3 Ways To Remove EXIF MetaData From Photos (And Why You Might Want To)

Did you know that your photos contain hidden information, including the GPS coordinates of the location they were taken at, the date and time, camera shutter setting details, and possibly even the name of the program you used to edit them? This type of metadata can be useful, but you may want to remove it from your photos before sharing them online. Cameras — both standalone digital cameras and smartphone cameras — add this metadata to the photo when they create it. Software programs may also update the metadata later, noting what software was used to edit the photo. You...

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Need A Break? Watch These 5 Epic Rap Battles of History [Best of YouTube]

What do you get when you take two famous figures from history and pit them against each other in a rap battle to the death? You get Epic Rap Battles of History, an incredibly entertaining series of videos that will surely put a smile on your face and maybe even leave you impressed. Okay, so maybe the rap battles don’t end in death (with a few exceptions), but they’re just as wacky, insane, and fun all the same. If you’ve never listened to ERB before, you’re missing out. YouTube channels don’t always have to be about educational learning videos and...

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Hack Windows Explorer for Efficiency Boosts

Windows Explorer — known as File Explorer on Windows 8 — is an application that you probably spend a good amount of time in. Even Windows geeks that avoid using any other Microsoft program tend to use Windows Explorer instead of a third-party file manager. But, while we spend time customizing our browser with extensions, we often don’t think about hacking our file manager. There are a lot of ways you can customize Windows Explorer to make your file management experience faster and more efficient. We won’t dwell on Windows Explorer’s built-in options here — just the most interesting ways...

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Thunar vs. Nautilus: Two Lightweight File Managers For Linux

Nautilus, the default file manager in Gnome, is extremely popular among Linux users. Not only is it easy to use, but it’s pretty common to find as it’s on all Ubuntu and other Gnome-based systems. However, Nautilus isn’t the only kid on the block. Just recently, I took a look at Dolphin, the default file manager for KDE, and found that it offers a lot of extra functionality compared to Nautilus. But Dolphin isn’t the only file manager Nautilus has to be worried about – there’s also Thunar, the Xfce file manager, to complete the big three. Is it better...

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How To Password Protect PDF In Office 2013

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Portable Document Format (PDF) is one of the commonly used file types to share documents. A quick search on the web reveals that there are plenty of software out there to create and protect your PDF file with a password. Even though it’s always possible to password protect your Windows account with a strong password, […]

8 Free Thought-Provoking Documentaries To Watch On YouTube [Stuff to Watch]

You’ve no doubt watched a movie or two on YouTube by now. Whether it was uploaded by the original studio or a miscreant sharing someone else’s hard work; the streaming video behemoth is full of them. While many of the freely released feature films are just awful (no, really), there are a surprising amount of quality documentaries to sift through. Many documentary filmmakers and the studios behind them are simply happy to have their films shown, and what better audience to mass-consume them than the Internet. If there’s nothing on TV, and you don’t fancy shelling out for a rental,...

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Become A Boss On Craigslist With These Apps And Services

Don’t just browse Craigstlist from time to time – be notified every time something you want to buy is listed. Sellers on Craigslist usually want to sell as quickly as possible, meaning if you find an item before anyone else you’re more likely to actually get it. Job searches, similarly, offer an advantage to the quick. So be the quick. A variety of apps give you super powers when it comes to Craigslist, sending you notifications when something you’ve searched for is available – meaning you’ll be the first to call when a listing you’re interested in comes up. If...

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5 Lightweight Music Players That Don’t Sacrifice Features

Over the past year or so, I’ve made a conscious effort to search around the web and find the best free music players out there. Time and time again, I find myself coming back to my tried and trusty Foobar2000, but every once in a while I wonder if there might be anything even better. In terms of sheer power, yes, there are great programs like MediaMonkey and MusicBee, but is there anything both awesome and lightweight? Let me first define what I mean by lightweight: good performance even on older systems, does not suck up loads of CPU while...

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5 Lightweight Music Players That Don’t Sacrifice Features

Over the past year or so, I’ve made a conscious effort to search around the web and find the best free music players out there. Time and time again, I find myself coming back to my tried and trusty Foobar2000, but every once in a while I wonder if there might be anything even better. In terms of sheer power, yes, there are great programs like MediaMonkey and MusicBee, but is there anything both awesome and lightweight? Let me first define what I mean by lightweight: good performance even on older systems, does not suck up loads of CPU while...

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