News: Transit Navigation App Moovit Adds Augmented Reality Way Finder Feature to Challenge Google Maps Live View
As helpful as it is, Google Maps isn't the only mapping app with augmented reality walking navigation anymore.
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News: GigSky Supports eSIM on Your iPhone for Easy Cellular Data When Traveling
With the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, Apple introduced dual-SIM capabilities to iOS, made possible by eSIM technology. If you recently picked up one of these three new iPhones and need to utilize your eSIM while traveling abroad, you might want to take a look at the data plans offered by GigSky.
How To: Add Your Toll Passes & Use HOV Lanes in Waze to Get Where You're Going Faster
Your best chance of getting to a destination on time during rush hour is to drive through relatively empty HOV lanes. Thankfully, if you're using Waze to navigate through traffic, you can easily locate HOV or HOT routes to optimize travel times by adding your toll passes in the app's settings.
How To: Get Hands Free for Directions & Traffic Info from Waze to Avoid a Crash (Or Ticket)
Drivers the world over are painfully aware of the inherent danger of taking their eyes off the road even for a second. In fact, according to the National Safety Council, 27% of all car crashes result from distracted driving due to attempted cell phone use. Fortunately, Waze comes with a feature that can help keep you from being a part of this grim statistic.
News: Forget Convenience, Uber Pool Maximizes Efficiency by Making You Walk More
After Uber noticed that if you walked to a more convenient pickup spot — instead of your exact location — that it would save you time and money, they decided to make a change to their system.
Rasberry Pi: Introduction
Most of you probably heard about Rasberry Pi and if you haven't; what is wrong with you? But nothing less a Rasberry Pi is a computer a very small computer. Despite these size limitations, the Rasberry Pi is to not be underestimated. Not only can it do anything like a normal laptop or desktop, but, in my opinion on of the coolest features is that it boots off a Micro SD card. It can do anything that you want, but it's built to be played with. A hacker heaven.
How To: Don't Be Duped by Malicious Short Links—Here's How You Verify the Destination URL Before Clicking
Link shorteners like TinyURL and Bitly are great for Twitter (or anytime you're limited on space), but they're also great for hackers. It's easy to hide a malicious link in an innocent-looking shortened URL, which increases the chances that people will click on it.
How To: Protect Your Luggage by Flying with a Gun (Legally)
Did you know you can help protect yourself when traveling with a gun? No, not like that; and not in any way that's going to land you in prison. Simply by packing a gun, you can ensure that not only will your luggage be safer, but that the airline will make certain that it reaches its destination. Photo by Alamy
How To: Paint pine, plum and bamboo in the Chinese tradition
With this two-part painting lesson, you'll learn how to paint "Three Friends of Winter," a traditional Chinese motif depicting pine, plum and bamboo — three plants admired for their beauty and, in Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism, said to be representative of good virtue.
News: Nissan Augmented Reality Concept Assists Drivers in Detecting Unseen Obstacles
While the technology companies continue to drive forward with autonomous vehicles, Nissan's vision of the future of self-driving automobiles lies in a cooperative experience between human and machine, facilitated by augmented reality.
How To: Use Google Maps to Measure the Distance Between 2 or More Points
If you want to find out the linear distance between your hotel and a landmark or restaurant you want to visit, Google Maps has a great feature that lets you quickly measure the distance between two or more points. It's perfect for getting an idea of how far places are in relation to each other, which can help you plan trips more efficiently.
Hack Like a Pro: Networking Basics for the Aspiring Hacker, Part 2 (TCP/IP)
Welcome back, my greenhorn hackers!
How To: How Do You Know if You Can or Should Start a Business? Part 1 of 3
(Series designed to help explore whether your ideal employment ideas should be formalized into a business venture or as an employee or volunteer value added problem solver).
How To: Hit a golf ball on a bad lie
If your ball has landed on a less than ideal spot to hit from, check out this tutorial. in this video you will learn how to hit a golf ball on a 'bad lie'. A bad lie is when your ball gets stuck on leaves or debris that would obstruct your swing. Hitting a golf ball on a bad lie means getting rid of any debris surrounding the ball without touching the ball. Learn about how each situation is unique when hitting golf balls on bad lies in this instructional video. Fix the lies and you will be on...
