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• Get 1TB Of Cloud Storage With MediaFire For $2.50 A Month
• Brainstorm, Manage & Present Outlines With Style Using OmniOutliner 4
• WordPress Blog Too Slow? 7 Ways You Can Speed It Up Again In Minutes
• Why You Should Replace Microsoft Security Essentials With A Proper Antivirus
• Amazon Prime Air Update, OpenSSL Author Speaks, Google Glass For All [Tech News Digest]
• Cool Websites & Tools – Better Healthcare, Instant Feedback On Text, & Your Digital Legacy
• Disqus Commenting Platform Introduces Sponsored Comments
• What Is Eating Up The World’s Bandwidth?
• Android Apps on Sale, 11 April: Pathogen & The Walking Dead
• Microsoft Introduces Skype TX With Studio Quality Features
• 5 Worthy Cloud-Based Accounting Apps For Your Small Business
• 5 Crazy Difficult Games You Can Get On Steam
• 6 Of The Simplest Ways To Spark Your Passion With Creative Ideas
• 3 Fascinating YouTube Channels for the Thinking Video Gamer
• Twitter Changes The Profile Page Design – Again

Get 1TB Of Cloud Storage With MediaFire For $2.50 A Month Posted: 11 Apr 2014 07:30 AM PDT The regular price for 1TB of MediaFire storage is normally $5, but for a “limited time”, you can sign up for the 1TB plan for $2.50. Your move Google! It’s getting crazy in the cloud storage business. No sooner did Google Drive announce rock-bottom prices for their cloud storage options, than MediaFire has come along and announced that they too are having a sale and everything must go! In a press release, MediaFire also announced several other new features, which they hope will tempt you away from the other major players : Both free and paid users can upload individual... Read the full article: Get 1TB Of Cloud Storage With MediaFire For $2.50 A Month

Brainstorm, Manage & Present Outlines With Style Using OmniOutliner 4 Posted: 11 Apr 2014 07:00 AM PDT If you want to go beyond old school methods or limited Microsoft Word outlines and save time in the process, OmniGroup’s OmniOutliner takes creating outlines to another level. Updated in January of this year, OmniOutliner comes with a new UI design, retooled styles, a cleaner Inspector, text zooming far greater customisation and much more. Today’s review looks at OmniOutliner Pro, which adds support for AppleScript, exporting to Word format and even more advanced customisation and document-specific settings. Neither the standard ($49.00) or pro version ($99.99) are cheap, and each have 14-day trials available to help convince you of the power and time saving features on offer. Stylizing Content You... Read the full article: Brainstorm, Manage & Present Outlines With Style Using OmniOutliner 4

WordPress Blog Too Slow? 7 Ways You Can Speed It Up Again In Minutes Posted: 11 Apr 2014 06:00 AM PDT Your WordPress site is slow, and you’re losing page views and revenue because of it. But you’re also busy – I get it. Here’s seven speed tips you could have a crack at on your lunch break – they’re so simple and easy. Optimize Images This is a two-parter. The first thing is to equip yourself with the knowledge of using the best format for the job. When we talk about images used on the web, it's generally restricted to either a JPG or PNG. PNG is a lossless format, best suited to simple images and illustrations, or screenshots. JPG... Read the full article: WordPress Blog Too Slow? 7 Ways You Can Speed It Up Again In Minutes

Why You Should Replace Microsoft Security Essentials With A Proper Antivirus Posted: 11 Apr 2014 05:00 AM PDT Microsoft threw its hat in the anti-virus arena in 2009 with Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), a tool that runs on Windows XP, 7 and 8. The move received early praise, as it seemed strange that the company had gone so long without providing even the most basic anti-virus protection, and early tests showed MSE to be nearly as effective as paid competitors. The honeymoon didn’t last, however. More recent tests have shown that MSE doesn’t provide the features users should look for in an effective anti-virus. Here’s where it falls short – and what you should look for in a... Read the full article: Why You Should Replace Microsoft Security Essentials With A Proper Antivirus

Amazon Prime Air Update, OpenSSL Author Speaks, Google Glass For All [Tech News Digest] Posted: 11 Apr 2014 04:30 AM PDT Today in Tech News Digest, an Amazon Prime Air progress report, OpenSSL Heartbleed culprit speaks, Google Glass for everyone, gamers get frustrated, Amazon buys ComiXology, Skype TX arrives, and S.E.L.F.I.E. automates the selfie-taking process. Amazon Prime Air Drones In Flight Testing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has issued his annual letter to shareholders detailing how the company is doing and where it’s going. The most interesting part of which concerns Amazon Prime Air, the delivery by drones initiative first revealed in December 2013. Bezos reveals, “The Prime Air team is already flight testing our 5th and 6th generation aerial vehicles, and... Read the full article: Amazon Prime Air Update, OpenSSL Author Speaks, Google Glass For All [Tech News Digest]

Cool Websites & Tools – Better Healthcare, Instant Feedback On Text, & Your Digital Legacy Posted: 10 Apr 2014 09:31 PM PDT Patients Like Me – makes healthcare better for everyone through sharing, support, and research. Compare treatments, symptoms and experiences with people like you and take control of your health. Share your experience, give and get support to improve your life and the lives of others. Chart your health over time and contribute to research that can advance medicine for all. Poetica – whether you’re writing a blog post, email, or job application, an extra pair of eyes can really help get your message across. Poetica makes it easy to ask friends and colleagues for instant feedback on your text. It’s... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Better Healthcare, Instant Feedback On Text, & Your Digital Legacy

