3 Android Apps To Automatically Silence Notifications On A Schedule

android-auto-silence-introHave you ever been in a meeting or other place and forgot to silence your phone? I know I have. In some cases, this can really cause problems, but in general, it is disrespectful in most situations. The other part is, when you silence your Android phone notifications, you have to remember to turn the sound back on after the meeting.

The applications talked about below all have the same theory behind them – they allow you to schedule times where your Android phone will automatically silence or turn the notifications back on after the allotted time. Each of these applications is a free or Lite version and most of them have an inexpensive paid version if you want a few more features.
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4 Apps To Make Your Valentine’s Day Special [iOS]

valentine-mainValentine’s Day is one of, if not the, most romantic day on the gregorian calendar. It is the day when you must impress your most loved one with a special dinner or anything that will make them feel special and loved. However, this pressure can be deemed too stressful for us guys out there who don’t want a disastrous Valentine’s Day where our loved one feels their day wasn’t the best. But when given the advantage of having our iPhones with thousands of applications that help with our daily lives, many are also available to help on this day. Today, we will look at three main situations we encounter during Valentine’s Day and an app that can help with each one of them.
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Giveaway of The Week: Toggl Time Tracker [Update: Contest Closed]

toggl-logoFor our giveaway of the week, I am glad to announce that we have 3 licenses of three months worth of Pro credits for Toggl Time Tracker.

Toggle Time Tracker is a great web based time tracker app that allows you to track the time spent on projects. It is cross-platform compatible and comes with desktop client for the different OS (Mac, Linux, Windows, iOS and Android).

The PRO account allows you to add tasks, track billable rates and you can integrate with Basecamp, Quickbooks, Freshbooks, and many other third party software. The best thing is you can share reports with your clients so they can have a real-time overview of the time you spent on the projects.

Update: Contest Closed.

Here’s what you need to do to win:

Tweet to Enter

All you have to do is click the link below and send out the resulting tweet (or just copy and paste), then leave a comment below with a link to your tweet. That’s it!

This giveaway begins now and ends Friday, 10th February 2012 at 2359hrs Pacific Time. The winners will be selected at random and announced via email.

Share and enjoy!

Toggl Time Tracker

MakeTechEasier would like to thank Toggl for their generosity while participating in this giveaway. Interested in sponsoring? We’d love to hear from you. Get in touch with us.

Five Top-Secret Windows 7 Features

secret-tips-headWith Microsoft’s new interface adjustments in the Windows franchise, the company put a lot of features into Windows 7 that it might have forgotten to mention. After having a really close look at the infrastructure of the operating system, I’ve noticed a couple of things that might startle you a bit about the operating system, including features that make you wonder where they’ve been your whole life. While you might know some of them, I doubt you knew them all, so let’s get started and discover together what Windows 7 had in store for you but wasn’t in a hurry to let you know about.
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Ask The Reader: How Do You Like The MTE Newsletter to Be Served?

email-envelopeWe have recently migrated our newsletter service to Aweber so we can have more control on it and provide a better (and more beautiful) experience for all of you.

Now, for all of you who have subscribed, or going to subscribe to our newsletter, here is a question for you: How do you like the Make Tech Easier newsletter to be served?

Currently, our newsletter is sent daily with all the articles (full length) that were published on that day. Here are a few choices:

1. Continue as it is: a daily newsletter with all the articles published on that day.

2. A daily newsletter with only the best article of the day.

3. A weekly newsletter with a summary of the 5 best articles of the week.

4. Other choices.

Cast your vote now.
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Do You Have A Windows Related Problems? Send In Your Questions Now!

mte-questionsAt Make Tech Easier, we have made every effort to come up with useful articles, detailed tutorials and simple tips and tricks that work. However, one thing that we are not able to do is to come up with solutions to solve your immediate problems, simply because we have no idea what’re your problems until we face them ourselves.

That is about to change. We are coming up with a new FAQ section where you can email us your problems and we will answer them on a weekly column.

For a start, we are going to focus on Windows first. Here’s what you need to do:

Send your question(s) (please provide as many detail as possible) to windows-help [at] maketecheasier.com or send us a tweet @maketecheasier.

That’s it.

Don’t wait, send in your questions now!

Feedbacks are welcome.

Image credit: Colin_K

3 Android Applications To Take Control Of Who Can Call You

call-blocking-introPeople are using their phones more and more as their everything device. It does everything except gives them a bath. One of the things you may feel you have no control over is who can call or message you. Taking control of your phone is a little more than managing your contacts.

What if you decide to change your phone number and the person who had it before you signed up for all kinds of services to text message information to them? Or maybe they had a lot of bill collectors or a persistent ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend? All of these are pretty realistic things that can happen.
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How to Turn Your iPad into a Mac

TurniPadIntoMac_ZaggFor many consumers these days, a Mac of any type can be a really difficult purchase to make. Some individuals find the price too difficult to look past. This makes some people feel that there are no alternatives toward getting a Mac, with some refurbished models still considered quite high. However, there is a great alternative to purchasing a Mac – get an iPad. Today, we will go over the steps to make an iPad the best Mac alternative that it can possibly be. From products to applications, you can find yourself with a “Mac-Pad” in no time.
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4 Dictionary Apps Every iPhone User Should Know About

dictionary-mainWhat do you do when you come across a difficult word when reading news on your iPhone? You can either go online to google the meaning of the word, or check up the physical dictionary for the word. Wouldn’t it be great if there is an app for checking up word(s)? Wait, there are indeed apps for that! The following four dictionary apps for the iPhone are free and have a large word bank that can easily fulfill your needs.
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We Are Hiring 2 Linux Writers

write-for-mteWe are looking for a part time Linux writers, preferably based in US, Europe or Australia.

You need to have experience in using Linux and be proficient with the app and command line. You also need to be able to come up plenty of tweaks, hacks, mods, software review and capable of explaining them in an easy-to-understand manner.

Conditions:

Passionate about Linux.
Confident and experienced writer.
Always on the loop for latest Linux news and update.
Able to come up with 1-2 articles per week.
Able to meet publication deadline.

To Apply:

Write to us at writers [at] maketecheasier.com, with the subject “Application as a Linux writer”. Do not send us your resume. Include in the mail your years of experience as a writer, the blog(s) that you have wrote for and your level of proficiency in Linux. We will certainly ask you for a sample of your writing.

PS: We are not looking for guest posters. Guest posters, please refrain from sending us email. They will not be entertained.