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• Cool Websites & Tools – Supercharge Your Gmail, Digital Attack Map, & A Mobile Emulator
• Road Trip USA: A Techie’s Toolbox For A Great Drive
• Quick Android Deals: Worms 2 Armageddon, Combo Crew, AIDE Premium, and Mobile Doc Scanner
• What Can You Do About Poor Battery Life in iOS 7?
• 7 Types Of People Who Deserve An Immediate Facebook Unfriending
• Now’s Not The Time To Be A Wanker
• Molto for iOS Provides A Social Network Like User Interface for Email
• Handwriting Recognition Arrives On Gmail And Google Docs With Language Support
• 10 Life-Changing Moments Captured on Instagram
• Navigating With A Phone? Use Google Maps On The Desktop to Plan Ahead
• WordPress Killer? Welcome To Ghost (and How to Install it on a Raspberry Pi)
• Should You Really Flash That ROM? 5 Things To Consider First
• How Would The World Look Like Without PowerPoint? Projeqt Gives A Clue
• Apple Makes New OS X Mavericks Available for Free in Mac App Store
• Red Alert: 10 Computer Security Blogs You Should Follow Today

Cool Websites & Tools – Supercharge Your Gmail, Digital Attack Map, & A Mobile Emulator Posted: 24 Oct 2013 03:01 PM PDT mxHero Toolbox – A Chrome extension to supercharge your Gmail with mxHero Toolbox, and give power to your emails. Protect your privacy and send self destructing email. Track clicks on attachments & URLs with Click Track. Be reminded of important emails with Remind Later. Delay email delivery with Send Later. Track critical email responses with Reply Timeouts, & more. Digital Attack Map – is a live data visualization of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks around the globe, built through a collaboration between Google Ideas and Arbor Networks. The tool surfaces anonymous attack traffic data to let users explore historic... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Supercharge Your Gmail, Digital Attack Map, & A Mobile Emulator

Road Trip USA: A Techie’s Toolbox For A Great Drive Posted: 24 Oct 2013 02:30 PM PDT Are you already using your Android for everything but phone calls? Smartphones also make for great travel companions! Before you start your road trip, be sure to stock up your digital toolbox with useful apps. Smartphones are amazing tools and they become invaluable while you’re traveling. Not only can you use your phone to make emergency calls and access the Internet for free, you can also use your GPS-enabled Android to navigate, discover nearby attractions and spots to enjoy nature, find places to eat, save on gas, and pick great accommodation. Doesn’t that sound like a must-have travel companion? Let’s... Read the full article: Road Trip USA: A Techie’s Toolbox For A Great Drive

Quick Android Deals: Worms 2 Armageddon, Combo Crew, AIDE Premium, and Mobile Doc Scanner Posted: 24 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! This week’s big star is Worms Armageddon, but we have three other finds for you. Apps Mobile Doc Scanner (MDScan): Previously $5, now $1. Turns your phone into a scanner, a bit like CamScanner which we mentioned here. AIDE Premium Key: Previously $10, now $5. Yup, it costs $5 even when it’s on sale. That’s because AIDE is an Android IDE – a development environment for writing, compiling, and running Android... Read the full article: Quick Android Deals: Worms 2 Armageddon, Combo Crew, AIDE Premium, and Mobile Doc Scanner

What Can You Do About Poor Battery Life in iOS 7? Posted: 24 Oct 2013 01:30 PM PDT I’ve personally had no problems with battery life since upgrading to iOS 7, and after using the initial developer preview betas noticed a big hike in performance as the software was further refined. However my experiences on an iPhone 5 have not necessarily been mirrored across the board, and there are enough users complaining about sub-par longevity since updating their software. Enough to warrant an article about furthering your phone’s juice, anyway. You’ll be pleased to know there are a few steps you can take to make your phone last longer under iOS 7, though they’ll cost you in terms of... Read the full article: What Can You Do About Poor Battery Life in iOS 7?

7 Types Of People Who Deserve An Immediate Facebook Unfriending Posted: 24 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT Despite its many flaws Facebook is still an essential website for most people. Everybody uses it in different ways, but Facebook’s raison d’etre (reason for existence) is for friends and family to keep in touch with each other online. And it manages this exquisitely. Unfortunately, Facebook has no power over who you choose to befriend on the site, or what those friends post on their wall. I say “unfortunately” because a lot of people post nonsense on Facebook. Nonsense that really should get them unfriended, by you, immediately. Do your friends do these things? It might be time. Like This... Read the full article: 7 Types Of People Who Deserve An Immediate Facebook Unfriending

Now’s Not The Time To Be A Wanker Posted: 24 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT Wankers are everywhere, but when they work with you in the same office, that just makes it worse. There are wankers who will kill every idea you’ll ever pitched, submit your work and take credit for it, perverts, downers; the list goes on. Well, to get back at them, Peter Cortez and Joe Sayaman created Workwankers — a website that lists the different types of wankers usually found in advertising (but can also be applied to other fields). And the best thing about Workwankers? You get to call out the wankers in your office. Read the full article: Now’s Not The Time To Be A Wanker

Molto for iOS Provides A Social Network Like User Interface for Email Posted: 24 Oct 2013 11:30 AM PDT Face it: there’s no perfect solution for checking and managing emails, but thankfully smart and creative developers are providing a range of mail program solutions to choose from. Molto is a brand new free email client for the iPad and iPhone, originally named Incredimail. Molto follows the release this year of similar mobile mail apps including Boxer, Mailbox, and Cloze. Each of these mail clients offers a different approach for slightly different needs. What’s unique about Molto is its user interface and social network integration, similar to Cloze and Mail Pilot. Molto iPad Layout Like other mobile clients, both versions of Molto... Read the full article: Molto for iOS Provides A Social Network Like User Interface for Email

