Check Out New Vintage Web Shop Chic And You Shall Find

There's nothing like experiencing a diamond-in-the-rough moment while thrifting to put us in the best of moods. And while we definitely enjoy the secondhand search, there are some moments when we want those special pieces delivered to us on a silver platter (well, sort of). Enter Chic and You Shall Find—a new e-commerce site that sells vintage wares from a range of decades. Brenna Egan, site founder and former fashion editor and Vogue staffer, has put her trained eye to good use, curating a collection of perfect pieces from flea markets, thrift shops, and estate sales across the globe. Need to make room in your closet for new purchases? The site also features a nifty consignment section called the Posh Pawnshop to help you unload your own treasures. Be sure to read the adorable "past life" stories included for each item (as if you needed any more help getting attached).

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Improve Your Web Site’s SEO With SEOmoz’s Free API

Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is vital to any successful website. The team at SEOmoz are experts in this field and now offer a number of premium SEO tools including the recently released Open Site Explorer, which provides a wealth of information on backlinks and link popularity. Now the same information available through Open Site Explorer can be accessed via their new API.

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Make Screen Capture Videos Free Online Using ScreenToaster [How-To]

If you need to make a video recording of something on your computer then Screentoaster is a free web app for doing just that. Using a mix of Javascript and Flash, Screentoaster is able to capture areas outside of your browser and save the recording directly to their page. You might want to grab a stick of butter to go with all of the toast in this groovy article! Related Groovy Articles... (possibly): Take a ScreenShot or Screen Capture in Windows XP Jing – The Free Screenshot and Sharing Tool For Windows and MAC [groovyReview] Install or Enable the Windows Vista Snipping Tool Watch TV Programming With Windows 7 Media Center [How-To] Want A Bigger iPhone? There’s A Pad For That! Easily Share Or Send Files With Free Service – S4ve.as [How-To] Copyright © groovyPost.com 2009 | All Rights Reserved

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Google Reader Play: a new way to browse the web

Google's new interface turns the web into an interactive entertainment magazine Google has launched Google Reader Play, an experimental feature that offers a new, highly visual way to browse the web. The new interface displays only one story at a time, focusing on pictures, videos, visual statistics and maps. "We think Reader Play is a fun way to browse interesting items online that you wouldn't find otherwise," said software engineer Garrett Wu in a blogpost announcing the new product. Unlike the standard Google Reader in which users have to subscribe to feeds, Google Reader Play requires no set-up. It learns new users' preferences by asking them to mark items they like with a star to read later. "We designed it especially for people who don't want to spend time curating their own set of feeds," said Wu. Google Reader Play is thus easy to use, and as the items are displayed in full-screen, there is one type of content it is perfect for: television. As Nick Bilton of the New York Times puts it: "Although Google doesn't address television in the description of the product, the promising use case for many people could be the ability to use Google Reader Play on a computer hooked up to a larger screen." Launched a few weeks before Apple's iPad hits the stores in April, Google Reader Play makes it clear that the big tech companies are aiming to take on the consumer market. Do you like the idea of Google Reader Play? Please have your say in the comments Google Digital media Mercedes Bunz guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

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Say Goodbye To Unlimited Wireless Data Plans

You know how you pay a fixed monthly fee for your phone, and can check email and Twitter, surf the web and the Yelp app anytime you like without counting minutes or megabytes? Yeah, well that’s all gonna end. (more…)

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How To: Turn Your Web Apps Into Real Apps [How To]

