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- 5 Usage Tracking Tools For Parents
- How To Choose An Image Size For Social Media
- Speedrunners Break All Your Favourite Games At Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 [Stuff to Watch]
- Google News Offline In Spain; Newspaper Publishers Are To Blame
- The Best Linux Distributions
- Productivity on Linux: 7 Apps for Note-Taking
- TV Channels Are Dead: Why Sling Isn’t The Future Of Sports TV
- New To Android Debug Bridge? How To Make The Process Simple And Easy
- 14 Tips For Better Group Portrait Photographs
- 7 Insightful Infographics For Any Windows User
- Acer C720 and C720P Chromebook Review and Giveaway
- How To Start Saving Money And Stop Spending With 4 Easy Habits
- Microsoft Complains About Google, Spotify Switches To Mobile, & More [Tech News Digest]
| 5 Usage Tracking Tools For Parents Posted: 12 Jan 2015 08:30 PM PST  An important part of every child’s life is broadening their horizons, and exploring more of the world around them. Some of the time, this will mean going online, and for a child, this can be where all of the snakes and scorpions are hiding. Peodophiles, porn sites, gambling sites, MakeUseOf (that’s a REALLY filthy one!)….it shudders me just to think of an innocent child exposed to all of that. Fertile fodder for trauma therapists later in life. So despite feeling rather guilty of invading their privacy, the parent has the duty of policing their child’s Internet usage. To make this... Read the full article: 5 Usage Tracking Tools For Parents     |
| How To Choose An Image Size For Social Media Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:30 PM PST  Many of us use a lot of different social media sites. There’s sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Pinterest, Instagram, and the list goes on and on. Knowing what size images to use on each service can be a bit complicated to remember. When it comes to profile pictures, header images, inline photos, and all of the other types of pictures, there’s no standard across all of the different sites. So what are you to do? How are you to remember which size is right for each site? Just check out this handy guide, and find the answers you seek. Via SetUpABlogToday Click... Read the full article: How To Choose An Image Size For Social Media  |
| Speedrunners Break All Your Favourite Games At Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 [Stuff to Watch] Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:30 PM PST  For the past week a dedicated assembly of speedrunners from SpeedDemosArchive and SpeedRunsLive have been raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation by livestreaming their fastest playthroughs of some of the world’s most iconic games. Twice a year the community assembles in a bid to raise money and boggle minds by exploiting, glitching and completing games in record time, live and streamed across the Internet for all to enjoy. Here are a few of the highlights of this year’s event, which raised a total of $1,539,824.44 in the name of charity. Pokémon Green (04:39) The key to beating a game like Pokémon in less than five minutes... Read the full article: Speedrunners Break All Your Favourite Games At Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 [Stuff to Watch]  |
| Google News Offline In Spain; Newspaper Publishers Are To Blame Posted: 12 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST  Google isn’t serving up headlines from Spain on Google News, and Spanish users can’t access Google News at all. The reason: a Spanish law that requires Google to pay for the use of headlines. Google’s response: shutting down the service entirely. How did it get to this point? Legislating Links On December 16th 2014, Spain passed a law saying Spanish newspapers must be paid for content, even if they are willing to give it away for free. It sounds good for publishers – in fact, The Spanish Association of Daily Newspaper Publishers (AEDE – Asociación de Editores de Diarios) lobbied for it. Traditional... Read the full article: Google News Offline In Spain; Newspaper Publishers Are To Blame  |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2015 08:30 AM PST  There are many Linux distributions available for a number of different purposes, which makes it difficult to choose at times. Here’s a list of the very best to help you decide. Check out more specific distros: New to Linux General Lightweight/Minimal Educational Specialised Business Security And if you’d like an in-depth review of the hottest distros, read our much shorter list of the best Linux distributions for 2014. New To Linux Ubuntu Ubuntu is a Debian-based distro that uses Unity as a default desktop environment. It’s one of the most popular distros around, and it improves with every release. The... Read the full article: The Best Linux Distributions  |
| Productivity on Linux: 7 Apps for Note-Taking Posted: 12 Jan 2015 08:00 AM PST  As a college student, it’s important to be able to write down notes efficiently and find them quickly when needed. As a Linux user, you sadly won’t have access to official desktop clients for Evernote, OneNote, and Simplenote. However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t get stuff done, including writing notes. Here are seven different applications you can use to write notes and increase your productivity. Do note that several popular note-taking services do have web versions available, but we’re going to assume that you know about them and will instead focus on alternative desktop applications you can use. Xournal... Read the full article: Productivity on Linux: 7 Apps for Note-Taking  |
