1. Skitch This screen-shooting app from Evernote will help you capture anything on your screen, annotate it, and save the result to your Evernote account or as a standalone image. Skitch is now Mac only, and we’ve discussed it before. 2. Simplenote This app will help you create and collect quick notes and sync them across all of your devices as well as the web-based app under one account. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the mighty Evernote, but that’s exactly the point....

An elegant alternative to Mountain Lion’s default screen savers is a simple flip clock – appropriately named FlipClock. This screen saver does one thing only: displays the current time. It’s a simple, yet comes in handy and looks nice. So how do you get it on your Mac? Easy, just follow these steps: Download the FlipClock file from the website, unzip the file. Click on the .saver file in the FlipClock folder to install the screen saver; you can install it for all users or just yourself – useful if you have more than one user account on your Mac....

Sign Up For My Tweet Place Navigate to the home page and click the Sign Up Free button. Sign in With your Twitter credential and allow the app to access your account. My Tweet Place Dashboard This is where you can manage your Twitter accounts. Tweets Just like the main Twitter page, My Tweet Place has a status box in the left sidebar to enter your tweets. You can send them now or click on the Later link to schedule them for another time....

uTouch 1.0 will be included in all iteration of Ubuntu Maverick, including the desktop and netbook edition. With the release of the gesture API, it is now the developer’s jobs to bring multi-touch application to the platform. The future looks good for Ubuntu, what do you think? via Canonical Blog Image credit: myuibe

All the while, KeePassDroid has been the go-to app to manage our password database in Android. However, it is only compatible only with keepass 1.x database (beta support for keepass 2.x database) and the lack of integration with the mobile browser prevented it from becoming the perfect app. Keepass2Android is based on KeePassDroid and it comes with full read/write support for keepass 2.x database as well as username/password auto-fill for most mobile browsers for Android....

In this article we cover using free software like VLC and Bino on the Mac along with red/cyan anaglyph glasses to view 3D content without expensive equipment. 3D Everywhere 3D is back and in a big way. A lot of 3D technologies have been tried along the way, but the most persistent, and one of the oldest technologies, was the red/cyan anaglyph glasses method which was very popular when 3D was a big deal the first time around in the 1950s....

Last year we compared the HTC Vive to the Oculus Rift and determined that the Vive is the obvious champion between the two! However, if you want to experience the Vive for yourself but cannot afford the expensive price tag, we have a more affordable solution for you: VRidge. This advanced technology will turn your phone into an HTC Vive headset by streaming games to your mobile device and sending the sensor data back to your PC via WiFi or a USB cable....

Our Opinion Charnita just bought her first smartphone a few months ago as she has always been a tablet person, so she was really just “looking for a basic, affordable Android phone (I knew I wanted Android OS) that could make calls and allow me to search the Web if needed, get directions, or play games when on-the-go.” She’s also looking for affordability. Many of our writers look for support. Derrik looks for community support and likes his Motorola “because I know that after Motorola has given up all software support, I can turn on ADB, wipe the firmware and install an officially supported version of Cyanogenmod“....

What is Emulation? Put simply, emulation is when one computer behaves like another device. An emulator is software that allows the host computer to behave like anot her. Devices that can be emulated include old operating systems, video game consoles, and certain programs. In short, emulation allows your computer to pretend to be something else. Benefits and Usages of Emulation There are a great number of benefits to emulation, especially emulation in video games....

Simply said, PubSubHubbub (aka as PuSH in short) is publish/subscribe protocol addon to the current Atom/RSS technology. It enables your RSS subscribers to instantly receive your feed as soon as you publish your content. What exactly does PubSubHubbub do? Previously, when you publish a content, it doesn’t get push to the feed aggregator automatically. Instead, the feed aggregator poll your site (RSS feed) at regular interval and check if you have new content....

You can still get a free one that’ll reliably protect your privacy. In no particular order, here are the best free VPN service providers. 1. Hotspot Shield This robust, free VPN by AnchorFree has a slick interface and lots of tools for protecting your privacy. While it’s big on privacy, Hotspot Shield is limited in terms of poor speed-test performance, server locations (especially with the free version), and its fiddly setup....

This move infuriates users, as it comes off as a kind of oxymoron; you need to give vital credit card or PayPal info in order to access something that is free for a limited time. There are good reasons for this, however, which make a lot of sense from the company’s standpoint. It Prevents Service Abuse Let’s imagine Netflix allowed you to activate a free trial with nothing more than a name and email address....

This has always been a problem for businesses that like to stick to the old, familiar operating systems. We saw it a long time ago when businesses refused to upgrade their Windows XP systems to Windows Vista. Windows 7, however, was a great move that convinced a lot of people to dump XP and jump to 7. Fast forward a few years, and we’re seeing a similar scenario as businesses hedge with Windows 7 while the timer ticks down....

Now, Here’s the Irony You might think that Microsoft is a police-ish type of company. While that’s true, it certainly isn’t the first one. Google has been watching your searches for a very long time. Apple and Google already have kill switches for their mobile operating systems. They use this to remove applications from your phone and from their application repositories whenever they feel it’s necessary. Fortunately for you, the companies aren’t screwing around with your personal computer’s data....

1. Calm Being productive starts with taking a moment for mindfulness. Much like Apple’s “Breathe” app for Apple Watch, Calm walks you through mindfulness and meditation excersises to help better yourself and help you feel refreshed. It includes daily programs that feature sounds and scenes to help you achieve a serene state of mind. It’s free on the Google Play Store but does offer in app purchases. 2. Recordr Recordr allows you to record surrounding sounds with just a couple taps....

Note: if you don’t know how to install Windows themes, then first read our guide on how to do it. Some themes are more invasive than others to install, and if not installed properly, they can cause key UI elements on your PC to stop working. To be safe, you may want to set a system restore point before you get started. The Best Windows 10 Themes macOS MontereyWinClassicDesktop by Jonatica-andlcakeOSGreyEveThemeWindows XPPenumbraArcSimplify 10LABAnthem Two...

1. Check Your Phone’s Sound If you’re still receiving notifications from Snapchat but can’t hear them when they arrive, you should check your phone’s volume first. Make sure it’s not turned down, thus preventing you from hearing the alerts landing on your device. At the same time, ensure your handset is not set to “Silent Mode,” as it could be what’s causing your notifications to be silent. Depending on the type of Android device you have, you may have to use the volume button to deactivate Silent Mode (Pixels) or use a dedicated sound button (OnePlus)....

1. FreePik FreePik is a great source for both stock photography and vector graphics that fall under a Creative Commons license. FreePik features a keyword search bar that allows users to find whatever they’re looking for with ease. Unlike many other sites, however, FreePik offers options for photos, vector images, icons, and even editable Photoshop mockups. This makes it a great, versatile source of images and graphics for anyone, especially those who work in areas like social media marketing or web design....

1: Always Clear Downloads When you start a download, a bar pops up at the bottom of the Chrome browser window that indicates that a download is in progress. This allows you to start multiple downloads and see how they advance in a neat interface: When they’re all done downloading, though, the bar remains. You might find this kind of annoying, even though there’s an “x” on the bottom right part of the screen that allows you to close the bar when you want to....

Whether you believe that QR codes are here to stay or that they’re a fad, QR codes can be useful. Creating one is fairly easy. You don’t need any special software on your desktop, and you definitely don’t need to worry about fiddling with graphics. There are a number of websites that will let you create your own QR codes. They have the same general features and functions, and save QR codes to your computer as a PNG file....