When you use a site like Gmail, you have to decide: Do I want to use the service's website, or do I want to use it through an app, like Outlook? Here's how to get the best of both worlds. What I'm talking about is something called site-specific browsers, which are essentially dedicated apps derived from the browsers already installed on your system, designed to load up a single web app. Nothing else. The thing is, limiting the app's functionality to a single website means it can do native-like things, like have its own icon, serve up notifications in the OS X dock, and be launched from Spotlight or the Start Menu like a regular, native program. It's also a great way to run multiple instances of the same service—like two Gmail accounts—without one forcing the other to log out. And hell, you use web apps like Facebook, Last.fm and Gmail just as much and just as hard as you do regular apps, so haven't they earned their own icons? Their own windows, so they don't get lost in a sea of tabs? Their own notifications? Their own places in your application menus? Their own system processes, so a browser crash won't knock them out, too? Their own lives? Yeah, sure they have. Here's how to make it happen. Mac OS X: Fluid The best tool for creating site-specific apps in OS X is called Fluid. It's a free framework for creating your own site-specific apps, based on WebKit, like Apple's Safari or Google's Chrome. So! 1. Download it Fluid here, and drag the app over to your Applications folder. 2. Since the site-specific browsers you'll be creating will have their own icons, you'll need to download those. If you don't, Fluid will pull the site's favorites icon to use as the system icon, which is fine, but can look a bit rough, especially if you run your OS X dock large, or use CoverFlow a lot. This Flickr group has hundreds of available icons, covering just about any site you can imagine. To use them, download the full-size .PNG from Flickr. 3. Create your app! When you open Fluid, You'll be prompted with a window asking you for a URL, a site name (Which will be the app's name, as far as your OS is concerned), a place to save the app (the Applications folder by default) and an option to either use the site's favicon or a custom icon. Fill the fields out, and hit create. 4. Launch your app. The first time you start the app, you'll be prompted to log into the service. After the initial login, though, Fluid will remember your details, so that when you start the app again, it'll be all ready to go. 5. Customize! Ok, so you've got your web app—now it's time to tweak. If you want to change the look of the site, or how certain parts of it function, Fluid supports client-side userscripts, which basically let you reformat the page, or add functionality to it, however you want. From within a Fluid app, click the Script icon in the Menu Bar, and click "Browse Userscripts.org" and see if you find anything you like. If you do, the script should be downloaded and copied to YourUserName/Library/Application Support/Fluid/SSB/YourApp'sName/Userscripts. There are also a small number of Fluid plugins, which give Fluid greater native app-like powers. These are scattered around the internet, and a good central resource is hard to come by. This Google string tends to work pretty well for finding them, though. In addition, Fluid itself has some application settings to play around with, most of which are self-explanatory. One that's not, and that comes in handy a lot, is the "Allow Browsing to any URL" option under Settings > Advanced: This prevents new windows opened in Fluid from opening in your default browser instead, and cures most of the issues I've come across with using Fluid with less popular sites that may not have automatic presets built into Fluid. Windows: Prism Prism takes a slightly different approach to the creation of site-specific browsers, in that it's an extension for Firefox, not its own app. The creation process, though, isn't terribly different. Here's the routine: 1. Download the Prism extension for Firefox here. (Note: some people have issues with Prism freezing during the setup process, or find core functions, like minimizing to the system tray, missing in this version. In that case, download the last version of Prism right here—it should fix everything, without sacrificing any major features.) 2. Navigate to the webpage you want to convert into an app, let it load, and select "Convert Website to Application" from the Tools menu in Firefox. You'll be prompted with these options. Fill them out as you please: If you'd like to use a custom icon, as opposed to the website's favorite's icon, you should download a full-res .PNG file from this Flickr group. These are icons created with Fluid (above) in mind, so some may have an OS X-like aesthetic, but they will work, and in the context of Windows 7, they usually look pretty great. And that's it! Prism isn't as immediately customizable as Fluid for OS X, but it gets the job done. Alternative: Prism supports something called "Bundles", which automatically apply settings and application icons for popular websites with a single click. Here are a few to try. Alternative II: Chrome for Windows offers similar functionality to Prism, albeit in a rather basic, stripped-down form. If your only goal is to isolate web apps in their own windows, though, this'll work fine, and takes just a few seconds: newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/R0Mgf66GOr4&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[],"width":500,"height":412,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube"} ); Hat tip to Lifehacker for introducing us to Prism. And that's it! If you've got any great icon, user script or Prism bundle resources to share, throw them in the comments—your feedback is hugely important to our Saturday How To guides. And if you have any topics you'd like to see covered here, please let me know. Happy web-app-Pinocchio-ing, folks!

