Tired of seeing all of those ads in your browser? The flashing ones make for a terrible browsing experience, and those rollover ones are just downright annoying. If you don't want to be bothered by them again, you've got a few choices, depending on what web browser you're using.
In this article, I'll show you how to make a simple Gmail notifier. Python can do various things in terms of notifications; sending commands to an Arduino unit, playing sounds, opening windows, etc. The code below simply plays some music, but the possibilities of notification methods are endless. If you aren't familiar with python, there are many sites with tutorials like this one, or this one.
I received an email today, informing me that Google would be adding the +1 button to Google AdSense ads. Google's Inside AdSense blog explains the details further. You will be able to see that your friend has +1'd the ad, along with any of your other contacts. The recommendations will be used to create more relevance for you, as the user.
Six months ago, 1.3 million registered users of Gawker Media had their passwords compromised when the site was hacked by Gnosis. The passwords were encrypted, but 188,279 of them were decoded and made publicly available for all to see. Just three weeks ago, Sony Pictures was hacked by LulzSec, with 1 million passwords taken and 40,000 made publicly available. Comparing the two data sets, Troy Hunt found 88 accounts on both sites that used the same email address, and of those accounts, 67% use...
Time to confess a personal bias: I love Gmail. I think it's the best thing since sliced bread. I try to be impartial when I write about software and online services, but seriously -- of all the free email services out there, why would you use anything else?
Hey explorers, I have a new help line! (By email, not phone. Sorry, phone's not coming soon.) If you need help, email to:
This tutorial shows you how to create e-mail hyperlinks in Macromedia Dreamweaver. Email hyperlinks in Dreamweaver.
1. On the browser, type www.weebly.com. If you are a new user, then sign up. Write your username, email, password, and click on Sign Up and Start Creating.
Sign-N-Send is a helpful app for the iOS that lets you sign documents, whether PDF or an image, directly on the screen of your device. Open PDF documents from your iPhone, sign them using your touchscreen, and send them off. This informative video demo from Lifehacker shows you how it works.
The internet has created amazing new standards for how closely information can be followed. If you want a portable analog unit that will monitor one important piece of online info continuously and have some DIY electrical knowhow, watch this video. It will show you how to use an Arduino Ethernet Shield to make an internet meter to monitor email, stocks, and other online info on a simple analog display. You will need to know some PHP to make this work.
The iPad's got some stiff competition these days, especially from Android, who plans to invade the tablet market with their high-end mobile operating system. And they're off to a good start with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, available from AT&T, T-Mobile, Vodafone and Verizon Wireless, along with other carriers.
In this video from MegaByteTV we learn how to set up a Gmail account in Mozilla Thunderbird. First go to your browser and download Thunderbird from the Internet. Once downloaded, go to the Thunderbird application. Go to New and Account. Click on Gmail and enter your name and email address. Click Next and check off download messages now and click Finish. Your messages should now appear there. The first time you do this, all of your messages will look new but you can change that. If you'd like ...
Getting a Playstation Portable to connect to your wifi network can be tricky. If you own a Buffalo router, this tutorial walks you through the process to get your PSP connected to your home wifi network. Now you can check your email and surf the web on your PSP!
Want to find out a forgotten password on a Windows PC? This clip will teach you everything you'll need to know. With MailPassview, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just over two minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
One of the greatest things about Google's Android operating system is the ability to "long press" on your cell phone. The android platform is full of many surprises and features, and this is just one of them. Long press (or 'touch and hold') is a nifty feature that reveals additional functionality on your Android-powered phone, like long pressing a picture to edit or share it, and download pictures from webpages, and get more options on your email.
Has Duane "Dog" Chapman inspired you to become a bounty hunter? Believe it or not, you're not the only one. How to become a bounty hunter is one of the most commonly asked questions to this videomaker via email, fax, and telephone. In this video, learn how to get one step closer to your dream by knowing what the requirements are to become a bounty hunter in the state of California.
G-mail can do a lot of things. It is a state of the art, awesome e-mail system, and to top it all off now you can learn to send text messages through it - for free!
This video shows how to download and use Google Earth. To download it, go to earth.google.com and click “Download Google Earth”. Then follow the directions according to where you want to save it, and it will automatically be installed. You will see an icon pop up on your desktop. Double click on the icon to open Google Earth.
