Create Widgets From Website on your Android Device Using Meta Widget

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There probably is a website or two that doesn’t have an Android app, but you still would like to get updates on the status of the site, and would be nice if you could see it on one of your home screens, and you can do just this by using the app Meta Widget which will turn a website into a Widget on your Android Home Screen, for more check out Meta Widget.

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Break or Make a Habit with Hipster Habit App

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Breaking a Habit or developing a new one can present various challenges because of the nature of human beings and routine being something humans tend to latch on too, or at times we have a hard time adopting something new into our lifestyles, either way you might find the service Hipster Habit App useful in helping you make these changes, for more check out Hipster Habit App.

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Get your Workout Reminders using Sworkit

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It might not always be on your mind during the day that you haven’t workout for 15 or 30 minutes, and so you might go a day or so without remembering that you have to do this, in order to help you remember you might want to employ the service Sworkit which will give you those reminders at random times of the day that you need to get your workout on, for more check out Sworkit service and Android/iOS apps.

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Find your Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts using CheatSheet

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When your trying to find ways to simplify your desktop experience, keyboard shortcuts can cut down on clicks and get you to where you really want to be, but the question is do you know the keyboard shortcuts available to you on your Mac OS X desktop, and to that end you might want to employ the program CheatSheet to list all of those Keyboard shortcuts in one place, for more check out CheatSheet for Mac OS X.

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Get Visual Search Results with Yahoo! Axis Browser Extension/Addon

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Perhaps your not a fan of the standard view you get of a web search, and your interested in a more visual experience, well to that end you might want to check out the Yahoo! Axis extension for most major browsers which allows you to see a Visual set of results which may be more preferable to you, for more check out Yahoo! Axis Extension/Addon.

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Send Photos From your Smartphone to your Browser with Bump for Android & iOS Devices

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If your in the market for an app that will easily allow you to share your media with other phones or even now your browser, you might want to consider the app Bump, which just updated to now allow for the transfer of photos from your Mobile device to your browser, for more check out Bump for Android & iOS.

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Enable Animation in Windows Explorer with AniExplorer

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Windows Explorer sometimes seems so plain and dry, but what if you could add a few custom animations for certain events to give Windows Explorer a little life, well you can do just this with your copy of Windows 7 or 8 using the program AniExplorer which will allow you to assign customized animations to events you want, for more check out AniExplorer for Windows 7 & 8.

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TiVo Stream joins your iOS device into your TiVo Premium World

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If you are currently a premium TiVo user, you’ll be pleased to note the new TiVo Stream feature which will take your saved or streaming video and have it sent to your iOS device of you so choose, which might be useful for those of us on the go but still want to check out that show of interest or for whatever reason if your a TiVo users you’ll probably find some way to make this feature work for you, for more check out this official post regarding TiVo Stream.

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Share Media While on a Phone call using Sidecar

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If the idea of making a phone call over WiFi doesn’t bother you, and you have a need to send files or other media while your on a conversation with someone, then you might want to check out the Android & iOS app Sidecar which will allow you to call other users of the app for free over WiFi, which allows you to send media to them without much hassle, for more check out Sidecar for Android or Sidecar for iOS.

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Take Certain Android Apps for a Test spin VIA Amazon Appstore’s Test Drive Beta Feature

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Amazon Appstore has begun to test a new feature of the store, call Test Drive, which will allow you to use an app for a trial period, then you can go ahead an purchase the app or not, which is an amazing gift to many android users, that find that sometimes Apps aren’t what they say they are, or your device just doesn’t play nice with certain apps, either way if the feature is available for your device you might want to check it out before your next app purchase, for more check out the Amazon Appstore.

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