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You want to go to a particular website, but you’re too lazy to drag your mouse pointer to the address bar. For Windows users: Alt + d Of course, sometimes you want to go to the address bar just to copy the URL. The option key is also called alt. When I want to share something interesting I find online, the altruism is tempered by the effort it takes to copy the URL, open mail client (or web app), click compose, paste the URL in the body and await grateful responses. For Windows users: Ctrl+shift+space Like this: News aggregate app users (Flipboard, Pulse, Reeder, Etc.), what are some of your favorite sources that you couldn't live without? : ipad.

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Trees love BookCrossing. SwapZone. What titles are you bringing? Let us know! Invite your FB friends Book Movie Music Eco-Swap Love to swap? So do we! On the weekend of June 2–3, Swapsity is bringing its popular Eco-Swap to the Sage Fair, an event dedicated to helping Canadians work toward greener, happier and healthier lives. Refresh your books, movies and music libraries while taking it easy on the environment and your wallet. Meet the Swaptopus Don’t forget to snap a photo with our beloved mascot, Swaptopus. Five Reasons Not To Miss This Swap! Recycle and Reuse: Be a friend to the environment and recycle your way to a new media library. Event Details Dates: June 2nd, Saturday: 11am to 6pm; June 3rd, Sunday: 11am to 5pm Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, rooms 105 and 106, booths 26-29 Sage Fair Admission: $6 for all Swapsity members [admission discount code for Swapsity members is "IamHere2Swap!

"] Spread the word by using the hashtag #BookSwapTO on Twitter. Sage Fair website: www.sagefair.com. How PhoneGap Works. Building applications for each platform–iPhone, Android, Windows and more–requires different frameworks and languages. PhoneGap solves this by using standards-based web technologies to bridge web applications and mobile devices. Since PhoneGap apps are standards compliant, they’re future-proofed to work with browsers as they evolve. Read an in-depth post explaining PhoneGap visually. PhoneGap has been downloaded millions of times and is being used by hundreds of thousands of developers.

Thousands of apps built using PhoneGap are available in mobile app stores and directories. The PhoneGap code was contributed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under the name Apache Cordova and graduated to top-level project status in October 2012. Read more about: Nitobi was the original creator and is one of the primary contributors to the PhoneGap framework. There is also vast global community that contributes to the project. All my mac apps - The best mac apps, application, software search engine. Search, share and download. Dashboard Widgets Desktop in Mountain Lion. Secrets. Compare & Find Best Free Solutions. How To Make It More Difficult for a Thief To Turn Off Location Services on the iPad.

Over the last few years there have been numerous happy ending stories about lost / stolen iPads and iPhones recovered thanks to Location Services and the Find My iPhone app within MobileMe. The app is now free as well, so it’s a great tool to have just in case your iPad or iPhone is ever misplaced or stolen. In order for Find My iPhone to work, Location Services must be turned on on the missing device; and many people have pointed out that a tech-savvy thief might quickly turn off the service once they get their hands on your iDevice. Luckily, there’s a way to make that a much bigger challenge for a thief, and it’s simple to implement.

To make life a whole bunch harder for a thief who wants to turn off Location Services, you can use Restrictions from within the Settings app. . – Launch the Settings app. – Go to the General section and look for Restrictions on the right hand side. . – Once you enable restrictions, look at the second section listed – Allow Changes.

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