On Computers

“RingMeMaybe” for the iPhone and iPod Touch can give you a disposable phone number. There are many similar apps, but this one stands out with a few extra features.

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Phone photos are easy to share: just hand the phone to someone or tap the share button to send it somewhere. But how do you get the photos from a regular camera into a cell phone, so they can be easily shared? Well now there’s an easy to do that.

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There are approximately seven billion people in the world, and six billion of them have cell phones.

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Pbh2.com has “video before it’s viral.” We watched an “unbelievable fungus” that glows and reacts violently with waving tentacles. (Soon to be a major motion picture no doubt.) We also watched “Fluffy puppy can’t climb a step.” Use Google.com to find these and others since the site doesn’t have its own search box. Search on “Chemistry GIFs” to see the site’s animations of chemistry experiments exploding, crackling, spreading and doing other things you don’t  want in your house.

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“Movie Pop” is a free Facebook, Android and iPhone app, lets you pit your movie knowledge against others. A video clip is shown and you try to match it with the titles shown below. No one Joy played could beat her.

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To email a huge bunch of photos, we like the free Picasa from Google. Select all the pictures in a folder by clicking with your right mouse button and choosing “select all.” Then email them all in one fell swoop by holding “Ctrl” and the “E” key. (E for email.)

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Here’s an app for those who get a lot of calls on their cell phones and hate to be interrupted in the middle of an email or a fun game. “Call PopOut,” for Android phones, mutes the call or rejects it while you keep reading or playing. Disable PopOut when you want incoming calls.

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It may be possible to put together an automatic sign-language reader. Put on a necklace that senses hand motions and translates them into sign language and displays the words in text on your phone.

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Tabletop computers are the latest thing this season. They’re flat enough to mount into a coffee table. The ones getting the best reviews are full-fledged Windows 8 computers and cost $900 to $1800. They have stands – like a kickstand – if you prefer it that way.

The 27-inch Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon is the jazziest and

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Interesting new android tablet from a company we never heard of: Astak. It’s called a Neos, costs a bit under $500 and is permanently mounted on an inclined stand. The whole thing is much heavier than a tablet alone, and you wouldn’t want to hold it in your lap. In fact, our initial reaction was negative. Like: who needs this? Now we love it. It’s like having a small TV in the kitchen. Listen to music, watch news and lectures, display recipes as you work, play games. It seems to be waterproof, though we don’t want to try dunking it in the sink. Many apps are available offline, others require the Internet, cabled or wireless. It also takes camera cards […]

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