Handwriting Recognition Arrives On Gmail And Google Docs With Language Support Posted: 24 Oct 2013 11:15 AM PDT Google has extended its input tool range to handwriting recognition on Gmail and Google Docs. In the latest announcement, Gmail and Google Docs have included handwriting among the input tools, and have made it available in Google Docs for over 20 languages and in Gmail for over 50 languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and Russian. Handwriting recognition makes it easier to communicate with non-Latin characters. This support article takes you through the simple steps to enable handwriting recognition with Google Input tools. The handwriting input is represented by a pencil icon which allows you to go with the language of... Read the full article: Handwriting Recognition Arrives On Gmail And Google Docs With Language Support

10 Life-Changing Moments Captured on Instagram Posted: 24 Oct 2013 10:30 AM PDT Instagram is not just about sharing photos of your food, your daily livfe or interesting life hacks. There have been some pretty ground-breaking, life-changing, and fascinating moments that have been shared by its users as well. Whether its documenting natural disasters, hundreds of thousands taking to the street in protest, or a crash landing of an airplane, Instagram users have been there to snap some of the first shots. There’s no denying how much easier it is to snap a photo with your phone than your regular camera, which may explain why a lot of these moments made their way... Read the full article: 10 Life-Changing Moments Captured on Instagram

Navigating With A Phone? Use Google Maps On The Desktop to Plan Ahead Posted: 24 Oct 2013 10:00 AM PDT If you’re like most smartphone users, you probably use Google Maps for navigation directions, whether you’re driving, taking public transit or walking. But the Google Maps app for your phone isn’t the best way to plan your trip, especially if you need to research possible destinations. Pecking at your touch screen can be slower than using the full Google Maps website on a PC. Luckily, Google Maps can sync your recent searches, allowing you to enter a destination on the Google Maps website, then pick up your phone and head out the door. This feature also ties in nicely with... Read the full article: Navigating With A Phone? Use Google Maps On The Desktop to Plan Ahead

WordPress Killer? Welcome To Ghost (and How to Install it on a Raspberry Pi) Posted: 24 Oct 2013 09:30 AM PDT Keep blogging simple. Ghost is a new blogging platform built upon Node.js. Unlike WordPress, which has become a real behemoth of a CMS over the years and runs on outdated PHP/MySQL technology, Ghost promises to simplify things right back to where they began: pure, unadulterated blogging. Main Features Ghost began as a Kickstarter last year – “it’s just a blogging platform”, they pitched. When £200,000 ($320,000) was raised for the open source project, they knew they were onto something. Ghost is about simplicity. It’s not a full-fledged CMS: it doesn’t even include comment functionality. It won’t transform your site into... Read the full article: WordPress Killer? Welcome To Ghost (and How to Install it on a Raspberry Pi)

Should You Really Flash That ROM? 5 Things To Consider First Posted: 24 Oct 2013 09:00 AM PDT Custom ROMs are third-party builds of Android that you can install on your Android phone or tablet. You can even install them on some devices that didn’t originally ship running Android, such as the ill-fated HP TouchPad. Custom ROMs are powerful and allow you to get the latest version of Android without any manufacturer-installed junk and with advanced features and tweaks. But they have downsides, too. While Android fans extol the virtues of custom ROMs, many never stop to note that custom ROMs aren’t an ideal solution for everyone or every device. They may be useful in many cases, but... Read the full article: Should You Really Flash That ROM? 5 Things To Consider First

How Would The World Look Like Without PowerPoint? Projeqt Gives A Clue Posted: 24 Oct 2013 08:30 AM PDT You have to give a second glance to a web application which is a 2013 Webby Awards Honoree. Projeqt walked the red carpet to claim not one but two nominations – Best User Experience and Web Services and Applications. So, it seems improper to just start this article and say it is a PowerPoint alternative. It would be better to describe it – as the application sees itself – as a creative storytelling tool. Now, I have nothing against PowerPoint. We have explored creative uses of PowerPoint before. And things are also moving fast in the realm of online alternatives... Read the full article: How Would The World Look Like Without PowerPoint? Projeqt Gives A Clue

Apple Makes New OS X Mavericks Available for Free in Mac App Store Posted: 24 Oct 2013 08:15 AM PDT Perhaps the best and most surprising news announced at Apple’s special product release event, is that its latest OS X upgrade, Mavericks, is available for a free download, and users can upgrade from previous OS X versions, starting with version 10.5. (Note: Be sure to back up your Mac before you begin the upgrade process.) The new upgrades include a better integration with Apple’s iOS mobile devices and apps — namely iBooks, iWork programs, iCloud keychain passwords. Apple says Mavericks includes over 200 new features, including upgrades to the Finder, Calendar, Safari, Maps, and improved support for multiple displays. The Finder now... Read the full article: Apple Makes New OS X Mavericks Available for Free in Mac App Store

Red Alert: 10 Computer Security Blogs You Should Follow Today Posted: 24 Oct 2013 07:50 AM PDT Security is an absolute crucial part of computing, and whether it’s a strength of yours or not, you should strive to educate yourself and stay current — I believe anyone who uses a computer should understand and do what they can to prevent security risks. However, if security isn’t a primary interest of yours, this can be difficult to do. Thankfully, there are many experts in this field who do this for us and share their knowledge online. Dave Parrack already covered many security experts to follow on Twitter, if that’s where you prefer to get your information. If you... Read the full article: Red Alert: 10 Computer Security Blogs You Should Follow Today

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