The Snagit screen capture program makes it is easy to grab an image or video of what is displayed on a computer screen. Then it can be edited and resided for a website or blog. Snagit is easy to use. But it still helps to have some tips for this friendly tool. Here are some links to help use Snagit. Video Intro to Snagit Biology of Technology Article on … [Read more...] about Tips for Using Snagit
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Apple Lisa Commercial from 1983 Featuring a Young Kevin Costner
Let's turning back the tech clock and time warp to 1983. It was the year Apple introduced the Lisa, their first graphics-based PC with a hefty price tag of $9,995. And it was the year a young Kevin Costner was featured in a Lisa commercial. Wow! What a difference three decades make, for Apple and Kevin Costner. http://youtu.be/4xmMYeFmc2Q Lisa Fun Facts Lisa was … [Read more...] about Apple Lisa Commercial from 1983 Featuring a Young Kevin Costner
3 Reasons You Need a Mobile Responsive Website
What is a mobile responsive website? It's a website that automatically changes and adapts to fit any device and screen size. This means content is optimized for smartphones and tablets. In terms of mobile websites, the phrases "mobile responsive" and "adaptive" are interchangeable. The following online tool tests the mobile responsive properties a … [Read more...] about 3 Reasons You Need a Mobile Responsive Website
Top 3 Weird iPhone Chargers
Want to charge-up the mundane task of charging your iPhone. Here are 3 weird and creepy iPhone chargers. Creepy Umbilical Cord Charger The Grow Cable is an iPhone charger shaped like an umbilical cord. And just to add to the creepiness, it pulses and throbs while charging. Check-out the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=d2tpSCVVujc I feel like I … [Read more...] about Top 3 Weird iPhone Chargers
Font Fail. When Fonts go Bad
A bad font can not only make your message hard to read, it can make it down right confusing. This font fail is somewhere between really bad and kind or disgusting. I'm sure they mean "Gumballs Included" but who knows! Cumballs! YIKES! Imagine how a bad font choice on your website can hurt you message. The lure of “cutesy” fonts on a website falls in the same category as … [Read more...] about Font Fail. When Fonts go Bad
Fundawear Goes Where no Tech has Gone Before – Your Underwear
Everyone knows the famous Star Trek line, “to boldly go where no one has gone before.” Now the Internet is penetrating the final frontier of privacy - your underpants - literally. Fundawear is technology that “beams” your touch to someone's private places using a Smartphone App and Internet connection. Oh yeah, you also need specially made female lingerie and/or male … [Read more...] about Fundawear Goes Where no Tech has Gone Before – Your Underwear
Happy 20th Birthday World Wide Web
The World Wide Web turns 20 and it's come a long way, baby! To commemorate CERN has restored world's first website. Here it is: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html Yep, the Web has definitely come a long way. CERN developed the HTTP protocol and browsers standards that form the foundation of the Web, which are still used today. These standards have … [Read more...] about Happy 20th Birthday World Wide Web
CISPA – Goodbye to Your 4th Amendment Rights if Passed
Disguised as an Internet security bill, CISPA short-circuits the 4th amendment by allowing the government access to your private online data without a warrant. No due process, you know that thing our Founding Fathers wrote into the core DNA of America! The controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) recently passed the U.S. House and is on the way to … [Read more...] about CISPA – Goodbye to Your 4th Amendment Rights if Passed
A Perspective on Vintage Social Networking
Think you waste a lot of time on social networking. Maybe not. Thanks to this infograph on vintage social networking, it shows all the things we no longer need thanks to the wonders of social media. … [Read more...] about A Perspective on Vintage Social Networking
Big Bang Ratings
The geeks shall inherit prime-time TV. Emmy-nominated sitcom The Big Bang Theory hits 20 million viewers rivaling ratings juggernaut Idol. That's no bazinga. Even more impressive is that the nerd-centric show is in it's sixth season and it's ratings are still on the rise. Most TV shows of this age are watching their ratings decay and "jumping the shark" to keep … [Read more...] about Big Bang Ratings
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