WINDOWS 8 FIVE MINUTES AT A TIME

“Windows 8 Five Minutes at a Time,” $30 from Wiley.com, by Lance Whitney, has some great tips. Each tip will take only five minutes to implement, and you get colorful screenshots to show you exactly what to do.

For instance, you might want to use pictures instead of text for your passwords, customize the start screen so you see your favorite stocks updated regularly, keep everything backed up or print information from inside an app, such as the Travel app.

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DISNEY INFINITY ACTION

“Disney Infinity: Action!” is a free iPhone/Android app for making videos combining your own images with Disney characters, including those from “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Monsters,” “The Incredibles,” and “Toy Story.”

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JUST ME

Just.Me, free for Android phones, makes it easy to add photos, videos and voice messages to private text messages, though playing the videos back can be slow going. It remembers the groups you send messages to, making it easy to text them again. Everything you share is saved on a private, encrypted online storage space.

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FREE COMICS

Tapastic.com has free comics. You can read them and publish your own. We liked the “Summer Love” series.

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