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• Smart Contact Lenses, NSA Text Collection, Facebook Trending Topics [Tech News Digest]
• Cool Websites & Tools – Dropbox Photo Viewer, Proxy Switchers, & Speak Off The Record
• Find Legal Images On Google With A New Filter
• Letting A Cat Design Your Home
• Read Feedly Offline: Download Unread Items To An Ebook
• 10 Hot iOS Games To Look Forward To In 2014
• Spin Your Way To Your Next Meal With Urbanspoon For iPad
• First-Time Shopper On Ebay? 5 Important Things You Need To Know
• Google Updates Chrome For Windows 8, Adds Noisy Tab Feature And Desktop-like UI
• Play Chess With Your Vocabulary In Wordbase for iOS
• XtremeGuard 85% Off And A DSLR For Less Than $400 [Tech Deals]
• For Women: Look Good & Feel Confident With These 6 Subreddits
• Hunters 2: iOS Turn-Based Strategy That Didn’t Get The Praise It Deserves
• What Is The Best E-Commerce Plugin For WordPress?
• SlideIdea: A Fast & Easy Way To Create Slideshows On Your iPad

Smart Contact Lenses, NSA Text Collection, Facebook Trending Topics [Tech News Digest] Posted: 17 Jan 2014 03:30 AM PST Today in Tech News Digest, Google reveals its smart contact lenses for diabetics, the NSA is accused of collecting millions of random text messages, Facebook announces Trending, Spotify kills its listening time limits, Rdio goes free on the Web, Google Chrome gets a fancy update on Windows 8, and Cecelia Abadie is cleared of driving while Glassing. Google Reveals Smart Contact Lenses I can’t even look at my Google Glass now. Told ‘em, “Why are you so big? Why can’t you be contact lenses.” They’re feeling all bad now. — Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) January 17, 2014 Google has revealed it’s... Read the full article: Smart Contact Lenses, NSA Text Collection, Facebook Trending Topics [Tech News Digest]

Cool Websites & Tools – Dropbox Photo Viewer, Proxy Switchers, & Speak Off The Record Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:31 PM PST Unbound for Dropbox – has been described as “the ultimate viewing experience for your Dropbox photos”. View your photos in full resolution even when you’re offline. Flatten your folder structure so you can easily view all your albums, stream your photos to Apple TV from your iPhone using AirPlay, keep your photos private by using the passcode feature, quickly upload photos in batches to your Dropbox account, and more. Best Proxy Switcher – you can use Best Proxy Switcher with your own proxy servers or let it download the most recently checked list from their web site automatically free. For... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Dropbox Photo Viewer, Proxy Switchers, & Speak Off The Record

Find Legal Images On Google With A New Filter Posted: 16 Jan 2014 07:30 PM PST Contrary to popular belief, pictures found on Google Images are not free to use any way you want. Google has recognized this belief is widespread, so they have now implemented a new filter in their search results that will show you the images which are legal to use. Using it is very simple. After entering your search term, click on the “search tools” option in the menu bar. That will drop down to reveal more options, including “Usage Rights“. Then choose the license you are looking for, and the search results will update instantly. The first results are often from... Read the full article: Find Legal Images On Google With A New Filter

Letting A Cat Design Your Home Posted: 16 Jan 2014 06:30 PM PST What would happen if your home was designed by a cat? You’d have what’s called a smash room, where everything is near the edge of a surface, therefore smashable. There’d be a hunting room, with large aquariums filled with real fish. Cats are crazy. via Terry’s Fabrics Read the full article: Letting A Cat Design Your Home

Read Feedly Offline: Download Unread Items To An Ebook Posted: 16 Jan 2014 04:30 PM PST The Google News downloading service NewsToEbook now works with Feedly. With it you can download your unread items from Feedly to an EPUB or MOBI ebook file, which you can then read on your offline e-reader. Kindle, Kobo, Nook and even your tablet all support one format or the other, so this will work for you. The ecosystem of apps surrounding Google Reader didn’t completely collapse when Google shut down the service in July, 2013 – but it did take some applications longer to adjust than others. NewsToEbook, which could download your Google Reader feeds as an ebook, was basically... Read the full article: Read Feedly Offline: Download Unread Items To An Ebook

10 Hot iOS Games To Look Forward To In 2014 Posted: 16 Jan 2014 01:00 PM PST 2013 was a very good year for iOS gamers. Not only did we receive the unbelievably sexy iPad Air, a new A7 chip and official OS-level support for gamepads, developers outdid themselves and pushed our devices further than ever before. You’d better hope you’ve still got plenty of free space available, then, because 2014 looks set to deliver some of the finest mobile gaming experiences to date. Here are ten of the hottest upcoming releases to whet your appetites. Project GODUS It’s not every year Peter Molyeneux decides to make a new god game, but thankfully in 2013 he teamed... Read the full article: 10 Hot iOS Games To Look Forward To In 2014

Spin Your Way To Your Next Meal With Urbanspoon For iPad Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:00 AM PST Urbanspoon? What’s so special about Urbanspoon? You’re probably thinking this because you’ve heard of the app before, and whether you actually use it or not, an old app is not usually exciting. Nevertheless, Urbanspoon for iPad is featured on our best iPad apps page, and surprisingly, it’s quite different from the more popular iPhone version. If you’ve been relying solely on in-built iOS 7′s integration with Yelp (our review) to find places to eat, you might find the Urbanspoon experience less cluttered, and pretty darn delicious. The Urbanspoon Spinner The most famous aspect of the Urbanspoon app is the spinner and,... Read the full article: Spin Your Way To Your Next Meal With Urbanspoon For iPad

