That’s why in the environment where you can’t really put a face to the name, trust is a very valuable currency. And that’s why the concept of word of mouth recommendation from friends that we know and trust is very powerful. Add some social networks to the mixture and the effect would be multiplied. That’s the idea behind TAF4Free. Recommendation With Some Social Twist TAF4Free (Tell A Friend For Free) is a web tool from SocialTwist which will allow you – as a web owner – to provide an easy way for your visitor to tell their friends about your site(s)....

Some people see Microsoft Outlook as an email application. If you’re a true Outlook power user, you know it’s much more than that. You can use Outlook to manage nearly every aspect of your life once you’ve truly mastered it. If you live in Outlook as some people do, backing up and storing your data becomes increasingly important. You can rely on your Exchange server to a certain extent, but at some point you want to manage your data with more powerful tools....

Google Chrome to Phone Extension is a Google Chrome extension that make uses of the new AppEngine server in Froyo to sync between your desktop browser and Android browser. With it installed, you can easily and quickly send links from your Chrome desktop to your Android device using its Cloud to Device Messaging service. 1. Install the Google Chrome to Phone extension. Firefox users can install the Send to Phone extension....

We will find out how to use the pwd command to write to standard output the full path name of your current directory and will learn the difference between the built-in pwd command and the external pwd command written by Jim Meyering. What Does PWD Do?? pwd is an acronym for “Print Working Directory.” The pwd command is one of the most frequently used commands by Linux system administrators. It works on Linux and other UNIX like operating systems and is a built-in shell command, available on Bash shell, korn, ksh, and so on....

Import Pictures macOS’s Photos app is a gorgeous organizational tool for all your photos, but as a file utility it can be clunky and time-consuming to use. Luckily, Image Capture allows you to bypass the Photos app when transferring images to your Mac. Plug in your camera, iPhone, camcorder, etc., into your Mac and run the Image Capture app. From there, the simple interface allows you to dictate where on your Mac the files should be sent, such as the Photos app or directly to your email....

It hasn’t happened yet, why would it happen now, right? The MacBook Air, by definition is designed to be ultra-portable so why would people want a 15.5-inch one? Well, here we are yet again with credible reporting suggesting Hell may freeze over (Britain certainly has) and a 15-inch MacBook Air might finally happen. According to the often-reliable display technology expert Ross Young, the big MacBook Air might be here as soon as spring 2023 rocking a 15....

The emulation frontend Retroarch is arguably the best N64 emulator out there, letting you run several different N64 emulators as “cores” (as well as letting you play PS1, SNES, Sega Genesis, and various other retro console games on your PC). Here, we’ll show you the best way to get Retroarch to run your N64 collection. Note: We’ve updated this guide to reflect the new Ozone UI that Retroarch has been using for a while now....

In the earliest days of the platform, Steam was an annoyance that PC gamers had to deal with to play the latest Valve titles. Nowadays, Steam is used by nearly all PC gamers, with a large number of them refusing to buy their PC games anywhere else. There’s many reasons for this: the in-game overlay and social networking features, the abundance of sales and cheap games, and the integration of game features with the Steam platform....

This tempting contract deal could see you pocket the brilliant iPhone 13, along with 100GB of monthly data, at a cut price. It will cost you £199 upfront for the device, and then you’ll be on a monthly plan costing £27; in context, that means you’ll pay £847 overall for a device which currently costs £749 out of contract, but you’ll get 100GB of data and unlimited minutes and texts each month too....

If you’re on Linux and are looking for a secure, encrypted alternative to Evernote, you’ll be glad to know that we’ll be discussing one such application in this article – it’s called Turtl. Please note that all the instructions and commands used in this article have been tested on Ubuntu 16.04. Turtl Turtl is an open-source, cross-platform application that lets you – for example – take notes, bookmark websites, store documents, and even share stuff with other users, all without compromising your privacy....

One client that does come close to being everything that I need is Turpial. Written in Python, Turpial is fast and easy to use. And it does just enough – it doesn’t pack too many features, but it’s not bare bones either. Let’s take a look at how to tweet using Turpial. Getting Started First off, you’ll need to install Turpial. If you’re using Ubuntu, that’s easy – you can get it from the Turpial PPA....

digiKam can perform the following batch tasks: Border: create a border around your photos. Color: changes the colors of your photos using effects, including normalize, fuzzy, and monochrome. Convert: converts photos into several formats, including JPEG, PNG, and TIFF. Filter: sharpen, despeckle, blur, and many other filtering options. Rename: more than just simple file renaming, this includes date format flags and sequential numbering. Recompression: get higher quality, better compressed JPEG, PNG, TIFF, or TGA files....

You might think you need Adobe software to manipulate PDFs, but MacOS’s included PDF and image viewer, Preview, is much more powerful than it seems at first glance, and there are a number of hidden features that might save your trip into Acrobat. 1. Signing Documents Forgetting printing out documents to sign them – if you save your signature in Preview once, you’ll be able to add it to documents forever....

But there are certain things that I want to know at as soon as they’re out: new updates to Android apps I’m a fan of, new products from Product Hunt, and new blog posts from the two or three blogs where I read everything. This stuff usually gets lost in the noise of forty-seven other websites on my RSS feed. Lately I’ve been using Slack as a solution. Slack is one of the apps that I use all day....

There are many apps out there that are made just for that very situation, tracking a lost iPhone. Ironically, the one app made by Apple seems to do the least bit of good. Find my iPhone will find your phone, but you have to have the right situation. If you have an iPhone 4, iPad, or 4th generation iPod Touch, the app and service is free. If you have a different device, it’s only free through a paid MobileMe account....

1. Talk About Online Safety Early You’ve probably talked with your kids about staying safe in the three-dimensional world. Unfortunately, the same rules don’t apply for online interactions. Obvious danger signs that kids might pick up on in real life don’t show up through usernames and selfies. And many of the dangers in the online world are self-inflicted: children finding inappropriate content or writing something online that they can’t take back....

If you are familiar with the popular Azureus, then Vuze will not be hostile to you. Vuze is in fact a revamp (and rename) of the Azureus bit-torrent client. Plenty of great features are included in this revamped version, including the support of HD content and a social networking component. While the backbone is still a bit-torrent client, the whole approach to sharing/downloading media from the Web has changed. If you have discarded Azureus for a better bit-torrent client in the past, you may want to try out Vuze and reconsider your decision....

This article will explain what a blockchain is and why an operating system need to be built around one. What Is a Blockchain? A blockchain is a ledger of events or transactions that are designed to resist tampering. It achieves this by performing “decentralization” which is a fancy term that means there’s no one single master copy of the records. For instance, if you and four housemates drew up a master schedule for house chores and had one person look after it, this is a centralized system....

The staggering sums that some Non-fungible tokens or NFTs have sold for has led to a frenzy amongst those on the bleeding edge of technology as well as traditional investors. But what is an NFT? At first glance, NFTs may seem similar to cryptocurrencies, especially since the word “blockchain” is associated with them. That being said, they are quite different. So if they’re not a new cyrptocurrency, what the heck are they?...

The best part is you don’t need to dismantle your walls, as smart plugs can easily connect to existing power plugs. Here we will discuss the considerations you must have in choosing the right smart plugs for your needs. What Smart Plugs Do Smart plugs are the ultimate plug-in outlets which connect to a home’s Wi-Fi conections. They display on the apps of Apple HomeKit, Alexa, Google Assistant, Samsung SmartThings and others....