Apple News. Facebook. Twitter. Reddit. LinkedIn. These are just a few of the apps you probably have on your iPhone or iPad that keep you up to date on today's events. Unfortunately, they can also cause information overload. But a new viral speed-reading tool thinks it can help you process your daily news more efficiently.
For the avid multitasker, listening to audiobooks and podcasts is the ultimate way to passively absorb knowledge while performing other activities — but there are other options. You can turn any written text on your Android phone into speech that's read aloud to you, so there's virtually no limit on what you can soak up audibly from your headphones or speaker.
If I were to lose access to the entire internet for the rest of my life, one of the websites I would miss the most would have to be Wikipedia. Wikipedia has ended countless arguments, informed me of how old and single some of my favorite actresses are, and helped me brush up on thousands of historical topics.
Speech-to-text technology can be seen on your iPhone in various places, from the Dictation tool to Apple's new behind-the-scenes, auto-created transcripts for podcast episodes. Your iPhone also has some pretty impressive text-to-speech capabilities. With them, your iPhone can read webpages, documents, or whatever text is on the screen out loud to you — only some of these tools aren't easy to find.
You can't always have your hands on your iPhone, which is why Apple developed Siri. When Siri can't do your hands-free bidding, there's Apple's newer Voice Control feature. But if you don't like barking commands at your iPhone, there's another option — at least, when it comes to scrolling through webpages in Safari.
You may prefer reading news stories, web articles, and books on your iPhone over listening to them in spoken form. Still, sometimes it's necessary when driving, walking, cycling, cleaning, working, or performing other activities requiring a little multitasking. To help you out, Apple has a text-to-speech service on your iPhone — you just need to know how to find and set it up.
Smartphones are now indispensable when traveling. Domestic and overseas travel alike require food, navigation, translation, and so much more to make work or vacation successful. Gone are the days of lugging multiple tourist books around with you everywhere you go — you need to let your smartphone handle the dirty work.
According to Amazon.com, Kindle was their best-selling item this year, which means many, if not all of you are playing with a brand new Kindle on Christmas Day. Of all of Amazon's Kindle models, the Kindle 3 (6") will be the most common eReader in everyone's hands, either the Wi-Fi version or the 3G model.
The iBook app in the new iPad makes reading ebooks oh so much better. This app may as well bring new revenue to the book market and as an iPad owner you can be a part of it. This video will show you how to use the iPad as an ebook reader with iBooks. Use the iPad as an ebook reader with iBooks.
Learn basic functions of the Amazon Kindle and watch a demonstration of its features as an eBook reader. Use Amazon Kindle eBook reader.
Craigslist is one of the most common and relied upon resources for a variety of searches on the internet. You can find pretty much anything on Craigslist, but you can only look in one city at a time. Wouldn't it be great if you could search every city on Craigslist at the same time. Craigslist Reader enables you to search all of Craigslist. This video will show you how to use it. Use Craigslist Reader.
Are you a fan of our Wonderment blog? Did you know that you can read each post in its entirety on your RSS reader? To do so, all you have to do is subscribe to WonderHowTo on your RSS reader, whether it's Google Reader, RSS Feed Reader, or Sage RSS.
It's not listed as one of the features on the updated Nook e-reader, but there is a web browser hidden inside Barnes & Noble's newest device, you just need to know how to access it. The eBook Reader shows the clandestine web browser on the Simple Touch Reader in the video below, and it's fairly easy to access. Just open up the Nook's search function, type a URL into the search bar and hit the go button. It's that simple.
If you're like me, you don't do a lot of web browsing anymore. I subscribe to my favorite blogs' feeds and read them via Google Reader. It's one of my favorite Google products, for a lot of reasons. I can keep up with most of my web activities in one tab, and follow along with my favorite blogs, Flickr photos, and Twitter. I can share instantly with people who follow me, and see what other people have shared with me. I hope that Google+ will integrate well with Google Reader, because it alrea...
QR codes are like smart little cubes of data. To unlock this data, you will need a QR reader. These are annoying because you typically have to download a third-party app, and some of these apps are shady. Luckily your Samsung Galaxy running One UI has a hidden QR scanner built right in.
If you love to watch something straightforward and dry, this tutorial is perfect for you. This is a very basic video and not that much fun to watch, but you will learn how to navigate pdf documents, if you are an absolute beginner in the world of computers. But we're warning you, there's no sound, small font, and you might get fatigued during the viewing. (We did) Navigate PDF documents in Acrobat Reader.
When Sony released the new versions of the PSP Slim and 3000 in 2009, it thought that it had solved the PSP's rampant hacking problem. They hadn't. This video will show you how to load the popular exploit / CFW installer ChickHEN R2 onto a slim or 3000 PSP, leaving it ready and waiting for whatever homebrew hacks and games you'd like to put on it.
Learn how to play "Body On Me" by Nelly Feat. Akon, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here:
This is an NLP Practitioner lesson on detecting eye movements in people to see if they are lying. The coordinates are labeled as below.
Do you find yourself getting rocked by your friends and relatives whenever you play Wild Ones on Facebook? A little more money would help right? This video will teach you how to use an easy cheat to acquire a theoretically infinite amount of money and coins. All you need are two Facebook accounts and two different web browsers and you can do this easily. Now get in there and buy yourself a better pet!
This user-friendly video shows you how to transfer media files via bluetooth to and from your Mac and cell phone. First you must pair your Mac to your phone. This video tells you exactly how to do this, even if you don't have bluetooth on. You must put both devices in discovery mode. To pair it, you have to put a set of numbers your Mac gives you for ur phone. Click continue. Now browse devices and pick your phone. Pick what you would like to transfer over to your Mac. Save it on Mac. Open th...
