How to Migrate Your Google Account to a New One
Whether you’ve outgrown your college era email address and you want a professional one, or you want to change your firstname.maiden account to firstname.marriedname one, we’ve got you covered with a start-to-finish Google migration guide.
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New 36 Page ‘Windows 8 End User Training Brochure’ Available for Download
One problem that many new users have run into with Windows 8 is being able to navigate around or use the new system with ease. This new 36 page guide from Microsoft will be a welcome relief to new users and a helpful resource to share for those who are often asked for help by others with Windows 8.
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Flickr Website and Android App Revamped, All Users Get 1 TB of Free Online Storage
Loyal users have been waiting a long time to see some major updates at Flickr and as of yesterday their wait is over. Flickr now sports a new layout, the Android app for the service has been redesigned, and the amount of free storage has been increased to an outstanding 1 TB! If you have not tried Flickr before now, then it might be a good time to check things out.
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Our Atmosphere is Escaping
Did you know that Earth is constantly losing a portion of its atmosphere? Do you know what parts are being lost into space? MinuteEarth shows you the part of the atmosphere we are losing and how it happens in this awesome video.
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Week in Geek: Chromium may Replace Firefox as the Default Browser in Ubuntu 13.10
This week’s edition of WIG is filled with news link coverage on topics such as Microsoft has confirmed that ‘Blue’ will be free for existing Windows 8 users, Firefox 21 has added support for new services via its Social API, malicious Chrome and Firefox extensions that hijack Facebook profiles have been found, and more.
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Desktop Fun: Views of Earth Wallpaper Collection Series 2
Last year we shared a beautiful collection of Earth view wallpapers with you and today we are back with more. Send your desktop into near-Earth orbit with the second in our series of ‘Views of Earth’ Wallpaper collections.
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What if You were Born in Space?
Did you know that there has been an ‘uninterrupted’ human presence in space ever since November of 2001? That is rather awesome when you think about it, but all of the people who have spent time in space were born and grew up on Earth. What would things be like for a person who was conceived and born in space though? Vsauce discusses the impact this would have on human physiology in this terrific video.
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How to Make Outlook 2013 Close the Original Message When You Reply to an Email
One the things that really irritates me about Outlook is that when you click reply it doesn’t close the original message. Here’s how to change that. Make Outlook 2013 Close the Original Message When You Reply To a Mail The first thing you need to do is click on File to enter backstage view. Then [...]
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Raspberry Pi Camera Board now Available for Purchase
If you are a Raspberry Pi enthusiast, then you are going to love this latest bit of news. Camera boards are now available to add to your favorite Raspberry Pi device and we have the links you need to learn more about the latest bit of hardware goodness as well as where to buy the new boards.
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How to Selectively Sync Folders From Your SkyDrive to Your PC
Windows 8 ships with a built-in SkyDrive app however it doesn’t allow you to add files to your SkyDrive account. For that we have the Desktop SkyDrive app which has a handy selective sync feature as well. Note: We will assume that you have the desktop SkyDrive installed. How to Selectively Sync Folders From Your [...]
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How to Change Your Safe Search Preference in the Metro Bing App
The Metro Bing app makes it really easy to search the internet, unfortunately it also filters its results by default. Here is how to change that. Change Your Safe Search Preference in the Metro Bing App The first thing you will need to do is switch over to the Start Screen and launch the Bing [...]
