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Midi Touchbar: Finally, A Use For The Touchbar

At the intersection of technology and creativity, there’s a marvelous playground where one can find a multitude of novel applications. One such entrant is ‘Midi Touchbar’, an innovative application crafted by the inventive mind(s?) of Urban Lienert. The brilliance of this application is that it pushes the boundaries of traditional musical composition and performance by reimagining the utilization of our everyday tech gadgets.

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Optimize Your Time Management with the ‘Day Progress’ Mac App

The digital realm is teeming with applications designed to boost productivity and streamline work processes. A new entrant to this productivity toolbox is the Mac app ‘Day Progress’, which aims to help you visualize the remaining hours in your day. This simple yet powerful concept might be the productivity boost you need – provided you can handle the constant reminder of the ticking clock.

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Raycast: The Ultimate Power User’s Launcher and Search Bar

Spotlight, Apple’s built-in tool for searching through apps and files, has been the go-to option for most Mac users. But for power users seeking more control and access to shortcuts and tools, alternatives like Alfred have been popular choices. However, there’s a new contender in town called Raycast that has been gaining attention in the community, offering a compelling set of features that make it a strong competitor to Alfred.

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Typing with Vision Pro and the visionOS Software Platform: A Seamless Text Input Experience

Following the highly anticipated announcement of Vision Pro at WWDC, Apple is now delving deeper into the intricacies of the headset and the visionOS software platform in a series of enlightening developer sessions.

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A Glimpse into Bluesky: The Exclusive, Decentralized Social Media Sensation

Ahoy there, digital explorers! There’s a new social media platform on the horizon, and it’s generating quite the buzz. Bluesky is a decentralized Twitter clone that has become the talk of the town. But there’s a catch: you’ll need an elusive invite to step foot on this digital island.

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How To Sell on Social Media by Turning Followers Into Customers

Social media has become an important component of digital marketing for any brand with a successful marketing strategy. Though social platforms started out as fun places to hang out with friends, family, and colleagues, they have evolved to become some of the best mediums for building a reputation and boosting…

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How to Make Picture Videos Online for Free – It’s Easy with Animoto!

Ever wonder how to make picture videos? How about how to make picture videos with music? You can make videos for free online with Animoto! Animoto is a program to make videos from pictures, or combining picture and videos into one movie, and in three easy steps you go from a virtual pile of pictures and videos on your hard drive to a finished video, complete with music and cool transitions! It’s so easy to make videos with pictures that you supply – just upload them, pick your theme and music, and voila! You not only get to make videos online for free, but it’s easy as pie, and you can share them with your friends, post them on YouTube, or embed them in your website, all for free!

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How to Automatically Reset Your Router or Modem Once a Day

The problem: every so often you need to reboot your router or modem, or both, and invariably, it’s at the most inconvenient time. The solution: a timer that automatically turns your router or modem off and back on once every 24 hours. That is the beauty of the NetReset automatic power cycler!

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Bluetooth Selfie Remote to Take Selfies

We recently had an opportunity to review this wireless bluetooth selfie remote for iPhone and Android, and its selfie remote app, and it’s a great addition to your selfie-taking bag of tricks! And it does so much more than just selfie remote shutter control – you can switch between front and back cameras, zoom in and out, turn the flash on and off, even switch between photo and video! Of course, a selfie stick also allows you to hold your phone, with the remote, you need to prop it up somewhere or use a tripod. The best combination is one of each!

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The Internet Patrol’s Holiday Gift Guide, Updated for 2015

When it comes to buying holiday gifts for those on our list, we always turn to things that we ourselves truly use and appreciate. And that’s why our holiday gifts ideas come from our heart. What good is a holiday gift idea if the recipient won’t actually enjoy it? It can be fun to give unique holiday gifts, but the best holiday gifts are those that the recipient will appreciate, use, even treasure. That’s why our top holiday gifts are those that we know from our own experience will be appreciated. So here is our holiday gift guide, with something for everyone on your list – man, woman, teen, and child. These are items we use ourselves – or have given as gifts with an enthusiatic reception. Whether you are looking to give books, movies, electronic, gadgets, or even appliances – holiday gift food, a holiday gift basket (holiday gift baskets can contain almost anything, not just holiday food gifts!) or even a holiday gift card – you’ll find our tried and tested holiday gift ideas below.

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What’s New in iOS 9

When you upgrade to a new iOS, you are presented with a small window that you have to scroll through in order to learn “what’s new”. So, in an effort to make it easier to read, and more obvious, here is what Apple has to say is new in iOS 9, enhanced by us for readability, and with our comments. Pay close attention to the new Siri features, and watch for our article on why these new “features” may be a privacy nightmare! Our commentary is in italics.

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Anne’s List

Hi! I’m Anne P. Mitchell, attorney at law, and publisher of The Internet Patrol, among many other things. I’ve been on the Internet for a very long time, and over the years I have accumulated a list of things, ranging from books, to services, to electronics, and everything in between, that I can highly recommend. Here they are.

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Amazon Echo Series – Part 2: Amazon Echo Music Commands and Audio Features

Now that we’ve had some time to play with our Amazon Echo music commands and Echo audio features, such as Echo News Flash Briefing and Echo radio stations, we have this to say about it: It’s really cool! Read on to learn more!

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The Actual Size of Moo Mini Cards and Why Not to Use Them

One of the hottest places to order business cards online is Moo.com. In fact, Moo are quite brilliant with their unique online business card offerings, including Printfinity (a different design on each card), square business cards, and the Moo MiniCards. But finding out the actual size of MooMini Cards? Not so brilliant.

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How to Connect Zooka Wireless Bluetooth Speakers – and a Review

If you haven’t heard about the Zooka wireless (bluetooth) speaker bar (the speakers are at either end of a single bar), it’s a wireless bluetooth speaker for your iPhone or Android phone, or iPad or other tablet (or, even, your laptop). But the Zooka wireless bar instructions leave a lot to be desired in terms of explaining how to hook up your Zooka bluetooth speakers, so here are clearer instructions.