How to get Netflix for roughly half the price

After a sudden expansion, Netflix is now available in almost every country. Chances are you already have a Netflix subscription or you're considering one. If you already have a Netflix subscription then you'll need to make a new account in order to take advantage of this half-price workaround.

Not many people are aware that Netflix charges different prices in different countries. I've done some googling and it seems that Netflix in Colombia is cheaper than anywhere else in the world.

In the UK, a basic Netflix plan will cost you £6 a month, while the premium costs £9 a month. In contrast, the basic plan in Colombia costs the equivalent of £3.5 while the premium costs only £6. So you could be getting premium for the same price as a basic plan if you follow this trick.

Here's what you need to do.

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Internet temporarily down? Try this with Chrome

There are many scenarios in which you may be left with a few minutes with no internet. Instead of endlessly refreshing your browser hoping to see the webpage load, Google is offering a more fun option to Chrome users.

What may look like a boring page with a random dinosaur is in fact, a hidden game. Tap the up arrow on your keyboard and the random dinosaur will jump up, and the game will start. All you do is jump over cacti, but it's certainly a lot more fun than hitting F5 forever. Once you regain internet connection I believe the game ends itself and your page loads, otherwise try and raise your high score.

The game is fairly easy after a few tries. Regardless, it's a fun way to pass those few minutes that may seem endless.

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Deleting Safari History Does Not Remove All Traces Of A Website From Your iPhone

It’s common habit by many iPhone users to clear browsing history from safari. However the assumption usually is that this removes all evidence of visited websites from the iPhone. Unfortunately that’s not the case.

Your iPhone automatically stores website data, this is visible in the settings app. Website data is used to help improve your safari experience as it saves your data and loads it for you. The problem with this is that even when you clear your history, your website data remains visible from the settings app. This could expose certain websites you’ve visited in the past.

Don’t worry though, there’s always a solution!

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How to See All Passwords Used in Safari for iPhone

Safari on iPhone is fast, sexy and powerful. One of the features that make Safari powerful is it's ability to remember your passwords from sites across the web. Most internet users have grown used to the autofill option in browsers, but how many of you know that all your passwords are accessible from your iPhone to anyone who knows your phone's password?

Let's give it a shot. Follow through my step by step tutorial to view all passwords on your iPhone!

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Top 5 Alternatives to the Twitter app on iPhone

Twitter is the world's most used micro-blogging service. It is accessible by almost all devices with an internet connection using the web version, Twitter's official smart phone app and third party apps. Being a huge Twitter user I decided to spend some time looking for the top alternatives to the Twitter app on iPhone.

The results of my research and experimenting with each app for a few days lead to this blog post. For each app I'll state the pros and cons of the app as well as a paragraph with any more information. I hope this helps.

Keep in mind that the apps are not all necessarily in any order.

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iOS 8 is for the developers .. then the users

On June 2nd, Apple announced iOS 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite at it's World Wide Developer Conference. In this post I'll be focusing more on iOS 8.

Considering that just last year Apple redeisgned iOS 7 from the ground up, it wasn't expected that we see any major redesigns this year. Additionally a Mac redesign took place this year. When Apple redesigned iOS last summer the Mac got a very small upgrade so I wasn't hoping for much to begin with.

Although I am pleased with some of the user-end upgrades in iOS 8 I'll admit that I was disappointed by having no major breakthroughs. That's the case for now. But what most people aren't aware of is that iOS 8 is an update that empowered developers to do much more so that in return the users are happy.

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Insight into the Role of Technology in Academic Achievements

This is a guest post by Ebin Mathew. He gives us insight into the role of technology in academic achievements. More details about Ebin at the end of the post.

Nearly every aspect of our life involves technology to a certain extent and academics certainly aren’t an exception… and, it should not be either, since it has proven to help the field in all the imaginable ways. In fact, the application and use largely depends upon the creativity of the academicians and students. 

A decade and a half back, when it was initially introduced in schools, it was very limited and was used mostly to learn the subject of computers; today the scene has changed, students hardly carry paper and pens in many cases. Why has it taken over the education system so largely? Well, here are a few factors explaining the same:

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Apple acquiring Beats for $3.2 billion

Apple is acquiring Beats for a large $3.2 billion, making this Apple's most expensive acquisition ever. The news comes in after reports of Apple wanting to make a music streaming service that competes directly with services such as Pandora, Spotify & Rdio. There are several reports confirming this deal, and even a video embedded below where Dr Dre confirms it himself.

