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Last chance to get KeySmart 2.0 and an extender for just $17

Jun09
by on June 9, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Offers, TNWDeals

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KeySmart 2.0 is back! One of our most popular deals of the year is back! Get the KeySmart 2.0 for just $17, with optional 8GB flash drive. Keys are an age-old form of security that, for the most part, still hasn’t gone digital. We all walk around with this collection of oddly shaped metal objects kept together by the classic key ring, enemy to fingernails everywhere, so we can lock and unlock doors at our homes, in our cars, and out and about. But while it’s not easy to instantly make your keys disappear in favor of a digital solution,…

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a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Last chance to get KeySmart 2.0 and an extender for just $17

Jun09
by on June 9, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Offers, TNWDeals

Screen Shot 2015-06-09 at 9.53.17 AM
KeySmart 2.0 is back! One of our most popular deals of the year is back! Get the KeySmart 2.0 for just $17, with optional 8GB flash drive. Keys are an age-old form of security that, for the most part, still hasn’t gone digital. We all walk around with this collection of oddly shaped metal objects kept together by the classic key ring, enemy to fingernails everywhere, so we can lock and unlock doors at our homes, in our cars, and out and about. But while it’s not easy to instantly make your keys disappear in favor of a digital solution,…

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OS X El Capitan will let Web developers customize how Force Touch interacts with their sites

Jun09
by on June 9, 2015 at 6:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, WWDC 2015

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Apple’s Force Touch trackpad allows for deeper integration with Mac apps, as harder presses on the trackpad bring up detailed info or additional options. Now, Apple is bringing its cool new trackpad to the entire Web. In OS X El Capitan, Apple is letting Web developers build custom experiences for the Force Touch trackpad. Just like you can with OS X apps, Force Touch for the Web allows deeper integration depending on how hard or long you touch the track pad. Web developers can also build custom interactions, so your Force Touch experience will vary from site to site. Hard-press on…

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iOS 9’s 6-digit lock codes will be a pain, but think of them as legacy support

Jun09
by on June 9, 2015 at 5:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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While Apple was busy telling us how it doesn’t care to scan your pictures in the name of privacy, there was one security feature it didn’t talk about. If you’re using a code to lock/unlock your phone, it has to be six characters long in iOS 9. That will make it much harder for someone to hack into your phone, as the number of possible combinations jumps from about 10,000 to one million. While there have been many complaints about six characters being harder to remember and enter than four, it’s probably best to consider the new security feature as legacy…

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You can use this Chrome extension to watch how any Google Doc was written

Jun09
by on June 9, 2015 at 4:53 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Chrome Extension, Draftback, Google, Google Docs

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Since around May 2010, any document created with Google Docs has contained a detailed edit history. Usually looking through them is limited to people with ‘edit’ permissions, but writer/programmer James Somers has changed that. Somers, who works on the engineering team at Genius, has built a Chrome extension called Draftback which can show you the edits on any Google Doc in your possession, in real time. The tool is going to be incredibly useful for journalists, authors and nosey people alike. What’s really impressive is that it doesn’t just let you see the changes flying past in your browser. You can also…

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