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- The Most Popular Holiday Toys From The Past 50 Years
- The Best Amazon Prime Air Parodies [Weird & Wonderful Web]
- 7+ Great Digital Gifts That Don’t Need Shipping
- Google Calendar Gets Some Big Updates & Google Search A Little Tweak
- Extra Password Security Arrives In Newest Chromium Build
- 5 Tools To Sync & Auto-Upload Photos From Android To Cloud Storage
| The Most Popular Holiday Toys From The Past 50 Years Posted: 07 Dec 2013 06:30 PM PST  What are you expecting for Christmas this year? A new iPad Air? A PlayStation 4? Maybe a few geek toys? Gift expectations have certainly risen over the last few decades. Nowadays, kids dream of cool and expensive toys. Do you even remember the days when a simple Tickle Me Elmo or Tamagotchi brought endless smiles to children’s faces? What did you hope to find waiting for you under the tree on Christmas morning when you were younger? Here’s a look back at some of the most popular holiday toys from the past fifty years. Do some of them bring back... Read the full article: The Most Popular Holiday Toys From The Past 50 Years |
| The Best Amazon Prime Air Parodies [Weird & Wonderful Web] Posted: 07 Dec 2013 05:30 PM PST  This week in Weird & Wonderful Web, we look at how the Internet reacted to the news that Amazon is building a fleet of delivery drones for Amazon Prime Air. This new system, which aims to deliver small products to homes in under 30 minutes, was announced on U.S. television by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. There is, of course, no guarantee Amazon Prime Air will ever become a reality, and there are certainly more questions than answers at this stage. Which all led to the Internet having a field day with the concept, mocking the idea of delivery drones in... Read the full article: The Best Amazon Prime Air Parodies [Weird & Wonderful Web] |
| 7+ Great Digital Gifts That Don’t Need Shipping Posted: 07 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST  Shipping can decide whether or not your gift reaches its recipient in time. As the date is drawing closer, your options get more and more limited and at some point, sending a package is no longer a possibility. Moreover, shipping adds to the ecological footprint of your gift. We have prepared a list of digital presents that work as last minute gifts and have a small ecological footprint on top of that. The Usual Suspects: Gift Card, Certificate, Voucher Most online stores offer something to that degree. This includes iTunes for music, movies, and apps (now also via PayPal Digital... Read the full article: 7+ Great Digital Gifts That Don’t Need Shipping |
| Google Calendar Gets Some Big Updates & Google Search A Little Tweak Posted: 07 Dec 2013 09:30 AM PST  Google Calendar now includes map location auto-complete suggestions and keyword-driven suggested searches for events. Google Search also got a handy tweak for car lovers. Google Calendar is a service that countless people rely on every day. Without it, we would be totally lost. Birthdays would be forgotten, appointments missed, the world would descend into utter chaos and anarchy. So it is good news that Google has finally included some updates to a service that some have felt has been neglected for quite a while. The first improvement ties in with another Google service which is a big favourite – Maps.... Read the full article: Google Calendar Gets Some Big Updates & Google Search A Little Tweak |
| Extra Password Security Arrives In Newest Chromium Build Posted: 07 Dec 2013 06:30 AM PST  Up until now, anyone with access to your PC could view all of your saved passwords in Chrome by pointing the browser to chrome://settings/passwords, but that changes in the newest build of Chromium, the open-source project that Chrome is based on. When the update eventually makes its way to the official version of Chrome, the browser will prompt users to reauthenticate using the Windows user password before showing any saved passwords. If you’re anxious for an improved password manager, you can check out Chrome Canary, which is essentially the newest possible version of Chrome. Be warned, however, that has a test... Read the full article: Extra Password Security Arrives In Newest Chromium Build |
| 5 Tools To Sync & Auto-Upload Photos From Android To Cloud Storage Posted: 07 Dec 2013 04:00 AM PST  Nothing is more convenient than taking a photo on your phone and automatically having it be backed up to the cloud. That way, should your phone be lost or damaged, all your pictures are still safe and sound. Cloud storage options are abundant nowadays, but not many of them have auto-upload features. All of the services discussed below allow you to automatically backup all the pictures taken on your phone directly to the cloud, and they can make your life that much easier. Google+ Yes, Google Plus is a social network, but for some reason, Google’s automatic uploading of photos... Read the full article: 5 Tools To Sync & Auto-Upload Photos From Android To Cloud Storage |
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