Google Reader is a fantastic service, personally I use it daily for multiple RSS feeds. Unfortunately for people like me though, Google will be closing the Google Reader doors on 01st July 2013. So what can you do to replace Google Reader once those proverbial doors close? Simple, get Feedly! What is Feedly? Feedly is basically an RSS reader that you can use to replace Google Reader. They have a b... »
Having a unique look to your WordPress blog is very important, it’s what will make you stand out from the crowd and get your site noticed. A subtle but very important customisation that a lot of website creators overlook is the fonts that your site uses. Having the right fonts for the job is very important, especially if your site in reader centric like a blog. After all, what’s the po... »
Google+ is in my opinion the best social network out there and it’s certainly the one I use over any other social networks like Facebook or Twitter. However, Google+ has one distinct limitation that the competition don’t have – the lack of vanity URL’s. For those of you that don’t know, a vanity URL is a human readable version of a web address. For example, the Refu... »
We all know and love the Google Chromebook right? It’s cheap, looks good, secure and most importantly – fast. Yesterday in a blog post, Google announced the latest version of their little web based devices; the Chromebook Pixel. The original Chromebooks are very popular with both professionals and users alike, wanting the convenience & speed of a high powered laptop, yet the batt... »
Many people all over the UK use Sky for not only their TV, but also their internet, telephone and services like email. I myself have TV, telephone and fibre optic broadband with Sky. I also have a Sky email address although I don’t use it. Today I received an email into my inbox from Sky, informing me that from April 2013 Sky will be changing their email service provider from Gmail to Yahoo!... »
Today Google have announced that you can now add attachments from your Google Drive account to an email composed in Gmail. Services that can send large attachments are nothing new, for example YouSendIt has been around for a long time, allowing users to send attachments of up to 100MB with a free account. But attachments need to be uploaded to the YouSendIt web portal. This means that the process ... »
Google+ App for Android finally gets what pages owners need… Yesterday the Google+ product manager, Anish Acharya posted on his G+ profile that the Google+ App for Android and iOS got the update to the version 3.2 with the much sought after support for pages. Today we’re rolling out v3.2 of the Google+ app to Android and iOS; both versions include one of our most highly-requested feat... »
I while back I wrote about how ex-gizmodo writer Mat Honan had his online persona hijacked and erased by hackers. This all could have been prevented if he had bolstered the security on his Google account before the hackers managed to get in. To do this, he needed 2-Factor Authentication. What is 2-Factor Authentication? Well, 2-Factor Authentication (2-FA) is basically a constantly changing second... »
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