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- Cool Websites & Tools – Smarter Chrome Bookmarks, Shark Research, & Tune Your Guitar
- Who Owns All The Bitcoins?
- Android Apps on Sale for 21 March 2014: A Kairosoft Game and a Gorgeous Modern Puzzle
- 3 Troubleshooting Tips Guaranteed To Boot Your PC’s Motherboard
- OK Google Doesn’t Work In Your Country? Don’t Worry, It Does Now
- No Need To Pay: 4 Free Retro iPhone Games You Must Play
- 5 Reliable Online Shopping Alternatives to Amazon
- Skype 4.7 Updates Android App With Battery Life Improvements
- Nosferatu: Run From The Sun Is A Blood Sucking Good Time
- Security Expert Bruce Schneier On Passwords, Privacy and Trust
- Wake Up Informed: AlarmPad Does More Than Just Wake You Up
- Join The Opt-In Program For The Facebook Messenger Beta Android App
- Want to Get More from Your Mac Mini? Start With These Upgrade Tips
- Why I Switched From Windows 7 To Elementary OS Luna
- BlackBerry Z10 Review and Giveaway
| Cool Websites & Tools – Smarter Chrome Bookmarks, Shark Research, & Tune Your Guitar Posted: 20 Mar 2014 09:31 PM PDT  Dewey – is a Chrome extension which adds custom tags, screenshots, and smarter search to your Chrome bookmarks. Your bookmarks are given thumbnails for easier browsing (which can be disabled), and those bookmarks can also be edited and filtered. Build A Bird – The Flappy Bird game was removed from the Apple store, and now it is reported to be making a comeback. But what if you want to make your own bird game? That’s where Build A Bird comes in. Just enter the required images, and press “play”. Ocearch – is a non-profit organization researching great white sharks and... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Smarter Chrome Bookmarks, Shark Research, & Tune Your Guitar |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2014 07:30 PM PDT  Last year, there was $241 trillion in wealth being distributed around the world, compared to just half of that in 2000. Interestingly, Bitcoin contributed $9.762 billion to that amount. Do you still reckon Bitcoin is not “real money”? via WhoIsHostingThis.com Read the full article: Who Owns All The Bitcoins? |
| Android Apps on Sale for 21 March 2014: A Kairosoft Game and a Gorgeous Modern Puzzle Posted: 20 Mar 2014 06:30 PM PDT  Each week we scour current Google Play promotions and cherry-pick the best of the best. This week we have a Kairosoft game, a starkly modern puzzle, and a music-making app! Because app sales are temporary affairs, by the time you read this, these may no longer be on sale. Worry not: Simply check back next week for some more Android deals! Apps Camera 2 ($2.19, now $0.99) Why apply photo effects after taking the photo, when you can preview them before pressing the shutter button? That’s the main thing Camera 2 does: It lets you apply photo effects in real... Read the full article: Android Apps on Sale for 21 March 2014: A Kairosoft Game and a Gorgeous Modern Puzzle |
| 3 Troubleshooting Tips Guaranteed To Boot Your PC’s Motherboard Posted: 20 Mar 2014 02:00 PM PDT  Motherboards sometimes don’t boot for bizarre reasons. Most system builders experience “mobo” failures at least once. In fact, many retailers employ different return policies specifically for their motherboards, due to a high rate of return. In my experience, though, motherboard problems are largely user-related. With the exception of user-incurred damage, most unbootable scenarios can reverse with three simple tips. I’d like to share my experiences with a supposedly unbootable motherboard and how to go from barefooted to booting. I recently acquired an early production run HD-Plex H1.s, the only heatpipe-cooled mini-ITX case widely available to consumers. Unfortunately, after throwing my... Read the full article: 3 Troubleshooting Tips Guaranteed To Boot Your PC’s Motherboard |
| OK Google Doesn’t Work In Your Country? Don’t Worry, It Does Now Posted: 20 Mar 2014 01:00 PM PDT  One of the great new features of Android KitKat is OK Google, the voice command that prompts your phone to accept verbal questions. The problem is, it’s limited to specific devices and is restricted to the USA and only if you’re speaking English. Let’s change that. Benefits Of “OK Google” Let’s be reasonable: this is a “bells and whistles” enhancement. Very few users will consider the inability to use the OK Google hot phrase a deal breaker when buying a non-Nexus 5 device. In fact, it is entirely likely that the tool will be baked into all official ROMs within... Read the full article: OK Google Doesn't Work In Your Country? Don’t Worry, It Does Now |
| No Need To Pay: 4 Free Retro iPhone Games You Must Play Posted: 20 Mar 2014 12:00 PM PDT  The success of Flappy Bird demonstrated what little difference graphics can really make when you’re going for the “addictive and free” route. In a show of graphics being secondary to gameplay, we’ve found four free retro-inspired games will keep you hooked to your iPhone. The use of 8-bit graphics doesn’t necessarily mean that developers have it easy and many work even harder to recreate an authentic retro gaming experience. These games bring the best of retro gameplay – challenging difficulty and classic chiptune music – to your smartphone. Only One There’s an island above the clouds. A white sword is on the... Read the full article: No Need To Pay: 4 Free Retro iPhone Games You Must Play |
| 5 Reliable Online Shopping Alternatives to Amazon Posted: 20 Mar 2014 11:00 AM PDT  Amazon is the biggest player in the game of online retailers, but that doesn’t mean you have to use them. Whether you have reservations regarding Amazon’s ethical status or simply hold a personal grudge, you may find yourself in search of an alternative to the online giant. In that case, where can you go? You won’t find a site out there with the same level of breadth and coverage that Amazon has, but if you narrow your search parameters down to specific types of goods, you’ll find that there are a couple of online retailers that can put up a... Read the full article: 5 Reliable Online Shopping Alternatives to Amazon |
