Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Years ago (not that many), there were only 1 or 2 places that you might find yourself searching the web, home or work. Now, thanks to laptops, iPhones, iPads, portable game systems and a myriad of high-speed internet connections (Wi-Fi, WiMax, 3G, 4G, etc.) you can surf the web from just about anywhere you can imagine.
The freedom to surf on-the-go is still fairly new and so are the challenges associated with doing so. One problem that crops up occasionally is finding a site that you have already visited. Maybe you were out gymnastics practice with the kids, surfing the web with your CLEAR USB modem, or sitting in a movie theater playing on your iPhone (before the show started of course), when you went to Google and searched for something that caught your eye. Three days later, you realize that you want to revisit that site, but you can’t remember the URL or enough information to locate it again via a Google search. You also find yourself lost in the “where was I and which device was I using when I looked at….” struggle.
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Tags: Clear, desktop, Google, History, internet, iPad, iPhone, Laptop, Link, Mac, Mobile, PC, Search, smartphone, surf, URL, web, Wi-Fi, WiMAX
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Every so often, I run across a little trick that makes me wish I had known about it all along. These are often very simple shortcuts, key combinations, tricks, or even manipulation of software that was meant to do something else entirely. We’re not talking hacking here, but simply ways to increase your enjoyment and speed while surfing the web. One rule I learned long ago when dealing with PC’s, and specifically Windows, is that there are 3 ways to do everything. You may know one way, or maybe even two to accomplish something, but one day you’ll see someone who knows a different, possibly easier way to accomplish the same thing. Could one of these tricks be that third?
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Tags: captcha, CTRL, keyboard combinations, keys, my computer, refresh, shortcuts, surfing, tips, tricks, web, zoom
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