Posted: 10 Oct 2013 09:30 AM PDT If you’re a console gamer then there’s a good chance you’ve played GTA V by now. In fact, there’s a significant chance that you’ve finished the single-player mode and have moved on to GTA Online. There’s a lot to do in the multiplayer mode too, perhaps enough to keep you entertained for the next few months. It’s an addictive game. In the same way drugs can grab you and refuse to let go, so can GTA V and GTA Online. Even when you’re not playing the game for whatever reason, you’ll still be thinking about it. Thankfully there are ways... Read the full article: GTA V On Film: 10 Great Grand Theft Auto 5 Videos

Learn Markdown Using Mac Text Editor Mou Posted: 10 Oct 2013 09:00 AM PDT There’s a lot of talk about Markdown, but mostly web designers and Mac computer geeks seem to be the only ones using this simple formatting syntax. So what is Markdown? Why is it useful and how do you learn it? If these are your questions, read on. Markdown is a text formatting syntax developed by John Gruber, which allows you to format text without using complicated HTML or traditional menu bar tools. Markdown is most useful for when working in plain text applications, because the formatting you apply can be converted and opened in practically any other supporting text editor.... Read the full article: Learn Markdown Using Mac Text Editor Mou

3 Things To Check After Removing Malware From Your PC Posted: 10 Oct 2013 08:30 AM PDT Removing malware can be a pain. Malware removal guides ease the process, but it remains tedious. And so is dealing with the after effects of removing it. Did your Internet stop working or were your browser settings messed up after you removed a virus from your computer? Malware can cause havoc while being active and it can put up a fight before it is finally eradicated. Many times, that malware will attempt to mess up your Internet settings so that you will not be able to access it anymore. You do not have to throw out your computer or re-install Windows because of this... Read the full article: 3 Things To Check After Removing Malware From Your PC

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