How to use Dropbox to sync your Documents folder between Macs for free

When we took a look at thefive most powerful apps on the Mac, Dropbox made it on to our list. We also briefly mentioned in the article how you could use a free third-party app called MacDropAny to keep your default Documents folder in sync with Dropbox. Here, we give you an in-depth tutorial on how to use Dropxbox with MacDropAny to keep the Documents folder on various Macs in sync....

5 min · 1063 words · Amber King

How to use Electron to build responsive desktop apps

How to use Electron to build responsive desktop apps How does Electron work? Electron is built on top of 3 main components: Each of these components interacts on a different level on the Electron architecture layer, as shown in the architecture diagram. Electron works with two types of processes. It’s important to note that the renderer processes cannot access OS features directly. Instead, they communicate with theMain Processthrough IPC to achieve these tasks....

2 min · 424 words · Carmen Allen

How to use emotion to make your brand’s content more compelling

How to use emotion to make your brand’s content more compelling What do you feel? Don’t overlook positive emotions In a recent study, my team at Fractl examinedthe emotions that are prevalent across top news sites, as part of our job is to earn media coverage for our content. The results shed light on what types of stories these publishers are running and what emotions they’re most likely to incite in readers....

5 min · 925 words · Alexander Garcia

How to use Facebook status updates to track news in Egypt.

When news breaks Twitter is often the first place people turn to. Watching the#Egypthashtag today could bring even the most hard-hearted to despair. But given the global attention of today’s situation in Egypt, the news has penetrated my Facebook newsfeed and there was a great number of status updates regarding the violent protests taking place in Cairo. Openbook, a website founded byPeter BurnsandWill MoffatisTwitter search, but for Facebook . Burns and Moffat setup Openbook to highlight the flaws of Facebook’s privacy policy, however I have been using it as my de facto tool for searching Facebook status updates for breaking news....

2 min · 367 words · Victoria Turner

How to use goo.gl to see if your email has been read

If you need a new way to track if your email messages are being read by an uninvited third party, and the‘image download method’isn’t working for you. Then you will like this post.Amit Agarwalhas come up with an interesting use of the goo.gl URL shortner to track read emails. It’s really simple to do. If you have any links in your email usegoo.glto shorten it, make sure to put a plus sign in your original URL before you shorten in....

2 min · 309 words · Bryan Ramos
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