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• Cool Websites & Tools – Encrypt Cloud Files, Minimalist Markdown Editor, & Live Wallpapers
• Start Your Diary Today: DayOne for iPhone & iPad Is Free [iOS Sales]
• Search Less & Learn More: Explore Online Courses, Books & More On Bing
• Brighten Your Home With Smart Lamps: Here Are Your Options
• What Is Uber And Why Is It Threatening Traditional Taxi Services?
• Automatically Open Apps When Headphones Are Plugged In — No Root Required
• How To Install Chrome Extensions Manually
• 5 Best Retro Games That You Can Emulate On Android
• 6 Modern Security Tools For Windows 8
• Relive Classic Amiga Pinball With Pinball Dreams & Fantasies for iOS
• How To Get Chrome’s Latest Flash Player To Work In Firefox On Linux
• VidOn.me AV200 Android Blu-ray Player Review and Giveaway
• 30 Years Of Tetris: A History Of The World’s Most Beloved Puzzle Game
• Router Limits Kids’ Internet Time, Facebook Knows How To Party, And More… [Tech News Digest]

Cool Websites & Tools – Encrypt Cloud Files, Minimalist Markdown Editor, & Live Wallpapers Posted: 04 Jul 2014 09:31 PM PDT Yep! – Tired of the same old crowd? Want to arrange a night on the town but fed up waiting for your friends to come online? Whatever you want to do, from dining out to walking in the park, going to the gym or just a coffee, Yep! puts you in touch with fun people nearby interested in sharing your activity. Convenient and simple to use, Yep! makes it easy to reach new friends wherever you are. Cloudfogger – encrypts your data on the local device before it gets uploaded to the cloud. That guarantees that Dropbox and others never... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Encrypt Cloud Files, Minimalist Markdown Editor, & Live Wallpapers

Start Your Diary Today: DayOne for iPhone & iPad Is Free [iOS Sales] Posted: 04 Jul 2014 07:00 PM PDT Have you considered keeping a digital diary? There’s never been a better time to take up the writing habit, with the best journal-keeping app for iOS available completely free of charge for the week. This week’s other offers include a collection of four unique photo editing apps, Halftone 2 for turning your photography into full-blown comic books, a handy bill-splitter and a creepy house simulator that’ll get your heart racing. Apps DayOne ($4.99, now free) Apple’s App of the Week, and thus free until Wednesday, is the much-celebrated journal app DayOne. It’s a universal app that syncs with either iCloud or Dropbox, and supports the separate... Read the full article: Start Your Diary Today: DayOne for iPhone & iPad Is Free [iOS Sales]

Search Less & Learn More: Explore Online Courses, Books & More On Bing Posted: 04 Jul 2014 02:00 PM PDT Some search engine wars are being fought in classrooms. If there’s Google for Education, there’s also Bing in the Classroom. It’s less of a sibling rivalry and more of a backyard brawl as the two search giants rapidly make changes to the way learners search for information. In the latest volley, Bing brings in two nice touches for students who look to the Web for learning. Search for free online courses by the Khan Academy. Search for a book title available at a library, for free download, or for viewing online. Both the new search features are U.S. only for... Read the full article: Search Less & Learn More: Explore Online Courses, Books & More On Bing

Brighten Your Home With Smart Lamps: Here Are Your Options Posted: 04 Jul 2014 01:00 PM PDT Your lights are boring – fix that with some smart lamps. The proliferation of low powered LED lighting has meant manufacturers are able to add features like wireless interfaces and RGB colour changing LEDs to the otherwise drab world of mood lighting fixtures. What exactly is a smart lamp, and what’s out there? What’s So Smart About Them? “Smart” is generally a term given to a device once it gains the ability to communicate with other devices and software, enhancing its functionality. In the case of lamps, this could be as simple as turning on and off via a mobile app, but it wouldn’t make... Read the full article: Brighten Your Home With Smart Lamps: Here Are Your Options

What Is Uber And Why Is It Threatening Traditional Taxi Services? Posted: 04 Jul 2014 12:00 PM PDT The London taxi driver is an institution, with their distinctive, black LTI taxis, and the drivers who can take you to anywhere in the sprawling mass of England’s capital city without even glancing at a GPS system. It’s hard to imagine London without its taxis. But last month, they went on strike, blockading the city and rendering some parts of central London utterly impassable in a move that was set to cost the London economy almost £125m ($212 USD). Why? Because Uber has landed, and it’s fundamentally changing inner-city transit. And some might say, not entirely for the better. But... Read the full article: What Is Uber And Why Is It Threatening Traditional Taxi Services?

