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- Cool Websites & Tools – No Drones, Reddit Live, & Wikipedia On a Stick
- How To Speak Gen Z
- What Are Your Hopes For The iPhone 6? [We Ask You]
- Dropzone 3 Turbocharges Your Mac With Drag & Drop Actions
- 5 Best Free Messaging Apps For Android
- Tech Jobs of the Future: What To Study If You Want a Cool Job Tomorrow
- 8 Free Endless Runners For Windows Phone 8
- What Is Revenge Porn, And Are You At Risk From It?
- 7 Practical Things You Should Do After Cracking Your Smartphone’s Screen
- ASUS Chromebook C200MA-DS01 Review and Giveaway
- Update Or Restore Your Jailbroken iPhone Or iPad To Stock The Right Way
- Amazon Wants Cheap eBooks, Google Fixes Android Flaw, And More… [Tech News Digest]
| Cool Websites & Tools – No Drones, Reddit Live, & Wikipedia On a Stick Posted: 30 Jul 2014 09:31 PM PDT  Don’t Fly Drones Here – represents areas where it is not recommended to fly drones due to regulations. Unmanned drones like quadcopters and fixed-wing aircraft are at the center of new airspace regulations by the FAA. To help people find safe places to fly, the map establishes no-fly areas where drones are not permitted. Knock – the most frequent kind of calls are the calls with a single intent/question. Knock fixes this with responsive missed calls, which shows a message in the incoming call screen and gives you quick response options. When you send your friend a message, he gets... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – No Drones, Reddit Live, & Wikipedia On a Stick |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2014 07:30 PM PDT  Have you ever received text messages from Mum or Dad (maybe Grandma) asking,”What’s ‘LOL’?” or “What’s “FML’?” If you’re still unsure about the lingo of today’s generation Z, here’s a quick cheat sheet to get you back on track. While you’re at it, you may as well learn the alphabet the geeky way, as opposed to learning the alphabet the obsolete way. via McCrindle Read the full article: How To Speak Gen Z |
| What Are Your Hopes For The iPhone 6? [We Ask You] Posted: 30 Jul 2014 06:30 PM PDT  The iPhone 6 is almost here, with Apple expected to unveil its new mobile hardware in September. Apple fans have been extremely patient in waiting for the iPhone 6, having to make do with nothing but rumors for the past 12 months. Now, with weeks rather than months to go before its release, it’s time to talk about the iPhone 6 and your individual hopes for the next big release from Cupertino. Will Apple deliver what its fans demand? iHope 6 We want to know, What Are Your Hopes For The iPhone 6? This isn’t about what you expect to... Read the full article: What Are Your Hopes For The iPhone 6? [We Ask You] |
| Dropzone 3 Turbocharges Your Mac With Drag & Drop Actions Posted: 30 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT  You could waste time putting your files and folders to use the traditional way, or you could save time and do everything directly from your menu bar using Dropzone ($9.99, free trial download). Last year we chose the drag and drop application, Dropzone, as one of our ten top productivity applications. Essentially, Dropzone performs various types of computer tasks that can be carried out from your menu bar. For example, you can select file on your desktop and drag onto a Dropzone action that can or copy the file to a designated folder in your Finder. Other actions allow you to drop and send a... Read the full article: Dropzone 3 Turbocharges Your Mac With Drag & Drop Actions |
| 5 Best Free Messaging Apps For Android Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT  It was a strange day when text messages took over phone calls as the primary way to communicate with personal contacts. For those of us without unlimited texting plans, it can be a pain to keep up with friends and family. Need a free way to send messages with your phone? Check out these apps. Disclaimer: The “free text messages” in these apps is not the same as SMS messages. None of these apps can send SMS or MMS for free. If that’s what you want, you may be more interested in how to send a free SMS online instead.... Read the full article: 5 Best Free Messaging Apps For Android |
| Tech Jobs of the Future: What To Study If You Want a Cool Job Tomorrow Posted: 30 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT  Imagine a world where you can control your dreams with computer software, have pizza delivered to your house via drone, and have fat deposits removed from your arteries by nanorobots the size of fleas. A decade ago, these ideas were science fiction. Today, they’re becoming science fact. If you’re a student and looking to establish yourself in a field of study that has a bright future in the world of high technology, then you’ll need the mindset of a futurist. Understanding the direction of technology will help you decide how you want to position yourself to succeed, and figure out exactly... Read the full article: Tech Jobs of the Future: What To Study If You Want a Cool Job Tomorrow |
