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15 Keyboard Shortcuts To Enhance Your PC Productivity <h1 id="title">15 Keyboard Shortcuts To Enhance Your PC Productivity</h1><div id="author"><div id="name">Matt Silverman</div><div id="title">Associate Features Editor, Mashable</div><div id="bio"></div></div><div id="content"><p>If you fancy yourself a PC power user, you know how valuable it is to keep your hands on the keyboard. Constantly switching between typing and mousing can really slow you down when you're powering through that TPS report.</p><p>Lucky for you, the wizards at&nbsp;<a href=" built some time-saving (if little-known) keyboard shortcuts into their operating systems over the years, with some really handy ones gracing Windows 7 and most modern Web browsers.</p><p>If you're aiming to speed up your workflow and impress your colleagues at the same time, check out these little gems.

The 10 Social Media Metrics Your Company Should Monitor While companies are starting to adopt Social Media for online marketing campaigns, and even letting employees participate, the question of ROI (Return on Investment) arises, along with doubts about what metrics to measure. How do you know how effective your social media campaigns are if you’re not measuring any metrics, let alone an overall ROI? Below, we discuss ten important Social Metrics for companies. According to 2009 Mzinga & Babson Executive Education study, over 80% of professionals do not measure ROI for their company’s social media programs. Granted, Social Metrics and their measurement techniques are relatively new, and this might account for the lag in tracking. However, there are some organizations measuring social metrics, which enables them to eventually measure ROI. Visitors and sources of trafficNetwork size (followers, fans, members)Quantity of commentary about brand or product These are easily understandable common social metrics. Social media leads.

You asked for it: XBMC for AppleTV2, iPad, iPhone4. 20 Jan Posted By: Team XBMC on Jan 20, 2011 in Site News The XBMC team is proud to present our first ARM-based release, and it’s a big one. Scott Davilla, with the help of Edgar (gimli) Hucek and Zeljko (amet) Ametovic and several other developers and testers, is finally ready to pull the curtain off of his fun little secret. You know that $99 tiny form-factor powerhouse that would be just perfect if it could only run XBMC? These are not initial ports, and they are not early development snapshots. AppleTV2 This thing may fit in your pocket, but don’t underestimate its power. iPad/iPhone4 What good is a tablet that makes you play by its rules? Availability As you might have guessed, you won’t be seeing XBMC in the app-store any time soon, since it directly competes with apple products.

10 Websites To Make You Think | The Online Learning Blog from Study2U Supposedly browsing the internet requires more brain power than watching television. Although judging from some of the websites we’ve come across that assumption is cast into doubt. Here’s some of the sites we like that might get your brain to sit up and listen. Ted A conference that started in 1984 bringing together experts in technology, entertainment and design quickly grew into so much more. New Scientist The New Scientist website carries new articles from the magazine as well as the NS archive of over 76,000 pieces. Big Think The Big Think website is a collection of ‘global thought leaders’ who offer their thoughts and analysis on world events and other important developments. Café Scientifque ‘for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology’ Breathing Earth This fantastic website by David Bleja demonstrates CO2 emissions and world population growth in real time on a global map. Arts & Letters Daily How Stuff Works

Jailbreak iOS 4.1 iPhone 3GS With PwnageTool [How To] Those of you who cannot wait to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS, an unofficial version of PwnageTool for iOS 4.1 is now available. Similar to PwnageTool for iOS 4.0.2, this one can jailbreak your iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) by building a custom firmware. PwnageTool is Mac only and does not upgrade iPhone baseband while jailbreaking, so ultrasn0w unlock works. Note: 1. 2. Disclaimer: This is not an official release, so proceed at your own risk. Here are the steps to jailbreak iOS 4.1 iPhone 3GS using PwnageTool 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What the question means is that if you are on an official carrier. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. That’s it. In case you come across iTunes error 1004 or 1015 ‘iPhone could not be restored’, here is how you can exit recovery mode. If your Cydia icon on the Homescreen is white, then launch Cydia, navigate to Manage –> Sources –> Edit –> Add and add as a source. Download PwnageTool Unofficial + iOS 4.1 Jailbreaker Download iTunes 10 Download iOS 4.1

don't tell my mom im an ad major The annual Apple Keynote took place yesterday in San Francisco- on a surprisingly sunny day for such a foggy place. Perhaps developers really can do anything. The hype up to the keynote was filled with skepticism- how could Tim Cook possibly live up to the standards of the late CEO, Steve Jobs? What will they release this year? Will Apple continue on its path as the leader of innovation and technology? Yes and no. Although interesting and innovative there was nothing breakthrough, no surprises. Nearly all attendees were excited by the ‘new generation’ Macbook Pro which offers a 15-inch retina display and almost 7 hours of battery life, but what they really wanted to see was the ‘would-be’ advancements to Siri. It will be interesting to see what these apple advancements do for brands- what new methods of advertising or consumer engagement will come from them. As a former EVB intern, I am partial to the "skittles: mob the rainbow" crowd-sourcing idea. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.