What Is Fast Startup? There is a lot going on when your computer boots up. Basically, the kernel gets loaded along with some drivers. Programs, libraries, and other types of data are then read from disk to memory and executed or processed in some way by the processor. On a decent SSD, this is fast enough. In about ten to twenty seconds your desktop shows up. Since this time is acceptable, most users are not aware that this can be even faster....
Here are five of the most common online shopping scams going around this year along with tips on how you can protect yourself from them. 1. Discounted gift cards 73 percent of consumers say they will purchase a gift card this season. That means there are a lot of shoppers out there looking for gift cards for their friends and family. Unfortunately, scammers have caught on to consumers’ desire to find discounted gift cards this time of year....
1. Zeppelin One of the main reasons why many people jailbreak their iOS devices is to change the carrier logo present in the status bar. Zeppelin allows you to do just that. The app has been available in the Cydia store for quite a while, and has now been finally updated for iOS 7. Classic logos such as Superman, Dark Knight, Batman, the Assassin’s Creed logo and even the good old Apple logo are all there, with others thrown in for good measure....
All of the apps listed are free, though some do have premium features that require a subscription. If you sign up for a free trial, make sure to cancel it within 24 hours in the Google Play Store. It’ll be listed under “Subscriptions” in the main Play Store menu. 1. VidCompact Video to MP3 Converter If you want the app to do more than just convert the format of your files, VidCompact is an excellent choice....
Love Frames Want to score some points and put your Valentine’s picture in the perfect photo frame? With Love Frames you can choose between all kinds of photo frames for that perfect Valentine’s Day greeting, a total of fourteen frames. You can choose between Beach, Te-Cup, I Love You Frame, and more! You can also choose and apply twenty photo effects such as GrayScale, Sepia, Invert, Tint, Black and White, Blur, etc....
We’ve gone out and found them for you – the best tools for managing high-intensity, elaborate projects. 1. Hygger Platforms: Web, iOS, Android Hygger not only lets you create multiple projects but manage them all seamlessly. It’s designed for the Agile project methodology, focused around breaking the project up into stages and making it easy to iterate, though really it can apply to different PM approaches if you like. The main dashboards in Hygger include a timeline, Kanban board and sprints....
Screen sharing and remote-access software allow one computer to access another and control the mouse and keyboard inputs while connected through an Internet or network connection. This may conjure up images of malicious users having easy access to your device. However, screen sharing and remote-access programs use a high level of security so that only the people who are authorized have access. Some of the security features are password protection, encrypted data transmission, gated access, and blacklisting unwanted connections....
1. Hello SMS Hello SMS aims to make your experience with SMSes beautiful by providing you with such a nice interface that you may have not seen anywhere before. There is not much clutter in the app, so there is just you and the messages from your loved ones. To better organize your messages, the app comes with tab functionality that lets you categorize your messages. So the next time you want to find a message, you just need to hit the appropriate tab and you should be done....
Whether you need a budget, debt reduction plan or both, these great apps for Windows Phone 7 will allow you to be organized and stay on top of all your financial responsibilities. Budgeting Apps 1. Spending Money This is a great app for someone who doesn’t need a whole budget, but needs to manage money until the next payday. It helps you stick to a weekly or monthly spending allowance by being a mobile bank register....
1. MagicPlan for iOS Even after you’ve found the home of your dreams and are ready to move in, there is still a challenge that looms. Will the furniture fit, or do we have to throw it in storage. Before, there were three options to this dilemma. Either go along and hope everything will fit as planned, bring a tape measurer and measure every inch of the prospective houses you are touring, or measure with our eyes and see what looks like it will fit....
WordPress translation plugins might sound like a dream come true – you don’t need to know any foreign languages, and you can have top-notch content in any language on Earth you please, but don’t get too excited yet. Most of these plugins use machine translation, and no matter how much machine translation has evolved in recent decades, it still doesn’t come close to real translation by a qualified human. Therefore, it helps if you are a bit skeptical about the quality of the translations....
Test them out, see which one suits you, and dive on into the sublimely mathematical, perfectly logical world of Mac-based coding. 1. Vim The number one choice for probably the majority of programmers these days, Vim is the most complete code-editing tool around. It uses much less memory than its rivals, it’s open source, and can be used remotely via SSH. That’s not all. Vim works on all Unix platforms (so Windows and Linux as well), and is brimming with keyboard shortcuts that make writing long chunks of code a cinch....
1. OneSignal – Free Web Push Notifications OneSignal – Free Web Push Notifications is a popular push notifications plugin with 90K+ active installs. When you publish a new post, your users who have chosen to be notified will get a desktop notification about the new post. OneSignal works in all major browsers on all major operating systems. It also comes with lots of customization and reporting options. 2. Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress is another good WordPress notification plugin....
1. Asana Asana is a highly flexible task management tool that makes collaboration amongst teams of any size simple. It’s flexible, modern design makes it easy for team members to monitor deadlines, keep track of project workflows, and communicate about specific projects. While there’s a bit of a learning curve when figuring out the nuances of Asana, many companies find it to be one of the best options out there in terms of project management....
1. Forced Auto Updates Perhaps the most obvious gripe with Windows 10 is its auto-update (and auto-reboot) process. No one likes to have an update forced upon them, but Windows is all too happy to do so. Worse, you often can’t fix it. The controls for reducing updater aggression are intentionally missing from the Home license, the most common version of Windows. Microsoft tells us this makes Windows 10 safer, and that’s not totally false....
How easy is it to make a cryptocurrency? Scientifically speaking, making a new cryptocurrency is a bit harder than making toast, but not quite as hard as making a toaster. With a computer, some imagination, and a few hours to spare, almost anyone can make one (results may vary). Before Ethereum, most new cryptocurrencies (like Litecoin) were built by copy-pasting code from Bitcoin, making a few tweaks, and rebranding. After Ethereum, it got even easier....
Gone are the days when you could trust this app to be totally private and not expect to get data mined for valuable information – information that could easily be sold to advertisers. Here we show you the best alternatives to WhatsApp that actually respect your privacy. Key Features of a Good WhatsApp Alternative There are a couple of main features of WhatsApp that we’re looking to see replicated in these alternatives....
The Rundown The new Windows 8 features will include a new Modern app tile size, new navigation features, new customization for the Modern interface, and a couple of other helpful features that will assist interaction in a touch-based world. How this will behave on the PC is still under question, as I have not had a chance to test this update on my server. The new tile size is actually smaller than what you’re used to....
What a cache will do is keep a static copy of each page on your site making the site load faster. The reason this works is because the server doesn’t need to go to the page, see if anything has changed, then show the visitor the page. If your site gets a lot of traffic, imagine how taxing that is to the server. Here are some options to help you....
This means that when Android is on the verge of receiving yet another major update, so, too, are your devices (at least, newer ones – more on that later). Some manufacturers release updates featuring the latest Android versions within a few weeks of the new version releasing. The best ones for this are Google themselves, with their Nexus line (co-manufactured by other partners, like Huawei and LG), though Motorola and niche device makers, like OnePlus, also have a good reputation....
