Hints and Tips

Camera Plus Pro for the iPhone

Owners of iPhones should take a look at Camera Plus Pro; We’ve embedded App Judgements iPhone camera replacement episode so you can check it and several other apps out; Currently in the Australian App Store Camera Plus Pro is $2.49, which is apparently a discounted price for a limited time.
They just added video support to [...]



Dr Seuss for your iPhone

Dr Seuss, author and illustrator of such children’s classics as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!, would be 106 years old now, and to celebrate, there are some great Dr Seuss apps available for your iPhone or iPod Touch;
In fact, [...]



Take notes on web pages

Users of firefox may already know that you can add all sorts of widgets to it that enable all kinds of useful extra features.  We’ve just found a great tool that will make your life so much easier;
Xsticky Notes
Add this to Firefox, and it allows you to put a sticky note right onto a webpage, [...]



How to secure your privacy with Google

In order to ensure your privacy is protected, we strongly suggest you disable Google Buzz in your GMail account, and delete your Google Profile if you have one;
To disable Google Buzz;

Log into Gmail
Scroll right down to the bottom of the page
Click Turn Off Buzz

To delete your Google Profile;

Go to google.com/profiles/me
Click the Edit profile link on [...]



Guide to avoiding malware infections

Malware is a big challenge facing computer users, both home and business alike, although the risks for business are much greater. We’ve gone through all the important points this week to give you the tools you need to help reduce the risk.



How to setup “read receipts” in Outlook

Sometimes you want a way to know that someone has read your email. Outlook provides this via a feature called “Read Receipts”. You simply tell Outlook to request one for the email you are writing, and the person at the other end can choose to let you know. If you don’t get a receipt back, [...]



Tips for effective email

With email becoming the standard way business users communicate with suppliers, customers and staff, it’s worth taking a minute to take stock of how you use your email, and see what you can do to to make it more efficient, and less of a time sink;
Don’t forget to the subject
Too often we see emails sent [...]



Facebook letting apps have your email address

Facebook is now virtually forcing users to give their email address to developers of applications. We are suggesting users do NOT give permission when prompted on Facebook, and have a few thoughts on why this move is bone headed.



iTunes activation limit work around

With more and more people buying Apple iPods, and thus using iTunes, we are hearing of more and more people running into the iTunes activation limit.
If you have your computer reloaded or you move your iTunes to a new computer, you are supposed to “deactivate” the old PC first. The problem is, that the reason [...]



Easy way to email large files

We’ve been looking for a long time for a simple solution for users to send larger files to other people via email. Actually attaching large files (>2Meg) to emails will more often than not break your email application, your email server, or cause other drama that you just don’t need.
Finally, someone has brought us a [...]