Here are some quick tech tips for those of you hosting New Year's Eve parties tomorrow night:
If you've got the time and are able to project on a screen or TV, try creating a video slideshow of photos of family and friends taken in 2010 set to your favorite songs from the past year with iMovie for Mac or with Windows Live Movie Maker for your Windows PC.
Happy New Year from all of us at NMC!
For those with visitors in their homes this holiday week, here are some quick links with tips on sharing your personal computer and/or internet access with your visitors:
Hi readers, here's some of the latest in technology tips, tricks and news, enjoy!
Add 'do not track' to Firefox, IE, Google Chrome
Record Your Own Live Album on a Mac
Perfect Xmas gift: Computer Engineer Barbie
Update Old Speakers With New Features
Many of you may be looking to buy some last minute holiday gifts (or even pick up a little something for yourself) so we want to take the time to share some more tips for safe online shopping:
For more information on participating online retailers, check out http://www.freeshippingday.com/
We discussed previously on this blog that much of our online activity is tracked without our knoweldge. If you are looking for ways to protect your online privacy and avoid having your web activity tracked, read the Wall Street Journal's on how to prevent device fingerprinting, here.
See also: ‘Evercookies’ and ‘Fingerprinting’: Are Anti-Fraud Tools Good for Ads?
In October, we blogged about social bookmarking. Hopefully, some of you have tried this great tool for sharing web links and resources. We recently "stumbled upon" (pun intended) this great tutorial from Social Media Examiner on how to use StumbleUpon and wanted to share, please check it out, here.
Happy Monday everyone! Here are this week's technology tips, tricks and news:
How to prevent Device Fingerprinting
Reduce desktop icon clutter on your PC or Mac
How to link to a YouTube video at a specific time
WikiLeaks Fights Running Battle to Stay Online
Rep. Markey to Propose Bill to Curb Online Tracking of Children
Cyber Monday Is True to Its Name
Best Buy offering free smartphones in December
Seattle Police to Tweet Stolen Car Descriptions
Smartphones are making our lives easier - even helping us to do our holiday shopping and save money in the process! Depending on your cell phone model and service provider, there are a variety of downloadable applications (apps) available to help you make purchases, compare prices by scanning product barcodes, access coupon codes that can be used for in-store or online shopping, navigate shopping malls and even receive discounts based on your location using geo-location applications like Shopkick. And of course, you can check out online product reviews on your cell phone while you are shopping in-store. Watch CBS News' report on using apps for holiday shopping below:
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While you are busy shopping for great gifts for your loved ones, hopefully they are picking great gifts for you! But if you want to help them out, set up an online wishlist (or registry) and share its link with your friends and family. You can create wishlists on your favorite retailer's website including items on that site but with a universal online wishlist like the ones you can create on sites like Amazon.com, Kaboodle.com, Wishlistr.com and WishPot.com you can include items from anywhere on the web. There are many sites offering wishlist services and each one works a bit differently with some offering features like a browser add-on button so you can add to your wishlist directly from another website or making your wishlist searchable. We hope you get exactly what you want!
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In addition to taking time to visit price comparison websites to find the best online shopping deals, we also recommend checking out online product reviews before making your gift purchases to read opinions of other buyers on a product's (or service's) quality, fit, functionality or value.
According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 58% of Americans report that they perform online research regarding the products and services that they would like to purchase even if they eventually end up making a purchase in a brick-and-mortar store. ....Interestingly, the study reveals that only 24% of American adults report having posted comments or reviews online about the product or services they buy.
