Hot Gadget Hacks How-Tos
How To: Set up and use Google Alerts content monitoring service
Want to receive daily, weekly or monthly updates on a subject of your choice? With Google Alerts, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home computing how-to from the folks at Easily can present a complete (and somewhat talky) overview of the process in just under five minutes' time. For the specifics, and to get started setting up and using Google Alerts yourself, just watch this handy how-to.
How To: Automatically promote your blog to search engines with Ping-o-Matic
Looking for a convenient way to advertise your blog and promote your content? With Ping-o-Matic, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home computing how-to from the folks at Easily can present a complete (and somewhat talky) overview of the process in just under six minutes' time. For the specifics, and to get started using Ping-o-Matic to promote your own blog, just watch this handy how-to.
How To: Install and use Google Toolbar in Mozilla Firefox or MS Internet Explorer
Want to know how to install and use Google's browser toolbar? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home computing how-to from the folks at Easily can present a complete (and somewhat talky) overview of the process in just under six minutes' time. For the specifics, and to get started setting up and using Google's official browser toolbar yourself, just watch this handy how-to.
How To: Get started using the Google Web Toolkit web development tools
Need some help figuring out how to get started with the Google Web Toolkit? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home computing how-to from the folks at Easily can present a complete (and somewhat talky) overview of the process in just under six minutes' time. For the specifics, and to get started setting up and using Google's official web development tools yourself, just watch this handy how-to.
How To: Conceal a compressed file within the header of a JPG or JPEG image
Looking for an easy way to hide a file or folder? Try embedding it within an image file. It's easy and this clip presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For more information, including detailed instructions, and to get started embedding files within JPEG files yourself, take a look.
How To: Watch free videos of lectures from UC Berkeley and MIT online
Want to get (or augment) a college education on the cheap? Let this video be your guide. It's easy and this clip presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For more information, including detailed instructions, and to get started watching videos of lectures from Berkeley, MIT, Harvard and Princeton, take a look.
How To: Change the video thumbnail on a YouTube video
Stuck with an unflattering video thumbnail on YouTube? Change it. Let this video be your guide. It's easy and this clip presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For more information, including detailed instructions, and to get started deliberately choosing your own YouTube thumbs, take a look.
How To: Create a "Buy Now" PayPal button for your website or blog
Want to embed a Buy Now Paypal button on your website? Let this video be your guide. It's easy and this clip presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For more information, including detailed instructions, and to get started selling goods and services on your own website with PayPal, take a look.
How To: Personalize Google Search with a custom background image
Want to know how to customize Google Search with a personal image? Let this video be your guide. It's easy and this clip presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For more information, including detailed instructions, and to get started using a custom background on Google yourself, take a look.
How To: Search for four different things on Google at once
Interested in submitting up to four different Google queries all at once? Let this video be your guide. With GoogleGoogleGoogleGoogle.com, it's easy and this clip presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For more information, including detailed instructions, and to get started using this trick yourself, take a look.
How To: Resize a web browser window with the Browize web app
Looking for an easy way to resize a web browser window to a particular set of dimensions? Let this video be your guide. It's easy and this clip presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For more information, including detailed instructions, and to get started using Browize to resize your own browser windows, take a look.
How To: Use the Google Moderator module on YouTube
Need some help figuring out how to make use of the Google Moderator Module? Let this video be your guide. It's easy and this clip presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For more information, including detailed instructions, and to get started using the Moderator tool yourself, take a look.
How To: Share YouTube content with friends by creating a custom YouTube Group
Want to know how to create a brand new group on YouTube? Let this video be your guide. It's easy and this clip presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For more information, including detailed instructions, and to get started creating your own YouTube groups, take a look.
How To: Change the default notification sound in the TweetDeck Twitter app
Is the default TweetDeck notification sound driving you crazy? Change it to something of your liking. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete, step-by-step overview of what you'll need to do. For more information, including detailed instructions, and to get started changing the TweetDeck notification sound yourself, take a look.
