19 June 2013

Every Windows 8 Shortcut – Gestures, Desktop, Command Line



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Windows 8 is all about shortcuts. People with touch-enabled PCs use touch gestures, users without touch devices must learn the mouse shortcuts, power users use keyboard shortcuts on the desktop and novel command-line shortcuts, and you can even use special swipe gestures on your laptop's touchpad. Here we collected all the shortcuts you need to master Windows 8. If you've upgraded to Windows 8 or bought a new PC that came with Windows 8, you'll find that a lot has changed.

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Feedly Switches To Its Own Cloud Ahead Of Google Reader Shutdown [Updates]



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RSS users rejoice: Feedly is go for Project Normandy. The fastest growing alternative to Google Reader is making it official, migrating its users from the soon-dead Google backend to its own cloud. The transition makes Feedly, which was a Google Reader front-end, into a full blown alternative to Google's soon-dead RSS reading service.

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Download Files from the Web Directly to your Online Drives



With Save, you can easily upload any file from the Internet directly to your Dropbox, Google Drive or SkyDrive without downloading it the computer.



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Digital Inspiration @labnol This story, Download Files from the Web Directly to your Online Drives, was originally published at Digital Inspiration on 19/06/2013 under Dropbox, Google Drive, Skydrive, Internet.



New Google+ Notifications



Google announced some Google+ changes last week but some of them were rolled out gradually and I couldn't see them.



The Google+ notifications button looks different: it's now a bell. The number of new messages is more subtle and looks like iOS badges. The new notifications tray separates the messages you've read from the messages you haven't read yet. There's a new button that lets you "mark all as read" and a funny message: "All caught up!", but you can also mark as read a message by clicking the small "x" icon. All of this reminds me of Google Reader.



Thumbnails are bigger and you'll sometimes see 4 of them for each message. The notifications tray now supports infinite scrolling, so you can read all your messages, and Google remembers your state when you close the tray. You'll no longer be able to use the arrow keys to navigate when you click the bell icon, but the keyboard shortcuts start to work when you click one of the messages (you can use j/k, left/right, up/down).



These aren't all the changes: "When you read a notification on one device, we'll mark it as read on your other devices. Likewise, dismissing a notification (with a swipe or a click) does so everywhere, so you can say goodbye to annoying repeats."















Just in case you want to see the old interface for notifications, here are some screenshots:









And here's a cool "jingle" animation from the new interface:






{ Thanks, Garfield. }


Cool Websites and Tools [June 18th 2013]



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Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool websites round-ups delivered to your email daily email subscribe here....

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5 Awesome Windows 8 Apps That Will Make You Love Modern UI



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Whether you're limited to Modern UI or just contemplating its general usefulness, you need really good apps to help you take advantage of it. The Windows 8 Store has been growing by leaps and bounds, and it's now possible to find a great selection of Modern apps. From news apps to email apps, there's almost nothing that isn't available for the Modern UI. But how do these apps compare to their desktop predecessors? Are they really worth the trouble? Turns out they are.

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Double The Social Power: How To Integrate Pinterest And Facebook



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Most curators of visual content have a Pinterest account and either a Facebook account, page or group. Today we'll focus on connecting Facebook Pages and Pinterest accounts; however many of these ideas could be used to connect regular Facebook accounts and Facebook groups too. In the end, the aim is to you know your audience, have a plan and make your work as simple as possible.

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8 Ways To Spruce Up A Spare Chrome Browser Tab And Put It To Some Productive Use



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If you are not using Chrome tabs directly for browsing, you can keep a tab in the background and use it for some other productive purpose. I went in search of Chrome extensions, websites, and other hacks which could help me make more productive use of my Chrome tabs. I am happy to report that there are some creative uses you can put them to.

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8 Ways To Spruce Up A Spare Chrome Browser Tab And Put It To Some Productive Use



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If you are not using Chrome tabs directly for browsing, you can keep a tab in the background and use it for some other productive purpose. I went in search of Chrome extensions, websites, and other hacks which could help me make more productive use of my Chrome tabs. I am happy to report that there are some creative uses you can put them to.

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