How To Show Picture Slideshow On Windows 8.1 Lock Screen

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PC users who have been running the latest Windows 8.1 OS probably already have discovered newly introduced features and options such as set desktop picture as Start background, new tile sizes on Start, Start screen personalization options, boot to desktop, disable charms, and new PC settings. In addition to all above mentioned features and options, [...]

Yahoo! Alerts Is A Solid Google Alerts Alternative

Not everyone cares about world and national news, though. Sometimes you want to know when information is put online about a topic that's a little bit obscure. Maybe you'd even like to monitor the web for any content that may includes info like your name or phone number. That's all completely possible, and if you've ever used Google Alerts then you know that. In this post, let's take a look into Yahoo!'s similar service, Yahoo! Alerts.

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How To Ensure Your Loved Ones Can Access Your Data Once You’re Gone

We've written a bit about how loved ones can access your accounts and how to prepare for your death in this digitally-influenced world. However, since we are talking about rather important data, it might be best to come up with a safer way for this information to be accessed. Personally, I would add the human element to technology.

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Missed Out On The Bitcoin Gold Rush? Get In On The Litecoin Silver Rush Instead

If you missed the Bitcoin mining craze and still want to get in on pick-axing a virtual currency, you’re in luck! In 2011 Litecoin established itself as a major player within the world of electronic money. It gained prevalence when Mt. Gox announced plans to trade in it. It operates on the same principles as other cryptographic coinage, where miners solve cryptographic puzzles and receive Litecoin when a “block” is solved.

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Redesigned Google Play Store Site

The redesigned Google Play Store for the web is finally available. The interface is now consistent with the mobile app, the site now uses AJAX and the Roboto font, transitions are smoother, thumbnails are bigger and there's less content to see at a glance. You have to scroll more, click more, so you'll have plenty of time to enjoy the new navigation arrows.

Turn Evernote Into A Blogging Platform With Postach.io

There is certainly no shortage of blogging platforms available to users for free. WordPress and Tumblr alone are a great way to keep a blog, but there are a few creative alternatives out there. A new blogging service Postach.io can now be added to the mix. The easy-to-use blogging platform allows users to create a blog in minutes, powered by the versatile note-taking app, Evernote.

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4 Easy Ways to Use SSH In Windows

SSH is the de facto solution for securely accessing remote terminals on Linux and other UNIX-like systems. If you have a remote SSH server you want to access, you'll have to download an SSH client. Windows doesn't include one, although Mac OS X, Linux, and even Google's Chrome OS include built-in SSH clients. Sure, Windows does include a Telnet client, but Telnet is horrifically insecure and should never be used unless you're directly connected to the remote system and it's not exposed to the Internet.

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Android Apps and Staged Rollouts

Google Hangouts was probably the first Android app update that was gradually rolled out. Then Google officially added support for staged rollouts and any Android developer could use it.



"If you like, you can release your app via a staged rollout, starting with a small percentage of your userbase and then increasing it. You can set and modify the percentage for the staged rollout on the APK section of your Google Play Developer Console, on the Production tab, while keeping an eye on crash reports and user reviews, to make sure users like new functionality in your app. While a staged rollout is in progress, you won't be able to update your production configuration. You must publish the staged rollout to 100% of users first."



You've probably noticed that Google used it for the latest Maps and Chrome updates. Google announces the updates, but you can't install them because they're gradually rolled out. Even if you go to the app's Google Play page, you can't manually update the app. You need to find the APK files and install them from various sites, while hoping that they're legit.



While staged rollouts are useful for developers, they're annoying for the people who want to try the latest features. Google uses a similar approach for web apps like Gmail or Google Docs and for Chrome updates, but there's a trick to manually install the latest Chrome update: go to the about page.



Here's a similar idea for Google Play: limit staged rollouts to automatic updates and allow users who want to get the latest updates to do that by visiting Google Play's app pages and manually installing the updates.

Watch 25+ Web Shows On Discovery’s TestTube Network [Stuff to Watch]

The new umbrella channel takes Discovery’s penchant for science, nature and technology and repackages it for the online audience of the moment. The network showcases over 25 unique web series, a result of bringing together successful online stalwarts like Stuff You Should Know and Nature Hates You under the one unified heading.

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4+ Powerful Ways To Use Wolfram Alpha For Educating Your Kids

Is Wolfram Alpha really a niche website? With its Pro version launching last year and abilities which range from Facebook research to English learning, Wolfram Alpha is one of the best ways to get your questions answered quickly. When it comes to answering questions, Wolfram Alpha is a wonderful educational tool that can help parents and educators alike teach kids something new every day.

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Keyboard Shortcut To Quickly Switch To Apps View (All Apps View) In Windows 8.1

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The Start screen in Windows 8 was one of the most controversial and least liked features of the operating system. In its attempt to make the Start screen more attractive and make users fall in love with the Start menu replacement, Microsoft has enhanced the Start screen in Windows 8.1 with a number of new [...]

