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		<title>Printer Maintenance Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 09:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kashifraza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until we finally realize the elusive dream of a paperless society, it’s important to make sure your laser printer remains in tip-top shape. Printer outages reduce your productivity, hold up legal proceedings, and ultimately affect the workflows of everyone else who depends on the unit to get business done. To prevent premature laser printer failure, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Until we finally realize the elusive dream of a paperless society, it’s important to make sure your laser printer remains in tip-top shape.</p>
<p>Printer outages reduce your productivity, hold up legal proceedings, and ultimately affect the workflows of everyone else who depends on the unit to get business done. To prevent premature laser printer failure, perform these basic maintenance tasks occasionally to extend the life of your laser printer.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Take Care With Toner</strong></p>
<p>Whenever your laser printer is due for a new toner cartridge, make sure you replace the cartridge exactly as described in the printer’s manual. If you don’t have the printer’s manual, find one online; one wrong move and you could end up spilling toner all over the printer’s important moving parts.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Don’t Skimp On Consumables</strong></p>
<p>Although bargain-bin toner and printer paper can be enticing, there is something to be said for using the toner and printer paper recommended for your device, sticking to the brand and weight when possible. Plugging in a shoddy toner cartridge could lead to a pricy problem down the road, and toner likely won’t adhere as well to the wrong printer paper, which will produce less-than-desirable results. Poor printer paper could also cause paper jams and expensive maintenance calls.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Don’t Push Your Printer</strong></p>
<p>Most laser printers come with maximum and recommended duty cycles. For instance, the Brother HL-3075CW digital color printer has a maximum monthly duty cycle of 25,000 pages and a recommended duty cycle of 300 to 1,500 pages per month. Although the laser printer can probably sustain the maximum output volume in short bursts, consistently running the printer above the recommended volumes will reduce print quality, incur more frequent and costly maintenance, and ultimately shorten the printer’s life.</p>
<p>&nbsp;
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<p>Laser printers use heat to adhere the toner ink to the page. As a result, laser printers are temperature sensitive. An exceedingly warm or cold room can affect the printer’s warm-up period and also lead to other problems. Laser printers are also sensitive to humidity.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Be Warranty Aware</strong></p>
<p>It’s a good idea to regularly peruse the warranty terms for your laser printer as long as it is still covered. Note especially the section about what is not covered under the warranty and what you can avoid doing that may void the warranty. Some of these things include any damage resulting from improper installation, incorrect use, failure to keep up on regular maintenance, and use of expired consumables or accessories.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Don’t DIY</strong></p>
<p>It can be tempting to ignore the line in the manual that calls for a certified technician to perform some repairs or maintenance or in-depth maintenance tasks, but don’t. Trying to perform these tasks or repairs yourself could lead to more costly repairs or even personal injury.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Keep It Clean</strong></p>
<p>Every time you replace the toner, take a moment to inspect the unit, remove the paper trays, wipe it down with a clean, dry cloth, gently brush off toner that has collected on internal components, inspect the moving parts, and see that everything is in working order. If anything appears out of sorts, consult your manual or a certified technician.</p>
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		<title>Five Free Online Games Worth Playing</title>
		<link>http://technologiesreview.com/2012/05/16/five-free-online-games-worth-playing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephbker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classic board game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colored balloons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast paced game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rainy day spider solitaire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter who you are or what you do for a living, you’re sure to experience boredom at one time or another. Perhaps you develop a kind of dullness after a long week at work; or maybe you need an escape from everyday tedium. Your kids might need to find something to do before or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No matter who you are or what you do for a living, you’re sure to experience boredom at one time or another. Perhaps you develop a kind of dullness after a long week at work; or maybe you need an escape from everyday tedium. Your kids might need to find something to do before or after school. <a href="http://www.pogo.com/">Free online games</a> are a great way to occupy your mind and have fun while doing it. There are hundreds of amazing games available for free online play. Below are five free games to check out the next time you&#8217;re online and looking for something to do.</p>
<p><strong>Scrabble</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tn-huge-scrabble.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-1747 aligncenter" src="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tn-huge-scrabble.png" alt="" width="200" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>Scrabble is a classic board game that’s been converted into an online experience. The object of the game is to rack up as many points as possible by spelling Scrabble-accepted words. The game deals each player seven letters which they use to spell words either vertically or horizontally. Each letter is worth a certain number of points, so players must strategically create words that will earn them the highest number of points. Scrabble is a great game for those who love words puzzles and deep thought.</p>
<p><strong>Rainy Day Spider Solitaire</strong></p>
<p>Rainy Day Spider Solitaire is a fun card game for fans of the traditional Solitaire game. It adds an element of accomplishment as the player must stack cards up to keep the spider out of the rain. As the player creates stacks of organized numbers, the rain lets up on the spider. The graphics are amazing and the game can captivate a person for hours.</p>
<p><strong>Poppit!</strong><strong>™</strong></p>
<p>Poppit!™ is a puzzle game for players of all ages. The rules aren’t complicated, and playing it is extremely captivating. The object of the game is to simply pop like-colored balloons and win prizes. The groups of colorful balloons, the popping sounds, and the noises that come from winning prizes hypnotize the player. Once a person starts playing this fast-paced game, it’s hard to stop.</p>