In this video, Brian from Trutricks shows us how to create a new Twitter account. First, go to Twitter and click on the "sign up now" button. You will now be brought to a new page where you can choose your user name and enter your email, password and full name into the information boxes. Once finished, click "create account". After this, you will be able to follow people you want as well as have other people follow you. Once you are ready to tweet you can type whatever is on your mind in 140 ...
When you need a website to showcase your product or service, it can be quite confusing. Follow these easy steps to gather everything you need to have a successful website. Start your search for a domain name in the domain name registrar. (Example: www.companyname.com) Rent space from a hosting company to hold the files for your website. Set up an email account for your company. Create the content for your website (example: products, prices, services, etc). Get internet security to protect sen...
Gigafide explains that with so many different social networking sites, it is hard to keep information up to date on all of them. He first introduces TweetDeck, an amazing desktop application that allows a user to update information for their Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn accounts. If you don't want to go through the hassle of installing TweetDeck on your computer, there is HootSuite, a web application that allows you to do this and if you're interested in keeping track of much more...
Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place. This video tutorial straight from Apple will teach you how to make calls and use voicemail on the Apple iPhone 3G. The iPhone redefines what a mobile phone can do.
Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place. This video tutorial straight from Apple will teach you how to shoot and share video on the Apple iPhone 3G. The iPhone redefines what a mobile phone can do.
Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place. This video tutorial straight from Apple will teach you how to use GPS maps and the compass on the Apple iPhone 3G. The iPhone redefines what a mobile phone can do.
Achieve your goals by breaking them down into bite-sized pieces, and use digital shortcuts to track your steps towards success.
New to the Ubuntu Linux distribution and interested in setting up an address book for to keep track of your contacts? In this how-to, you'll learn how to make maximum use of the address book built into the Evolution email client. Take a look!
If you're among the throng of Apple iPhone users to refuse to pay $5 for a monthly SMS allowance, then each text message you receive, whether you like it or not, will run you $0.20. In this how-to, Gary Rosenzweig shows you how to prevent unwanted text messages by turning off the ability for someone to send you a text message via email. Learn also how to request that text messaging be turned off completely in this video.
This MS Office software tutorial shows you some tips and tricks for using Microsoft Outlook 2007 email software. If you are new to Outlook 2007 watch this video and learn about the changes to the reading pane and how to use different views like timeline view and more.
This video will show you how to tether an iPhone 3G in Windows Vista so that you can use its internet connection on your own computer!
In this how to video, Dr. Tea answers viewer emails about tea preparation and ice teas. Find out how not to get bogged down with when making a healthy pot of tea. He covers steeping time, water temperature, re-steeping, and making iced tea.
Brian Krueger presents "The Best Format for Your E-mail Resume." Watch this video to learn how to succeed in sending your resume via email.
Are you a Gmail user? Listen up, cause here's a snazzy tip from Tekzilla to help protect your emails.
David Strom shows you how to pick from aong Google Groups, Mailman hosted by EMWD.com, and iContact and how to get started with your own mailing list
Here, Mark Rotblat of Tubemogul shows how simple and easy it is for you to e-mail your tracking reports to yourself and other people.
When you're a Windows OS user it's very easy to send out attachments on emails as .doc documents, made in Microsoft Office or Excel. But just because you're a Windows user doesn't mean your friend or coworker is. Or say that you're a MAC user and your friend keeps loading you with Microsoft Office documents. What do you do, other than telling him to stop already?
If you're new to Gmail or just haven't taken the time to play with it, and really want to know how to deal with filters (sorry there aren't folders) and organize your inbox, then you'll want to check out this tutorial.
We often get emails asking us about poi, how to make them, how to hold them, etc. We had such a great crew of people gathered in Thailand, we decided to Show our Poi. If you're looking for ideas for practice poi or fire poi, you've come to the right video.
This video demonstrates how to watch, save and share movies with Windows Movie Maker. The video walks you through saving and compressing the movie, emailing it to another person, and posting the movie on the web.
Follow these few step by step instructions to learn how to activate the junk mail filter in Entourage for Mac.
Hi everyone! This is my first How To. Before we start you need to have a Facebook account (of course) and...this only works with your Facebook friends (so if you're looking for someone's mail on Facebook but you're not friends this won't work)
