Thursday, November 13, 2014

5 people who might try to ruin your wedding

THE TESTY BRIDESMAID The Problem: "I love my maid of honor, but getting her in a dress that wasn't black or covered every inch of her was a task. If we found a color or a print, she would tell me that she didn't want to take attention away from the bride." Our Advice: If one of your bridesmaids is a little nervous about showing some skin or wearing a bold color, it's better to find her an alternate option than to force her into something she's...

15 Things Not to Apologize for in Your Relationship

Whoever said “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” clearly hadn’t spent an hour in a house with two married people. For most couples, sorry serves as a convenient catch all that can stand for anything from "You knew it was your turn to do carpool duty" to "Yup, honey, don’t bother looking for that pint of Haagen Daz from last night." But even though it may smooth the waters in the moment, sorry isn’t doing your bond any favors in the long...

20 Things You Didn't Know About 3-D Printing

1. We’ve heard so much hype about the wonder of 3-D printers, but they aren’t really printers at all. They’re “additive manufacturers” more akin to Star Trek’s replicators, building incredibly complex three-dimensional objects by spraying materials in successive layers through special nozzles. 2. Unlike Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, you can’t yet order “tea, Earl Grey, hot,” but several foodstuffs are already in testing, including scallops, cookies...

What exactly is a landing page?

If you are using a home page as your landing page, be assured you are losing valuable sales leads. The home page of a website is designed to be general purpose and explains what it is your business does, and why you do it so well. Imagine your home page is the shop front window: the buyer may stop and admire your products, but if you cannot engage the buyer’s interest, they are just as likely to continue window-shopping onto the next website,...

9 Spotify tools for hardcore music fans

What more could music fans want from an app that contains more than 20 million songs? Quite a bit, it turns out. There are several tools you can use to get more out of using Spotify, whether it's a brand new Premium feature that connects your phone and desktop, a website that creates a playlist to relive that incredible show you went to last week, or a browser extension that opens up a Spotify search whenever you right-click text (just don't...

5 Apps That Will Change The Way You Think About Photos

Your smartphone has a great camera, these apps will make the photos you take even smarter. When it comes to taking a good photograph, the human eye is still the best sensor. What happens to the image after that is probably something a machine can do just as well or better, especially given the massive number of images piling up in our photo albums today. And that's why the breakthroughs in the next era of imagery are going to be done by computers. Apps...

Samsung reveals 3D virtual reality camera, new plans for health tracking

Samsung just revealed a host of new products and tools for developers, including new details about its futuristic health tracker and a 3D camera for its virtual reality headset. The announcements came during Wednesday's keynote presentation at the company's second developer conference in San Francisco. SEE ALSO: Samsung Gear VR: What a Trip "VR is about much more than games and video," Nick DiCarlo, Samsung's vice president of immersive products...