Thursday, December 20, 2012
20 Super useful apps you should be using! Most are Free and there's one that even pays YOU!
Ever since Apple launched it's App Store in 2008, there's been a flood of smartphone apps in an effort to catch up. Because of apps like these, we can do simple things like finding out instantly which song is playing or more complex stuff like the square root of pi being 1337th decimal and much much more, depending on our needs.I just makes our lives a bit easier.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
This week's hilarious incident: Police in Finland raided a house to confiscate a 9 year old's Winnie the Pooh Laptop.
It was a typical day in Helsinki when around 8am , the Cops knocked at the door and almost tossed the house upside down to seize the laptop of the resident 9 year old
Friday, November 30, 2012
The Ultimate Phone Prank. Collect Calls from jail without actually having to be in Jail... Prisondial! Check it out!
If you're living in the U.S. , then this could probably be the ultimate Phone Prank Ever! Behold Prisondial!
How To Turn Your home Webcam Into the latest Security Camera.
Your webcam is obviously useful as a communications device, but with a little bit help from some free software, you can convert it into an inconspicuous security cam quite easily.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Five Common Misconceptions about a slow PC and what you can do to speed it up!
Computers are meant to make our lives easier, yet at some point, we feel that these are machines of the devil that just exist to give us infinite frustration.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Want to learn in real time when your friends on Social Media have made the headlines? Here's How!
Find here the cool new application that Sweeps your Social Networks and informs you when your friends have made the news.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Remember the pellet selling loon that claimed he owned Facebook? Now he has new troubles.
Now the chap that claimed to own Facebook and was arrested last month on charges of Fraud for allegedly fabricating his own evidence might just end up paying Facebook's hefty Legal Fees. Ceglia was released from Jail recently after posting a $250.000 bail is still intent on fighting his way in a civil lawsuit against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg.
How to scale back Your Energy Bill at little or no cost
Our energy bills are simply too high, however lowering them does not need hard currency on green power gadgets or sacrificing your sanity. With a couple of easy tricks and minor adjustments to the manner you use your appliances, you'll be able to drive your energy costs down.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
There's a way to send an e-mail to someone with Military Grade Encryption and once read, auto and self destructs Once read.Here'
Windows/OS X: Dashlane, one of the most useful password management tools around, unveiled a new service called Dashlane Courier that allows users to send secure, encrypted messages and passwords to anyone—whether they are a Dashlane user or not, and once read , self-destructs in 30 minutes after it's opened.
Monday, November 12, 2012
The on-line addict's guide to Cheating at on-line games
Your Mother may be screaming at you, your Wife may be ready to divorce you, but the truth is that video games can add some value to your boring daily life, but don't you feel that some days you just want to fire up and destroy all your online friends. By any means! Here's how to cheat at your favorite online video games.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
The twelve Most humorous Names of huge corporations
Over time, we've made a mental list of funny corporate names that we've seen on press releases or in articles.So finally we decided to list them for your viewing pleasure.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Want to watch unlimited streaming content outside of your region. Overcome the region-locked problems.
A lot of streaming content on the net is region-locked, which basically means if you're in the U.S., you can't watch content from other countries, or vice versa and you get that annoying ''this content is not for your region'' message.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Want to send sensitive content over the mail. There's a way you can encrypt it first.Here's how!
When you need to send a private, for your eyes only type of email , you don't want it sitting around, easily readable by just anyone. SafeGmail is a Chrome extension that places PGP encryption (Military grade they claim) on your emails, and needs a simple answer to a predefined question to unlock.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Hackers decode passwords; trolls intimidate you just by looking at your Facebook Profile. Note 5 things you should never share
Most times, these data are not leaked from a security vacuum, nor by any hacker. On the contrary, most of them are posted by us,believing incorrectly that only our friends see it.
2012's Worst Passwords - According To Hackers
2012 could easily be coined as the Year of the Data Breach. Big corporations such as Yahoo!, Bank of America, LinkedIn, Visa just to name a few all fell victim to hacker attacks,most of them BIG, putting customer data at risk and at the same time reminding all of us that identity theft is one of the fastest growing global crimes.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
How to locate Hidden cameras in Shady Hotel rooms using just a regular cell phone.
Hidden cameras is the biggest fear most ''illegal'' couples have when they want to spend a few quality hours in a shady hotel room, far from prying and judgemental eyes.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
How to get Android notifications in Windows.Download it at GR!
Working at a computer sometimes means switching focus to your smartphone or tablet when it bleeps. DeskNotifier pushes these messages to your desktop so you can handle (or ignore) them quickly.
Does Anyone Still Even Have Audio Cassettes That Need To Be Digitized?
Hammacher's hawking this over-sized walkman look-alike featuring an iPhone/iPod Touch dock that lets you convert cassette tapes into MP3s via an accompanying app. But does anyone out there even have audio cassettes that can't be more easily replaced with a quick iTunes search?
