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If you need a stopwatch, you can use the one inside Google search. All you need is go to Google homepage and input "set timer for n minutes". You will see a stopwatch with basic buttons such as stop and reset. Of course you can use other units, e.g. hour or second, instead of minute. This stopwatch also plays a sound when the countdown ends.

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You need to activate the shortcut keys in your gmail first. Access you Gmail, click on the Setting icon on the top-right corner, then choose "Genera" tab and turn "Keyboard Shortcuts" on.  Finally, click "Save Changes"

1. "c"

Press "c" to compose a new email.

2. "g" then "a"

To view emails including draft ones, press "g" then "a" ("g"=go, "a"=all mail).

3. "e"

Press "e" if you don't take any actions (e.g. reply) on an email after reading it. The email will be sent back to "All Mail".

4. "r" or "a"

"r": reply, "a": reply all.

5. SHIFT + "u" or SHIFT + "i"

Shift + "u": mark an email as unread VS Shift + "i": mark an email as read.

6. "TAB" then "ENTER"

To send an email after composing.

7. "g" then "c"

To go to your contact list. "g" = go, "c" = contacts.

8. "g" then "i"

Go to inbox ("i": inbox).

9. "k" or "j"

"k": go to newer dialog in inbox, "j": go back to previous dialog in inbox.

10. "n" or "p"

"n" (new): go to newer email in inbox, "p": go back to previous email in inbox.

11. "o"

Open the newest email or selected email.

12. "z"

To undo.

Some shortcuts are already available and you dont need to turn "Keyboard Shortcuts" on to use. For example, Control (or Command on Mac) + Enter to send mail; Control (or Command on Mac) + Shift + c to add CC; Control (Command on Mac) + Shift + b to add Bcc.

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Some useful shortcuts for users using Yahoo Messenger:

MESSENGER 

Ctrl + shift + F8 : My Disaplay Image
Ctrl + shift + P : Preferences
Ctrl + shift + D : Sign out to Mobile device
Ctrl + D : Sign out
Ctrl + Q : exit

CONTACTS 

Ctrl + shift + A : add a contact
Ctrl + H : Show online contact
Ctrl + tab : Show messenger list

ACTIONS

Ctrl + M : send message
Ctrl + L : Call computer
Ctrl + H : Call a phone number
Ctrl + T : send SMS
Ctrl + Y : send email
Ctrl + shift + C : send contacts
Ctrl + shift + M : send messenger list

HELP : F1

Others

Alt+A Open my Account web page.
Alt+C Show the Call menu off of the split drop down menu control.
Alt+D View/Edit Contact Details.
Ctrl+Shft+L Alt+E End Call.
Alt+H Alt+R Hold/Resume.
Ctrl+L Alt+L Call PC/Call Back.
Alt+M Mute/Unmute.
Alt+S Save to Address Book.
Ctrl+M Send an IM.
Ctrl+T Send a Text Message.
Ctrl+Y Email.
Ctrl+K Call a Telephone Number.
Ctrl+N Start a Conversation.
Alt+V Volume (In the Volume window: Up and Down arrow keys and Home and End keys change the volume instantly, Enter and Esc close the Volume window.

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Following tips will help you use Google Drive with both PC and web browser more efficiently.

Add Google Drive to “Send To”

You can add Google Drive to Send To context menu so that you can send files to Google Drive more easily. First, run Windows Explorer and input APPDATA%/Microsoft/Windows/SendTo in the address bar. Then, right click on Google Drive folder in Favorites and drag it to Send To folder. Finally, choose Copy Here in the context menu.

Note: if you drag and drop using left mouse button, only a shortcut is created in Send To instead of content.

Encrypt sensitive files

Google Drive is good place to store important files. However, we should be careful with files containing sensitive information. Hence, before uploading these files, make sure that you encrypt them with a password. If your files are stolen, they cannot be read.

There are many methods to encrypt files. One of simplest ways is to create a encrypted file store. You can use a free program (e.g., 7-Zip) which supports encryption and saves to a file store (e.g., .7z). Remember your password or save it in a safe place.

You can also use BoxCryptor application to create a encrypted drive to store your files. To sync with Google Drive, you need BoxCryptor and a password to access.

Change location of folders

You can move folders to Google Drive to sync user data among computers. To change location of documents, images, video and sub-folders, right click on the folder and choose Properties. Now you can change the location in Location tab.

Empty Trash

You can access to Trash of Google Drive to empty or delete files permanently by clicking on More > Trash on Google Drive web.

Restore previous versions

Google Drive stores previous versions in 30 days or 100 modifying times. You can access to previous versions by right clicking on a file on web and choosing Manage Revisions. You also can delete previous versions to free space.

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After some simple steps, you can use Office 365 services (email, calendar, SharePoint Team Sites, Unified Communication US, …) from your iPhone. 

Your can find email settings of Office 365 in Outlook > Outlook Web App > Options > See All Options > Account > My Account > Settings for POP, IMAP, and SMTP… These settings are important to connect your iPhone to Office 365. You can also change security settings, such as pin lock, mobile security, encryption and remote wipe, in Mail > Option > My Organization.

The Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync in iOS which is used to push email, calendar and contacts can be used to connect iPhone to Office 365 and to sync calendar, email and contacts between iPhone and Office 365.

