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- Twitter Fights Bullying, Indiegogo Insures Against Failure, & More… [Tech News Digest]
- 5 Useful Tools For The YouTube Enthusiast
- TOR For Newbies: When Should You Use It?
- 15 Random Google Searches & What We Learned From Them
- 4 Social Networks That Can’t Compete With Facebook, And Why [Weekly Facebook Tips]
- 3 Ways To Type Chinese Symbols & Other Foreign Characters In Windows
- Is Clutter Consuming You? Organize Your Life With These Sites & Tips
- VR Is About to Change Filmmaking Forever: Here’s How
- 8 Ways To Create Unforgettable Instagram Videos
- The Search for the Perfect Mac Desktop Gmail Client
- 6 Signs That You Are Not Meant To Be A Programmer
- LG Chromebase Review and Giveaway
- Add Superpowers To Spotlight With This Unofficial Plugin System
- FBI Warns Of Malware War, Track Santa With Google, & More… [Tech News Digest]
| Twitter Fights Bullying, Indiegogo Insures Against Failure, & More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:30 AM PST  Also, broadcast yourself on Steam, buy a new old ZX Spectrum, program the White House Christmas tree lights, and watch a documentary about Bob Pritikin. Twitter Improves Online Abuse Tools Starting today we’re rolling out an improved way to flag abusive Tweets. See how it works. https://t.co/Yf6cStz0z1 — Twitter Support (@Support) December 2, 2014 Twitter is improving its arsenal of weaponry against bullying, trolling, and online abuse. Until now, the process for reporting abusive behavior has been laborious, with a lengthy questionnaire leading to the manual reviewing of complaints. The changes mean the process will now be shorter, swifter, and... Read the full article: Twitter Fights Bullying, Indiegogo Insures Against Failure, & More… [Tech News Digest]     |
| 5 Useful Tools For The YouTube Enthusiast Posted: 02 Dec 2014 08:30 PM PST  If you were asked to name one of the biggest sites on the Internet, which would you choose? Google? Facebook? Twitter? How about YouTube? Started in 2005, YouTube is currently host to 100 hours of new video every minute, and 100 billion people visit the site every month. That is a truly staggering figure and just goes to show how much YouTube has infiltrated our lives. In Internet terms, the site is an absolute Godzilla. This means of course that countless third-party tools and apps have been built around the YouTube API over the years. From downloading tools to scripts, and from... Read the full article: 5 Useful Tools For The YouTube Enthusiast  |
| TOR For Newbies: When Should You Use It? Posted: 02 Dec 2014 06:30 PM PST  Surely you’ve heard about TOR. Good or bad, the network of relays has been talked about in privacy circles for a while now. Savvy users should already know whether using TOR is right for their needs, but what about the newbies out there? How are they to decide if they want to take the plunge into the world of TOR? This infographic will show you everything you need to know about how TOR works, when you should use it, and how to get started. Via WhoIsHostingThis Click To Enlarge Read the full article: TOR For Newbies: When Should You Use It?  |
| 15 Random Google Searches & What We Learned From Them Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:30 PM PST  Whether we want to admit it or not, we all take the Web somewhat for granted. Here is this epic, indispensable collection of resources on anything and everything you could possibly imagine, and yet we all collectively shrug our shoulders at the magnificence of it all. In particular, we take Google and the other search engines for granted. That needs to stop. Here. And now. By dissecting 15 completely random Google searches, perhaps we’ll all learn to appreciate the ease with which we can all find what we’re looking for online. Random Google Searches We recently asked our readers to... Read the full article: 15 Random Google Searches & What We Learned From Them  |
| 4 Social Networks That Can’t Compete With Facebook, And Why [Weekly Facebook Tips] Posted: 02 Dec 2014 01:30 PM PST  There are a bunch of newish social networks out that just can’t compete with Facebook. Here’s why. Ello Ello is the new kid on the block. It’s full of hipsters and determined to never advertise to you. Everything is designed to be as simple as possible – which is its downfall. You can either check out what your friends are saying or look at the “Noise”. Sounds great in theory, but what do you get? Well, re-posts. Every time I look at “Noise” I see the same post reposted several times. I just scrolled for about five minutes and I... Read the full article: 4 Social Networks That Can’t Compete With Facebook, And Why [Weekly Facebook Tips]  |
| 3 Ways To Type Chinese Symbols & Other Foreign Characters In Windows Posted: 02 Dec 2014 10:00 AM PST  Need to type an e-acute as part of your French homework? Or are you looking to put a rupee symbol in an invoice for a client out in India? Eventually you’ll need to use a foreign characters in Windows — and it can be a bit tricky if you don’t know what you’re doing. Thankfully, your computer can spell foreign characters in several ways. The best solution depends on your use of these special characters, especially how frequently you’ll need access to them. Once you’ve got your desired method set up, it’s very simple to routinely use foreign characters in your everyday typing. Using ASCII Or Unicode... Read the full article: 3 Ways To Type Chinese Symbols & Other Foreign Characters In Windows  |
