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- Cool Websites & Tools – Pet-Friendly Hotels, Best Flight Deals, & Hidden From Google
- 20 Productivity Apps To Keep You And Your Boss Organised
- How Cortana Became The “Other Woman” In My Life
- One Windows Tool To Get Instant Access To All Your Hardware Controls
- 15 Emergency Maintenance Jobs You Can Learn With Online Videos
- Reclaim Your Focus: 5 Ideas To Deal With Short Attention Spans
- 10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With iOS Safari
- Distro Watch: The Best Linux Distributions For 2014
- Apotop Wi-Reader and Wi-Reader Pro Review and Giveaway
- Cybercrime Goes Offline: The Role of Bitcoins In Ransom and Extortion
- Hackers Steal StubHub Millions, Apple Defends iOS Backdoors, And More… [Tech News Digest]
| Cool Websites & Tools – Pet-Friendly Hotels, Best Flight Deals, & Hidden From Google Posted: 24 Jul 2014 09:31 PM PDT  5 Every Day – Looking for a pet-friendly hotel? How about an awesome dog park, trail or beach? BringFido.com is a pet travel website and a resource for dog owners looking for the lowdown on the best hotels, attractions, and restaurants that welcome pets. Their new app makes booking a pet-friendly hotel easier than ever. Hopper Flight Explorer – there’s now a way to discover flight deals that’s as flexible as your travel schedule and preferences. Hopper compares billions of flight options every day to find you the best deals and the best times to fly and buy. Flexible dates... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Pet-Friendly Hotels, Best Flight Deals, & Hidden From Google |
| 20 Productivity Apps To Keep You And Your Boss Organised Posted: 24 Jul 2014 07:30 PM PDT  Need to stay organised? The solution is literally in your pocket — your smartphone. Countless people (students, businesspeople, creatives, etc.) use mobile productivity apps like Evernote, Easily.Do, and Any.DO to stay on top of things. Which mobile app helps you organise your life? Here are some more tips to help you be the most organised person in the world. via Adecco Read the full article: 20 Productivity Apps To Keep You And Your Boss Organised |
| How Cortana Became The “Other Woman” In My Life Posted: 24 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT  She appeared one day, as if by magic, and changed my life overnight. She finds everything I need, reminds me when I need to be somewhere and has a wicked sense of humour. It’s little wonder that I’ve fallen for the charms of Cortana. Cortana: She Has A Notebook All About You What’s most surprising about all of this is that this stunning digital personal assistant is just as interested in me as I am in her. After all, she has a little notebook full of details about me. She started filling it in when we first met, back when... Read the full article: How Cortana Became The “Other Woman” In My Life |
| One Windows Tool To Get Instant Access To All Your Hardware Controls Posted: 24 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT  Seeing how useful this tool is, it’s shockingly fameless. I’m talking about the Windows Mobility Center. Say what? See what I mean! What Is The Windows Mobility Center? In short, the Windows Mobility Center (WMC) is a one stop menu from which you can control many of your laptop’s hardware settings. It’s especially useful, if your computer doesn’t have all the function buttons you’d like, providing access to several different display settings, volume, battery status & power plans, wireless adapter, and more. Which tiles you see depends on your hardware and some manufacturers include custom tiles. Note that if you’re missing one of the default... Read the full article: One Windows Tool To Get Instant Access To All Your Hardware Controls |
| 15 Emergency Maintenance Jobs You Can Learn With Online Videos Posted: 24 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT  In a previous post, we listed 4 websites that will help you learn to fix just about anything, but most of these websites contained preventative maintenance and renovating-type advice. What if you’re in an emergency situation and you need some help quick? These 15 tutorial videos will help you solve some of the most common problems in your home and your car without calling the pros. As always, be safe! If it looks like your home disaster could be dangerous, call a professional right away. It’s not worth saving $50 if you end up going to the hospital. How to... Read the full article: 15 Emergency Maintenance Jobs You Can Learn With Online Videos |
