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- YouTube Adds New Ways for YouTubers to Make Money
Saturday - 06/23/2018 - 07:30 AMYouTubers are the lifeblood of YouTube. Without the people creating content, YouTube would cease to be. Unfortunately, YouTube has not always remembered that, and the so-called Adpocalypse of 2017 led to bad blood between YouTube and its content creators.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to Turn a Raspberry Pi Into a Plex Media Server
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 03:00 PMWant to stream videos hosted on a Raspberry Pi to difference devices around your home? Several options are available (including Kodi) but for the best results, a dedicated Plex installation is recommended.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 7 Vegetarian and Vegan Apps for a Healthier Life
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 01:00 PMHippocrates said “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” The human body thrives off vegetables, so it should be no surprise that more people than ever before are turning to a vegetable-based lifestyle.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Best Linux Laptop: System76 Galago Pro vs. Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 11:00 AMLinux PCs are often a do-it-yourself (DIY) venture. However, many vendors are starting to provide pre-built Linux laptops and desktops.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to Send Free SMS Texts From a PC Using Android Messages
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 06:30 AMApps for texting from your PC like MightyText and Pushbullet always come up when discussing ways to send SMS messages from your PC. But they tend to limit your monthly texts unless you pay for a costly Pro subscription.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WhatsApp Will Soon Stop Working on These Phones: Is Yours on the List?
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 03:30 AMIf you use an old phone, or if you’ve never bothered to upgrade to the latest version of your phone’s operating system, it’s time to pay attention:
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WhatsApp might stop working on your phone soon. - The 5 Best Free Stock Market Apps for Android and iOS
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 02:00 PMInvesting in the stock market is a big part of the financial planning puzzle for almost everyone. It’s a great way to prepare for retirement or even just make some additional income.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- What Being a Freelance Programmer Is REALLY Like: The Pros and Cons
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 01:00 PMWorking as a freelance programmer offers many benefits. While some of the positives come from the flexible nature of the work, still others relate to programming specifically.
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However, as liberating as it might seem, freelance work isn’t always “Office Space.” Learn what being a freelance programmer is really like! - 5 Common Encryption Types and Why You Shouldn’t Make Your Own
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 09:00 AMEncryption is frequently talked about in news, but it’s usually on the receiving end of misinformed government policy or taking part of the blame for terrorist atrocities.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What Is Amazon Prime Wardrobe? And How to Sign Up for It
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 05:30 AMIn direct competition with online shopping platforms like Stitch Fix and Trunk Club, Amazon has made its Prime Wardrobe service available to all US Prime users.
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- How to Use Photoshop’s Refine Edge Tool for Perfect Selections
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 04:00 PMWhen you’re working with images in Photoshop, getting perfect selections lets you work in great detail. But the pen and lasso tools don’t make it easy to capture small details in complex areas.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- How to Use Photoshop’s Refine Edge Tool for Perfect Selections
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 06:47 PMWhen you’re working with images in Photoshop, getting perfect selections lets you work in great detail. But the pen and lasso tools don’t make it easy to capture small details in complex areas.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 7 Hidden Calibre Features That’ll Help You Manage Your Ebooks Better
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 10:00 AMCalibre might not be the most polished app in the world, but it’s definitely the best software for managing your ebook collection.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Google Finally Launches a Podcasts App on Android
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 11:30 AMAfter years of ignoring the medium, Google is finally taking podcasting seriously. To that end, the company has released a standalone app called Google Podcasts. Which, as you may have guessed from the name, is an app dedicated to podcasts.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Best Way to Find College Admissions Info on Google
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 05:30 AMWith summer upon us, Google is trying to make it easier on students to make informed decisions for their college applications.
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While most of this year’s graduates already know where they’re going to school, things just got a little easier for future graduates when it comes to searching for the key basics about the schools they want to apply to. - Instagram Launches IGTV to Rival YouTube
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 06:30 PMWith 1 billion users now under its belt, Instagram has launched IGTV. Literally Instagram TV. This is the next stage of Instagram’s evolution, and an obvious attempt to compete with YouTube.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- The iPhone Camera Roll: 8 Tips and Fixes for Common Issues
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 12:00 PMIf you’re an avid iPhone user, you might think you already know everything about your device’s Camera Roll. After all, it’s just a scrollable list of your photos, right?
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Wrong! - MacBook vs. iMac: A Comparison Guide to Help You Decide
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 10:00 AMIf you need a portable Mac, you buy a MacBook. If you want the most powerful Mac experience, you buy an iMac—right?
Deciding between a desktop and a laptop isn’t quite as simple as you might think.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to Fix “Kill Page” or “Wait” Errors in Chrome
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 04:30 AMToday’s browsers are pretty stable, so it’s surprising when they start having issues. If you’re frequently seeing Chrome popups saying that a page has become unresponsive and you can either Kill pages or Wait, we can help you troubleshoot them.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bizplan Lets You Create an Eye-Catching Business Plan in Minutes
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 01:30 AMPerhaps the biggest hurdle for any first-time entrepreneur is finding funding for your venture. Bizplan Premium is a platform that makes it easy to create a business plan that will impress investors.
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- Kindle Users Shouldn’t Miss These 5 Sites and Apps
Saturday - 06/23/2018 - 12:30 AMAmazon’s Kindle has changed the ereader and ebook experience completely. If you’ve got a Kindle, you can level up that experience with a few choice sites and apps, delivering RSS feeds, tracking book sales, and even giving you free ebooks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to Network Boot a Raspberry Pi Without a MicroSD Card
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 12:00 PMSetting up a Raspberry Pi usually means writing the disk image to a microSD card, then using it to boot the operating system.
It’s a good flow that works in most cases… but it’s not the only option.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 8 Surprising Uses for Linux That You Can (Mostly) Try Yourself
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 02:00 PMLinux is highly configurable and adaptable. Plus, it’s free! With all of these qualities, it may not be a surprise to hear that people use Linux to do all kinds of tasks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The 7 Best GitHub Alternatives for Hosting Your Project’s Source Code
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 09:00 AMEver since Microsoft purchased GitHub, many people have been searching for alternative places to host and share their code.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to Back Up and Restore Adobe Lightroom Catalogs
Friday - 06/22/2018 - 04:30 AMPhotos are precious. Photos you have worked on with painstaking edits are even more valuable. That’s why it’s a good habit to get familiar with how Adobe Lightroom backs up and restores its catalog of photos.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 7 Myths About HTTPS and SSL Certificates You Shouldn’t Believe
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 04:00 PMTake a look at the URL for this article and you’ll see that it starts with https. That “s” at the end means the connection between your device and this site is secure.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to Catch and Remove Hidden LaunchDaemons and LaunchAgents on Mac
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 03:00 PMHave you ever experienced these frustrations on your Mac?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 4 Tools to Back Up Your Android Device to Your PC
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 11:00 AMImagine the feeling if you dropped your Android device and found it no longer works. What would you do if you lost everything on your phone? You can avoid this nightmare by making sure to back up your Android to your PC.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to Always Show Scrollbars in Windows Store Apps
Thursday - 06/21/2018 - 03:30 AMThe Windows Store is almost unrecognizable from the barren wasteland that it was when it first went live.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amazon Prime Is Now Available in Australia
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 07:30 PMAmazon has launched Amazon Prime in Australia. And while the range of products and perks doesn’t compare to those offered by Amazon.com, Australians are at least being asked to pay a lot less money than their American counterparts.
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