by Youssef Kassab | Mar 12, 2012 | Technology
NFC is a set of short-range wireless technologies that allow communication and exchange of data between devices by touching or bringing them within a radius of more or less 10 centimeters. NFC is an extension of the RFID technology. It requires 13.56 MHz frequency and has short working range which makes it more suitable for secure communication between devices.
NFC allows a device, usually a mobile phone, to collect data from another device or NFC tag at close range. In many ways, it’s like a contactless payment card that is integrated into a phone. In other ways, it’s similar to Bluetooth, except that instead of programming two devices to work together, they can simply touch to establish a connection. (more…)
by Youssef Kassab | Aug 25, 2011 | How-To Guides
Most of us use flash drives to store our data but what if you lose it somewhere or damage it somehow? Some of us external hard disks but what happens if it suddenly crashes? What if your computer’s hard disk fails? There are alternative solutions for backing up your data online while you are working.
There are several free services that offer online backups solutions. Dropbox (click here to download) is a very popular service which “syncs your files online and across your computers”, providing an initial 2GB of space (that can be increased to 8GB for free if you refer other users). You can pay and get more space if you need it. (more…)
by Youssef Kassab | Jul 5, 2011 | How-To Guides
How many passwords do you have to remember? How do you remember your passwords? Do you use the same password for all your accounts?
We have lots of passwords to remember: our personal emails, our Facebook accounts, twitter accounts, our work email accounts, some FTP accounts and much more. We all know we should use different passwords for each account because if we use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password we have a serious problem. Still we have hard times trying to remember what password we used on which website or for which account. (more…)
by Youssef Kassab | May 16, 2011 | How-To Guides
Most of us have eBooks stored on our computers or on our tablets (iPad, Galaxy tab, Kindle, Kobo…). With our collection growing it will be hard to find a certain eBook. Personally I classify my eBooks by topics in sub directories but I still can’t find what I am searching for easily and that’s why I needed a better solution.
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by Youssef Kassab | Apr 3, 2011 | How-To Guides
Search inside Facebook is becoming more current. Facebook users tend to search inside facebook for things they want. Facebook has been working on enhancing its internal search engine and if you are a business and you want your Facebook page to rank high on search results then it is important to understand how Facebook search works. (more…)
Search inside Facebook is becoming more current. Facebook users tend to search inside facebook for things they want. Facebook has been working on enhancing its internal search engine and if you are a business and you want your Facebook page to rank high on search results then it is important to understand how Facebook search works. 