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Online Video Marketing | Internet Video Production | Web Video Commercials | eMarketingVideo.com

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25 Things You Can Remote Control With Your iPhone [Apple]

One of the more interesting things you can do with the iPhone is use it as a remote control for other devices. Since the iPhone App Store launched almost two years ago, developers have created hundreds of remote control applications. Some of them are for entertainment — designed to control A/V equipment in your living room. Others control household appliances, functions on your computer, or even expensive corporate security systems. For now, most remote control apps operate over the Internet, or via a wi-fi or Bluetooth link between your iPhone and another device. But one company is developing an infrared iPhone accessory, which will open the doors for even more remote control applications. It's conceivable that, with these apps and accessories, an iPod touch could replace the fanciest of universal remotes, and have the bonus of shipping with a Web browser and all the other apps on the App Store. DVR More TV providers are releasing iPhone apps to use as DVR remotes. Recently, Comcast published an app that allows some of its digital cable subscribers program their DVRs remotely. And free apps from DirecTV, DISH Network, and AT&T let you program your digital video recorder from anywhere. Zipcar rental car The free Zipcar app lets you find and book rental cars. But the impressive part is that you can also use your iPhone to unlock the car or make its horn beep. Home lights and automation system A recent Apple commercial highlights this app for the Schlage LiNK home automation and security systems. You can watch your doors, lock and unlock them, turn lights on and off, etc. TV, other gadgets This isn't just an app but a $50 hardware add-on that gives your iPhone infrared support. When it ships — supposedly soon — the L5 remote accessory will let you turn your iPhone into a universal remote, replacing any number of remote controls that are on your coffee table. Chevy Volt This free app lets you access info for a Chevy Volt electric car via OnStar, including charging info, driving stats, door locks, horn, and lights. iTunes Via Apple's free Remote app, search and change the song playing on your computer's iTunes jukebox from bed, across the house, or even outside. Or change volume settings, or hit pause, etc. Another app called PodLink ($2.99) lets you wirelessly control music playing on another iPhone or iPod touch, perhaps one that is being played in a docking station across the room. There's also a $3.99 app to control WinAmp if you use that. Mouse and keyboard Apps like the $1.99 Air Mouse Pro (limited free version also available) turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless trackpad and keyboard. This is helpful if you want to kick back and don't have a wireless keyboard, or if you're using an old computer hooked up to your TV and want to access the cursor or type something from the couch. A reader notes a free, similar app from Logitech. The $3.99 TouchPad app is another alternative. Blu-ray Discs Several Blu-ray discs include Internet features that can be accessed via iPhone apps. For example, the free "pocket BLU" app can act as a remote for Blu-ray discs that support "pocket BLU" — including "Bruno," "Funny People," other movies. Features include controlling playback, browsing through chapters, the soundtrack, etc. Other Blu-ray remote apps are available for different systems, including the Sony PS3. Roku video player If you use a Roku video player — the cheap, no-frills box that plays Netflix, Amazon, MLB.TV videos, etc. — you can get the free Rokumote app and control your Roku without its plastic remote. Presentations Apple's $0.99 Keynote remote lets you control Keynote presentations if you own the iWork suite. Other apps, like Evan Schoenberg's versatile $0.99 Rowmote can steer PowerPoint slides. Desktop PC or Mac This one takes a little tinkering, but free VNC — "virtual network computing" — remote desktop software on your computer (Mac, PC, Linux, etc.) will let you view and control it from anywhere, provided it's turned on and hooked up to the Internet. A search for "VNC" in the App Store turns up more than 30 apps. The VNC app we've been using for our iPhone is the free Mocha VNC Lite; there's also a pro version for $5.99. Logitech Squeezebox If you use a Logitech Squeezebox home audio system, the $9.99 iPeng app seems to be the best reviewed remote control. Control volume, switch songs, etc. Slingbox If you have a SlingBox — a device designed to let you watch your home TV/cable service from anywhere, over