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- Cool Websites & Tools – Encrypt Your Android Files, Track Time On Your Mac, & Make Fast Screencasts
- 34 Tips To Help You Ace Your Next Job Interview
- Star Wars Fans Remade The Empire Strikes Back, Watch Now! [Stuff to Watch]
- The Snappening: Hundreds of Thousands of Snapchats May Have Been Leaked
- Which Android App Is Displaying Popup Adverts?
- Android File Transfer: How To Transfer Files Between Android And Mac
- Make Stunning iPhone Time-Lapse Videos With iOS 8
- Want Windows 10 Features? Buy A Mac Today!
- How To Run Android Apps in Chrome on Mac / Linux / Windows
- 6 Markdown Editors That Play Nice With Google Drive
- The Google Doctor Is In, The Snappening Is Happening, And More… [Tech News Digest]
| Cool Websites & Tools – Encrypt Your Android Files, Track Time On Your Mac, & Make Fast Screencasts Posted: 13 Oct 2014 09:31 PM PDT  Secrecy – is a free Android app which helps you encrypt and hide your important private files. Features includes every file being encrypted with AES256, all file types are hidden, no trace is left of any temporary files in the system, and you can have a custom hidden vault location. Timing for Mac – helps you keep track of the time you spend with your Mac. Find out where your time goes without ever having to start a timer again. Timing automatically tracks which documents you are editing, which applications you use, and the domains of the websites you visit.... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Encrypt Your Android Files, Track Time On Your Mac, & Make Fast Screencasts |
| 34 Tips To Help You Ace Your Next Job Interview Posted: 13 Oct 2014 07:30 PM PDT  A job interview is terrifying. Your future success is literally riding on how well you impress this person (or group of people) sitting across from you at the table. How you look, act, and present yourself could determine whether you land your dream job or walk out no better off than you were before. The infographic below provides some quick and useful tips that will help you knock it out of the park at your next job interview. Every detail from the first impression to common mistakes during the interview process is covered, so check it out before you go out on... Read the full article: 34 Tips To Help You Ace Your Next Job Interview |
| Star Wars Fans Remade The Empire Strikes Back, Watch Now! [Stuff to Watch] Posted: 13 Oct 2014 06:30 PM PDT  In 2009 a group of Star Wars fans split Episode IV into 473 15-second segments and decided to remake it, shot-for-shot – with every 15 second segment filmed by different filmmakers, in completely different styles. Now, in 2014, the same group just finished Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back. The film uses a variety of amateur filmmaking techniques – from terrible real-world acting to stop-motion LEGO, cardboard cut-out R2D2s to scenes constructed primarily using Microsoft Paint – to recreate the George Lucas classic, and serve as inspiration for a generation of filmmakers. Not So Long Ago, On The Internet… Fans have attempted to remake films... Read the full article: Star Wars Fans Remade The Empire Strikes Back, Watch Now! [Stuff to Watch] |
| The Snappening: Hundreds of Thousands of Snapchats May Have Been Leaked Posted: 13 Oct 2014 01:00 PM PDT  Each day, hundreds of millions of people use Snapchat to send pictures and videos to their friends. The messages can only be viewed for a few seconds, upon which they self-destruct, never to be seen ever again. This concept allows for sensitive – even intimate – photos to be sent, with an expectation of them being kept private. That may soon change. Some 200,000 Snapchat accounts are alleged to have been breached by users of the 4chan imageboard, after a third-party Snapchat client was purportedly compromised. The hackers are are threatening to release photos and videos associated with the accounts in a searchable database, in... Read the full article: The Snappening: Hundreds of Thousands of Snapchats May Have Been Leaked |
| Which Android App Is Displaying Popup Adverts? Posted: 13 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT  My Android device just suggested I buy a brand new Audi, displaying a full screen popup advert to persuade me. As someone who prefers to keep all manner of promotional materials, social networks, and malware off his phone (I use OmniROM, featured previously), this came as something of a surprise, as you can imagine. One of my apps is serving ads. But which one is the malware? Ads On Android: The Good Old Days There was a time when ads on Android were big news. Remember Notification Area adverts? They caused a bit of a storm when it became apparent... Read the full article: Which Android App Is Displaying Popup Adverts? |
