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1. Science Journal The Science Journal app is a useful one for science students or anyone interested in science. It helps you keep track of measurements taken on your phone using its built-in sensors, and you can also pair it up with external devices to conduct experiments. In addition, you can easily add your observations along with any photos you’ve taken for each entry. To help you get started, Google has uploaded quite a few experiments that can be done with the help of Science Journal....

These games will use one (or multiple) of these methods to connect multiple players to the same game: WiFi: this sounds contradictory, as WiFi connections are usually associated with the Internet. However, these games use the local WiFi router network to allow others to connect to it, not the internet. Even if the router has no Internet access, you can still use it to play games with others on the same network....

What Is Lossless Audio? This is a file format which preserves all the minute details of the audio track without losing any quality, even when compressed. Lossless audio is high-fidelity (Hi-Fi), with CDs recorded at 1411kbps. In comparison to the MP3 tracks that are altered, their CDs have a full recording at 320kbps. Some of the most common lossless audio formats are FLAC, ALAC, and WavPack. 1. PowerAmp The PowerAmp app is a music player that can support a diverse range of audio formats, including WAV, FLAC, AIFF, ALAC, APE, and the like, which are used for lossless audios....

There are dozens of WordPress social media plugins for different purposes. While some of them are simple and straightforward – e.g. they do only one job but this is all you need – others are more complex and offer more. Here are seven plugins worth trying. 1. ShareThis ShareThis is one of the most popular social media plugins for WordPress (100K+ active installs), and it’s also one of the easiest ways to enable your users to share your content on over eighty social sites, such as Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Linkedin, WhatsApp, etc....

1. Send Text Messages Sending texts from your email account may seem unnecessary, but it can be helpful if you’re away from your phone and need to send an urgent message. It’s also fairly simple to accomplish. Just open a new email draft and enter the recipient’s 10-digit phone number followed by their SMS gateway address. The gateway address usually matches the cell phone carrier. So, you’d email “@vtext.com” if their carrier is Verizon and “@tmomail....

Here we will explore eight powerful Android apps that you simply cannot find anywhere else. If you know of any others, feel free to drop a comment at the end of the article. 1. Tasker Tasker is a fully-featured automation app for Android-powered devices. It takes your phone’s smartness to a new level by automating almost anything you want it to. Want to disable your lockscreen when connected to your home or office?...

1. Be My Eyes From the Lifestyle category, Be My Eyes taps the crowd to assist blind people in need via live audio-video connection. It allows blind users to call for help, and a crowd of sighted people will respond (whoever is available) and tell the blind user what he or she sees through the rear-facing camera. Sighted users can accept or reject the call, depending on their availability, and they don’t need to worry if they missed one, because someone else can take the call....

1. Stretching Exercises Take breaks from holding your smartphone and perform stretching exercises with your neck, wrists, and fingers at regular intervals. Some basic exercises you can perform are: Lay your palm flat on a table and slowly pull one finger up using your other hand, bending the finger back as much as possible. Repeat the process for every finger. Place your palms against each other in a praying pose. Apply downward pressure with your hands, palms still pressed together until you feel a stretch....

1. The “Alt + Tab” Shortcut Key “Alt + Tab” is the commonly known keyboard shortcut for switching applications. In Ubuntu 12.10 (it could be around in earlier version of Ubuntu, but I didn’t notice it), when you press the “Alt + Tab” key, the first icon on the left is the “Show Desktop” icon. You can “Tab” your way to this icon to access your Desktop. 2. “Super + D” or “Ctrl + Alt + D” Shortcut keys In Unity desktop, you can use the default “Ctrl + Alt + D” or the “Super + D” to access your desktop....

GateKeeper is a tool that helps to keep your computer safe. It does this by automatically locking your computer when you walk away and unlocking it when you return. By using GateKeeper, you won’t have to worry about or wonder if you locked your computer because once you’re a certain distance away from the USB Lock; the Key will disconnect and automatically lock it for you. Before Getting Started In the GateKeeper box you’ll find a Key, USB Lock, two CR2032 batteries (one is a spare), a key ring and a quick start guide....

In Ubuntu, it is surprisingly easy to backup your data. Gone are the days that require you to remember all the text line commands to type in the command prompt. With sBackup, you can easily backup your data with few clicks of your mouse. let me show you how. First, install sbackup sudo apt-get install sbackup Once done, go to System -> Administration -> Simple Backup Config. Enter your login password and you will be able to see the Window shown in the screen below....

There is no lack of twitter extensions for Firefox, but TwitterBar is kind of simple, unique and does not take up much space. Best of all, it resides in your address bar and allows you to update your tweet right within the address bar. After the installation, you will find a small Twitter icon sits at the right corner of your address bar. Just enter your tweet on the address bar and click the Twitter icon to post your tweet....

While there are tons of great iOS-compatible smartwatches out there from the likes of Withings, Fossil and Fitbit, yet none of them pair quite so seamlessly with Apple’s smartphones as the Apple Watch series itself. No matter which one you opt for, the Apple Watch has been designed to make the most out of iOS with features such as messaging on your wrist, hands-free Siri activation, and even sleep tracking....

Best of Communication 1. Facetime Facetime has been available on iPhone for a very long time. This year, the service became available for all iDevices, including Macs. The application comes free with iLife, and 99 cents for those without it. The application is great and you don’t even need the application open to receive calls. 2. Echofon Echofon is the best application on Mac for Twitter. The simple, yet high quality, application is available for iPhone as well....

With everyone getting in on the Internet commerce game in 2020, especially after lockdown, it’s only a matter of time before you take it to the next level and start getting serious about how you present photos of your wares. Also, in the general social media milieu, it’s also common after a certain point to start getting serious about presenting yourself. Part and parcel of that is not showing pictures with bits of your unkempt household or undesirable clothing in the background....

For years the standard in PC cleaner software has been CCleaner, and now Mac users can benefit from the experience that the Piriform developers bring to the table. In this article we will look at a new free Mac version and see how it compares to its older brother on Windows. Basic Features Installing and running is easy. Just go to the download page and download the .dmg file. After opening the disk image, drag the icon to the alias for the Applications directory, then navigate to your Applications directory and run the software....

A great example of this tailored distro is Clear Linux. Clear Linux is a Linux distribution created by Intel, and it’s tailored to developers, researchers, and anybody who’s using Linux as a tool rather than a desktop. Here we take a look at Clear Linux, the McLaren of Linux Distros, and see who it is and isn’t for. The Reason for Clear Linux Clear Linux was created seemingly for a few reasons, but one of the most important was to maximize the performance on Intel platforms....

This is a sponsored article and was made possible by Collabio. The actual contents and opinions are the sole views of the author who maintains editorial independence, even when a post is sponsored. Introducing Collabio Spaces The goal of Collabio Spaces seems to be to provide alternative P2P collaboration without the risks associated with sharing via the Cloud. The problem is that our lives already revolve around using some cloud or another, so trying to remove existing collaborations from the process can be a bit difficult....

If you have unlimited data with your home Internet, enjoy it while you can at the current price you pay. There will come a time when you will be obsessing over not going over your data limit on your home broadband as well. That is exactly what Comcast has done, and what is even worse is that other companies such as Century Link have already jumped on the data cap bandwagon....

What is the Convenience Rollup Update If you’ve used Windows for any length of time, you might be familiar with the “Service Packs.” Generally, service packs are nothing but a collection of all the enhancements, updates and fixes over a period of time. Convenience Rollup update is just like that but is being offered as a separate package which includes all the security and non-security updates and fixes from February 2011 to May 2016....