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Portable applications have, as a result, become quite an important topic. Not all programs are portable, but many are, and Make Tech Easier previously covered some of the must-haves. Knowing what programs to have and what they do, however, does not explain why you should have them. What are portable apps? Simply put, these are programs that you do not have to install to use. You may already have some examples on your computer, but it is also possible that these examples came as part of a larger installer (an example of which would be Microsoft Word, which comes as part of the Microsoft Office installer)....

Netflix users who’re logged in on a former partner, roommate or friend’s devices know the pain all too well. Until now, the only way to shut off access is to change the account password, thus logging the unwanted account sharer out. Now relief is at hand with a new setting that enables the account holder to remotely log out of specific televisions, set-top boxes, or mobile apps from the centralised account settings page on the web....

The gap left by other blogging platforms is bridged by a site called “Papyrs” – a tool to easily create new webpages for any use you want. Introduction Papyrs is a wonderful web service that lets you create webpages. Using the site you can obtain a domain name as a subdomain of the site and start adding webpages to it. Your webpages are completely customizable. These customizations do not rely on your programming skills – you simply drag webpage elements into the position you want and edit them....

Twitter, Tumblr, Friendfeed and others use this method to display updates. It is fast, fluid and searchable; all of which are essential in today’s fast pace business environment. Wouldn’t it be great if you could have your own inter-company Twitter? Present.ly gives you just that! Two Versions There are 2 versions, an enterprise version to download and run on your own server. This option is more geared for larger companies....

Drag the highlighted text and drop it to the desktop. You will immediately see a new txt file (with the name “dropped_text.txt”) on the desktop. Open this text file and you will find your text within. Note: I have tested this on Ubuntu and it works fine on various desktop manager. I am not sure if this works for other distro as well.

To remove the “SkyDrive Pro” option from the right-click context menu, there are two methods. The first one is to delete a registry entry, and the other is to use the Microsoft hotfix. Follow the one that is better suited for you. Remove SkyDrive Pro using Registry Note: just to be safe, make sure that you have a good backup of your Windows Registry before deleting the keys. To remove “SkyDrive Pro” from the right-click context menu, all you have to do is delete a single registry key....

When Yet Another Process Monitor is installed, you’ll get an option to replace it with the default Windows Task Manager. This option can also be reverted under Preferences if you wish to restore the default task manager. YAPM interface uses the modern ribbon interface, making it easier for the users to select different options. The first tab in the ribbon is the Tasks tab which displays all the open tasks in Windows....

To try Robolinux, go to the Downloads page and scroll to the bottom until you find the link to the Robolinux SourceForge downloads area. Download the .iso file and burn it onto a disc. Then boot your PC or laptop from the disc. The boot menu will offer one of two choices, either “Run Robolinux Live” or “Install Robolinux.” To install it on your machine, select the second choice. The first few steps of the installation are simple....

Installation Sage is always under heavy development, which means new enhancements are added very frequently. To install it from source: First, you will need to satisfy a few dependencies. You can then download the sources from the official page. Extract them and from a terminal, launch the script Note: You will need around 3GB of free space for Sage to work properly. Be sure to have them before launching the compilation (which will take some time)....

What Is SATA? Serial ATA (SATA) was first introduced in 2000 to replace the much slower Parallel ATA technology, which used bulky cables that crowded other components. Originally, SATA was used for HDDs, but the technology was also sufficient to support the faster, more efficient SSDs. Usually, SATA SSDs max out around 600 MB/s. In comparison, HDDs typically max out around 120 MB/s. Due to their lower cost, this is usually the standard for many SSDs, especially for general purpose computers versus high performance ones....

Why do you need this list ? There are many dashboard widgets in Mac that perform several particular tasks related to Facebook, but not a single one lets you do all of them. So I’m putting in some simple tools that will let you use Facebook’s most performed tasks from dashboard. The tasks include, Updating your status & viewing your friends’ status. Batch uploading & downloading of Facebook photos listed under your or your friends’ profile....

Amit Agarwal at Digital Inspiration has written a simple VBS script that allows files uploaded to Dropbox to automatically print. To set-up the remote printing function you must do the following 1. Install Dropbox 2. Download the zip file 3. Double-click the eprint.vbs file. A sub-folder (PrintQueue) will be created inside your main Dropbox folder. Now any file that is placed inside the PrintQueue folder will automatically be printed. There is no need to run any additional commands or navigate any dialog boxes....

Design Soundcore Liberty Air comes in two colors, black and white, and have a striking resemblance to the Apple AirPods. They come with a beautiful casing where the earphones fit in snuggly. The casing is also a battery pack for the earphones and charges them when the earphones are in it. There are three LED lights at the front of the casing that indicate the amount of battery left. The cover of the casing contains a magnetic strip so it will snap closed and remain closed....

What you could really use is “Storify” – a web service that merges the most popular information sites and a story-writing interface. Not only will you save time on the research, but you will also form and publish your stories quickly. Introduction Storify is a web service currently in its beta. It lets you write stories on any topic and then quickly publish. The site offers an intuitive interface that lets you find and import various types of media and data from Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, Flickr, YouTube, and other websites....

Going through the Google Play Store, you can find a few task switcher apps to help you change from one app to another. They have varying degrees of ease of use. Switchr is a really easy to use task switcher app for Android to help you change your apps quickly and easily with a swipe of your finger. Let’s take a look at how you can use Switchr to be more efficient....

Fortunately, iPhone comes with an Internet tethering feature. It converts your device into a modem and shares your Internet connection with your other devices. The bad news is, not all carriers offer tethering option which is a good reason why you should jailbreak your iPhone to be able to share your connection. I have used two apps which can turn your iPhone into a WiFi hotspot. To cut the story short, here they are:...

In this article, we’ll be going over some of the best mobile game titles you can find on mobile devices that were originally developed for PC or console. 5. BIT.TRIP Series Original Platform: WiiWare (2009) Now Available: iOS and Android BIT.TRIP is a series of games focusing on a curious character referred to as Commander Video (seen in the above picture) as he goes through various adventures. Each game in the series is defined with its own distinct gameplay, beautiful and trippy visuals, and nail-biting difficulty harkening back to the days of classic gaming....

1. Affinity Photo Available on both Mac and iOS, Affinity Photo does away with all of the headaches caused by Adobe’s Photoshop subscription fees. With a one-time purchase at $49.99, this app is full of features. RAW editing is a breeze, as is color correction, HDR merge, multi-layer composition, digital painting and so much more. The best part? Affinity Photo adds PSD editing so that you can load your Photoshop files....

What sets AI apart from other computer programs is that we don’t have to specifically program it for every scenario. We can teach it things (machine learning), and it can teach itself as well (deep learning). While there are multiple varieties of each, they can be broadly defined as follows: Artificial Intelligence (AI): a machine that is able to imitate human behavior Machine Learning: a subset of AI where people train machines to recognize patterns in data and make predictions Deep Learning: a subset of machine learning in which the machine can train itself...

Unavailable Applications A number of applications are simply missing from Microsoft Office for Mac. Microsoft Publisher is a publishing app aimed at beginners and probably isn’t a huge loss for Mac users. There are tons of alternative desktop publishing applications for the platform. But if you have saved Microsoft Publisher files you were hoping to edit on your Mac, forget it. Microsoft Access is a database management tool that’s a godsend for users stuck managing giant Excel “database” files....