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Cool Web Apps & Sites January 19, 2011 posted by

Facebook disables access to address and phone number by 3rd party applications

That was pretty fast. Yesterday we posted about some changes recently made to Facebook. Specifically, the ability for 3rd party applications to access your address and phone number. We weren’t the only ones that saw the negative effects of this, and it would seem that Facebook was listening. The company posted on their Developer Blog that they are temporarily disabling this feature. That does mean that it will be re-enabled at some point, but with some changes. What these will…


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Free Software January 19, 2011 posted by

PBS now offers free content on your iPhone

PBS is one of those stations that has a good bit of interesting programming. The best part about it is that you can generally get the channel with any basic cable package, or even just over the air. Well the station is wanting to make their shows even more available to the masses by providing an iPhone app. The app is available free of charge, and allows you to watch full episodes of their shows. Currently the app is only…


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PBS now offers free content on your iPhone
Cool Web Apps & Sites January 18, 2011 posted by

Facebook now allows 3rd party apps to access your address and phone number

Facebook is a great tool for networking with your friends. However, if you have private information listed on the site, there’s always the worry that such data will fall into the hands of people that you don’t want it to. Well now the site has made it easier for 3rd party applications to access both your address and phone number. When you try to use a 3rd party app, you get a dialogue box that asks if you want to…


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Facebook now allows 3rd party apps to access your address and phone number
hmm..interesting January 18, 2011 posted by

Google Music Service coming soon?

Google seems to keep improving its service here there and everywhere. The huge rivalry between Google and Apple is still going strong as ever. A new picture from an Android 2.3 device is now showing a �sync Music� option, seeming to hint that a music synchronization service is on it�s way. We don�t really know if this is for certain or not, but it�s probably something we�ll see in the next year or two. It will definitely be fun to…


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Google Music Service coming soon?
Free Software January 17, 2011 posted by

Free software teaches you to read lips

Have you ever wanted to master the art of reading lips? Most of us that are fortunate enough to not have impaired hearing think of this skill as a novelty. However, even if you have perfect hearing, there can be situations where this is useful. Say, you’re in a noisy room, and are trying to hold a conversation with someone. Being able to read their lips can help prevent the need to ask �what?� repeatedly. Well if this is a…


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Free software teaches you to read lips
Free Software January 14, 2011 posted by

Google’s Translate app gets a conversation mode

One of my favorite online discoveries back when the internet was still somewhat new to me was Babelfish. The ability to instantly translate a block of text (and even entire websites) from one language to another was simply amazing. These days that sort of thing doesn’t seem like quite such a big deal. However, Google still manages to find new ways to amaze us with their various innovations, even in the world of translation. If you have an Android phone,…


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Google’s Translate app gets a conversation mode
Awesome January 11, 2011 posted by

YouTube now supports drag-and-drop uploading thanks to HTML5

HTML5 is the future of the web. I could spend a good while describing in detail why this new technology will change the way you use the internet, but instead I’ll just leave you with this gem. Next time you head over to YouTube to upload that video of your cat being cute, don’t bother clicking the �Upload Video� button. Rather, just take the video clip and drag it into the specified area. That’s all you need to do. Oh,…


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YouTube now supports drag-and-drop uploading thanks to HTML5
diy January 11, 2011 posted by

Hook your Zune to your Mac with a simple software hack

In this day and age, there’s really no excuse for hardware not to be cross-compatible. This is something that’s bothered me about Microsoft’s Zune player for a long time. It took the iPod a little over a year to get official support for Windows machines (a year-and-a-half if you count the release of iTunes for Windows). The Zune has been out since late 2006, and you still can’t connect one to a Mac. What’s up with that, Microsoft? Well, if…


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Hook your Zune to your Mac with a simple software hack
Free Software January 10, 2011 posted by

Wordmark.it – The free font selecting web app

I’m no graphic designer, so I don’t often find myself looking for a font to use. Of course when I do need to whip something together in Photoshop, I hate sifting through fonts. Usually I just pick Comic Sans and go about my business (I kid, I kid). Seriously though, there needs to be a better way to go through the fonts I’ve already got than highlighting some text and scrolling through each one. Actually, that’s exactly why Wordmark.it was…


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Wordmark.it – The free font selecting web app
software January 7, 2011 posted by

Group video calling comes to Skype

If you use Skype for video chatting on a PC, then you may want to consider grabbing the latest version. Why? Well, in addition to some minor tweaks to improve video quality and stability, they have added in a long-awaited feature. That’s right, group video calling is now live (it has been in beta for a little while now). Unfortunately this new feature isn’t a freebie. If you want the ability to group chat whenever you like, you’ll need to…


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Group video calling comes to Skype
Gadgets January 3, 2011 posted by

iPhone alarm glitch forced many to sleep in unintentionally

Did you find yourself rolling out of bed a little later than expected over the weekend? If you own an iPhone and use it as an alarm, then there’s a good chance that you did. Thanks to a glitch with the iOS, non-recurring alarms weren’t working for the first two days of the new year. Perhaps it was Apple’s way of telling everyone to take it easy for a couple days. Of course, for those needing to get to work,…


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iPhone alarm glitch forced many to sleep in unintentionally
Awesome December 30, 2010 posted by

Hack your Nook Color to read Kindle books

In this age of digital content, you can have access to so many things on a mobile device. Movies, music, and even books. Unfortunately with companies vying for your business, you can’t always get every piece of content to work on the device you’ve purchased. For instance, if you were to purchase a Nook, you would be unable to read a book purchased from Amazon on it. Of course, if you really want that book to work, it can be…


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Hack your Nook Color to read Kindle books
Free Software December 24, 2010 posted by

iFixit�s iPad App is the ultimate repair guide

A wonderful present for this holiday season that you have to pay absolutely nothing for is the iFixit Repair Manual for the iPad. Though it�s going to be a little hard to gift-wrap an application, this will walk you through fixing everything from your camera to your car. It provides step-by-step detailed information, and pictures to show you you�re on the right track to repairing whatever is broken. Don�t you love an application that has both form and function? All…


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iFixit�s iPad App is the ultimate repair guide
Free Software December 21, 2010 posted by

Free Smurfs’ Village app could cost you serious money

If you’re both a proud parent and the owner of an iOS device, you might want to be wary of letting your children play games on it. One game in particular that could run you into trouble is Smurfs’ Village. Surely nothing about the Smurfs could be harmful to your children, right? It’s actually true, those little blue guys are about as family-friendly as cartoons go. Unfortunately it might not be friendly to your bank account. This, and other games…


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Free Smurfs’ Village app could cost you serious money
Free Software December 20, 2010 posted by

Game for Cats turns your iPad into a cat toy

If you have an iPad, you’ve no doubt found dozens of uses for it. Browsing the web, reading eBooks, jotting notes, watching movies and more. But have you� ever tried using it as a cat toy? Probably not, since most rational people don’t want to take a $500+ device and unleash their pet upon it. Well if you’re a brave soul, you can do just that with the Game for Cats app. The app is rather simple, you can choose…


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Game for Cats turns your iPad into a cat toy