| Is Clutter Consuming You? Organize Your Life With These Sites & Tips Posted: 02 Dec 2014 09:00 AM PST  Stuff. Stuff. Stuff. Our lives are consumed with stuff. Our drawers and shelves are crammed with things you bought years ago in a sale and thought it would be a good idea to buy. Now you look at it and think to yourself “what the hell was I thinking?”. Your book collection looks as if it is in the running to beat the Library of Alexandria’s size and magnitude. Meanwhile you are paying several hundred dollars a month for a storage facility to hoard all the rest of your crap…. It has to stop. As the New Year approaches (and with... Read the full article: Is Clutter Consuming You? Organize Your Life With These Sites & Tips  |
| VR Is About to Change Filmmaking Forever: Here’s How Posted: 02 Dec 2014 08:00 AM PST  Hollywood is talking about virtual reality. At the Oculus Connect conference last month, a whole panel of Hollywood alums talked about the technology and it’s applications in filmmaking. Meanwhile, heavy hitters in the industry are starting to weigh in. James Cameron hates it. David Attenborough is making a documentary about it. The recent (excellent) film Interstellar had a VR experience promoting it. Virtual reality is a new way of communicating with your viewer, and many people with a background in traditional filmmaking find the possibilities exciting. Virtual reality, rather than just providing a window to a new world, allows directors to take control... Read the full article: VR Is About to Change Filmmaking Forever: Here’s How  |
| 8 Ways To Create Unforgettable Instagram Videos Posted: 02 Dec 2014 07:00 AM PST  Creating an Instagram video is easy. Making it unforgettable, however, is a lot tougher. Fortunately there are various tips and tricks that you can use to help you create a polished 15 seconds of video that can certainly make an impression. Instagram Videos 101: Understanding The Basics You should already be familiar with Instagram videos, but just in case you’re not, let’s get you up to speed. With Instagram it is now possible to shoot 3-15 second long videos, which might be one single shot or several shorter shots filmed sequentially. It’s quite similar to Vine, except with different filters... Read the full article: 8 Ways To Create Unforgettable Instagram Videos  |
| The Search for the Perfect Mac Desktop Gmail Client Posted: 02 Dec 2014 06:00 AM PST  Lately, I’ve been trying to find the desktop email client that works best with Gmail. I’ve been a long-time user of Sparrow, a fantastic mail app that was acquired by Google and thrown into the recycle bin. Since then I’ve been looking into a number of alternatives — many of which are still under active development. I need support for Gmail labels and stars; the ability to handle multiple accounts, both Gmail and non-Gmail; multiple ways of sorting and dealing with email; and, if possible, a pleasing interface. Of these, support for Gmail labelling and non-Gmail accounts were of highest importance. Here’s what I found. Apps... Read the full article: The Search for the Perfect Mac Desktop Gmail Client  |
| 6 Signs That You Are Not Meant To Be A Programmer Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:00 AM PST  Not everyone is cut out to be a programmer. Sure, anyone can learn how to program, but learning how to program is not the same as making a career out of it. In fact, it’s entirely possible to be a talented coder and still be a mismatch for the career. It sounds strange, I know, but it’s truer than you might think. I spent over a decade earning a degree in computer science and thinking it was the career for me only to realize that it wasn’t — and that’s coming from someone who enjoys the programming workflow and the associated... Read the full article: 6 Signs That You Are Not Meant To Be A Programmer  |
| LG Chromebase Review and Giveaway Posted: 02 Dec 2014 04:30 AM PST  Chrome OS is blasting it’s way haphazardly onto different form factors – can it really take on the all-in-one desktop? Not too long ago, we took a look at the ASUS Chromebox, a device reminiscent of a Mac Mini which ran the Chrome OS operating system, but required the user to provide their own monitor and speakers. LG has taken that concept to it’s logical conclusion with the Chromebase ($329). This device is also a desktop version of a Chromebook, but is more reminiscent of an iMac rather than a Mac Mini. The result? You get an entire system in one physical... Read the full article: LG Chromebase Review and Giveaway  |
| Add Superpowers To Spotlight With This Unofficial Plugin System Posted: 02 Dec 2014 04:00 AM PST  Bring Google, Wolfram Alpha, the weather and just about anything else to Spotlight. Flashlight is a third-party plugin system for your Mac's search, and all we can say is it should have been a part of Yosemite by default. It's a new feature in Yosemite that some users missed – what was once a tiny menu is now a large, central pop-up. There are some things this new tool can do: you can look up the definition of any word, search Bing, and launch music in iTunes. But there's not a lot of flexibility, if you want to use tools other than those provided by Apple. Unless, that... Read the full article: Add Superpowers To Spotlight With This Unofficial Plugin System  |
| FBI Warns Of Malware War, Track Santa With Google, & More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 02 Dec 2014 03:30 AM PST  Also, Microsoft Bings Clip Art, buy Girl Scout Cookies online, play Telltale’s new Game of Thrones game, and watch the unofficial Yeezus movie. FBI Warns Of Foreign Cyberattacks As a former Imageworks employee I’m told my own information was in the Sony hack: A job performance evaluation. Hope it was a good one! — VFX Soldier (@VFXSoldier) November 26, 2014 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to American businesses to be on the lookout for malicious software targeting their computer networks. The warning comes in the aftermath of the cyberattack on Sony Pictures which resulted in... Read the full article: FBI Warns Of Malware War, Track Santa With Google, & More… [Tech News Digest]  |
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