How To Master The Dashboard And Its Widgets | Mac Basics
For carrying out simple tasks on your Mac, you can make use of Dashboard. This gives you access to a large selection of mini applications known as widgets. There area number of ways you can access Dashboard and its widgets, the easiest being to use the Launchpad icon in the Dock, or just press the F4 key. These actions open Dashboard and display a default selection of widgets. Bear in mind that … Click to Continue
Offline Reading Using Readability Apps | iPad Apps
Instapaper has really taken off on the iPad and iPhone, yet it's not the only service to offer offline reading in a stripped-down form to make text free of images and adverts. Readability is a free service with the added benefit that app is also free from the App store. It has much the same functionality as the aforementioned Instapaper but has support from Longform.org, dishing up really … Click to Continue
How To View Files With Quick Look | Mac Basics
You don't need to open an image or other file to take a quick look at it, thanks to built-in feature in OS X called - what else? - Quick Look. Simply click the file i the Finder to highlight it, then tap the spacebar to preview it. (Alternatively, you can press Command + Y, or go to File ? Quick Look, or click the Action button - the one with the cog icon - in the Finder window top bar and select … Click to Continue
Personalised News Apps | iPad Apps
Trying to stay on the top of the news via the Internet could be a full-time job if you're not careful. Simply trawling through site after site in Safari looking for interesting or relevant information can be a real chore, which is why it pays to employ the services of an app or two to help drill down the real nittygritty of what interest you without losing you off from potential new sources and … Click to Continue
Enjoy And Share Music On Your iPad | iPad Music Apps
Spotify is a very well known online music service with integration into Facebook and easy link grabbing for posting on Twitter. You can also collaborate on playlist, share music with other people and view suggestions from fellow music lovers. The iPad app boasts bright high-definition album art optimised for you third-gen iPad's Retina display. And includes support for AirPlay so you can send … Click to Continue
Listen To Podcast | iPad Basics
Podcast may seem a little 2003 rather than 2013, but media outlets still seem them as a major catchup medium and an increasingly diverse genre for consumers of audio programmes. They're like DIY broadcasting- prerecorded audio or video shows that you can download (most of free) and enjoy on your computer, iPad or other device. Up until now, you'd fine them under the Podcasts tab in the iTunes … Click to Continue
Using Sensational Creative Design for Effective Promotion
Design is very important in order to get people’s attention, and can be effectively used to promote elements such as business or events. Either way your main intention is to draw the eye of the viewer, making them feel as if they want to look further to see what is being advertised within the design. By using colourful and visually striking designs, or well thought out ideas which will put a … Click to Continue
Technology’s Clean Update to Graffiti – The Graffiti Wall
Technology see’s major updates every year, or even every month in some cases. There’s constantly huge advancements being made in technology, whether that’s in the medical field, online technology, or home consumer technology (the one we all probably know most about); things like TV’s, smartphones and computers – which are updated at least once per year. You only have to look at companies … Click to Continue
Dictate Your Mac | Mac Basics
Voice recognition on the Mac is nothing new; years before Siri came to your iOS device - indeed, before there were any iOS devices - it was possible to control your mac and execute commands by speaking them, Star Trek style. Siri, however, has certainly upped the ante.The amazing "intelligence assistant" on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch can not only carry out your commands but also insert your … Click to Continue
Enjoying iBooks On Your iPad | iPad Basics
Welcome to iBooks! This app (now version 3.0.2) has had an incredible effect on the way in which we buy and read books. With its build-in iBookstore you can instantly download a vast array of literature from classic to bestseller and beyond. There are textbooks, children's books, fact, fiction and biographies - and thousands of books are available for free. To get started you'll need to get the … Click to Continue
Free Video Calling With FaceTime On The iPad | iPad Basics
Getting started with FaceTime couldn't be easier. When you launch the app, all you need to do is sign in with your Apple ID. You can then start making video calls to anyone who appears in the app's Contacts list. Select a contact, tap on their name and tap again on the FaceTime icon. The other person's device will ring, informing them that you're calling. When they answer, away you go! FaceTime … Click to Continue
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