How to Boost Your PC Startup Time With BootRacer and MSConfig

A slow-booting PC is enough to drive anyone completely up the wall. You’ve cleaned and scanned all of the nasty viruses and malware off your computer, but still the problem remains. You turn on your computer, and it feels like it isn’t until half an hour later when you can actually start using it. No viruses. No Malware. Yet, it runs as though it was built in 1995. What’s the deal? Why is your PC so….horribly….slow!? I’ve known people to get so completely frustrated with this problem that they’ve literally thrown out the computer, and gone out to buy a...

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What’s the Best Way to Calculate the Value of Your Website?

“Worth” is a difficult thing to define. My father often told me that something is only worth what someone else will actually pay for it – but if you’re trying to sell your website, what’s a reasonable figure to ask for or expect at auction? Right now, I’m fairly certain I could sell my little niche gaming blog for about $20k. How did I get to that figure? Now that’s the million dollar question. Let’s look at the options. The Easy, Useless Way: Online Tools Let’s start by doing this the wrong way: using sites that try to estimate a...

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What’s the Best Way to Calculate the Value of Your Website?

“Worth” is a difficult thing to define. My father often told me that something is only worth what someone else will actually pay for it – but if you’re trying to sell your website, what’s a reasonable figure to ask for or expect at auction? Right now, I’m fairly certain I could sell my little niche gaming blog for about $20k. How did I get to that figure? Now that’s the million dollar question. Let’s look at the options. The Easy, Useless Way: Online Tools Let’s start by doing this the wrong way: using sites that try to estimate a...

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These Are The Apps You Need After You Reinstall Windows

Just your luck: for some reason – maybe a virus infection, maybe a corrupted hard drive – you had to reinstall your operating system. In the process, you lost all of your data and your favorite programs and now you’re left with a blank slate. Instead of fretting over the situation, consider this an opportunity to start off on the right foot. Here are the essential apps that will take care of 99% of your computer activity and, best of all, they’re available for free. Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes Malware and virus infections can be a pain in the neck. Best case...

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Better Inline Previews for your Gmail

Gmail supports YouTube and a limited number of web services for inline previews but with you can now preview almost any web link, including regular web pages, right inside Gmail.

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This story, Better Inline Previews for your Gmail, was originally published at Digital Inspiration on 04/10/2013 under GMail, Google Chrome, Internet

Are You Taking Friendly Fire? 3 Tips To Stop Spam From Friends

“Help this abused puppy! Every time someone shares this photo, the Humane Society will donate $1 to help this miserable puppy! Open your hearts! Sharing takes just one click!!!” Sounds familiar? We all get spam from time to time, it can’t be helped. But when it’s our own friends that send this spam our way, things can get sticky. Knowingly or unknowingly, much of the spam we receive (that does not get filtered out automatically) comes from people we know. People you can’t or don’t want to block, mark as spam, unfriend or unfollow. So what do you do to...

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Be First In Line To Buy A Nexus 5 With Four Easy Tips And Tricks

Want an absolute bullet-proof strategy for getting a Nexus 5? The Nexus 4 debacle taught us that the Nexus line of smartphones sells out quick. So how can you guarantee getting one without waiting months? You need a systematic approach. After testing methods for getting my Nexus 4 in February this year, I learned what works and what doesn’t: You want to use multiple methods for redundancy. First, you need software that provides instantaneous alerts. Second, you will need web automation software, such as IFTTT, to receive either SMS or email notifications when the latest Nexus goes on sale. Unfortunately,...

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Pocket For Web Gets Redesigned, Adds Keyboard Shortcuts

Pocket, formerly known as Read It Later, is the ultimate digital bookmarking service in our opinion. And the Web version of the app has just got a major update that includes a few redesigned elements, new features and under-the-hood tweaks that improve the speed of downloading lists and loading images. Pocket is focusing on reducing visible elements with this update and has removed the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen to include its elements in the top bar. Now, the toolbar is all you need for all actions. Pocket also includes Retina-compatible images to make it a beautiful...

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Fix: The File Is Too Large For The Destination File System

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This past Sunday, while transferring a couple of files from my friend’s PC to my USB flash drive, I got an error saying that The file Ubuntu.vdi is too large for the destination file system. My USB flash drive’s capacity is 16GB (actual capacity is 14.9 GB) and the size of the file in question […]

Add Shortcuts to Web Apps in Chrome for Android

The latest release of Chrome Beta for Android lets you add to the home screen a shortcut to the page you're currently visiting. Until now, you had to bookmark the page, go to the new tab page, long tap the bookmark and select "add to home screen". If you use the latest Chrome Beta, you can open the Chrome menu and tap "add to home screen".



