25 October 2017

Even If You Don’t Use Edge, You Need This Trick


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If you’ve gone ahead and update your Windows 10 machine to the Fall Creators Update, there’s one tiny but super useful feature that might have you considering using Edge once in a while. Pin Sites With Edge When you open up a site you frequently visit in Edge, you can pin this to the Windows Taskbar. Just load the page, open up the Edge menu, and click Pin this page to the taskbar. This will place a direct link to that site at your fingertips, making it easy to load the page with just one click. Pin Sites With Other Browsers Regardless of what your default...

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Parrot releases drones for firefighters and farmers


 Parrot is continuing its push into the commercial drone space with two new drones. The Bebop-Pro Thermo and Bluegrass are aimed at specific targets namely firefighters and farmers. Both join Parrot’s Professional range of drones that include the Disco-Pro AG and Bebop-Pro 3D Modeling. At this point, if there’s an industry that could use a drone, Parrot seems to be building one… Read More

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Adobe’s New Photoshop Tutorial Series on YouTube for Beginners


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You may have been using Adobe Photoshop for a long time, but even then there are lots of little things to learn. Why not start afresh with a beginner’s perspective? Try out a new Photoshop tutorial series on YouTube launched by Adobe itself. The new series is a welcome attempt to learn the little things that make Photoshop such an awesome tool for creatives of all kinds. 3, 2, 1… Photoshop! Adobe Systems evangelist Julieanne Kost hosts this new series. Anyone who has taken one of her Lynda.com classes on Photoshop and Lightroom can attest to the quality of her teaching. The...

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Nintendo’s Animal Crossing mobile game actually looks like a blast


 As Nintendo continues to mount an impressive comeback, today the company has announced its next title coming to smartphones, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. The cult classic title where players live amongst the animals and live a generally chill existence (while feeding Tom Nook’s capitalist machine) is coming in November to iOS and Android. More than a few fans of the franchise were… Read More

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Apple Invites You to Queue for an iPhone X


Apple has revealed where, when, and how Apple fans can get their hands on the new iPhone X before anyone else. And as well as the usual pre-orders, Apple has confirmed that there will be some iPhone X handsets in stock in Apple Stores for customers walking in off the streets. If they’re quick. Everyone reading this will be familiar with the sorry sight of people queuing in line to get the latest iPhone on day one. In recent years this hasn’t happened, with Apple preferring to sell the initial stock through pre-orders instead. However, desperate (kinda) times call for...

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Amazon debuts a new Appstore app with better discovery, focus on Amazon Coins


 Amazon’s Kindle app isn’t the only mobile app from the company getting a makeover today. Amazon has also now quietly introduced a new version of its Appstore app for Fire TV, Fire tablets, and Android devices. The new store features a visual redesign and an increased focus on Amazon’s own virtual currency, Amazon Coins. Introduced back in 2013, the Amazon Coins platform… Read More

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Why Samsung doesn’t beat Apple where it matters


 Samsung’s competition with Apple is on premium phone ($400+) market share, and Apple is crushing Samsung in this market. Why do consumers with discretionary spending still prefer Apple in such large numbers? The reason is not the product. Read More

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Twitter announces new ‘transparency center’ for ads


 Twitter is responding to political scrutiny over the role it may have played in spreading Russian misinformation, and to a bipartisan Congressional bill proposing new regulations for online ads, with some new initiatives of its own. So it’s launching an Advertising Transparency Center where users should be able to see all the ads running on Twitter, the content/creative of those ads,… Read More
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5 Spooky Ways to Set Up Your Smart Home for Halloween


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Smart home technology can make your daily living just a bit easier any time of the year. But during the Halloween season, all of the powerful devices can serve another purpose: to help get everyone in your house in the spirit of the spooky season. With just a little bit of planning and some easy-to-use smart home devices, you can turn any ordinary trick-or-treat season into a scary good time. To help get you started, we’re providing five different ways that technology can help turn your Halloween up to 11. Since each home is different, feel free to make each...

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How to Split a Huge CSV Excel Spreadsheet Into Separate Files


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Excel is excellent at so many day-to-day tasks. But every now and then, you encounter one of its shortcomings: the size of a spreadsheet. If you need to know how to make an Excel spreadsheet smaller or how to split a large CSV, we have you covered. Hitting the spreadsheet row limit is a pretty serious task in and of itself. The current Excel spreadsheet row limit is 1,048,576. That’s right — over 1 million rows, and the same amount of columns, too. But hitting that row limit is actually incredibly easy, during certain tasks. If you’re marketing via email,...

