Test your trivia and geography knowledge with Google SmartyPins

Are you good at tying together your trivia and geography skills? You have 1,000 miles -- spend them well.SmartyPins by Google.Google If you're into trivia, and you know where most places are on the map, then Google's new SmartyPins game is sure to entertain you. The geo-trivia mashup game runs on the Google Maps platform and allows players to spend 1,000 miles trying to mark the correct location to answer each question. Head to this link to...

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Share a hard drive with everyone on your Wi-Fi network

Take advantage of your router's USB port with a little trick that lets you share a hard drive with anyone on your Wi-Fi network. Cloud storage is expensive, but it's not the only way to share a bunch of files across many devices. Instead, you can use an external hard drive and your router to create networked storage accessible to anyone on your Wi-Fi network. When it's set up, any files stored on that drive can be accessed by all devices on your...

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'Warbiking' highlights the need for better wireless security

A high-tech bike ride around Sydney shows off how little thought many companies and individuals give to wireless security. Don't let the lycra fool you: James Lyne isn't your traditional cyclist. Unlike the majority of MAMILs (middle aged men in lycra) on Sydney's roads, he's not cycling to and from work, or for medically-advised health reasons. He's actually the global head of security research for Sophos, and this bike ride is all about research. Lyne has a high-tech rig installed on his bike that sniffs out Wi-Fi networks and lets him see...

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PC market won't stink as much this year, says Gartner

Worldside shipments of PCs will still drop in 2014 but not as badly as they did last year. And ultramobiles will provide a bit of a boost. The PC market will stage a small revival this year, according to Gartner. Peering into its crystal ball, the research firm said Monday that global PC shipments will decline by only 2.9 percent in 2014. That may not sound like a huge cause for celebration. But the outlook is better than last year's...

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Microsoft, Canon shake on patent licensing agreement

The two companies will share intellectual property on a "broad range of products and services," including those for certain digital imaging and mobile consumer products. Here's a novel idea: Instead of suing for patent infringement, why not just share the intellectual property? This is exactly what Microsoft and Canon have decided to do. The two companies announced Wednesday that they've signed a patent cross-licensing agreement, which gives them the right to use the intellectual property on some of each other's products. "This collaborative...

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Facebook snaps up LiveRail in push for better video ads

Facebook The video aspect of Facebook's online and mobile ad schemes looks poised for a boost with the acquisition of LiveRail, a monetization platform for online video. LiveRail offers services aimed toward marketers and video ad networks with the intent of helping premium publishers sell digital video inventory in a smarter way. Some of these services include real-time biddable private and public video ad exchanges as well as a one-stop...

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Lenovo: IBM, Motorola deals to close by 2015

Chinese tech giant's CEO says regulatory review is "progressing" over the purchase of IBM's low-end server unit and Google's Motorola Mobility unit. Lenovo expects the acquisition of both IBM's low-end server business and Google's Motorola Mobility unit to be wrapped up by year's end. Yang Yuanqing, CEO of the China-based tech giant, said Wednesday that both deals are undergoing regulatory review in China and the United States, but are "progressing," according toReuters. At Lenovo's annual meeting in Hong Kong, the chief executive said, "We...

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Microsoft flips switch on new webmail encryption

Microsoft has pulled back the curtain on its implementation of tougher encryption standardsfor Web-based email and some cloud services, the company announced Tuesday. In the works for more than six months, Microsoft has now activated Transport Layer Security encryption (TLS) for its webmail services at Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, Live.com, and MSN.com. This means it will be significantly harder for email originating from and being sent to a Microsoft account to be spied on, as long as the connecting email service also uses...

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'Reading Rainbow' brings in $5M, eclipses Kickstarter record for most backers

The "Reading Rainbow" Kickstarter campaign attracted the most backers in the crowdfunding site's history. Riding a massive wave of nostalgia, actor LeVar Burton's Reading Rainbow campaign ended on Wednesday, with the distinction of being the most widely-backed campaign in the crowdfunding site Kickstarter's 5-year history. The campaign attracted more than 105,000 backers. It is also Kickstarter's fifth most successful campaign ever, raising more than $5.4 million, five times the original goal of $1 million. The project sought to bring...

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Share a hard drive with everyone on your Wi-Fi network

Take advantage of your router's USB port with a little trick that lets you share a hard drive with anyone on your Wi-Fi network. Cloud storage is expensive, but it's not the only way to share a bunch of files across many devices. Instead, you can use an external hard drive and your router to create networked storage accessible to anyone on your Wi-Fi network. When it's set up, any files stored on that drive can be accessed by all devices on your...

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Quick Tips To Avoid Plagiarism Content

When it comes to seeking information regarding any subject, internet is the first place we look up to. Unfortunately, a few websites today aren’t learner-friendly. Content creators in an aim to develop something beautiful and easily accessible, they tend to forget the learner’s goal. And they end up stealing others intellectual properties, which is why surfers often come across similar texts posted on different sites without any citation done. However,...

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The Crucial Difference Between Building a Blog and Building a Business

Are you building a blog or building a business? Do you think of yourself — and perhaps describe yourself — as a “blogger”? Or are you a freelancer, entrepreneur, consultant, ebook author, or similar? When I got started in blogging, I was really excited by the idea of building a blog that made money. But I didn’t initially see myself as someone who was in business. As a result, it took me months to start making any money. It wasn’t until I accidentally fell into freelancing (the first blog I guest posted for invited me to become a paid writer)...

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How to Integrate Email Marketing with Social Media?

With the advent of social media, it might be easy to think that email marketing has become outdated or even redundant but statistics gleaned from a 2011 StrongMail survey suggests otherwise. In fact, according to their data, over 68% of business leaders affirmed that they would be looking to integrate social media into their email marketing strategies and not the other way around. In addition, the respondents also...

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6 Productivity Tips for Getting Things Done Fast

Do you find it hard sometimes to focus on your important tasks? Do you start too many tasks and projects but never finish any? And you’re not achieving the results you’re looking for as a result? If you answer yes to any of the questions, it’s probably because you’re not managing your time very effectively. The following tips will help you manage your time and get things done fast and efficiently. 1. Become clear of what you want...

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6 Ways to Speed Up Your Site

The load time of websites is one of the most important factors affecting its usability; most Internet users will just skip a site altogether if it fails to load within a couple of seconds. Below you will find the summary of the “Speed Up Your Site” series. Those are simple yet effective ways to make sure that your website is running fast. You can click on each point to read the article with comments from the readers. Optimize Images: always use the “Save for the web” feature included on image editing software. Images represent the heavier load...

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