Here are four awesome iOS apps to expand your streaming potential with additional galleries for your favorite shows, music, and TV series. 1. Sling Sling TV is a streaming service owned by DISH. Reviews say that it is a branch off of the DISH Anywhere app which is a high-rated streaming app used by DISH subscribers. The difference is Sling is available for streamers who do not have an existing DISH account....
There are several popular ways to create automated backups on your Linux desktop or server. Many of these options require a decent amount of in-depth knowledge of under-the-hood Linux tools like cron, rsync, and system scripting. Even still, those options don’t integrate well with cloud platforms. CloudBerry Backup is built for the cloud, and it provides a simple graphical interface that just about anyone can use. If that sounds like the solution to your backup woes, sit down, relax, and get ready to dive into exactly how to use CloudBerry Backup to backup and restore your files on Linux....
Sketchup is not the sort of program you would use to make animation or organic shapes. It is basically a CAD program specialising in rigid body objects: buildings, tools, device cases and the like. In this article, potentially the first of a series, we show you how to get up and running with making models in 3D using Sketchup Make. Getting Started To get started with Sketchup, you first have to download and install it....
To narrow it down, BlackBerry is teaming up with a platform whose security is not really top notch. So BlackBerry is trying to customise it to their standards which rest on the principles of providing all-round security and privacy to its users. Let’s take a look at what BlackBerry PRIV is going to bring to Android’s platform. The company has integrated its “world-renowned” security model to Android, and it includes the following features....
In this article we show you how to make virtual video screens. A plane in Blender is just a square polygon until you put a texture on it. Usually this is just a still image, so it can be a wall or a floor tile or a piece of carpet. But has it ever occurred to you that instead of a still image you could attach a video file to the surface instead?...
For starters, the Canon PIXMA TS5350a makes the printing process as simple as possible, thanks to the Canon Print app, along with AirPrint compatibility for iPhone users, and Mopria compatibility for Android phones. This means that you can print off your favourite pictures and much-needed documents right from your smartphone, and without the need to send it to a desktop computer or laptop beforehand. Accessibility is just one part of the printing process however, and you’ll be glad to know that the PIXMA TS5350a doesn’t slouch where speed is concerned....
Rabb.it’s goal is to make it easier to experience the web with your friends by giving you access to a web browser hosted on Rabb.it’s servers. You can then invite friends to watch your Rabb.it stream and use the Rabb.it browser to direct everyone to the media you want to show. Is Rabb.it a Syncing Site? Of course, this sounds nearly identical to other syncing sites out there; you make a room, invite friends, then share videos with one another....
In this article we’ll go over the best file systems for your SSD on Linux. We’ll rank them and go over the positives and negatives of each. 1. Btrfs Btrfs has many enemies. The detractors say it is unstable, and this can be true as it is in very heavy development. Still, it actually is a pretty solid file system for basic usage. especially when talking about solid state drives....
A much better way to share PDF files is CrocoDoc. Introduction CrocoDoc is a free to use website that lets you view, annotate, and share PDFs online without requiring the installation of any software on your computer. The site converts the PDF file into a document that is readable in its HTML5 interface. Additionally the site can be used to collaborate on PDF documents with other computer users. Reading a PDF online To begin using the site’s tools, just click on the blue “Upload Document” button on the homepage....
Fixing the duplicate applications problem Fixing the duplicate Pages application was easily solved. I simply did a search for “Pages” and looked in the applications section of the results to find the two separate versions of the software. I used Get Info under the File Menu to find which version was the most recent. It turns out that one of them was in the Applications folder, and the other was in a separate folder I had made to keep my writing apps together....
The logic behind these keyboard layouts is this: using QWERTY, your fingers have to move all over the keyboard, since a lot of commonly-used letters (most of the vowels, for example) aren’t in the home row. It makes sense then, that if you just put the commonly-used letters in the home row, your fingers wouldn’t have to travel as far, increasing your speed and finger-strain. Alternative keyboards While there is a whole subculture of alternative keyboard designers and users out there, there are only two that have taken off in any significant numbers: Dvorak and Colemak....
Our Opinion Many of our writers root their phones, meaning they have Android phones. For the most part, they aren’t doing it with reckless abandon and are all doing it for specific functionality. Damien will usually just keep his Android phone the same as how it’s shipped; however, he does admit, “I root my phone only when there is a feature that I really need.” Mahesh roots his so that he “can get access to the custom mods and tools such as Xposed modules....
What’s in the box Other than the phone, charging cable, warranty card and instruction manual, it also comes with a phone case and screen protector. This is particularly useful since you probably won’t be able to get a suitable case in your local phone shop. If you have noticed a condom lookalike in the image above and are wondering what a condom is doing in the box, you are in for a surprise....
What if you could access most of these features from within a single software? Or better yet, think of a file manager that packs a majority of these tools so that you don’t have to open separate applications for your day-to-day tasks. Directly to the point, you’ll be glad to know that such tools exist, and one of them is Double Commander which we’ll be discussing in this article....
Under iTunes 10.3, it looks very much the same as any other build of iTunes, but it has the one key difference in that it’s already working within the confines of the cloud. Much has been said about the cloud, but it seems more like a mysterious and ominous entity. For anyone that has any doubts about it, this slight occurrence of it in iTunes should give a hint of how great it could be....
Bitport is a web app that downloads your torrent files to a remote storage where you can directly download the file to your computer or stream (video and audio) directly from the site. It is a simple solution for those who are not able to download torrents on their computer. Getting started To get started, simply head over to the Bitport website and sign up for an account. You can sign up for a free account, though it will only come with a 2GB storage space and 100M/hour download speed....
During the I/O developer conference in June 2010, Google introduced the Google Font – a series of open source font, that you can embed and use on your site. All the fonts are hosted on the Google server, so any browsers can utilise it without much effort. At the moment, there are 18 different fonts (as of this post) that you can choose from and I am sure more will be added to the library in the future....
What Does Quibi Even Mean? Quibi stands for “quick bites” and doubles as the ethos of the entire platform. Quibi is hoping to pioneer a new way of consuming television. All of the content on Quibi will take the form of short, episodic TV and movies divided into “chapters.” This means that viewers can watch an episode from start to finish in five to ten minutes. The idea stems from the fact that most people have periodic downtime in their day....
What Are Windows 11 Widgets? If you ever used Windows 10, you might be familiar with the “Live Tiles” on the Start menu. These include weather, news, a photo gallery, and much more. Windows 11 widgets are similar yet better, as they’re not cluttering up your start menu and are easier to manage. They’re individual apps that you add to a widget menu in your taskbar. Click the widget icon, and you’re treated to weather, sports, news stories, traffic, photos, and even your to-do list....
Humble Beginnings Vines are short six-second looping videos created on a mobile app. The app is available for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. These videos can be shared in the Vine social network or on Twitter or Facebook as well. They can now also be shared in a private message between friends. Vine was started in June 2012, and Twitter quickly picked it up for their own use later that year for a rumored $30 million....
