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Saturday, February 28, 2015
Geek Trivia: The First Country To Switch Completely To Polymer Banknotes Was?
Facebook To Help People With Suicidal Thoughts
If you or your friend is suffering from any suicidal thoughts, Facebook can be of help. How? Facebook will connect the concerned person to an expert or get tips and support. The announcement of this service was made at the annual Compassion Research Day at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Roughly 41,000 Americans commit suicide in a year and it has been observed that most of them are avid Facebook users. And considering that Facebook is regularly used to share feelings of joy, and happiness, and it’s also the place where users turn to when their feeling are down and out, the new initiative will apparently give hope to all those who have lost all hopes in their lives.
Talking about the noble initiative, Rob Boyle, a Facebook product manager, and Nicole Staubli, Facebook community operations, safety specialist, wrote in a blog post that the social media giant will be collaborating with mental health organizations Forefront, Now Matters Now, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Save.org on this front. Plus, it will consult with people who have injured themselves or are suffering from suicidal tendencies. The blog also added that“If someone on Facebook sees a direct threat of suicide, we ask that they contact their local emergency services immediately.”
Social media is emerging as a new tool for diagnosing people who are going through suicidal feelings. Their messages on social media, directly or indirectly, alert friends and family. However, experts suggest that the follow-ups should always be done in a conventional way. “That is call 911 or a suicide awareness hotline, to reach out to the person directly and get appropriate professional advice,” informs Lauren Hersch Nicholas, assistant professor of health economics at Johns Hopkins University. The National Suicide Prevention Hotline number is 1-800-273-8255.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Fix “File In Use” Deletion Errors On Network Drives by Disabling Windows Thumbnail Generation
Even though both Windows and its users have made the jump to the 21st century, there’s still some lingering 1990s-era annoyances hiding out in the OS including Windows’ tenacious desire to create thumbnail files (and then refusing to delete them). Read on as we solve the “File In Use” deletion error problem.
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How to Quickly Select an Entire Sentence at a Time in Word 2013
By default, Word doesn’t allow you to quickly select sentences using the keyboard. However, you can add keyboard shortcuts for some “hidden” commands available in Word that allow you to select entire sentences and jump through a document a sentence at a time.
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Lawsuit Against Lenovo For Superfish Adware
A lawsuit has been filed against Lenovo because of its Superfish adware. The adware has apparently compromised on user’s security by pumping targeted advertising into their web browsers. The suit was filed by a San Diego-based blogger named Jessica Bennett, who charged Lenovo with violation of state and federal wiretap laws, along with trespassing and unfair competition law violations.
The complainant came across “ spam ads involving scantily clad women appearing on her client’s website,” while she was writing a blog post for a client on her Lenovo Yoga 2 laptop.
The complaint says:
“[Bennett] looked at a couple of other sites and did not see any advertisements, so she assumed the client’s website was the problem. She sent an email to her client suggesting that their site had been hacked.
A few hours later, [Bennett] was doing research for a different client when she saw the same block of advertisements intruding on a different, very well-known site. It was then that [she] knew that her computer was infected with Spyware.”
That spyware was recognized to be Superfish, and was set up in the system by Lenovo when she bought her laptop. It goes without saying that the spyware was not that great.
However, there are also reports doing rounds that a law firm in Pennsylvania is asking Lenovo computers to file a class-action lawsuit with their help.
It seems Lenovo will settle the matter out of court, because if this case drags on it would build a negative brand image of the company in the long run.
Geek Trivia: Why Do Radio Signals Travel Further At Night?
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
How do You Make the Shift, Ctrl, and Alt Keys Toggle like Caps Lock?
Whether it is due to a disability or just a personal preference, sometimes you need to squeeze some unique functionality out of your keyboard. But how do you go about it though? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to help a reader in need.
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Geek Trivia: Which Video Game Franchise Features A Character Created By Debug Code?
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Apple Ponders Public Beta for iOS
Designing the iOS wasn’t an easy process for Apple. In fact, there were multiple issues in the development and rollout stage and it appears Apple’s problems haven’t stopped there either. The bugs found in the iOS 8 operating system has led Apple to reconsider employing a public Beta for its OS in the future.
Apple will be offering a public Beta program for both the iOS 8.3 and the iOS 9. As per the sources, beta versions of these operating systems will be released in March and developers will be able to tie-up the loose ends with these operating systems.
The decision seems to have been made in the wake of the Mac OS X’s public beta program, which made its debut last year and gave an opportunity to developers to access Yosemite operating system ahead of its release. Given the success of the program, Apple is planning to repeat the same strategy for its iOS 8 and iOS 9 update.
The biggest plus of launching the beta versions is that Apple will be getting user feedback. This will help gain valuable insights on the habits and needs of the final customer, and in turn, users will have a better software that offers stability to its users.
As per some sources, Apple had to face the heat for the bugs in its most recent OS release, which made the company rethink of its strategy and take a leaf out of Microsoft’s strategy.
It seems the tech giant wishes to avoid problems and issues that its previous operating system suffered from. While iOS 8 is not that bad, but as opposed to Windows 7 or 8, Apple still needs to work with its OS in terms of data consumption, connectivity, battery life and other issues which come in the way of performance of any operating system.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Clone Your Current Router for a Headache-Free Router Upgrade
Router upgrades are a rare event for most people and, as a result, they tend to be more frustrating than need be thanks to overlooked settings, forgotten tweaks, and misplaced ISP credential requirements. Read on as we show you how to smooth the bumpy upgrade road for an effortless transition from your old router to your shiny new one.
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Geek Trivia: The Beverage Category “Soft Drink” Derives Its Name From?
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