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- Spotify Offers Swift Defense, WhatsApp Helps Cheaters, & More… [Tech News Digest]
- What Does Your Workspace Say About You?
- How A “Minor” Data Breach Made Headline News & Ruined Reputations
- Nine 90s Computer Games You Can Play For Free
- How To Install & Work In Mozilla Firefox Offline
- Is Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Worth Buying?
- 6 Great Cases For The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
- Everything You Need To Start Making Webcomics For Free
- 4 Good Reasons To Get an Emergency Burner Phone
- Credit Card Processing On Android: Best Tools For Accepting Payment
| Spotify Offers Swift Defense, WhatsApp Helps Cheaters, & More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 12 Nov 2014 03:30 AM PST  Also, Microsoft patches security hole, 1080p Netflix on your iPhone, Microsoft’s Work & Play bundle, and kids react to old cameras. Spotify Counters Taylor Swift Criticism Taylor Swift recently removed her whole back catalog from Spotify. Swift later explained her reasons for doing so, describing the music streaming service as “an experiment that I don’t feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music.” Spotify has now countered her claims, with Daniel Ek writing a lengthy blog post defending his company’s business model and countering some of the myths surrounding it. The biggest takeaway being the fact... Read the full article: Spotify Offers Swift Defense, WhatsApp Helps Cheaters, & More… [Tech News Digest] |
| What Does Your Workspace Say About You? Posted: 11 Nov 2014 06:30 PM PST  Do you prefer to work in a plain space, or do you prefer to keep your desk filled with all kinds of objects? Turns out, what you have on and around your workspace can say a lot about you. Via Real Business Click To Enlarge Read the full article: What Does Your Workspace Say About You? |
| How A “Minor” Data Breach Made Headline News & Ruined Reputations Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:00 AM PST  Celebgate (aka The Fappening): the leaking of nude photos of celebrities. This is what happened, how it affects you, and how reputations were damaged – though not the ones you might expect. Earlier this year, a number of naked photos of celebrities were leaked after hackers broke into iCloud accounts. The name that really hit the news was popular actress Jennifer Lawrence, of Hunger Games and X-Men fame, but it also affected Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton, Spider-Man‘s Kirsten Dunst, and The Big Bang Theory actress Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, as well as several who denied the photos were real. It became... Read the full article: How A “Minor” Data Breach Made Headline News & Ruined Reputations |
| Nine 90s Computer Games You Can Play For Free Posted: 11 Nov 2014 09:00 AM PST  One thing that can be said for PC gaming is that you’re almost always guaranteed a memorable and in-depth gaming experience. This has been true for over 25 years, and during that time an impressive collection of games have been released. If you’re a fan of PC gaming from way back, you might have been there in the 1990s, when gaming on mostly business machines started going mainstream. You might well have some fond memories of sitting up late pointing, clicking, strafing and shooting. You’re not alone. You might think that revisiting those times would require scouring eBay and second... Read the full article: Nine 90s Computer Games You Can Play For Free |
| How To Install & Work In Mozilla Firefox Offline Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:00 AM PST  Mozilla Firefox is a web browser so by definition it’s meant to work on the web. Yet like most software Firefox is sometimes put to work in situations beyond what was originally intended. It can be used offline as an image viewer, a document browser or as a means to test website code in a virtual environment before it goes live. Here’s how to install and use Firefox efficiently on a computer that lacks an Internet connection. Obtaining The Firefox Installer The executable that you grab when you normally click the “download Firefox” link on Mozilla’s website is not, in fact,... Read the full article: How To Install & Work In Mozilla Firefox Offline |
| Is Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Worth Buying? Posted: 11 Nov 2014 07:30 AM PST  November is upon us, which means another iteration of yearly franchises like Assassin’s Creed and, of course, Call of Duty. There’s been debate for some time about whether the franchise is becoming stale, and newcomer Sledgehammer Games has attempted to bring CoD into a new era with Advanced Warfare. Does the team revive the series or fall into another predictable pattern? Read on to find out. [Content Warning: Advanced Warfare is rated Mature and this review includes gameplay clips containing violence.] Campaign As the game’s name suggests, the events of the story take place in the future, circa 2054-2061. You... Read the full article: Is Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Worth Buying? |
| 6 Great Cases For The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Posted: 11 Nov 2014 07:00 AM PST  When you’re paying for a premium portable device, you want to make sure it’s protected against accidents. There are also a few additional features you might want, like better battery life or the ability to use your smartphone as your wallet. That’s why there’s a huge range of cases for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, covering just about every usage scenario you can come up with. Still wondering whether or not you should get the bigger iPhone 6 Plus? We can help you answer that. Incipio NGP ($15-20) After testing over 70 different iPhone 6 cases, you can’t ignore The Wirecutter’s extensive review. If... Read the full article: 6 Great Cases For The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus |
| Everything You Need To Start Making Webcomics For Free Posted: 11 Nov 2014 06:00 AM PST  The webcomic is the best storytelling medium for hobbyists. Its visual nature hooks readers faster than written form stories. Its serial nature allows for bite-sized consumption without sacrificing long story arcs. And best of all, it’s a heck of a lot cheaper than making films or writing novels. Given enough time and determination, anyone can make webcomics for free, and that includes you. Here’s how to get started right away. What Makes A Compelling Comic? What’s the most important ingredient in a webcomic? If you said art, you may want to guess again. While art is important—there’s no doubt about... Read the full article: Everything You Need To Start Making Webcomics For Free |
| 4 Good Reasons To Get an Emergency Burner Phone Posted: 11 Nov 2014 05:00 AM PST  Today’s smartphones offer a legion of features for productivity, and usually have a welcome place in anyone’s pocket. However, even for the biggest technology addicts, keeping a burner phone around is a great idea that could save you someday. Let’s look at a few reasons why you might want to get one for yourself. What Is A Burner Phone? Essentially, a burner phone is just another name for a prepaid phone. One of the most common names in prepaid phones is TracFone, which also owns prepaid carriers Net10 and Straight Talk. These aren’t the only types, however; in addition to the... Read the full article: 4 Good Reasons To Get an Emergency Burner Phone |
| Credit Card Processing On Android: Best Tools For Accepting Payment Posted: 11 Nov 2014 04:00 AM PST  Your Android Phone is a lot of things. It’s your camera. It’s your organizer. It’s your computer. And for some people, it’s what they use for accepting credit card payments. Yes, it doesn’t matter if you’re a street merchant flogging your wares to people passing by, or a tradesman going from house to house, you can take card payments with your phone. There are a lot of options on the market, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Here are 6 that are worthy of your consideration. Square The Square Reader consists of a couple inches of white plastic. It... Read the full article: Credit Card Processing On Android: Best Tools For Accepting Payment |
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