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
How to Take Great Photos with a Bad Camera
Someone in your life still uses a crappy, ancient, point-and-shoot digital camera. Maybe it's you. Maybe it's your mom. And at some point, on some vacation, or some holiday dinner, you're going to get shot with it—the digital equivalent of a FunSaver.
Monday, October 29, 2012
How To Erase Your Digital Footprint
Think about all the things you’ve used your Internet for in the past 24 hours. You’ve probably checked your email, updated your Facebook status, paid some bills through online banking, read up on the latest news, and took the time before bed to video chat with a far-flung childhood friend. Even after logging out and turning off your computer, the information you’ve just accessed or created continues to wander the great plains of the World Wide Web. This information that we leave behind about ourselves on a daily basis is known as our digital footprint.
A New York Man may spend 40 Years in Jail for Pretending to Own Facebook
Paul Ceglia, an upstate New York wood pellet salesman who claimed to co-own Facebook with Zuckerman was arrested last week at his home on fraud charges. Associated Press reports that he may just face the next 40 years in one of America's finest penitentiary institutions, compliments of the Jury. So if you're tempted to fib and tell your friends and business associates that you own, oohh let's say Twitter, learn a lesson from this sad guy and don't!
Friday, October 26, 2012
Instead of a phone number, phone users will get a unique user name. The first step was made from Sprint with ''StarMe''
Capitalizing on our increasing loss of memorization skills, Sprint is today launching a new product that will let users replace their usual phone number with their name. And the product has perhaps the best brand name ever: StarStar Me.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
New Malware Can Steal Your Payment Info from Your Browser in Real Time
"Being hacked" is an amorphous catch-all of a term. Typically, it means your computer has been infected with some kind of malware—a trojan or keylogger or something. And one, theMan in the Browser scam, just got a lot more sophisticated: Now it works in real time.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
How to reveal a password hidden behind the Asterisks (*********) ! It's Much easier than you think!
If you use autofill for your passwords in your browser of choice then you know it's easy to forget what your password is. As it turns out, tech blog Digital Inspiration shows off how to easily reveal these passwords
Monday, October 22, 2012
ezNetScan Scans Wireless Networks from Your Android Phone. Free Link available at GR!
Android: If you manage a wireless network, or just like being able to see who's on your wireless network at any time, ezNetScan for Android gives you a powerful tool for scanning, collecting data on, and reporting on the networks you connect your phone or tablet to.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Is Your Digital Footprint Squashing Your Reputation when applying for a job? Here's how you unintentionally bury yourself!
Over the past few years, several studies have been conducted looking at social media and employer hiring habits. One of those studies, conducted by Microsoft, showed that 70% of employers in the United States screened out potential employees because of information found online.
10 Office Tools And Workplace Norms That Are Going Extinct
You know the office is changing when old school executives tell you they work from home. They might go into the office to check in and hand in some papers but often they are either working out of the house or out on the road. It’s just the reality of the new work world.
8 Ridiculously Huge Public Declarations of Love. See which one is visible from Space!
Marriage proposals are getting ridiculously over the top lately, almost at Hollywood production levels. These love declarations are crazy too, but a lot bigger. So big that you can see some of them from space.
Be cool — stay in school, the saying goes. Recent reports show that a rising number of college graduates are topping off their résumés with $135,000 law degrees in hopes of getting ahead in the postrecession economy. But one look at this Forbes list of billionaires who never graduated from high school will make you wonder: If you want to be rich, should you ditch?
Scary New Malware Uses Your Smartphone To Map Your House for Robbers
If you aren't careful, much of the tech you hold near and dear can be used against you. An app called PlaceRaider, for instance, can use your phone to build a dull 3D map of your house , all without you suspecting a thing.
How Your Phone Could Pinpoint Your Location Down to a Single Stairstep
Knowing exactly where you are on the face of the earth gives your smartphone wonderful location-specific capabilities. But GPS can only tell you what building you're in, not where you are in
What to Do When You Work With Someone You Don’t Like
We all have to deal with unpleasant coworkers. It's part of most work environments. Maybe their habits annoy you, they're lazy, or they write rude emails. Don't let them completely ruin your work environment.
Twentieth Century Fox inks deal to bring over 600 titles to Google Play
The fact that we’ll soon be able to rent and enjoy Family Guy right from our Android tablets has me plenty excited. Not only that but we’ll also be getting movies weeks before they hit on DVD all available on Android smartphones and tablets.
Working from home or planning to? Here's the best 5 tips on how to do it!
Working from home, for most of us could be deemed simple, easy and carefree. But don't be fooled by the Flexibility and the Freedom. If you don't have the ''haves'' and discipline of your regular (or ex) workplace, your venture is bound to fail miserably.
Business communication has really come a long way since the Pen-Paper-Envelope era of yesteryear, and so has the content and way in which we communicate. E-mail communication has become dominant after the decline of the facsimile, or shall we say,the facsimile became obsolete after the e-mail. Why shouldn't it?
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