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News: Magic Leap Hosting LEAP Developer Days at Magic Leap HQ in May
Despite the cancellation of Mobile World Congress and several high-profile companies pulling out of the upcoming Game Developers Conference, Magic Leap is pushing forward with hosting its own developer conference.
News: Thermistors | How HOT Is Your Robot?
Thermistors are used in almost every single device. If you are planning to build a grand new project, let us explain why and how you should use a thermistor !
How To: Use Agilent's probes for oscilloscopes
In this brief video tutorial, you'll see how to properly use Agilent's InfiniiMax Active Probes for oscilloscopes, with multiple probe heads to connect to your high speed signals under various probing use models. First, begin by learning to use Agilent's Browser Probe Head under both handheld and probe stand use models. Also, see the use of their Solder-In Probe Head and the Socketed Probe Head. Then they conclude by showing how to use the SMA Probe Head.
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.
News: Registration Open for 2021 Facebook Connect AR & VR Conference, Speakers Include Mark Zuckerberg & John Carmack
It's about that time again: Facebook has announced the dates for its annual Facebook Connect (formerly known as Oculus Connect until last year).
How To: Remove Google and its services from your life
Feeling a little bit uncomfortable with how pervasive Google and its myriad products like Gmail and YouTube have become in your life? This clip from the folks at CNET TV will show you how to do just that. For more information, as well to get started divorcing yourself from said Silicon Valley giant, give this guide a gander.
News: Project Fi Adds 3 New Supported Phones — Moto G6, LG G7 ThinQ & V35 ThinQ
Google's MVNO carrier, Project Fi, can save you a ton of money in the right circumstances, but it's always had a limited selection of supported phones. Because the service uses Sprint, T-Mobile, and US Cellular towers as its backbone, you could only use Project Fi with a Pixel, Nexus, or the Android One Moto X4 until now.
News: New Messenger Discover Feature Is a Blast from the Past — with a Twist
Today, Facebook Messenger is rolling out Discover, a feature that helps you chat with companies and locate nearby businesses of interest to you. First discussed in April at Facebook's developer conference F8, Discover is finally available for public use.
News: Doctor Says Google Glass Saved His Patient's Life
There's been a lot of discussion lately about the practical uses of Google Glass. Sure, you can use them for translating text instantly or further engraining yourself in social media, but how about saving someone's life? That's precisely what Dr. Steven Horng of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has says happened with a recent patient of his. After launching a Google Glass pilot program late last year, the device was seen as a critical factor in saving the life of a patient in January.
How To: Install the Joomla CMS on a GoDaddy server
In this clip, you'll learn how to install the Joomla content mangement system on GoDaddy. It's an easy process and this home-computing how-to presents a complete demonstration. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started installing Joomla on your own GoDaddy webserver, take a look.
How To: Navigate & use the hardware features on a Samsung Focus Windows Phone 7
Get the most out of your Samsung Focus! This guide offers a software tour of the Samsung Focus Windows Phone 7 smartphone, which features a 4" Super AMOLED display. Windows Phone 7 novice? Not a problem. This exhaustive, eleven-minute guide will teach you everything you need to know. Become a WP7 pro with this video guide.
How To: Add places to Google Maps
In Google Maps, you can add any place that does not already appear on the map. From your favorite town square to little-known landmarks, make sure everyone can find the places most important to you.
News: Amazon to Refund $70 Million Worth of In-App Purchases by Kids
Any parent with a rambunctious child who may have at one point racked up a hefty bill on their Kindle or Android device can now breathe a sigh of relief. One, Jack Black has had it happen to him too, and two, Amazon will be refunding up to $70 million of in-app purchases made by children after downloading apps from the Amazon AppStore.
How To: Create a free website with Circlepad
This video is a tour of circlepad rather than a tutorial, for people who would like to make web pages without having to learn html using circlepad.
How To: Create a podcast channel with RSS
What sets a podcast apart from another MP3 file is that you enclose it in an RSS feed. RSS is Really Simple Syndication and it’s used to set up your channel so your listeners can subscribe to your content and have it automatically downloaded to their computer and portable MP3 players.
How To: Get started rooting a Google Android smartphone
Learn what it means to root a Google Android smartphone. Whether you're interested in rooting your own Android phone or just want to learn more about the process, you're sure to be well served by this video guide. For more information and detailed step-by-step instructions, watch this phone hacker's how-to.
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: "Hop" in Swype for harder to recognize words
There are some words that Swype has trouble with. While Swype will still be able to recognize these words, it will make you choose from a list of options. For example, you will run into this problem with the words "put" "pit" and "pot" because on a QWERTY keypad the letters "TYUIOP" are all in a line. In these situations, you may want to "hop" so that your texting stays up to super speeds. Check out this clip for an explanation of "hopping" from the makers of Swype and keep on texting!
News: For the First Time, You Can Help Name Android
Google switched things up this year by releasing a developer version of Android N far ahead of I/O, but that's not the only convention they've done away with this year. For the first time, Google will accept name suggestions from the public.
How To: Create an email account with Windows Live Hotmail
This tutorial shows how to create an email account in Windows Live. Use Google search to find the Windows Live Hotmail page. When you get to that page, click on the button that says, "Get it Free". On the next page, you can choose your email address, ending with either @live.com or @hotmail.com. If the email address is already in use, pick something else or add some numbers. Next, choose a password. There is a bar that shows how strong your password is. You can set a security question that ca...
Shrink a long web link using: Bit.ly
Want to incorporate a web link into a blog or other thing but is too long that it makes it look messy? This instructional video teaches you how to shorten those long web links by simply using Bitly. Follow these simple steps and watch that long web link shrink so you will be able to post and incorporate that web link anywhere without taking to much space. The video is only 3 minutes long but comes with helpful information.