| Reclaim Your Focus: 5 Ideas To Deal With Short Attention Spans Posted: 24 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT  Focus, or lack thereof, has become a serious concern for millions of people across the globe. We have more information available than every before, but this ironically has damaged our ability to absorb any of it. An insurance study of household accidents, for example, found that the average attention span plummeted from 12 minutes to 5 minutes between 1998 and 2008. For the insurance company this means more paid out in damages caused by unattended ovens; for the rest of us it means a general sense of helplessness in the face of an overwhelming torrent of media. You can take action... Read the full article: Reclaim Your Focus: 5 Ideas To Deal With Short Attention Spans |
| 10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With iOS Safari Posted: 24 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT  The iOS version of Safari might lack features compared to third-party iOS web browser apps, but you’re still going to come into contact with it as the default browser on your iPhone or iPad. Even if you’re already familiar with the browser’s basic features, there are bound to be things you haven’t yet realised Safari can do. Here are some of the lesser known tips for getting the most out of Apple’s mobile browser. Change Your Search Engine & More As with most apps, the settings (Settings > Safari) is a good place to look for additional features and controls. In settings you can change... Read the full article: 10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With iOS Safari |
| Distro Watch: The Best Linux Distributions For 2014 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT  We’re halfway through 2014, and a handful of Linux distributions have already made a big splash in the community. Which distributions are the best ones for this year? Let’s take a look. Ubuntu This may seem like a choice all too common, but Ubuntu makes the list for the best Linux distros of 2014 for one main reason: April saw the next LTS release of the most popular distro. With this LTS release, even the desktop version comes with 5 full years of support, which makes it a great choice if you need a solid system that you won’t have... Read the full article: Distro Watch: The Best Linux Distributions For 2014 |
| Apotop Wi-Reader and Wi-Reader Pro Review and Giveaway Posted: 24 Jul 2014 05:30 AM PDT  Imagine you’ve just snapped a thousand photos on your digital camera — it isn’t one of those “smart” models with Wi-Fi like the Samsung Galaxy Camera — and now, back in your hotel room and equipped with free wired Internet, you’d like to share them with your friends and family right away, but you don’t have a computer, or an SD card reader. I’d be willing to bet good money that this has happened to some of you. If so, the devices I’m reviewing today would be right your alley. Today, in a double review, I’ll be taking a look... Read the full article: Apotop Wi-Reader and Wi-Reader Pro Review and Giveaway |
| Cybercrime Goes Offline: The Role of Bitcoins In Ransom and Extortion Posted: 24 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT  “We have your private data. Send us $300 or we’ll destroy all of it.” That’s not a message you ever want to receive. In the past few years, hundreds and thousands of users – people like you and me – have fallen victim to anonymous cyber-ransom attacks that have resulted in millions of stolen dollars. The scary part is that these attacks are more prevalent and more effective now than ever before. Yet most people aren’t even aware that these attacks are even possible. The Growing Threat of Cyber Extortion Cyber extortion isn’t anything new. Back in 2007, Nokia paid... Read the full article: Cybercrime Goes Offline: The Role of Bitcoins In Ransom and Extortion |
| Hackers Steal StubHub Millions, Apple Defends iOS Backdoors, And More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 24 Jul 2014 04:30 AM PDT  Also, Moto X gets digital tattoos, Reddit Live goes live, Uber returns to Windows Phone, Yahoo offers to let people know when you die, and Samsung starts mocking the iPhone 6 even before it’s announced. StubHub Suffers From $1 Million Breach An international hacking scheme has reportedly resulted in more than $1 million being spent fraudulently on tickets through StubHub. More than 1,600 StubHub users were affected by the scam, which began in 2013. A long investigation has resulted in six men being arrested and charged over allegations they were involved. StubHub is a ticket reseller owned by eBay. Interestingly,... Read the full article: Hackers Steal StubHub Millions, Apple Defends iOS Backdoors, And More… [Tech News Digest] |
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