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How To: Send and read SMS text messages on a Motorola Droid 2 smartphone
Want to know how to send and receive text messages on a Droid 2 cell phone? Whether you're a proud owner of the Moto Droid 2 Google Android smartphone or are merely considering picking one up, you're sure to benefit from this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Remove thumbnails from the Google new tab page
In this tutorial, we learn how to remove thumbnails from the Google new tab page. First, open a new tab and click the "edit thumbnails" link. Click the "x" icon to remove the thumbnail. Remember to click "done" to save your changes. This will come in handy when you have websites that are saved on your new tab page that you don't want to show up are you only visited once and don't plan on visiting again. After you do this, remember you can do this at any time that you want, to customize what w...
How To: Get high definition wallpapers using Google
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to get high definition wallpapers using Google. Begin by opening your web browser and go to the Google website. Then click on Images from the top menu and type in "HD wallpapers" in the search bar. Now click on Google Search. In order to get the best picture quality, be sure to select Large images from the Showing drop-down menu. Once you found an image of your liking, click on the image to have it full sized. Now right-click on the images and select ...
How To: Add the YouTube button to Toolbar
In this tutorial, we learn how to add the YouTube button to the toolbar. First, log onto your internet browser and then add the button that says YouTube on it, so there is an icon that shows up on your toolbar. After you do this, you will be able to search for things without being inside of the YouTube website. To test this out, simply type in something you want to see on YouTube in the left hand text box, then click on the YouTube icon. After you do this, the website will pop up showing the ...
How to Watch Star Trek: The Original Series online for free
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to watch Star Trek: The Original Series online for free. Begin by opening your internet web browser and go to the You Tube website. Then click on the Shows tab on the top of the page. Now click on the Most Popular tab and select Science Fiction under Shows in the sidebar. Then select Star Trek: Original Series and select the episode that you wish to watch. This video will benefit those viewers who are Star Trek fans, and would like to learn how to wat...
How To: Add the Google Calendar button to Toolbar
In this video, we learn how to add the Google calendar button to toolbar. This will allow you to view your calendar to search for a specific event or appointment that is happening. This will keep your schedule more in line and organized than before! First, go to the Google screen and click on the calendar. Now, you will drag the icon on the left hand side of the tab up to the toolbar that is on your browser window. Once you do this, exit out of the window and then click on the icon for the ca...
How To: Start using Twitter
In this tutorial, we learn how to start using Twitter. First, you will want to log onto Twitter and click on the "sign up now" button. Enter in your information and then start your account. Now you can start to follow people and have them follow you as well. Enter in your status update in 140 characters or less. You can start to make friends and learn what the new trending topics are around the internet! Be careful to stay away from the spam accounts and change your background along with your...
How To: View and interpret graphs in Google's Public Data Explorer app
Want to know how to use Google Data? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Put a Fast Restart button in your Mozilla Firefox web browser
Looking for a quick way to restart Firefox? This clip will show you how it's done. With a dedicated quick restart button, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Save and restore tabs in the Google Chrome web browser
Want to know how to save and restore important tabs in Chrome? This clip will show you how it's done. With the Session Buddy addon, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Improve SEO for your website (search engine optimization tips)
Everyone who owns or runs a website needs to know how they can improve traffic, and search engine optimization is the answer. This 13-part video series on SEO basics and strategies will give you more traffic for your site. It's jam-packed full of tons of great SEO tips! Check out each video in the series:
How To: Turn on smooth scrolling in the Mozilla Firefox web browser
Want to get rid of annoying stuttering when scrolling in Firefox? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Automatically correct URL typos in Mozilla Firefox
Looking for an easy way to get rid of common address bar flubs? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: View historical photos on Google Maps
Interested in viewing old, historical photos of the places you know on Google Maps? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Browse Flickr photos from the Microsoft Windows Explorer
Want to browse pictures in a Flickr photo gallery like they were photos on your Windows XP/Vista/7 hard drive? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Use the Earth tab in Google Maps for a Google Earth-style view
Want to Google Earth-style bird's eye view of a given address? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Unlock and play Pac-Man on the Google home page
Want to know how to find and play a Flash version of Pac-Man on Google? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: View thumbnails of all of your open tabs in Google Chrome
Ever wish there were a way to see thumbnails of each of your open tabs in Chrome? There is. And this clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Turn on autoscrolling in the Mozilla Firefox web browser with ScrollyFox
Looking for a quick guide on how to use autoscrolling in Firefox? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Connect a USB flash drive to a jailbroken Apple iPad with iFile
Yes, you can connect USB flash drives to your Apple iPad, but the trick is… you have to jailbreak it first. Most people won't want a jailbroken iPad, but when it comes to something like flash drive connectivity, that's when people start changing their minds! This video shows you how easy it is to connect USB drives via an application called iFile available on Cydia.
How To: Open a link a different web browser in Safari
Want to know how to launch a hyperlink in an entirely different web browser like Firefox, Chrome, Camino or Opera? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Hack Google Maps to find Easter eggs and hidden games
While Google Maps is useful for finding addresses and calculating directions, it's not, strictly speaking, very fun. Unless, of course, you know how to hack it. This hacker's how-to from Tekzilla will show you how to access a number of Easter eggs and hidden features like a geography quiz game.
