Applications
6 Options for Free Cloud Storage
Need a way to keep your files synced and accessible from pretty much any computer, including your mobile computing devices? Want to do it on the cheap? Here’s six options that can help you out:
What’s On My iPhone — Part One
As I’m sure many of you are now aware, I recently caved and bought myself an iPhone. Gone are my days of Windows Mobile mediocrity — I now join the movement of Apple users — at least until I get bored of their proprietary whims and move on to the questionable privacy of an [...]
3 Creative Uses of Dropbox
Dropbox is one of our favorite apps here at 40Tech. The traditional use of Dropbox is to make files, such as photos and documents, available on any computer you use, or even on your mobile phone. But if you think outside the box (bad pun intended), Dropbox can be used in other ways to make [...]
2 Ways to Get TV on Your iPhone – Slingplayer vs. OrbLive
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could use your iPhone to watch the same television stations that you watch on your television at home? Wonder no more, for television on your iPhone is a reality, with the right setup. Today we’re going to look at two methods for getting all [...]
Bypass Blocked Media and Browse More Safely with Hotspot Shield
Many people are annoyed by the country-blocking that is imposed by massive multimedia companies regarding their content; especially since the rise of sites like Hulu, Pandora, and Last.FM. The lure of legitimate, free, and easy to access streaming content is a hard one to pass up! If you happen to live outside of the [...]
The Tech Geek’s Travel Guide
Traveling can be an adventure if you’re a tech geek. If you’re like me, the days leading up to a vacation are spent getting your tech in order, so that you’re prepared for both travel and for your destination. I’ve previously written about what’s in my laptop bag, but the gear you take with [...]
Save Your Work or Just Your Sanity With Giggles
If you have a curious toddler — either your own or just a frequent visitor — then you know how much they truly enjoy pressing the buttons on your computer. Secretly, you are probably certain that the child is bent on pressing just the right combination of buttons at just the wrong time so that [...]
Feedly is Dangerously Useful — Set an Alarm, You’ll Be In There Awhile…
As is apparent from my last article on 40Tech, I have been playing around with a multitude of Google Chrome Extensions since the official beta-door was opened, last week. Last night, I discovered Feedly, a social RSS extension based on Google Reader and Twitter that “organizes your favorite sites into a fun, magazine-like start [...]
How to Create a Social Media Hub with Tumblr, Live Writer & Ping.fm
In the quest to develop my personal brand and portfolio, to and simply create a place where all of my writing efforts across the interweb can have a single home, I came across a neat little plugin for Windows Live Writer (which all bloggers should try using, if they don’t already) called xPollinate. xPollinate [...]
TouchTwit Brings Pretty AND Functional to Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is not known for being either pretty or exceptionally user friendly, and the apps have been repeatedly put to shame by iPhone and Android software. WinMo users were waiting with baited breath for the launch of the Windows Mobile applications store (Skymarket), but initial offerings were largely disappointing and often grossly overpriced. [...]
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