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• Cool Websites & Tools – Silly Patents, AirBnB Pricing, & Structure Your Finances
• Everything You Need To Know About World Cup Final Stadiums
• iOS Apps on Sale for 13 Jun: Speed Reading App ReadQuick Is Free
• Goal! Explore Over 80 Years Of World Cup History With These 5 Sites
• 6 Tips For Creating An Unbreakable Password That You Can Remember
• LXQt: A Lightweight Linux Desktop Environment Built With KDE Technologies
• How To Stop Auto-playing Flash And HTML5 Videos In Firefox
• Cord Cutters: Watch Live TV Online With NimbleTV – Even Cable!
• 7 Fantastic RetroPie Game Stations You Can Build This Weekend
• Read Or Listen: Amazon Integrates Audible In The Kindle Reader Apps
• 5 Nostalgic Sounds of the Technology Many People Miss
• 10 Dark Windows Themes & Skins To Reduce Eye Strain
• Sunrise Calendar Is Now Cross-Platform — But Is It Any Good?
• Samsung Introduces New Galaxy Tab S Line With Super AMOLED Displays
• Caught In A Technology Rut? 5 Simple Tips To Break Free Of Old Habits

Cool Websites & Tools – Silly Patents, AirBnB Pricing, & Structure Your Finances Posted: 13 Jun 2014 09:31 PM PDT Patently Silly – if you invent something and want to protect it from unauthorized copying, you need to get a patent. Some inventions are great but some are downright stupid, not worthy of a patent at all. Patently Silly examines the stupid patents and shows you what kind of stuff gets approved these days. I think the “Hip Hop Aerobic Exercise Doll” says it all. Beyond Pricing – AirBnB is very popular for hiring out spare rooms and even entire apartments & houses. But how do you calculate how much to charge? That’s where Beyond Pricing comes in. Link your... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Silly Patents, AirBnB Pricing, & Structure Your Finances

Everything You Need To Know About World Cup Final Stadiums Posted: 13 Jun 2014 07:30 PM PDT If you haven’t felt it already, World Cup fever is upon us. Personally, I never got football. Twenty-two men kicking a ball around the field doesn’t quite do it for me. However, I can’t ignore the fact that it’s an iconic game, and so are the stadiums the games are held. So even though I don’t enjoy the sport, I couldn’t help but share this beautifully simplistic infograph on the visual history of World Cup Final stadiums — from 1930 in Urugray’s Estadio Centenario, all the way until present day in Brazil’s Estadio Do Maracana. Enjoy! Which team are you... Read the full article: Everything You Need To Know About World Cup Final Stadiums

iOS Apps on Sale for 13 Jun: Speed Reading App ReadQuick Is Free Posted: 13 Jun 2014 07:00 PM PDT Have you ever wanted to read your favourite websites, faster? How about raiding dungeons, Warhammer-style? It’s all possible at a reduced rate thanks to this weeks apps on sale. ReadQuick is an app that can help you digest the day’s reading at a faster rate, and it’s currently completely free. This week it’s joined by a smattering of synth apps courtesy of Moog, and some fantasy-themed games from the likes of Dungeons and Dragons and Warhammer. Apps ReadQuick ($9.99, now free) ReadQuick is speed reading app for iOS that is designed to increase the rate at which you read, making it possible... Read the full article: iOS Apps on Sale for 13 Jun: Speed Reading App ReadQuick Is Free

Goal! Explore Over 80 Years Of World Cup History With These 5 Sites Posted: 13 Jun 2014 03:00 PM PDT Soccer, football, that game where opposing sides hit a ball into a net: it doesn’t matter what you call it — World Cup Fever has hit. Keeping score is simple. It’s enough to make adults cry in joy or anger, sport one of those big foamy hands, explore the streets of Brazil via Google, shout at the TV, and collect trading cards and stickers until they’ve finally found that missing one of Benoit Assou-Ekotto. For many, the history of the World Cup is littered with bitter disappointments, but if you want to indulge in over 80 years of the World... Read the full article: Goal! Explore Over 80 Years Of World Cup History With These 5 Sites

6 Tips For Creating An Unbreakable Password That You Can Remember Posted: 13 Jun 2014 02:00 PM PDT You can lock every door and window of your house, but if you use a skeleton key the odds are pretty good someone is probably going to end up robbing you blind. The same is true of your passwords. If your passwords are not unique and unbreakable, you might as well open the front door and invite the robbers in for lunch. A few years ago, Damien described a few ways to come up with strong passwords, like making sure you use special characters and that the password is at least 8 characters long. Still, creating a complex password is... Read the full article: 6 Tips For Creating An Unbreakable Password That You Can Remember

LXQt: A Lightweight Linux Desktop Environment Built With KDE Technologies Posted: 13 Jun 2014 02:00 PM PDT Do you like the look of KDE, but wish it were less resource-hungry? With LXQt, your wish has finally been granted. About LXQt LXQt is the result of the LXDE Qt team and the Razor-qt team merging together to create a single desktop environment. Both teams had very similar goals, so it made sense. The end result is what they call a Qt (pronounced “cute”) port of the LXDE desktop, one of the lightest full-fledged options currently available. In other words, they’ve made a very lightweight desktop environment that uses the same technology that KDE, a full-featured major desktop environment,... Read the full article: LXQt: A Lightweight Linux Desktop Environment Built With KDE Technologies

How To Stop Auto-playing Flash And HTML5 Videos In Firefox Posted: 13 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT Does auto-play video drive you mad? We’ll talk you through the best ways to stop auto-playing videos in your Firefox browser. There are two ways that videos auto-play in browsers. The first is through flash which, despite being phased out, is still the main method used by most websites to display videos and adverts. Blocking flash content in Firefox is fairly easy, as you will soon see. The second method makes use of HTML5. YouTube and other big video sites now exclusively render videos in HTML5. I recently detailed how to stop auto-playing flash and HTML5 videos in Chrome. From... Read the full article: How To Stop Auto-playing Flash And HTML5 Videos In Firefox

