Tips, Tricks, and How-To's
The Tips and Tricks section includes quick tips, how-to guides, and introductions to interesting apps and websites. A special emphasis is placed on productivity tips and applications. These are generally posted every Tuesday and Friday.
If you have a tip or app to share with us, please feel free to contact us. If your tip is published, you will receive credit for it in the post. Alternatively, you can write your own post by becoming a guest author.
The Loopholes in the New York Times Paywall
Are you a reader or subscriber of the New York Times, which is often considered one of the most influential newspapers in the world? As you may be aware by now, the New York Times Company has announced yesterday that they will be implementing a paywall system for their website that will go into effect …
How to Get the New Contacts Manager and Gmail Layout for Google Apps
Are you using Google Apps? Remember the revamped Contacts Manager and Gmail navigation sidebar that was introduced last summer? Google Apps customers were faced with disappointed when they found out that these features would not yet be available to them yet.
Even though it was clear that many users hated the new layout, everyone eventually …
Overlook Search Data And Leave Money On the Table
Overlooking the importance of internal site search could mean you are not helping your searchers and leaving money on the table
KeepMeOut – Stop Internet Addiction and Be More Productive
Are you addicted to certain websites that limit your productivity? Whether its social networking, like Facebook, watching videos, like YouTube, or email, like Gmail, we all have websites that we check far too often and this is preventing us from being productive.
We can tell ourselves to close the Facebook tab and don’t visit again …
Google Chrome’s Omnibar in Firefox
Everyone knows about Google Chrome’s Omnibar, the all-in-one Search and Address Bar that’s part of Google Chrome’s minimalist design. It’s one of Google Chrome’s important features, and not to mention dead useful. The Omnibar allows you to search Google, along with various other sites, without having to actually go to Google.com (or the other site …
Backups – Local Storage vs Cloud Storage – Pros and Cons
How are you backing up your important files, if at all? Backing up is crucial as disaster can strike anytime. Hard drives can fail at any given time and a malware infection might delete essential files.
There are two primary methods of storing data: locally or in the cloud. Both options have their advantages and disadvantages so let’s take a close look at each option.
How to Find Out When Your Gmail Account was Created
How long have you been using Gmail? Ever wonder what the exact date your account was created is? You can look for the initial welcome email all new accounts receive but what if you deleted that message?
Fortunately, there is another method to find out the exact date your account was created. This tutorial works …
Dropquest – Free 1 GB Dropbox Space Scavenger Hunt
Are you using Dropbox? Remember our recent article about ways to maximize your free Dropbox storage space? Well it looks like you can now get another 1 GB absolutely free, but it’s not nearly as easy as last time (but definitely much more fun).
Dropbox has recently launched Dropquest, an online 30 step scavenger hunt …
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