| TV Channels Are Dead: Why Sling Isn’t The Future Of Sports TV Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:30 AM PST  What’s a TV channel? Many kids under eight years old – who have always had access to Netflix – struggle with the concept. My kids just don't understand live TV. #5 is gettin upset I can't skip the commercials and "just start the movie". — Anthony Nelson (@MacAnthony) July 1, 2012 Like the pager, cassette tapes and fax machines, the very notion of the TV channel is becoming obsolete. Kids don’t watch channels; they watch shows. Repeatedly. “Television executives already share horror stories about how their children have asked them what a ‘channel’ is,” according to The Economist. And they’ve good reason... Read the full article: TV Channels Are Dead: Why Sling Isn’t The Future Of Sports TV  |
| New To Android Debug Bridge? How To Make The Process Simple And Easy Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:00 AM PST  If you have any interest in Android, it’s likely that you’ve come across the term “ADB” in forums or articles. ADB stands for Android Debug Bridge, and it comes with the Android Developer SDK, which is a set of tools developers use to tinker with Android. It allows the user to send commands to their Android device from their PC. However, using ADB isn’t just for professional developers. It is an incredibly useful feature of Android that even novices can use. You don’t even need to be rooted to take advantage of most of its benefits. So if you’re just getting... Read the full article: New To Android Debug Bridge? How To Make The Process Simple And Easy  |
| 14 Tips For Better Group Portrait Photographs Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:00 AM PST  Group shots are a necessary evil. It’s the kind of photo that doesn’t allow for a slow pace, mostly because you have a handful of people staring at you as they wait for the shot to snap. It feels rushed and there’s a lot of pressure on you, which can be daunting. But it doesn’t have to be that way. To be clear, group photos will rarely be easy — there are a lot of variables that are beyond your control, making it more likely for something to go wrong — but it’s definitely possible for you to become comfortable... Read the full article: 14 Tips For Better Group Portrait Photographs  |
| 7 Insightful Infographics For Any Windows User Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST  You have a problem. A Windows problem (imagine that). You search for a solution online, which comes to 436,231 results – all of which are articles full of text, and maybe a few pictures to break it up. Now you have the daunting task of sifting through not only the results, but then the articles themselves to figure out exactly what to fix. Good luck. But there’s a better way! Infographics. This increasingly popular form of information contains only the most important facts in a format that’s intuitive to follow. Here are some of the most helpful Windows infographics on the... Read the full article: 7 Insightful Infographics For Any Windows User  |
| Acer C720 and C720P Chromebook Review and Giveaway Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:30 AM PST  There’s a Chromebook for virtually every need and budget. And while we’ve been looking at some of the newer form factors (like the all-in-one desktop), it’s time to go back to basics. Smooth performance and a budget friendly price – is this the Chromebook you’re looking for? At the end of this review, you’ll be able to enter a giveaway for a chance to win the Acer C720 and C720P (we have one of each to giveaway). About the Acer C720 and C720P The Acer C720 ($199) is currently among the cheapest Chromebooks on the market, joined by the Asus 11.6″ model and... Read the full article: Acer C720 and C720P Chromebook Review and Giveaway  |
| How To Start Saving Money And Stop Spending With 4 Easy Habits Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:00 AM PST  One of the top new year resolutions on many people’s lists is to spend less and save more. It’s easier said than done, but you can still rely on several apps and tools to help you out. Saving money is not just a goal, it’s a change in lifestyle. In fact, it’s like forming a good habit and breaking a bad one. It won’t happen overnight, you have to keep working at it over a long period, and there will be slip-ups. The best approach is all about making your transition from spendthrift to money-saver as smooth as possible. Make... Read the full article: How To Start Saving Money And Stop Spending With 4 Easy Habits  |
| Microsoft Complains About Google, Spotify Switches To Mobile, & More [Tech News Digest] Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:30 AM PST  Microsoft falls out with Google, Spotify gets more mobile, Nintendo quits Brazil, Apple increases app prices, the Flappy Bird arcade cabinet, and there’s no escaping the zombie apocalypse. Microsoft Condemns Google For Bug Timing contradiction in Microsoft’s argument: the bug was important enough to be angry at Google, but not important enough for own separate patch — nik cubrilovic (@nikcub) January 12, 2015 Microsoft has publicly condemned Google for posting details about a vulnerability in Windows 8.1. Google revealed the security hole over the new year exactly 90 days after informing Microsoft of the bug. However, Microsoft feels Google made... Read the full article: Microsoft Complains About Google, Spotify Switches To Mobile, & More [Tech News Digest]  |
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