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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!

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Of course you know about 3D printers, and you can even buy a 3d printer on Amazon now, but just how do 3D printers work?

Launch, the new book from massively successful launch entrepreneur Jeff Walker, answers the questions “How to launch a startup” in the Internet world, as well as how to launch an app, how to launch a website, or even generally how to launch a product (after all, an app or a website is, by many measures, a product). It is equally applicable if you are looking to reboot a business, product, or service.

If Weird Al and Alanis Morissette had a love child, the result would be Karen Kilgariff. With lyrics at once hysterical and lacerating, such as the lyrics (below) to “Look at Your Phone” and “Password”, Kilgariff turns her laser focus on contemporary golden idols such as smartphones, and daily annoyances such as forgetting your password.

Anybody who has used LinkedIn knows that they push their premium LinkedIn accounts constantly. But did you know that they hide their less expensive premium account options from you?