| Android File Transfer: How To Transfer Files Between Android And Mac Posted: 13 Oct 2014 09:00 AM PDT  You plug your Android phone into your Mac, and nothing happens. Sound familiar? Don’t worry: here’s how to transfer files between Android and OS X — Earth’s best mobile and desktop operating system, respectively. On Windows, you can plug in an Android phone and explore your files, just like any other hard drive. Macs are different, and it’s annoying, but there is an official fix. There are also third-party solutions that (while flawed in some ways) might be even better for you. Android File Transfer: The Easy Way Android File Transfer is a free Mac app from the Android team.... Read the full article: Android File Transfer: How To Transfer Files Between Android And Mac |
| Make Stunning iPhone Time-Lapse Videos With iOS 8 Posted: 13 Oct 2014 08:00 AM PDT  Time-lapse videos allow you to condense hours into seconds with stunning results, and with the arrival of iOS 8, your iPhone makes the process easier than ever. The feature is ideal for giving you a taste for the technique without having to process RAW photos, stitch frames, or render a final production. Today we’ll be looking at getting the most out of the new feature, techniques for best results, and outsider help in the form of accessories and DIY hacks for the budding time-lapse smartphoneographer. What Is Time-Lapse Video? Time-lapse video is a photographic technique designed to show the passing of time by shooting regular still... Read the full article: Make Stunning iPhone Time-Lapse Videos With iOS 8 |
| Want Windows 10 Features? Buy A Mac Today! Posted: 13 Oct 2014 07:00 AM PDT  Windows 10 looks exciting. It reintroduces real desktop search, includes multiple desktops and adds a start menu with live tile “widgets”. Unfortunately it’s not scheduled for release until the middle of 2015 at the earliest, but Microsoft fans need not worry. You can have all these features and more right now if you swallow your pride and buy a Mac instead. Why View Tasks When You Can Control Missions? In 2003 an awesome feature called Exposé was added to Mac OS X Panther. Its announcement was met with cheers, and for good reason; finally, someone had figured out how to handle multiple windows... Read the full article: Want Windows 10 Features? Buy A Mac Today! |
| How To Run Android Apps in Chrome on Mac / Linux / Windows Posted: 13 Oct 2014 06:00 AM PDT  It’s now possible to run Android apps in the Chrome browser — it just takes a little bit of work. Google has officially brought four Android apps to Chromebooks, so it would seem that it’s only a matter of time before more and more Android apps become officially available on the Chrome browser. If you can’t wait, however, let’s run through a few options for running Android apps in Chrome right now. Note: We’ll be looking at Chrome on Windows here, but the same processes should work on Macs or Linux devices as well. Prerequisite: ARChon Custom Runtime Before getting... Read the full article: How To Run Android Apps in Chrome on Mac / Linux / Windows |
| 6 Markdown Editors That Play Nice With Google Drive Posted: 13 Oct 2014 05:00 AM PDT  Markdown is the text editing format of the future. It fulfills the same role as HTML – using markup to format chunks of plain text – but it’s simpler, sleeker, and easier to use without sacrificing much power or flexibility. It’s perfect for the web era and if you aren’t using it, you’re falling behind. New to Markdown? No problem. We’ve got a full Markdown guide that will get you up to speed. The guide is also available as a video tutorial on Markdown. As of now, Google Drive doesn’t support Markdown documents, which is a pain for those of... Read the full article: 6 Markdown Editors That Play Nice With Google Drive |
| The Google Doctor Is In, The Snappening Is Happening, And More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 13 Oct 2014 04:30 AM PDT  Also, the Tesla Model D, good and bad Netflix news, PlayStation exclusive Powers, and the quest for the perfect selfie. Google Tests Doctor Hangouts Don’t share this data with Google. It will not end well. “trust” me… http://t.co/tOjImdoqVR — Ben Lower (@benlower) October 13, 2014 You may soon be able to consult a doctor by doing nothing more than searching for your symptoms online. This is due to Google testing a new feature offering video chats with qualified doctors. The feature is being offered free during the testing phase, but virtual appointments will likely cost real money if and when... Read the full article: The Google Doctor Is In, The Snappening Is Happening, And More… [Tech News Digest] |
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