Redbox just rented its three billionth movie from one of those red kiosks you see in grocery stores. To say thanks, it’s offering a free movie or game Get the promotional code Thursday, August 1. on the Redbox Facebook page. It’s valid in any Redbox location.
Filed under: free stuff, video | Comments Off on FREE MOVIE RENTAL FROM REDBOX
There are dozens of ways to build your own website these days, but some are easier than others. The good news is you don’t have to learn HTML or coding of any kind, to produce a great site. And most of your choices are free. The first question to ask is would you rather work on or off-line? Online is great for collaborative sites. Your contributors won’t have to own special software to edit the site and add material. Just give them the password and they can get on. On the road, you can work from any computer. We’ve created several sites using Yola.com, and we think they look great. With drag and drop, you can add social networking, storefronts, […]
Filed under: business, Internet, web | Comments Off on YOUR OWN WEBSITE
“Present Yourself,” by Seeborg and Meyer, $25 from OReilly.com, is about SlideShare, a free program used by 60 million people. They call it “the Youtube of PowerPoint presentations.”
Filed under: books, business, PowerPoint, presentation | Comments Off on PRESENT YOURSELF
InPics.net teaches with pictures. They have tutorials for Microsoft Office, web coding (PHP, MySQL, and so on), and OpenOffice.org.
Filed under: how-to, Internuts, PowerPoint, presentation, training, word processing | Comments Off on LEARNING THROUGH PICTURES
Companies have started paying people to write favorable product reviews on Amazon, so it’s hard to trust them. Looking for the “Real Name” icon next to a review is one solution. If someone is using their real name, it’s a little more likely to be accurate, but it’s no guarantee. Some regular reviewers have turned this kind of writing into a business.
Filed under: training, video, YouTube | Comments Off on YOUTUBE PRODUCT REVIEWS
One of the nice things about Android phones is the ability to set up separate accounts for each user. That way, you see your work screen when you’re doing work, and your personal screen when you’re at play. And, you can set up personal accounts for the kids.
Filed under: Android, apps | Comments Off on ADVANCED TIPS AND TRICKS
Windows “Ultrabooks” are thin, fast competitors to the Macbook Air. They usually come with relatively small solid-state drives (SSD) that use the same technology as so-called thumb or flash drives. Typically they hold around 128 gigabytes. That’s not half as much as a typical Windows laptop, but there’s a way to extend it.
Filed under: computers, storage | Comments Off on NEED MORE STORAGE SPACE?
Dan Bricklin is perhaps the most famous programmer alive. Because he, with partner Bob Frankston, created VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet to run on a personal computer. It was 1979 and it ran only on an Apple II. Arguably it made Apple, because this was the first business program, and that created a reason to buy Apple, instead of the half dozen other desktops at that time. Before VisiCalc, most people in the business said the personal computer was a really a game machine, and would never be anything else. Visicalc changed that forever. The fact that it was written for the Apple and not some other computer was an accident. The two men were students at Harvard and initially started […]
Filed under: apps, database, programming | Comments Off on RETURN OF THE NATIVE