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FTC relaxes COPPA rule so kids can issue voice searches and commands


 The COPPA rule prevents kids from having their personal information hoovered up and distributed online the way adults often consent to. Verifiable parental consent is required if that information is to be collected — but the FTC has just relaxed the rule just enough that common tasks like searches can be done for kids without risk to the operator. Read More

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What’s New in HTML5? 9 Elements You Need to Know


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HTML5 is the latest and greatest version of the most widely used markup language on the web. There are some big changes from the last version of the language, and if you’re not using them, you’re missing out on some really cool functionality. We don’t have the room to cover every new element in the fifth version of HTML, but these nine are some of the most important ones. For more information on the new elements and APIs in HTML5, be sure to check out W3Schools. An Introduction to Semantic Elements Like much of the internet, HTML5 has shifted to...

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The New Kindle App Helps You Buy More Books


Amazon has given the Kindle app a major overhaul. As well as a fresh lick of paint, the new Kindle app improves the user experience and integrates Goodreads. This is Amazon displaying its love for reading, with the company ultimately hoping it will inspire you to buy more books. We suspect most of our book-loving readers now own Kindles. Perhaps you have even splashed out on the new Kindle Oasis with waterproofing. However, a Kindle isn’t the only way of reading Kindle books. The Kindle app turns other devices into books, and Amazon has now made it better than ever....

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24 October 2017

Setting a Strong Alphanumeric Passcode and 16 Other Ways to Secure Your iPhone


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The convenience of an iPhone can come at a price if you don’t secure your device well enough. Other people can get access to other devices and accounts, and gain access to your information and files. Fortunately it’s easy to secure your iPhone and make it tough for prying eyes to gain access, without sacrificing too much convenience. Today we’ll cover the various of keeping your iOS data private — even if you don’t use them all, some are better than none. Set a Strong Alphanumeric Passcode on Your iPhone When you set up your iPhone, you are prompted to...

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Facebook’s F8 conference returns to San Jose May 1-2, 2018


 Facebook should have plenty to talk about, between augmented reality, new acquisitions, the Watch video tab, and all its ongoing scandals with Russian election interference, fake news, and News Feed reach. Today the company announced its annual F8 developer conference will return to San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center on May 1st and 2nd, 2018. People can sign up for updates on the F8… Read More
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The Google Assistant wants to play games with you


 It’s not just the kids on South Park that are fascinated with the endless possibilities of playing with personal assistants like the Amazon Echo and Google Home. Virtually every kid over three has now surely figured out how to get Alexa, Siri or the Google Assistant to do its bidding (or at least play the Moana soundtrack). Now, the Google Assistant officially wants to be their… Read More

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Gmail adds support for third-party add-ons


 Google is launching third-party add-ons for Gmail today. These native extensions will allow you to bring the power of services like Asana, DocuSign, Trello, Wrike and others directly to your inbox — no matter whether you are an enterprise or individual user. If you’ve been following along, this announcement doesn’t come as a total surprise. The company first announced that… Read More
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Facebook finally adapts to 4K video


 If you’re sick of your beautiful videos looking crummy on Facebook, there’s good news for you. After some super HD videos starting popping up on the social network, Facebook now confirms to TechCrunch it’s testing 4K video uploads and viewing using the 2160p UHD-1 Ultra-High-Definition Television standard. Some Pages and profiles can now post 4K videos to Facebook as well… Read More

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Apple’s ‘App of the Day’ featuring boosts downloads by 1747%, games by 792%


 New research from Apptopia, out today, takes a look at the impact getting featured as the App or Game of the Day on the new iOS App Store has on app downloads. This data is still fairly early, as the revamped App Store only arrived publicly with iOS 11’s release in September. Not surprisingly, the report finds that snagging one of these featured spots can lead to a big boost in app… Read More

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10 Best Car Gadgets: Dash Cams, Navigation, Bluetooth Audio and More


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Does anyone remember that show “Pimp My Ride?” In it, beloved rapper X to the Z Xzibit put fish tanks, barbeque grills, giant TVs, and all kinds of other nonsense in cars. Even if you’ve never seen the show, you’ve probably seen the popular meme based on it: ” I heard you like X, so I put an X in your Y so you can VERB while you VERB.” Here’s an example: Today, we’re going to introduce you to some gadgets that will let you pimp your ride in a way that would make even Xzibit stand up and take notice. Well, that’s...

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