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News: This Dad Wants to Make Selling Pre-Teens Smartphones Illegal
While restaurants and classrooms have enacted policies banning cell phones, one father has had enough of his kids' obsessive phone habits. Dr. Tim Farnum is now seeking to ban the sale of smartphones to children under 13.
How To: Set up user permissions in Joomla! 1.5
In this video tutorial, we learn how to set up user permissions when using Joomla 1.5. Whether you're new to Joomla's popular content management system or are a seasoned pro merely looking to brush up on Joomla! 1.5, you're sure to be well served by this clip. For more information, and to get started employing the lessons imparted by this free video tutorial yourself, take a look.
How To: Use the Opera web browser
Have you grown tired of your web browser? The Opera browser is similar to many of the most popular browsers used today, but a few unique features make it worth trying. See how to download and use the Opera browser in this how-to video.
How To: Use Google docs & spreadsheets sharing
This video shows a cut and paste illustration of the tools Google offers in it's documents programs. Sharing a document can either occur by transmitting the doc from your home server to another person's home OR you can upload a doc to Google and browse from anywhere-- not just your home computer.
EzeeCube: The Small & Stackable Media Box
Finally! A media box that gives you everything you want, in one tiny package. The EzeeCube will allow you to view your pictures and videos while staying organized at the same time.
How To: Get three stars on level 18 of Angry Birds Seasons
Get three stars on the 18th level of [/topic/Angry-Birds-Seasons] Angry Birds Seasons! Christmas 2010 came and went but Rovio's Xmas present to Birdsfans world over, Angry Birds Seasons, remains! In this platform-agnostic gamer's guide, we learn how to beat level 18, day 18, of Angry Birds Seasons.
How To: Play Android Games on PC & Mac
This video shows how to play android games in your big screen computers...
How To: Use iMovie on the iPhone 4
iMovie has been the easiest-to-use movie editing software on the market for years, and with the iPhone 4 it has finally been brought to bear on a mobile device. Watch this video to learn how to shoot and edit video on the go with iMovie on the iPhone 4.
News: New App Won't Let Your Money Go to Companies You Disagree With
We're all passionate about something. Maybe it's the environment. Stopping poverty. Finding the best taco joint ... Whatever your cause, the last thing we want is to support companies whose practices go against what we believe. After all, you can't trust someone who doesn't like tacos. So it can be difficult to know which companies to avoid; there are just too many doing too many shady things to keep track of. Until ...
News: Samsung's Working on an Ultra-Thin Dual Camera System According to a New Patent
Dual cameras are increasingly popular right now for smartphones, but so far, Samsung has steered clear of all the hype. However, a new patent application shows that Samsung has been working on a dual camera system of their own, featuring tech potentially more advanced than what is currently on the market.
How To: Play Whacksy Taxi on an Apple iPhone 4 or iPod Touch
Need some help figuring out how to play Whacksy Taxi on your Apple iPhone? This video tutorial presents an overview of the game's essential rules and objective. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started playing Whacksy Taxi on your own Apple iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4 or iPod Touch, take a look.
How To: Use the Google Chrome Frame as a web developer
In this webmaster's guide, you'll learn how to get started using Google Chrome Frame — an open-source plug-in that brings many of the features and functionalities of the Chrome web browser to Internet Explorer 8. For more information, and to get started using Chrome Frame yourself, take a look.
How To: Make your Firefox browser smarter using SmarterFox
Check out this video tutorial on how to make your Firefox smarter using SmarterFox. Wikipedia sidebar SmarterFox adds a "related articles" sidebar to the left side of Wikipedia.
How To: Add Your Gmail Inbox to Your Google Search Results
Google is rolling out a new feature that will integrate your Gmail account with Google searches. The feature will add results pulled from your email correspondences to create more "personalized" Google search results. Google is currently doing a test run of the service. To activate it for your account, head on over to this page to sign up. It's currently restricted to the English version of the site, and for those with @gmail.com email addresses (not available on Google Apps accounts). And be...