First, in iPhone, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account. Choose Microsoft Exchange in the next screen and, then, input your email, name and password. The Domain box is left blank.

Next, iPhone with get necessary server information from Exchange Online server. If it fails to retrieve this information, you need to input server information of Exchange Server which can be found in your Office 365 Account page manually. Finally, you can choose which contents you want to sync with Office 365.

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iCloud provides you 5GB free for each Apple ID. However, it’s rather difficult to use the free storage because Apple only allows to upload document files. If you want to upload other file types, you can follow the steps below.
First, compress the file (or folder) you want to upload to iCloud. In Windows, right click on the file (or folder) > Send to > Compressed, e.g. to compress file CamStudio20.zip:

Then, open iCloud in browser, log in with your Apple ID and choose iWork.

Rename CamStudio20.zip to CamStudio20.zip.ppt if you choose Keynote (or .doc if you choose Pages). Choose Yes if Windows asks whether or not you want to change file extension.

Click on the icon on the top right corner and choose Upload.

Browse to the file and upload.
Done!

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If you have an Android smartphone, you can increase Dropbox storage to 23GB free for 2 years by using Dropbox apk.

1. Delete Dropbox app on your Android smartphone (if available) and download the Dropbox 23GB apk to your phone or SD card. Then, install this app.

2. Click on “Continue to Dropbox”, click “Next” and log-in with your Dropbox account (register a free account here if you don’t have one).

3. After a few minutes, you will have 23GB in your Dropbox!

And you will receive an email from Dropbox:

Enjoy!

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15 best add-ons for Firefox selected by PCMag:

 

1. Site to Phone

Do you want to input links from computer to mobile devices? This add-on can help you. It can run well on iOS, Android, WebOS, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7.

 

2. FEBE

FEBE - Firefox Environment Backup Extension can back-up everything in Firefox including bookmarks, profiles, preferences, cookies, themes, and extensions.

 

3. Xmarks Bookmark Sync

You can sync bookmarks and passwords among Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and IE with this add-on.

 

4. LastPass

This add-on can help you manage accounts using in websites. You can also install and use this add-on in Chrome and IE.

 

5. Evernote Web Clipper

You can store everything you find on Internet. Web Clipper is an online database for you to save clips, links and websites.

 

6. Clearly

Clearly is another service of Evernote that can store and simplify news, blog entries, and websites so that you can manage and analyze information more efficiently.

 

7. Personas Plus

Do you want to change the interface of Firefox? This add-on allows us to change the display of Firefox including themes, background images, toolbars, and buttons.

 

8. Tab Mix Plus

You can do everything with tabs using this add-on.

 

9. DownThemAll

With this add-on, you can perform batch downloading for a whole webpage. You can also specify the file types that you want to download.

 

10. Greasemonkey

With this add-on, you can use scripts to access to websites. You also can write your own scripts with Greasemonkey.

 

11. WOT

With WOT – Web of Trust, you can check a website is safe or not. Thus, you can surf web safer with this add-on.

 

12. IE Tab

If you want to access to websites that only run well with IE or you want to test a website with IE, you can use this add-on.

 

13. Yoono

If you join many social networks, this add-on can help you manage your accounts easily. It can display all information from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, etc.

 

14. Flashblock

All flash objects on the websites can be blocked with Flashblock.

 

15. FastestFox

FastestFox helps you access and explore websites faster.

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Now you can upgrade your free box.net account from 5GB to 50GB by using a box.net application on iOS5 or LG Android devices. You can use 50GB as a local hard disk drive by following steps:

- Right click on “My Computer” and choose “Map network driver…” and sign up

- Input https://www.box.net/dav into Internet or network address

- If any errors occur, click OK to continue and click Next

- Finally, log in with your BOX.net account and enjoy!

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Until now, you cannot send emails with big attachments (>= 25MB) using free email services. This post shares you some easy ways to send big files with you emails.

1) Split into small files

You can use some free splitting/merging programs to divide your big file into smaller ones. Some good programs are: WinRAR, Fastest File Splitter and Joiner, HJ-Split, … However, this method is not good for very big files.

2) Using online storage services

This method is widely used. You can upload your files to file sharing services and copy/paste links into emails. There are several free and paid services: Megaupload, Mediafire, 4Shared, Rapidshare,… But you need to notice that some free services limit expired time and file size. Furthermore, your data will be shown in search engines. You can zip your file with a password before uploading.

3) Using intermediary services

You can use intermediary websites to send your file. Some popular services are:

- YouSendIt - www.yousendit.com: you don’t need to register. The maximum file size is 100MB.

- DropSend – www.dropsend.com: the maximum file size is 2GB. You need to register before using.

- MailBigFile – www.mailbigfile.com: you can send files up to 300MB. You don’t need to register and you can send a message accompany with the attached files.

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Do you like playing classic games? Now you can play classic games online with following websites:

1. www.free80sarcade.com

This website does not provide many games but you can find most of popular games such as Mario, Street Fighter, …

2. http://nintendo8.com

This website is awesome, it provides many games and games are categorized so that you can find your favorite games easily. It also provides useful links to Gameboy and DOS games.

3. http://www.nesplay.com/

As good as nintendo8.

4. http://www.virtualnes.com

virtualnes has a different way to classify games. This website has a forum for gamers.

5. http://www.1980-games.com

Games on this websites are well categorized. This website has a good interface. Instead of using names, game logos are used.