How To: Create & add custom HTML on Facebook fan pages
To create custom HTML elements to your facebook fan page or business page, first create a new fan page, and then click on the "boxes" tab. Now, right on the top of the page there's a grey bar, click on the button that says "fbml". Search for the application called "static fbml" and add it to your page. Go back to the homepage of your fan page, and click on "edit page" Find the fbml application and click edit. You'll now have a section where you can put html codes in to create custom web pages...
How To: Add a shortcut to the desktop on a Nokia N900 phone
Take a look at this video from Nokia to discover how to add a shortcut to your desktop on the N900's launcher screen. Now you can quickly access your favorite web page or load an application directly from the home screen on the N900 smartphone.
News: New App Makes Networking More Like Online Dating
Shapr is a new networking app that aims to help professionals connect more efficiently, and draws much of its format from dating-focused social networking apps. Shapr could be especially useful for those who have recently moved into their industry or location, and for those seeking employers or employees. For example, the app already has 65,000 users just in New York City alone.
How To: Turn your hotmail or gmail into an online hard drive
Need some storage space that you can access anywhere in the world? Why not use your hotmail or gmail and get free 2gb online hard drive. Turn your hotmail or gmail into an online hard drive.
How To: Remove an application from Facebook
Have you been using Facebook for a very long time, and feel it's time to do some Spring cleaning? Tired of webgames you added, such as FarmVille or Restaurant City? Watch this quick tutorial on how to remove any facebook application.
How To: Share contact information over Bluetooth on a BlackBerry smartphone
Were you aware that it's possible to share contacts over Bluetooth with a Blackberry cell phone? Well, it is, and this clip will teach you everything you'll need to know. Whether you're the proud owner of a BlackBerry smartphone or are merely considering picking one up, you're sure to be well served by this official video guide from the folks at Blackberry. For detailed information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Read ebooks on an Apple iPad with the iBooks app
Whether you're the proud owner of a brand new Apple iPad or are merely considering picking one up, you're sure to appreciate this video tutorial, which presents a complete overview of how to use the mobile device's iBooks application. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this iPad user's guide.
HoloLens Feature: Voice Input
Like Gesture Input, Voice Input allows you to act on the focus of your Gaze. However, the commands you can use with Voice Input are only limited by your imagination.
How To: Load a custom ROM onto an HTC Desire Google Android smartphone
Learn how to load a custom ROM onto a rooted HTC Desire Google Android smartphone! Custom ROMs help you to unlock your phone's hidden potential and allow you to, among other things, turn your mobile phone into a 3G wireless modem with free WiFi tethering. For all of the details, and to get started running custom ROMs on your own rooted Desire, watch this three-minute hacker's how-to.
News: Apple Releases iOS 14.5 Developer Beta 4 for iPhone
Apple released the fourth developer beta for iPhone today, Monday, Mar. 15. The update (build number 18E5178a) comes 13 days after Apple seeded developers the third 14.5 beta, and 12 days after public testers received their third 14.5 update.
How To: Generate ASCII graphics for a line of text
In this tutorial the author shows us how to make your own 'Subscribe' ASCII text for your channel. He says that almost every one has that text on their channels but they usually copy it from somewhere else. So in this video the author how to do this using a web application called ASCII Generator which is found at http://www.network-science.de/ascii. He goes on and shows how to generate that ASCII text using the different configurations and settings available in that web application. He shows ...
How To: Use TweetBrain to get more Twitter followers
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to use TweetBrain to increase your Twitter followers. It basically links up people who are using this program very well so that every body is tweeting about everybody. You have to go to TweetBrain and get an account. When you answer a question from anyone, it goes out to all your followers. Similarly, if someone answers your question, it goes out to their followers. So, your id is going out to so many more people. And some inte...
How To: Create a contact shortcut on the home screen of an HTC 7 Trophy
If you're not unlike most people, you probably find yourself the same people over and over again. In this clip, you'll learn how to create a custom contact shortcut on the home screen of your HTC 7 Trophy Windows Phone 7 smartphone.
How To: Use the CoPilot navigation application on an iPhone
Need some help figuring out how to use CoPilot Live North America on your Apple iPhone? This clip will show you how it's done. It's easy! So easy, that this video tutorial can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in about a minute and a half. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this video guide.
Market Reality: Ubiquity6 Acquired, JigSpace Funded, Snapchat in the Viber App, & US Army HoloLens Testing
The close of the second quarter of 2021 brought about a flurry of merger and acquisition and financing activity in the augmented reality industry, headlined by the acquisition of Ubiquity6 and JigSpace's new multimillion-dollar funding round.
News: Unity Unite Conference Session Videos Give Devs Inside Tips on Magic Leap, ARKit, & ARCore Development
Augmented reality developers who have exhausted their treasure trove of video tutorials and panels from the recent Magic Leap developer conference can now shift their continuing education attention to Unity.
How To: This DIY 'Bicycle Barometer' Lets You Know If You Should Bike to Work or Catch the Bus
If you don't have a car, or just prefer to take public transit to work, you know that an unexpected change in the weather can quickly...er, dampen your day. If you're not expecting it, rain or snow can turn your trip into a long, hellish ordeal—especially if you bike.
How To: Get ringtones for your iPhone with 3.0-3.1.2 firmware
This tutorial will show you a super simple way to get free ringtones for your iPhone. This method will let you bypass iTunes's expensive ringtone service and create your own - anytime, from any song and for free!
Market Reality: L'Oreal's Rochet Leads NR30's AR Influencers & Magic Leap Demonstrates Its Own Influence at L.E.A.P. Con
This week, Next Reality released the fifth and final set of profiles on the NR30 leaders in augmented reality, with this chapter focusing on the influencers in the industry.