Windows: Last year, Microsoft announced an app that would allow you to have real-time conversations with people who spoke different languages, built on Skype. While the service was only available to a small group of testers, it’s now open to everyone. Read more…
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Skype Translator Preview is Now Available to Everyone
Windows/Mac/iOS/Android: Flickr has rolled out a ton of updates and new photo tools to make organizing and accessing your entire photo collection much easier. Flickr Uploadr sends selected folders to Flickr from your desktop, and Flickr Camera Roll lets you mass edit photos in your collection. Read more…
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Flickr’s New Tools Automatically Upload and Organize All Your Photos
Today at Microsoft Ignite, the company released a preview of Office 2016. The preview is free for Office 365 users, and a trial is available to everyone else. The new suite can edit or attach files directly from OneDrive. You can also try out collaborative editing in Word 2016, allowing you to edit documents others are working in simultaneously using every version of the application, including Word on the desktop. Read more here or get started downloading the preview here . Read more…
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Microsoft Office 2016 Preview is Now Available for Download
LED lighting panels for photography can cost around $500, but if you’re willing to put in a little of your own elbow grease, Make shows you how build your own for about $100. Read more…
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Build Your Own LED Light Panel with a Brownie Pan
Today, Google announced that it is entering the mobile MVNO carrier field with a service called Project Fi. The service will use Sprint and T-Mobile’s network in conjunction with Wi-Fi to make one, big, seamless carrier. Read more…
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Google Just Became a Cellphone Carrier with Project Fi
Apple’s recently released iOS 8.3 update prevents desktop file explorers like iFunBox, iExplorer, iTools, and others from accessing the app directories on your devices. A few have updated with temporary fixes, but it might take a little while before everything’s working again. Read more…
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iOS 8.3 Prevents Desktop File Explorers from Accessing Apps
Facebook released a new standalone version of its Messenger app today. While the app still requires a Facebook account to use, it’s separate from the rest of Facebook to hopefully help keep you from being distracted by everything else on Facebook. Read more…
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Facebook Launches Standalone Messenger App for Browsers
Those of you with a penchant for coffee drinks might already know that it’s surprisingly easy to make your own lattes (even this year’s ubiquitous pumpkin spice latte ). And if you’re more of a tea drinker, it also happens to be incredibly easy to make your own green tea lattes, too. Read more…
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Make a Coffeehouse-Style Matcha Green Tea Latte at Home
Once you’ve learned one programming language or programming tool, it’s pretty easy to get into another similar one. Sometimes, though, the fine differences are hard to remember. Hyperpolyglot is an awesome tool for looking up the differences and similarities between programming languages and tools. Read more…
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Hyperpolyglot Is a Side-by-Side Reference Sheet for Programming
A decent surge protector is an important piece of equipment in any office or entertainment center. They don’t last forever, though, so make sure you take the time and purge your surge on occasion to keep your electronics protected. Read more…
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Why You Should Periodically Replace Your Surge Protectors