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• Cool Websites & Tools – New York Subway System, Business Magazine, & Math Game
• 16 Routines of Successful Creative People
• Android Apps on Sale, 9 May: Star Wars Pinball!
• Google Aims To Make Teaching & Studying Easier As It Launches Classroom
• Something Broken? Learn To Fix Anything With These 4 Websites
• Is Your Android Leaking Information? Check With ViaProtect
• Stop Organizing, Start Working: 3 Simple To-Do Apps To Speed Up Your Workflow
• Comparison of Third Party Browsers for iPad
• Opera 21 Launches For Windows and Mac With Huge Speed Improvements
• Windows 8 Crashing? How To Easily Troubleshoot Blue Screen & Other Issues
• Discounted Apple iPad, RAM, Windows 8 Tablet and a $99 Intel Haswell CPU [Tech Deals]
• Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff – Essential Fan Service or Free To Play Lunacy?
• Android Too Complicated? This Launcher Will Simplify Your Life
• Google Maps Updated With Lane Guidance, Offline Mode, And Search Filters
• How To Activate & Use Cortana On Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview

Cool Websites & Tools – New York Subway System, Business Magazine, & Math Game Posted: 08 May 2014 09:31 PM PDT NY Train Project – New York’s subway system can be one of the most exciting or overwhelming experiences that a first time visitor or seasoned rider can have. NY Train Project is an online gallery of subways stations in NYC, starting with Manhattan. The developer of this site hopes this gallery can serve as not only a tribute to the history of the subway stations but also as a quick guide to getting around New York via the MTA. The Distance – is a new online magazine about hard-working, long-lasting businesses and the people behind them. Each month, they will... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – New York Subway System, Business Magazine, & Math Game

16 Routines of Successful Creative People Posted: 08 May 2014 07:30 PM PDT How many hours of sleep do you think Mozart and Beethoven got every night? How did Charles Dickens’ routine help him stay creatively fresh? If you’re trying to stay creative, perhaps you should adopt one of these daily habits. Is there something you do to stay creative? via Info We Trust Read the full article: 16 Routines of Successful Creative People

Android Apps on Sale, 9 May: Star Wars Pinball! Posted: 08 May 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 Star Wars pinball game at a great price, and a complex music creation app, too. 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 SunVox ($5.99, now $2.99) A sophisticated music-making app. This one is not for the faint of heart: Prepare for a very real learning curve. On the upside, you get multitrack WAV export and... Read the full article: Android Apps on Sale, 9 May: Star Wars Pinball!

Google Aims To Make Teaching & Studying Easier As It Launches Classroom Posted: 08 May 2014 05:30 PM PDT Google recently did its bit to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day by launching a new free organizational tool for teachers. Google Classroom will be available as a part of the Google Apps for Education suite. It seamlessly integrates Google Drive, Google Docs, and Gmail to help teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback, and communicate easily with their students. Teachers can apply for a preview of Classroom and the selected teachers will be invited to try the tool before Google opens it up for the world by September – i.e. for schools and teachers who use Google Apps for Education.... Read the full article: Google Aims To Make Teaching & Studying Easier As It Launches Classroom

Something Broken? Learn To Fix Anything With These 4 Websites Posted: 08 May 2014 02:00 PM PDT No one likes it when their things break. It might be something big, like your TV or your car, or something smaller, like a leaky faucet or a cracked floor tile. You can spend hundreds of dollars to have a professional help you out, or you can learn how to fix it yourself for the cost of some tools and a couple hours of work. Which would you rather do? Be Safe! Before you go trying to fix all of your problems by yourself, make sure that you’re making safe decisions. If something really expensive or potentially dangerous (especially things that... Read the full article: Something Broken? Learn To Fix Anything With These 4 Websites

Is Your Android Leaking Information? Check With ViaProtect Posted: 08 May 2014 01:00 PM PDT Ever wonder just who your Android communicates with in the background? Perhaps you’re not as inquisitive (or paranoid) as I am, yet you should give this app a try anyway. What your Android device tells others, and who those others are, just might surprise or shock you! The primary goal of the viaProtect app, developed by the fine folks at viaForensics, is to take away any shocks. Keep in mind that this app is essentially a beta program. On the GooglePlay site it is labelled as being a ‘public preview’. What that means is that this is a release for you... Read the full article: Is Your Android Leaking Information? Check With ViaProtect

Stop Organizing, Start Working: 3 Simple To-Do Apps To Speed Up Your Workflow Posted: 08 May 2014 12:00 PM PDT Stop using your to-do list as yet another excuse to procrastinate. Switch to a minimal task management system and focus on getting things done. Streamlining and managing workflows is a hot topic on the Web, and productivity tools such as to-do lists form a major part of that discussion. Finding new and improved ways of working is great. But it’s also important to ensure that you’re spending minimal time tweaking your to-do list and maximum time working through the tasks listed on it. That’s where the following three apps can help you. With their no-fuss approach to task management, they bring the simplicity of pen and... Read the full article: Stop Organizing, Start Working: 3 Simple To-Do Apps To Speed Up Your Workflow

