Apple released their iPad back in April in an effort to compete with the ever expanding e-book market. Most would agree that Apple got into the game late while Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Sony already had tested the waters. The Nook from Barnes and Noble shares similar features to Amazon’s Kindle while Sony pioneered some of the first ebooks on the market.Apple’s iPad has good intentions sure, but is it really a great ebook device? The web browsing capabilities, video, and rich photo editing will definitely set it apart from the rest. But when it comes down to reading your ebook, the competition has some major strengths.

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More than eight years ago the film Minority Report exposed the real possibility of future technologies. Few would have guessed we would see some of these technologies in present-day 2010! From talking visual billboards that analyze consumer demographics, to amazing cyberspace computer interfaces, these technologies are set to change the way we receive and interact with information.

In this article we’ll explore several new technologies that exist today which originally unfolded on the big screen back in 2002.

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The art of Time-lapse video is powerful and holds a sense of mystique and wonder. Here is a list of 5 Amazing Time-lapse videos of famous cities around the world. There are several from New York while others are from London, Australia, and Canada.

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Hopefully by now most of the hysteria surrounding the iPhone 4 has worn off and just maybe we can put an end to the signal reception problems? Today, Mozilla has made the new Firefox Home App available for the iPhone OS. You may recall Mozilla SEO John Lily announcing earlier this month announcing “Mozilla will release an app to the iPhone app store in the next few weeks, [and] it’ll surprise people.”

Before you get too excited, it’s really not the full browser, but it is a step in the right direction for those who love using Firefox. What you can do with the app is sync browsing history, tabs, and bookmarks. It will be very interesting to see how the app develops and progresses.

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Each day more of our private lives become public through Facebook. With the daily updates of profiles and photos there will be a time where you will find a friend’s photo album that you would love to have for the memories, but having to save one image at time is boring and time consuming. Worry no more, here are 5 great ways to download Facebook albums all at once.
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Blogging has become a way of life in the 21st Century. It gives us the opportunity to express our thoughts and share our knowledge with the world. For some, it has even become a full-time job and a source of income. With the increasing popularity of blogs, there has never been a better time to get started.

As of now there are two ways to get started. One way is to setup your own personal domain name with open source platforms like WordPress.org. The other is to use free services. If you lack the knowledge and understanding of HTML and CSS, the second option is for you. There are many start-ups that offer free services to host your blog. We have put together a list of 10 Blog Hosting Services available for free. We think these are the top choices: 

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Chances are you have a lot of bookmarks. But if you are like the rest of us, your bookmark bar has become very populated over time. Suddenly what should be easy to manage becomes a hassle.

Thankfully there are some free applications and addons that will help you in this eternal struggle between you and your bookmark list. We have put together a list of 5 free bookmark managing services that are either online or an add-on extension.

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Fring, a popular  application that lets users communicate with friends on popular networks via their mobile phones, has been threatened to remove support for the Skype Protocol via a class action lawsuit. Fring allows users to make free mobile calls, video calls, live chat and more, all from their mobile phone.

However, it is only able to do this through services like Google talk and Skype. For over four years Skype and Fring have gotten along nicely.  According to Fring, “Skype’s anti-competitive ambush comes in the wake of fring’s mobile video calling
on iPhone 4 launch
, which continues to set the standard in rich
mobile internet communication.” Full article after the break.

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Before we begin, re-tweet this if you find it useful. Visitors are essential part of any blog, website, or online community. Especially if you are looking to make any type of money. Without traffic you have nothing, period. The obvious answer is Search Engine Optimization (SEO). But in reality what we are looking for in simple terms is other websites linking back to ours.

Since you are probably not an SEO guru, lets focus on organic traffic from high ranking sites. The higher that website is ranked, the better it will be for us. So here are 7 websites that will help you get some traffic back to your website. Just remember the common theme to using these websites is to provide a valuable response, solve a problem, and remind people of the source. ie. your blog.

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Whether you agree with it or not, downloading video content online has become a popular trend. A lot of Internet users are downloading content from sites like Youtube, Metacafe, Daily Motion, and other video content platforms. At some point you might find yourself wanting to download your favorite video or movie.

There are two methods of downloading videos. One is to use website’s that allow you to download the video using the URL. The second option is to use addons for Mozilla Firefox.

We have created a list 6 tools and applications to download and convert video files from multiple video platforms.

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