Get Paid To Search With The Bing Rewards Program

If you don’t use Bing, you may want to reconsider. A while ago, we compared Bing Images vs. Google Images as well as Bing Search vs. Google Search. Back then we declared Google as the winner but the past few years have seen gradual improvements to Bing, making it an actual contender as a search engine. But here’s the kicker: Bing pays you to search. It’s called the Bing Rewards Program. I’m fully aware that this isn’t an altruistic act by Microsoft. Yes, you can see it as a bribe to switch away from Google. Yes, there may or may...

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Google Self-Driving Cars, HP Android Laptop, Oculus Rift Lag [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Google self-driving cars navigate cities, Microsoft owns Nokia, HP teases an Android laptop, a Secret expansion, BuzzFeed wants $1 billion, Joss Whedon gets In Your Eyes, and Oculus Rift demonstrates living with lag. Google Updates Us On Self-Driving Cars Google has offered an update on where its epic effort to make self-driving cars a reality stands at the moment. The big challenge being mastered right now is driving through city streets, with mastery of freeway driving having been achieved. Chris Urmston, the director of the project, claims Google’s self-driving cars have now completed more than...

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Relive History With 80,000+ British Pathé Historical Newsreels [Stuff to Watch]

Pathé News, known these days as British Pathé, has been responsible for recording some of the most important events in history – from global warfare to World Cup finals, and now much of the footage is available to watch on YouTube. With over 80,000 films to peruse, you would need years to get through them all – and there’s not a lot of order to the collection either. Regardless, if you’re looking for footage of well-documented cultural movements, news events and days that shook the world then British Pathé on YouTube is a great place to start. Queen Victoria’s Funeral...

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No Blog, No Problem — 3 Handy Apps To Help You Quickly Publish A Post

If a blog feels like too much work, feel free to cut it out of the equation. You can publish posts without one. Writer or not, you might wish to put your thoughts in writing when the mood strikes you. If you want to start a blog we have plenty of information to help you with that, including this definitive guide to WordPress and Joel’s article on easy-to-use blogging tools. But what if having to set up and maintain a blog to send out the occasional post does not appeal to you? Maybe you just want to contribute a few...

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Scapple Lets You Organize Your Thoughts However You Like

Need a better tool for brainstorming, or just organizing thoughts? Check out Scapple. This Mac and Windows note-taking software lets you write down ideas, move them around and connect one concept to another – and it couldn’t be easier to use. Scapple, in their own documentation, seems to intentionally avoid using the terms “mind mapping”, instead calling the product a note-taking app. The distinction is a wise one – the majority of earth-dwelling humans have no idea what “mind mapping” is, but almost everyone takes notes. Still, if you’re familiar with mind-mapping software, you might think you know what Scapple...

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12 Useful Tweaks To Make Ubuntu Feel Like Home

Ubuntu is a pretty good Linux distribution to start out with, but there are some tweaks you might want to perform to get it to work and behave the way you want it to. This is especially true if you’re new to Ubuntu or Linux. If you’ve jumped over from Windows XP, you’ve made a good choice. Here we’ll show you some great tweaks that can go a long way to achieving desktop zen. Install Proprietary Drivers The first thing you should do is install proprietary drivers, if available. These drivers are provided by the manufacturer and generally allow your...

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SUPERAntiSpyware Is A Vital Tool In The Fight Against Malware

When it comes to detecting and removing malware, you might have used or at least heard of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. We’ve covered it before, but perhaps you want to try a different solution for your on-demand scanning needs. Even if you swear by Malwarebytes, it’s not a bad idea to scan with multiple one time-scanners once in a while. If you’ve been looking for a new tool to add to your security arsenal, perhaps SUPERAntiSpyware is right for you. Setting Up The name SUPERAntiSpyware (SAS) sounds a bit shady, almost like a fake antivirus program, but rest assured that it’s a...

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8 Things Most People Don’t Know About Amazon’s Bestsellers Rank (Sales Rank)

Amazon has various ways of ranking products, but one of the least understood seems to be the Amazon Bestsellers Rank (also known simply as ‘Sales Rank’). This post will hopefully help you understand , as a customer, which books are selling well in a certain topic, and as a seller, which products may be your main competitors. As a seller (or in the case of books, as an author) is your marketing is working? Armed with Amazon’s “secret recipe”, you also become a better buyer. Please bear in mind that Amazon does not explicitly state how the Bestsellers Rank is...

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Internet Explorer Flaw, Netflix Cable, Cortana Children, E.T. Found In Desert [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, an Internet Explorer flaw, government-built social networks, Netflix as a cable channel, ComiXology in-app purchases, Cortana hates children, a Codecademy makeover, and E.T. found in the desert. Internet Explorer Suffers Critical Flaw A new vulnerability is affecting Internet Explorer users. Follow these steps exactly: 1. Stop ever using Internet Explorer End of steps. — pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) April 28, 2014 A serious security flaw has been discovered in all versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft’s much-maligned Web browser. The zero-day vulnerability is present in Internet Explorer 6 through 11 and could allow hackers to gain access to...

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How To Upgrade Or Switch Linux Distros Without Erasing Your Files

Do you find yourself switching between Linux distributions frequently? When upgrading, do you favor clean installations over in-place upgrades? Do you hate that you have to back up all your personal data, or else lose it? What if I told you that this doesn’t have to happen? It’s actually quite easy to switch between different Linux distributions or perform clean installations and still retain all of your personal data. We’ll show you what to do so that you’re all set up no matter your current situation. How Does It Work? What’s the magic that lets you keep all your personal...

