Holdkey, Extended keyboard software, No more Alt Codes

The easiest way to access all those frequently used characters not available on your keyboard.

Do you find yourself trying to remember the Alt code for ñ? With Holdkey you just hold the basic key, wait a couple of seconds and choose from the available options, just like you do on your iPhone.

No learning curve, no ads, no toolbars, just the characters you want.

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Google Drive is Here!

Google Drive has arrived with little fanfair. This Dropbox-like service from Google offers 5GB free plus inexpensive upgrade options. You can find it on the tool bar at the top of your Google account or go to https://drive.google.com

Download and install is a snap. It will bring in your Google Docs and allow to sync from a local folder. So far it works like a charm!

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Online Video Statistics & Trends

Ooyala’s Video Index examines key online video statistics and trends, from total tablet video usage to smartphone video stats and streaming video on game consoles.

See this great infograph based on Ooyala Video Index Report Q4 2011.

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Quick iOS 5 Tip: Set custom vibration patterns for contacts

“Custom ringtones are great for knowing who’s calling, but those of us whose phones are on vibrate get left out of that party. One of the less advertised features of iOS 5 is the ability to to assign custom vibration patterns to individual callers.”

See on gigaom.com

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PicMonkey – Instagram-like photo effects on your computer.

PicMonkey is a feature-rich, free online photo editor that works right in your browser; no downloads necessary. Touch-up tools like Teeth Whiten, Blemish Fix, Weight Loss. Effects like Orton, Cross Process, Color Boost, with drag and drop ease.

Your computer doesn’t have to be jealous of your iPhone any more. Now you can apply all kinds of cool effects to your pictures right there. And it’s free!

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Universal USB Installer – Easy as 1 2 3 | USB Pen Drive Linux

Sometimes one needs a bootable drive as a recovery tool or just play with Linux for a bit. This great little program allows you to create a bottable thumb-drive with one of a number of Linux distros. It couldn’t get easier to make yourself one.

See on www.pendrivelinux.com

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9 Easy Ways to Remember Your Presentation Material

Crush your anxiety with these methods that will help you thoroughly remember all of your slides before you get to them.

1. Use the Palace Method

2. Use mind maps

3. Know the value of focusing for eight seconds

4. Practice the 20-20-20 rule of rehearsal

5. Rehearse out loud

6. Practice to music

7. Record your presentation

8. Rehearse before bedtime

9. Improve your working memory

Improving your memory in general diesn’t happen by accident. Practicing good memory habits will help you remember where you place your keys and of course all that important presentation material.

Via Scoop.it – Tech Info for Real Estate – Via www.openforum.com

Hard Work – Motivation by Adam Ali – ADAMwontLOSE

This is an inspiring and motivational video created byAdamWontLose to encourage others to go after their goals and never give in.

This is a great philosophy to adopt when we are told to we can’t achieve something. Let’s give everything we have in pursuit of what we want. Take the time to watch it.  It will be worth it.  I promise.

Video Transcript:

Dear Hard Work,
I used to hate you,
When you called my name,
I heard it but ran away from you,
When I knew you were coming,
I used to hide from you,
When you influenced others to talk to me,
I quickly made excuses to get away from you.

Afraid of the pain because I didn’t want to get hurt
Afraid to fail, so I didn’t even try
Afraid of the shame that you might put me through and
Afraid of your name because of what you have done to others

Who do you think you are?
Making me so afraid of who you are?

Reflection in the mirror,
Shadow behind me,
I take one step and still,
Your ahead of me,

Sweat on my face, tears in my eyes,
I keep on going,
I heard you tell no lies,

You turn the poor to rich,
F to A’s

Is there anything that you can’t do?

Now look at me,
You made me who I am today,
and because of you,
I have this never losing, never giving up attitude

Quitting?
That is not in my vocabulary
When they quit, I keep going,
When they sleep, I work harder,
When they say that I can’t and count me out, I show them that I can

When I tell them about my dreams,
And they laugh, I make sure I laugh last.

I’m a dream chaser, that means I chase my dreams, and not no one else’s
Only I can defeat me,
It’s me against this work you put on me,
There Is no losing – I will not lose,
I came this far and I’m not stopping now

O Hard work,
My dad was right about you, you do pay off, and because of that I love you.
How can I not?
I’m no longer hiding from you, I’m waiting for you.

Matter of fact, where are you?

I need you, because in hard work- I trust!

BoxCryptor | On-the-fly Encryption for cloud storage

On-the-fly Encryption for cloud storage!

BoxCryptor encrypts your files using the AES-256 standard. This makes your data secure – no matter which cloud storage provider you use.

You can access your encrypted files on all devices. There is a BoxCryptor for Windows, Android and iOS – and even support Mac OS X and Linux.

Encrypt your files the quick and easy way. Each file is encrypted individually in real-time and stored in a folder of your choice, e.g. your Dropbox folder.

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2012 Social Media Marketing Industry Report

Are you wondering how your peers are using social media? Wondering if you should focus on Google+ or Pinterest?

Marty Smith: How are marketers using social media? More and more as it turns out. The Social Media Examiner just released its yearly state of social media marketing report with these findings:

Major Findings

Measurement and targeting are top areas marketers want to master: Forty percent of all social media marketers want to know how to measure the return on investment (ROI) of social media and find customers and prospects.
Video marketing holds the top spot for future plans: A significant 76% of marketers plan on increasing their use of YouTube and video marketing, making it the top area marketers will invest in for 2012.
Marketers seek to learn more about Google+: While only 40% of marketers are using Google+, 70% of marketers want to learn more about it and 67% plan on increasing Google+ activities.
Top three benefits of social media marketing: The number-one benefit of social media marketing is generating more business exposure (reported 85% of marketers), followed by increasing traffic (69%) and providing marketplace insight (65%).
Top five social media networks/tools for marketers: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs and YouTube were the top five social media tools used by marketers, in that order.
Social media marketing still takes a lot of time: The majority of marketers (59%) are using social media for 6 hours or more each week, and a third (33%) invest 11 or more hours weekly.
Social media outsourcing underutilized: Only 30% of businesses are outsourcing some portion of their social media marketing, only a slight increase from 28% in 2011.

Full report download: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/SocialMediaMarketingIndustryReport2012.pdf

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/social-media-marketing-industry-report-2012/  
Via www.socialmediaexaminer.com

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