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How To Program NFC Tags & Automate Windows Phone 8

There’s a black sticker on my desk, which is remarkably useful. Thanks to the magic of NFC, it enables me to activate my Nokia Lumia 920’s wireless networking with a single touch. NFC, or near field communication, has been around for a few years now, and is an increasingly popular feature in smartphones. Intended to facilitate data transfer, contactless transactions in stores and even simplify the setup of things like WiFi connections, NFC can also be used to program NFC tags, usually sticky labels like the one on my desk.

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Write App: A Beautiful iOS Text Editor With Markdown Support & Dozens of Actions

Writing apps for the iPad and iPhone are plentiful. We're lucky enough to live in a time when developers are coming up with new ways to edit text using unique features in new apps. This is the case for a new app that's simply called "Write". If you're a digital notebook addict, Write will probably remind you of the popular iOS text editor, Drafts, which allows you to share notes to other apps like Evernote, Dropbox, Simplenote, Twitter, and Day One.

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8 Child-Safe Websites Where Kids Can Catch All The Recent News

There's no news like bad news. I don't think a diet of bad news is quite right for children before they hit the right age. Agreed, you cannot keep the bad winds away but just like using parental controls to limit their exposure to the Internet, you can monitor the news they consume too. Let's look at some child-friendly ways to get your children into the habit of reading the news on the web. Who said good parenting was an easy job!

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Create A Private Company Social Network With Bitrix24 [HTC One Giveaway]

As technology continues to advance at such a rapid pace, the methods of business management and communication advance alongside it. The traditional office environment doesn't work well when most, or all, employees are at home. So what do you use then? The answer is Bitrix24. We're giving away 10 Startup accounts, which will you to add up to 12 users to your account and costs $1200/year -- but the lucky winners will get to use Bitrix24 for free! We're also giving away a 64 GB HTC One so you'll be able to use Bitrix24's Android app on the go.

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8 Ways to Discover the Best Instagram & Vine Videos Online

Neither Vine nor Instagram offer a good way to search and find videos., but there are a few ways to search for Instagram and Vine videos from the comfort of your computer. We've already introduced you to 5 unofficial ways to watch Vine videos, and now we're adding to that list, and throwing in a few extra options for Instagram only. With all the creative ways people are using Vine and Instagram, these services make it a little bit easier to uncover the best videos created on each app.

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Do You Watch What You Say Online? [You Told Us]

The Internet is still considered to be something akin to The Wild West, a lawless, still-emerging set of disparate communities all vying for attention. But this isn't actually the case, and it hasn't been for many years. Contrary to popular belief many of the laws and rules which apply in the real world also apply online.

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How To (Try To) Turn Your Android Tablet Into The Best Cat Toy, Ever

Over a year ago, I turned my iPad into an overpriced cat toy. You called me crazy, but the fact remains that I had no trouble finding apps that were intended just for that. The cats turned out to be extremely gentle with the iPad, and the whole thing was much more fun than I expected. So why leave Android owners out of the loop? Since I don't expect you to pay for such an app, I dug around the Google Play Store to find some free apps that will turn your Nexus 7 or other Android tablet into a respectable cat toy.

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4 Excellent Real-Time Strategy Games You Can Play On The Cheap

The real-time strategy genre is one of the staples in gaming today. Other genres, like first person shooters and role playing games, are saturated with hundreds of different titles, but real-time strategy doesn’t hold the same kind of prevalence. You have the big names like Starcraft and Age of Empires, but many RTS titles never gain much traction - especially the free ones. I think RTS games are great but I don’t derive enough entertainment from them to justify spending money. That’s why I play free RTS games instead. Keep in mind that free games don’t have the same kind of manpower behind their development, but that doesn’t mean they’re bad.

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Can We Contribute To Space Exploration? These 7 Online Tools Say We Can

What about the man on the sidewalk? The high-schooler in the science class? The mother who once dreamt of suiting up for a space flight? Will there dreams remain so, or can they contribute to space exploration in some little ways? Thanks to the interconnectedness of the Web, they can. Let's take a look at seven online (and free) ways a citizen of Earth can contribute to understanding space.

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Star Wars vs. Game Of Thrones: Which Has More Street Cred?

Sure, Leia might have kissed Luke on the lips once, but that's nothing compared to what Cersei did what her brother Jaime. So Sandor "The Hound" Clegane got burnt by fire when he was young -- big deal, Anakin Skywalker lost both his legs and was nearly burnt to a crisp. If Star Wars and Game Of Thrones were to go head-to-head, which series would outperform the other? And thanks to Reddit, you can safely draw your conclusion.

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