| Skype 4.7 Updates Android App With Battery Life Improvements Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:30 AM PDT  Everyone wants instantaneous always-on availability when it comes to chat. Skype included. That’s why the latest update to Skype on Android comes with a lesser drain on your mobile’s battery. Skype promises “aggressive battery savings” that will allow you to leave Skype running in the background. Download Skype 4.7 from the Google Play Store and test it out. The update will be also come to the Kindle Fire family of tablets later this month. Skype said that better battery management has been made possible partially by sacrificing instant group chat notifications. It has been switched off as a default. The... Read the full article: Skype 4.7 Updates Android App With Battery Life Improvements |
| Nosferatu: Run From The Sun Is A Blood Sucking Good Time Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:00 AM PDT  If there’s one genre that there is no shortage of on mobile it’s endless runners. While they enjoyed a good run with releases like Jetpack Joyride and Temple Run both of which go back to the early days of touchscreen gaming, the genre was recently pushed back into the foreground with the rise and fall of Flappy Bird. This made me go out looking for endless runners that do things a little differently, which involved jumping over to our Best iPhone Games Page and spotting Nosferatu: Run From The Sun (free, universal). If it wasn’t any good, it wouldn’t be on... Read the full article: Nosferatu: Run From The Sun Is A Blood Sucking Good Time |
| Security Expert Bruce Schneier On Passwords, Privacy and Trust Posted: 20 Mar 2014 09:00 AM PDT  In today’s interconnected world, all it takes is one security mistake to make your whole world come crashing down. Who better to turn to for advice than security expert Bruce Schneier? If you have even a passing interest in security matters, then you’ve surely come across the writings of Bruce Schneier, a world-renowned security guru who has served on numerous government committees, testified before Congress, and is the author of 12 books on security issues so far, as well as countless essays and academic papers. After hearing about Schneier’s newest book, Carry On: Sound Advice from Schneier on Security, we... Read the full article: Security Expert Bruce Schneier On Passwords, Privacy and Trust |
| Wake Up Informed: AlarmPad Does More Than Just Wake You Up Posted: 20 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PDT  How do you wake up in the morning? Do you need your 30 minutes of repeating snoozes, or do you wake up roaring, ready to tackle the day? Whether you’re a morning person or not, chances are you need an alarm clock to wake up. And if you own an Android device, I’m betting your phone is also your alarm clock. There are many unique alarm-clock apps out there, and I’m sure you already have a favorite. But it’s never too late to switch favorites. Especially if you want your alarm clock to also tell you about the current weather... Read the full article: Wake Up Informed: AlarmPad Does More Than Just Wake You Up |
| Join The Opt-In Program For The Facebook Messenger Beta Android App Posted: 20 Mar 2014 07:30 AM PDT  If you have an Android phone and a Facebook account, then Facebook is looking for you. The social networking site is looking for beta testers to squash the bugs and road test the latest beta versions of Facebook Messenger for Android before they are released to the general public. Applying is both simple and painless. All you have to do is join the beta testers Google group. Once that’s done, you need to allow beta downloads – just go to Google Play and click “Become a Tester”. Then it’s just a case of downloading Facebook Messenger for your phone and... Read the full article: Join The Opt-In Program For The Facebook Messenger Beta Android App |
| Want to Get More from Your Mac Mini? Start With These Upgrade Tips Posted: 20 Mar 2014 07:00 AM PDT  Despite iFixit scoring the recent Retina MacBook Pro models 2/10 for repairability, the new Mac Mini managed an 8/10. This tiny-but-powerful computer has always offered a way to make future upgrades possible, housed in an easy-to-access case, with upgradable parts that aren’t permanently soldered into the system. While Apple provides a convenience when you choose to upgrade specs through them before you even get your Mac Mini, you’ll be paying heavily for that convenience. If you’d like to save some money and are willing to put in a bit of effort, it’s actually a good idea to go with lower... Read the full article: Want to Get More from Your Mac Mini? Start With These Upgrade Tips |
| Why I Switched From Windows 7 To Elementary OS Luna Posted: 20 Mar 2014 06:00 AM PDT  Bye bye, Windows. Hello, Linux! I have been a Windows user for 15 years now – unhappy with many of its ways, but not willing to give up what’s familar. The only time my computers saw an OS that was not Windows was during a short-lived Linux Mint installation and a failed Hackintosh attempt. But thanks to the Ubuntu-based Elementary OS Luna, I’ve given up Windows for good. What prompted me to try Luna? In what ways does it fare better than my previous OS, Windows 7? Why not a different Linux distro? Here are some answers. I Took The... Read the full article: Why I Switched From Windows 7 To Elementary OS Luna |
| BlackBerry Z10 Review and Giveaway Posted: 20 Mar 2014 05:30 AM PDT  Ever since smartphones came along, all we’ve been hearing about is Android and iOS. Sure, there are other players around, such as Windows Phone and BlackBerry, but we mostly don’t think of them as viable options. For me, BlackBerry always seemed like a dying, irrelevant OS, until our best mobile OS poll results revealed that 53 per cent of voters preferred BlackBerry, and this got me thinking. Can a tech blogger really afford to know nothing about an entire mobile OS? We’ve looked at numerous Android devices, every available iPhone, and even some Windows Phone devices such as the Nokia... Read the full article: BlackBerry Z10 Review and Giveaway |
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