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- Cool Websites & Tools – Control Smartphone Addiction, Search Wikimedia Commons, & Commencement Speeches
- TweetDeck Now Allows Users to Add Images to Scheduled Tweets
- Why Being The IT Guy Sucks
- Prove Anything With Statistics Using Spurious Correlations [Weird & Wonderful Web]
- IFTTT Introduces The eBay & Fitbit Channels
- Is Linux Mint 17 “Qiana” The Ubuntu Killer?
- Let Chrome Keep You In Shape With These Four Great Apps
- The Tiny Google Chromecast Places A Big Footprint With Launch In 6 New Countries
| Posted: 31 May 2014 09:31 PM PDT  Listango – Save your bookmarks online and access them from any device, anywhere. Access your bookmarks from any computer, phone or tablet. Listango works on all modern web browsers. You don't have to share your bookmarks with the whole world. Create private lists that only you can view. Easily share your bookmarks with friends. You can share your bookmarks using Facebook, Twitter, or email. BreakFree – is aimed at controlling smartphone addiction and helping you maintain a healthy digital lifestyle. Using an algorithm the app studies your phone usage pattern and calculates an addiction score in real time. You can... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Control Smartphone Addiction, Search Wikimedia Commons, & Commencement Speeches |
| TweetDeck Now Allows Users to Add Images to Scheduled Tweets Posted: 31 May 2014 08:30 PM PDT  Twitter recently added a functionality that allows users of TweetDeck to attach images to scheduled tweets. As of now, the update is available on the web, Windows, and Google Chrome versions of TweetDeck, and will it be coming soon to the Mac version. Before this update, scheduled tweets with an embedded image could only be done using services like Buffer and Hootsuite. This latest version of TweetDeck will be much welcomed by Twitter power users, for research shows that tweets with an embedded image are more likely to be retweeted. To schedule a tweet with an image: Compose a new... Read the full article: TweetDeck Now Allows Users to Add Images to Scheduled Tweets |
| Posted: 31 May 2014 07:30 PM PDT  Well, for one, you could still be called the IT guy despite being a woman. Aside from that, tech support crew hardly get the recognition they deserve. They’re usually working behind the scenes, making sure that the company runs perfectly. Accidents happen, computers crash — that’s pretty common. Most of the time, tech support will bear the brunt of the calamity, even though it’s not their fault. Here’s a tip: before even thinking of calling tech support, here’s a trick that will fix 99% of all computer problems: try turning it off and on again. If that doesn’t work, then... Read the full article: Why Being The IT Guy Sucks |
| Prove Anything With Statistics Using Spurious Correlations [Weird & Wonderful Web] Posted: 31 May 2014 06:30 PM PDT  Mark Twain once said, “There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.” The point being that statistics can be used to prove anything, whether they’re made up on the spot or generated by real data. You don’t have to take my word for it either, as a website called Spurious Correlations perfectly demonstrates how statistics can be bent and shaped to suit a particular bias. It turns out stats are actually rather useless. The Website Spurious Correlations is the brainchild of Tyler Vigen, a criminology student at Harvard Law School. Vigen is fascinated by empirical research, so he created a simple... Read the full article: Prove Anything With Statistics Using Spurious Correlations [Weird & Wonderful Web] |
| IFTTT Introduces The eBay & Fitbit Channels Posted: 31 May 2014 05:30 PM PDT  Bargain hunters and fitness fanatics, listen up. IFTTT has been thinking about you lately and has been making channels for eBay and Fitbit to enable you to automate those bargain hunting and fitness skills. New IFTTT channels are quite common these days as it seems they bring one out every few weeks. But these two are particularly useful if you use eBay and Fitbit. The eBay channel allows you to set up some pretty nifty automations, one of which overlaps with what eBay already offers you (emails when something matching your search appears). But there are lots of others that you... Read the full article: IFTTT Introduces The eBay & Fitbit Channels |
| Is Linux Mint 17 “Qiana” The Ubuntu Killer? Posted: 31 May 2014 02:00 PM PDT  The latest version of Linux Mint, the 17th release codenamed “Qiana”, is now out! The popular Linux distribution is a great alternative for people wanting to leave Windows as well as those who just don’t quite like Ubuntu. Let’s take a look at what’s new and why you should use it! What is Linux Mint? For those two don’t know, Linux Mint is another highly popular Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. According to DistroWatch (which isn’t representative of how many people actually use each distribution), Linux Mint is actually the most popular choice. It was initially created to fix the usability... Read the full article: Is Linux Mint 17 “Qiana” The Ubuntu Killer? |
| Let Chrome Keep You In Shape With These Four Great Apps Posted: 31 May 2014 12:00 PM PDT  Summer is once again almost upon us, and for thousands of people around the world that means one thing – time to get in shape and develop the perfect beach body. We’ve already looked at eight fitness gadgets to help you get fit and shed those winter pounds, but is really necessary to purchase expensive wearable tech? Of course it can help you understand your fitness regime in more detail and provide you with feedback that you wouldn’t usually have access to, but are there apps in the Chrome Web Store that can do a similar job? Here we have a look at... Read the full article: Let Chrome Keep You In Shape With These Four Great Apps |
| The Tiny Google Chromecast Places A Big Footprint With Launch In 6 New Countries Posted: 31 May 2014 10:30 AM PDT  Google is “casting” a big Chromecast footprint across the globe slowly but surely. Google’s thumb sized media streaming dongle has arrived in six new countries after it made its debut in the U.S. last year. Australia, Belgium, Japan, Korea, Portugal, and Switzerland are the latest markets where Chromecast will be available for retail and online purchase. More importantly, users will be able to stream local content from their devices to the T.V. The availability of Chromecast should also see local developers releasing region-tailored apps for the dongle. Digital content consumption is changing the way we access entertainment and news. Google... Read the full article: The Tiny Google Chromecast Places A Big Footprint With Launch In 6 New Countries |
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