<p><strong>Word Whomp</strong><strong>™</strong></p>
<p>Word Whomp™ is another word puzzle game that features gophers that unscramble words and win prizes. The player receives <a href="http://www.wordbyletter.com/words_starting_with.php?q=a&amp;letters=6">six letters</a> from which he or she makes words. Every time the player makes a word, the bell rings and he or she racks up points. Meanwhile, the gophers snag points and special prizes as the player races against the clock to make as many valid words as possible. Word Whomp is an awesome game that cures boredom while exercising the player’s mind.</p>
<p><strong>Mahjong Safari</strong></p>
<p>Mahjong Safari is a game in which the player must match like tiles connected by lines with two or less turns. Next, the player must match the tops and bottoms of certain animals. The object of the game is for the player to clear the board. Younger players can develop their coordination skills and visual capabilities. For the older crowd, this game is pure fun. It is excellent for the animal lover or the person who loves matching shapes and pictures.</p>
<p>Many more games are available online for free play. Players can choose from a wide variety of puzzle games, word games, casino games, board games, card games, arcade games, and so forth. With the Internet at your fingertips and so many games to choose from, you will never have another dull moment. Check it out!</p>
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		<title>Moving Your Company’s Tech Safely</title>
		<link>http://technologiesreview.com/2012/05/14/moving-your-companys-tech-safely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephbker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[move]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moving your business is something that takes careful planning and strategic organization. Your company depends on a smooth move, so you likely spent hours researching movers and developing a moving strategy. Yet, when it comes to transporting the tech in your office you need to consider the following: How will you keep the data on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Moving your business is something that takes careful planning and strategic organization. Your company depends on a smooth move, so you likely spent hours researching <a href="http://www.northamerican.com/">movers</a> and developing a moving strategy. Yet, when it comes to transporting the tech in your office you need to consider the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>How will you keep the data on those computers secure?</li>
<li>How will you prevent damage as you prepare to move?</li>
<li>How can you ensure everything is set up and ready to go when you open your doors at your new location?</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Purchase Appropriate Insurance</strong></p>
<p>When moving tech, look closely at the <a href="http://moving.about.com/od/packingtipsandtricks/a/computer.htm">insurance</a> the moving company offers. If it is a per-pound insurance option, which is quite common, you may need additional insurance. Technology is worth far more than what it would get at a few cents per pound. You can purchase additional insurance to cover your technological investments through your insurance provider or from the moving company.</p>
<p><strong>Consider a Backup</strong></p>
<p>No matter how careful you are, something may be damaged in the move. While the insurance will cover damaged property, what happens to those irreplaceable files contained on the computer?</p>
<p>One way to ensure that your data is safe is to back up the most important data to the cloud. Even if the moving truck explodes into an inferno on the freeway on its way to your new location, your data will still be protected. Cloud computing provides a viable and often affordable option for storing your data for these types of catastrophes.</p>
<p><strong>The Physical Move</strong></p>
<p>Place one IT person in charge of the moving of the tech items, and ask the moving company and your other employees to report to that individual. This person can also figure out a system for packing the tech while keeping the cables and cords where they need to be so you can quickly set up at your new location. You may wish to bag all of the cables for a particular machine and tape them to the actual machine. If all of the machines use the same or similar cables, you can box the cables according to type, and simply fish out what you need from the box when you are setting up. Consult with the moving company as to the best way to keep these items organized during the move.</p>
<p>This moving company should load the computers and other pieces of technology either upright or flat, depending on how it was designed. These items should move as little as possible to avoid damaging the internal components. If you work with a moving company that has experience with moving tech, moving should be a breeze.</p>
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		<title>Ways of Using Content As a Revenue Generating Source</title>
		<link>http://technologiesreview.com/2012/05/14/ways-of-using-content-as-a-revenue-generating-source/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandrabrian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contentent is the king]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[internet marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[link building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The prime objective of a business from all the online efforts is to generate sales and achieve a higher ROI. Therefore, marketers are always in search of ways by which they could increase the sales, and statistically demonstrate the ROI. When it comes to generating sales, the content holds crucial importance. There are many marketing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify">The prime objective of a business from all the online efforts is to generate sales and achieve a higher ROI. Therefore, marketers are always in search of ways by which they could increase the sales, and statistically demonstrate the ROI.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">When it comes to generating sales, the content holds crucial importance. There are many marketing service providers, that offer <a href="http://www.usainternetmarketing.com/seo-services.php"><strong>small business SEO services</strong></a>, as well as on a larger scale, they all emphasis on the importance of content in generating revenue. The lines below give three major ways in which the content could be utilized to generate revenue.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>1. Unambiguous Conversion Goal:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify">The major problem lies in making the arriving traffic to perform some action. You might manage to get good traffic from by applying different tactics like using social media, sending emails, driving traffic from blogs and so on.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">However, when the user lands at a page he always wonders what to do next. This is where most of the websites fail, and the user bounces back from the website without making any action that could lead to a sale.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Remedy-</strong> The cure to such a situation is the use of persuasive call to action on your landing pages. These call to actions are what will make the user take action, which can later on be captured and nurtured into a sale. A call to action can be in the form of white paper or any signup form.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>2. Keywords Selection:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify">Before the Panda update, you could just go on blindly including the keywords in your content. However, the situation is no more the same after Panda. Now you have to be very cautious about the use of keywords in your content, this does not mean that you must stop using keywords in your content at all. Rather you need to be smart in their use.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">Once you have found the highly converting keywords, then you can write content around them in the form of</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify">
