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You probably noticed things were a little light this week here at groovyPost. You see, after a long winter in Seattle, MrsGroove decided it was time to get OUT of Seattle sooo… last Saturday we boarded a cruise ship and headed south to Mexico for seven days. We’ve never been on a cruise ship before so I didn’t know what to expect. Overall, it was nice. We’re on our last day today and unlike most vacations, I’m not ready to go home yet, so I’m glad we have one day left....

If you haven’t already heard all the details, it’s best to get started with Adobe’s own video of its magic show. If you want to skip directly to the trickery, it begins at 5:35 into the video. Before that mark, the video shows another “mind-blowing Photoshop Sneak”–one that’s real. It corrects blurring caused by camera movement, a major blessing for any photographer who doesn’t have anti-shake built into his camera....

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 11082 Microsoft exec Gabe Aul notes that there aren’t any big noticeable changes in this build. But, the team is focused on product improvements based on user feedback from the most recent November Update Version 1151 build 105864. Also, expect faster build releases but lots more bugs in it. Insiders often complained about the droughts that occurred when a new build wasn’t released for months....

Windows Phone Update This update brings developer enhancements and is not a new build. It’s the same build, but with some improvements for app developers. If you’re running Windows 10 Mobile preview on your Windows Phone or other devices (especially if you’re a dev). You will need to have Developer Mode enabled, then head to Settings > Update and Security > Phone Update. Also, note that your phone’s battery will need to be at least 40% before it will update....

Update: Groove Music Pass was killed off, and Microsoft now recommends you use Spotify. If you want to stream music from your Windows 10 device in the living room, you might think you need to purchase an Xbox One or 360. But if you have no interest in gaming or spending hundreds of dollars, you can spend much less and get a Chromecast. We looked at how to stream Spotify to the new Chromecast a few weeks ago, and now we’ll take a look at doing the same thing with Groove Music in Windows 10....

Click Start then Documents to open Windows Explorer. In the right panel you’ll find the list of Libraries. Click on Libraries to open the default Libraries in Windows 7. Next, click on New Library. Name the new Library Dropbox. Now right-click on the Library you just created and select Properties. In the Dropbox Properties window click Include a Folder. Browse to your Dropbox folder. Highlight it and click Include Folder....

It might sound strange for some of you, but Microsoft has decided to launch the Consumer Preview of the new OS during Mobile World Congress, the most important mobile telecom event of the year. Considering the fact that the new operating system is also aimed at tablets, it’s not that strange, really. This keeps Microsoft on track for an October release. It’s also a good opportunity for users to test it out and see what it’s capable of....

Hack XP for Five Years of Patches The hack is easy enough to implement by changing a value in the Registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady. Quite simply, this hack tricks Microsoft Update in XP to continue to providing updates for it. I am not going to get into actually actually doing the hack for a couple of reasons. First, you can find it all over by doing a simple Google search. And secondly, according to Microsoft, it might not be all it’s cracked up to be, and the company warns against it....

An ideal choice for students, professionals, and everyday users, PDFelement offers a robust yet simple to use PDF solution, regardless of the platform. With PDFelement Pro, you’ll find exciting new features that aren’t found on the free PDFelement app, including: Support for multiple cloud services, not just a fewAn interactive experience created specifically for iOS/iPadOSApple Pencil support for iPadPicture editingMultiple view settings for a better reading experiencePage, file, comment, and bookmark managementOne account across all platforms, including iOS/iPadOS, macOS, and Windows...

The outline of future Xbox console plans includes references to SmartGlass, which was announced at E3 this month, as well as an update to the Kinect and Project Fortaleza, which seems to be the MS take on Google’s Project Glass – 4G and WiFi-enabled glasses that add an augmented reality component. Also discussed are a Metro dashboard for the console and Xbox TV apps. The leaked document was posted on Scribd for a while, but has since been pulled....

Being able to use Yahoo Messenger to chat with Windows Live Messenger contacts was one of the grooviest features, in my opinion. Launched in 2006, the ability to chat with Live Messenger users will end December 14, 2012 according to a post on the Yahoo Messenger blog. Contacts will still appear, but you won’t be able to chat with them any longer. The good news is that Skype now offers Windows Live Messenger interoperability and Facebook chat too....

What Is the Invisible Web? The web is like an onion. There are many layers, almost like the Earth. The top “surface” level of that large “internet” planet is all the sites that search engines crawl and index. These are what you typically find in normal search results. However, there are deeper layers of the web, accessible through sites other than normal search engines. Deep Web: Databases and programs users need to interact with to pull content and other information from underlying databases....

Are You Part of the 90 Percent? We get news about a new major security breach from big online services regularly. The 3 billion compromised Yahoo! user accounts and the recent WannaCry ransomware attack are just two serious threats that come to mind. Despite the flurry of stolen user data, users continue to use weak passwords. This past year, “123456” was at the top of the password list. According to researchers at the security firm, SplashData, this puts out an annual report on the weakest passwords....

Echo The fourth-generation Echo is priced at the sub-$100 range. For a limited time, you can save $30 when you purchase two Echos at the same time using the code ECHO2PK. It’s available in Charcoal, Glacier White, and Twilight Blue. You can preorder a new Echo now; the first shipments arrive in mid-October. Echo Dot Meanwhile, the Echo Dot Kids Edition is also available and comes with either Panda or Tiger prints....

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The Fire TV Cube looks like a cubed Echo Dot, but it includes all the features of its Fire TV 4K and Echo smart speakers. There are four echo buttons at the top and a blue light that lets you know when Alexa is listening. Inside it has eight far-field mics so it can hear your commands from across the room and a built-in speaker for Alexa’s responses. It also has a 1....

Here’s a video of some funny responses to oddball questions. This video was posted on YouTube by jimmiwhacked. He certainly loves his new iPhone 4S! A lot of geeks have made jokes about Siri being like the HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick’s classic movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was based on the book by Arthur C Clarke. This parody video plays off that theme. This video was posted by brewolve on YouTube....

Old Original Article… Google+, despite what Facebook might want you to think, is a thriving social network and a good channel to gain followers for your website. Promoting articles as social media definitely helps web admins gain exposure and popularity. But sharing them on different social networks can be a time-consuming task as you have to repeat the same process for each network. To simplify this, many services allow users to post updates on Google+ and other social networks automatically; one of them is HootSuite....

Avocado for Android Avocado is a simple and easy to use app and service. It allows you and your significant other to keep track of things easily and to share stuff with each other. It’s basically like a social network for two people. First, you’ll need to sign up for an account. You can do it on the web as well as in the mobile app. I think it may be quicker on the web....

Setup Rules Rules can help you automate the management of your messages, whether it is blocking Junk Mail or moving specific messages to a folder. For instance, you could have all messages from your boss moved to a particular folder, so you never miss them. With the full version of Outlook, you can create some pretty complex rules. Here’s a simple rule where I’m moving messages from the recipient folder. Select a message from the recipient, click the Home tab, and click Rules > Create Rule....