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Use Bubbles and Your Android Phone to Create Memorable Phone Calls
19 Jan 2012 by Kevin Ivanca
In a world filled with short attention spans and thinning short-term memories, it can sometimes be difficult to remember to mentioning important topics while making a phone call. Heck, give a person 30 minutes of phone conversation to wander, and their mind will stray further than the island of Lilliput (hint: it’s a fictitious location from a book). Well I don’t know about you, but ...
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Clearly: Chrome browser extension cuts distractions from web pages
13 Jan 2012 by Carl Natale / 2 Comments
Evernote has created a tool for people who are easily distracted. Clearly is a Google Chrome extension that strips out navigation, links and advertisement from any Web page and presents you with a cleaner, less distracting online reading experience. Clearly is a Chrome browser extension that strips navigation, links and ads from a page The Clearly reading experience is customizable: you can choos...
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Tips and Tools for Better, Faster Writing
11 Jan 2012 by Brian Nelson / 1 Comment
I’ve been writing here at Techerator for over a year, but only recently have I decided to take steps to improve my writing and time efficiency. You probably know the drill: sit down at your desk, check out Twitter, open your word editor, Tweet something, check out Facebook, decide on a title, Facebook about how hard it is to write, go reward yourself with a cup of coffee, I wonder what’...
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BitTorrent takes on Dropbox with new file-sharing service
10 Jan 2012 by Craig Lloyd
It seems that everyone is planning an Operation Overthrow against popular file synching service Dropbox. Earlier this week, it was Insync. This time, the newest member to join the movement is BitTorrent, Inc. with their new desktop app simply dubbed Share. The service allows you to transfer any type of files to anyone with no size limit to weigh you down. The process is easy and straightforward. ...
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Create a WiFi signal strength map with NetSpot for Mac
05 Jan 2012 by Carl Natale
Finding the best spot for wifi access in your home or in a public place is pretty much trial and error. Turn on your laptop, and see what happens. NetSpot is a free wireless survey tool that makes it more of a treasure hunt. Once you install it on your Mac (OSX only), your laptop becomes a wifi sniffer. Before you start up the app, you’re going to need a floor plan with measurements. NetSpot...
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BrandMyMail mashes your email and social networks together
23 Dec 2011 by Carl Natale
There are two types of email you can send: Text or HTML. Text is just the words. No colors. No photos. No layouts. HTML is basically a web page sent through email servers. For most of us, it really doesn’t matter when we send email. We just type, and the resulting HTML-formatted email is a mash-up of our words and whatever template comes with the email client. Now BrandMyMail will mash-up y...
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Make your apartment search easier with Padmapper
16 Nov 2011 by Kevin Ivanca
Finding an apartment on the internet is equivalent to hopping into a tractor tire and being rolled down a hill. You start at the top with high hopes: using the power of the internet for finding desirable rental properties and listings. From there, though, the process spirals downward. Apartment searching sites are hard to navigate, the contact information for the apartments isn’t always up t...
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New Features Added to Google Presentations — Can I Finally Ditch PowerPoint?
25 Oct 2011 by Brian Nelson
Google recently announced some improvements to their Docs platform, particularly to the Presentation app, a free alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint. New drawing tools, slide transitions, collaboration features… and suddenly I’m left wondering “Can I finally ditch Office for good?” Google Docs has been making steady gains over the years and I’ve finally gotten to the...
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Creating a Bootable Linux USB Drive with UNetbootin
15 Sep 2011 by Scott Nesbitt
Test driving and installing a Linux distribution has become a lot easier over the years. In the early days, you needed to install Linux on a dedicated computer. Or, you could set your computer up to dual boot. Of course that meant navigating the potential perils of partitioning your hard drive. Later, a Live CD (which lets you run the distribution right from a CD) was the way to do it. The problem...
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Converting Graphics on the Linux Desktop with Converseen
14 Sep 2011 by Scott Nesbitt
If you’re a Linux user, then you probably know how spoiled you are when it comes to applications for working with graphics. Whatever you need to do — editing, resizing, viewing, converting — there’s an application for that. One of the most powerful Linux tools for manipulating graphics is ImageMagick. As powerful as it is, ImageMagick can be a challenge to use. It’s a...
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