May
24
2013

Game for the weekend: Fast & Furious 6 The Game

Fast & Furious 6 The Game

Many of you may have already seen the movie Fast & Furious 6. I’m planning to watch this on the bank holiday weekend. If you’ve enjoyed the movie (or the ones before), then I am sure this game will be of interest to you. The official Fast & Furious 6: The Game (FF6) is brought to you by Kabam, the folks behind the Hobbit game, yet another series I spend a good deal of time playing. In FF6, drift and drag through the streets of London as you collect money, upgrade cars and show the world who is the fastest….

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May
23
2013

Winning with Resume Submission for Tech Jobs

Photo: gottgraphicsdesign on Flickr

We’ve all heard complaints from those trying to land a specialized kind of job in today’s turbulent economy. Some of these tech job seekers in fields as diverse as SEO handling or .NET production are experiencing some of the same difficulties as those in different industries. However, there are ways to stay competitive as an IT professional. Some of these tactics have to do with understanding the biggest challenges that are out there and how to get proactive about handling them. Others have to do with marketing yourself as a competent tech professional. Here are a few tips often mentioned…

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May
22
2013

How to Add Text before Post Content in WordPress

Add to All - Content Options

The benefit of using WordPress to power your blog is that you don’t need to edit any PHP files and use thousands of ready themes available for free. If you’re like me, you’d prefer to keep away from major editing of the theme files and prefer to use the right assortment of plugins to get the job done. If you’re looking to add text before post content in WordPress, you can either edit your theme files or check out Add to All, a plugin I released a while back. Add to All is a powerful plugin that will allow you…

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May
21
2013

[Infographic] 4G vs. 3G – A Day in the Life of Your Internet Speed

4G vs. 3G

I remember the days of dial-up and spending hours staring at the computer screen waiting for the 1Mb download to complete. My internet connection today gives me up to 10Mbps speeds and going back to anything lower is definitely a thing I dread! I have a Blackberry Torch 9800 which came out a few years back and have no plans of upgrading to a new phone just yet. But, at best it gives me 3G speeds and I can identify to many of the points in the below infographic. Can you? Via: 4G Internet

May
21
2013

Flickr free = 1 terabyte; Pro accounts killed

Flickr - 1terabyte

Flickr, owned by Yahoo!, has announced that all free users will now get 1 terabyte of free storage. This comes a few days after the announcement by Google to unify its free storage across its services to 15Gb. At Flickr, we believe you should share all your images in full resolution, so life’s moments can be relived in their original quality. No limited pixels, no cramped formats, no memories that fall flat. We’re giving your photos room to breathe, and you the space to upload a dizzying number of photos and videos, for free. Just how big is a terabyte?…

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May
20
2013

Chatwing Chat App – Your Multi Functional Sidekick Online

ChatWing

Installing a dynamic and efficient chatbox on your blog is a great way to increase visitor interaction. Chatwing chat box has undergone many developments and it’s been known online for four years now. Chatwing developers have always been open to suggestions and keen with the latest online trends. The team never stopped improving the chatbox to fully satisfy web surfers and to always offer something new to Chatwing users. From being a literally simple chat widget, Chatwing chat software retains it simple interface to remain user friendly but despite the simplicity it is fully equipped with numerous options that allows…

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May
17
2013

Game for the weekend: Bejeweled Blitz

Bejeweled Blitz - Boost your score

The highly popular and addictive Bejeweled Blitz has been released for Android devices. Bejeweled Blitz was originally a Facebook application which is developed and published by PopCap Games, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts. It soon expanded into a downloadable game, based on the then-in-development Bejeweled 3 engine, due to popularity of the differences from Bejeweled 2 and its new graphics. (Wikipedia) The goal of Bejeweled Blitz is to match gems and Multipliers in order to get the highest score possible in one minute. By connecting with Facebook, players can compete with others for a high score on leaderboards. Game Features…

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May
17
2013

5 Free Browsers for Android tablets and phones

Nexus 7

The Google Play store has several paid and free browsers for Android phones and tablets. Most phones come inbuilt with a browser. But, you have several options to choose from. I’ve tried out quite a few browsers trying to find the best solution. Here are five browsers for Android that I recommend. Google Chrome Google’s very own browser for Android. Chrome comes installed on the Nexus 7 and several other Android devices. You can sign in to Chrome across your devices to sync your open tabs, bookmarks, and omnibox data from your computer to your phone or tablet. Download Google…

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May
15
2013

Intro to Screen Options in WordPress Admin screens

Screen Options - All Posts

Two days back I took the decision to move from All in One SEO to Yoast’s WordPress SEO plugin. WordPress SEO automatically adds several new columns to the posts admin screen. Coupled with the columns that Jetpack adds, along with those added by my Top 10 and Where did you go from here plugins, I ended up with the post title column being one character long! To fix this view, I needed to disable the columns from displaying via the Screen Options dropdown available in every admin screen. In this post, I’ll guide you through the screen options in the…

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