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- A Look Back at 2014’s Most Shared Moments
- What Retro Gadget Would You Still Buy Today? [We Ask You]
- Hashtag Activism: #powerful or #pointless?
- The Best Internet Love Stories Of All Time
- How To Hold A Successful Conference Call On Your iPhone
- 7 Signs You Are a Seasoned Windows User
- How Bionics Will Extend And Improve Your Life
- 10 Networking Terms You Probably Never Knew, And What They Mean
- 6 More VLC Media Player Features You Must Try
- Easily Share Files Between Windows 7, 8 and Mac OS X
- Why Tracking Your Significant Other’s Location Isn’t Always Evil
| A Look Back at 2014’s Most Shared Moments Posted: 11 Feb 2015 06:30 PM PST  You can tell a lot about what the world considered important by looking at the trends on social media. After all, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and other social media services are where people go to let their voice be heard on anything, and when a large portion of a site’s audience is chiming in one thing, then you know it’s pretty significant! So, looking back at 2014; what were the things people talked about most on social media? Take a look at the infographic below for a detailed breakdown! Via Digital Information World Click To Enlarge Read the full article: A Look Back at 2014’s Most Shared Moments |
| What Retro Gadget Would You Still Buy Today? [We Ask You] Posted: 11 Feb 2015 05:30 PM PST  There are some gadgets that remain appealing despite being old and outdated. These are the gadgets which retain their cool factor through the ages. It doesn’t matter how crusty and unloved they may be, we still want to own one for ourselves. So much so that we’d be willing to scour market stalls and thrift stores for them. Or, a more likely scenario, jump on eBay and pay over the odds for this particular item. But which retro gadget still has such a hold on you that you would still buy it today? Retro Return We want to know, What... Read the full article: What Retro Gadget Would You Still Buy Today? [We Ask You] |
| Hashtag Activism: #powerful or #pointless? Posted: 11 Feb 2015 12:00 PM PST  People and organizations are using social media to spread their ideas and gain support for their causes at unprecedented levels — #BringBackOurGirls, #ICantBreathe, and #BlackLivesMatter have seen wide international coverage in the past year. 58% of Americans think that tweeting or posting information online is an effective form of advocacy. But does this sort of activism really have an effect on the world? Or are users just blowing smoke? Digital Activism Takes Many Forms Just to be clear, I don’t mean to imply that hashtags are the “main” form of digital activism or that other forms aren’t of great importance —... Read the full article: Hashtag Activism: #powerful or #pointless? |
| The Best Internet Love Stories Of All Time Posted: 11 Feb 2015 11:00 AM PST  Film director Richard Curtis pretty much defined romantic movies over the past 20 years, with films like Love Actually, Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and About Time. In his world, people usually fall in love in trendy book stores in Notting Hill, or on the streets of affluent, gentrified Shoreditch. The web is way more interesting than his world. In Curtis's world, the guy is typically an excruciatingly middle-class, foppish Englishman. The girl tends to be a naive American, fresh off the boat in London city. The guy will do something awkward and embarrassing, like spill his orange... Read the full article: The Best Internet Love Stories Of All Time |
| How To Hold A Successful Conference Call On Your iPhone Posted: 11 Feb 2015 10:00 AM PST  Conference calling on your iPhone is basically a single-tap process, but there are other features you should know about to make the process easier to manage. In the past we’ve covered the many things you can do while talking on the iPhone, but if you want to talk to more than one person it helps to know how to add calls, merge them, and end individual calls without getting confused. Did you know that with the arrival of iOS 8, Apple even added FaceTime Audio conference calling? Making Conference Calls Apple allows for up to five calls to be merged using its conference call feature.... Read the full article: How To Hold A Successful Conference Call On Your iPhone |
| 7 Signs You Are a Seasoned Windows User Posted: 11 Feb 2015 09:00 AM PST  Windows has been around for longer than a lot of you have been alive. Established in 1985, the popular operating system has gone through many iterations since then. It’s one of the most widely used operating systems out there and chances are that some of you have been running it since the beginning. Windows certainly has changed since the first version, but some elements remain consistent. This list is a run down of some of the signs that you’re a seasoned Windows user – old features that have since been discontinued, introduction of new features, and more. Be sure to... Read the full article: 7 Signs You Are a Seasoned Windows User |
| How Bionics Will Extend And Improve Your Life Posted: 11 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST  Thought of as a science fiction pipedream, the science of bionics is often viewed as sinister. However, in the real world, these technologies have the potential to extend your lifespan and improve your quality of life as you age. Check out this video, to get a sense of how far the technology has come. The TED talk of the engineer in the video, Hugh Herr, is something we’ve covered before, and is well worth a watch. Limitations of the Body A lot of people are afraid of getting older– and for good reason. As we get older, our bodies eventually... Read the full article: How Bionics Will Extend And Improve Your Life |
| 10 Networking Terms You Probably Never Knew, And What They Mean Posted: 11 Feb 2015 07:00 AM PST  We live in an interconnected, super-networked world. New technologies constantly appear on the market and, unless you constantly read networking, computing or hacker news, you may find terminologies floating around that you don’t understand. Here we’ll explore 10 common networking terms, what they mean and where you are likely to encounter them. WLAN A Wireless Local Area Network links two or more devices via wireless distribution. A WLAN usually operates within a restricted area, only providing connectivity to those devices within its confines. Any device that moves outside of the coverage area will lose its connection to the network. You likely... Read the full article: 10 Networking Terms You Probably Never Knew, And What They Mean |
| 6 More VLC Media Player Features You Must Try Posted: 11 Feb 2015 06:00 AM PST  Rely on VLC as your primary media player? It’s a more powerful media player than you might realize. For many users, VLC is one of the first applications in line to be installed on any new machine. It’s a great choice for a free, no-nonsense media player — but it also has plenty of tricks up its sleeve, if you’re prepared to dig below the surface. Here are some more things you can do with VLC, including some functionality that you might never have thought possible from a humble piece of media player software. Control Playback Speed Ever been listening to an audio file or... Read the full article: 6 More VLC Media Player Features You Must Try |
| Easily Share Files Between Windows 7, 8 and Mac OS X Posted: 11 Feb 2015 05:00 AM PST  Cross platform file sharing sounds complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s how to get a PC and and a Mac to share files with each other. We showed you how to get Windows and OS X to work together, but now it’s time to turn our attention specifically toward file sharing. Today we will show you exactly how to share files from one system to the other. I’m going to assume you’re running the latest version of both Windows and OS X: 8.1 and Yosemite, respectively. These instructions should generally work for earlier versions of both operating systems, and likely... Read the full article: Easily Share Files Between Windows 7, 8 and Mac OS X |
| Why Tracking Your Significant Other’s Location Isn’t Always Evil Posted: 11 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST  You have a smartphone; so does your significant other. In a few taps, you can track each other’s movements. But should you? Most people’s response is an emphatic, “No!”, but there are many who are rising in defence of tracking. A Samantha Williams article in The Independent, titled I track my boyfriend’s movements because I want to trust him more, not less, recently went viral. The reactions were extreme. One commenter wrote, “This author does not deserve to have a partner. She is paranoid and a possible stalker.” Another said, “If you were a man, and your partner was a woman, this sort of thing would... Read the full article: Why Tracking Your Significant Other’s Location Isn’t Always Evil |
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