Filter Twitter by Number of Retweets for Better Search Results

We already know that Twitter search is pretty useful forthings beyond sharing your breakfast. The double-edged sword of Twitter is that it can fill up with a lot of junk real fast. A Twitter Search Trick You Didn’t Know About| Digital Inspiration

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 42 words · Sarah Guerrero

GMD Immersive Adds Distraction-Free Full-Screen Mode To Android Apps

Android: KitKat introduced full-screen, Immersive mode appsbut only a few apps support the feature. GMD Full Screen Immersive Mode(Free) | Google Play viaGuiding Tech

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 24 words · Rachel Bates

Hotel WiFi Test Ranks Hotels by Wi-Fi Speed and Quality

Hotel WiFi Test makes it easy to choose a hotel with quality, fast wireless internet access for guests. you could filter by minimum Mbps speeds and also sort by price, rating, or speed. Hotel WiFi Test(thanks Dan!)

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 37 words · Sandra Miller

How to Fix OS X Yosemite Download Problems

Apple’s let theOS X Yosemite betaout into the world, but it’s not without its problems. In fact, two quirks are causing issues before it’s possible for you to even download the software. Here’s how to fix them. There are two basic problems going on with the Yosemite beta right now. One is when your beta download code doesn’t work. The other is when you get errors during the installation process....

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 84 words · Richard Cross

How to Self-Publish a Book

But nowadays you’re able to choose to self-publish anything you’d like. About 8-10% for mass market paperbacks. Commission an agent to shop around your manuscript. Have a vanity press handle publishing. You would send in your manuscript, and pay a large fee to get several hundred copies published. It would be up to you to sell them… or give them away. That was then, this is now. However, it’s still easy to get burned with self publishing....

July 25, 2014 · 3 min · 444 words · Nathan Smith

If You Can't Decide Between Buying Two Things, Consider Neither

When you’re trying to be a careful shopper, comparing two similar products is a given. You walk into a store filled with things you want and you suddenly decide to buy something that day. Trouble is, you don’t know which one you want more. Try on the idea of not buying anything at all. In that situation, you’re better off keeping your hard earned money in your pocket.

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 68 words · Jennifer Church

If You Still Can't Justify a Purchase Three Days Later, Return It

We all know what it’s like to have buyer’s remorse. The moments leading up to a purchase are filled with justifications, biases, and rationalizations. With rare exception anymore, just about anything you buy can be returned. Gadgets, clothes, and even furniture can often be returned within at least the first week. As finance blog Plunged In Debt explains, we all make purchases for fun or personal enjoyment. I’m not suggesting you don’t enjoy your money....

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 118 words · Andrew Cox

Make a Chromecast-Hijacking Rickrolling Device Out of a Raspberry Pi

Chances are you bought your Raspberry Pi for something useful like acar diagnostics toolor awireless router. Here at After Hours, we’d rather use it for something more fun. Like a gear that hijacks any Chromecasts in the area and rickrolls them. you might see it in action in the video above. Petro goes into more detail about how he created this gadget inthis video.

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 64 words · Willie Dean

MultCloud Ties Together All Your Cloud Storage Services

It eliminates the need to visit multiple websites or install several client apps to access all of your files. Jolidrive,a service we’ve reviewed before, is MultCloud’s obvious competition. MultCloud stands out because it supports more cloud services and is completely free of charge. Although you cannot edit files online with MultCloud, you could preview them online. Try it out, and see if you might ditch your current client software.

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 69 words · Christine Rivas

Riffstation Teaches Guitar By Showing Chords as a Song's Video Plays

Learning to play guitar is a difficult, fulfilling, and fun hobby. Once you’ve made your selection, the video will start to play. Below the video, you’ll see the chords to play and what chords are coming up next. Now go get working on those finger calluses.

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 46 words · Adam Miranda

Shake Cereal Boxes Side to Side for More Evenly Distributed Particles

Mental Floss explains this “Muesli Effect” phenomenon and how a simple box shake can fix it. This makes the larger pieces shift down and is more effective than turning the box upside down. After that, dump some of the cereal in a colander toseparate the cereal dust from the cereal. Find more scientific solutions to first world problems at the link below. 7 Scientific Solutions for Annoying Little Problems| Mental Floss...

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 73 words · Keith Holmes

Stop Overthinking Tipping and Just Put Down 20 Percent

It’s one of the eternal questions: How much should you tip? Is 15 percent too little? Should I tip the delivery guy a percentage or a set amount? Budgets are Sexy suggests you just stop thinking about it and give everyone 20 percent, every time. As a Brit, the idea of tipping isslightlyalien to me. I get it… but I don’t… I have no issue with tipping for good service (I’m not tight!...

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 175 words · Dr. Jessica Brooks

Survey Reveals Keywords Do Still Matter on Your Resume

check that you only include words that are relevant to your skills. Head over to ZipRecruiter below for more tips. How to Write the Perfect Resume| ZipRecruiter Photo byAndrey_Popov(Shutterstock).

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 29 words · David May