How To: Beat level 24 of World of Goo for the iPad ("Burning Man")
Beat the 24th level of World of Goo! This walkthrough offers a complete guide to beating Level 24 of 2D Boy's popular physics-based puzzle game on your Apple iPad. For all the gooey details, and to get started beating this stage for yourself, take a look!
How To: Resize the font size of a specific website on a Windows PC
Looking for a guide on how to resize fonts on a per-website basis? It's easy. So easy, in fact, that this video tutorial can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in just over six minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
News: China's Tencent Strengthens Bet on Snapchat & AR Through Major Purchase of Snap Inc. Stock
While Snap's third quarter financial reports disappointed Wall Street, China's Tencent took the opportunity to expand its investment in the social media company.
News: iOS 8's Hidden Feature Aims to Stop Retail Stores from Tracking You While Shopping
Unbeknownst to you, hundreds of retailers, shopping malls, coffee shops, and airports track and log your movements. Using sensors installed by retail analytics companies, businesses sniff out your smartphone's MAC address, a unique fixed identifier to your device, whenever your device interacts with their Wi-Fi hotspots.
How To: Share really big files over the Internet with Drop.io
In this video tutorial, we learn how to share anything too big to send in an email attachment quickly and easily over the web with the Drop.io hosting service. For all the details, and detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Understand Math Like an Engineer for Under $30
Do you believe you just don't have an intuitive sense of math? Sadly, this is the case for many people. The reality is that math is learned with practice. No one is born with a math gene making them more intuitive than others.
How To: Copy and paste data with your S60 phone
In this video S60 online explains how to copy and paste using your S60 phone. First, have what you would like to past saved on your notes application. Next, when you want to paste it to a webpage for instance open your notes application. When you open the notes, press and hold down the edit key and the directional key to highlight what you would like to copy. Still holding the edit key, press the left soft key to copy the text. Now you can past the text where you need it. Go back to where you...
How To: Block requests on Facebook
Don't want to see the nine millionth request to join Farmville? Tired of some people sending you stuff on Facebook? Stop the madness with this video! Go to the requests at the top page, right side of the site. Click the requester you received then you can see the options below. Block this application and ignore all invites from this friend. Then click the ignore button if you want to ignore that requester.
How To: Show welcome messages in WordPress with subscribe link
Do you know where your blog's traffic is coming from? Everywhere. That's where. And they all want a warm welcome to your website. Every blog has multiple traffic sources. In order to welcome visitors from different traffic sources like Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, Digg, etc., with the welcome message, we can add our subscription link according to the traffic source. Also, we can use default welcome message for direct visitors with help of this plugin. See how.
How To: Edit WordPress blogs on an iPhone/iPod Touch
A new introduction into the iPhone community is WordPress which easily allows you to easily control things like your WordPress blog on the move. Start off by tapping in your blog details, start writing a new post with a single tap, setting your tabs or publishing data right from the main editor through this. This also allows you to add photos directly taken from your iPhone's camera, you can change your publish date and set a password on your posts to decide who has access to them. Finally yo...
Market Reality: Apple AR Headset Event in the Works, Snap & Niantic Have Their Own Smartglasses Plans
The race for the future of AR wearables gained steam this week with several pivotal developments. First, Apple, the subject of numerous reports and rumors regarding its purported AR headset, is reportedly eyeing an in-person unveiling of the device for later this year, rather than introduce it at its upcoming virtual Worldwide Developers Conference, which would usually be as good a time as any to make a big AR hardware announcement.
How To: Create an Online Course in 30 Minutes
If you are willing to teach online, you might have thought of making online courses. But if you found it too hard, you can start with micro-courses, that can be created in 10 to 30 minutes. Step 1: Define 5-7 Main Points That You Will Cover in Separate Lessons.