Comparison of Third Party Browsers for iPad Posted: 08 May 2014 11:00 AM PDT In today’s video, we’ll be talking about third party browsers for the iPad. Before we start though it’s important to bear in mind that all of the third party browsers are based upon webkit rendering and the webkit Javascript engine – that is to say that they are essentially just layers on top of the Safari core. Some browsers like Opera Mini mix this up a bit by compressing the page in the cloud before rendering it, but if you’re hoping to find a native version of Chrome here – well you’re not going to. What separates these browsers are the features... Read the full article: Comparison of Third Party Browsers for iPad

Opera 21 Launches For Windows and Mac With Huge Speed Improvements Posted: 08 May 2014 10:30 AM PDT Opera has just updated its desktop web browser to version 21, and with it, a great deal of speed has been added. Its ‘Aura’ hardware acceleration engine promises to speed up animations and provide a smoother web browsing experience for its users on both Mac and Windows. Opera’s technology is not actually in use in the Mac release of the browser, instead it’s using Apple’s core animation features, which ends up providing the same benefits as Aura. Speed is generally a huge factor that Internet users consider when determining which browser to run in their daily life, so making these... Read the full article: Opera 21 Launches For Windows and Mac With Huge Speed Improvements

Windows 8 Crashing? How To Easily Troubleshoot Blue Screen & Other Issues Posted: 08 May 2014 10:00 AM PDT Windows 8 shouldn’t blue-screen as frequently as Windows 98 did, but it isn’t perfect. Most blue screens and application crashes aren’t even Windows’ fault — they’re often caused by faulty hardware, buggy hardware drivers, and other problems with third-party software.  These tips will help you identify exactly what’s wrong with your PC and fix it. Get Information About the Problem The blue screen of death (BSOD) is simplified on Windows 8, with most of the confusing text eliminated.  The most important piece of information — the error code — is still available here. This code will help you identify and fix the problem, so be... Read the full article: Windows 8 Crashing? How To Easily Troubleshoot Blue Screen & Other Issues

Discounted Apple iPad, RAM, Windows 8 Tablet and a $99 Intel Haswell CPU [Tech Deals] Posted: 08 May 2014 09:30 AM PDT Prices continue to drop on many consumer electronics, to make room for summer releases. This week, we’ve got several tablets, an $100 coupon at Microsoft’s web store and a $99 Intel Haswell CPU, with a successful price-match — and a lot more! Lenovo Miix 2 32GB 8-inch Tablet (Refurbished) Price: $171.80; compare to $349.99 Retailer: Lenovo – Buy it Now Lenovo’s IdeaTab Miix 2 8-inch tablet offers the complete version of Windows 8.1, and not the RT edition. It also includes a relatively modern version of the Atom CPU, the Z3740. It offers a 32GB eMMC (SSD), 2GB of memory... Read the full article: Discounted Apple iPad, RAM, Windows 8 Tablet and a $99 Intel Haswell CPU [Tech Deals]

Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff – Essential Fan Service or Free To Play Lunacy? Posted: 08 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT It seems today that all you see are purchases in software, for in-app currency – but where are those “pay once, play forever” values on which we used to rely? It was only a matter of time before FOX extended its free to play empire to include the Family Guy brand. Seth MacFarlane’s adult-themed animated hit set in the fictional town of Quahog follows the immensely popular The Simpsons: Tapped Out in all but jokes and visual style, but with in-app purchases that cost more than $400 in real money – has it gone a bit far? I’ve spent a good two weeks finding out.... Read the full article: Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff – Essential Fan Service or Free To Play Lunacy?

Android Too Complicated? This Launcher Will Simplify Your Life Posted: 08 May 2014 08:00 AM PDT You may think Android isn’t for everyone. You sometimes hear others say “it’s too complicated”, or “It might be good for techies, but not for me”. Yes, Android does have that image — a virus-prone system with too many options that can easily go wrong. Couple that with the fact that it looks different on every device, and you get something that can be hard for non-techies to deal with. But Android is actually a great operating system, and one that anyone can enjoy. There are some great ways to configure an Android phone for older people, and when talking... Read the full article: Android Too Complicated? This Launcher Will Simplify Your Life

Google Maps Updated With Lane Guidance, Offline Mode, And Search Filters Posted: 08 May 2014 07:30 AM PDT Rolling out to iOS and Android users is a rather significant update to the Google Maps app that includes a lane guidance feature, improved offline support, filters for search results, Uber integration, improved public transit information including “last train home”, improved saved locations across devices, and improved Street View. With lane guidance, Google Maps can now tell you which lane to be in to properly make your upcoming turn or exit. It also now has easier access to alternate routes while navigating so that you don’t have to back out of navigation completely and select a different route. While the... Read the full article: Google Maps Updated With Lane Guidance, Offline Mode, And Search Filters

How To Activate & Use Cortana On Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview Posted: 08 May 2014 07:00 AM PDT You’ve upgraded to the Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview – but where is Cortana, the Google Now and Siri rival? If you’re in the USA, it may just need pinning to the Start screen, but if you’re in the UK, the setup is a little more complicated. Cortana Is In Charge With Cortana activated on your Windows Phone device, you can put the finding of news items, weather, calendar management and more in the hands of your phone. Like Siri (which you should be using) and Google Now on iOS and Android, Cortana is capable of integrating with apps and... Read the full article: How To Activate & Use Cortana On Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview

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