Facebook Tips: Change Profile Picture, Zoom Photos
I've made no secret of my distaste for Facebook's interface, which is equal parts messy, confusing, and outright maddening. For example, suppose you want to change your profile photo. This is yet...
View ArticleHow to Stop Your Social Networks From Distracting You
Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and other social networks help you stay connected with friends and family, but it's easy to overdo the connecting and end up distracted and unproductive. Worse, many social...
View ArticleStop your social networks from distracting you
Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from PCWorld.com. Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and other social networks help you stay connected with friends and family, but it’s easy to overdo the...
View ArticleTurn your Instagram photos into works of art on canvas
Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from the Today @ PC World blog at PCWorld.com. Dream of hanging your Instagram photos in your living room? A new service will allow you to do just...
View ArticleHow to Control Your Facebook Privacy Settings
Facebook's privacy settings are confusing by design, often hiding similar settings in totally different menus and defaulting to unnerving levels of public sharing. Ensuring that you share the right...
View ArticleCraft your own animated GIFs with these tools
Animated GIFs are winning over the Web with silent, looping visuals that uniquely capture a slice of time. Here’s a roundup of apps and resources that will help you make your own. Desktop A desktop...
View ArticleGoogle's new animated gif search will make the entire Internet horrible
Those of a certain age will remember that brief shining moment when Myspace ruled the Internet right before Facebook blew up, but just after Friendster melted. Aside from the inevitable "top friend"...
View ArticlePinterest's redesign push moves from online to mobile
If you thought using Pinterest couldn’t get any easier, you thought wrong. The bulletin board/social network hybrid updated its iOS and Android apps on Thursday to make mobile pinning simpler....
View ArticleGoogle+ updates mobile apps for iPhone, Android
Google has released updates for its Google+ apps for iPhone and Android. Mobile Google+ users should expect to see more prominent features such as +1, a display for your current location and photo...
View ArticleChat app Line releases safety guide for girl teens after string of incidents
Line, the chat app that is exploding in popularity in Japan and other Asian countries, has published an online safety guide for teens after a string of incidents in which it was used to maliciously...
View ArticleSpeakerfy sees mini-concerts, more social music sharing with new app
Imagine you’re working out with friends at the gym and you all want to listen to a song, but only one person has it downloaded. Not a problem: Beaming the song from one smartphone to any number of...
View ArticleBest Apps of 2012: Top Entertainment Apps for Android and iPhone
Illustration: Kagan McLeodWho says smartphones have to be all about getting things done? With the right set of apps, your smartphone can become an unlimited source of entertainment. Whether you’re...
View ArticleGoogle Nexus Q Hands-On Review: The Buggy Streaming Story
Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part first look at the Google Nexus Q media streamer. You can read about the unboxing and setup experience in the first part. I finally got hold of one...
View ArticleGoogle Nexus Q Hands-On: The buggy streaming story
Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from PCWorld.com. I got a hold of the preview release of the Nexus Q media streamer from Google. I looked at it using an Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)...
View ArticleMultiMi Brings Your Entire Online Presence Under One AVG-Secured Client
How do you control your ever-increasing number of social networks and activities? Most either keep their networks separated, or use social clients such as HootSuite or TweetDeck to aggregate their...
View ArticlePosts for iPad
If you want to blog, or manage a blog, from your iPad, you could use your blog platform’s web page editor. But it’s unlikely that interface has been optimized for the iPad’s screen. Enter Posts, a $10...
View ArticleSmartphone users tap Facebook obsessively
How addicted are we to Facebook? According to a new report, the answer is very: The average smartphone user checks Facebook on their phone at least 14 times a day. IDC, a sister company to CIO.com...
View ArticleNew tech will keep your photos safe in (and from) the cloud
A modern connected life means balancing privacy with convenience. For example, many of us willingly hand all of our private personal photos over to third party cloud services in exchange for the...
View ArticleTwitter overhauls Android app
Twitter’s not-so-great app for Android is now smoother and sleeker, thanks to an upgrade available Wednesday on Google Play. Twitter’s updated Android app The app is now native to Android if your...
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