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• Cool Websites & Tools – Automatic Link Shortening, Monitor Your iPhone Usage, & Retrieve Text From a URL
• The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People
• Watch Recorded Live Shows From Metallica, James Brown & More with Music Vault
• How To Create Awesome Slideshow Presentations In iMovie
• 5 Ways To Get Productive With Microsoft OneNote
• Your Interest in Privacy Will Ensure You’re Targeted By The NSA
• Launch Your Mac Apps In Three Keystrokes With Twitch
• Get Samsung’s Multi Window Feature On Any Android Device
• Smartphone Viruses Are Real: How To Stay Protected
• Bolse SZ-801 Smart NFC Bluetooth Speaker Review and Giveaway
• What Is Refresh Rate?
• New Raspberry Pi B+ Released, FCC Tallies Net Neutrality Comments, And More… [Tech News Digest]

Cool Websites & Tools – Automatic Link Shortening, Monitor Your iPhone Usage, & Retrieve Text From a URL Posted: 14 Jul 2014 09:31 PM PDT ShortPaste – Tired of sharing long, nasty URLs? ShortPaste immediately shortens URLs after copying them (from an app such as Chrome, YouTube, Newsstand, etc) in the blink of an eye. Like magic, your long URL will appear in its shortened form when pasted. Supports bit.ly and goo.gl. Some users are reporting high RAM usage, so be aware. Moment – This app tracks where you go each day, and have it plotted on a map, and automatically tracks how much you use your iPhone. Once you set it up, you never have to open it again. Choose from 5 relaxing reminder... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Automatic Link Shortening, Monitor Your iPhone Usage, & Retrieve Text From a URL

The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People Posted: 14 Jul 2014 07:30 PM PDT Ever wonder how successful people like Charles Dickens, Sigmund Freud and Gustave Flaubert made it? They had routines. By sticking to a disciplined regime of consisting of sleep, work, eating and exercise, they managed to focus on their work, and ultimately made the most of their time. Do you have issues with time management? Do you often experience afternoon slumps? Frequently pulling all-nighters? Better time management is the answer. Also: 16 Routines of Successful Creative People via Podio Read the full article: The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People

Watch Recorded Live Shows From Metallica, James Brown & More with Music Vault Posted: 14 Jul 2014 06:30 PM PDT Do you remember your first live gig? Wouldn’t it be cool if you found footage of the occasion on the Internet? Music Vault might just have it. The service is currently hosting thousands of live concert recordings on their YouTube channel, many of which are full shows (and many of which aren’t). If you can’t make it to any upcoming gigs, why not raid the archives and discover classic performances instead. Wilco, 27 November 1996 in Chicago IL, USA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n1epUZhQ40I “Every great thing you’ve ever heard about this band is true,” starts the MC in the recording above of one of... Read the full article: Watch Recorded Live Shows From Metallica, James Brown & More with Music Vault

How To Create Awesome Slideshow Presentations In iMovie Posted: 14 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT Want to produce slideshows that go beyond simple cross dissolves and single track background music? Apple’s iMovie for Mac OS X can help you create a professional looking slideshow presentations with few prior skills. We have covered several online solutions and mobile applications for creating slideshows, and you can also create slideshows in iPhoto or Aperture. But as today’s article shows, iMovie provides a few more controls for adding titles, controlling the Ken Burns panning effects, and adjusting the volume and fading of background music. iMovie 11, along with other iLife programs, comes pre-installed with new Mac computer purchases. If you don’t have the latest version... Read the full article: How To Create Awesome Slideshow Presentations In iMovie

5 Ways To Get Productive With Microsoft OneNote Posted: 14 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “A place for everything and everything in its place.”  With that thought in mind, may I introduce you to – Microsoft OneNote. You can choose from plenty to-do list services, organization tools and personal time management apps. One of the things most of them have in common is that they serve one aspect of a person’s life very well – either the online life, or the offline life. Rarely both. Good examples are ToDoist (why you should upgrade to premium) or gTasks (our review), which both are fantastic tools for organizing your life whenever you have access to your web browser and... Read the full article: 5 Ways To Get Productive With Microsoft OneNote

