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- Cool Websites & Tools – Accurately Predict The Weather, Record iPhone Interactions, & Get Tips From A Local
- The Automation Juggernaut IFTTT Introduces Actions For iOS Photos & Reminders
- 4 Android Apps You Need to Manage Your Own Business
- Google News: Keyboard 2.0 & Text-To-Speech on Play Store, Chrome Blocks Extension Installs, Drive on iOS Gets Multiple Sign-In
- 10 Handy Tips For More Effective Status Updates On Social Media
- Google+ Introduces Restricted Communities For Organizations To Have Private Conversations
- Don’t Wait: 5 Great Android KitKat Features You Could Get Right Now
- How To Use An Arduino To Shoot Beautiful High-Speed Photography
Posted: 09 Nov 2013 03:30 PM PST ![]() S42AT – lets you bookmark links you share by simply adding the #S42AT hashtag to your public status messages on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and Instagram. Your links can easily be found without any registration, but registering gives you your own username and page for all of the links to be found easily. Nooly – Available for iOS & Android, Nooly is a weather app that predicts the exact minute rain or snow will start, the exact time light rain turns into thunderstorm conditions, and when exactly the storm will end. Each one of Nooly’s predictions is for an area of... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Accurately Predict The Weather, Record iPhone Interactions, & Get Tips From A Local |
The Automation Juggernaut IFTTT Introduces Actions For iOS Photos & Reminders Posted: 09 Nov 2013 01:30 PM PST ![]() A lot of really nifty stuff is being updated on the iPhone in the past few days. First, we had that significant update for Google Search, and now we have everyone’s favourite automation machine, IFTTT, bringing out two new actions, for iOS Photos & Reminders. It’s an interesting time to be an iPhone owner if you are easily dazzled by new features. Although I tend to want to get my photos off the phone as soon as possible, and onto my PC, some people like to build albums on their phone and hoard thousands of photos. If so, there are... Read the full article: The Automation Juggernaut IFTTT Introduces Actions For iOS Photos & Reminders |
4 Android Apps You Need to Manage Your Own Business Posted: 09 Nov 2013 11:00 AM PST ![]() Your business is on the grow, you are on the go! How do you manage it all without being tied to the desk? Remember, this is the future we’re living in: You have your smartphone or tablet and a bevy of beautiful apps to serve you as you push profitability ever onward. What’s even more important is that all of these apps are free! That certainly helps the bottom line. Take a look at our 4 apps that you need to help you manage your business…even better. (For those that are just dipping their toes in the entrepreneurial water, go... Read the full article: 4 Android Apps You Need to Manage Your Own Business |
Posted: 09 Nov 2013 09:30 AM PST ![]() The geeks at Google have been very busy of late. The company has publicly rolled out Helpouts and Ingress, and given vanity URLs for Google+ users. But there’s no rest for the engineers, it seems, as there have been a bunch of new updates all around. KitKat Keyboard 2.0 & Text-To-Speech Come To Play Store If your Android device hasn’t yet been upgraded to the new v4.4 KitKat, there are still a few ways to get some of its cool features. Keyboard 2.0 has hit the Play Store, bringing some significant new features, including the ability to trace letters like... Read the full article: Google News: Keyboard 2.0 & Text-To-Speech on Play Store, Chrome Blocks Extension Installs, Drive on iOS Gets Multiple Sign-In |
10 Handy Tips For More Effective Status Updates On Social Media Posted: 09 Nov 2013 08:30 AM PST ![]() There are a couple of known tips to improve engagement on social networks — asking your followers a question is one of them. Posting at optimal times using Buffer, posting images — you get the idea. Sure, if you’re just starting off in the world of social media, it can be tough. And that’s where this cheat sheet by The Social Skinny comes in handy. via Infographicals Read the full article: 10 Handy Tips For More Effective Status Updates On Social Media |
Google+ Introduces Restricted Communities For Organizations To Have Private Conversations Posted: 09 Nov 2013 07:30 AM PST ![]() In a feature eerily reminiscent of Facebook’s Restricted Groups, Google+ has introduced “restricted communities”, where organizations can have public or private conversations on Google’s social network, without fear of anyone unauthorized from the outside poking in and listening. You can if you want to however, also invite people from outside the organization to come into the conversation as guests. The Google announcement states : Once a community is created, you’ll be able to share files from Google Drive as well as videos, events and photos. Community owners can easily change settings, manage membership or invite other team members to join... Read the full article: Google+ Introduces Restricted Communities For Organizations To Have Private Conversations |
Don’t Wait: 5 Great Android KitKat Features You Could Get Right Now Posted: 09 Nov 2013 06:00 AM PST ![]() Android 4.4 KitKat is finally here! But as longtime Android users know all too well, its official rollout will be slow, gradual, and for many, non-existent. That’s why many people don’t wait around for official builds to pass through carriers and hardware manufacturers, instead opting to flash custom ROMs or download leaked APKs. Yes, it’s a tad impatient, but for us techie folk who like to live on the bleeding edge, it’s worth it. Now, KitKat didn’t introduce that many ground-breaking features, and it didn’t reinvent the mobile landscape; it simply refined what has become a solid operating system. But that’s... Read the full article: Don’t Wait: 5 Great Android KitKat Features You Could Get Right Now |
How To Use An Arduino To Shoot Beautiful High-Speed Photography Posted: 09 Nov 2013 05:00 AM PST ![]() Smashing wine glasses and popping balloons is obviously fun in and of itself – that’s just how I roll. But combined with a DSLR camera and an Arduino, it can also make for some interesting photographs. That’s exactly what we’ll be doing today. Project Basics There are two parts to this project really – the first is a sound trigger. Using a piezo buzzer as a microphone and an Arduino, we can easily detect loud noises and define an action. The second part is the camera setup. Since triggering the camera directly would be too slow, we’ll be leaving the... Read the full article: How To Use An Arduino To Shoot Beautiful High-Speed Photography |
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