First-Time Shopper On Ebay? 5 Important Things You Need To Know Posted: 16 Jan 2014 10:00 AM PST Welcome to Ebay Shopping 101. You are the select few, chosen to be trained as sharp-shooting Ebay bidders, capable of finding the best deals and winning every auction. So pull up a chair and let’s get started. Shopping on Ebay isn’t really like shopping on Amazon or any other shopping site. On most sites, you search for the product you like, find it, and if there are enough left, you buy it at the best fixed price you can find and then wait for it to arrive in the mail. On Ebay, not so much. There are a few important... Read the full article: First-Time Shopper On Ebay? 5 Important Things You Need To Know

Google Updates Chrome For Windows 8, Adds Noisy Tab Feature And Desktop-like UI Posted: 16 Jan 2014 09:30 AM PST Chrome users on Windows 8 can expect an update rolling out to their browser today that includes a “Noisy Tabs” feature and Chrome OS-like desktop environment. The largest visual change is only noticeable if you run Chrome in “Windows 8 Mode”, a special mode Microsoft has set up for Web browsers that allows them to run in a pseudo-Modern app form. Chrome now appears visually like Chrome OS in this mode. There is a grey background and multiple Chrome windows can be opened within the environment. There’s even a “shelf” that can run along the bottom, left, or right side... Read the full article: Google Updates Chrome For Windows 8, Adds Noisy Tab Feature And Desktop-like UI

Play Chess With Your Vocabulary In Wordbase for iOS Posted: 16 Jan 2014 09:00 AM PST There are a lot of great word games on iOS. You only need to look to the success of a company like Zynga to see how games like Word With Friends boosted their fortunes. But when it comes to games, whether mobile or on the PC, few games have been as popular as chess over the years. It’s surprising that it’s taken so long for someone to marry word play and chess into the same exciting game – meet Wordbase. The Rules A free app, Wordbase is entirely turn-by-turn multiplayer and has no single-player mode. Currently, it works only on... Read the full article: Play Chess With Your Vocabulary In Wordbase for iOS

XtremeGuard 85% Off And A DSLR For Less Than $400 [Tech Deals] Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:30 AM PST This week we’ve got the return of the XtremeGuard 85% off sale as well as low prices on a DSLR, iPhone 5s and more. Smartphone Users Smartphone users will rejoice when they hear that XtremeGuard’s 85% sale is back on. And you can also score an iPhone 5 unlocked for cheap! XtremeGuard 85% Off All Screen Protectors Price: 85% all protectors Retailer: XtremeGuard Coupon code: 85OFF This deal showed up two weeks back. If you missed it, I strongly consider getting in while it lasts. I consider XtremeGuard to be roughly comparable to Zagg, in terms of quality. Their protectors... Read the full article: XtremeGuard 85% Off And A DSLR For Less Than $400 [Tech Deals]

For Women: Look Good & Feel Confident With These 6 Subreddits Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST We often use the new year as an excuse to take better care of our appearance, personal growth, and ultimately self-esteem. Today’s focus is all about looking great. And what better place to start than by finding advice online? Not too long ago, I compiled a list of Subreddits that all men should read. This article is the counterpart for women – a list of Subreddits for women of all ages who want to make the most of their beauty. /r/nutrition & /r/fitness Health, both physical and mental, is a crucial aspect of human well-being and it’s just as true for... Read the full article: For Women: Look Good & Feel Confident With These 6 Subreddits

Hunters 2: iOS Turn-Based Strategy That Didn’t Get The Praise It Deserves Posted: 16 Jan 2014 07:00 AM PST The pacing of a turn-based strategy game is perfect for playing on the go, and Hunters 2 ($0.99, universal) delivers on that in so many ways. This is one game that didn’t get the amount of buzz and praise it deserved when it first released to the App Store, but it’s definitely worth going back and playing now. If you’re a big turn-based strategy fan, you really can’t go wrong for a dollar. Gameplay If you’re already familiar with the turn-based strategy genre, you will quickly understand how Hunters 2 plays. First you must tap the unit you want to move, then... Read the full article: Hunters 2: iOS Turn-Based Strategy That Didn’t Get The Praise It Deserves

What Is The Best E-Commerce Plugin For WordPress? Posted: 16 Jan 2014 06:00 AM PST Setting up an online shop has never been easier – I should know, since I wrote our complete guide on the topic, and have developed a few of my own. So I often hear the question: “what’s the best eCommerce plugin for WordPress?” I think it’s only in the last year or so that a clear answer has emerged. In my previous posts on 10 things to do when setting up an online shop, picking a system was number 1, so let's take a look at some of the top choices. This is by no means an extensive list, because I'm... Read the full article: What Is The Best E-Commerce Plugin For WordPress?

SlideIdea: A Fast & Easy Way To Create Slideshows On Your iPad Posted: 16 Jan 2014 05:00 AM PST If you’re looking for an easier way to create multimedia slideshows on your iPad, SlideIdea may well be the perfect solution. It’s even cheaper than the iOS version of Apple’s Keynote — cheaper as in free! SlideIdea allows users to create, share, and export slideshow presentations to other applications. This iPad-exclusive app also allows you to share slideshows online, as well as incorporating online polls for audience responses. Getting Started As the 85MB download suggest, SlideIdea is larger than similar iPad apps, and that’s without all the templates being pre-installed. These can be selectively downloaded, and just like the main app... Read the full article: SlideIdea: A Fast & Easy Way To Create Slideshows On Your iPad

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