News: Apple Appoints Marketing Leader Behind iPhone Launch to Push Augmented Reality Products
While Apple augmented reality smartglasses are not yet official, the tech giant is ramping up its resources by appointing company veteran Frank Casanova to promote its augmented reality offerings.
News: Attend AWE Europe 2017 with a Discount from Next Reality
On Oct. 19-20, the MOC Exhibition Center in Munich, Germany will play host to the Augmented World Expo (AWE) Europe 2017.
How To: Hide your comments on MySpace
This tutorial will show you how to hide your MySpace comments using the custom MySpace profiles website. All you have to do is visit the website mentioned in the video, and copy a simple code in the codes section. The code that you will be looking for in the list is the 'Hide MySpace comments' code. The code is then pasted in to your MySpace profile under the 'About Me' section. If you follow the directions entirely in this tutorial, your MySpace profile comments will be disabled until you re...
How To: Forward a domain with GoDaddy.com
Ken Appleby demonstrates how to forward a domain with GoDaddy. First, open your web browser and log onto your GoDaddy account. Click the domain manager option on the left hand side of the home page and log in if necessary. Choose the domain that you would like to forward. Find the forwarding option which is located on the top central portion of the domain manager window. Tick the enable forwarding box. Then, type the address that you would like to forward your domain to in the forward to box....
How To: Import media to iPhoto with Nokia Media Transfer
Check out this video tutorial on how to import photos and videos from your Nokia device into iPhoto with Nokia Media Transfer.
News: Project Tango Brings a Whole New Depth to Tablets
Lately, it seems, that we live in a two-dimensional world. With smart phones and tablets constantly at our fingertips, it always seems as if we are looking into a screen.
How To: Back up your Android and install new memory
Check out this video to learn how to install new memory in your Android device. Using a Micro SD card you can back up the memory on your Android smartphone and then replace the memory card with a new one.
How To: Clear the Web Browser Cache on Your BlackBerry Smartphone
Once you've been browsing for a while on your BlackBerry smartphone you're going to want to clear the cache to make sure things keep humming along smoothly. This simple how-to by AT&T shows you what you need to dump those temporary internet files.
How To: Use QuickShift to move tabs in Chrome with just the keyboard
If you're using the Chrome browser and would like a way to easily move your tabs around using only the keyboard, then check out this video. With the Chrome extension QuickShift, you can get the control you want while keeping your hands on the keyboard.
How To: Extend your Android's battery life with Advanced Task Killer
Battery drain is one of the biggest issues with Android phones, but with proper power management it is possible to do something about it. Advanced Task Killer is a free app with customizable settings that shuts down apps that are no longer being utilized. This informative video takes you step by step through the different configuration settings.
News: Facebook's AI-Powered Assistant Just Keeps Getting Better with Latest Update
M — Facebook's AI-powered assistant unveiled to the public in April — is now better than ever. The latest update to M now allows it to provide three more suggestions: a function to save content to view later, birthday wishes, and call initiation.
How To: Use shortcuts to make Google Instant search even faster
Google Instant has made searching on the main page of Google faster than ever before. Did you know that there are several keyboard shortcuts that you can use to make it work even faster? This video will show you how to use shortcuts to go to results more quickly and add more time to your day.
How To: Setup Google customized alerts
This video tutorial from TruTricks presents how to setup Google customized alerts.Open your internet browser and search for Google Alerts using Google search engine.Click first result that says Google Alerts.You will need to sign in to use this Google feature.Google or Google mail account will work. If you don't have it you should create one.After you signed in Google Alerts welcome screen will open.Here you can create new Google alerts using Create a Google Alert window.Enter Search Term you...
Market Reality: Facebook AR & Space Jam, Virgin Galactic AR App, Asics NFTs, & Shark Week on Snapchat
A pair of properties from the soon-to-merge Warner Media and Discovery companies chose different platforms for their augmented reality marketing, with Warner film Space Jam: A New Legacy opting to go with Facebook and Discovery Channel publishing an AR experience through Snapchat.