How To: Find the percent sign on a BlackBerry devices
This video shows us the method to find the percent sign on Blackberry. The first step involves going to a place on the Blackberry where text can be inserted. This place is ideal for inserting a % sign. Look in the keypad carefully. There are various keys in it. Search for the key named 'SYM'. SYM stands for symbol. This key is helpful in typing various symbols in the text to be entered through the keypad. When the 'SYM' key is pressed, it opens a window containing various symbols. The % sign ...
How To: Quit smoking using the Swish Pattern
Put down that cigarette and save yourself your money (and even your life) with The Swish Pattern method! This can even be adapted to learn how to quit any of those bad habits like biting your nails or even be used to shed a few pounds. You first visualize yourself and what you do when before you indulge in your bad habit (called the queue image). Then you think about yourself free of that habit and how you wish you could be. Now when you get the urge to smoke/eat/etc... Make the ideal image "...
How To: Get a girlfriend by visualizing her
This video is about how to use visualization to get a girlfriend. First, you have to wake up visualizing her. This will help you believe that you are capable of finding a girlfriend. Then you make a "My Girl" list. On this list, write down the qualities you would like to see in your future girlfriend. Next you imagine the qualities that your future girlfriend expects of a man. Slowly develop yourself into this guy. After your mind adapts itself to thinking these thoughts, you will find your i...
News: McDonald's Partners with UberEats to Bring Heart Attacks to Your Doorstep
Whoop, there it is. McDonald's makes its food even faster by partnering with UberEats to bring orders to your doorstep in over 1,000 locations around the country.
How To: Make an Unusual Birthday Map Card
This tutorial is for a great card that is ideal for any men out there, or for a travel/ Bon Voyage etc. I must admit I had great difficulty with part of this one! as you'll see when you watch it.. but stick in there as its a fab demonstration for a good idea! plus it goes to show that I can waffle when under stress.... enjoy. Step 1: Items Used
How To: Make a Glorious Vintage Daisy Collage Card
This card tutorial is to make a gorgeous daisy collage style card, ideal for any cardmaker with lots of embellishments. I use a wide range of different flowers and include satin ribbon to embellish the card base. This is a easy when you know how card and with stunning finished results. Step 1: Items Used
How to Make: Christmas Sparkly Poinsettia Lattice Card
This card is so easy to make and very eyecatching with its sparkle, not to much but just enough to give it a good twinkle. This cardmaking tutorial shows you how to make a gorgeous Sparkly Poinsettia Christmas Lattice Card, ideal for someone special. This card looks like it is a tricky one but infact it is quick and easy to put together.
How To: Clean Up Liquid Spills More Easily with Flour
Spills happen in the kitchen, and while every good cook knows to clean as you go, not every cook has an endless supply of cleaning materials. Besides, one spill can exhaust your entire stockpile of sponges, paper towels, and rags in a matter of minutes. Particularly egregious mishaps can make everything they touch feel sticky and gross.
The Passport: BlackBerry's Last Stand
BlackBerry was one of the first companies to put anything that resembles a modern-day smartphone on the market, but now, seeing one out in the wild is like stumbling upon a fossil. Now that they've announced the BlackBerry Passport, it seems as if this is their last-ditch effort at remaining relevant.
How To: De-stress after work with tension relieving exercises
The "Let's De-Stress" exercise series focuses not on making you sweat and hurt, but rather on releasing tension so you're not in pain and stressed out.
How To: Preview pasted items in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
This video is describing how to preview the pasted items such as from another PowerPoint or any other articles. These are all features available in the "Microsoft Office Power Point 2010". We will take the "conference1" presentation in that the first slide and we would like to add some text from another "Document" from another application like "Microsoft Word". So, we click and drop the mouse to select that and click the Copy button on the top of the word file or we can copy by the keyboard i...
How To: Pack your wallet for an itnernational trip
With all the documents ready, we need to fill our wallet with money for the travel. This video discusses various ways of filling the pocket. That is how to prepare the money for international travel. Over the years credit cards have been widely used by many travelers, which is safer than carrying cash. In this case we need to contact the credit card provider well in advance and notify them about the travel. Also we need to learn about the various fees applicable to international purchases. Th...
How To: Make a Foolproof Meringue with This Easy Tip
When it comes to a perfect summertime dessert, lemon meringue pie is the ideal contender with its rich lemon filling and light-as-air meringue topping. In my humble opinion, the meringue is the true star of the dessert, instantly elevating what is simply a lemon pie to something more elegant and certainly more decadent.