<li>Blog posts</li>
<li>Infographics</li>
<li>Landing pages</li>
<li>White paper</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify">The better content you write with the keywords carefully used in it, more are the chances of increased traffic that actually converts in to leads or sales.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>3. Using Conversions in the Context:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify">When performing the on-site SEO try to have separate target pages for every product or service. Do not write your on page content, on one page and add all the keywords to it, which will give a spammy air.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">When writing or creating content, you must keep the goal of conversion in the context. Like if you are writing a blog post, the goal of it should be to make the user download your white paper. Therefore, every blog post you right should have the keywords and terms that are there in the white paper.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">A good <a href="http://www.usainternetmarketing.com/"><strong>internet marketing agency</strong></a> constantly blogs about the topics in the white paper, and then places a suitable and persuasive call to action alongside the post, then your chances of conversion increase substantially.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify">In short, its all about how you utilize your content that generates revenue. Simply writing straight forward content wont give any monetary benefits, rather you should suitable utilize the content by keeping in view its context and possible impacts.</p>
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		<title>Eat more Healthily with Calorific Android App</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 04:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kashifraza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you finding tracking your daily calorie intake a nightmare? Install Calorific Diet Tracker and make eating healthy a fun and easy thing to do &#160; Anyone who&#8217;s ever tried to lose weight will tell you that counting calories is the key to dropping pounds. It makes sense: with fewer naughty high-carb and high-fat treats [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong><em>Are you finding tracking your daily calorie intake a nightmare? Install Calorific Diet Tracker and make eating healthy a fun and easy thing to do</em></strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Anyone who&#8217;s ever tried to lose weight will tell you that counting calories is the key to dropping pounds. It makes sense: with fewer naughty high-carb and high-fat treats going in, your body begins to deplete your fat reserves for energy. Unfortunately, calorie counting is a nightmare of squinting at packaging, and many a diet has failed because it just becomes too time-consuming.</p>
<p>Fortunately Calorific makes the whole thing a doddle. Rather than encouraging you to count calories, it instead divides common foods into groups and lets you enter approximate quantities, Its traffic-light system means that good foods like fruit, vegetables and whole grains are prioritised, and naughty things are admonished. It makes the process of tracking food intake really easy and &#8211; more importantly &#8211; rewarding.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Get Calorific</strong></p>
<p>Search Android&#8217;s Play Shop for &#8216;Calorific&#8217;, tap on the result and then tap &#8216;Install&#8217; Accept the conditions and download it to your device, and when it&#8217;s installed tap &#8216;Open&#8217; to get started. If you want a brief overview of Calorific, tap to watch the YouTube video, which will help you master the interface.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Settings</strong></p>
<p>At Calorific s main menu, tap &#8216;Settings&#8217;. &#8216;Meal Logging Reminders&#8217; prompt you to enter your food intake at meal times during the day. &#8216;Water tracking&#8217; is handy if you want to keep hydrated or drink more water &#8211; tap it to set a goal of a certain number of glasses a day.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Facebookand breakfast</strong></p>
<p>If you want your friends to be Informed of your healthy eating habits, tap &#8216;Post to Facebook&#8217; &#8211; this can be set to post weekly or daily. Calorific will also remind you to start tracking calories as soon as you wake up, in the hope that you&#8217;ll avoid that full English breakfast by setting your approximate wake-uptime.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Profile</strong></p>
<p>Tap &#8216;Home&#8217; to return to the main menu. Now tap &#8216;Profile&#8217;. Enter your gender, age, height and weight &#8211; you can toggle between metric and imperial units using the blue button to the right. Input the amount of weight you want to lose, and finally estimate your daily activity level.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Log</strong></p>
<p>Choose &#8216;Today&#8217;s Log&#8217; to begin the calorie counting. You&#8217;ll see the day broken into meal periods, such as &#8216;Breakfast&#8217; and &#8216;Afternoon Snack&#8217;. It doesn&#8217;t matter too much if you input food in the wrong periods &#8211; it&#8217;s more important that you keep a daily record of what you&#8217;ve eaten.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>The counting</strong></p>
<p>Calorific divides food into three categories &#8211; Great, OK and Bad. Tap &#8216;More details&#8217; to view foodstuffs, then tap specific items to see the portion options. You can add items like sandwiches by choosing, for example, two slices of wholegrain bread (good), a slice of ham (bad) and some mustard (OK), then click &#8216;Today&#8217;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Searching</strong></p>
<p>Sometimes it can be hard to locate specific food through the tab system. Tap &#8216;Food search&#8217; in the bottom left to enter specific terms, such as &#8216;burger&#8217; or &#8216;Doritos&#8217;. This will take you straight to the relevant part of Calorific, where you can then enter the number of calories you&#8217;ve consumed.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Keep it up</strong></p>
<p>Now you&#8217;re all set to use Calorific on a daily basis, and entering your meal choices will soon become second nature. From the main menu tap &#8216;History&#8217; to see your progress overtime, and try and hit Calorific&#8217;s recommendations to score the full five stars every day!</p>