Your Interest in Privacy Will Ensure You’re Targeted By The NSA Posted: 14 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT Have you ever wondered if you’re on an NSA observation list? Turns out that if you’ve even thought about it (or online privacy in general), you’re probably more likely to be on one. A few concerning news updates regarding mass surveillance by the NSA within the past week, including revelations from an analysis of the XKeyscore data collection system, have given us an idea of who might be among the NSA’s “targeted” individuals. Are You on the List? In previous documents, interviews, and other now-public materials, the NSA has stated that, while they can collect data from nearly anyone, they... Read the full article: Your Interest in Privacy Will Ensure You’re Targeted By The NSA

Launch Your Mac Apps In Three Keystrokes With Twitch Posted: 14 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT Launch any Mac app, website or document in just a couple of keystrokes – without waiting for search results. If you're tired of overly complicated launching apps, free app Twitch might be what you're looking for. Launching things with a mouse is for suckers, just ask anyone who uses tools like Alfred, QuickSilver and LaunchBar, which Bakari recently reviewed. Heck, you can even ask loyal users of the Mac's default search tool, Spotlight. Just like learning keyboard shortcuts is the only way to use your software at full speed, using keystrokes to launch apps and open files is simply faster than moving your... Read the full article: Launch Your Mac Apps In Three Keystrokes With Twitch

Get Samsung’s Multi Window Feature On Any Android Device Posted: 14 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT If you’ve ever used one of the more recent Samsung Galaxy devices, you know that they have this awesome little feature called Multi Window that allows you to run two apps at the same time. Well, there’s no reason that awesomeness has to be contained to just Galaxy devices, right? Let’s walk through how to get that feature on any Android device. Download Xposed To begin the process, you’ll need something called the Xposed Framework. We’ve taken a look at this convenient way of customizing your Android device without flashing a custom ROM before, but let’s step through the basics. First,... Read the full article: Get Samsung’s Multi Window Feature On Any Android Device

Smartphone Viruses Are Real: How To Stay Protected Posted: 14 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT The last thing you want is a latent Trojan that sits in the background and steals all of your sensitive data. Think you’re safe from a smartphone infection? I wouldn’t be too sure. Viruses are most prevalent on PC platforms, yes, but these past few years have proven that smartphone viruses are real. Are you safe? Considering how integral smartphones now are to everyday life, it’s scary to think how much damage can be done by malware – and sometimes all it takes is one lapse in judgment to become infected. Keep reading to find out what these infections could... Read the full article: Smartphone Viruses Are Real: How To Stay Protected

Bolse SZ-801 Smart NFC Bluetooth Speaker Review and Giveaway Posted: 14 Jul 2014 05:30 AM PDT It’s all very well being able to carry around a few thousand songs in your pocket, but they sound terrible when played through the tiny speakers on a mobile device – and you can completely forget being able hear the output above any normal level of background noise. The Bolse SZ-801 comes to the rescue without breaking the bank. It’s a budget portable speaker with sound quality and output volume that will quite literally blow you away. The Bolse SZ-801 is available on Amazon for $40 (out of stock at the time of publication). A lot of design comparisons can be... Read the full article: Bolse SZ-801 Smart NFC Bluetooth Speaker Review and Giveaway

What Is Refresh Rate? Posted: 14 Jul 2014 05:00 AM PDT The term “refresh rate” is hardly new, but over the last few years it’s become a prominent specification boasted by televisions and monitors. Each manufacturer wants to offer a higher refresh rate because it’s another big number they can put on the box. But how does this specification actually impact your experience? What Does Refresh Rate Mean? Let’s start at the beginning, because you won’t be able to understand the rest of this article if you don’t know what refresh rate means. Fortunately, the term is not particularly complex. Refresh rate is simply the number of times a display refreshes the... Read the full article: What Is Refresh Rate?

New Raspberry Pi B+ Released, FCC Tallies Net Neutrality Comments, And More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 14 Jul 2014 04:30 AM PDT Also, Beats goes after Chinese counterfeiters before Apple sale, Hulu nabs South Park, Twitter tracks Wikipedia edits from politicians, Amazon trolls the French government, and an honest game trailer for Minecraft. New Raspberry Pi Model B+ On Sale The Raspberry Pi Foundation has officially unveiled the Raspberry Pi Model B+, described as “the final evolution of the original Raspberry Pi.” The Raspberry Pi Model B+ is available to buy right now from many stockists, including Element14 and RS Components. The Model B+ features the same processor, RAM, and software as the original. However, it boasts improvements including more GPIO (General... Read the full article: New Raspberry Pi B+ Released, FCC Tallies Net Neutrality Comments, And More… [Tech News Digest]

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