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- Skype Lets You Spy On Strangers, Apple Issues Critical Mac Update [Tech News Digest]
- Get More Likes And Comments On Instagram
- Everything That’s Wrong With Disney’s Frozen (And Other Cinema Sins) [Stuff to Watch]
- Will The Web’s Unreasonable Expectations Ruin Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
- How Generosity Can Benefit You In 2015
- Going Skiing Or Snowboarding? You Need These Android Apps
- How To Take Better Festive Photos This Christmas
- Life On The Road: The History Of Digital Nomadism
- The Best Windows Software
- 5 Future Technologies That May Cause New Addictions
- Install Mac Software From Terminal With Homebrew
- How To Build One Brain-Boosting Habit In 2015
- The Killer Hack To Manage Multiple Instagram Accounts On Your Computer
- Google Delivers Self-Driving Car, Facebook Releases Stickered App [Tech News Digest]
| Skype Lets You Spy On Strangers, Apple Issues Critical Mac Update [Tech News Digest] Posted: 24 Dec 2014 03:30 AM PST  Also, The Interview enjoys limited theatrical release, tablets are bad for you, the FAA drones on, and Vzio mocks Samsung for its curved TVs. Skype Suffers Serious Security Scare "Can you hear me?" "Can YOU hear me?" "I can't hear you" – How every Skype call starts. — Ash (@ashdigital_) December 24, 2014 Skype has a rather serious security issue which means people using the Microsoft-owned service on Android can be spied on by others. The flaw involves people with two devices connected to the same Skype account. If that person calls a friend on one device and then severs... Read the full article: Skype Lets You Spy On Strangers, Apple Issues Critical Mac Update [Tech News Digest]     |
| Get More Likes And Comments On Instagram Posted: 23 Dec 2014 06:30 PM PST  Instagram is a social network that seemingly came out of nowhere a few years ago. What started as a place for users to share images with filters is now… well technically it’s still that, but now it’s that with millions and millions of users. So how are you to make the most of Instagram? How are you to get more likes and comments on your photos? Whether you just want more people to like your photos for person reasons, or you use Instagram as a tool for marketing, knowing specific things you can do to maximize likes and comments is... Read the full article: Get More Likes And Comments On Instagram  |
| Everything That’s Wrong With Disney’s Frozen (And Other Cinema Sins) [Stuff to Watch] Posted: 23 Dec 2014 05:30 PM PST  Tis the season to be jolly, exhaust your insulin reserves and embarrass yourself at various social gatherings before crawling under the blanket of credit card debt you've amassed in the process. It's also a time of year when someone will probably want to watch Frozen, on repeat, multiple times a day. CinemaSins is a YouTube channel dedicated to pointing out the flaws in some of the worst, most expensive and best performing movies to grace the big screen. Frozen just happens to be one of them. Everything Wrong With Frozen "Dammit all, is this movie doing the whole 'simple misunderstandings that real people would... Read the full article: Everything That’s Wrong With Disney’s Frozen (And Other Cinema Sins) [Stuff to Watch]  |
| Will The Web’s Unreasonable Expectations Ruin Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Posted: 23 Dec 2014 10:00 AM PST  It was the trailer that launched a million tweets. A few weeks ago, we got our first look at Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens. Since then, we’ve seen a slew of discussions about nearly every tiny piece of the trailer. Facebook feeds are full of images and GIFs poking fun at the ruby cross-guarded lightsaber debuted in the trailer. There are a huge number of video reviews on YouTube that are significantly longer than the trailer itself. All of this begs the question: are we setting the movie up for failure a year before its release? “Uh, everything’s under control... Read the full article: Will The Web’s Unreasonable Expectations Ruin Star Wars: The Force Awakens?  |
| How Generosity Can Benefit You In 2015 Posted: 23 Dec 2014 09:30 AM PST  Is generosity in your best interest? Giving away your time and money makes you happier, more financially responsible, and can even help you get a job. All you need to do is get started. Christmas is the season of giving, and a New Year is when people promise to become better in the year to come. If you really want to improve yourself, consider making a habit of giving away your time and money regularly. It’s not intuitive, but it will probably pay off; here’s how. Science Proves It: Giving Makes You Happier The moral of “A Christmas Carol” is pretty blunt: Scrooge... Read the full article: How Generosity Can Benefit You In 2015  |
| Going Skiing Or Snowboarding? You Need These Android Apps Posted: 23 Dec 2014 09:00 AM PST  Once the festive fun has died down, lots of people’s attention will turn to the ski season. What better way to get over the post-Christmas blues than to head up into the mountains? With pristine white slopes, outdoor hot-tubs, quaint ski lodges with crackling fires, and more après-ski venues than you can handle, you don’t even need to be a skier to enjoy a break at altitude. Whether you are planning to hit the slopes for New Year, a mid-winter break, or perhaps you’re planning to spend an entire season in the peaks, make sure you download these Android apps... Read the full article: Going Skiing Or Snowboarding? You Need These Android Apps  |