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<p><strong>Author Bio:-</strong> This post written by Kashif Raza, currently, he is working for a coupon website which offers the latest <a href="http://www.weightlossdiets4women.com/weight-watchers-promotional-coupon-codes-and-reviews/">weight watchers online promo codes</a> and a <a href="http://www.weightlossdiets4women.com/trx-suspension-trainer-coupon-code-and-review/">trx promo codes</a>. Weight Watchers is world’s most reputable weight loss and dieting company and TRX is the creator of suspension training and rip training equipment.</p>
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		<title>Get fit with your Android phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 04:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kashifraza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we all find it hard to get the motivation to go to the gym or do a home workout. VirtuaGym can help you plan your exercise regime and stay on track &#160; While everyone dreams of obtaining the perfect body by working out, the reality is that most plans fail. The obligatory new year [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong><em>Sometimes we all find it hard to get the motivation to go to the gym or do a home workout. VirtuaGym can help you plan your exercise regime and stay on track</em></strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>While everyone dreams of obtaining the perfect body by working out, the reality is that most plans fail. The obligatory new year gym membership seems doomed to last three months at most, and the home exercise equipment you spent a small fortune on inevitably sits in the corner of the living room, gathering dust.</p>
<p>VirtuaGym can be an enormous help, though. All you have to do is set up a plan on the website, then install the app, and you&#8217;ll essentially have a personal trainer in your pocket. It gives you a gradated fitness plan consisting of strength and fitness building exercises, viewable in a handy calendar. It also includes lots of videos showing you the correct way to exercise, and you don&#8217;t even need any equipment or a gym membership to get started.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Perfect fit</strong></p>
<p>VirtuaGym&#8217;s sign up process begins on the web, so we&#8217;ve used a PC rather than a phone for the initial steps. You don&#8217;t need to enter too much information though, so you can easily sign up from your mobile device&#8217;s browser. Enter virtuagym.com in the address bar and click &#8216;Join for Free&#8217; to get started.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Registration</strong></p>
<p>Or the next page you&#8217;ll need to enter your desired username, a valid email address and a password of your choice. Type the confirmation code and click &#8216;Register&#8217;, and an email will be sent to your nominated email address. Click the link within the message to complete the initial registration.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Fitprofile data</strong></p>
<p>You&#8217;ll be taken to your Fitprofile settings. Enter your name, gender, date of birth and area of residence. Here you can choose between metric and imperial units, and specify your weight and height. Click &#8216;Next&#8217; and you&#8217;ll be invited to share VirtuaGym on Facebook and Twitter; click &#8216;Skip this step&#8217; if you don&#8217;t want to.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Regime change</strong></p>
<p>You&#8217;ll now find yourself in VirtuaGym&#8217;s dashboard. Click &#8216;Exercise&#8217; and then &#8216;Training Plan&#8217;. Here you can see an overview of all available schedules, but we recommend using the wizard to the left to get started. Choose your aspiration, equipment, estimated fitness level and workout days, then click &#8216;Start Wizard&#8217;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Great plan</strong></p>
<p>VirtuaGym will recommend a range of plans based on the choices you made in step four. Click &#8216;Start this plan&#8217; to begin, and choose the days of the week when you&#8217;re able to exercise. Click &#8216;OK&#8217; to save this to your account. Mow fire up your Android device, open Google Play and search for &#8216;VirtuaGym&#8217;.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Fighting fit</strong></p>
<p>Download and install VirtuaGym. Open it and choose &#8216;I have an account&#8217;, then enter your email address and password. Now choose &#8216;Exercise&#8217; and you&#8217;ll see an overview of the month with the activities you need to complete. Tap on a day to see the exercises you need to do, then tap on each entry for an instructional video.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Tick the boxes</strong></p>
<p>When you&#8217;ve completed each part of the workout, tap the check box to the right of it to tick it off the list. If you complete any additional exercises during your workout, tap &#8216;Add activity&#8217; at the bottom and search for these. When you&#8217;ve finisied tap &#8216;Done&#8217;, and then tap &#8216;Back&#8217; to return to the homescreen.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Gym&#8217;ll fix it</strong></p>
<p>You&#8217;re now a full member to VirtuaGym, with your own account on the website and within the app. If you follow VirtuaGym&#8217;s exercise programs you should seethe pounds fly off and your muscle mass increase, and don&#8217;t forget you can track your workouts by selecting &#8216;Progress&#8217; from the main screen.</p>
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<p><strong>Author Bio:-</strong> Kashif Raza promotes the latest <a href="http://www.weightlossdiets4women.com/medifast-coupons-and-review-of-meal-replacement-plans/">medifast coupons</a> and <a href="http://www.weightlossdiets4women.com/nutrisystem-discount-coupon-code-and-review-of-diet-program/">nutrisystem coupons</a>. This and a lot more you will find at weightlossdiet4women.com</p>
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		<title>Top 3 Food and Recipe Apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 02:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kashifraza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s short reviews of top 3 food and recipe apps. Epicurious Recipes &#38; Shopping List Derived from the site epicurious.com, one of the cult sites dedicated to the kitchen, contains over 30,000 recipes and was downloaded &#8211; for free &#8211; more than 3.5 million times. Epicurious lets you save your favorite recipes and synchronize with the Recipe Box on site Epicurious.com, create a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/medium_466f3f4b41156c9e6a76cfe235bc23ec.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1726" src="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/medium_466f3f4b41156c9e6a76cfe235bc23ec.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Here&#8217;s short reviews of top 3 food and recipe apps.</p>
<p><strong>Epicurious Recipes &amp; Shopping List</strong></p>
<p>Derived from the site epicurious.com, one of the cult sites dedicated to the kitchen, contains over 30,000 recipes and was downloaded &#8211; for free &#8211; more than 3.5 million times. Epicurious lets you save your favorite recipes and synchronize with the Recipe Box on site Epicurious.com, create a shopping list, email recipes to friends and view comments on recipes from members of the site.</p>
