July 4, 2010
One of the main disadvantages to using a desktop email client such as Mozilla Thunderbird is that you can only access it on one computer. Although you can access your emails through a web-based interface from your email provider, it is not the same. But now, this is no longer an issue with this simple [...]
June 23, 2010
I just found a little program called CintaNotes via LifeHacker. I have been using my notes application on my Windows Mobile device as well as in Outlook for some close to 10 years now. My life has changed drastically over this time period and now I have the need to sync and share my notes with [...]
June 16, 2010
As innovative as Apple is, it’s rather odd that its mobile devices don’t include a Finder – a place to save files that are accessible by all other applications. The way it’s currently set up you must save files created on the iPad in their related application. So, for example, if you create a word [...]
June 2, 2010
Do you use DropBox? Why shouldn’t you? It is free and it has some great features. For those of you that do not know DropBox is a place on the web where you can store your files and folders for free. You can then access them from almost anywhere. DropBox’s best feature is being able [...]
June 2, 2010
MeeGo is a fast operating system for netbooks with a lot of great ideas, as I outlined in a recent article. It’s also very, very young so far as Linux distributions go. This can be exciting, because trying new things is always fun; it can also be frustrating, because you can’t get necessary programs working. [...]
May 22, 2010
Tomboy is a note taking application for Linux that ships with Gnome on most Linux desktops. Tomboy however is not limited to Linux desktops, there are versions available for Windows and Mac as well. Tomboy notes is one of the better note-taking apps out there for the simple reason that it’s simple to use, does only [...]
April 29, 2010
So you’ve come up with the million dollar idea when you took a shower one morning. You entertained your imagination with a scenario about cashing out on it and living the life of the rich and famous. Then you finished showering, continued your life with the 9 to 5 routine and totally forgot about that [...]
March 24, 2010
I was helping my friend install iTunes on his Windows machine when I noticed a folder called “Automatically Add To iTunes” inside the “iTunes Music” folder. I never knew that such a folder existed and after a meticulous search, found out that there’s a similar folder in my Mac buried among hundreds of other artists folders. [...]
March 4, 2010
Dropbox, if you don’t know about it yet, is an excellent synchronization tool. In fact it is one of our favorite tools to sync and backup files and other important data. Dropbox can seamlessly sync your files across multiple computers and also provides features like shared and public folders allowing you to share/sync only the [...]
January 26, 2010
One of the most useful computer applications that I’ve come across so far is Dropbox. There are already countless articles about this automatic folder backup and synchronization tool here in MakeUseOf, including many usage spin-offs like: synchronizing research data and triggering automatic downloads. But if you are an avid Dropbox user, there might be times [...]
