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- Breaking Down E-book Theft
- 5 Windows 7 Features You Didn’t Know Existed
- Connecting Games To Facebook — What’s In It For You?
- How To Run Firefox OS Apps In Your Android Browser
- 3 Ways The Belkin WeMo Can “Smarten” Your Regular Household Lamps
- Calculate Tips And Split Bills With These Beautiful Smartphone Apps
- Try These 3 Beautiful Note-Taking Apps That Work Offline
- Why Virtual Reality Technology Will Blow Your Mind in 5 Years
- How To Synchronize Files On Ubuntu With OneDrive
- From Idea to Final Draft: How to Increase Your Writing Productivity
- Fast. Reliable. Powerful. Here’s Why You Should Try Bitdefender Total Security 2015 [Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Giveaway]
- Buying Used Camera Gear Online? Protect Yourself With These Tips
- Apple Loses Siri Patent Case, When Uber Drivers Go Bad, And More… [Tech News Digest]
| Posted: 10 Jul 2014 07:30 PM PDT  You might have inadvertently supported e-book piracy. With more and more books turning up in electronic format, it welcomed piracy with open arms. How much have authors and publishers lost from piracy, and what can we do about it? via WhoIsHostingThis? Read the full article: Breaking Down E-book Theft |
| 5 Windows 7 Features You Didn’t Know Existed Posted: 10 Jul 2014 02:00 PM PDT  Windows XP may be gone, but all is not lost. Windows 7 may replace it as the legacy Windows OS of choice, especially considering the little-known features hidden away in Windows 7 that may make you realize just how much you love the OS. Hidden features you say? Absolutely. They include keyboard shortcuts, secret tricks and other interesting features that most long-term Windows 7 users never realized existed, and a few features that amazingly were added as late as the last year or two – evidence by the fact that they were just recently added to the Windows 7 New Features... Read the full article: 5 Windows 7 Features You Didn’t Know Existed |
| Connecting Games To Facebook — What’s In It For You? Posted: 10 Jul 2014 01:00 PM PDT  You’re in the zone on your favorite puzzle game, carefully disassembling a level that has perplexed you for days. This time, you catch the false move that would have doomed you before you commit to it, and a moment later, you finally seize sweet victory! “You beat level 12! Share your accomplishment on Facebook for a free coin booster!” If you’ve played free-to-play mobile or browser games, you’ve seen this for sure. Read on to learn why reaching your social network is so important to game developers, and whether or not it’s worth it for you. What’s In It For... Read the full article: Connecting Games To Facebook — What’s In It For You? |
| How To Run Firefox OS Apps In Your Android Browser Posted: 10 Jul 2014 12:00 PM PDT  You can now install Firefox OS apps on Android. Firefox for Android supports Mozilla’s “Open Web Apps,” allowing you to install and run Firefox OS apps directly on an Android device. The Firefox Marketplace now functions as an alternative app store for Android, just as the Amazon App Store does. What’s Firefox OS? Mozilla wants to replace native smartphone apps with cross-platform web apps. You’ll be able to buy apps from the Firefox OS marketplace or any third-party app store. These apps will then run on Firefox OS, Android, and ideally every other platform. Your apps won’t be chained to a... Read the full article: How To Run Firefox OS Apps In Your Android Browser |
| 3 Ways The Belkin WeMo Can “Smarten” Your Regular Household Lamps Posted: 10 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT  The Belkin WeMo system is a great first step in building a home automation system — it’s affordable, it’s much simpler than automating your home with a Raspberry Pi or Arduino, and it’ll help you start the process of “smartening” your house with minimal disruption of your daily life. But what can you actually do with the WeMo? We took the time to look at the possibilities for turning your regular household lamps into smart lamps. What Is WeMo? WeMo is a series of smart home products made by Belkin that make it easier to automate home tasks and run your... Read the full article: 3 Ways The Belkin WeMo Can “Smarten” Your Regular Household Lamps |
| Calculate Tips And Split Bills With These Beautiful Smartphone Apps Posted: 10 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT  Don’t let your lack of mental math skills embarrass you when the bill hits the table. Whip out your smartphone and fire up Gratuity for iOS or Perfect Tip for Android; they’re simple enough to work quickly and gorgeous enough to be the talking point. Some people are able to look at the bill at the end of a meal and quickly calculate the right tip and how much everyone owes. Of course, that ability is directly affected by how many drinks you’ve had! Regardless of that, these apps are meant to relieve you of any cognitive stress—go play some... Read the full article: Calculate Tips And Split Bills With These Beautiful Smartphone Apps |