the Internet — you can use your iPhone to watch TV. The $29.99 SlingPlayer Mobile app recently got an important new feature, which allows you to stream TV from your SlingBox over 3G. Previously, it only worked over wi-fi. iCarly - Sam's Remote This one is for the kids: Fans of the cable TV show "iCarly" may appreciate the $1.99 "Sam's Remote" app, which includes sounds from the show. Photoshop A $2.99 app called PhotoKeys:Photoshop Remote puts the Adobe Photoshop toolbar on your iPhone. Not for everyone, but could be helpful for some setups. Apple TV Apple's free Remote software also controls the Apple TV set-top box, if you have one of those. A recent update adds a nifty feature that lets you use your iPhone's multi-touch screen as a "gesture pad" to scoot around the Apple TV display. This is much easier than using the small, plastic remote that came with Apple TV. You can also use the Boxee remote app to remote-control Boxee, if you've loaded that onto your Apple TV. Sonos Home Stereo If you have a Sonos multi-room sound system — especially the popular, newish S5 — your iPhone is a remote via the free Sonos Controller app. Pro audio software The ProRemote ($99.99) and ProRemote Lite ($35.99) act as sliders and other controls for pro audio editing software, including ProTools and Apple's Logic software. Burglar Alarm CPI Security customers can use a free iPhone app (with additional service) to monitor their home security system, turn it on and off, see activity history, etc. X-Plane Flight Simulator Sort of like how Nintendo's DS has a touch-sensitive second screen that often controls what's happening on the first screen, this will let you control and observe some of your flight simulator's features — on your computer — using the iPhone as a smaller, second screen. Requires the $4.99 X-Plane Remote app and the $29 desktop X-Plane software. Boyfriend Ladies: We're not quite sure how this one works, but the $9.99 "Boyfriend remote" app is worth every penny if it performs magic. You can tell it to "give me money," "forget about beer," and even "take me to the mall." Classy. Also available: Girlfriend Remote and Parent Remote. Boxee If you use the free Boxee media center software on your Mac, PC, Linux box, or Apple TV, you can use your iPhone as a remote via Boxee's free app. (What's Boxee? Think of it as a multimedia-specialized Web browser that you're supposed to steer from your couch. Lets you watch Netflix movies, MLB.TV, and other Web video streams.) VLC Media Player If you use the free, popular VLC (Video LAN client) media player app, you can control it with your iPhone via the free VLC Remote app or its $2.99 premium cousin. Security Camera Plenty of security camera monitoring apps in the App Store, depending on your rig. By far the most expensive, though, is Lextech Global Services' $899.99 iRa Pro, which delivers "a video command center to the palm of your hand." Digital SLR Camera onOne software makes a lite ($1.99) and pro ($19.99) version of its DSLR remote app. If you hook your Canon EOS or Nikon DSLR camera up to a computer via USB, you can remotely control settings, fire the shutter release, and see your camera's viewfinder remotely over wi-fi. The main drawback is that your camera has to be hooked up to a computer.

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Complimentary Resource – Not Just Words: Enforce Your Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies

Not Just Words: Enforce Your Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies by Symantec Corporation Unmanaged employee use of email and the web can subject any organization to costly risks. Learn how clearly written Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) can protect your business. Responsible organizations should deploy clearly written Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) for email and web [...]

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WP editor: We're evaluating ways to regulate the quality of Web site comments

WashingtonPost.com From Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli's chat: Woodbridge, VA: While I used to enjoy reading the comments section of Post articles, they now are dominated by racist, conspiracy theory rants. The opposite approach is used by the N.Y. Times which monitors the posts and deletes the nuts while still allowing healthy debate. I think the Post needs to reconsider the anything goes atmosphere in the comments section. Marcus Brauchli: We share your concern about the quality of some comments on our site. We do police them but rely in part on readers to alert us to offensive posts. In addition, we're evaluating other ways to regulate the quality of comments.

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