Nancy Messieh
836 articles published since August 19, 2009
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About Nancy Messieh
Nancy is a writer and editor living in Washington DC. She was previously the Middle East editor at The Next Web and currently works at a DC-based think tank on communications and social media outreach.
How to Scan Printed Photos Onto Your Phone With Minimal Quality Loss
It's easy enough to take a digital photo and print it out, but going the opposite direction isn't so easy -- unless you use this awesome app that handles it all for you.
A Nifty Way to Discover New Content on YouTube
YouTube has a cool feature that totally flew under the radar. If you're dying for new and interesting videos to watch, then you absolutely need to give it a try ASAP.
How to Capture Great Night Shots With Your iPhone Camera
iPhones aren't the best for taking photos at night, but this nifty app makes it MUCH better for that.
Take Better Portraits With This Easy Photoshop Trick
Through the easy magic of Photoshop, you can produce some neat looking portraits.
How to Play YouTube Videos in a Pop-Out Window in Firefox
Playing YouTube in a pop-out window is an effective way to multitask. Here's how you can do just that if you use Firefox as your browser of choice.
How to Create Twitter Moments on Your Phone
Twitter Moments are an interesting and fun new feature to play around with. Here's the best way to create them and tweak them for best results.
Find Out What Your Browser Is Revealing About You
Your browser gives up more information about you than you might realize. These sites show you just how much. A real eye-opening experience.
Uber Tracks You After Each Journey, But You Can Stop It
Uber tracks you in the background so it knows where you are, but it still tracks you even after your ride is over. Here's how to prevent that.
Use Twitter Moments to Curate Great Stories in Tweets
With Twitter Moments you can do tell your story exactly as you wish: creating a slideshow of tweets that tell a story that you want to share.
Is Your iPhone 6s Eligible for Replacement? Here's How to Find Out
Some iPhone 6s devices have been experiencing issues and Apple is willing to replace your device, but only if you're eligible. Here's how to find out if you are.
How to Find a Lost Phone With an Amazon Echo
If you ever lose your phone, you can use this app in conjunction with Amazon Echo to locate it on demand no matter where it is.
How to Merge Your Skype and Microsoft Accounts
Now that Microsoft owns Skype, there's no need to juggle two different accounts here. Combine them into one for sanity's sake.
Use This Trick to Free Up Wasted Space on iOS
Apple doesn't make it easy to clear wasted space on iOS devices, but this nifty trick will force the device to do it!
Listen to Spotify, iTunes, and SoundCloud All in One Single App
Tired of juggling three different apps to listen to Spotify, iTunes, and SoundCloud? Use this one app to combine all three in one.
This App Shows What You Were Tweeting Up to 9 Years Ago
Want to delve into history and see what you were tweeting up to nine years ago? This app shows you what Twitter won't.
How to Create a Text Highlight Effect in Photoshop
If you want to highlight text in Photoshop, then this is the easiest method for getting it done.
Twitter Is Killing Off Vine: Here's Where to Go Instead
The first thing you're probably going to want to do is save your Vine videos. There are several ways to do this.
How to Start Skype Conversations Without an Account or App
Ever wanted to talk or chat on Skype without installing the app or creating an account? Now you finally can.
How to Find Popular and Interesting Content on Medium
How do you find the best and most interesting content on Medium? Well, here are a few tips and tricks you can use.
How to Automatically Create a Spotify Playlist From YouTube Videos
It's pretty straightforward. Using this nifty trick, you can automatically add Liked videos on YouTube to a Spotify playlist!