Cord Cutters: Watch Live TV Online With NimbleTV – Even Cable! Posted: 13 Jun 2014 12:00 PM PDT Want to watch TV, but don’t like the limitations of cable? Look into NimbleTV, which offers a few free live TV stations and paid plans for cable stations. Recently I introduced you to FilmOn, which lets you watch a variety of over-the-air TV stations free of charge. That service doesn’t ask for permission from providers: it re-broadcasts signals without permission, and as such is subject to frequent lawsuits. NimbleTV, in contrast, is trying to do online live television legally. You can connect the service with your existing cable stations, or pay for a direct subscription to watch cable TV online.... Read the full article: Cord Cutters: Watch Live TV Online With NimbleTV – Even Cable!

7 Fantastic RetroPie Game Stations You Can Build This Weekend Posted: 13 Jun 2014 11:00 AM PDT Miniaturisation is a wonderful thing: you can now play ROMs for virtually every retro gaming system ever on a Raspberry Pi computer the size of a NES cartridge. But where’s the fun in that? What you really need is a sweet retro arcade case to put it all in! Note: Downloading ROMs you don’t already own in physical form is illegal, etc., got it? What is RetroPie? RetroPie is an OS image you can burn directly to SD card and boot straight into your retro gaming fun; adding ROMs is then easy over the network share it creates. Christian walked you... Read the full article: 7 Fantastic RetroPie Game Stations You Can Build This Weekend

Read Or Listen: Amazon Integrates Audible In The Kindle Reader Apps Posted: 13 Jun 2014 10:30 AM PDT Reading on the couch and then suddenly you feel like a walk? Don’t worry, Amazon has you covered as it has cleverly brought together reading and listening in the new update to the Kindle app. With a tap you can now seamlessly go from reading to listening without losing your place in the book. The Audible audiobook service has been integrated in the Kindle apps for iOS and Android by piggybacking on the Whispersync for Voice feature. Audible has a large collection of 45,000 books – all professionally narrated. The Whispersync feature allowed you to switch between reading and listening,... Read the full article: Read Or Listen: Amazon Integrates Audible In The Kindle Reader Apps

5 Nostalgic Sounds of the Technology Many People Miss Posted: 13 Jun 2014 10:00 AM PDT In the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey told his Uncle Billy that the three most exciting sounds in the world are anchor chains, plane motors, and train whistles. I would say that for tech geeks, the five most exciting sounds are one of the nostalgic technology sounds described in this article. If you were born any time before 1990, then you’ve likely experienced the evolution of both computers and the Internet. Along with that evolution, there have been numerous sounds that entered into the everyday lives of people as they used technology in their work and daily life. As... Read the full article: 5 Nostalgic Sounds of the Technology Many People Miss

10 Dark Windows Themes & Skins To Reduce Eye Strain Posted: 13 Jun 2014 09:00 AM PDT Computer screens can be glaringly bright, especially in the dark. Try reducing eye strain by using a dark Windows visual style and web browser theme. You can even give every web page you view a white-text-on-black-background look. High-Contrast Themes You can choose from two types of dark Windows themes: (1) a high-contrast theme — which won’t look as pretty, but doesn’t require any additional software — or (2) a third-party theme, for which you need to perform a little hack on Windows to install it. Both Windows 7 and Windows 8 have several built-in High Contrast themes you can use to get a... Read the full article: 10 Dark Windows Themes & Skins To Reduce Eye Strain

Sunrise Calendar Is Now Cross-Platform — But Is It Any Good? Posted: 13 Jun 2014 08:00 AM PDT Until recently, there were few options for fully cross-platform calendar apps, with Google Calendar leading the way. But Sunrise Calendar, an iOS favorite, recently released new Android and desktop versions, making it a serious contender for the title of best cross-platform calendar. But does it take the crown? Cross-Platform Consistency Finding a calendar that you like and is available on all of your devices is surprisingly hard. Both the $7 Calendars 5 app (which is worth the high price) and the $5 Fantastical, which made it into our Best iPhone Apps list, are iOS-only on mobile — though Fantastical’s desktop version is great.... Read the full article: Sunrise Calendar Is Now Cross-Platform — But Is It Any Good?

Samsung Introduces New Galaxy Tab S Line With Super AMOLED Displays Posted: 13 Jun 2014 07:30 AM PDT At Samsung’s June 12th press event, the company announced a new line of tablets called the Galaxy Tab S that will be available in 8.4″ and 10.5″ sizes, both of which are only 6.6mm (0.29in) thick and include Super AMOLED displays with 1600 x 2560 resolution. The larger tablet weighs only 465g (1lb), while the smaller one weighs 294g (10oz). They’ll be available in “dazzling white” and “titanium black” sometime in July with a price point of $399 and $499 for the 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch models respectively. The Super AMOLED displays are the first of their size used in a mainstream... Read the full article: Samsung Introduces New Galaxy Tab S Line With Super AMOLED Displays

Caught In A Technology Rut? 5 Simple Tips To Break Free Of Old Habits Posted: 13 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT Sick of being outpaced by technology? It’s amazing how much the digital landscape has changed in just a few years. Technological advancements happen fast and they can leave you in the dust with obsolete apps and outdated devices. Are you in a technology rut? It can take a lot of time to keep up with cutting edge news, so we grow lazy and complacent with what we have. We end up settling for that which is less than ideal, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are a few simple tips to help you stay ahead of the... Read the full article: Caught In A Technology Rut? 5 Simple Tips To Break Free Of Old Habits

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