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News: HTC Starts Rolling Out Update to Its Gallery App
Thanks to HTC's new policy on updating their apps through Google Play, we can now get new features without having to wait for a full Sense OS update.
How To: Use Twitter's new ReTweet function
In this video, we learn how to retweet in Twitter with Stephanie. There is a new layout on Twitter which may look confusing, but is very user friendly. First, log into your Twitter account and go to your home screen. On the right hand side you will see a button that says "retweets". Click on this and you will see three selections. Click on "your tweets, retweeted" and you will see which users have retweeted something that you wrote! From here, you can also go and thank those people for retwee...
How To: Display RSS feeds on your website with Feed2JS
An RSS feed is a dynamically generated XML summary of information or news published on a website. The Feed2JS tool provides an easy way to display RSS feeds on your website, all without knowing the least bit about XML. All you need to enter is the URL for the RSS source and decide how you'd like it to be formatted. For more on using the Feed2JS tool, watch this video tutorial. Display RSS feeds on your website with Feed2JS.
How To: Get started on Facebook
In this video, Bea Fields will show you exactly how to set up and use a new Facebook account. Facebook is an awesome social networking utility that can keep you in touch with friends, family and other loved ones. If you have never used this online utility before, check out this video and get started. You will be on your way to thousands of "friends" in no time.
How To: Edit a Media Wiki site
A short tutorial on wiki media, this film shows you how to edit a site that is built on a Media Wiki platform.
How To: Get Lifetime Access to This Web Hosting Service for $30
There are many considerations to make when choosing a web hosting plan. Storage space, performance, security, and reliability all matter. The cheapest option isn't always the best idea.
How To: Shoot and share video on an HTC Desire HD Android smartphone
Capture video with your Desire HD and share it on Flickr, YouTube and Facebook! See how with this quick, official guide from HTC.
How To: Anonymize your searches via GoogleSharing for Firefox
Need some help figuring out how to anonymize your Google searches? With the GoogleSharing Firefox addon, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home computing how-to from the folks at CNET TV can present a complete overview of the process in just over a minute and a half. For detailed instructions, and to get started protecting your own privacy online, watch this helpful guide.
News: Microsoft Announces Acquisition of SwiftKey
Microsoft announced Wednesday morning that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SwiftKey, makers of the SwiftKey predictive keyboard and its SDK that runs on over 300 million Android and iOS smartphones, for about $250 million.
How To: Cancel or Undo a Gmail Sending
This tutorial video will provide an idea how to cancel or undo a Gmail sending. You will get a few seconds to undo the sent mail in Gmail. So please Watch the video and follow the steps. Employ the technique in your Gmail account.
How To: Record songs from Pandora Radio on your Last.fm profile
In this tutorial, you'll learn a number of tricks for ensuring that every song you listen to winds up scrobbled on your Last.fm user page. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful how-to.
How To: Use PageBuilder in AddWeb Website Promoter 8
AddWeb Website Promoter is an extremely popular program that helps webmasters promote their site on search engines. I In this installment, we explore AddWeb's PageBuilder. PageBuilder allows you to edit meta tags, image tags and more sitewide.
How To: Start and set up a free blog
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to start and set up a free blog. Viewers will learn how to setup a free blog for a charity, make a blog entry, edit and customize a blog and share a blog with their network. A blog is a online journal that provides the reader with regular posts on various topics. Three of the most popular blogging sites are: Blogger, Word Press and Live Journal. When creating a blog, keep the posts short and meaningful. Try to engage the reader. Update your blog regul...
How To: Design for multiple browsers
James Williamson for Lynda demonstrates designing for multiple browsers. The most frustrating aspects of web design is constantly dealing with the settle and some times not so settle differences in browser rendering. While they moved to a standard spaced, CSS control presentations has made life infinitely easier for web designs. Dealing with bad browser behavior is one of most unfortunate side effects. All browsers render our pages same because each browser reads and renders the HTML and CSS ...
News: Johnson & Johnson Make Social Responsibility Easy by Donating Whenever You Post a Photo
By donating a dollar for every image you post to a designated charity of your choice, Johnson & Johnson is rendering those narcissistic selfies a little less selfish by bringing social awareness and responsibility to social media.
How To: Join & use Facebook effectively
In this tutorial, we learn how to join and use Facebook. First, go to www.Facebook.com and sign up with the website, you will have to enter some personal information as well as your e-mail address. Once you've confirmed your account, log into Facebook. Once in your account, you can click edit and change your personal settings. This includes birthday, hometown, sex, relationship status and more. You can also click on the photos button and upload photos of you and your friends. If you want to f...
How To: Create a podcast with Mac OS X
In this tutorial, Gary Rosenzweig of MacMost.com briefly goes through the steps to create a basic audio podcast. You must first set up a blog, then create the audio content, then link the audio to the blog posts, and then publicize your RSS feed.
How To: Use Twitter Custom Timelines
Custom Timelines (CTs) allow you to control exactly which Tweets appear in a column on Tweetdeck. So if a particular event catches your eye as newsworthy you can tailor your CT to show what you consider to be the most relevant Tweets. These CTs can then be customized, shared and embedded on your website. This is a great way of increasing interaction on Twitter and sharing current, interesting and breaking news stories from any niche or subject
How To: Use the hovercard user profile preview tool on Twitter
In this clip, you'll learn how to use the hovercard preview tool on Twitter. What do President Obama, the Dalai Lama and Justin Bieber have in common? Why, they're all on Twitter, of course. Join the party. Whether you're new to Twitter's popular microblogging application or just missed a few of the essentials along the way, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial.
