How to run Android apps on any laptop or desktop Android has a large, vibrant ecosystem of applications. From Heartstone to Plex to Twitter, Google Play is home to over 1.5 million mobile apps, according to AppBrain. Wouldn't it be great to run all these apps on your computer, too? What is Android Runtime for Chrome? Simply put, Android Runtime for Chrome (or ARC, for short) is a software package that lets users run Android apps inside their web browsers. Google announced ARC last summer, and initially designed it with Chromebooks in mind. Then earlier this month, Google released an update to ARC, which lets users run Android apps within the Chrome browser on OS X, Linux and Windows as well. By some measure, using ARC is a little like running a Java app in a browser in that it's a virtual environment that lets users run a certain class of apps across multiple platforms. For now, ARC is still in beta, so you may encounter bugs and some apps may not work properly. How to get Android Runtime for Chrome Running apps
You can now run Android apps on a Mac or PC with Google Chrome Google’s convergence of Chrome and Android is taking a big step forward this week. After launching a limited App Runtime for Chrome (ARC) back in September, Google is expanding its beta project to allow Android apps to run on Windows, OS X, and Linux. It’s an early experiment designed primarily for developers, but anyone can now download an APK of an existing Android app and launch it on a Windows / Linux PC, Mac, or Chromebook. You simply need to download the ARC Welder app and obtain APKs from Google’s Play Store. Google Chrome running Android apps ARC is based on Android 4.4, meaning a lot of standalone apps are immediately compatible. I tried a variety of games, and while simple titles like Candy Crush Soda work very well, others refused to launch properly or couldn’t handle mouse input correctly. Update April 3rd, 6AM: article amended to note you can add multiple apps.
Scoop.it Tips The Complete Guide to Organizing Your Contacts + Building Quality Relationships As a result, we’ll need some help if we’re going to build a large, authentic, and productive network of friends and colleagues. Luckily, thanks to smart phones, social networks, email clients, and calendars, we can quickly “catch up” with long lost connections even when not there in person. But the web is filled with tons of options when it comes to getting your digital rolodex organized. Below, we’ll take a look at some of the best resources and projects that turn a jumbled assortment of contacts into an essential career tool. A note: the downside of “optimizing” your contacts is that every service treats the people you know as data. This is why I don’t recommend any automatic emailing tools or one-size-fits-all templates. Before you do anything, pick your universe. The first step of the process is the most stressful: you’ll need to pick your contacts “universe.” What’s important is that you have a “master” contact file in either of the above services. Whipping Your Contacts Into Shape
Set up your Business Manager | Facebook Help Center Quick Tip: Reset Android default apps One of the questions I get a lot is how to reset default apps in the Android platform. This need can come about after trying out a new application, only to find you like the app but do not want it to serve as your default. A perfect example of this is web browsers. Many users will install multiple browser to fill a need that isn't met by the default. That doesn't mean they want the new browser to server as the default browser -- they simply want to use the newly installed browsers for specific sites. However, what happens when you install that new browser and accidentally accept it as the default, pressing Always instead of Just once (Figure A)? Figure A Selecting the default browser on a Verizon-branded Samsung Galaxy S4. If you've selected a default and want to clear that, the process is actually quite simple. When you've set a default, here's how you clear it: Figure B If you tap Clear data, all settings will be removed from that particular app.
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All about the practice of sat kriya, tips, tricks, how to and more | KUNDALINI Yoga Boot Camp, Los Angeles I’ve been doing Sat Kriya daily for several years now and it’s amazing how you intuitively learn little things from the meditation and the changes that you go through. When I first started, my right arm would fall asleep and I’d sweat like hell. When I got up to 31 minutes my legs would fall asleep pretty bad, even with a big pillow between my legs, but eventually the legs got stronger and even if they fell asleep a little it wasn’t so bad. Here are some tips and pointers from my experience… **Always Tune In with the Adi Mantra 3 times before beginning any Kundalini Yoga Kriya or Meditation. How To Do It: Finishing: At the end, inhale completely and hold, squeezing the root lock and the muscles of the back and shoulders for as long as you can. Time: 3 minutes up to 62 minutes. *One option is to practice for 3 minutes, rest for two minutes and repeat two more times for a 15 minute exercise, which will build stamina and a foundation for longer practice. Some Finer Points of The Sat Kriya:
Google wants to sell domain names Google announces the launch of an invite-only, domain-registration serviceGoogle hasn't said when the service will be available to the publicService will compete with GoDaddy, the largest domain-management company (CNN) -- Google already is a major player in search, online mapping, social networking and other key functions of the Web. Now it wants to sell domain names, too. The Internet giant on Monday announced the launch of an invite-only service, Google Domains, to help small businesses find, register and manage their Web addresses. "Businesses will be able to search, find, purchase and transfer the best domain for their business -- whether it's .com, .biz, .org, or any of the wide range of new domains that are being released to the Web," Google said in a blog post about the venture. With this move, Google will be directly competing with companies they once partnered with. The new Google service will allow users to purchase new domain names as well as transfer existing ones.
Top 13 Sites For Independent Filmmakers In recent years, the content of the internet has transformed itself from a controlled and manufactured environment to a vast expanse of user generated content. Internet users can log on and create their own subjects, themes, and arguments to the sites they frequent. This idea gave birth to sites like Facebook, and Twitter; as well as creating tools like wikis, forums, and blogs. This new type of social media forged specific online communities where people with similar interests could share and collaborate freely on ideas. Independent filmmakers have an ever-growing presence on social media sites such as twitter, facebook, youtube, and various blogs. This presence has resulted in a wealth of shared knowledge for filmmakers worldwide. Here’s a list of thirteen sites that are excellent resources for independent filmmakers in no particular order. Filmmaker Filmmakers on a tight budget know perfectly well how difficult it is to stay on that budget. View Filmmaker Film Riot Go Into The Story
10 Films That Can Teach You Everything You Need To Know About Film Editing Editing is a selection process. Sometimes hundreds of hours of footage are captured, and we only end up seeing around two hours of it. It’s also a language that has rules. When done badly it can cause boredom or, even worse, confusion. The importance of editing cannot be underestimated. According to acclaimed film writers David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, the typical Hollywood film has between 1000 and 2000 shots that have been cut together. This article has been written in the hope of inspiring you to return to some of your own favorite scenes, in your own favorite films, so that you can deconstruct and analyze how the film’s editing has helped to engineer a perfect cinematic moment. 1. The Odessa steps sequence in Battleship Potemkin has been paid homage to by both Terry Gilliam (in Brazil) and Brian De Palma (in The Untouchables). In Battleship Potemkin, Eisenstein is trying to foster the idea of an evil Tsarist government. 2. 3. Effective editing can be very powerful. 4. 5.