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App: Playing Around with Words and Pictures on Phonto

Smart phones and tablet users enjoy a wide variety of applications that can be used for entertainment and artistic expression. These include camera and photo editing applications which is great for snapping pictures instantly and sharing them with your friends. Photo editing applications are also great tools for those who love to add more fun in their pictures by tweaking them a bit. Users who want to include verbal expressions in their images may easily do so with the right application. This is where having a Phonto can come in handy. The Phonto application allows users to add text in their pictures which can work like a watermark, label, thought expression, or title. There are more than ...

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App: Crafty Photo Sharing from Picstitch

There are several ways to share one's travel experiences or fun moments with the family. Nowadays, one of the quickest ways to tell a story is through images. Thanks to modern gadgets and applications people can take snap shots of their experiences and share them with friends and loved ones in a flash. One such application is the Picstitch for iOS, a cool download for the crafty shutterbug. The Picstitch is a great application for people who love to take pictures using their smart phones and post them in their personal pages immediately. It has 32 layout variations that one can use in making a photo collage or create some artistic photos using the application's effects. Photo fanatics can ...

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Give Your Gadgets Proper Protection with Adequate Antivirus Software

  The use of technology is part and parcel of this generation’s lifestyle. Desktops and laptops are regular fixtures at home and in the office while tablets, smart phones, and the likes often go wherever we go. These gadgets connect us to other people, make information accessible and help us manage our daily tasks efficiently through various application features. You may have even heard people say that their gadget is their life because it stores data that are important in each aspect of their life. As such, these tools need to be equipped with proper protection or you might lose these precious data. Must.protect.them. The best way to protect your gadget is to install an ...

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First Day of School Cone (Schultüte) : How to Make in 7 Easy Steps

Living in a different country than where we grew up surely made hubby and I more modest and accepting to the traditions that we're not used to. As long as its not compromising to Bible beliefs, we allow the kids to participate. One of those we're used to having are school ceremonies like graduations and recognition days to mark a child's milestone in the academic aspect of his life. We don't have those here, but there is one important routine that kids look forward to. That is, receiving their Schultüte or school cone (sometimes also called Zuckertüte or sugar cone). While not a requirement, it is a fun routine that not only parents, but also grandparents, kindergarten pedagogues, ...

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12 Essential Things To Do On Long Trips With The Family To Avoid Boredom

Whether you travel by plane, by train, by bus, or by car, you should consider boredom as one of the things that might hinder a smooth and fuss-free travel. This is especially true to toddlers and younger children, who have shorter attention span than bigger kids. Hunger, toilet time, the time and length of travel and also the weather should be factors to be considered, too. But bigger kids get bored too, they might have good attention span, but sitting for long hours would make them look for things to keep their hands and minds busy. You can use the long hours to teach them a thing or two - not only with being patient, but also things like bible books and characters, counting, addition, ...

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Earthlings Can Reach The Moon: A Tribute

As an engineer, I'd like to give a little tribute to the first man to step on the moon, Neil Armstrong, who recently died (August 25, 2012). When I was a child, I am dreaming to become an astronaut. I ever wander what's on that moon. Wandering if there's a dragon or any creature there. I thought that humans can never reach the moon. But as I learned history, there's already a proof that humans can reach the moon. Neil Armstrong is the first proof. Thanks a lot  Neil Armstrong. ...

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