This how-to video is about how to enable the commenting tools in the free Adobe Reader using Acrobat 9 Pro and Acrobat 9 Pro Extended.
In this video, we learn how to write an article. When writing an article, you need to use the proper formatting. This starts with the introduction to grab the reader's attention. Then the middle will elaborate on the introduction with 200 words maximum. The end will give the conclusion and summarize in around 50 words total. Don't give an opinion, just keep it un-biased and let the reader come up with their own opinion. Don't make some common mistakes which include: spending too much time res...
Reading articles on an Android phone using Chrome Browser can be a little bit of a battle; it often times requires adjusting the page to fit the screen in order to make it easier to read and scroll through. I sometimes lose this struggle and give up trying to read on my device, saving the article for a later time when I'm on my laptop.
Turn your iPad into a portable reader. While epub files are easy to read, .pdfs are far more common formats for files. To get the most out of your device, you'll want to set it up to turn it into a .pdf reader. This tutorial shows you how
Google is the biggest and best search engine on Earth, and if you are a webmaster and want your website to be a big success it would really behoove you to know as much about how it works as possible. The Google Webmasters series of videos and website were created to teach webmasters, SEO professionals, and others how Google works by answering their questions and giving them insights into how they can best integrate and utilize Google's functionality to improve their business. This video will ...
In this tutorial, learn exactly how to make a PDF file reader using Visual Basic 2008. This is really easy and will allow you to view, send and receive PDF files on your computer.
Your conclusion paragraph is incredibly important to a research paper. This is where you get the chance to sum yourself up and really make your point hit home for the reader. The last paragraph is your last chance to really make your paper stand out and be memorable. In this video, you will learn exacly how to craft a fantastic conclusion so that your reader is left on a powerful note, instead of a boring one.
Need help figuring out how to change NVDA screen reader settings in Microsoft Windows 7? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this Microsoft accessibility guide can present a complete walkthrough of the process in just over a minute and a half. For details, as well as to get started tweaking NVDA settings yourself, watch this helpful how-to.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to get music on the LG Rumor or Scoop using a Mac OS X computer. Users will need a memory card and a memory card reader. Begin by finding the music that you want on your phone and create a playlist. Then connect your memory card to the reader and connect it to your computer. Now open your memory card on the computer and create a music folder. Drop the music into the folder. Unplug your reader ad insert your card into your phone. This video will benefi...
In this Software video tutorial you will learn how to get iSerial Reader for Mac. With this program you can get the serial numbers to use for various programs. Almost all programs are listed. There is nothing complicated about this. Download the iSerial reader from Serial Box. Once it is downloaded, open the folder and install it. After you open the program, follow the ‘installing serial box’ instructions. The file to add when you click ‘install now’ is the ‘serial box’ file that came with th...
In this walk-through video ClearTechInfo shows you how to download, install and test Adobe Acrobat Reader. First download the software from the mentioned website making sure to un-check the Google tool-bar option. Install the software for all users as shown accepting the license agreement. After the installation is done open your browser go to Google.com and search for the Adobe Acrobat Reader test as shown and go to the test site and confirm the successful installation of the software.
Just remember, for all powermoves, you have to get used to it. Train holding your body weight on the hand that you lift off with right hand for clockwise. You do not have to be able to balance a 1 handed handstand, just hold an L-kick or pike on that hand. This will strengthen the triceps. Also do not train flexibility by splits, you need all the muscles around ur legs and hands to be flexible. Just do flares and mills for flexibility.
Not sure how to close an important letter? Convey a powerful meaning to readers by choosing the right sign-off. In this video, proper etiquette to close a letter is gone over.
In this video, we learn how to write a winning resume and cover letter. First, you want to remember that your resume online needs to be keyword rich, so you will have greater chances of getting an interview. To find keywords for your resume, look up different job descriptions to change your resume to fit that specific job. List your specific qualities that make you the best candidate for that job. For your cover letter, make sure you always send it along with your resume. You want to capture ...
Love your new Nook but don't want to spend a ton of money just to read? No problem! Lucky for us, the Nook is now the most inexpensive, fully featured e-reader and to top it all off you can download nearly 100,000 free books for it!
In this tutorial, Luke shows you how to change your default PDF reader on your Mac computer. There are various programs that can be used to read PDFs and you don't have to decide on only one. Your Mac is probably pre-programmed to open up the "Preview" application when you click on a PDF file, but if you'd prefer to use something else, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, there is an easy way to change your default. Check out this tutorial, and set it up in just a few minutes.
Just because it's called palm reading doesn't mean it's only "palm" reading. Palmistry involves more than mere palms — it looks at all parts of the grasping side of the hand, including the fingers. And in this two-part video from Jim Winter, a professional palmist, tarot reader, face reader and graphologist, you will learn the secret, underlying meaning behind a person's fingers. Knowing the digits is just as important as knowing the sweaty palm.
You can read at 500 words per minutes. Don't believe me? Here, see for yourself. This amazing technology comes from the startup Spritz, and they're ready to unleash it onto the smart device world, starting with the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy Gear line of smartwatches.
Windows users have been getting a lot of bad news about their security lately. First, we found out that passwords in Windows 7 and 8 can easily be exploited if password hints are enabled, and now, Russian password-cracking software developer Elcomsoft has found another huge vulnerability.
