Security: Secure Your LastPass Account Even More
Locking down your Lastpass account and protecting your valuable data.
Tip: iPhone4s Battery drain bug
iOS 5′s GM release introduced a bug that causes the Setting Time Zone function to keep the location tracking circuitry running constantly, draining battery power considerably.
Tips: Iphone4s - Field Test Mode
Field test mode is available in iPhone 4s iso5, Which will allow easy and precisely test your cell signal reception quality.
Tips: Discount Codes - iPhone accessories
During my quest to find a new girly looking case for my wife, I have put together a list of current iPhone accessory Coupon Codes good for this month. I wanted to share them with you all
Headlines: Spotify 101
Spotify has hit the US. I've been lucky enough to get an invite and have been using this service for a little over 3 weeks.This is a OnDemand music service, you are able to search for an artists or track than listen to them right away.
Tip: Unzip multiple files into a single directory in Mac OSX
Time to time you will come across multiple compressed files who's internal files need to be uncompressed into the same directory. With OSX you can run a simple terminal command and extracted all the files into the same directory without the need of a third party application
Launchpad Control App: Hides Apps from Lion’s Launchpad
Launchpad Control is a small tool which allows you to easily hide/unhide apps from Mac OSX Lion's launchpad.
Create a Lion install USB: OSX Lion
Lion brings with it a new install method using the App Store but some of us still may want a CD or USB on hand to install from. Here is a quick run through on how to make a bootable Lion USB
Tips: Change location of screenshot save in OSX
If your anything like me you take lots of screenshots which can make your desktop very unorganized if not managed. Wouldn't it be nice if we can tell OSX to save the screenshots somewhere else like in a folder on your desktop. Well we can and were here to help lets go ahead and take back control of that cluttered desktop
Feature: OSX Lion Restart to Safari
OS X Lion's features have been known for a while now, however Apple has slipped a nice feature called "Restart to Safari" within it's user lock screen.
Tips: Get more out of Google searches
You probably use Google many times a day like me. Chances are, unless you are a technology geek, your probably still using Google in its simplest form. If your current Google searches are limited to typing a few words in, and changing your query until you find what you’re looking for. Here are some simple tips to help you take back control and get more out of your Google searches. .
Anesidora is back as an unOffical chrome extention
If you missed pandora extension that was recently yanked from the official extension market. Anesidora, made by the same developer, has hosted a new version on an unofficial site, and does the same great job of providing Pandora tracks without keeping a Flash tab open. The developer has changed the name to avoid any copyright infringements. Anesidro is free and works wherever Chrome does.
Guide: iOS Parental Control Setup
One of the most asked questions for iOS devices is. How do I control what my kids can do on their iOS device? Thankfully Apple has incorporated some nice parental controls into their OS. We are going to dive right in with a step-by-step guide on configuring these parental control options in iOS
Prepairing a Used iPad for Sale
With the new iPad 2 coming in a few days, there are going to be a lot of used first generation iPads for sale. There are a few options to go with personally I went with Gazelle since they give you a locked in price for 30 days but people are getting some good money though Ebay and Craigslist as well. Lets get into how to prepare an iPad for sale. .
Facebook: HTTPS Support
Those who are concerned about online security probably know that it was possible to access Facebook via HTTPS for quite some time now, for example using the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox add-on, but some of Facebook’s features, for example chat and photo uploads, did not work properly over HTTPS.
Tip: iPad Space bar
The space bar on the iPad Keyboard is really unique. It recognizes the number of touches and acts accordingly. If you tap the keyboard with one finger a normal space would be produced. tapping with two fingers would result in a larger space. Similarly tapping with three, four and five fingers would produce larger spaces
Mac app store hacked, how developers can better protect themselves « Craftymind
Mac app store hacked, how developers can better protect themselves Crude instructions have started showing up online with ways to circumvent Apples Mac App store receipt validation. By simply copying receipt and info.plist data from a free app and pasting it into a paid app, you can run apps copied from friends computers or bittorrent. I myself have a copy of a paid app (not angry birds, but one with stronger protection) running on my system that was purchased by a friend. This is a massive failure in the implementation of Apples receipt system.
Use the Option Key to Pull Up System Preferences on a MacBook
Use the Option Key to Pull Up System Preferences on a MacBook Some things on a Macbooks require System Preferences fiddling to fix keyboard settings, Expose/Spaces, and so on.
How To Make AirPrint Work with Any Printer
Apple originally promised it would support a wide range of wireless printers and virtually all shared printers. On release, it supports a very small handful of HP wireless printers and no shared printers at all – making it unusable for the vast majority of iPad users. The good news is that now there is an easy and free way to get AirPrint working as it was intended, and use it with your shared printers on your network.
X11 Server port forwarding
SSH allows you to forward different types of information. It's sometimes useful to smuggle other types of internet traffic into or out a network using SSH.