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Sunday, September 13, 2009
Four Apps to Take Your Tweeting to the Next Level
There’s no doubt that Twitter has become a major player in the world of social media. In fact, it’s pretty much at the top of the heap of the various microblogging services available on the Web.
And with good reason: Twitter is easy to use and the breadth and depth of posts is something to see.
For a power user (or a power user wannabe), the Twitter Web interface leaves a bit to be desired. It’s fine for reading and posting messages (called tweets in Twitter-speak). But the interface is lacking in a lot of ways. If you want to, for example, send a message to another Twitter user or retweet (repost an interesting message), then you have to remember a keyboard command and/or do some copying and pasting. Why do that, when you can use graphical tool that gives you point-and-click access to all the Twitter functions you need? And a few more to boot. There a number of desktop clients for Twitter, and a few Web-based ones too.
This TechTip looks at four of the more interesting Twitter clients out there. All of them are free, and they work on desktop computers that run Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
Five Reasons Why Microsoft’s BING Outshines Google
On June 3, 2009 Microsoft officially unveiled its latest incarnation of the search engine: Bing! Yes, Bing, as in cherry, as in Crosby as in BING! I found it! Bing is not so much a search engine as it is a “decision engine”. Bing is what Google was 10 years ago, fresh, innovative, and (dare I say it) cool. But how does it stack up to the behemoth of the search engine world? Pretty well actually, and with this Tech Tip I’ll give you FIVE reasons why Bing outshines Google
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Sunday, March 08, 2009
Grinding the (Google) Gears
Cloud computing. It’s a phrase that’s been on the lips of many computer users over the last year or so. Imagine being able to work or to access your files from anywhere there’s an Internet connection. And you don’t have to be at your own desktop computer or laptop computer, either.
The main problem with cloud computing, though, is that you’re not always online. You might be on an airplane or train without an Internet connection. You might be in a spot where a connection is spotty at best. So, what do you do?
Turn to Google Gears, that’s what.
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Sunday, August 03, 2008
8 Fantastic “How-to” Sites
There’s always something that you need to know how-to do. And need to know in a hurry. Things like replacing an oil filter, making the perfect turkey, planting an exotic plant, or replacing the hard drive on your desktop computer.
It used to be that if you wanted to learn how-to do something, you either needed to check a book or a videotape, or begged a friend or a family member for help. Not any more. You can, at a basic level (and sometimes beyond), get a grasp of a subject using the Web. And I’m not talking about random blog posts or Wikipedia, either.
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