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Converto - Free Unit Convertor for Mac Review

2013-05-17T13:56:49Z

Whether it is for professional, personal or academic use, it pays to have a good unit converter on hand. I frequently need one for recipes, currency conversion and occasionally distances. All of which are just a few of the unit types covered by Converto, the perfect converter for your Mac.

How To Block Adverts on Facebook & Youtube

2013-05-17T03:16:54Z

Blocking adverts on Facebook & Youtube is just as easy as blocking other ads on the internet. Simply Install and activate Adblock Plus.

The kinds of adverts you see on Youtube and Facebook are very different. On Youtube you get some banners, overlay adverts and video adverts. The video adverts are short videos played before content, I often find they are actually the same adverts I see on TV! The overlay adverts pop-up a little way into the video, can either be text or banner and obscure the video. That's exactly the kind of advert, one that obscures the content, that is explicitly forbidden in the Adblock Plus acceptable ads policy. Luckily all 3 of the ad types on Youtube get blocked by default with APB.

Facebook Adverts are something altogether different, they have 7 standard formats and many more supplemental formats. Blocking all of those is a bit more complicated, luckily Adblock and their awesome community have you covered.

Cheatsheet for Mac: Shortcut Manager

2013-05-16T13:19:20Z

Do you hate having a bookmarked PDF or notepad with all of your app cheatsheets? I used to have a Google Docs spreadsheet that was just full of them, but it became increasingly difficult to sift through and find what I was looking for. By that point, I might as well have not used the shortcuts at all.

That is why I love that I found Cheatsheet, an app that actually handles all of those shortcuts for you. It runs in the background, and any time you want to check the cheatsheet for any app you are using, you bring up a page of the shortcuts. That's it...super easy to use, and full of useful key combinations you didn't even know existed.

My Files, the Ultimate Cloud Storage App

2013-05-15T13:11:19Z

Tired of using a handful of different cloud apps to access files from one device to the next? Put them all together in one place with My Files, the ultimate cloud storage app that lets you access your files from any program, all on your Mac.

Two related apps:

RunKeeper for iPhone: Free Fitness App Review

2013-05-14T14:04:29Z

We all want to be healthy, and we all know how to achieve that: proper diet and regular physical activity. But we don't all like hitting the gym, which can be boring and even uncomfortable. As a woman, I feel especially self conscious at my local gym that is dominated by weight lifting males. Instead, I choose outdoor activities like running, hiking and biking.

I was originally using an overall health tracker for this, but found that it wasn't quite right for me. Then I found RunKeeper.

How To Block Online Adverts

2013-05-14T04:04:12Z

You don’t have to see adverts on Facebook, Youtube – or anywhere else on the internet for that matter.

There’s no denying that the whole internet is plastered with adverts, many of them are either annoying, intrusive or both. That’s the kind of advertising that you definitely don’t want to be subjected to. And it’s exactly the kind of adverts that Adblock Plus wants to get rid of.

Many of the ads online are banner adverts, some of them are out of the way but most of them are placed above the fold or within the flow of content. Because of that we’ve become so used to seeing them with the rest of the content that we often look past them as if they weren’t even there. It’s called banner blindness and it’s one of the reasons that adverts keep getting more and more intrusive.

It’s so easy to set up adblocking in your browser all you need to do is install and activate the awesome Adblock Plus plugin.

Injustice: Gods Among Us - iPhone Game Review

2013-05-13T13:20:03Z

I have always loved DC comics, cartoons, TV shows and video games. Anything having to do with Batman is especially beloved, and from the time I was a kid I was obsessed with the villains. Joker, Scarecrow, Harley Quinn. Poison Ivy...they are just a few of my personal favorites. So it is no wonder I love Injustice: Gods Among Us.

Simply the Best, Simply Invoiceable

2013-05-13T00:03:58Z

Freelancing can be a lot of fun. Dealing with invoices - not so much. Invoices are something you want to handle automatically, but at the same time you need them to look professional, and the data needs to be well-organized and secure. Joining the ranks of awesome web applications like Picozu, Zeen and Bucketlistly, here is Invoiceable - a free online invoicing service that will make your life easier.

Yahoo! Weather for iPhone - Weather App with the Twist

2013-05-10T11:59:18Z

There are a lot of weather apps out there, many of which are independent or third-party apps for the iPhone. While I am all up for supporting amateur developers and small businesses, there are some apps where it is more beneficial to go with the big guys. That is especially true of any program that works with weather forecasts.

Yahoo has what is probably the most beautiful, effective forecasting app on the market. Which is why Yahoo Weather is still the most popular option around.

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Augmented Browsing with Firefox

2013-05-09T23:29:05Z

As the web evolves, the ways of using it evolve with it. We're long past the era of total uniformity when it comes to accessing this information wealth, but there is still much room for personalization and improvement. Our browsers give us a basic view, defaulting to the most common usage case, but there's no reason to strictly adhere to what is most common.