News: Apple Worries They're Being Bugged; Now They're Doing Something About It
Without explicit cooperation between Apple and the US government, authorities could still be monitoring Apple users. According to The Information, Apple is worried the servers it has been using might be bugged. We already know the NSA intercepts equipment to install backdoors, so this is a legitimate concern.
News: This “Weight-Loss” App Lets You Shed 15 Pounds for Selfies
If mainstream media has taught us anything, it's that being beautiful can get you ahead in life. The notion isn't necessarily correct, but it's what the general consensus accepts and it seems to hold quite a bit of weight (no pun intended) in the western world.
How To: Create drums sounds using Reason's Thor synthesizer
Create drums sounds using Reason's Thor synthesizerYou can use the Thor synthesizer to make a kick, snare, hat and clap sound.Kick:Use the analog oscillator with triple wave form octave3. Set the source to mod envelope 45 destination oscillator 1.Use a very short attack to K and release time. You get the short effect of pitch. Try different oscillator types to get different textures.Snare: Use the same basic patch that we created for the kick. We will keep it as the basis for most patches for...
Walkthrough The Saboteur: Act 2, M20: Repo Man
Make a mad escape at the end of the quest in The Saboteur for the Xbox 360. The twentieth mission in Act 2: Repo Man is where only an asshole gets killed over a car. Vittore gives you this story mission. Get into disguise before you get to your destination, because the place is crawling and doing once you get there is a pain. Carefully make your way toward the tank and hop over the wall. For more info, watch the whole gameplay.
Walkthrough The Saboteur: Act 2, M4: Jailbreak
This is a great playthrough of The Saboteur for the Xbox 360. In the fourth mission in Act 2: Jailbreak, you will need to do the obvious… jailbreak. Once you acquire the papers to enter Area 2, you'll be able to start this mission by visiting the resistance in the Western District. They will charge you with freeing a man named Bryman from a Nazi prison. Grab a car and follow the GPS to the destination. Here you'll find a heavily occupied Nazi area. Bryman's cell is within the courtyard surrou...
How To: Use Table Styles in Microsoft PowerPoint: Mac 2008
Sure, you can make boring tables inside PowerPoint 2008 for Mac, but who wants to add that dull element to their slideshow presentations? Nobody! Tables can be more than just numbers, they can be eye-catching and visually striking. The Microsoft Office for Mac team shows you just how to create great-looking tables by using Tables Styles in this how-to video.
How To: Look beautiful on a road trip with functional makeup
It's post Memorial Day, which means one thing: Summer has officially kicked off! And less homework, stress, and exams means more time for impromptu road trips across the country with your best gal pals!
How To: Set a waypoint destination in a 2010 Ford Lincoln MKX
It's easy to get around in the 2010 Ford Lincoln MKX, because it has a built-in navigation system. But how do you use it? How do you find your way around? This video will show you the steps necessary to set a waypoint on the touch screen inside the 2010 Lincoln MKX. Getting directions is so easy!
How To: Resize photos in Windows using Google's Picasa
This video tutorial from adamstechvids shows how to resize photos in Windows using Picasa application.
How To: Use the Wondershare DVD ripper for Mac
This video tutorial from burnworld shows how to use Wondershare DVD ripper on Mac computer. To start, open the application. Click Load DVD. Browse for DVD you want to rip.
How To: Make a LEGO stop-motion movie
In this how to video, you will learn how to make a LEGO stop motion movie. First, you must create your set. The base plate must be taped down to the table or a hard surface. To create the animation, move the LEGO man's leg and take a picture. Move it again and take another picture. Keep on doing this until he reaches the destination you want. The more pictures you take the smoother the video will be. To edit the animation, import it to your computer and open up your movie editing program of c...
How To: Use Handbrake to rip DVDs to your Mac OS X hard drive
HandBrake is an application that lets you to burn any DVD into any other format for any of your devices like music and gaming devices. Open the HandBrake application. Initially it displays a menu that can be used to rip a DVD. First select the source. You can browse your computer for the source. Insert a video DVD that you want to rip and select it from the source menu. Now you set the destination. Browse to any of the folder on your computer where you want to put the output video. HandBrake ...
How To: Properly can fruits and vegetables from your garden
This video illustrates how to Can Fruits and vegetable from your garden and the illustrations is followed in following steps-