| Darth Vader is one of the most iconic movie villains of all time, but in the original movie, he only appears on screen for a little over 8 minutes (and his total screen time in the original trilogy is just short of 34 minutes).  | |
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 Ask any Android purist and they’ll tell you: stock Android is the one true Android. But objectively, it’s not perfect, and there are things that Samsung devices do better than any stock Android device out there—even Google’s own devices. Read More »
|  It’s common knowledge that water does bad things to electronics, but there are still a few things you may not know about how exactly water can damage electronic components and what you can do if you ever accidentally take your devices for a swim. Read More »
|  The Amazon Echo is a device that can quickly become the center point of your smarthome setup, but what if you live in a larger home where one Echo just won’t cut it? Here’s what you should know about bringing in a second, or even a third, Amazon Echo into your house. Read More »
|  Windows 10’s antivirus does a good job overall, but it lets crapware through. A hidden setting intended for organizations will boost Windows Defender’s security, making it block adware, potentially unwanted programs, PUPs, or whatever you want to call this junk. Read More »
|  For months now, the tech nerd community won't stop talking about MoviePass, and I'm sick and tired of hearing about it. Can MoviePass just die already? Read More »
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| | Dashlane - Never Forget Another Password
Dashlane has a slick Web 2.0-type interface with a host of similar features--like syncing, password auditing, assisted automatic password changes, and alerts in case of security breaches. Dashlane has definitely led the pack in the good interface department Click here to download | |
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Webpage Abandonment | |
| Webpage Abandonment (a.k.a. Website Abandonment and Shopping Cart Abandonment) is a term used to describe when a person chooses to leave a webpage or website without completing a desired reaction such as: downloading an item (or not completing the download before leaving), signing up for a newsletter, not completing a purchase after adding items to their shopping cart, etc. | |
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| | Dashlane - Never Forget Another Password
Dashlane has a slick Web 2.0-type interface with a host of similar features--like syncing, password auditing, assisted automatic password changes, and alerts in case of security breaches. Dashlane has definitely led the pack in the good interface department Click here to download | |
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| What is considered the first officially recorded game of baseball took place on June 19, 1846 in Hoboken, New Jersey between the New York Knickerbockers and the New York Nine.  | |
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 While it’s commonly thought Chromebooks aren’t good for anything more than surfing the web, that’s not the case. If you need to do some video editing from your Chromebook, there are definitely some tools out there that can do the job. Read More »
| | Windows 10’s antivirus does a good job overall, but it lets crapware through. A hidden setting intended for organizations will boost Windows Defender’s security, making it block adware, potentially unwanted programs, PUPs, or whatever you want to call this junk. Read More »
|  Cord cutting is picking up steam. Forecasters are predicting a 33 percent increase in people dropping their cable subscription this year over last—faster than analysts predicted. Read More »
|  Too often I find myself taking way too much time to figure out easier ways to control my smarthome devices, but I think many of us (including myself) forget that there’s a better way: not having to control them at all. Read More »
|  As Steam unveils an overhaul to its chat system that barely competes with the rising star of Discord, we’re left to wonder why this took so long to begin with. What the heck does Valve even do anymore? Read More »
|  One of the biggest question we see about Chromebooks is “can they run Photoshop?” The answer to that is no—at least not the full version you’ll find on other platforms. But that doesn’t mean they can’t do photo editing. Read More »
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Type-Safe | |
| Type-Safe (a.k.a. Type Safety) refers to code that is only able to access the memory locations it is authorized to access. | |
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