How To: Change comment settings on a WordPress blog
See how to change how comments are moderated on your WordPress-based website. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this free video tutorial can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in just over five minutes' time. For detailed instructions, and to get started adjusting comment settings on your own WordPress blog, take a look.
How To: Stop Google from displaying the date in your site's snippets
In this webmaster's guide, you'll learn how prevent Google from displaying the date when presenting a snippet from your website. Whether you're new to the world of search engine optimization (SEO) or are merely looking to pick up a few new tips and tricks, you're unlikely to find a better source than this official video guide from Google. Take a look.
How To: Use Photobucket and Wolfram Alpha on a T-Mobile G2
Use all of your web apps on your T-Mobile G2! This clip will teach you how. Whether you're the proud owner of a a T-Mobile G2 Google Android smartphone or are merely toying with the idea of picking one up in the near future, you're sure to be well served by this official video guide from the folks at T-Mobile.
How To: Ask questions of Google employees without going to a conference
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: Track Google's trends features
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to track Google's trends features. This will help you find some powerful micro niches and great keywords to create content and get top rankings in search engines. Any trend on the internet first starts with an event. For example ‘mega millions’ gets lot of traffic when someone wins a jackpot or a big lottery draw is coming up. Similarly, ‘July 4th’ traffic spikes around that event and dies down. If you want traffic from this ev...
How To: Enable & install extensions in the Safari 5 browser
Interested in installing browser extensions in Safari 5? It's simple! So simple, that this video tutorial can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in about two and a half minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this video guide.
News: HTC Readies Its Follow-Up to the HTC One
Stock prices be damned, HTC is ready to right the ship with it's soon-to-be-released follow up to the HTC One. The financially challenged device maker, according to inside sources, plans a March release for it's newest flagship.
How To: Make your YouTube videos 3D
Have you caught the 3D bug? It seems ever since Avatar was released in theatres, everyone has gone YouTube crazy... Including YouTube! In this video presented by How to and More, learn how to make your YouTube videos in 3D!
News: Bixby Is Official—Meet Samsung's Siri Competitor
The rumors have been confirmed by Samsung themselves: Samsung has developed a virtual assistant of their own, named Bixby.
How To: Set up a BlackBerry to automatically answer when removed from its holster
Need some help figuring out how to turn on the Auto Answer from Holster feature on your BlackBerry smartphone? 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: Manage site files with File Manager and cPanel
Now that you've set up your email accounts for your new domain, how do you get your website files to your server? One way is to simply use Cpanel's File Manager.
How To: Stay Safe with This Subtle Personal Alarm & Tracker
Safety means something different to everyone, but everyone wants to feel safe. For many, the best way to feel safe is to have something external that offers that sense of security, whether it's an alarm system, a friend on standby, or just something that helps you feel in control.
How To: Perform a computational search with the Wolfram Alpha answer engine
In this clip, you'll learn how to make computational searches with the Wolfram Alpha answer engine. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this how-to can present a complete overview of the process in about five minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Write a landing page that converts
Starting up a website can be daunting if you know nothing about web design or setup, but there are some tips to get the right people finding, looking, and returning to your site. A good landing page gives visitors exactly what they are looking for, and converts them from browsers to customers.
How To: Paste in plain text or from Microsoft Office in the WordPress editor
In this clip, you'll learn how to use the "Paste in Plain Text" and "Paste from Microsoft Office" buttons in the WordPress editor. Every version of WordPress brings with it new features, new functions and new ways of doing things. Fortunately, the very same technology that allows an open-source blog publishing application like WordPress to exist in the first place also makes it easy for its users to share information about the abovesaid things through videos like this one. Take a look.
How To: Use email on your Blackberry
In this video, Jake Allman from Butterscotch.com shows us how to use e-mail on a Blackberry. First, configure your e-mail account onto your Blackberry. You will need your login information as well as internet information to do this. Now, return to the main screen and click on "messages". Once you are in it, you can tap on your e-mail messages to read them and you can compose new ones to anyone or any Blackberry messenger. New e-mails can also be composed from the address book if you want to d...
How To: Edit sidebar widgets in Wordpress
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How To: Create and remember a large number of unique passwords
Gina Trapani explains some clever ways to come up with a large number of passwords while keeping them easy to remember. She says that this is possible by coming up with a pattern in which you combine words or phrases that you can remember easily with the names of the services that you need the passwords for to create a wide variety of easy-to-remember passwords.
How To: Clear histroy & delete temporary files in AOL 6 & 7
If you do not want others to view your recently visited website list you need to clear the history of the browser. This video shows how to clear history and delete temporary internet files. Go to the keyword button which is present on the top right cornet and click it. Now a keyword window prompts you to type an AOL keyword in the input box. Type the word 'Preferences' into it and click go. Now the preferences window opens up. In the first column select the Internet Properties (WWW) link whic...
How To: Clear a Web Browser Cache
In this video, we learn how to clear your browser cache. Cleaning out your cache and internet history can help keep your personal information safe and your computer running more quickly. In Internet Explorer, first go to tools, then to delete browsing history. Make sure all boxes are check, then click on "ok". After this, a window will pop up showing the status on what it's deleted. When that is finished, go back to your home page and delete the history again like you did in the previous step...
How To: Start a group on Facebook in 5 minutes
In the homepage at the left handside of the facebook account, a click is made on group. The name, description, group type,email address and website information of the group are filled in. A click is then made on the "create group" button. The security details which appear on the window appear after the "create group" option was selected and saved by clicking the "saved" option. The group is published to the facebook wall, after which the group is customized . The group can be personalized and...