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<p><strong>Features</strong>:<br />
- Browse through thousands of original recipes divided into several sections: sophisticated dining, quick meals, lunches or breakfasts collegiate winter.<br />
- Try the recipe for keywords, based on what we have in the fridge, food in season or typical realizations for the holidays.<br />
- Save your recipes in a list of preferred networks.<br />
- Create a shopping list.<br />
- Send recipes to friends via email, Facebook or Twitter.<br />
- Follow the stages of preparation of the recipes step by step, with images, cooking times and other options to create your own menu.<br />
- Check the nutritional information for thousands of recipes.</p>
<p>The application is universal, that is developed to be used on both iPhone and the iPad, and is made ??from Conde Nast Digital, the publisher of Wired and Vogue magazine.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Foodspotting: Community For Lovers Of Cooking And Eating Well</strong></p>
<p>This is a real community on cuisine world launched in January 2010, which allows its users to share their experience in restaurants all over the world, sharing photos of dishes and delicacies are caught with the camera in your smartphone.</p>
<p>The goal of social networks is to create a visual guide of dishes from restaurants around the world, going to map the places where you can eat healthy.</p>
<p>The operation is very simple, with Foodspotting you can take a picture of a dish, type its name, specifying the restaurant and send it to the database Foodspotting that, automatically, record the exact location using GPS.</p>
<p>A particular application, which already has a vast archive created by its users, and through a simple consultation allows us discover places and special dishes from all over the world.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>20 Min Meals: Cooking With Jamie Oliver, The Most Famous Chef Of </strong><strong>England</strong></p>
<p>An excellent application for food lovers. The most famous British chef, Jamie Oliver, reveals his tricks in app called &#8220;20 minute meals&#8221; that includes 60 delicious recipes accompanied by photographs in full screen mode and to learn step by step with easy explanations. This app also include a very functional shopping list that allows you to view the recipe ingredients, add your own ingredients and even share the list with a friend.</p>
<p>Features of the app:</p>
<p>- 60 recipes with easy steps<br />
- Beautiful photographs with step-by-step explanations for every recipe<br />
- 21 exclusive videos of Jamie Oliver with tips and techniques, for a total of more than 90 minutes of footage<br />
- Voice tips in every recipe<br />
- Ease of use with innovative interactive shopping list<br />
- Ability to search recipes by ingredient or recipe type<br />
- By shaking the iPhone will display a random recipe<br />
- The quantities of ingredients are changed automatically depending on the number of guests<br />
- Once installed, no Internet connection required to view the recipes.</p>
<p>- The application is in English only.</p>
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<p><strong>About Author:</strong></p>
<p>Kashif Raza writes for WeightLossDiets4Women.com a site where you can find the latest <a href="http://www.weightlossdiets4women.com/bistro-md-coupon-code-and-review/">BistroMD coupon code</a> and <a href="http://www.weightlossdiets4women.com/diet-to-go-coupon-codes-and-review-of-diet-meal-delivery-plans/">DiettoGo coupon</a>. The site offers advice and help to women who wish to lose weight with effective exercise and diet.</p>
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		<title>Email Marketing 101: Get Those Emails Opened!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephbker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As marketers, we&#8217;re so passionate about our products and services, we sometimes forget about the people on the other side of those emails. And that, my dear entrepreneur, is a violation of Email Marketing&#8217;s Cardinal Rule No. 1: Boring, Stuffy, Tell-&#8217;Em and Sell-&#8217;Em Emails Do Not Work. In fact, somewhere out there in the cloud [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As marketers, we&#8217;re so passionate about our products and services, we sometimes forget about the people on the other side of those emails. And that, my dear entrepreneur, is a violation of Email Marketing&#8217;s Cardinal Rule No. 1:</p>
<p>Boring, Stuffy, Tell-&#8217;Em and Sell-&#8217;Em Emails Do Not Work.</p>
<p>In fact, somewhere out there in the cloud is a virtual File 13 reserved especially for lackluster, snooze-inducing emails that double as a marketing pitch. The first step is to <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223412">build a solid</a> email marketing list. If you’re there already, read on!</p>
<p><strong>Get Their Attention&#8230; And Quickly!</strong></p>
<p>So, how do you get those emails opened&#8230; then converted? First, use a catchy subject line. You want your subject line to create so much interest, your email gets opened before all the other emails that landed in their inbox that day. Curiosity and teasers work well in the subject line, boring descriptions do not.</p>
<p>Getting the emailed opened is an important part of the job, but it&#8217;s just the beginning of the work. Remember when your mother taught you that first impressions are everything? Well, the rule holds here as well. Using a <a href="http://www.delivra.com/">professional email marketing</a> service is an inexpensive and highly effective way of making sure your business is well presented. If you have less than 5,000 subscribers, your cost will generally fall at $20 per month (or less), depending upon the provider you choose. Once you&#8217;ve reached the 5,000 mark, costs may rise slightly, but by then, you should also be getting enough returns on your investment to cover those costs. With email marketing service providers, you get professionally-designed templates to use, opt-in forms, scheduling options, list management options, etc. You can also enlist the opinion of a consultant to devise a tailored approach to your email strategy and help integrate it into your other marketing initiatives.</p>
<p><strong>Content, Content, Content</strong></p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve made it this far, with an opened email that is visually attractive, don&#8217;t foil your efforts with singsong sales techniques. Sometimes, you may sacrifice an immediate sale for a long-term customer, but a loyal customer will be with you for years because they <em>trust </em>you. That&#8217;s the best place for you, the business owner, to be. Building relationships &#8211; online or off &#8211; does <span style="text-decoration: underline">not </span>happen overnight. <a href="http://emailmarketingbloggers.com/email-advertising-for-younger-business-people/">Educate them</a> about your expertise. Let them get to know you better, and in doing so, you&#8217;ll get feedback that helps you get to know them better&#8230; thus building kind of relational trust that turns a casual observer into a lifelong customer.</p>
<p><strong>Creating Value</strong></p>