| 8 Free Endless Runners For Windows Phone 8 Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT  Endless runner is one of the most popular game genres for mobile devices and Windows Phone 8 has a good selection, from famous names like Temple Run to exclusive titles. We’ve collected eight of the best endless runners available on Windows Phone together to show you what’s out there. What Is An Endless Runner Anyway? Endless runners are essentially platform games, with the main difference being that there is no end to a level. Instead, the player continues collecting items and avoiding obstacles and enemies. Often, the player is being chased, or alternatively has stolen something, making escape from the... Read the full article: 8 Free Endless Runners For Windows Phone 8 |
| What Is Revenge Porn, And Are You At Risk From It? Posted: 30 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT  Sex and technology seem to go together like steak and potatoes. Many people – some of whom you might not expect – have taken to to using smartphones as a part of their sex life, leading to a rise in amateur photos and film. These shots are supposed to be private, of course, sent only to lovers for their eyes only, but they often prove more permanent than they relationships that inspired them. And when a lover is hurt, revenge often follows. Here’s what you can – and can’t – do to protect your most private moments. Revenge Porn Is Business Using private, amateur... Read the full article: What Is Revenge Porn, And Are You At Risk From It? |
| 7 Practical Things You Should Do After Cracking Your Smartphone’s Screen Posted: 30 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT  Perhaps a runaway elephant stepped on your recently dropped phone in a parking lot adjacent to the local zoo. Maybe your crazy ex-girlfriend tracked you down, took your phone, and threw it off a bridge just so she could ask you, “Why aren’t you returning my calls?!” in person. Or, well, maybe you just accidentally cracked your phone’s screen in a normal fashion. But unfortunately, the obvious solutions are out: you didn’t opt in for phone insurance, phone financing isn’t practical, and you never signed up for an “upgrade anytime” plan. What can you do? Here are seven suggestions to help... Read the full article: 7 Practical Things You Should Do After Cracking Your Smartphone’s Screen |
| ASUS Chromebook C200MA-DS01 Review and Giveaway Posted: 30 Jul 2014 05:30 AM PDT  A big boon for Chromebooks is the fact that they’re extremely cheap relative to traditional laptops. But who says that a cheap Chromebook has to have crappy hardware? The ASUS Chromebook C200MA-DS01 tries to be among one of the most affordable Chromebooks available, while at the same time providing some pretty decent hardware, especially for the price. Is this ASUS Chromebook a good buy if you’re in the market for a quality laptop replacement, or should you pass on it? Let’s take a look. At the end of the review, you’ll be able to enter a giveaway for a chance to... Read the full article: ASUS Chromebook C200MA-DS01 Review and Giveaway |
| Update Or Restore Your Jailbroken iPhone Or iPad To Stock The Right Way Posted: 30 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT  You’ve had your fun flouting Apple’s restrictions, and now you want vanilla iOS back in all its glory. Luckily the process is even easier than when you performed the jailbreak in the first place. That’s not to say things don’t go wrong, and it might surprise you to learn there’s actually a “right way” to go about doing this. Here’s how to remove your jailbreak and restore stock iOS to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Before You Restore Your reasons for restoring will vary, but one reason people often choose to get rid of their jailbreak is to install the latest (not... Read the full article: Update Or Restore Your Jailbroken iPhone Or iPad To Stock The Right Way |
| Amazon Wants Cheap eBooks, Google Fixes Android Flaw, And More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 30 Jul 2014 04:30 AM PDT  Also, Facebook kills Gifts, Netflix signs deal with AT&T, EA launches subscription service, the PS4 goes 3D, and a reminder not to play with microwave ovens. Amazon Explains Dispute With Hachette Amazon has finally addressed its ongoing dispute with book publisher Hachette, explaining its reasoning for taking a stance. In a note on the Kindle Forum, Amazon explains its key objective is “lower e-book prices,” arguing that eBooks “can be and should be less expensive.” Amazon states that with “no printing, no over-printing, no need to forecast, no returns, no lost sales due to out-of-stock, no warehousing costs, [and] no... Read the full article: Amazon Wants Cheap eBooks, Google Fixes Android Flaw, And More… [Tech News Digest] |
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