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| In The News: 12-13-2013 Facebook Boosts News In Feeds With more and more people counting on their Facebook news feed as a source for current events, Facebook has announced a plan to boost the placement of news articles in feeds, especially on mobile devices. They promises a greater emphasis on news, current events and sports stories and also bumping up the position of news stories with fresh comments. That may result in you seeing the same post reappear in your feed, but Facebook says it's because they want to lead to more conversations between friends about content. Posts will also feature related content from other sites. Amazon Expands Home Grocery Delivery Amazon is planning to expand its AmazonFresh grocery delivery service to San Francisco. Users can order fresh veggies and fruit along with dairy and meat and have them delivered right to their doors. The service is already available in Seattle and Los Angeles. eBay CEO Says Amazon Drones Are A Fantasy In a television interview, eBay CEO John Donahue said that Amazon's drone delivery plan was a long-term fantasy" and that eBay was focused on things they could do today. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos previously said that he expects to have drone delivery in place by 2015. ~ Cynthia Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version -- Mohammed from KSA writes: Why is it called CD burning as against copying or pasting or saving? That's a simple one, it's because you are literally burning a CD. CD and DVD burners/writers work by using a laser to burn the surface of the CD or DVD. Making certain portions of the surface darker creates a digital pattern. DVD and CD players read discs by running a laser over the surface and this pattern gives the player digital information that it can interpret as data, sound or video. ~ Cynthia Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version
Vincent from Lakewood, NJ writes: On several web sites, including Optimum Online (my ISP) and your site, I am asked if I want my user ID remembered. I almost always say yes, and I am almost always ignored! How can I get those sites to remember me? Vincent, that issue is probably due to settings on your browser. Let's fix it. If you are using Internet Explorer click the gear symbol or Tools menu and choose Internet Options. When the Internet Options window opens, select the Content tab. Then choose the settings button next to AutoComplete. Check User names and passwords on forms and then hit OK. For Google Chrome select the menu in the upper right corner and choose Settings from the drop-down menu. Go to the very bottom of the page that opens and select Show advanced settings. Another page will open. Scroll down that page to Passwords and forms. Make sure to tick the boxes that enable Autofill and give you the option to save passwords. Finally, here's how to do it in Firefox. Choose the Firefox men, then select Options and then Options again. When the Options window opens, choose Security at the top and check the box that says Remember passwords for sites. Hopefully that takes care of the issue for you. ~ Cynthia Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version -- Mel from Tempe, AZ writes: Help! I clicked the download button to get a new screen saver, but I can't find it. This sort of thing has happened to me more than once. I say I want to download something and it says it downloads, but I cannot find it anywhere. Sometimes when I download something, a program will open. Sometimes nothing happens, but when I try to download the item again, it asks if I want to replace that file. So where is the file? I use Windows 7 if that helps. Mel, it's time to introduce you to your Downloads folder. Various kinds of programs will go straight there, including set-up files for things like iTunes, screensavers, eBooks and some images and documents. The quickest way to find it is to hit the Start Button and type "downloads" in the search box.
Then select the Downloads icon from the results.
The window for your download folder will open.
You can sort downloads by Name, Date, Type and Size – just by by clicking on that column header.
Choosing date is the easiest way to find a recent download. Here you can see that I downloaded a setup program for iTunes. I had to double-click on that download to launch the installation of iTunes on my computer.
Downloads will not always be clearly named. bcgavr11 is actually an installation program for a screensaver. That's why it's helpful to be able to sort by date and time.
Here are some eBooks that I downloaded.
You can select these files and either copy or drag and drop them to another folder. I have a file just for eBooks, so I can put them there.
Some files might be "zipped" or compressed.
Double-clicking on that folder would open another folder that contained the files.
Files and photos that you download from places like GoogleDrive may also go into this folder. Downloaded music will usually go into your computer's Music folder, but if you can't find it there, check the Downloads folder. ~ Cynthia Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a question for us? Ask it here!
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Vicki from Decatur, Alabama writes: I love your site and I learn so much from it. I look forward to it every day. I have an iPhone 4 and I have lots of music on it. It downloads automatically when I do upgrades or back-ups on my computer. I have lots of music because my granddaughter likes music. I need to know how to get this music off my iPhone and keep it from downloading every time I plug into my computer with my phone. Can you help? Vicki, you need to disable auto-syncing in iTunes. Now don't plug your phone in yet. Let's open iTunes on your computer. In the upper left-hand corner there's a little box that's half dark and half light. Select the arrow beside it. From the drop-down menu that appears, choose Preferences. Check out WorldStart for the rest of this tip! -- iOS7 Control Your Control Center Those out there that have upgraded to iOS7 know about the Control Center already. Just swipe up from the bottom of your screen and get instant access to your iDevice's basic controls (camera, screen brightness, Bluetooth, timer, music controls, etc.). Pretty neat, huh? …but did you also know that the Control Center can be accessed from the lock screen by default? Yep – this means that at any time your nosy nephew with the sticky peanut butter fingers can flip switches, turn things off and take pictures of the ground at his leisure. No good. The minds at Apple knew stuff like this was going to happen, though, so they made it possible to limit access to the Control Center – just in case. How do you do it? Just click WorldStart to learn more!
