Considering Instagram photos won’t be appearing in Twitter timelines, this appears to be a quick solution — and possibly a permanent one, depending on how good these filters are. I have to do some testing to find out and see what I think, personally, but it looks to be an easier and faster way to share photos straight from the Twitter app with filter applications. Meanwhile, here’s a video tutorial on how to use the new photo editing features in the new Twitter:...

I tested this using a CDMA Galaxy Nexus, an Asus Transformer Prime, and a Motorola Droid X. The two emulators I’m showing are Nesoid and Mame4droid. Fire up Mame4droid. Tap the X to get rid of the input notification so you can tap Option in the upper right. Tap settings. Tap Define Keys. Tap Player 1. You’ll see a list of movements and their respective buttons. Go through each one until they are all mapped by tapping the movement on the tablet, then tapping the correlating button on the phone....

PhotoRec is a free and open-source, cross-platform utility that lets you recover data from a hard drive, flash drive, SD card, and other removable media. It’s a companion program to TestDisk, another open-source program that’s long been used by data recovery gurus for repairing partitions and making non-bootable disks bootable again. Together, PhotoRec and TestDisk are a powerful set of free data recovery tools. Undeleting photos and videos are just the tip of the iceberg....

Speaking at an investor conference in Boston today, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said the carrier will launch a “data share” program this summer that all customers who still have an unlimited data package from the days in 2011 and before when they were still offered will be migrated on to. That means that in the coming months, all Verizon customers will be moved to tiered pricing — no more $30 for all you can eat....

This is not a final version, so you can expect a few glitches and crashes here and there. You shouldn’t expect it to work flawlessly. Even the developers tell you that – every time you launch it. You’ll get the following warning screen — which is quite humorous. You can get the VLC for Android Beta in the Play Store, here. After launching VLC, it scans the media files on your device, which will take a while if you have a lot of media....

Bullying that takes place over these forums involves negative and harmful content about someone. The harm can also be indirect, such as sharing information about someone that is embarrassing. It’s all in an effort to publicly humiliate them. The worse forms of cyberbullying include illegal activities like stalking or threatening someone with physical harm. What is Cyberbullying and Why is it So Bad? All forms of cyberbullying have one main goal....

Personal Capital, our favorite free online finance tool, offers two main financial products. First, there’s the core product, an online personal dashboard that’s open to anyone and includes free investment tools and analyzers. The company also offers a wealth management product for clients with balances of $100,000 or more. For this, the company charges a maximum of 0.89 percent per year for assets under its management. Whether you’re first starting with investing or are a seasoned trader looking to take your portfolio in a new direction, Personal Capital has something for everyone, as you’ll learn below....

Where winit.exe came from Winit.exe (Windows Initialize) was made by Microsoft and is a core system process that originated in Windows XP since it has been passed down to both Windows 7 and Vista. The file was created to allow uninstallers to run and process commands stored in the file WinInit.ini. This allows programs to take action while the computer is still booting up. In Windows 7 and Vista, it primarily acts as a launcher for the majority of the background applications that are always running....

After the blogging software b2/cafelog was discontinued in 2003, two users – Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little – decided to build a new open-source blogging platform to replace it. On May 27, 2003, they announced the first version of the WordPress blogging platform. Since then, millions of users adopted the platform across the world. Thousands of developers built countless themes and addons to enhance the platform. Today, WordPress is the single most popular choice for website owners everywhere....

Windows 10 Creator Update – Blue Light Blue light is a health-focused feature that manages how the light reflected from your computer at night affects your eyes. Its primary goal is to reduce eye strain and promote better sleeping habits. Blue light initially appeared in early builds of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update but never made it to the final release. Screenshots show work Microsoft is working to make it easily accessible from the Display system settings....

Windows has set the time for years automatically but hasn’t changed the time zone automatically. You’d think that Windows was capable of this already, considering your smartphone and tablet have been doing this since their inception. But I digress, the feature is finally available, and here’s how to enable it. Automatically Switch Time Zones Windows 10 This should be turned on by default on your laptop, but before heading out on a business trip, you might want to double-check....

Using the Camera App in Windows 10 Take Photos There are some things you should know before you start using the Camera App in Windows 10. First, it is not as powerful as the one you would find on your smartphone. Examples include panorama, slow motion, or time-lapse. Also, the Camera app is limited by your device, so features such as a flash are not available, so don’t expect to use it as a replacement for a traditional point or shoot either....

Create a Shortcut to Lock Your Windows 7 PC First, right-click the Desktop and select New > Shortcut. In the Create Shortcut window type or copy in the following: Next, give the shortcut a name like “Lock Computer” and click Finish. Now the “Lock Computer” icon will appear on the desktop. Right-click on it and select Properties. In the Properties window select the Shortcut tab. Click Change Icon. Now type: C:\Windows\System32\imageres....

However, it appears that the Xbox One will be taking over the DVR duties of WMC and DVD playback support will be coming to Windows 10 later this year. Windows Media Center Killed off in Windows 10 According to Gabe, the reason WMC is now gone is because of decreased usage. While there are die hard WMC enthusiasts out there, this news really comes as no surprise since Microsoft didn’t include it by default in Windows 8, and hasn’t done anything with it since Windows 7....

Hack XP for Five Years of Patches The hack is easy enough to implement by changing a value in the Registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady. Quite simply, this hack tricks Microsoft Update in XP to continue to providing updates for it. I am not going to get into actually actually doing the hack for a couple of reasons. First, you can find it all over by doing a simple Google search. And secondly, according to Microsoft, it might not be all it’s cracked up to be, and the company warns against it....

Google Now and World Cup 2014 As you know, Google Now is a predictive digital assistant and eerily knows you’re interests and provide you with that information. It’s the same when it comes to the 2014 World Cup. If Google Now realizes you’re always searching for World Cup information, it will eventually ask you whether you want to get information about teams playing in the competition, as seen below. Even if you don’t get that card, you can always add the teams you want to follow to your sports team list....

Am I Eligible for the Free Windows 10 Upgrade? To be eligible for the free Windows 10 upgrade, your computer will need to be running any version of Windows 7 SP 1 or Windows 8.1 Update. Or, if you’re a Windows Insider, you will be upgraded to the final version automatically. Vista is not eligible for the upgrade, nor is XP — no reason anyone should be running that anyway. Windows RT and Enterprise editions are not eligible either....

You can archive older items, empty your deleted items, and locate and remove large messages, all in one spot. Here’s how to use the Mailbox Cleanup tool in Microsoft Outlook. Use Mailbox Cleanup in Outlook This tool is currently available in the desktop version of Microsoft Outlook on Windows. So, open Outlook and click File on the top left. If you have more than one account set up in Outlook, be sure to choose the account folder first, then click File....

Set OneDrive Sync Speeds To get started, right-click the OneDrive icon on the taskbar and select Settings. Then select the Network tab, and there you can change the upload and download rates (in kilobytes per second) to something that works better for your situation. Click OK when you’re done to save the changes. Everyone’s situation will be different, so there isn’t a “perfect setting” for this. You’ll need to do a bit of trial and error with it....

There’s a way to move money immediately between bank accounts just by using your iPhone. With Apple Cash, you can transfer cash right away for a small fee. Here’s how to do it. Apple Cash: A Review Originally called Apple Pay Cash, Apple Cash allows users to transfer money to others through the native Messages app on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Behind the scenes, the U.S.-only feature within Apple Pay also serves as a quick way to transfer money between two bank accounts, although that has never been the primary reason to use the service....