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- 5 Tools for Easy Web Design
- In Business, Sometimes What You don’t Say is More Important than What You do
- An Illuminating Guide to Low Light Photography
- 5 Ways to Strip the Formatting When You Copy & Paste Text
- How the Web Won on Net Neutrality: 5 Key Moments
- 5 Games to Play with Your Non-Gaming Parents
- 6 Clever Windows Tips & Tricks For Geeks
- Fierce Fitness Course: Get in Better Shape for $29
- Pop Ups on Your Mac? How to Stop Them Once and For All
- Hold Anything, Anywhere: Snake Clamp Review and Giveaway
- How to Deal With Inbox Overload and To-Do Lists in Emails
| Posted: 06 Feb 2015 08:30 PM PST  If you want to build your own web presence, then it is becoming easier and easier. If you know where to look, you can download your own web templates, add a background image to it, your text and images, and Bob’s your Uncle, you are online and famous — if you have a web host that is. We have covered countless web building apps over the years that MUO has been in existence. Build web apps with the right set of skills, or make your first attempt without any coding skills. But believe it or not, here are 5 that... Read the full article: 5 Tools for Easy Web Design |
| In Business, Sometimes What You don’t Say is More Important than What You do Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:30 PM PST  When we communicate with people, only part of what we mean is told through our words. The rest is told with body language. In many ways, body language is just as important as the actual things we say (in some cases, even more so). Like anything, mastering body language takes practice and knowledge. For business, mastering the art of controlling the things you don’t say is incredibly important. So how can you learn to master body language for business? Just follow the advice on the infographic below, and you’ll be ready to go! Via Gengo Click To Enlarge Read the full article: In Business, Sometimes What You don’t Say is More Important than What You do |
| An Illuminating Guide to Low Light Photography Posted: 06 Feb 2015 09:00 AM PST  If photography is about capturing light, how do you take photos when light is scarce? Low light photography is a special kind of photography that requires a few tricks and techniques to get right. The next time you’re caught in a dark place, will you know how to take shots that look great? You run into low light scenarios all the time: grungy restaurants, late night excursions through the city, or even out in the middle of nowhere under a night sky. Don’t settle for blurry movements, noise, and black nothingness – here’s how to take control of these situations and get great results.... Read the full article: An Illuminating Guide to Low Light Photography |
| 5 Ways to Strip the Formatting When You Copy & Paste Text Posted: 06 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST  Copying and pasting are probably some of the most common functions you perform on your computer. We’ve shown how a clipboard manager improves these functions, but copy-pasting brings another common annoyance: special formatting. You’ve surely experienced this: you’ll copy some text (perhaps a heading from a website) and want to paste it into a Word document, but it keeps its color, size, and other features when you do. We’re going to take a look at ways to alleviate this issue. They range from bare-bones to automated; go for whichever works for you! Let Notepad Intervene Windows Notepad and its alternatives are... Read the full article: 5 Ways to Strip the Formatting When You Copy & Paste Text |
| How the Web Won on Net Neutrality: 5 Key Moments Posted: 06 Feb 2015 07:30 AM PST  Net neutrality has been a hot issue for the past ten years. The idea that all traffic through an Internet service provider (ISP) should receive the same treatment is one that’s been explained, debated, defended, and attacked in all manner of ways. But it appears that net-neutrality supporters have won the battle: FCC chairman Tom Wheeler announced this week his intention to submit “the strongest open Internet protections ever proposed by the FCC.” The plan hasn’t been approved yet, but it does looks like net neutrality will reign, at least for a while. Let’s take a look back at some of... Read the full article: How the Web Won on Net Neutrality: 5 Key Moments |
| 5 Games to Play with Your Non-Gaming Parents Posted: 06 Feb 2015 07:00 AM PST  So you want to introduce your parents to video games? Here are a few places to start! Show, Don’t Tell Conventional wisdom would have you believe that all gamers are antisocial, potentially violent young men who live in their parents’ basements. However, it is becoming abundantly clear that this stereotype is no longer true, if it ever was to begin with. Gaming is becoming as acceptable and universal a pastime as reading or film. As Joel said in his article on gamer myths, many people who play games are in their late twenties and thirties, and almost half of them... Read the full article: 5 Games to Play with Your Non-Gaming Parents |
| 6 Clever Windows Tips & Tricks For Geeks Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:00 AM PST  Windows is a complex beast. It never ceases to amaze us just how much you can do with this operating system. To share the possibilities, we have rounded up some lesser known tips and tricks for the curious reader. We’ve covered simple Windows tricks in the past, so these are aimed at those of you who have a more advanced grip on your systems and are looking to learn even more. If you already know all of these then please drop your own suggestions in the comments – the more tips and tricks shared the better! Change Default Printer Depending On Location Location-aware printing... Read the full article: 6 Clever Windows Tips & Tricks For Geeks |
| Fierce Fitness Course: Get in Better Shape for $29 Posted: 06 Feb 2015 05:30 AM PST  One of the hardest parts of getting into better physical condition is committing to actually doing it. Saying you’re going to start on an exercise routine, and hunkering down and doing it are two different things entirely. A great way to get started is actually learning proper exercise techniques. After all, if you know how to exercise, you can be more efficient with your workouts. But who has the time and money to pay for a personal trainer? What if you didn’t have to? We’ve found a deal on the Fierce Fitness Course that will blow your mind. You’ll find five... Read the full article: Fierce Fitness Course: Get in Better Shape for $29 |
| Pop Ups on Your Mac? How to Stop Them Once and For All Posted: 06 Feb 2015 05:00 AM PST  You just want to get things done on your Mac, when bam: a pop up. It breaks your focus, gets in your way, and sometimes just plain confuses you. Why won’t these pop ups go away? You’re not alone in asking this, but the only issue is that you might mean one of several things when you say “pop up”. Let’s go over some of the most common pop ups, and how to get rid of them. If Ads Keep Popping Up When You Browse The Web This is probably the most common thing people mean when they talk about pop-ups: windows with ads popping up over what you’re... Read the full article: Pop Ups on Your Mac? How to Stop Them Once and For All |
| Hold Anything, Anywhere: Snake Clamp Review and Giveaway Posted: 06 Feb 2015 04:30 AM PST  SnakeClamp is an American company with one simple mission: to help people and companies hold what they need, right where they need it. It’s a fully modular product, designed to work with a variety of different devices, clamping to a number of surfaces, with different lengths and strengths of gooseneck arm available. The gear we decided to test – and the set we’ll be giving away to one lucky winner – is as follows: Tablet mount base ($29.95) Tablet mount ends for iPad 1-4 ($9.95) Camera ball head to test with the weight of a loaded dSLR ($13.95) Multiclamp (for attaching to a... Read the full article: Hold Anything, Anywhere: Snake Clamp Review and Giveaway |
| How to Deal With Inbox Overload and To-Do Lists in Emails Posted: 06 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST  Email overload is a big problem these days. Additionally, email is not just communication, it also largely dictates your to-do list. Plus, the constant notifications can be a distraction. We all need a way to tame email. Tricks to prevent an overflowing inbox are the order of the day. Who better to talk about it than a man who has been looking to tame Gmail from 2006? Andy Mitchell is the founder of ActiveInbox, an app to organize your Gmail inbox. Email in the morning: Is it a must-do, or should you just sort it out for later? What’s the... Read the full article: How to Deal With Inbox Overload and To-Do Lists in Emails |
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