Ray from SLC, UT writes: I don't know why, but my Windows Task Manager doesn't have the normal Address Bar up top, not the Menu bar of File/Options/View/Help and none of the tabs of Processes/Services/Performance/Networking/Users either. I am running Windows 7, and no matter how I bring up the Task Manager, it just show the applications that I have running, under Task and Status, and I can End Task/Switch To/New Task, but that's about it. I have the same problem with my Windows 7 laptop as well. I hope you can help me bring back the full functionality of the Task Manager. Answer: It sounds to me like the task manager looks like the picture below. If so, the fix is a really simple one.
Head on over to WorldStart for the rest of this tip! -- MiniTool Partition Wizard How would you like a free, guided utility that allows you partition your hard drive, copy a drive and run surface tests all through an easy-to-use interface? Partion Wizard Home Edition from MiniTool is a utility that does just that.
MiniTool Partition Wizard software allows you to:
Downloading the software is as simple as... Go to WorldStart to find out more! For stories, jokes, quotes and cartoons every day, sign up for our Just for Grins newsletter.
Liquor This holiday season we're attending several holiday parties and hosting one of our own, so I thought it would be cool to have a nifty cocktail at our party. So I went in search of recipes and landed on this site, which has recipes but also offers so much more! Here you can learn all about different brands of liquor, get recipes to make drinks, check out featured articles, and even learn some history! So are you ready to dive in? I am! When you get to the site there is a scrolling features section, where you can click into cool topics like the 10 Booziest Chefs, beneath that you'll find featured slideshows, articles, recipes, and brands. If you want to get right to the recipes you can check out the grey navigation strip across the top of the page with the following categories: Cocktails (this is where you'll find the recipes, Videos, Spirits, Travel, Entertaining, People, Drinkware, and more. A cool thing I wanted to mention about the recipe section is that you can do a recipe search by ingredients. So if you have a certain set of ingredients you can try and find a drink based off those so you don't have to buy anything! I'm still sorting through recipes to find the one I want. There are so many good ones it is hard to just pick one! ~Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version -- Giftovus It's the holiday season, which for a lot of people means stressful shopping season. Giftovus wants to help take some of the stress out of gift giving by providing a place where friends and family can get together online and brainstorm gift ideas. And it's certainly not limited to holiday shopping, you can use this to help get ideas for birthday or anniversary presents too! When you land at the main page, scroll down a little bit till you see the big play button. Click it and watch the video (it is just over a minute long) to learn how Giftovus works. There's also a simple summary of how it works just below that video. If you think this looks an awesome tool that will help you gather gift ideas then all you have to do is register for free and get started! It uses the F-connect feature and uses your social network to help you generate gift ideas. They won't post on your wall. It's just to help making connecting to the people who might know what your friend or family member might like. This is a very cool way to crowd source gift ideas, check it out today! ~Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com
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This Has GOT to STOP! Aren't you SICK of those IRRITATING "card full" or "buffering" messages that only seem to come up when you're taking important pictures? Same goes for when you're using your camcorder - during the most CRUCIAL moments, you get that dreaded "card full" message and you have to stop filming! It's your slow, WEAK memory card with NO space! YOU DESERVE MUCH BETTER - AND WE CAN HELP! Grab one of these 4 GB Class 6 SDHC Cards NOW and eliminate that problem FOREVER! HUGE Storage Space! Sure, you've heard that before...but check this out! If you have a typical 8MP camera, you'll have ZERO PROBLEMS storing 1,000 photos! How great is that gonna be for your next vacation? Pop the card in and forget all about it! Class 6 - 100X Speed - What's That Mean to You? Your camera can only take so many photos in a row before its buffer gets full - and when that happens you have to wait for it to empty before you can start taking photos again. Now, the faster your card, the faster that buffer gets empty and the sooner YOU get back to shooting - and this is gonna help you do exactly that! Class 6 100X speed gives you transfer rates at 6MB per second - that's REALLY fast! Worldstart LOVES it's Customers - And this Deal Proves It! Offer for a LIMITED TIME ONLY! So what are you waiting for? Are you crazy? Click that link below and get yours for just $4.97 with FREE US SHIPPING included on any order over $5! Better act fast - this is only good for today! http://store.worldstart.com/product/9244 PS: This offer will NOT be available after Saturday - don't miss your chance
December Wallpaper Is Ready! This is it - end of the year already! This time around I'm going all in for Winter, so enjoy! Also, note that I'm going to start putting in more vertical images since they tend to work better with mobile devices. As always, make sure you check put the 100+ images at the link below. All can be found here and are 100% free: http://www.backcountrygallery.com/wallpaper/ Oh, and if you enjoy these images, please tell your friends!
For these and other great selections of desktop wallpaper, head to: http://www.backcountrygallery.com/wallpaper/ As always, the wallpaper is 100% free, so enjoy! Photo Tips Did you get a chance to check out my new photo tips from last month? If not, head over to my YouTube channel and check 'em out: http://www.youtube.com/backcountrygallery
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