Finding images for articles and presentations can be a nuisance. Unless you’re an expert in creating your own images, you probably use Google Images to find pictures that will fit the theme of your project or article. Most people use Google Images because there’s a huge selection of high quality images there, but visiting unknown sites to open full size images is risky. You could get yourself a nasty virus, and what about when you are looking for images with children? Do you cringe as much as I do at what might pop up? When searching for pictures, half the time, you find the image wasn’t even what you were looking for, or it was a broken image and you have to start over again. There has to be a better way!
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Search Images Safely and Quickly With Google Image Ripper
By | February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Easily Create A Facebook Timeline Cover From Your Android Phone
By | February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment
For those of you who use Facebook, I am sure there are one or two of you who have an Android phone. If you fall into this category, there is an application that lets you make new cover photos from pictures you take from your phone. You can add Facebook Cover Art to the list of Android apps on your device.
The short explanation of the Facebook Cover Art is this: when you are out someplace and you take a really great picture, you can create a new Cover picture and upload it right to your Facebook Timeline. Below is the specifics of how it works.
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How to Schedule Regular Database Backup to Dropbox
By | February 1, 2012 | 2 Comments
Previously, I have shown you how to schedule a database backup using cron job and email yourself the database file, but if you have a big database, you will find that the emailing method might not work as well as you want it to be. A good alternative to this is to upload your database to Dropbox. Here is a simple script that you can use to backup your database to Dropbox.
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A Quick And Easy Way To Promote Your YouTube Videos
By | January 31, 2012 | 3 Comments
With 78% of Americans now online, social media marketing and networking have become the preferred method of promoting business. YouTube is an excellent avenue to do just that, whether you are an individual trying to make a name for yourself, or you are promoting a brand. Because businesses can create their own channels on YouTube, there is no end to the type of content you create or how far reaching it could become. Take advantage of this platform to maximize your social media exposure by linking your YouTube channel to other social media accounts.
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Dropbox Automator Saves Your Time From Doing Repetitive Tasks
By | January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment
As an avid user of Dropbox, I was delighted to see that there is a useful application which can automate many tasks that would otherwise eat up my valuable time. It’s called Dropbox Automator, and it’s here to make your life easier. Essentially it allows you to automate a number of different actions on files in your Dropbox, such as automatically converting documents to PDF or images to jpegs, or even encrypting or emailing files.
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5 Useful Online Tools To Test Websites
By | January 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment
If you are a web designer or a web developer then you must know just how important it is to ensure that the final product is devoid of any bugs/errors.
The following five websites help developers and designers to validate websites and check the website code for any sort of error.
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Facebook Introduces New Timeline Apps
By | January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
People like to talk about who they are and what they like. Facebook is giving people another way to show their friend what their interest are. Adding apps to your Timeline is pretty new, but there are quite the variety of apps to add.
Some may see this as adding clutter, others may see it as way to add more personalization. Others yet will see it as another reason to make Facebook their main social hub. Whatever the reason, here is how to add Apps to your Facebook Timeline.
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The Beginner Guide to YouTube Analytics
By | January 24, 2012 | 2 Comments
Did you know that 8 years of content is added to YouTube everyday? Your content could easily be lost in the shuffle if it isn’t being tracked. You probably know that YouTube replaced Insight, a tool that let publishers see detailed stats about their content, with YouTube Analytics, but you may not know how to use the new data. The new platform is visually very similar to Google Analytics and offers a more in-depth reporting experience, crucial to effectively leveraging your social media success. With detailed statistics of each video you post, you can build and publish content according to the demographic results, in turn generating more more views and shares.
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How to Install and Configure ownCloud
By | January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment
It is difficult to read any tech news and not see something about “the cloud”, cloud computing, cloud hosting, or at least something that mentions the word “cloud”. Many businesses have moved their entire software operations into the cloud, and many individual users rely on cloud service providers for email, documents, and file storage.
There are a plethora of file storage and file sharing services available on the web. Many of them are free for a limited amount of space (often around 2 to 5 GB). For a lot of people, this type of service is sufficient, but if you want your own file storage system, need a lot more space, do not want to pay a third party service, and already have your own web hosting account for your website, ownCloud is a free and open source option you should definitely consider.
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5 Online Tools To Create Tag Clouds
By | January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Ever seen one of those tag clouds on different blogs, which show which keyword was most searched or looked for? Well, if you want to make one of your own, take a look at the following five websites that allow you to create tag clouds from text to visualize word frequency.
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