How to Get the Functionality of Firefox's Live Bookmarks for Google Chrome

Related Two popular questions these days seem to be “what online window do you use?” and “are you thinking about switching browsers?” But Firefox has been gaining great popularity and many people have chosen to switch to it. Now Google Chrome is on the scene and is doing a great job competing. So there is a war. Much of it comes down to personal preference. Many people will even hold off switching for that reason....

May 6, 2010 · 1 min · 206 words · Jessica Arnold

Optimize Your Mobile Browsing With The Opera Mini Browser

And in the mobile world, the name isOpera. But it has evolved so much since then. It even has aniPhone versionto stand alongside Safari. Optimized For The Small Screen The first thing is installation. Opera Mini is available for most modern mobile phones. But if your phone isn’t supported, you will get the link to download the previous version. After installation, launch the net web client to start browsing the web....

May 6, 2010 · 1 min · 211 words · Andrew Mitchell

How To Use Your Google Voice Number For Call Display In Skype

Google Voice, in case you weren’t aware, is also awesome. You’re given one phone number that, when called, causes all your phones to ring. The process is simple. The icon you’re looking for is the one on the far right: caller ID. Pick your country, then put in your phone number. Then click “Verify Number” to start the verification process. When it does, you’ll receive a confirmation text message. For outgoing calls, however, I mostly use Skype....

May 5, 2010 · 2 min · 256 words · Hannah Martin

Track the Books You Have (and Want To) Read with Goodreads

Let me show you around. We’ve talked about Goodreads on MakeUseOf before. To start, there’s a thoroughly familiar and free sign-up process. get in, and we can take a look around. There are essentially two common tasks you’re going to want to undertake in here. Let’s just work through them. Or you might just want to start from where you are now. I’m a mixture. I add them anyway. I have something of an interest in vampires and werewolves....

May 5, 2010 · 2 min · 357 words · Richard Lane

3 Online OCR Services To Convert Scanned Docs To Text

Related OCR stands forOpticalCharacterRecognition. The technology dates back to the late 1920’s, when the first OCR patent was issued in Germany. TodayOCR is mainly used to convert scanned documents into text. The original formatting, such as tables, columns, bullets, and graphics, will be maintained. This last feature is rare among web-based OCR services. you might purchase additional credits, starting at 6 cents per page. I tested the service with a scanned formal letter....

May 4, 2010 · 2 min · 311 words · David Kim

How To Find Videos On Twitter That Everyone Is Talking About

Related No I am not a mind reader. This is not a magic trick but a clever use of resources. Using a website calledZoofswe can see what videos are the most popular on Twitter right now. So what are you waiting for? Let’s go check out Zoofs and see what it has to offer us. When arriving at the homepage you will see a grid with 7 video thumbnails by 6 video thumbnails....

May 4, 2010 · 1 min · 188 words · Elijah Conner

How To Stop iTunes From Interfering With The Mac Media Keys

Related Modern Mac keyboards are outfitted with a number of extra function keys. Using those, you could instantly adjust your volume, screen brightness, or command media playback. There’s only one problem. Even when you’re using them in another app. And there’s absolutely no easy way to turn it off. We’ll be discussing a number of them below - ranging from quick fixes to total workarounds. Well, this is about as quick as it gets....

May 4, 2010 · 2 min · 314 words · Francis Lamb

TravelPod- A Free Travel Blog to Share Your Amazing Adventures

There are two very exciting sides to TravelPod. For me, even reading someone’s account of a simple walk through the forest is an amazing adventure. For example, searching for “pyramids of egypt” turn up almost 4,000 blog entries. As an avid adventurer myself, I get goosebumps just scrolling down through these posts. Thousands upon thousands of personal experiences, maps and amazing photographs of the greatest places on earth. Don’t forget to read Tina’s review of Packwhiz to help with your packing!...

May 4, 2010 · 1 min · 127 words · Brenda Rose

10 Web Tools To Try Out Sentiment Search & Feel the Pulse

Related Sentiment search is at the cutting edge of web search. Emotions or sentiments get expressed through ideas, opinions, criticisms, and sarcasm. The web is its melting pot. It gets expressed en masse in blogs and forums. Now Twitter has deepened the ocean of sentiment. Sentiment analysis or opinion mining has long been a part of data analysis. Surveys and polls are the old world tools for measuring the pulse of the crowd....

April 30, 2010 · 3 min · 575 words · Jon Ramirez

3 Free Doodling Apps For The iPad

Here are the ones I" ve discovered. The simple drawing feature includes nine different color pencils. The line brushes are smooth and the collection of pencils remain in the menu bar for easy accessibility. you might save drawings to your Saved Images folder in the iPad" s Photo app. you could also email or share sketches through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. One other unique feature is the ability to tweet your sketches to your Twitter account....

April 30, 2010 · 2 min · 278 words · Steven Jackson

Post To Wordpress From Your Android Phone with WpToGo

With that said, there are sometimes those applications that come pretty close. For me, Wordpress for Android is one of those apps. On the first tab, you’ve got the option to view all of your live posts. Ideally, this app should be used for creating new blog entries locally on the phone. This takes just seconds. Bold, italics, block quote and add links to your post to add variety to your update....

April 30, 2010 · 1 min · 90 words · Emily Baker

Backup & Restore Data And Files Easily With Back In Time [Linux]

However, using rsync from the command line is not what you would call a stroll in the park. The other day, we showed youGrsync, which provides a frontend to the ever so geeky rsync command. You could use Grsync to create your backups for you. Let’s have a look at one such software. Back In Time uses snapshots for backup and recovery. Next you gotta specify all what you want to backup using theincludetab....

April 29, 2010 · 2 min · 218 words · Debbie Wilson

Give Google Chrome's New Tab Page a Makeover with SpeedDial

tap the blueInstallbutton and the extension will be ready to go! Setting up your favorite websites in Speed Dial is very easy. you might also change how many items are displayed on your new tab page by clicking theOptionsbutton. To do this, right click a Speed Dial icon and selectEdit Dial. To remove a website from your new tab page, simply right click it and selectRemove Dial. To change your theme, click theOptionsbutton and choose from any of the available colors....

April 29, 2010 · 1 min · 100 words · Taylor Taylor