FRAME Cloud Platform · Run any software in a browser List of emoticons A simple smiley This is a list of notable and commonly used emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's mood or facial expression in the form of icons. The Western use of emoticons is quite different from Eastern usage, and Internet forums, such as 2channel, typically show expressions in their own ways. In recent times, graphic representations, both static and animated, have taken the place of traditional emoticons in the form of icons. Emoticons can generally be divided into two groups: Western or Horizontal (mainly from America and Europe), and Eastern or Vertical (mainly from east Asia). The most common explanation for these differences is how the different cultures value different parts of the face, i.e. eyes often play a bigger part in figuring out mood in the East while the West puts the eyes as equal to the rest of the face.[1] Western The emoticon in Western style is written most often from left to right as though the head is rotated counter-clockwise 90 degrees. Eastern
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12 Lesser-Known Google Projects That Are Absolutely Amazing Google revolutionized the Internet by making the global brain easily searchable by anyone. In addition to search, Google has created all kinds of different tools like Google Maps, Gmail, Analytics, Android and Apps that many of us use everyday. One of the reasons why Google has consistently released new innovative project is because of their 20% time policy, which gives many of their employees one day a week to experiment with new concepts and ideas. This has resulted in many lesser-known creative projects that have emerged from within Googleplex. In this post, I want to show you some of most fascinating websites that Google employees have created and how you can use them as educational tools. 1. Tap into the visual intelligence of the global brain by visualizing search trends as they are happening right now in every country in the world. 2. 3. Solve For A is a platform for discussing radical technology ideas for solving global problems. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Circumventing Censorship | VOA Special Report (Or, "How I learned to start worrying and start protecting my online privacy") By Doug Bernard | VOA News Illustration by Steve Fuchs At its best, the web can turn your computer or mobile device into a research library, a movie theater, a medical tool or a means to connect with just about anyone else on the planet. At its worst, the Internet can become a dark and threatening place - a tool for thieves to steal, corporations to spy and governments to oppress. As the saying goes, the Web is what we make it. Information may want to flow freely, but there are plenty of forces that want to dam up the web’s flow of information and punish those who try to fight back. In particular, some governments are working hard to wall off parts of the Internet by filtering and blocking what people can see. As surveillance and censoring technologies advance, so, too, do new tools for your computer or mobile device that help protect your privacy and break through Internet censorship. Keep in mind
100 Portable Apps for Your USB Stick for Windows and macOS Portable apps, as opposed to traditional software, don't require installation onto a computer. Their entire data set sits nicely in one folder, and terminate completely once closed. Whether you prefer using them for a clean machine or like to carry around a flash drive with loads of programs, portable apps are pretty awesome. We've collected the best portable apps, but there are so many more out there. Check out PortableApps.com's Platform to make the installation easy. Accessibility (3) Balabolka -- Text-to-speech program for reading on-screen text aloud. Audio and Video (9) AIMP -- Portable music player and library manager. Development (5) Database Browser -- Lets you connect to and manage any database, anytime. Education (8) Artha -- A full thesaurus, no internet connection needed. Games (14) 2048 -- The addicting number game where you must combine numbered titles to build up to 2048. Graphics (9) AniFX -- Full-featured mouse cursor editor. Instant Messaging (5) Security (7)
How to Install Windows 8 or 8.1 From a USB Device The need to install Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 from a USB device, like a flash drive, is a common one these days. It's no surprise why - many new computers, especially tablets and smaller laptops and desktops, no longer have optical drives. That Windows 8 install disc doesn't do you much good if you don't have anywhere to put the DVD! Prefer screen shots? Try our Step by Step Guide to Installing Windows 8/8.1 From a USB Device for an easy walk-through! Windows 10 Users: See How to Burn an ISO File to a USB Drive for an easier way of getting a Windows 10 ISO image to a USB drive for installation of that operating system. If you want to install Windows 8 from a USB device, you'll need to get those setup files from the DVD to the USB drive. Difficulty: Average Time Required: Getting the Windows 8 installation files onto a flash drive or other external USB device will take between 20 and 30 minutes, depending on what format your copy of Windows 8 is in right now and how fast your computer is.
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30 Cool Open Source Software I Discovered in 2013 These are full-featured open source software products, free as in beer and speech that I started to use recently. Vivek Gite picks his best open source software of 2013. Adblock detected 😱 My website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors. I get it! #1 Replicant – Fully free Android distribution Replicant is entirely free and open source distributions of Android on several devices including both phones and tablets. #2: Miro video converter This is an open source, cross-platform application to convert videos from and to various formats, including formats suitable for devices such as Android/iOS phones. #3 OwnCloud – Dropbox alternative for cloud storage service I was looking for an alternative to Dropbox to run cloud on my own server at home and office. #4 Docker – FreeBSD like container+API for Linux The FreeBSD jail provides an operating system-level virtualization partition a FreeBSD-based serve into several independent mini-systems. #16 SimpleInvoices #23 Tmux