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Why Secure Instagram? Everyone loves photos. That’s obvious by the smash success of Instagram, the photo-centric social network service acquired by Facebook in 2012 for just a billion bucks. It’s hard to find anyone these days not using the service as it takes the difficulty out of sharing public and private moments with friends, family, and even strangers. Ah, but there it is. For many of us, what we love about Instagram is the ability to share private photos with only those we choose....

While the likelihood of this actually happening to you is probably very low, recent headlines about hack attacks against Sony, Gmail and even LastPass prove that you can never be too safe. With that in mind, I thought I’d share with you a tip for making your Dropbox data more secure. In particular, it prevents an unscrupulous employee at Dropbox from accessing your most sensitive data by encrypting it....

After hearing the news about Yahoo’s new plans to shutdown or sell the social bookmarking site, Delicious.com, many users have already begun a mass exodus. The problem for many people, myself included is that Delicious is where I’ve saved 100’s of my favorite web pages and losing them could be devastating. I’m happy to report that regardless of what Yahoo does with the service, you can backup every single one of your bookmarks just incase....

Step 1 Login to your Gmail account at http://mail.google.com/. Step 2 In the left pane of Gmail, Click the Contacts tab. Your contacts list should open up on the right. Now Click More actions and Select Export… from the list. ATTN Google Apps Users: Your Contacts button may be in a different location, check just above the Chat list in the left-panel. Step 3 A new dialog will appear, Choose which contacts you would like to export....

The problem is—which apps are taking up the most space? If you can find large apps or games that you don’t use taking up space, you can remove them to free it up for other things. If you want to find apps taking up space on your Android device, here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Find Apps Taking Up Space on Android The Google Play Store allows you to quickly see the largest apps and games on your device....

Each version has subtle differences to help it perform the tasks of its users. That’s why it’s important to know what version of Windows 11 you’re running and, more importantly, how to find your Windows 11 version if you need to. Thankfully, there are a few different ways you can find out what version of Windows 11 you’re running. Here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Find Your Version of Windows 11 with Settings You can find out what version of Windows your system is running by using the Settings app on Windows 11....

In addition to forwarding multiple emails manually, you can also set up auto-forwarding rules that always forward emails that fit specific criteria. Why Forward Multiple Emails in Gmail? There are many situations that might require forwarding multiple emails in bulk like this. A few examples include: The legal department at work is doing an investigation on a colleague and they’ve requested you forward all emails to them on a certain topic....

Attention Google Voice users! To help you communicate your new Google Voice number to friends and family, Google will be giving away 25 free cards which contain your Google Voice phone number. The announcement stated that only 50,000 sets of cards would be available so you might want to check your account NOW to see if you have the SPECIAL LINK… To sign-up for the cards, the blog states:...

Hiding Gridlines in Google Docs This is how Google Spreadsheets normally look, gridlines and all. Click View and select Hide Gridlines… The gridlines disappear. Notice in the section below, however, that there are still lines. It might look like a blank box with a border, but that is only because these are cell borders that I added manually. You can choose cell borders for one or more cells at a time by clicking the Borders button in the top-hand toolbar....

Highlight Duplicates with Conditional Formatting in Excel If you’ve never used conditional formatting in Excel, it can be a little intimidating at first. But once you use it a few times and understand the flexibility and power behind it, you may start using it more and more. For this tutorial, highlighting duplicate data with the conditional formatting feature is no more than a few clicks. So it’s easier than you might think....

In the Windows 10 Creators Update, themes have a new section of their own within the Personalization category. To find and install a theme, click Start > Settings > Personalization > Themes. Click the link; get more themes in the Store. When you find a theme in the Microsoft Store, click on it to review details about its contents. You can see a preview of the type of wallpapers included, the size of the download, and supported devices....

Access the Office Insider Program on Mac First, you need to be running the Office 2016 for Mac suite. If you have it installed already, launch any of the apps in the suite and click Help > Check for Updates. Check off the Join Office Insider Program on the Microsoft AutoUpdate window and you should be good to go. So far, nothing new is ready yet, but you will be notified as soon as they are....

There are many different types of cryptocurrency, some legitimate and others not. Anyone with programming chops can make their own currency and hope people buy into it. This website can have ‘groovyCoin’, for example. But financial regulators are finally cracking down hard on scam artists, so the bar for entering the cryptocurrency market is getting higher. In this market, though, Bitcoin reigns supreme. What Is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is the world’s biggest digital currency, taking a huge 50% of the digital currency market....

Using A.L.A.R.M. First download A.L.A.R.M. It’s a small utility — less than 1MB — and installation is easy. I recommend keeping all components checked during the install. After running it, you’ll have to find it in the system tray and left click it to open properties. Don’t right click, as that will close it. The interface is as simple as it can be. You can choose your own sound or leave the default one (which is pretty annoying on its own)....

Design & Functionality The overall design of the Android app is taken from the streamlined Windows 8 interface. Files are categorized into neat tiles (or thumbnails for photos) that can either be viewed in a grid or list style. Files can be selected by tapping directly on them and you’re given all available options such as Share link, Download to Device and Delete. You can also edit an entire folder by switching to list view and checking the box beside a folder name....

Add PIN for Purchases on Google TV To get started grab your remote for your Chromecast with Google TV and scroll over to your avatar and select Settings. Under the Settings list select Privacy. Next, under the Privacy list scroll down and select Purchases. Now under the Payments & Purchases list select Purchase authentication. Now under the Purchase authentication “Require authentication for purchases on Google Play on this device?” section choose Yes, with PIN....

Upload Your Music to OneDrive Microsoft added a folder named “Music,” where you can start loading your songs with the update. If you don’t see it for some reason, go ahead and create your own. The important thing here is it needs to be named Music and nothing else. You can load music by opening your OneDrive account in a browser, then drag it to the music folder in OneDrive, as shown below....

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Flynx for Android Flynx, a free Android app, allows you to click on a link (from any app) and it will load in the background, letting you stay within the app. Like in the example below I am using Twitter…one where Flynx is incredibly handy. Upon downloading, you’ll be asked which program you want to use to open links. Select Flynx from the list. Once Flynx becomes your default link opener, a floating icon appears only when you click a link....

Cameras Google Camera (Free) Google Camera is an incredible camera that you most likely already know about. With 3 unique modes – Photo Sphere, Panorama and Lens Blur – you’ll find yourself taking so many photos you might run out of internal storage. The Photo Sphere feature and Panorama work great, but just like most other photo stitching methods, they often make mistakes. The truly impressive part about the app is the Lens Blur option – it allows you to take a photo and then slightly move your phone upwards so that the phone can determine the foreground and background through a simple depth detection method....