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The Latest Tech That Everyone Is Searching For [Search Trends]

In this update, I’m going to take a look at Google Trend buzz searches from the past couple of weeks. Top buzz identified at Google Trends covers topics ranging from entertainment to politics and occasionally, yes, technology. It’s the tech news that I decided to hunt for. I’ve identified five new search terms that are exploding across the Internet, and may indicate stories that you could very well see in the news very soon.

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3 Ways to Disable Windows 8 Gestures

Windows 8 is full of gestures and shortcuts. In addition to touch-screen gestures, there are swipe gestures you can perform with your laptop's touchpad and mouse gestures that involve moving your cursor to the corners of the screen. However, there are ways to disable all of these gestures. This is particularly useful if these gestures get in your way while using your touchpad or mouse. You can even disable a Windows 8 device's touch screen entirely -- we don't recommend it, but it's something you can do if you want.

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The End Is Nigh... The Last Pages Of The Internet

The Internet consists of at least 4 billion webpages, which, you'll realize unless you have lost all sense of scale, is a vast collection of content. Not all of it is good content, obviously, and I suspect a fair percentage is pornography. Still, the Web is epic and only likely to grow even more epic from this moment forth. But wait! It turns out the Internet has an end.

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Collect ALL The Things With Delicious Library 3 for Mac OS X

There's a pretty good chance that you have things. Many kinds of things in fact, from gadgets to toys, books to power tools and piles of DVDs. What if there was a way to organize them all? To catalog them digitally in some way, get stats on your collection, show it all off somehow and manage that vast network of friends that you keep lending aforementioned things to? Say hello to Delicious Library 3 ($25). If you're struggling to keep track of a vast physical library of stuff, it may be exactly what you need.

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Could This Be The Next Apple iPhone?

How realistic is this concept mockup of an edge-to-edge iPhone 6? If you look closely, you'll find several elements currently present in iOS 7: the signal strength indicator, the font, the flat icons, even the App Store and Settings icons. And here's the kicker, this mockup was published in March 2013, by JohnnyPlaid from CA, USA -- several months before iOS 7 was even revealed to the public.

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How To Backup Media, Apps & Settings On Windows Phone 8

I’ve just about filled the 32 GB internal storage on my Nokia Lumia 920. Initially, I was surprised that it only took me six months, until I realised that I’ve been recording videos in HD. When you consider everything that relies on internal storage, it certainly seems like a complete removal of personal storage is required. There are several options. Backing up data can be performed manually, using the Windows Phone Tool via USB and you can rely on native tools to back up your photos, apps, settings and messages.

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5 Reasons Working With Computers Is Bad For You & How to Stay Healthy

Working on the computer may sound like the most relaxed job in the world, but it's quite the contrary. It's very tough on your body, which is not used to this modern type of work. The issues range from sitting for long hours, using they mouse and keyboard extensively, while staring at a bright screen and working in isolation at a stressful job. In other words, working on the computer is as unhealthy a job as you can imagine. Let me show you what the culprits are and how you can avoid and fix them.

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Mac
Superpower Your MacBook Trackpad

Whether you want to use your trackpad as an improvised drawing tablet or control every aspect of your Mac using gestures, you can - if you know the right tools to use. Multi-touch means your trackpad knows precisely how many fingers are on its surface, and what they're doing. A few default gestures take advantage of this – two-finger scrolling and pinch-to-zoom, for example – but there's a lot more potential here. Let's go over the many ways to get the most out of your Mac's trackpad, shall we?

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Spotify vs. Rdio: A Complete Comparison

I recently cancelled my Spotify Premium membership after a year of uninterrupted monthly payments to the company. This decision came about when I accidentally signed up for 14-days of free Rdio Unlimited. Quite frankly, I was left confused as to who I should be paying money to and after playing with both services there's a good chance you would be too. If you're choosing to take the Netflix-style "all you can eat" route with your music, you've got quite a selection of services to choose from - but who reigns supreme?

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Who Do You Think You Are: 4 Sites That Want To Know With The Help Of Shared Photos

We are a generation of over-sharers - every photo of coffee, breakfast or cocktail on Instagram can attest to that. That said, there is a lot of "sharing" on the Internet that is pretty interesting. A variety of show-and-tell websites encourage users to share photos that give a glimpse into their lives, without giving away too much.

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What Are Your Views on Crowdfunding Through Sites Like Kickstarter? [You Told Us]

Crowdfunding is becoming a legitimate tool for inventors, merchants, and creative people to raise money for their wares. We asked for your views on the phenomenon. Crowdfunding seems set to keep on growing, so gaining an insight into how the MakeUseOf readership thinks about it all was a good idea.

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How to Prevent Text and Instant Messaging from Smothering a Relationship

Ladies and gents, ever heard of the old phrase, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder?" It's not just some silly cliché. In fact, it's quite possibly more relevant in this day and age than it ever has been. Why? Simple: It's nearly impossible to be absent anywhere these days. Unfortunately, constant communication kills relationships - emphasis on the word "constant". However, by looking past technology and into human interaction, there are ways to prevent text and instant messaging from smothering a relationship.

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Four Cool New Tools From Facebook [Weekly Facebook Tips]

With giant apps like Facebook, you sometimes find that little changes creep in without you noticing. Some are good, some are bad, but all of them make the landscape ever so slightly different. Also, they can be extremely useful. Facebook's latest crop of improvements are actually pretty big news.

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