How To: Use the Google Chrome web browser on a Windows PC
Google Chrome is finally here, and everyone can benefit from a faster, streamlined web browser. This video will cover all the basic functions and features of the new Chrome we browser, so if you're thinking about switching, this is a must-see.
How To: Take advantage of the hidden features on Google Search
Google is a powerful search engine, but if you don't know all of the tricks to searching, you're not getting the best results possible. This video demonstrates all of the quick tricks to maximize your Google Search experience.
How To: Make free online domestic phone calls in Gmail using Google Voice & Video Chat
Forget Skype. Google's in the market for online phones, and their answer lies within Gmail. It's call Google Voice and Video Chat, and it allows you to make free domestic phone calls from within North America (United States & Canada). This phone service is indeed free, but it does charge for international rates. This video walks you through some of the features, so you can start making free online phone calls with Google Voice.
How To: Post to a Tumblr blog via email or create an audio post
Want to know how to create a new post on a Tumblr blog via email or how to create an audio post? This video tutorial from Butterscotch will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using these Tumblr tricks yourself, take a look.
How To: Choose the right platform when starting your first blog
Need some help choosing between the various free blogging platforms available? Well, you're in luck, as this video is designed specifically to help you to do just that. For specifics, and to get on your way to creating your own personal blog, watch this helpful video guide from the folks at Mahalo.
How To: Compare prices when shopping online with Invisiblehand for Mozilla Firefox
Wish there were a way to automatically find the best prices when shopping online? Well, there is. And with the Invisiblehand add-on for the Mozilla Firefox web browser, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to can present a complete overview of the process in just over two minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using this extension yourself, watch this video guide.
How To: Use the functions and features of a 6th-generation iPod Nano
Interested in becoming better acquainted with the sixth version of Apple's popular iPod Nano? This home-computing how-to from the folks at MacMost will teach you everything you'll need to know. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, and to get started using your new iPod Nano yourself, take a look.
How To: Make a domestic or international phone call from your Google Gmail inbox
Looking for a convenient way to make calls over the web? With Gmail's new VOIP feature, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at TekZilla can present a complete overview of the process in just over two minutes. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Create a new post or view your followers from the Tumblr Dashboard
Learn how to navigate and use the Tumblr Dashboard tool! It's easy. And this brief video tutorial from the folks at Butterscotch will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using the Tumblr Dashboard admin tool yourself, take a look.
How To: Log into the new MapQuest Maps driving directions web app
Need some help figuring out how to sign into the latest version of MapQuest? It's easy. And this brief video tutorial from the folks at Butterscotch will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using the new, improved MapQuest yourself, take a look.
How To: Read eBooks on a Google Android smartphone with the Amazon Kindle app
Interested in using your Google Android cell phone to read your eBooks when away from your Amazon Kindle eReader? With the free Amazon Kindle app, it's easy. And this brief video tutorial from the folks at Butterscotch will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started reading books on your own Google Android smartphone, take a look.
How To: Browse and set personalized themes in Gmail
There a ways to personalize your Gmail experience, and one of those is picking personalized Gmail themes which make emailing funner. But if you're not sure what kind of theme you want to use from all the available Gmail theme choices, there's an option called "Random" which provides you a random theme based on your geographical location, and will change when in a different location.
How To: Set random themes in Gmail using your current location
There a ways to personalize your Gmail experience, and one of those is picking personalized Gmail themes which make emailing funner. But if you're not sure what kind of theme you want to use from all the available Gmail theme choices, there's an option called "Random" which provides you a random theme based on your geographical location, and will change when in a different location.
How To: Remove a saved website password in Mozilla Firefox
We've all seen this warning message at one time or another while playing around on the internet in the Mozilla Firefox web browser:
How To: Download and use an Indian language font for the rupee currency symbol
If you're constantly writing money amounts using rupees, which is the basic monetary unit India, Pakistan, Nepal, Seychelles, and other South Asian and East African countries, then you'll be relieve to know that there is a font you can use to create the rupee symbol in any word processor on your computer.
