1. Dedicated Apps Downloading a dedicated app is perhaps the easiet method of news consumption to grasp. Just fire up Google Play and search for your news provider of choice. You should easily be able to find the Associated Press and Reuters . There’s also cable news such as CNN and broadcast content available from ABC. Don’t live in America? There’s the BBC, the Times of India, and the Japan Daily Press....
Chrome Extensions Chrome is where most of us spend our productive time these days. So you should have an extension that can convert a URL to a short link using a keyboard shortcut. 1. Bitly Bitly is goo.gl’s major competitor, and if you’re a social media manager you should look into bit.ly instead of goo.gl. Once you’re signed into your Bitly account, just go to a page and click on the extension button....
1. Google Slides Google Slides helps you tell stories that matter while enabling synchronization. It’s an incredible PowerPoint alternative that costs absolutely nothing to use. You can create easy-to-use visual presentations on Google Slides with its simple user interface. The PowerPoint-like design makes it a breezy transition for experienced PowerPoint users, but it’s also easy to navigate through the menus if you are new to making presentations. With Google Slides, you have complete control over the page size and formatting....
1. Wox Spotlight is integral to the user expedience on the Mac: it can search files, launch applications and even fetch structured data. Wox is one of the many application launchers available for Windows 10, and it’s a great replacement for Spotlight. Bind it to “Alt + Space,” and you’ll even have the same keyboard shortcut! If you install Everything alongside Wox (which you should), you can even search files on your computer alongside the standard applications....
What Is Monitor Refresh Rate? A PC or laptop monitor’s refresh rate indicates the number of times the display updates its onscreen images every second. This frequency is measured in Hertz (Hz), and the duration of the refresh is captured in milliseconds (ms). The standard refresh rate for most desktop and laptop displays is 60 Hz, which is quite fast. The higher these rates, the more quickly your images will flash on your screen due to an increase in pixel response time....
I am typically use Google Docs for my word processing and spreadsheets, but do on occasion tinker with OpenOffice. I tend to use OpenOffice if I am on my netbook and not connected to the internet. I can use the word processor to write and not be tempted to go on Twitter or use Stumbleupon to find random sites. At first, I didn’t realize you could use extensions; once I found that out, I was hooked....
1. Askimet Askimet is the plugin for combating comment spam on WordPress blog. It scans your comments and check with their server to determine if that comment is legitimate or spam. If it is spam, it will send to the spam folder and never publish it on the frontend. This is one of the plugin that is going to save you ton of time. The Askimet plugin comes with the default installation of WordPress....
1. Forward all incoming emails and archive them If you have multiple Gmail accounts, and you really only use one of them, a good way to manage all your emails is to forward all the emails from all the accounts to the primary account. In addition, you can mark the emails as read and archive all of them, so they won’t show up in the inbox. To accomplish this, create a new filter with @ in the “From” field....
Features of Active Undelete Recover Deleted Files and Folders: Being a data recovery software, Active Undelete can recover almost any deleted file given that the files are not overwritten. While recovering the deleted files, Active Undelete lets you filter files and folders and even shows you a preview of the file if supported. Recover Deleted Partitions: Besides recovering individual files and folders, Active Undelete also lets you recover deleted partitions. This is pretty helpful if you’ve accidentally deleted a partition, which often happens while managing partitions or installing the operating system....
In this article we compare the two ad blockers for their effectiveness in blocking ads, the level of customization possible, and important features such as whitelisting. While both products are equally good in many ways, they have their own specific advantages in a few areas. Origins and Similarities The names of both products have changed quite frequently which is what causes the confusion. The ad blocker currently known as “Adblock Plus” was originally called Adblock 0....
Books & Magazines Play Books is a great app for reading ebooks. Users can purchase books from the Play Store and access them from any Android device or web browser. They can even upload epubs or PDFs from other sources, assuming they’re DRM free. If they aren’t (which they won’t be, more than likely, if you purchased a bestseller from any major online retailer), then you can’t read them here. Play Books is primarily intended for books from the Play Store....
Rooting an Android Device Root refers to the administrative access to the system files on your Android device. In simple worlds, it means once you are rooted, you can access (and modify) those system files that are usually restricted by the OS. You might wonder why you would ever need access to system files. Well, there are various reasons for that, some of them being: You might want to change the appearance of your device You might want to remove some apps that have come preloaded on your device You might want to do some tricks with your phones...
But are there any inexpensive video projectors out there which provide you with something you could credibly describe as “Home Cinema?” The Artlii HD Portable Projector is a sturdily-built budget-level HD LED video projector. And we have one unit to giveaway. Read on for more details. What Is It? In the box you will have the projector, a remote, an HDMI lead, a power cable and a composite video adapter for the AV port....
Backing up your data is important. While hard drives and SSDs aren’t as error prone as floppy disks, they can still break down without warning. If a drive goes bad while holding your only copy of a file, it’s gone forever. Even with expensive data forensics tools, there could be nothing you could do to get it back. Rather than wait for something to go wrong, it’s a much better idea to back up early and often....
Tumblr Basics A quick reminder might be useful in case you’re not familiar with Tumblr. The name of your blog is a part of its URL (http://name.tumblr.com). You can also use a custom domain for your Tumblr blog. It’s possible to follow other users, like and reblog (share) their posts and leave notes (comments) on their posts, and ask them questions if they’ve enabled that feature. The Dashboard is the main component of Tumblr from which you control your blog – add new posts, manage followed users, modify settings....
To install nmap on Ubuntu or Raspbian use: For Linux versions that use yum, like Fedora, run this as root: The simplest invocation is just to supply a hostname or IP address of a machine that you want to scan. nmap will then scan the machine to see which ports are open. For example: All TCP/IP connections use a port number to uniquely identify each network service. For example, web browser connections are made on port 80; emails are sent on port 25 and downloaded on port 110; secure shell connections are made on port 22; and so on....
Plenty of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday headphone deals are still active, but Monday, 28th of November marks the last day of this sales bonanza. So if you’ve been holding out for the best deal, now is your last chance to save yourself some wonga. With so many deals happening, it can be hard to sort the wheat from the chaff. This buying guide is intended to help steer you towards the best deals that are still live, so whether you’re looking for over-ear, true wireless or noise-cancelling headphones, we’ve listed the best deals going....
1. MPow H12 Furthermore, the MPow H12 headphones feature 40mm drivers, ensuring hi-fi stereo sound and deep bass. They also feature a hefty 500 mAh battery, giving users up to 30 hours of playback. That being said, when the ANC feature is activated, higher battery drain is to be expected. They may not have the brand recognition or flashy design of other ANC headphones, but at this price, they’re a steal....
The main reason to get a streaming stick is likely because your TV doesn’t have access to your favourite app, or perhaps there’s a niche streaming app you subscribe to that isn’t available. A streaming device can fill the gaps within your TV’s app library. But which streaming devices offer the best performance? It may surprise you that despite all building towards the same end goal, they do cover different options for different people....
The Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription has added four new Mega Drive / Genesis games to the proposition including some fondly remembered titles from around 30 years ago. Golden Axe II, Alien Storm, Columns and Virtua Fighter 2 are the latest additions, each of which can be played today. If you recall, Columns was Sega’s answer to Tetris and somewhat of a precursor to the mobile Candy Crush in some ways with its colourful jewels....