<p>Value today, for many consumers, is about getting great information, tips and tools to help solve a problem. Whether they simply want more information about a product, are getting started on a new hobby or lifestyle, need simple videos demonstrating how perform a specific task&#8211;no matter what the challenge, if you can fill in a gap in their lives, you are well on your way to creating value. When you&#8217;ve offered a consumer enough value &#8211; and for each person, this measure will be different &#8211; they will respond in kind by offering you something of value&#8230; their newly opened wallet. After all, successful relationships are, indeed, give and take, right?</p>
<p>The difference, however, between you and another marketer, will be the lifetime value of that customer. Once the relationship is built, once the trust exists, you&#8217;ll now have a much warmer market for other products and services you introduce.</p>
<p><strong>Slow And Steady Wins The Race<a href="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/creative-commons-email-icon.png"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1722" src="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/creative-commons-email-icon.png" alt="" width="128" height="128" /></a></strong></p>
<p>If you take your time with your customer, instead of falling across their pathway in a fit of desperation&#8230; you&#8217;re likely to be more attractive. Watch your appearance and engage in relevant, educated, thought-provoking conversation&#8230; now they&#8217;re intrigued. Letting your customer know you not only like them, but you value them and want to have meaningful conversation with them every time you can (without overdoing it), now that&#8217;s a meaningful foundation you can surely build upon long-term.</p>
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		<title>Expanding IT Skills to Improve SEO Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephbker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As social networks and social media have to play a prominent role in online marketing and advertising, the amount of available data regarding consumers has also exploded. SEO experts and other professionals can mine social media data and analyze that data to expand exponentially what they know about their typical customer or target audience. Accompanying [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/seo.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1714" src="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/seo-300x109.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="109" /></a>As social networks and social media have to play a prominent role in online marketing and advertising, the amount of available data regarding consumers has also exploded. SEO experts and other professionals can mine social media data and analyze that data to expand exponentially what they know about their typical customer or target audience. Accompanying these increased opportunities to gather information and apply it to current business operations is a greater need for education among IT professionals.</p>
<p><strong>New tricks for turning data into insight</strong></p>
<p>Because the opportunities provided by social media are so new to the industry, many IT professionals can benefit from building upon their current education and experience, either through attending an online school like <a href="http://www.aiuniv.edu/Degree-Programs/School-Of-Information-Technology">American InterContinental University</a> or other methods. Doing so can empower IT experts with a skill set that will only become more applicable as social media use increases.</p>
<p>In the current SEO market, the need for applications, software and other tech tools that can be used to analyze mined social media data is strong. But producing these tools so that they can be applied to various social network platforms &#8212; many of them new within the past few years &#8212; is no easy task. It requires a modern education in IT and the script writing skills to produce code that is applicable and relevant to SEO efforts.</p>
<p>IT professionals that are capable of writing script that extracts large amounts of data from social media sites, and then analyzes the data in ways that are relevant to SEO functions, are in high demand, and the faster current IT experts update their current skill set, the more valuable they will be to employers and clients.</p>
<p><strong>Picking more than low-hanging fruit</strong></p>
<p>Although many social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, provide basic data for analysis by users, this data is on its own limited in how it can help guide SEO efforts. External analysis is required to calculate more in-depth information, such as the number of social shares a website, link or post has, the percentage of referrals that lead to sales, the true audience reached by each piece of media published on social networks, and so on.</p>
<p>But knowing how to produce relevant script isn&#8217;t the only requirement of IT professionals. It&#8217;s equally important to understand <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/19/social-media-analytics/">how to apply these tools</a> and how businesses want to develop their SEO strategy. So much data is available through social media that IT experts need to refine their focus in order to get quality data. In other words, you need to know what you&#8217;re looking for when you start digging through social media&#8217;s data offerings.</p>
<p>Basic social media data analysis tools are available as apps and other software. But for a serious SEO firm or any business trying to organically build their online presence, more complex, productive data mining and analysis is needed to provide an edge over the competition. Because the Internet age has allowed businesses to be more competitive in a global market, IT professionals can&#8217;t afford to overlook the value of building upon their IT skills, both as a service to their employers and as a means of remaining relevant in a rapidly evolving industry.</p>
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		<title>Top Home and DIY Apps for your Smartphones</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, a phone is so much more than just a calling device. The Android phones and the Apple’s iPhones have raised the graph of how much a phone can handle. With so many applications (apps) available for the smartphones these days, everyone can find something of their use at the relevant app store. The interior [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/home-apps.png" alt="" title="home-apps" width="300" height="300" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1711" />Today, a phone is so much more than just a calling device. The Android phones and the Apple’s iPhones have raised the graph of how much a phone can handle. With so many applications (apps) available for the smartphones these days, everyone can find something of their use at the relevant app store.</p>
<p>The interior decorators or the people who have the passion for decorating their homes by investing in <a href="http://www.qssupplies.co.uk/Bathrooms/Bathroom-Suites/Product/26.htm" title="designer bathrooms" target="_blank">designer bathroom sets</a> and fixing the leaks and other major problems in their <a href="http://www.qssupplies.co.uk" title="bathrooms" target="_blank">bathrooms</a> without incurring the cost of a plumber, would find some apps that would make their home based DIY tasks easy. Mentioned below are a few apps for smartphones which would be quite useful for such homeowners who are also DIY enthusiasts.</p>