How to Open iTunes Links inside Chrome for iOS

When you open an iTunes link inside the Google Chrome browser for iPhone and iPad, all you get is some gibberish text. We have a simple fix.

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Losing Track Of Your Goals? Give Your Self-Development A Visual Boost With PowerUp

I often ask myself, why am I so good at goal-setting and so bad at goal-achievement? Lack of motivation is an old enemy and lack of follow-through is its child. Perhaps, that's why I like trying out new systems which would help me achieve at least a few goals on my bucket list. PowerUp is an interactive tool with color cues that helps you log every small step you take towards your goal.

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Use Google as a Proxy Server to Bypass Paywalls, Download Files

You can use various Google services as proxies to access web pages, documents and other files that are other blocked at your workplace.

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Pitchfork Media Launches New Movie News And Reviews Site: The Dissolve [Updates]

Film fans will soon have a new source to read about upcoming flicks. The Dissolve, a new website developed by the people behind the well-established music site, Pitchfork, was launched on Wednesday.

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Why Google No Longer Needs Google Toolbar

Google Toolbar is the first software released by Google. The first version of the add-on was released back in 2000, when Google's most important services were the search engine, Google Directory and AdWords. Here's Google's homepage from December 2000.



At that time, Google suggested to "get the Google Toolbar for your IE browser and take the power of Google with you anywhere on the web." Internet Explorer was the dominant browser and it didn't have a search box, so Google Toolbar was a great way to promote Google. It also made it easier to search the web.

Since then, Google Toolbar added many new features: pop-up blocker, online bookmarks, custom buttons, inline find-in-page, automatic translation, spell checking, suggestions on navigation errors and more. Some of these features were integrated in Internet Explorer. Google made a lot of business deals and many popular applications bundled Google Toolbar. Google also developed a version of the Toolbar for Firefox, but it was discontinued in 2011.



For many years, Google Toolbar was the most important Google software. Internet Explorer was the only popular browser that didn't use Google as the default search engine. "Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser, now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in 2003," mentioned a BBC News article from 2010.



Internet Explorer's market share has decreased as Firefox and Google Chrome became more popular. Even though Microsoft started to update the software more often and Internet Explorer became faster and added support for many HTML5 features, the 5-year stagnation between IE6 (2001) and IE7 (2006), the 2-year gap between IE7 and IE8, IE9's lack of support for Windows XP, as well as the increased popularity of web apps like Gmail or Google Docs - all of these made Internet Explorer a distant memory for many users.



Google Chrome is now the most popular browser, according to Google. This means that Internet Explorer is no longer the dominant browser from the early 2000s. Google now focuses on promoting Chrome, which is a lot more important for Google: Chrome users are more likely to use Google's services and Google can improve the overall browsing experience, instead of only adding a few features.



Just like Google discontinued Chrome Frame, you can expect to see a similar announcement for Google Toolbar. Google Bookmarks will also disappear if Google Toolbar is discontinued, since Toolbar is the only product that uses it.

The last major Google Toolbar release was in 2011, so the Toolbar is probably in maintenance mode. If you visit the Toolbar site in Chrome, you'll see this message: "You're using Chrome, that's great. All of the features of Google Toolbar are already built into your browser." That's not quite true, but Google probably thinks that the missing features aren't very important or can be replaced by Chrome extensions.



Toolbars are no longer fashionable, they take up a lot of space and slow down browsers. Today's browsers have minimalist interface and use most of the space to display web pages. More reasons to discontinue Google Toolbar.

Virtual Machine Starter Adds Booting From USB Support To VirtualBox

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VMware Player and VirtualBox are the two popular free virtualization software out there for Windows operating system. Even though both have their own pros and cons, VirtualBox is probably the most popular one as it’s an open source software and offers more number of features. A lot of us use VirtualBox to test preview versions [...]

Rovio to release a New Angry Birds Game Today

Rovio plans to release a brand new Game today, “Attention, Angry Birds fans! Stay tuned on Monday, July 15th, for big news about a brand new game! We’re talking the biggest character line-up ever, awesome new powers, and maybe even a few surprises!”

Rovio didn’t provide any further details about the new Angry Bird series game, so lets wait a bit more.

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How To Authenticate Over SSH With Keys Instead of Passwords

SSH is a great way to gain remote access to your computer. When you open the ports on your router (port 22 to be exact) you can not only access your SSH server from within your local network, but from anywhere in the world. However, you don't want to risk using a weak password for authentication. Luckily, it's very easy to set up your global SSH server in a very secure manner by using key-based authentication and disabling password authentication on your server altogether.

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New Google Maps in Your Mobile Browser

The mobile web app for Google Maps now uses the new map styles from the updated Google Maps for desktop. The same map styles are also used by the latest version of Google Maps for Android.



If you open maps.google.com in your favorite mobile browser, Google now redirects to the encrypted Google Maps, which uses SSL, so you'll be sent to https://maps.google.com. There's also a strange "null" message below the map, which shows that there are still some bugs that need to be fixed.



While the mobile web app uses the new map styles, it still has the old interface, but that will probably change soon.