How to Go Beyond Business Cards and Get Into Anyone's Contacts List

Handing someone your business card does not mean you will be added to their contacts. Here’s how to go beyond paper cards and get into someone’s real contacts list. The traditional business cardis not yet defunct, but people rarely delete anyone from their contact list once added. Plus, paper business cards can be lost or misplaced easily. It’s in your best interest to be added to someone’s digital contacts. After you exchange business cards, you should immediatelyshare a digital card....

July 7, 2014 · 3 min · 466 words · Amy Howard

Keep Mosquitoes at Bay with This Plastic Bottle Bug Trap

The bottle itself needs a little preparationjust cut off the top portion and insert it upside down. The secret to the trap is the mixture that goes inside. Boil some water, add a little sugar, cool the mixture, and add brewer’s yeast. The yeast produces CO2 as it eats the sugar, which attracts the mosquitoes. It’s important to cool the water so you don’t melt the plastic bottle or kill the yeast....

July 7, 2014 · 1 min · 93 words · Daniel Bailey

KiDebit Teaches Kids How to Budget in the Real World

Android/iOS: Teaching your kids about money can help them develop good financial habits later in life. But many of us rarely deal with hard cash; instead, we use our debit cards. The KiDebit app helps children learn to budget with their virtual allowances, too. He couldn’t give it to her, because he didn’t have cash on hand. Birmingham got the idea to create a makeshift debit card for his daughter....

July 7, 2014 · 1 min · 86 words · Stacey Hall

Make a 1-3-5 List for a Faster, Instantly-Prioritized To-Do List

Struggling with a sprawling to-do list is no fun. Write it all down, and you have a simple, prioritized list to tackle. Then the others are up to you. It should only take a few moments, and you now havea new list you might tackle right away. When you’re done, you’ll have accomplished a lot. Looks like we’vementioned this tip before. Sorry for the dupe, everyone! The To-Do List: Youre Doing It Wrong....

July 7, 2014 · 1 min · 78 words · Phyllis Long

Make Your Own Cardboard Virtual Reality Kit

Now you’re able to make one at home. For the complete list of materials and instructions, hit the link below. Bonus: you’ve got the option to use the cardboard from an extra large pizza.

July 7, 2014 · 1 min · 34 words · Kristina Dominguez

Polymo Organizes Photos Before You Take Them

iPhone: Organizing a library of photos on your iPhone is still a pain these days. Polymo’s main goal is to make organizing your photos easy. Polymo also has a handy passcode feature to lock down certain photos and an easy to use camera. If you’re the key in to pre-organize, Polymo’s a handy tool to have around. Polymo($1.99) | iTunes App Store

July 7, 2014 · 1 min · 62 words · Michele Fisher

Protect Your Camera Lenses with a Beer Cozy (and Other Camera Tricks)

Photography site COOPH suggests using a beer cozy to protect lenses when they’re out of the case. Check out the video above for even more cool photography tricks using household objects. 7 DIY Photography Tips Using Household Objects| COOPH

July 7, 2014 · 1 min · 39 words · Frederick Brooks

Study Shows that 10,000 Hours of Practice Isn't the Magic Number

The10,000 hours of practice rulesuggests that it takes about 10,000 hours of practice to master any skill. The Princeton study analyzed 88 other studies about deliberate practice. There is no doubt that deliberate practice is important, from both a statistical and a theoretical perspective. It is just less important than has been argued," says Macnamara. “For scientists, the important question now is, what else matters? It may free us from self-blame if we’re just not getting the hang of something....

July 7, 2014 · 1 min · 95 words · Brian Rowe

Suggestions Toggle Enables and Disables Autocorrect With a Double Tap

Suggestions Toggle is an Xposed module that lets you switch autocorrect on and off whenever you want. To use this, you’ll needthe Xposed framework, which we’ve shown youhow to install. Then install Suggested Toggle from the link below. Activate the moduleit has no permission requirementsand start your phone. A double tap in a text field is all it takes to toggle autocorrect suggestions on and off. Suggested Toggle works with both the Google keyboard and SwitftKey....

July 7, 2014 · 1 min · 83 words · Susan Russell

Use Trade Shows to Network Your Way Into a New Job

Remember, it’s not a job fair. You don’t want to go, resume in hand, asking for interviews. Instead,use the opportunity to build your professional web connection. 5 Steps for Networking Your Way to a Job at a Trade Show| Careerealism Photo byPopCultureGeek.

July 7, 2014 · 1 min · 42 words · Paul Gaines PhD

Why Video Games Can Improve Your Mental Skills

Additionally, video games can help with developing a strong attention to detail. Can Video Games Make You Smarter?| ASAP Science

July 7, 2014 · 1 min · 20 words · Crystal Barnett DVM

Five Best TV Tuner Cards

Here are five of the best. Earlier in the week,we asked you for the TV tuners you thought were the best. The price doesn’t hurt either, you might grab onefrom Amazon for $109. you’re free to read morein its nomination thread here. If you’re interested, they’re$130 at Amazon. you could read morein its nomination thread here. It’s compatible with Windows Media Center, and Windows 7 and 8. The price is nice tooyou can get onefor $64 at Amazon....

July 6, 2014 · 2 min · 260 words · Michael Sims

JSTorrent Downloads Torrents on a Chromebook

JSTorrent is BitTorrent client that works on any Chromebook. The interface makes it simple to add torrents. Just right hit the link and it adds it to the downloader. It works well even on the low-end ARM based Chromebooks. I tried it on my Acer C720 and it worked like a charm. A few other free clients exist for Chrome, but JStorrent was easy to use and has excellent support....

July 6, 2014 · 1 min · 92 words · George Martinez