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Monday, March 31, 2014
How to Get Started with Microsoft Office on iPad – ReadWrite
Now that Microsoft Office is available on the iPad, it's a runaway hit: The three apps in the mobile productivity suite are sitting solidly at the very top ranks of Apple’s App Store. Here’s how to get started.
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How to enable five additional dynamic wallpapers in iOS 7
Do you enjoy using iOS 7′s dynamic wallpaper feature? Would you like to get your hands on five additional wallpapers? If the answer to those questions was yes, then you definitely need to check out this jailbreak tweak.
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HTC One (M8) Review: The New Best Android Smartphone
There’s a new contender for Android top dog on the market, and it’s the HTC One (M8), the latest from the Taiwanese firm.
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Unlock a Door with an Arduino and Your Smartphone
If you're sick of using your boring old keys to unlock your door, Make has a guide for using and Arduino to power a lock that you can control with your smartphone. The build uses an Arduino, a Bluetooth plugin, and few chips to control the the process.
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That Time Steve Wozniak Delivered an iMac and Blew a Kid’s Mind video
Check out this video of Steve Wozniak once again demonstrating how cool he is. Mr. Wozniak is hand-delivering an iMac that Peter Fraser bought for his daughter Emma, only Emma didn't know it was happening.
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Watch an Interview With the Guy Who Was (Unsurprisingly) Fired After Leaving This Note
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We Made This Game When We Were Angry
Rami Ismail gave me a funny look when I recently congratulated him about the release of Luftrausers, his studio's slick shoot-em-up that was just released for PlayStation platforms. He told me he had mixed feelings about the game. As he explained why he did, I suggested he write about it.
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Samsung looks to Google for help in its latest legal battle with Apple
No matter how much we hope and pray, the legal wrangling between Apple and Samsung never seems to end. The latest court battle has Apple seeking up to $2 billion in damages from the Korean manufacturer for infringing on five patents, including tap to search and slide to unlock.
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Bumper stickers that will ease your road rage (28 photos)
March 31, 2014 | In: Auto, Funny
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Android 4.4.3 KitKat Details Leaked
Last week we learned that Android 4.4.3 was already in development, and today we’re getting a look at what the next update to Android KitKat will deliver.
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'Location Sentry' Puts A Location Mark in the App Switcher Above Location-using Apps
Spicing up that App Switcher in iOS 7 with a additional functionality, animations, and features may have to wait until April 2nd, but in the mean time, you can still add small features to the App Switcher that make it more elegant.
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How to Add Your Own Shortcuts to Windows' Save Dialog
When you save a file in Windows, you're greeted with a Windows Explorer-like box that asks you where you want the file to go. With a simple registry tweak, you can customize which shortcuts appear on the left-hand side.
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Why it’s time for Google to fix Google Now — Tech News and Analysis
Google wants Google Now to be everywhere: on your phone, your watch and your desktop. But if Google wants to make the service truly ubiquitous, it has to get a lot better. Case in point: The other day, I was sitting at home and catching up on emails.
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Auxo 2 App Switcher Tweak for iOS 7 Slated to Be Released April 2nd
Unless you're completely new to jailbreaking, then you've probably heard of an insanely popular jailbreak tweak called Auxo by iOS development team A³tweaks, which reinvented the App Switcher in iOS 6 with new functions.
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HiddenWallpapers
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A Dog House That Is Beyond Cool (22 pics)
They used pine for the facade, be sure to secure it with glue/ nails and screws.
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The Practical Benefits of Living Like a College Student
While most people don't automatically consider college students to be financial leaders, college students showcase some financially secure tendencies that can be instructive for the rest of us.
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MEDICAL MARVEL: 3D-Printed Skull Saves Woman’s Life [Pic + Video]
Doctors in the Netherlands at University Medical Center Utrecht say they have successfully implanted a 3D-printed skull into a young woman. The 23-hour surgery occurred three months ago, according to NBC News, but details are just being released, as the woman, 22, is recovering extremely well.
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How Dropbox Knows When You're Sharing Copyrighted Files
You might have seen over the weekend that Dropbox is capable of telling whether you're sharing copyrighted files over its cloud service—without even actually looking at your stuff. But in fact, it's been able to do that for years.
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Wil Wheaton's Awesome Response to Little Girl about Being Called a Nerd (VIDEO)
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Sunday, March 30, 2014
How to enable unlimited skips in iTunes Radio
iTunes Radio Unlimited has been available on Cydia for quite some time, but I just recently decided to give it a shot. Prior to this month, I’d only used iTunes Radio a handful of times, but I changed my tune while working on the ultimate Music app guide for iOS 7.