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Nine New Features Added to the Google Keyword Planner Tool

The Google Keyword Planner Tool has always been one of the leading resources for web publishers and advertisers to research search engine query activity on the Internet, but now Google has added nine more features to the popular service. On Thursday, April 24th, Google rolled out nine new features to Keyword Planner, providing users with much more in depth information about search queries. Those new details include things like query changes over time, mobile device trends, enhanced location data and better visualizations. The new features are intended to give potential Adsense advertisers more insight into popular keyword queries online, but...

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Hit By a Manual Spam Action? Here’s What To Do

Imagine you’ve just created your best work of art. It’s a oil-paint masterpiece the likes of which you’ll probably never be able to accomplish again. Then, someone comes along and streaks a permanent marker across the canvas. That’s what a Google manual spam action feels like. SEO and site popularity in general is a fickle thing. Just when you think you’ve got everything right and you’re coasting along with loads of visitors and activity, you get sideswiped by some Google algorithm update called Penguin, Panda, Possum or whatever the heck they decide to name it these days. The point is,...

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Meet Invoiceable: A Free Invoicing Solution For Small Businesses

It doesn’t get cheaper than free. There are some excellent free invoicing tools out there that your small business can benefit from. Invoiceable is one of them. Perhaps you have known it (and used it?) in its early avatar called Invoice Bubble. If you have tried many invoicing apps and discarded them for various reasons, you might be inclined to think that Invoiceable is just more of the same. Be ready to be pleasantly surprised. Here’s What You’ll Be Looking For Invoiceable has an intuitive interface and workflow. With minimal tabs and settings, it ensures that you have fewer things...

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Learning To Drive in the UK? You Need Theory Test Pro

Learning to drive in the UK is an arduous, expensive experience. There are two tests to take (one theory, one practical), each being ludicrously pricey. You’ll also need to have an astonishing amount of lessons (I’ve had over 50) just to even be in a position where you can take your practical test. Half a million learner drivers have to take their theory test each year, in addition to the thousands who have lost their license and had to start from scratch. Thankfully, there’s a product out there that promises to make it easy to revise for — and pass...

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The Future Of Google+, FB Newswire, Next-Gen Minecraft, Oculus Prank [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Google+ may be dead, FCC talks net neutrality, Facebook launches FB Newswire, Lyft expands into new markets, mobile addiction grows, next-gen Minecraft allows save transfers, and the true potential of Oculus Rift is revealed. The Future Of Google+ Is In Doubt The future of Google+ is (as good as) officially in doubt. What we know is that Vic Gundotra, Senior Vice President of Social, is leaving Google for as-yet-unknown pastures new. The rest, including what’s going to happen to Google+ now that its creator has left the company, is still up for debate. But it’s...

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10 Common Web Tasks You Can Do Without Signing Up

Security bugs like Heartbleed make it abundantly clear that your logins and passwords are not safe. But what if you could use the Web for common tasks like uploading photos and videos or chatting with friends, all without signing up for an account? Guarding your privacy is important. There are obvious benefits to having logged into a service like Flickr because it will keep all your albums in one place, but that also means everyone can steal or harm all your albums in one place. And sometimes, you just crave anonymity for your own reasons. Whatever the case may be,...

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Travel Back In Time With Google Street View

Google Street View has become one of the best tools to travel around the world in eighty seconds. Now, a simple but fun update on Google Street View allows you to roll back time. The timeline of past events has been recreated with the help of historical imagery from past Street View collections dating back to 2007. You can say that Google has dug up its archives to create this digital time capsule of the world. The update is rolling out to Street View in Google Maps for Desktop. It’s the closest thing to time travel we are going to...

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How to Bypass Web Filtering and Censorship In The UK and Turkey

Governments are afraid of the Internet. It is the final medium where people can publish whatever they wish, to an audience of an infinite size. The Internet has brought down governments, unveiled corruption and is one of the most potent forces for freedom and democracy. In Turkey, both Twitter and YouTube have been blocked at the ISP level, after allegations of corruption by Prime Minister Reycep Tayyip Erdogan was unveiled. The ban of Twitter was later overturned by the ruling of a constitutional court, although Erdogan is challenging this ruling. Meanwhile in the UK, the ruling Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition has...

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New Apple Products, Internet Bill Of Rights, OnePlus One, Street View Time Machine [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Apple teases new products, Brazil gets an Internet Bill of Rights, the OnePlus One turns heads, Xiaomi plans international expansion, Google Street View becomes a time machine, Amazon launches Prime Pantry, Apple ups its recycling efforts, and Conversnitch is the creepiest light bulb ever created. Apple Teases Brand New Products Think you are having a bad day? In 1976 Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stake in Apple for $800. Now it’s worth $58,065,210,000. — Relatable (@Iifepost) April 24, 2014 Apple has reported its financial results for Q2, 2014. TechCrunch has all the details, but suffice...

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How Do You Watch TV? [We Ask You]

How we watch television has changed dramatically. Shows can be viewed on a range of different devices. They can be watched live, recorded for later, or downloaded from the Internet. And then there is piracy. With all of these options to choose from, we feel a healthy debate about TV is long overdue. Square Eyes Squared We want to know, How Do You Watch TV? It’s a simple question with a multitude of possible answers. Whether you’re a traditionalist watching TV on a square box in your living room or a hipster watching TV on your tablet in a coffee...

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