Dropbox, one of my favorite free file sync and cloud backup services announced today that they have increased the referral bonus cap on free accounts from 10.25 gigs up to 16 gigs. The referral bonus for each person you get to sign up was also doubled to 500 meg. Pro accounts were also shown the love. Each referral now earns you 1 gig of free space up to a max of 32 gigs of free space....
Check out this timelapse video — shot at several locations in Finnish Lapland, created for visitfinland.com. You might never see this in real life! For this image, photogs used DSLR cameras with remote pan/tilt cameras and time-lapse features. Here is a great time-lapse showing Aurora Borealis in action. Aurora Borealis in Finnish Lapland 2011 from Flatlight Films on Vimeo. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....
The program is called the AT&T Refer-A-Friend Program and it allows you to earn 5, $25 Gift Cards up to $125 a year. To begin, go to the Refer-A-Friend site and Click Register. Fill in the form and click Register. All passwords were not created equal so be sure to use a strong password. Confirm your registration information and click Confirm Once registered, you will be taken to a referral page where you can send out spam emails via the system or through social networks....
Film maker Scott DW teamed up with Halfbrick Studios — who also created Jetpack Joyride — to help create his awesome fan-made video, even creating his own dubstep track to be used in the video. As you’ll see in the video (below), the Fruit Ninja can be seen riding through a forest to meet up with his Sensei in order to help train him for the battle with endless fruit he’s about to experience....
Firefox for Windows 8 Touch Beta First download Firefox for Windows 8 Touch Beta. What’s interesting is you don’t install it from the Windows store, but instead download and install an executable file. And yes, that means you can’t get it on touch devices running Windows RT. Before installing it, make sure you have any other instance of Firefox that’s running closed. Otherwise you’ll see the message below. After Firefox is installed, you’ll see you still have the typical desktop version as well as a Firefox tile on the Windows 8....
I’ve written about devices running the new OS being available early next year, and while I can’t wait to use said devices, now we all have the possibility to give the new OS a test run. I remember the days when Android had an emulator and no smartphones on the market (oh, the good old days!). While I don’t think this will have such an impact, I see no reason why it can’t do well....
With Google Reader calling it quits, we’ve asked you about the feed readers you plan on switching to. While most of the answers quoted Feedly, Flipboard was also mentioned. And even if you’re not switching to it as your RSS reader and only using it to keep up with news, you might want to know how to reduce its data usage. Reduce Flipboard Data Use It’s pretty easy, actually. First, go to Flipboard’s Settings menu – it’s the gear icon on the bottom right side of the screen....
As a replacement for the search feature in Windows, try out Everything from Voidtools. It’s a simple, free utility that’s very powerful. It provides better search results than the built in Windows search. It’s also faster at returning results. A lot faster – virtually instant. The first time you search with Everything, it takes a few moments to index your drive, but after that all subsequent searches are blazingly fast....
Here’s how it works: To get the free voucher for this test you will have to visit a testing location in person and ask about the “Virtualization Challenge.” The terms and conditions state that each voucher is good for 2 free attempts at the test. They will probably try to sell you a training class package but you are not obligated to purchase or attend them. Important Links: Find a testing location near you and setup an appointment....
The Google docs video player looks similar to YouTube, in fact, it is a clone! So what you are really getting is YouTube quality but with a private Google docs setting. According to the Google support site, videos are supported in the following formats: WebM files (Vp8 video codec and Vorbis Audio codec).MPEG4, 3GPP and MOV files – (h264 and mpeg4 video codecs and AAC audio codec).AVI (many cameras use this format – typically the video codec is MJPEG and audio is PCM)....
One thing a lot of folks want to do is create and record their own music, but they don’t know exactly how to go about it. There is a lot to it. There’s so much to the home studio thing that we can’t even cover part of it in a single post. What we can do, though, is help you get started. We just want to make it clear that this is not the definitive guide to getting started with making music and recording....
Open Settings from your device Home Screen and tap General. Scroll down and tap Keyboard. There it will show you the number of keyboards you’re currently using. Tap Keyboards to add a new one. Tap Add New Keyboard and select from the list of pre-installed keyboards. Ready to try it out? Open any application like Messages or notes etc and tap on the Globe Icon as shown below. If you have only two keyboards, tapping the Globe Icon will change the keyboard automatically....
In this article, you’ll learn about every method you can use to add a text box in Google Docs. Add a Text Box Using Google Docs Shapes The easiest way to quickly add a text box in a Google Doc is by inserting a shape. This approach lets you place the text box anywhere in the document you like, even on top of text. Insert a Text Box Shape To do this, select Insert from the menu, select Drawing and then select New....
Add Chrome and Firefox Browsing to Windows Timeline Installation is painless, just install it like you would any browser add-on or extension (links below). After installing the extension, you will need to sign in with your Microsoft account through the app on every device you want to sync. After that, your browsing history will automatically sync with Windows Timeline – just like Microsoft Edge does now. Another awesome feature it has is the ability to push open tabs on your browser from one Windows 10 device to another....
Note: I am using Android 2.3.5 on an HTC Explorer Smartphone. Method 1 Open all apps menu on your android phone and go to Settings. Or click on Menu button on the Home Screen and tap on Settings. In settings, find and tap Language and Keyboard. Tap on Touch Input option. Now, look for Personal Dictionary and open it. Tap on Edit Personal Dictionary to add custom words which can be used while texting or writing email....
Thankfully, there are a few ways you can add the control panel to the Start menu in Windows 10. You’ll learn a few methods, and you can choose the one you prefer based on where you’d like to pin the Control Panel. Pin Control Panel to Start The problem many people noticed on the latest version of Windows 10 is that when you click the Start menu, you no longer see the Control Panel listed anywhere there....
Note: This feature is available in previous versions of Outlook too. To assign a task, expand the To Do pane in Outlook. Then below the calendars, type in a task and press Enter. In this example I am having a member of my team research the Facebook IPO in detail. Next, right click on the task and select Assign Task from the Context Menu. The Task screen comes up. Now, enter the email address of the contact(s) of the people on your team to assign the task to....
Change the News and Interests Language Feed To get started, open the News and Interests widget by clicking or hovering over the weather button on the taskbar. Next, click on the Manage Interests link at the upper-right corner of the widget. That will open Microsoft Edge to the “Discover Interests” settings section of the personalization section for the News and Interests widget. From that page, click on the Experience Settings link at the top of the page....
When I was in grade-school, making your computer talk made you one of the “cool” kids during computer-lab class. With Windows 7 you can make your computer do exactly that, and you can make it so that you hear this message whenever you log on to your computer. Check out the guide below for details. Step 1 Open Notepad. Type the following into notepad: In the second line you can place whatever text you would like the robotic narrator to say....
The company added a dark theme a few versions back, and the Windows 10 1903, aka “May 2019 Update,” includes a new light theme that you can enable. But you might want to make and save your own custom theme for an even more personalized experience. Create a Custom Windows 10 Theme To create your personalized theme, head to Settings > Personalization > Background. Under the “Choose your picture” section, click the Browse button and select the folder that contains the image you want to use....
