Anyone with a Chromebook will be familiar with the Google App Launcher. Basically it’s a small menu that contains all the shortcuts to the Google web apps you have “installed” within Chrome. Now you can have that same app launcher within Windows. Pretty much anyone who uses the Internet today will be using at least one of Google’s many services. Whether that be Gmail, Googl... »
Having a mobile phone contract is getting more and more expensive nowadays, gone are the days of a £10 a month, 1 year contracts. They’re mostly around £30+ and last for a whopping 2 years. This (I think) is because of the cost of the hardware rising significantly. There is now an Android app on the market that claims to rid you of all these financial burdens in the way of adverts straight... »
You’re going on your summer vacation to get away from everything. It’s not as simple as that these days. You really need some cool little gadgets to help you relax when you are on holiday, to take away from any minor niggles and quibbles. On top of that, you need to ensure that your gadgets are durable and light, as no one wants to pay for going over your luggage allowance do they? Fir... »
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A lot of people don’t know that Microsoft aren’t a one trick pony. It’s not just Windows and Office that they make, oh no, they actually make a vast range of software for business and enterprises. The infographic below, which has been created by the guys over at Firebrand Training shows just how diverse the Microsoft software catalogue really is. Are there any programs on this in... »
I don’t know about our friends “over the pond” in the US, but over here in the UK we like nothing more than meeting a group of our buddies for a few beers and a good old pub quiz. But a new service dubbed Speed Quizzing is set to take the humble pub quiz by storm. What is Speed Quizzing? Anyone who’s ever attended a pub quiz will know the drill, you pay your couple of p... »
A few weeks ago I wrote and article over on my personal blog about how I was thinking about moving everything “in-house”. Whilst that article has more of an emphasis on email (which I’m still not sure about moving yet by the way, so I’m interested to hear your thoughts…), I’ve also been applying the same principles to other parts of my online “life”... »
Many people who own websites, including myself tend to have more than just one site. Personally I have this site, my personal site, and also a number of other websites that I run and maintain. All of my main websites are managed by WordPress, this is because it’s a great system that allows admins and users to quickly and easily manager their content online. However, it can be a real pain to ... »
So today marks the end of the internet as we know it…Google Reader is officially dead! However will we continue to get all of our aggregated content in a way that we know and love? We’ve previously covered other alternatives like Feedly, but today we’re going to tell you about a great open source alternative called Tiny Tiny RSS which allows you to roll your own RSS system. But ... »