<p><strong>B &#038; Q DIY app:</strong> This particular app has been released both on the Android App Market and on the iTunes App Store. B &#038; Q, a retail chain, facilitating home improvement through DIY projects, has embraced the concept of providing the customers with great value for their money spent, by releasing this app on the app stores. </p>
<p>It is not just a conventional app leading the app users to the different B &#038; Q stores; it’s also a great DIY tutor. The app has three tabs: How to (which provides you with detailed instructions on how to start and complete a home DIY project), what you need (this tab would help you make a list of the things that would be needed for the DIY project) and hints (this tab contains useful tips and tricks to make the task easier for you).  </p>
<p>If you are a DIY enthusiast, this is a must-have app for you. If you live in UK, the store locator will lead you to the nearest B &#038; Q store so that you can buy the items that the “what you need” tab shows. If you are passionate about home décor and at the same time want to save on the repairs and maintenance of your house, there’s no better app than this. This app should be downloaded and installed in your phone for the next time the pipe in your bathroom bursts or the electrical switch boards in your bathrooms need to be replaced.</p>
<p><strong>Maplin app:</strong> For gadgets and electrical appliance buffs residing in UK, Maplin is not an unfamiliar name. Maplin is an electrical retail store chain based in UK and has released its app on iTunes to help their current and potential customers to locate the stores and figure out what spare parts would they need to buy in order to fix their gadgets or electrical appliances. The switch boards in the bathrooms and the fancy bathroom lights that have to be replaced can be found at a Maplin store which can be located through this app. You can also find great deals on electrical devices via this app.</p>
<p>The above DIY apps, if used to the best of their advantage, can help you greatly in cutting back on those repairs and maintenance expenses and have the satisfaction of taking care of your home yourself. </p>
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		<title>You Spin-In Me Right Round: What the Cisco x Insieme Deal Means for the Enterprise Cloud</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josephbker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Cisco’s proposed acquisition of advanced networking startup, Insieme is any indication of current trends, enterprise cloud computing has officially gone mainstream. In a recent announcement to employees, Cisco has made it clear they plan to purchase the startup. In fact, they’ve already given Insieme a $100 million advance. The networking equipment giant plans to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cisco.gif"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1707" src="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cisco-300x189.gif" alt="" width="300" height="189" /></a>If Cisco’s proposed acquisition of advanced networking startup, Insieme is any indication of current trends, enterprise cloud computing has officially gone mainstream. In a recent announcement to employees, Cisco has made it clear they plan to purchase the startup. In fact, they’ve already given Insieme a $100 million advance. The networking equipment giant plans to spend upwards of $700 million for the company.</p>
<p><strong>The Delicate Art of the Spin-In</strong></p>
<p>To be clear, <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-26/insieme-ciscos-latest-spin-in">this acquisition</a> isn’t completely out of the blue like many enterprise-level startup purchases. Three Cisco employees who also had a hand in the development of a few other Cisco-related businesses founded Insieme. In fact, the company was developed from the outset to be purchased by Cisco. In the enterprise tech community, this business development model is often referred to as a “spin-in.”</p>
<p>While this is a cheap and effective model for developing a sister company or potential subsidiary, there is some potential fallout involved. Most commonly, this means an adverse effect on company morale. Essentially, the spin-in model can harm employee morale by turning a few key employees into rock star millionaires, while other employees sit on the sidelines and watch.</p>
<p><strong>Why Insieme?</strong></p>
<p>Whenever a large-scale company purchases a smaller company, there is always the question of why. In the majority of these cases, startup acquisitions have to do with trends, and how larger companies can capitalize on these trends. The same is true for the Insieme acquisition. The trend is enterprise cloud hosting, and many of these providers are migrating to software defined networking (SDN) solutions in large numbers. But SDN integration is not all about keeping up with the Joneses, for Cisco it’s largely about finding a scalable, cost-effective solution for network management. With nearly 60 percent of the world’s networks operating on Cisco technology, it’s no secret that the networking giant is aiming to lead the world in software defined networking solutions.</p>
<p><strong>What SDN &amp; Insieme Means for the Enterprise Cloud</strong></p>
<p>It’s obvious to assume that enterprise cloud computing is the <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/688302/Cloud_Growth_Prompts_Dramatic_Shift_in_Enterprise_Security_Strategies">next big thing</a>. Taking a look at the past few years’ big enterprise-level acquisitions reveals the growing need for effective ways to scale and deploy massive sets of data over a cloud system. With Insieme’s use of SDN technology, enterprise-level cloud service providers can inexpensively and quickly deploy massive cloud systems by remotely controlling powerful networking hardware through powerful software solutions.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion </strong></p>
<p>Understanding where Cisco is coming from isn’t much of a stretch. The cloud has gained popularity because it provides a cost effective way to deliver and manage massive datasets quickly. <a href="http://www.bluelock.com/">Cloud hosting</a> leaders are popping up around the globe, and some of them are scoring quite highly in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. Cloud computing services don’t have to come from a major player to be just as effective, so companies like Cisco still have to watch what smaller companies are doing. Their acquisition of Insieme is a reflection of that.</p>
<p>Now that this is happening on the enterprise level, hosted networks have to step up their game. This means increased network agility, scalability and a much cheaper price. Cisco knew two things implicitly: that SDN technology was a key way to achieve this, and that spinning-in Insieme was a necessary risk, but one that would give them room to swallow up this massive new enterprise cloud computing market. Now we’ll just have to wait and see if Insieme is really worth that $850 million price tag.</p>