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Expo Notes: Drobo gets faster, more compatible with Time Machine
Drobo is giving Macworld/iWorld conference attendees a first look at its brand new, third-generation, four-bay Drobo. Starting at $349, this new Drobo maintains the familiar look of previous models.
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An ancient virus may be the reason human stem cells can transform
The embryonic stem cells responsible for producing every other type of cell in the human body gained their power from an ancient virus that copied itself into our DNA millions of years ago, according to new research.
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How Dropbox Knows When You’re Sharing Copyrighted Stuff (Without Actually Looking At Your Stuff)
Late last night, a tweet was spread far and wide showing that a DMCA notice had blocked a file from being shared on a Dropbox user’s account. As of this afternoon, it’s seen just shy of 3 thousand retweets.
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Advice for a Happy Life by Charles Murray
The transition from college to adult life is treacherous, and this is nowhere more visible than among new college graduates in their first real jobs.
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Office for iPad review: three beautiful apps, each with strong competition
After loads of leaks -- and some serious denial from Microsoft -- the company has finally released a version of Office for iPad. It's not surprising, in a way, given that Microsoft already has Office Mobile for iPhone.
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Saturday, March 29, 2014
40-Year Old Deaf Woman Hears For The First Time
WARNING: THERE WILL BE TEARS. Seen here looking suspiciously like Kevin Arnold's mother from The Wonder Years, 40-year old Jo Milne hears for the first time thanks to cochlea implants. I cried. Then I got embarrassed and started yelling at the person filming for recording in portrait mode.
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Compilation Video of Influential Visual Effects in Movies From the 1980s Onwards
London, England-based digital compositor and moviegoer Roger Serrabassa has created a compilation video of influential visual effects in movies from the 1980s onwards. You can view the full list of 95 movies on Pastebin.
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Top 10 Ways to Make Your Boss Love You
Unless you're lucky enough to work for yourself, we all have a boss we have to answer to. Provided they're not the devil incarnate, there are quite a few ways to ensure you two have a good relationship. Here's what you should keep in mind.
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Friday, March 28, 2014
How Chipotle transformed itself by upending its approach to management
During a busy lunch rush at a typical Chipotle restaurant, there are 20 steaks on the grill, and workers preparing massive batches of guacamole and seamlessly swapping out pans of ingredients. Compared to most fast-food chains, Chipotle favors human skill over rules, robots, and timers.
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Office for iPad + Apple Wireless Keyboard
While many iPad users will use the device's virtual keyboard with the new Office for iPad apps, I feel that interface takes up too much space onscreen. Fortunately, you can use a Bluetooth keyboard instead.
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This Little-Known iOS Feature Will Change the Way We Connect
A new iOS app called FireChat is blowing up in the App Store. But it’s not the app itself that’s causing such a stir, it’s the underlying networking technology it taps into. The idea behind FireChat is simple. It’s a chatting app.
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Thursday, March 27, 2014
Surgeon Simulator Review
Heart surgery, eye transplants, and dentistry. If this sounds like a horror movie, then you’re not far off. Except this time you’re the one in control, and all your patients are called Bob. No, you’re not dreaming, this is Bossa Studio’s Surgeon Simulator [$5.
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This Apple portable desktop prototype would make you the ultimate hipster at Starbucks
MacBooks are great and all, but this 1980s prototype for a portable computer definitely challenges today's portable Macs for overall cool factor. Less a laptop and more of a desktop-on-the-go, the prototype is housed at Frog Design in San Francisco.
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Office Mobile is now completely free to use on Android and iPhone
Today's Office news isn't all about the iPad. Microsoft now lets you use Office Mobile completely for free on both Android and the iPhone; if you're a home customer, you can both edit and read documents without paying for an Office 365 subscription.
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Office for iPhone is now free for home use
Shortly after Microsoft brought the mobile edition of Office to the iPhone last summer, fans of the Windows giant’s productivity software cried foul as the app came across to them as more of an Office companion for mobile than a full-blown productivity application.
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How to add a rain effect to the iPhone’s Lock screen
Rain Lock is a jailbreak tweak that lets you add custom “rain” effects to the iPhone’s Lock screen. The rain is really just text, which can be custom text or one of the two built-in text effects.
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