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- 5 Must-See Sites Before Going To See “The Hobbit – The Battle of The Five Armies”
- What’s Happening In The Google Labs?
- Solve Your Mac OS X Clipboard Management Problems With iClip
- Everything You Need To Know About Your WhatsApp Privacy Settings
- The Easiest Raspberry Pi Media Centre, With RasPlex
- Rank Your Online Writing & Gather Social Influence With ClearVoice
- 3 Compelling Reasons Why Firefox’s Stance On Privacy Is Worth Paying Attention To
- How To Set Up YouTube For Better Learning
- Google Removes Internet Ads, Nintendo 3DS Gets Hacked, & More… [Tech News Digest]
| 5 Must-See Sites Before Going To See “The Hobbit – The Battle of The Five Armies” Posted: 21 Nov 2014 08:30 PM PST  Peter Jackson (a.k.a. God) has put the finishing touches to the final Hobbit movie – “The Battle of the Five Armies” – and it is due out on December 10th (I have blanked out the entire day as “busy” on Google Calendar). As a build-up to the main event, the movie publicity juggernaut is out in full force, as well as the die-hard fans who run the blogs. Today on Cool Websites and Apps, we are going to take a journey into Middle Earth. Here are the sites you need to learn everything possible about these movies. The Hobbit Official Website... Read the full article: 5 Must-See Sites Before Going To See “The Hobbit – The Battle of The Five Armies” |
| What’s Happening In The Google Labs? Posted: 21 Nov 2014 06:30 PM PST  Surely you’ve heard of the Google Labs, it’s a place of imagination where some of the coolest possible products of the future are in the works. But what is Google actually working on there? Are there any products that will be of interest to you? Will these projects ever actually see the light of day? So many questions, and thanks to the infographic below, so many answers! Via Gryffin Click To Enlarge Read the full article: What’s Happening In The Google Labs? |
| Solve Your Mac OS X Clipboard Management Problems With iClip Posted: 21 Nov 2014 09:00 AM PST  Anyone who does a lot of copying and pasting of text on a computer knows how essential a clipboard manager is. I’ve used quite a few over the years, and while there are several great solutions, Irradiated’s iClip ($18.99, free trial) rises above them all. Over a year ago, I included iClip in a review of Mac clipboard managers, and at the time Clips was as my clipboard manager of choice. Clips, however, became unstable and was rarely updated. After trying a few other clipboard managers, I reopened iClip several months ago and discovered a few features I had previously overlooked.... Read the full article: Solve Your Mac OS X Clipboard Management Problems With iClip |
| Everything You Need To Know About Your WhatsApp Privacy Settings Posted: 21 Nov 2014 08:00 AM PST  It’s on iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone, and boasts over 600 million active users worldwide – but after Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp, should you be worried about your privacy? Earlier this year, we asked you if you use WhatsApp. Over 60% of participating readers confirmed that it’s rather popular. We gave its iOS and Android versions glowing reviews. But it’s recently gone into partnership with Facebook, causing some to question whether their details remain as personal as before. Here’s what you need to know about that messaging service sitting in your phone. What Information Does WhatsApp Collect? We made... Read the full article: Everything You Need To Know About Your WhatsApp Privacy Settings |
| The Easiest Raspberry Pi Media Centre, With RasPlex Posted: 21 Nov 2014 07:00 AM PST  The Raspberry Pi is a surprisingly capable little computer. In the past, we’ve show you how to make a Raspberry Pi home theatre with Rasbmc. Since we published that guide, an easier to use and better performing operating system has been released. Today I’m going to show you how with RasPlex; it’s the easiest way to get started using your Raspberry Pi as a capable media centre. The Client-Server Design RasPlex brings the popular Plex media centre software to the Raspberry Pi. Plex started out as a fork of XBMC — the media centre software used in Rasbmc — but... Read the full article: The Easiest Raspberry Pi Media Centre, With RasPlex |
| Rank Your Online Writing & Gather Social Influence With ClearVoice Posted: 21 Nov 2014 06:00 AM PST  Achieving any goal can be easier if you have a way to measure and track your success, and writing is no exception. ClearVoice brings together data about all the articles you’ve written from all the sites you contribute to. With that data, it gives you a score from 1 to 100 for “an objective measure of your voice”. If you keep a blog or publish other kinds of writing online, you’ve probably felt it hard to be motivated to write as often as you would like to publish. Imagine how motivating it could be to to know how many articles you’ve... Read the full article: Rank Your Online Writing & Gather Social Influence With ClearVoice |
| 3 Compelling Reasons Why Firefox’s Stance On Privacy Is Worth Paying Attention To Posted: 21 Nov 2014 05:00 AM PST  Internet privacy is on the minds of many people including those who normally don’t pay much attention to technology. No one wants to think they’re being watched without consent or being boiled down to numbers in a database. Yet two of the main companies offering popular web browsers, Google and Microsoft, sit on the wrong side of the privacy issue. Both have an interest in what you do online and Google in particular is often unapologetic about its collection of data. Fortunately there’s a browser that does care about your privacy; Firefox. Developed by Mozilla, which is an independent non-profit, Firefox is the... Read the full article: 3 Compelling Reasons Why Firefox’s Stance On Privacy Is Worth Paying Attention To |
| How To Set Up YouTube For Better Learning Posted: 21 Nov 2014 04:00 AM PST  If you aren’t already using YouTube to expand your mind and learn new skills, it’s time for you to catch up. There’s so much free knowledge available out there. Why not take advantage of it? Want to learn a musical instrument? How about learning how to draw? For the handyman there are tutorials on DIY basics and for the code-minded there are computer programming lessons. If you feel like building your skills and knowledge, YouTube will always have some great starter videos. But the YouTube interface is not always conducive to study and learning. Presumably, it’s been designed to distract... Read the full article: How To Set Up YouTube For Better Learning |
| Google Removes Internet Ads, Nintendo 3DS Gets Hacked, & More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 21 Nov 2014 03:30 AM PST  Also, Square goes global, Microsoft improves Bing, Oculus stacks your stocks, and a pesky squirrel steals a GoPro. Google Contributor Removes The Ads Google is experimenting with a way for Internet users to support their favorite websites without having to put up with advertising. Google Contributor removes the ads from certain websites for those willing to pay a small monthly fee. Google Contributor asks individual users to pay between $1 and $3 every month. Those users will stop seeing ads, and the money is divvied up between those websites involved in the initiative which each individual visits regularly. At launch,... Read the full article: Google Removes Internet Ads, Nintendo 3DS Gets Hacked, & More… [Tech News Digest] |
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