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		<title>Top 5 Business Apps For Your iPad 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kashifraza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the short reviews of top 5 ipad 3 apps. &#160; EasySign These days, many small businesses are using iPads in the field. They are handy tools for personal presentations, and they give users the chance to edit existing content while clients watch. EasySign gives your iPad (or iOS device, for that matter) another feature: [...]]]></description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s the short reviews of top 5 ipad 3 apps.</p>
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<p><strong>EasySign</strong></p>
<p>These days, many small businesses are using iPads in the field. They are handy tools for personal presentations, and they give users the chance to edit existing content while clients watch. EasySign gives your iPad (or iOS device, for that matter) another feature: support for adding a signature to a document. This simple, elegant application captures a client’s signature as he draws it with his finger or a stylus and then instantly adds it to the document in question. The app is free; you can pay by document. As we went to press, EasySign offered three documents for $0.99 and unlimited documents for $9.99, among other document bundles.</p>
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<p><strong>iA Writer</strong></p>
<p>Sometimes, you need to focus on the page and get your thoughts down before you lose them. If a typical word processor’s buttons and features become too distracting, iA Writer is for you. This app provides an empty page and few features, but it makes those features count: You can write on the page as you normally would, or you can use Focus Mode, which displays only your most recent sentence so that you won’t be distracted by the text you’ve already written. (It’s capturing the text in the background, of course, and will display it whenever you need to see it.)</p>
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<p><strong>Numbers</strong></p>
<p>Apple’s Numbers is a spreadsheet app for your iOS device. The app lets you edit and create spreadsheets and open spreadsheets in other formats, including CSV and Excel. Built-in templates (boasting colorful bar and pie charts) make it easy to create impressive materials without the help of a keyboard and mouse. And iCloud support makes storing your charts a non-issue: You can access them on your iPhone or iPad (as long as the app is installed) from iCloud.</p>
<p>That’s handy if you find yourself with only one device. You can also share your documents by exporting them to common file formats and emailing them.</p>
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<p><strong>UpNext 3D Cities</strong></p>
<p>Few maps can give you the sense of a city the way the free UpNext 3D Cities can. Each city map has 3D buildings that you can view from a bird’s eye perspective. Navigating the city is easy—you’ll be comfortable with it immediately. Want to zoom out? Simply use the pinch gestures that you use in other apps. Want to change the angle so you can better see the sides of the buildings?</p>
<p>That’s easy, too. Put two fingers on the screen, move them up or down, and you’ll find yourself looking right at the windows. At the moment, 3D Cities has full maps for Austin, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.</p>
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<p><strong>Dictamus</strong></p>
<p>Dictamus is the dictation app you’ll wish you had when you’re using a freebie. One of the app’s many noteworthy features is its recording flexibility: You can rewind and overwrite a recording and you can edit it whenever you need to. It’s also capable of skipping pauses in the conversation, thanks to voice activation functionality. Another important feature: sharing. Dictamus supports Box, Dropbox, FTP, MobileMe, WebDAV, and, of course, emailing (among other sharing options). Sure, your iPhone has a built-in recording app, but its functionality doesn’t even approach what Dictamus offers.</p>
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		<title>Acer Iconia Tab A510 Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the increasing trend of owning a tablet for convenience instead of lugging around the laptop all day, Acer has also accepted the challenge and released their Acer Iconia Tab A510 in the market. Let’s go deep into Acer Iconia Tab A510 review. Features: A510 is a tablet that seems to be designed for comfort [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the increasing trend of owning a tablet for convenience instead of lugging around the laptop all day, Acer has also accepted the challenge and released their Acer Iconia Tab A510 in the market. Let’s go deep into Acer Iconia Tab A510 review.</p>
<p><img src="http://technologiesreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Acer-Iconia-Tab-A510.jpg" alt="" title="Acer Iconia Tab A510" width="600" height="389" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1689" /></p>
<p>Features:</p>
<p>A510 is a tablet that seems to be designed for comfort and has a sleek black design. The tablet has a long battery life and the latest quad-core processor, the speed of which is 1.3 GHz. It is an Android tablet, running on the latest Android Ice cream sandwich operating system. The Acer Iconia Tab A510 has an inbuilt storage capacity of 32GB which is more than enough for users who own a tablet to be able to work on the go. The tablet also has a slot for a memory card that can add up to 32 GB of memory space in addition to the inbuilt memory. The tablet boasts of powerful speakers and a 5 megapixel main camera and 1 megapixel front camera.</p>
<p>Advantages:</p>
<p>A510 has certain pros which are listed below:</p>
<p>    The Acer Iconia Tab A510 has sturdy built with an easy to grip design. The design is such that it provides the user with great comfort.<br />
    When navigating, using wifi or playing games on the tablet, users can enjoy the high speed performance of the quad-core processor, the tablet works on.<br />
    The expandable storage in the form of the memory card slot provides extra storage for the user.<br />
    The long battery life of the tablet (above 9 hours) ensures high portability.<br />
    The speakers that are built into the tablet are quite robust.<br />
    The Android app market provides some definite possibilities for this tablet, using the newest Android operating system.</p>
<p>Disadvantages:</p>
<p>As compared to other tablets in the market, there are a few cons mentioned below:</p>
<p>    According to many customers and critics, the price of the tablet is way too high for what it offers.<br />
    The camera although is 5 megapixel, but still fails to impress the users.<br />
    The LCD screen of the tablet does not have the best display. The colors look washed out in the A510 screen. The viewing angles are also quite narrow in the screen.<br />
    The design is made out of plastic which on one hand gives it a sturdy built but on the other hand attributes to a look which cannot be called premium.</p>
<p>Conclusion:</p>
<p>A510 is a decent tablet but is not priced according to its features. There are other tablets in the market along the same price range which can provide a better processor performance and a far better display and camera performance to their users. Many other tablets nowadays are coming in a design that is sleek whereas the design of Acer Iconia Tab A510 has concentrated on the sturdiness on the tablet. All in all, this tablet is holding its own when it comes to comfort and design.</p>
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