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- 5 Online Projects That Rely On The Power Of The Crowd
- What Is Doxing And How Can You Avoid It?
- How To Make Custom Filters For Instagram On iPhone Or Android
- 5 Best Rescue Disks For A Windows System Restore
- Share Files Forever With CloudApp Pro Lite With A Lifetime License (87% Discount)
- How Much RAM Do You Really Need?
- ION Block Party Portable Speaker Review and Giveaway
- Why Snapchat & iMessage Could Really Be Banned In The UK
| 5 Online Projects That Rely On The Power Of The Crowd Posted: 16 Jan 2015 08:30 PM PST  One of the beauties of the Internet is that, previously immense and insurmountable projects, suddenly become possible, when people from all over the world come together to participate. This is called crowdsourcing. The most well-known one of course, is Wikipedia, and it set the high standard for all other crowdsourcing projects that followed. I’m sure a lot of you have heard of the SETI project where participants donate computing power to search for extra-terrestrial life, as well as the Electric Sheep screensaver, where you can vote for your favourite, as well as submit your own designs. Oh, and we can’t do... Read the full article: 5 Online Projects That Rely On The Power Of The Crowd     |
| What Is Doxing And How Can You Avoid It? Posted: 16 Jan 2015 06:30 PM PST  In a lot of ways, the Internet is an anonymous place. In some cases, this leads to so called “keyboard warriors” saying terrible things that they wouldn’t say otherwise. It also leads to people who just want to voice an opinion being able to do so safely. Or can they? A scary thing that is happening more and more is Doxing. Short for dropping docs, Doxing is the act of putting someones personal information out there, taking away their sense of safety. For the victim, it’s incredibly terrifying, as anyone out there can find out where they live, as well as all kinds of... Read the full article: What Is Doxing And How Can You Avoid It?  |
| How To Make Custom Filters For Instagram On iPhone Or Android Posted: 16 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST  From Instagram to VSCO, there are plenty of ways to put filters on your photos. But you can’t make your own. Shift changes that by letting you create custom filters for any image. Instagram initially caught on because of its many cool filters, with which you could mask the flaws of your phone’s camera and make images look better than they were. Recently, it released five new filters that mimic film-like qualities, showing how mobile cameras are getting better. The need of the hour is not masking flaws, but changing the tone of a photo to deliver a cool effect.... Read the full article: How To Make Custom Filters For Instagram On iPhone Or Android  |
| 5 Best Rescue Disks For A Windows System Restore Posted: 16 Jan 2015 07:30 AM PST  Every Windows user should be aware of at least one bacon-saving, data-recovering system restore disk. If your computer starts behaving strangely, won’t boot, produces error messages or straight-up BSODs, then you’ll need access to one of these rescue discs. They help isolate and identify errors and ultimately can be the difference between managing your system error at home or a costly trip to the computer repair store. Let’s look at the best options for your system health. Hiren’s BootCD Probably the single best restore discs to have ever graced a failing system. Any IT technician or habitual technology tinkerer will have come... Read the full article: 5 Best Rescue Disks For A Windows System Restore  |
| Share Files Forever With CloudApp Pro Lite With A Lifetime License (87% Discount) Posted: 16 Jan 2015 05:30 AM PST  Do you often find yourself needing to send files to people? Are you looking for a super easy to use way of doing this without having to empty your wallet? Well, today is your lucky day, because we’ve found a lifetime subscription to CloudApp Pro Lite for just $39. That’s 87% off the full price of $300. This deal won’t last long though, so make sure to purchase it while you still can! What Is CloudApp Pro Lite? The general idea behind this app is file sharing without any of the hassle. Install the app on your Windows, Mac and iOS device,... Read the full article: Share Files Forever With CloudApp Pro Lite With A Lifetime License (87% Discount)  |
| How Much RAM Do You Really Need? Posted: 16 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST  Most people know that their computer has RAM — but fewer could tell you just what is it and what it does. Here’s how to gauge how much RAM you need, how much your computer has and how to get the most out of it. RAM is one of the most crucial specifications of your computer’s hardware, so it’s a very useful thing to understand. A working knowledge of RAM can give you an idea of just what your PC can and cannot run, so it’s particularly handy to know if you use system-intensive software like video editing programs or modern... Read the full article: How Much RAM Do You Really Need?  |
| ION Block Party Portable Speaker Review and Giveaway Posted: 16 Jan 2015 04:30 AM PST  Apparently, you can fit an entire party into a portable speaker; excluding the people and cheetos. At least, that’s exactly what sound experts Ion have done with their newest device – the Block Party Live. To call the $200 Ion Block Party Live just a portable speaker seems a bit insulting. Not only is it an immense 50w speaker system, it has a large battery, microphone input, BlueTooth connectivity, and an incredibly cool music-reactive lighting system on the top. Best of all, we’ve got one to giveaway to a lucky reader. Got a party coming up? Then keep reading for... Read the full article: ION Block Party Portable Speaker Review and Giveaway  |
| Why Snapchat & iMessage Could Really Be Banned In The UK Posted: 16 Jan 2015 04:00 AM PST  Speaking to a room full of party activists in the British city of Nottingham this week, Prime Minister David Cameron declared that encryption for messaging would be banned should his party gain a majority at the next General Election on May 7th of this year. This ban would impact not only Snapchat and any other apps that use encryption for communications, but potentially also the iPhone, following Apple’s decision to make the newer models “warrant proof”. Just a few days after the terrible murders in the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, the biggest headline of several weeks of unrest in France,... Read the full article: Why Snapchat & iMessage Could Really Be Banned In The UK  |
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