How To: Force Mozilla Firefox to save your browser sessions more frequently
Interested in making Firefox save your browser state more frequently to protect against crashes and outages? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Reopen a closed tab in Google Chrome
Wish there were a way to unclose a Chrome tab you've accidentally clicked away? Well, there is, and this clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Set up a custom RSS feed for any YouTube channel
Looking for a way to keep up with your favorite YouTube channels via RSS? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this handy home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes' time. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Get started using a BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone
Looking for a guide on how to use all of the important features on a BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone? You've come to the right place. This video guide presents a breakdown of the smartphone's most important parts and functions. For complete details, and to get started using your own Bold 9650, watch this video guide.
How To: Set custom wallpapers and ringtones on a Motorola Droid 2 smartphone
Want to know how to set a custom wallpaper or ringtone on a Droid 2? Whether you're a proud owner of the Moto Droid 2 Google Android smartphone or are merely considering picking one up, you're sure to benefit from this video tutorial, which also takes a look at the Swype typing feature. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Set up and use the basic features of a Motorola Droid 2 smartphone
Whether you're a proud owner of the Moto Droid 2 Google Android smartphone or are merely considering picking one up, you're sure to benefit from this video tutorial, which presents a reasonably thorough overview of the device's various features and functions. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to perform a number of basic tasks like setting the time, take a look.
How To: How Much Radiation Does Your Phone Emit?
Tawkon has developed an app for the iPhone, Android, and Blackberry that measures the radiation levels at any given time. The demonstration below shows how the radiation levels go up for each phone when a "death grip" is applied. What's a death grip, you may ask? A death grip is a simple term used to denote a hand that has recently killed. What a troublesome thing to have.
How To: Use search engines when browsing the Internet on a Windows PC
Looking for a guide on how to use Internet search engines like Google and Yahoo! on a Microsoft Windows desktop or laptop computer? This clip provides a very good starting point. For complete details, and to get started searching the Internet on your own Windows PC, watch this home-computing how-to.
How To: Share and use bookmarks across different browsers and computers
Interested in sharing web bookmarks across your various computers and browsers? This clip from the folks at TekZilla will teach you how to do just that. For complete instructions, and to get started sharing your own Internet bookmarks across different PCs and browsers, watch this home-computing how-to.
How To: SEO your website on a small budget and improve its Google ranking
Google is the biggest and best search engine on Earth, and if you are a webmaster and want your website to be a big success it would really behoove you to know as much about how it works as possible. The Google Webmasters series of videos and website were created to teach webmasters, SEO professionals, and others how Google works by answering their questions and giving them insights into how they can best integrate and utilize Google's functionality to improve their business. This video will ...
How To: Show up on Google results in the right country, wherever your server
Google is the biggest and best search engine on Earth, and if you are a webmaster and want your website to be a big success it would really behoove you to know as much about how it works as possible. The Google Webmasters series of videos and website were created to teach webmasters, SEO professionals, and others how Google works by answering their questions and giving them insights into how they can best integrate and utilize Google's functionality to improve their business. This video will ...
How To: Keep track of your passwords on an Android phone with the LastPass app
Looking for an easy way to manage passwords on a Google Android smartphone? This clip from the folks at Butterscotch presents one easy way—namely LastPass, an application which will securely store and recall all of your account information. For more information, including details on how to use LastPass yourself, watch this Android user's guide.
How To: Speed up your PHP code to improve website performance
Google is the biggest and best search engine on Earth, and if you are a webmaster and want your website to be a big success it would really behoove you to know as much about how it works as possible. The Google Webmasters series of videos and website were created to teach webmasters, SEO professionals, and others how Google works by answering their questions and giving them insights into how they can best integrate and utilize Google's functionality to improve their business. This video will ...
How To: Adjust your Facebook privacy settings to keep your personal information secure
This clip presents an overview of the most important privacy settings on Facebook. Fortunately, with the right knowledge and the new Facebook Privacy Settings regime, protecting your data can be easy. So easy, in fact, that this video guide can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Create latitude and longitude markers in Google Maps
Want to know how to drop latitude and longitude markers on a Google map? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this video guide can present a complete overview of the process in about a minute. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, and to get started incorporating latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates into your own Google maps, take a look.
How To: Omit optional HTML tags to improve your site's speed and Google ranking
Google is the biggest and best search engine on Earth, and if you are a webmaster and want your website to be a big success it would really behoove you to know as much about how it works as possible. The Google Webmasters series of videos and website were created to teach webmasters, SEO professionals, and others how Google works by answering their questions and giving them insights into how they can best integrate and utilize Google's functionality to improve their business. This video will ...
How To: Sign into multiple Google or Gmail accounts at once
Want to know how to use Google's new multi-account sign-in feature? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this video guide can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes. For more information, including step-by-step on how to use this new useful feature yourself, take a look.
How To: Protect data on an Android phone with the Lookout antivirus app
Your Android phone is a computer not unlike a laptop or desktop PC and it shares the same vulnerabilities. This clip presents a quick overview of how to safeguard against viruses and data loss. With the Lookout app, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this video guide can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes. For more information, including step-by-step instructions on how to adjust your own Facebook tagging settings, take a look.