Automatically Open Apps When Headphones Are Plugged In — No Root Required Posted: 04 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT If you listen to music on your Android phone, you’ll want this app. Headphones Connect allows you to open a specific app the instant you plug in your headphones to get your right into your music zone. So how exactly does it work? Let’s take a look. You’ll Need Headphones To Connect First thing’s first: get some good headphones. You’ll be surprised at the range of quality headphones that can be found for under $200, and you should also keep in mind how to search for headphones for your budget. Don’t forget to avoid celebrity-endorsed headphones too — you’ll only end up... Read the full article: Automatically Open Apps When Headphones Are Plugged In — No Root Required

How To Install Chrome Extensions Manually Posted: 04 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT Google recently decided to disable the installation of Chrome extensions from third-party websites. This was an expected and arguably necessary change, as such extensions could prove a serious security risk that’s entirely outside of Google’s hands, but some users still want to install extensions from sources other than the Chrome Web Store. Here’s how to do it. An Introductory Note Before we get into these instructions, I want to remind you why Google disabled this feature in the first place. Browser extensions, like other programs and extensions, can be a security threat if they behave badly. At the least they... Read the full article: How To Install Chrome Extensions Manually

5 Best Retro Games That You Can Emulate On Android Posted: 04 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT Retro emulation is awesome. Emulation allows you to play games from nearly any video game system in one location. It’s great for reliving your favorite games whose cartridges or discs have given up the ghost, or for discovering a cult hit you missed in its prime. A lot of the best games for Android are visually stunning titles that show how powerful modern phones are. However, there’s something especially neat about playing retro games on your Android device, particularly when you see how tiny they are in file size compared to more modern titles. Let’s look at some awesome classic games... Read the full article: 5 Best Retro Games That You Can Emulate On Android

6 Modern Security Tools For Windows 8 Posted: 04 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT Prefer to manage your safety on Windows 8 without accessing the desktop? Various modern apps can help you control security-related settings and tools, including data shredding tools and password managers to consoles providing access to your installed security suite. Windows 8 Modern Security: What’s The Point? Windows 8 tablets and touch-enabled hybrid devices, such as the Microsoft Surface Pro series, are just as prone to malware attacks and other threats as your desktop computer. Meanwhile, most security-related settings and tools are still controlled via the desktop and maneuvering those menus on a tiny touch screen can be cumbersome. Fortunately, the Windows 8 store offers a wealth of security-related apps. They allow you to control settings and tools from... Read the full article: 6 Modern Security Tools For Windows 8

Relive Classic Amiga Pinball With Pinball Dreams & Fantasies for iOS Posted: 04 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT DICE is best-known for large-scale first-person online shooters like Battlefield, but the company’s first game was a pinball simulator. Now abandonware, mobile developers Cowboy Rodeo have recreated the original Pinball Dreams ($4.99) and its sequel Pinball Fantasies ($4.99) for iPhone and iPad. Fortunately, they’ve done the original Swedish developers proud. The best pinball video games of the last century are once again back in top spot, though you’ll need an iPhone or iPad in order to enjoy. Memory Lane In 1992 Amiga demo group The Silents became Digital Illusions CE when they started work on their first game, Pinball Dreams. The game was published by 21st... Read the full article: Relive Classic Amiga Pinball With Pinball Dreams & Fantasies for iOS

How To Get Chrome’s Latest Flash Player To Work In Firefox On Linux Posted: 04 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT Don’t miss out on new features and performance improvements in Flash simply because you want to use Firefox. Here’s how to get the latest version of Flash for Firefox in Linux. Currently, Google Chrome is the only browser on Linux that offers the latest version of Flash. For Firefox, you’re just getting security updates to the much older 10.2 release. However, it’s possible to get around this. For other Linux goodies, don’t forget to check out our Best Linux Software page! Why Doesn’t Firefox Get The Latest Flash? A few years back, Adobe decided to drop the Flash plugin’s support for... Read the full article: How To Get Chrome’s Latest Flash Player To Work In Firefox On Linux

VidOn.me AV200 Android Blu-ray Player Review and Giveaway Posted: 04 Jul 2014 05:30 AM PDT In the world of Apple TVs, Rokus, Fire TVs, and generic Android TV sticks or boxes, is there room for one more? VidOn.me’s AV200 Android Blu-ray box is a $120 option with one unique feature: it supports Blu-ray menu navigation. How useful is this feature and how often will you use it? Does it justify choosing the AV200 over an Apple TV or Amazon’s Fire TV? Let’s take a look. We’ll also be giving this media player away, so be sure to read through the review, then submit your entries to be entered into the drawing. Introducing The VidOn.me AV200... Read the full article: VidOn.me AV200 Android Blu-ray Player Review and Giveaway

30 Years Of Tetris: A History Of The World’s Most Beloved Puzzle Game Posted: 04 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT How fitting is it that the title to usher in the age of video games still remains one of the most popular games today? Tetris reigns above all other games that changed the world simply because of its household name status. Gamers and non-gamers alike know it and revere it. But how did it get to this point? In many ways, Tetris is an outlier. It stands unique as a game with simple-yet-deep gameplay that has endured a shelf life unmatched by any other video game. Some would even consider it to be the Chess or Go of video games. Several... Read the full article: 30 Years Of Tetris: A History Of The World’s Most Beloved Puzzle Game

Router Limits Kids’ Internet Time, Facebook Knows How To Party, And More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 04 Jul 2014 04:30 AM PDT Also, Android Wear apps added to Google Play, Samsung ends plasma TV production, BIC needs you to create the universal typeface font, Cortana predicts the results of the 2014 World Cup, and the Transformers ditch Michael Bay. Kudoso Controls Kids’ Internet Usage A new broadband router currently being funded through a Kickstarter campaign is tackling the problem of kids spending too long on the Internet. Kuduso, brainchild of dad-of-three Rob Irizarry, lets parents limit the time their offspring spend online by cutting off Internet access at the source. Kudoso features a currency system which lets kids earn time online for... Read the full article: Router Limits Kids’ Internet Time, Facebook Knows How To Party, And More… [Tech News Digest]

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