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Google rolls out new Account management page

If you have opened the My Account management page on Google today you may have noticed that it has been redesigned completely by the company. The easiest way to access the page […]

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How to share files with Facebook friends directly

You have plenty of options if you want to share files with friends on the web version of Facebook. The two core options the site provides are to share files using Facebook […]

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Google adds real-time traffic information to Google Maps

Google Maps' directions feature works considerably well most of the time. It can be quite useful to plan a trip but also when you missed an exit or need to re-route, as […]

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Google splits Sign-in process into two pages

If you have signed in to your Google account on the Gmail website or other Google properties recently you may have noticed that the sign-in process has changed. Google split the sign-in […]

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Microsoft Security Bulletins For May 2015

This page offers an overview of Microsoft's May 2015 patch day. The guide provides you with information about each security bulletin that was released today as part of the the update day. […]

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What you need to know about Office 2016 before you install it

Microsoft has just published the Office 2016 Preview application for home and enterprise. It is available to Office 365 subscribers, other Office users and non-Office users on the Office website. If you […]

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Microsoft: Android and iOS apps, Edge, Win32 programs in store

Microsoft kicked off this year's BUILD conference with a bang as it made several interesting announcements today. For starters, the company revealed the name for the new web browser which it called […]

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Google to switch all users to the new Google Maps

Google community manager Abby announced on the official Google Maps forum yesterday that the company will move all users of Google Maps to the new version of the product soon. The same […]

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Microsoft Security Bulletins For April 2015

Microsoft has just released security updates for April 2015 on today's Patch Day. Security updates are published regularly by the company on the second Tuesday of each month. This guide offers information […]

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How to activate YouTube's transparent player design

Changes on YouTube are not rolled out to all users at once. Google tests them on the live site after testing them internally by enabling them for a fraction of the site's […]

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Expose for Chrome gives you quick access to public Facebook photo streams

Even if you take good care of your privacy on Facebook information about you may still leak. A friend may post a photo that you are in without asking your permission, or […]

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The easiest way to save videos on Facebook

Facebook is one of the largest video hosting and streaming sites on the Internet. It is held back somewhat by missing options to embed most videos on third-party websites (you can embed […]

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Third-party download ads will be a thing of the past soon on Google

When you search for software downloads currently on Google, for instance for Firefox, VLC or Google Chrome, then ads may be displayed to you before the organic search results. The problem with […]

Yahoo turns off Search Alerts frontend, leaves users without management options

Yahoo! Search Alerts is was a Google Alerts alternative for Yahoo users. The service provided you with tools to monitor search keywords in Yahoo's engine and receive notifications when new websites or […]

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Amazon launches Cloud Drive Unlimited plan for $59.99 per year. Good Deal?

Amazon's Cloud Drive has been a contender in the cloud storage and file synchronizing vertical for some time now. Today, Amazon announced the launch of two new plans that simplify Cloud Drive […]

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How to remove your search history on Facebook

Whenever you search on Facebook, information about that search is saved in a search history that Facebook maintains for all of its users. While you don't get access directly to the storage, […]

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That i icon on YouTube? That's the new Cards feature

If you have watched a YouTube video lately you may have noticed an i icon appear in the top right corner on the site like on this video here. This is YouTube's […]

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Yahoo On-Demand Passwords improves security for some users

Yahoo announced the launch of the a new on-demand password feature today in the United States. If you have a US IP you get the new on-demand passwords options under account security […]

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Translate subtitles quickly with Google's Translator Toolkit

I prefer subtitles over dubbing when it comes to video productions. The core reason for this is that the original version is usually the best and that dubbing on top of that […]

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Google Code is dead

Every now and then I stumble upon project websites hosted on Google Code. Not nearly as much as those hosted on Sourceforge, Codeplex or everybody's darling GitHub but regularly enough to know […]

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Microsoft Security Bulletins For March 2015

Welcome to the March 2015 Microsoft Patch Day overview. The guide provides you with information about all security bulletins that the company released this month. Besides information about each bulletin and links […]

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How to turn off birthday notifications on Google and Facebook

If you are on Facebook or on Google+ and have at least one friend or contact on the site, chance is that you receive birthday notifications. Birthday notifications are enabled on both […]

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How to preview and leave the new Google Contacts

If you have a Google account then you also have access to the company's Contacts tool that is available as a standalone service but also integrated in web applications such as Gmail. […]

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Hide promoted tweets, accounts and trends on Twitter

If you are a Twitter regular using the main website of the service as your entry point and not an app or program, you may have noticed promoted content on the site […]

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Microsoft makes Outlook.com Skype exclusive

While Outlook.com is mostly about email, it supports chat as well. You can click on the chat icon while you are on the site to display available contacts and options to initiate […]

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Google improves unwanted software protection in Chrome and Search

Potentially unwanted software is a big issue in today's computing. It is largely a problem on Windows systems and usually refers to the bundling of unwanted programs with software that you have […]

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Microsoft OneNote 2013 Free now without restrictions (but one)

OneNote 2013 is a note-taking application by Microsoft that is available for various desktop and mobile operating systems. It is part of all editions of Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365, and […]

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Microsoft Security Bulletins For February 2015

Welcome to the Microsoft security release overview for February 2015. You find information about each security bulletin that Microsoft released this month. Since the company releases bulletins for all its products, you […]

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Get 100GB OneDrive space for 2 Years (Bing Rewards, US-only)

One of the core reasons why Microsoft's Bing search engine is not well received in most countries is that Microsoft restricts features regionally. It is not the only reason but Bing feels […]

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Microsoft releases Word, Excel and PowerPoint previews for Windows 10

Microsoft has released previews of several Office apps today for users running the most recent build of the company's upcoming Windows 10 operating system. Update: The applications are no longer available as […]

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Google tests new video autoplay feature on YouTube

If you have been to YouTube recently and played a couple of videos on the site you may have noticed that new videos were loaded automatically at the end of the one […]

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YouTube switches to HTML5 video in most browsers by default

The video hosting site YouTube supports Adobe Flash and HTML5 Video and delivers videos based on the web browser and system used to access the site. Chrome users were defaulted to the […]

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Facebook Lite makes a return as a mobile application

Remember Facebook Lite? Facebook experimented with a low-resource version of the website back in 2009 and discontinued the site a year later in 2010 citing that Facebook Lite was not optimized for […]

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Find out what Facebook knows about you

Most Facebook users know that Facebook knows a lot about them but most do not know what this includes. Some information are obvious; the things you post online or information that you […]

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Desktop Google Drive update brings bandwidth limiter and sync status

If you are using Google's file synchronization and online hosting service Google Drive on the desktop, on PC or Mac, you may have installed the latest update for the service already that […]

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Microsoft Security Bulletins For January 2015

Microsoft has just released security updates for January 2015 for all supported operating systems (Windows Vista to Windows 8.1) and other company products. The updates are already available on Windows Update and […]

Microsoft won't release Advanced Security Notifications for free anymore

From this month forward, Microsoft will no longer release free Advanced Security Notifications before patches are made available on Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month. The company's Advanced Notification Service […]

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Can Yahoo Screen become a serious YouTube competitor?

YouTube is not the only online platform on which Internet users can upload, share and watch videos but it is without doubt the most popular one. While that is the case, there […]

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How to export and edit Google Contacts

Google maintains a list of your contacts automatically if you use company products such as Gmail, Google Plus and others. This list grows over time and situations may arise where you may […]

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How to remove Twitter favorites quickly

If you have favorited a lot of Twitter messages, either by accident or on purpose, you may at one point in time like to remove favorites again. You may know that I […]