There's even a bonus feature: "Sites launched in this way will open in a normal Chrome for Android window, unless they include the mobile-web-app-capable meta tag. Those sites will instead open in a special fullscreen Chrome for Android window that doesn't display tabs, buttons, menus, or the Omnibox. Try adding a shortcut to weight.aerotwist.com to see this in action."

This is a good news for web apps fans and it's nice to see that a feature that was available in iPhoneOS 1.0 finally finds its way to the mobile Chrome. Unfortunately, Chrome for iOS won't add a similar feature because third-party iOS apps can't add shortcuts.



Another new feature integrates Chrome with Google Wallet. "requestAutocomplete() makes it easier for users to fill out online forms by offering web developers programmatic access to the browser's autocomplete information (with the user's explicit permission). For this first release, we've made it work for web payments. On sites with requestAutocomplete(), users will be able to either use their existing payment data stored with the browser or enter new details through a browser-provided interface." This works in Chrome Beta for Android, Windows, and Chrome OS.

Google Now Updates for Notable People

After adding support for reminders about the latest releases from your favorite music artists and actors, Google Now lets you subscribe to updates when you search for notable people. Just click "Keep me updated" in the Knowledge Graph card from Google's search results page and you'll get the latest news articles about that person in Google Now.

Google Now also shows cards for "breaking news and other developing stories you may be interested in", based on your web history.



It's not clear if the new updates feature will replace the reminders feature. Right now, a search for [U2] shows "Remind you about new releases", while a search for [Madonna] shows "Get updates about Madonna".



"Keeping up with the latest information about your favorite musicians, movie stars and other notable people just got easier thanks to the Knowledge Graph and Google Now," informs Google. "Say that you're a Lady Gaga fan and like staying informed about her latest album releases. On the Google Search App, search for [lady gaga]. On the card that pops up, tap 'Remind you about new releases?' and Google Now will keep you updated on your phone or tablet. Similarly, use Google Now to stay in the know about your favorite athletes. For example, search for [colin kaepernick] and tap 'Get updates about Colin Kaepernick' on his card; doing so lets Google Now know that you'd like to receive news. Remember that to use this feature, you'll need to be signed into your Google account on the Google Search App."



Well, I don't see 'Remind you about new releases?' when searching for [Lady Gaga].

YouTube Updates Center-Aligned UI, Adds Carousel

YouTube tests a new interface that uses carousels on the homepage, so it can show more videos from a channel. It's another version of the center-aligned layout, which uses a persistent header, a guide sidebar that's visible only when you click "Guide" and a card-style interface.

Here's how you can enable the experimental feature. If you use Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari or Internet Explorer 8+:



1. open youtube.com in a new tab



2. load your browser's developer console:



* Chrome or Opera 15+ - press Ctrl+Shift+J for Windows/Linux/ChromeOS or Command-Option-J for Mac



* Firefox - press Ctrl+Shift+K for Windows/Linux or Command-Option-K for Mac



* Internet Explorer 8+ - press F12 and select the "Console" tab



* Safari 6 - if you haven't enabled the Develop menu, open Preferences from the Safari menu, go to the Advanced tab and check "Show Develop menu in menu bar". Close Preferences and then press Command-Option-C to show the console.



* Opera 12 - press Ctrl+Shift+I for Windows/Linux or Command-Option-I for Mac, then click "Console".



3. paste the following code which changes a YouTube cookie:



document.cookie="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=lnq3tYnrDNU; path=/; domain=.youtube.com";window.location.reload();



4. press Enter and close the console.



To go back to the regular interface, use the same instructions, but replace the code from step 3 with this one:



document.cookie="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=; path=/; domain=.youtube.com";window.location.reload();



{ Thanks, Rubén. }

Google Starts Analytics Academy To Teach People About Google Analytics

If you are a website owner, you know that understanding who has been visiting your site, where they are from, and what pages they looked at (and for how long) is absolutely essential if you are to have any hope of growing and developing your online presence. If you have no idea who your site visitors are, then you are walking blindfolded. The tool that most people turn to, in order to achieve this knowledge, is Google Analytics. But I can attest from personal experience that Google Analytics is not the easiest site to understand and navigate. If you are...

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