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How to Create Your Own Custom Short URL with bitly
04 Aug 2011 by Scott Nesbitt / 2 Comments
If you use Twitter, then you’ve probably learned how indispensable a URL shortener is. You’ve only got 140 characters in which to make your point, and if you include a URL then you can easily go over that limit. Shortened URLs aren’t very sexy. They’re bland. If you shorten a lot of URLs, then why not make them a little more personal? If you use the popular bitly URL shorte...
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Back Up Your Google Docs, Reader, Calendar and Contacts with CloudPull for Mac
20 Jul 2011 by Andrew Kalinchuk
CloudPull is an app that will back up the contents of your Google Docs, Reader, Calendar, and Contacts, but is available exclusively to Apple users using Mac OS 10.6 or 10.7. Sorry, PCs. It’s available for a 30 day free trial, but costs $24.95 if you’d like to use it permanently. This is your home screen. Once I logged in, the app was an absolute breeze to use and setup. CloudPu...
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Collaborate on Documents Online with ScribTex
18 Jul 2011 by Scott Nesbitt / 1 Comment
Let’s talk about LaTeX. No, LaTeX (the document markup language and preparation system). For a majority of computer users, LaTeX is so far off their radars that it doesn’t exist. But for others — students, writers, scientists, academics — LaTeX is the way to write and typeset beautiful documents. The problem with LaTeX, at least the typesetting software, is that it’s ...
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How to Test Your Internet Connection Speed
18 Jul 2011 by Sophronis Mantoles / 1 Comment
Do you ever wonder if you are getting the upload and download speeds promised by your provider? DSL users especially may find themselves scratching their heads wondering why their Internet connection is so slow. Many providers have their own testing tools. But again what if their testing tools are lying to us? Here’s an easy way to do a quick test; go to SpeedTest.net. Once you get on t...
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100 Mbps Broadband Internet Coming to North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota
14 Jul 2011 by Dustin Patterson / 6 Comments
Recently, people in the upper-Midwest region of the United States have seen commercials for the website xisnext.com that was potentially hinting at 100 Mbps broadband internet coming to the upper-Midwest (North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota). I received a reply from Midcontinent Communications confirming that this is indeed true. Midcontinent Communications has launched MidcoNet Xstream® ...
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“Replies and more for Google+” Adds Awesome Features to Google+
12 Jul 2011 by Evan Wondrasek / 1 Comment
Chrome web browser: Like many of you, I’ve been having a great time playing around with Google+ for the last week. Because it’s so new – let’s not forget that it’s still in a beta field trial – engineers at Google have been tweaking and changing things like crazy in response to user feedback. This isn’t anything new of course, Twitter’s ubiquitous @r...
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Google Releases New Themes for Gmail and Google Calendar
01 Jul 2011 by Kevin Ivanca / 3 Comments
Dear people living under rocks this past week: If you haven’t noticed, Google has decided to tackle bold new things recently, with widespread success. First, they came out with Google+, a type of digital, communal gathering site that allows one to keep up with friends and collaborate with them (Which I am sure that Techerator will summarize into article form). And that was pretty cool. But t...
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Google’s Swiffy Converts SWF Files to HTML5
30 Jun 2011 by Craig Lloyd / 1 Comment
Amidst of all the recent announcements from Google comes a lesser-known feature that’s available now in Google Labs. It’s a small service called Swiffy, and it will convert SWF (the file format for Flash) files into HTML5 versions for use in most modern browsers like Chrome and Safari. Google says the process works by first converting the SWF file into a JSON file, then rendering it u...
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Create an Instant Photo Gallery with DropMocks and min.us
27 Jun 2011 by Scott Nesbitt / 1 Comment
Sometimes, people like to make things a little more complicated than they need to be. One of those things is creating an online photo gallery. Most people when they want to post their photos online will turn to Flickr, Picasa, or Facebook. There’s nothing wrong with any of them, but sometimes you just need a quick and dirty way to post your photos online. And two services, DropMocks and min....
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Firebug add-on for Firefox is known to slow Gmail
24 Jun 2011 by Evan Wondrasek
Firebug is a free, open source add-on for Firefox that provides essential tools for web developers. If you have Firebug installed and have logged into Gmail recently, however, you’ll be greeted with an intimidating message that states: “Firebug is known to make Gmail slow unless it is configured correctly.” This message also contains a link to “Fix This”, but you wil...
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