Disqus Commenting Platform Introduces Sponsored Comments Posted: 10 Apr 2014 08:30 PM PDT Just when you thought there were no new ways to introduce ad space into a website, a brand new approach to earning more income with your website comes along. On April 7th, the popular commenting platform Disqus announced that it is actively testing a new and innovative ad revenue stream called Sponsored Comments. It was only a month ago that the company introduced the Featured Comments feature, where website owners could choose select comments to “feature” at the top of a comment thread. In this case, the company is taking the same approach, but placing advertisers at the top of... Read the full article: Disqus Commenting Platform Introduces Sponsored Comments

What Is Eating Up The World’s Bandwidth? Posted: 10 Apr 2014 07:30 PM PDT Here’s an interesting bit of trivia: streaming services make up 65 percent of all Internet traffic during peak hours, one third of which is attributed to Netflix. According to this infograph by WhoIsHostingThis.com, Internet traffic will probably surpass the zettabyte threshold – or 83 exabytes per month – in 2015. By 2017, that figure will rise to 120 exabytes a month. How do you use the Internet bandwidth in your household? Click to enlarge. Read the full article: What Is Eating Up The World’s Bandwidth?

Android Apps on Sale, 11 April: Pathogen & The Walking Dead Posted: 10 Apr 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 four awesome games, one of which is entirely free. 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! Pathogen – Strategy Board Game ($3, now $1) This game is the reason why it took me so long to write this post – I had to buy it as soon as I saw it was on sale… and then I... Read the full article: Android Apps on Sale, 11 April: Pathogen & The Walking Dead

Microsoft Introduces Skype TX With Studio Quality Features Posted: 10 Apr 2014 05:30 PM PDT Plenty of podcasters and broadcasters out there use Skype as their preferred method of communicating with their cohosts and guests. Microsoft is attempting to make that a better, more professional experience with the introduction of Skype TX, which adds plenty of useful new features and adjustments that it promises will give broadcasters ”Studio-grade” performance, thus making their broadcasts better for themselves and their listeners/viewers. One of the biggest things offered with Skype TX is the inclusion of HD-SDI video output and input, which will allow broadcasters to output higher quality audio and video than they would be able to using the free... Read the full article: Microsoft Introduces Skype TX With Studio Quality Features

5 Worthy Cloud-Based Accounting Apps For Your Small Business Posted: 10 Apr 2014 02:00 PM PDT Whether you created your own online business or you work in the finance department of another SME, you will be aware that cloud-based accounting has taken off in the last 18 months. Whilst managing the finances of a small or medium enterprise (SME) used to be fraught with difficulties, the migration of businesses onto cloud-based applications has helped reduce tax mistakes, prevent audits and allowed for a greater collaboration between a business and its accountants and financial advisers. In an industry that has traditionally been dominated by expensive and resource-hungry desktop programs there are now an ever increasing number of lightweight yet... Read the full article: 5 Worthy Cloud-Based Accounting Apps For Your Small Business

5 Crazy Difficult Games You Can Get On Steam Posted: 10 Apr 2014 01:00 PM PDT If the success of Flappy Bird has taught us anything, it’s this: difficult games are NOT niche. Rewards taste sweeter when the effort required is greater, so it should be no surprise that difficult games are often more rewarding when you win. When was the last time you basked in the glory of hard-fought victory? Nowadays, difficult games are rare. Difficult games that are fun? Even rarer. But thanks to Steam, you can play these games without spending too much money. In terms of the ratio of price-to-glory, these games are the best value you’ll ever get. Are you ready... Read the full article: 5 Crazy Difficult Games You Can Get On Steam

6 Of The Simplest Ways To Spark Your Passion With Creative Ideas Posted: 10 Apr 2014 12:00 PM PDT There are no bad ideas. Okay, I stole that line from a favorite TV show, and it goes like this… There are no bad ideas Lemon, only great ideas that go horribly wrong… – Jack Donaghy, ’30 Rock’ Ideas are little sparks. Miss them and they are vapor. Catch them. Fan them. They turn into flames. Of course, like the soap quote above, bad ideas can burn. But why be so pessimistic. We have seen that ideas are basic to any creative process, and when you are brainstorming alone or in a team, all ideas are welcome. Think of this... Read the full article: 6 Of The Simplest Ways To Spark Your Passion With Creative Ideas

3 Fascinating YouTube Channels for the Thinking Video Gamer Posted: 10 Apr 2014 11:00 AM PDT “Why don’t you grow up and stop playing video games?” Has someone ever posed that question to you? Maybe it was a family member who didn’t want to hear about your Call of Duty kill/death ratio at the dinner table. Or was it a co-worker who shouldn’t have asked what you did last night if they didn’t want to hear about you trying World of Warcraft for the first time? To a person outside of the hobby looking in, it can seem like video gamers are spending hours on end escaping into power fantasies, when in fact there’s much more... Read the full article: 3 Fascinating YouTube Channels for the Thinking Video Gamer

Twitter Changes The Profile Page Design – Again Posted: 10 Apr 2014 10:30 AM PDT Another day, another Twitter page redesign. No sooner have we just got over the last incarnation than they have got restless and changed it again. As I often say to Facebook when they bring out their latest redesign, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” The new design has a lot of space (which will be good for claustrophobic tweeters), and a lot of white. The biggest selling point, as far as Twitter is concerned, is the fact that you can have a much bigger header image, stretching right across the page, a much bigger profile photo, and being able... Read the full article: Twitter Changes The Profile Page Design – Again

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