27 February 2014

Bing for iPhone Gets Some New Features For You To Fiddle With



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Bing have just released some exciting new features for their iPhone app, including new Metro-style tiles and multiple searches. Let’s give you a rundown on what’s new to play with. The biggest visible change is that you can see very clearly what is currently trending with the big Microsoft-style tiles. Just tap on a tile to be taken to the search results. You can also be taken to the other trends, the news, and more images, just by tapping the appropriate tiles. A really cool new feature is that you can run multiple searches, and still keep the original results....


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Download Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)



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Earlier this week, Microsoft released the first Service Pack (SP1) for its Microsoft Office 2013 suite and is now available for download from Microsoft servers. The SP1 is available for all Office 2013 products, including Microsoft Office 2013, Exchange Server 2013, and SharePoint 2013. According to Office blog, SP1 improves the compatibility with Windows 8.1 […]

That’s What Everyone Says: 5 Free Tools For Effective Online Surveys



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There’s no easier way to gather opinions than with an online survey. Most can be created and distributed within minutes, all at no cost to you. For a while, you wouldn’t have had much choice about which survey service to use, but nowadays there are plenty to choose from. Which one is best for you? Online Surveys Are Still Relevant Some think online surveys have been made obsolete thanks to social media services but I disagree. Social media polls are great, don’t get me wrong, but there are times when you want to gather opinions from many different places and...


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Project Ara Arrives, Apple Hates Snow Leopard, Nintendo Kills Multiplayer [Tech News Digest]



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Today in Tech News Digest, Project Ara is real and happening, Apple quietly ends support for Snow Leopard, Nintendo loudly ends support for online multiplayer on Wii and DS, Sony announces the closure of the majority of its bricks-and-mortar stores, Facebook retires its email service, and retro games are set to invade Adam Sandler. Project Ara Is Getting Serious When Motorola announced Project Ara in October 2013, some people were extremely skeptical about the feasibility of creating a modular smartphone. But the Advanced Technology and Projects group is forging ahead with its plans, being retained at Google despite the sale...


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What Website Or App Do You Wish You’d Created? [We Ask You]



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There are more websites than any of us can ever hope to visit in our lifetimes. And, thanks to the march of the smartphone, there are also more apps than any of us can ever hope to download and install. Every single one of these websites and apps was created by people like you and I. And we suck for not getting there first. $19 Billion, You Say?! We want to know, What Website Or App Do You Wish You’d Created? This question was, rather obviously, prompted by Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp for $19 billion. It was such a big...


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How To Investigate Why Your Website Lost So Much Search Traffic



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What would you say if I told you that your current salary is going to be cut in half. What if I didn’t even bother telling you why? Well, that’s exactly what happens when website owners get hit with one Google search algorithm update or another. You’ll be rolling along with wonderful, organic search traffic for months, and then suddenly, in a single day, your incoming traffic from Google drops by nearly fifty percent. That income you’ve been getting used to – the advertising revenue that’s been helping you put food on the table and pay the bills? That gets...


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On A Good Note: 4 Types Of Emails You Could Write To Start Your Day



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Reading inspirational quotes, visualizing a successful day, and repeating a set of affirmations are some of the ways people choose to guarantee an optimistic start to their day. Have you considered that sending out an email can work equally well? While social networking websites draw you in with their lively banter, email conversations have a charm of their own. They make you feel like you belong, like you’re “in on something that the world does not know or understand”. Unfortunately, email discussions can get out of hand with just a negative word or two slipped in, whether out of anger,...


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