| How To Take Better Festive Photos This Christmas Posted: 23 Dec 2014 08:30 AM PST  Christmas is nearly here and the festivities are soon to begin. Are you ready to capture those wonderful moments with your trusty DSLR camera? Before you squeeze the shutter release there are a few things to keep in mind to get the best possible shots and make the most of the holiday season. Good Lighting Is Key Light is the essence of photography. In fact, the word photography means “to write with light” (in Greek, “phos” means “light” and “graphe” means “to write”). It follows, then, that the number one rule for taking a quality photo is to make sure you have... Read the full article: How To Take Better Festive Photos This Christmas  |
| Life On The Road: The History Of Digital Nomadism Posted: 23 Dec 2014 08:00 AM PST  Depending on where you went, you may have noticed them during a recent vacation. A few Y-Gens hunched over their MacBook Air in the local coffee shop, incessantly tapping away. You might think they’re tourists getting their Facebook fix, what would you say if I told you these were members of a growing movement? A group of people who work from coffee shops, hammocks, hostels and beaches around the world to run businesses, earn salaries, and to conduct their entire lives from wherever they see fit, provided there’s reliable wifi? Welcome to the location independent world of the Digital Nomad. In 2004, when... Read the full article: Life On The Road: The History Of Digital Nomadism  |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2014 07:30 AM PST  Windows is bathed in a sea of free applications. Which ones can you trust and which ones are the best? Consult this list for ideas and discover apps you didn’t know existed. We’re continuously seeking out the best Windows software for all your needs. Almost all of the applications are free and you can quickly find what you need by browsing the listed programs by category. Note that some installers pack bloatware, useless adware that’s pre-selected to install. It’s the bane of freeware. Fortunately, bloatware can be removed. Just keep your eyes open during installation and remove checkmarks for “features & services” you don’t... Read the full article: The Best Windows Software  |
| 5 Future Technologies That May Cause New Addictions Posted: 23 Dec 2014 07:00 AM PST  Addictions evolve with technology. In an overstimulating, constantly distracting modern world, phenomenona like videogame and even Internet addiction have become serious issues. How will the landscape shift in another ten, fifty, or hundred years? It feels like a question best tackled by science fiction, but the answer is important in the here and now. Knowing which addictions await us in the future not only grants us the opportunity to prepare, but may also help us to deal with the addictions we struggle with today. Body Hacks & Implants Biohacking, also known as transhumanism, is a trend that essentially amounts to enhancing one’s... Read the full article: 5 Future Technologies That May Cause New Addictions  |
| Install Mac Software From Terminal With Homebrew Posted: 23 Dec 2014 06:00 AM PST  Install (almost) any free Mac app by typing four words and hitting “Enter”. With Homebrew for Mac you can install thousands of programs with just a few keystrokes, and update them all with just a few more. If you’ve spent any time looking into cool things to do with the Mac Terminal, you know that your Mac is missing a bunch of the commands many Linux distros come with out-of-the-box: WGet, for example. If you’ve tried to download and install these commands, you know that it can get… complicated. Your options are to find a binary that may or may not be sketchy (risky),... Read the full article: Install Mac Software From Terminal With Homebrew  |
| How To Build One Brain-Boosting Habit In 2015 Posted: 23 Dec 2014 05:00 AM PST  We never stop learning. But unlike our school days, when our brain is constantly challenged and exercised to become better, our adult lives don’t make time for this. In 2015, give your brain a boost. It’s easier than you think and takes only a few minutes of your life each day — something you can easily turn into a habit. Why You Should Only Pick One Brain-Boosting Habit Resolutions are easy to make, but difficult to follow through on. Why? Usually because we make one too many resolutions as the new year rolls around. Our ambition tells us, “Sure, we... Read the full article: How To Build One Brain-Boosting Habit In 2015  |
| The Killer Hack To Manage Multiple Instagram Accounts On Your Computer Posted: 23 Dec 2014 04:00 AM PST  Your photo stream is popular. So much that you’ve decided to start a second Instagram account. But how will you manage them? On a smartphone you have the option of installing multiple client apps, but what can you do to manage multiple Instagram accounts on your desktop computer? The Instagram Website: Not For Desktops Instagram on your phone: it’s easy to use, isn’t it? Within the app you can browse feeds, snap photos, add filters and upload, simultaneously tagging friends and adding the image to other social networks. Inexplicably, the same isn’t true on your desktop computer. You can’t... Read the full article: The Killer Hack To Manage Multiple Instagram Accounts On Your Computer  |
| Google Delivers Self-Driving Car, Facebook Releases Stickered App [Tech News Digest] Posted: 23 Dec 2014 03:30 AM PST  Also, North Korea drops offline, Google sings song lyrics, Samsung releases autistic app, and basketball trick shots are better with a Portal gun. Google’s Fully-Functional Self-Driving Car Google has announced that its prototype self-driving car is now fully functional. Google unveiled a mock-up of its first self-driving car in May 2014, but in the last seven months it has refined the design and manufactured a fully functional working prototype. The self-driving car team at Google is happily talking up this latest development. After “working on different prototypes-of-prototypes, each designed to test different systems of a self-driving car” they have “now... Read the full article: Google Delivers Self-Driving Car, Facebook Releases Stickered App [Tech News Digest]  |
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