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With Show Mode and Hands-Free Alexa, you’ll have full-screen visuals to compliment Alexa responses for things like weather, setting timers, movie showtimes, trending news, seeing recipes, and more. You can, of course, use it to make video and voice calls to other friends with other Echo and Alexa devices. While the dock makes it convenient to use hands-free as a Show, you can also just pick it up and bring it with you to use it as a tablet like you normally would....

It grows twice as fast as Apple’s store, and I can see why some developers would rather develop Android apps. The chance to reach a large number of customers being that the is much larger, as the number of devices you can reach is also much bigger. Android App Store, at the current growth rate, will get to 425,000 apps by August. At the end of April it was at 295,000....

Apple announced the iPhone 4S just a few hours ago. Big deal or not? We’ll know when we see it — but here are the specs. Update 10/06/2011: Added Sprint to the iPhone 4 column, since Sprint will begin carrying the 8 GB iPhone 4 starting October 14. Update 10/07/2011: I’m changing the iPhone 4S RAM to 512 MB, since my original source could have been incorrect. A confirmation will be made once a tear down is performed....

FX NOW is the streaming app for 21st Century Fox’s network cable channels FX, FXX, and FXM – it’s been available on iOS, Xbox One and Windows 8 for a while now. The FX Now app has already been available for iOS devices like iPhone and iPad. The channel offers content from FX, FXX, and FXM networks. FX is known for the popular TV shows Sons of Anarchy, American Horror Story, Fargo, and more, including the Simpsons....

I had a lot of good and not so good times with XP. When it first came out I had horrendous driver issues and not to mention multiple Blue Screen’s of Death. Service Pack 1 addressed some of the issues, but there were still a lot of holes and vulnerabilities. Service Pack 2 did a good job of shoring things up at the time, however at that point I had already switched my browser to Firefox…I had actually switched to it before it even reached version 1....

First download Miro for Windows, Linux or OS X if you don’t have it already. Miro Installation Installation is easy, just run the installer and click next a few times. But, keep an eye out for an optional sponsored software install it tires to install. When I ran it, the installer tried to put AVG Security Toolbar on my computer, and that’s NOT okay. This is another occasion when good software comes bundled with crapware to help the company stay profitable....

Update: This Extension No Longer Works This extension for Chrome is no longer valid and doesn’t work with the browser. If you want to disable extensions on certain sites you can disable them manually. Just go to Chrome Web Store and install the Extension Automation for Google Chrome. For the extension to work properly, you need to let it access installed extensions, apps and themes. Once installed, click its icon and select what you want to do with any extension....

To start, make sure to download and install the latest version of Dropbox, which at the time of this writing is 2.4.1. Upload and Share Screenshots with Dropbox After installation and setting it up, hit the PrtScn button on Windows or Command+Shift+3 on Mac you’ll see the following dialog box. Confirm you want to enable the feature. Then when you go to your Dropbox account online, you’ll see a new Screenshots folder has been added....

According to Microsoft’s official post on the matter, here are some known problems the new update is causing: If you’ve installed this update, their advice is to uninstall it immediately. How to Remove Update KB2412171 Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

What is TinEye? TinEye uses facial recognition type software to identify images based solely on looks so the only thing I need is the image itself. It might sound shallow but it sure works. When you submit an image to be searched, TinEye creates a unique and compact digital signature or ‘fingerprint’ for it, then compares this fingerprint to every other image in our index to retrieve matches. TinEye can even find a partial fingerprint match....

While Edge has been improved in this edition and finally supports extensions, you might not want it as the default. Or maybe you have your browser of choice already set up how you like it and don’t care to take the time to set up Edge. Here’s how to set it back. Set Default Browser Windows 10 Anniversary Update Hit the Windows key and type: default browser and select the Choose a default web browser option at the top....

Install the free Clueful app from the Google Play Store – you can get it here. After it’s installed, the app will give you a privacy score, based on apps you have installed. You’ll notice that apps are split into three risk categories. Clicking each one will send you to a list where you can get details for the respective apps. You’ll also get an uninstall link, so that you can get rid of a dangerous app right away....

Things like this have happened lately to other Internet giants, like Yahoo and Twitter, but they were much more serious than it is in Dropbox’s case. Still, the company has decided to take more security measures before something more serious happens. It looks like everyone’s favorite cloud storage service has escaped almost unscathed. According to a post on the Dropbox blog, the company’s users started sending emails to customer service reps, letting them know that they were getting spam emails on addresses they were only using with Dropbox....

DropCanvas for File Sharing Like with any service that is hosting your data, be sure to read the Terms and Conditions first. DropCanvas T&C seem pretty standard, but watch out for this line: I’m not a lawyer that can translate all of the legal jargon, so if anything in the Terms & Conditions bothers you be sure to read up on it before uploading your family photos to the service....

Seriously. Nowadays it seems like they are everywhere you look on the net. Infographics Are a Crutch for a Lazy Writer. Being a tech writer, I notice it’s used as a crutch for writers just to get an article up. The writer only needs to compose a paragraph, then embed a huge obnoxiously long Infographic. What happened to real research and journalism? Anyone can write four sentences and post a huge Infographic!...

Export Dropbox for Android Files to SD It’s a pretty simple process, really; all it takes is the latest version of Dropbox for Android. Start by browsing your Dropbox in the Android app and finding the file you want to export to your SD card. Folders can’t be exported yet, but I’m sure the feature will be added sometime soon. When you’ve found the file, tap the action button next to it....

I’ve updated to it and have to admit that the app starts much faster, photos load faster (without that annoying loading delay we all had gotten so used to) and friends’ timelines open faster, too. Photos actually open the instant you tap on them, which is a major plus. According to a post on the Facebook engineering blog, much of the speed increase is because the app is now native, and no longer using HTML 5....

It’s one thing to allow your friends to tag you in photos on Facebook. You still want to control who tags you in what photos, though. A new feature in Facebook’s revamped privacy controls let you do just that. Once enabled, if you’re tagged in a photo, you’ll receive a notification asking you whether you approve the tag. At the top right of your profile, click the DOWN arrow. Select Privacy Settings....

Using Dynamic Notifications on Android The app is free and you can get it from the Google Play Store, here. There is a paid version for $0.99, but most users will do just fine with the free one. After you’ve installed the app, you’ll be asked to give it access to notifications. You can then come back to Dynamic Notifications and enable them. You’ll notice that the premium features are grayed out in the free version....

High-Resolution Art Museums are not big fans of providing high-resolution digital versions of the art they’re exhibiting. Reasons such as helping in the creation of forgeries are often quoted for this. However, the Metropolitan Museum has decided to follow the lead of the Getty Trust and is making available online over 400,000 works of art. These fabulous works of art can be downloaded from the Museum’s website and what’s even nicer is that they can be used for non-commercial purposes....