How To: Prevent Cydia crashes on your iPhone or iPod Touch
In order to stop Cydia from crashing on your iPhone or iPod Touch, you'll need an iPhone or iPod with firmware 3.1.1, 3.1, 3.0.1, or 3.0, SSH installed both in your computer and in your device. Now first SSH your device into your computer and navigate to /var/lib/dpkg/updates. Delete the files named as 0000, 0001, 0002 and so on. Now your Cydia should work fine. If that doesn't work, try reinstalling Cydia on your iPhone or iPod Touch, as it could be a different problem.
How To: Get Internet tethering and MMS on your iPhone working
First go to "help.benm.at/" in safari and click on mobileconfigs, choose your country, choose your carrier and click on install. Now after that you have to reboot your iPhone. Now go to your settings, general, network and click on Internet tethering and turn it on. Now it will ask you to connect via USB or via Bluetooth, choose whatever you want. Now turn the airport option off in your mac and go to preferences, networks and now there you can see the connection between your iPhone and the com...
How To: Program Geolocation on the iPhone
In this video, we learn how to program Geolocation on the iPhone. First, start up Xcode and start a new project. Name this "where am I" and then expand out your groups. Now, type in "corelocation/corelocation.h" and "mapkit/mapkit.h" in the view controller and space file. Type in the rest of the code to the program, then open up the program on your computer. Drag and drop the tabs into the viewing window, then grab buttons and other tabs to go onto the screen for the phone. Once finished, sav...
How To: Make drop-down navigation in WordPress Thesis
You can change the drop down navigation menu in thesis Wordpress theme. So to do this first go to word press admin and click add new to add a new page after that create some more pages. You have to select your page in parent menu
How To: Improve the quaity of your YouTube video playback
You can improve the quality of the video you watch on YouTube. Sometimes when you watch the video in YouTube, probably you will have notice that the video is little blurry or text which is being shown in that video is blurry like low quality video. So you can improve it by just adding a little code in the url of that video. So put that code "&fmt=18" in the end of the url of that video and press the enter key and that's it. Now you can see the difference between before and now. The video qual...
How To: Understand circuit bending
In this video, we learn how to understand circuit bending. Circuit bending is noodling around with circuitry to see how it sounds and get different noises out of it. When you go into a motherboard and see the circuits that are inside of it, these can make noise if you re-circuit them. This can help you be creative and turn the electronic circuit board into a canvas. This can let someone immediately create something out of this and use it as an art form. It takes trial and error to find someth...
How To: Shoot macro photography on a budget
Create your own macro lens using the standard 50 mm lens that is shipped with your Digital SLR camera.
How To: Set up a Weebly website
In this video, we learn how to set up a Weebly website. This can be used to build a complete site with multiple pages. First, go to Weebly and enter in your information under the sign up now text. Next, click the sign up button and enter in the Captcha phrase. After this, title your new site and continue on until you see the tabs at the top of the screen. Elements, designs, pages, and settings will all be listed. Go through the designs until you find one you like, then settle on that. Once yo...
How To: Make and manage a YouTube group
You can make and manage a YouTube group. So first thing you need to do that is to open up your web browser and go to YouTube. Now sign in and go to your account, choose groups in more section. Now to make a group you have to click on create a group. Now fill up the fields like group name, tags etc. and click on create group. Now click on groups under your modules tab and click save changes. Now you need to click on group in your channel to manage it. Now there you can manage your group like a...
How To: Upload and install a Thesis theme for WordPress
First go to your word press admin and click add new themes in appearance options. Now click on upload and then click browse. Now you have to locate your theme in .zip format and then click install now. If you have successfully uploaded that then you will get a message "theme installed successfully". Now you can click on preview to preview your theme, if you think it's fine then you can click on activate to activate your theme. If you want to change the font color, layout etc. then click on de...
How To: Put a search box in Thesis theme navigation bar
First go to your word press admin and click on "custom file editor" in thesis options. Select custom_function.php in file selected menu and click on "edit selected file". Because of warning, we need to do it via ftp. So go to that ftp path which is showing in the video and open up the launch.php. Now copy that code which is showing in the video and past it in there, close and save the file. Now to change the style of your search box, go to your custom file editor, select the custom.css and cl...