| Try These 3 Beautiful Note-Taking Apps That Work Offline Posted: 10 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT  If you want an uncomplicated note-taking app, Simplenote is not the only noteworthy (excuse the pun) option available to you. Keeping your ideas and projects organized would be tough if you didn’t have a sturdy note-taking app to turn to. While biggies like Evernote and Microsoft OneNote are among the most popular tools for taking notes, their complex feature set may not be to everyone’s liking. If you have been looking for a simpler note-taking app yourself, chances are that you have come across many recommendations for the multi-platform app Simplenote. That app definitely does its job well, but before you sign... Read the full article: Try These 3 Beautiful Note-Taking Apps That Work Offline |
| Why Virtual Reality Technology Will Blow Your Mind in 5 Years Posted: 10 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT  Unless you've just woken up from a two year coma, you've probably heard a lot of hype about the virtual reality and the Oculus Rift — enough that you're probably sick of it. Well, too bad, because I'm here to tell you, without hesitation, that the future of virtual reality is here now. It works, and it's going to change the world. The official launch of the Rift is scheduled to drop sometime before the end of next year, and that's just the start. Virtual Reality Today Here's what the first Rift dev kit (the one currently in the hands of... Read the full article: Why Virtual Reality Technology Will Blow Your Mind in 5 Years |
| How To Synchronize Files On Ubuntu With OneDrive Posted: 10 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT  Microsoft just bumped up the amount of free storage you get with OneDrive, which may be incentive enough for you to use it on your favorite Linux distribution. However, Microsoft doesn’t have an official client for Ubuntu. Enter OneDrive-d. This app that’s currently under development promises to allow you to synchronize your beloved files with OneDrive. Here’s how to get going with it. Why OneDrive? Microsoft wants to make OneDrive more popular, and what better way to do that than to give more free storage and slash prices for everything else? Now, free users get a generous 15GB of storage,... Read the full article: How To Synchronize Files On Ubuntu With OneDrive |
| From Idea to Final Draft: How to Increase Your Writing Productivity Posted: 10 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT  You don’t have to be Stephen King to be a productive writer. Using the right applications and writing tips, you can get more writing done with less frustration, and finish what you start. I’m not going to pretend that writing is easy and doesn’t require experience and skill. But if you’re not taking advantage of all the tools at your disposal or taking on-board the writing habits of professional writers; your writing productivity may not be as efficient as it could be. Different writing projects require different approaches, but the following tips and resources apply to nearly all projects. Keep a Notebook Many writers have... Read the full article: From Idea to Final Draft: How to Increase Your Writing Productivity |
| Posted: 10 Jul 2014 05:30 AM PDT  An unavoidable part of buying into the Windows ecosystem is that you have to deal with malware. The proliferation in Windows nasties can be explained by the hundreds of millions of Windows users, collectively presenting an enticing target. So, how do you protect yourself? You have a rigorous security regime, with your system’s security settings hardened against any potential intruders, whilst actively scanning for threats with an antivirus program. The antivirus marketplace is a relatively crowded one, with a huge number of antivirus programs each competing against each other. You’re probably familiar with Norton and McAfee. These two command a... Read the full article: Fast. Reliable. Powerful. Here’s Why You Should Try Bitdefender Total Security 2015 [Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Giveaway] |
| Buying Used Camera Gear Online? Protect Yourself With These Tips Posted: 10 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT  Photography is a rewarding but expensive hobby. If you plan on doing it professionally, you can call your purchases an “investment” with the hope that you’ll earn more money than you spent. Hobbyists don’t always have that option, but here’s the good news: used camera gear can be as good as new for half the price. As we’ll see later on, cameras and camera lenses are best bought face-to-face because you really want to test the quality of it hands-on. That doesn’t mean you should avoid buying cameras online, though. With the right mindset and the proper precautions, buying used gear... Read the full article: Buying Used Camera Gear Online? Protect Yourself With These Tips |
| Apple Loses Siri Patent Case, When Uber Drivers Go Bad, And More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 10 Jul 2014 04:30 AM PDT  Also, Aereo uses the recent Supreme Court ruling to its favor, Chromecast gets an AirPlay-like update, Spotify is finally coming to Canada, you WILL want a pair of RocketSkates, and a YouTube video that makes you hallucinate. Apple In Siri-ous Trouble In China Apple has failed in its attempt to have voice-recognition patents held by a Chinese company ruled invalid in China. The Shanghai-based Zhizhen Network Technology holds patents which could see Siri labelled as infringing on intellectual property rights. According to BBC News, Zhizhen has its own virtual personal assistant, called Xiao i Robot, which began life as a... Read the full article: Apple Loses Siri Patent Case, When Uber Drivers Go Bad, And More… [Tech News Digest] |
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