Joining the family soon

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Google vs Apple [Infographic]

I don't usually like to share any Apple vs Google articles on my blog as it will almost certainly end with an "Apple is better than Google" or "Google is better than Apple". I personally believe it's opinionated. There is currently no company that is completely better than the other one in all aspects.

Having said that, below is an infographic titled Apple vs Google. The infographic shows differences in ideas and the history of the two companies, and it's certainly a good piece for any tech fan to take a look at.

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Smartphone Shortcomings- 4 big ways smartphones are expected to improve [Infograph]

Smartphones are credited for being so advanced and convenient. Most modern smartphones show you directions to a nearby shop without you needing to even touch the screen. There are however limitations that have been created. I used to charge my very old Nokia once a month, and now an average smartphone is charged 2.4 times a day in New York.

There is room for improvement for smartphones, and today I'm sharing with you an infographic from the folks at Computer Science Hub that shows the 4 big ways smartphones are expected to improve in the near future. I hope you like it.

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iOS 7 jailbreak released

Without telling anyone in advance, Evad3rs released the Evasi0n jailbreak for iOS 7.0 - 7.0.4. To get the jailbreak simply head over to Evasi0n's official website and download it. Read on for a few warnings and tips.

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What's the point of the Scroll Lock button?

The scroll lock key was intended to provide scrolling of text up & down, or right & left in applications. This was useful before screens got bigger and before full screen applications became so common. However, in the modern day, the scroll lock feature has been replaced by scroll bars and simpler methods of navigation.

Scroll lock was also used in the Linux console to pause text from scrolling past the user, and therefore allowing the user to take a look at the text.

Although the scroll lock buttons appears like an extra wasted button on your keyboard, there are some applications that still make use of it. The most common ones are Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and IBM Lotus Notes. Having said that, the scroll lock is not a necessity in any of these applications. An article on Wikipedia shows other uses for the Scroll Lock button.

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Top 3 Flash Games to play on your computer this weekend

Now that the weekend is here, it's time to have a bit of fun and quit working. To make sure you have a fun weekend I collected 3 of my favorite flash games and linked to them from this post alongside a mini review of each game. I hope you like them.

1- Football heads

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Send Snapchats from your camera roll using Snaproll on iOS

Snapchat is a really popular photo messaging app in which users snap and send photos that disappear within a few seconds. That's all great and fun, unless you've ever wanted to send a picture or video from your camera roll to your friends.

Worry no more, as Snaproll is here to save you.

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Infographic: Smartphones Users By Numbers

Check out the infographic below and tell us what you think:

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SkyBell- The best doorbell you can buy for $199

When was the last time someone rang your doorbell and you wanted to find out who it is without having to get up? If the answer is 'pretty recently' and you have a spare $199 to spend then SkyBell should be on your Christmas list.

SkyBell is a sleek doorbell packing many great features. It features an invisible infrared LED, a camera, button, LED indicator, motion sensor, speaker and a microphone.

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Left Facebook logged in on a friend's phone or a public computer? Here's how to log out

Don't worry we've all been there. Last week I left my Facebook account logged in on a friend's phone, which is what lead me up to type up this post. There's no need to panic as the instructions are extremely easy. Using your computer you can log yourself out of any phone or computer that you left yourself logged into.

1- Log into Facebook using your computer, then tap on account settings

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How to insert and see Emoji on Windows

Just recently I posted a short tutorial on how to insert emojis on Mac, but today I'll show you a quick way to insert and see emoji on a Windows. Note: this method works on Mac too.

As you probably know, emoji don't appear correctly on Windows. The fix to this is to open a website called iemoji.com. This website lets you convert the boxes and question marks seen on Windows to emojis. Additionally, it shows you a list of emojis which you can use in your own tweets or documents. They will appear as boxes everywhere except iemoji for you, but Apple users will see them as emoji. The site is pretty self explanatory but if you don't know how to use it I'll show you using images below.

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How to insert emoji on Mac

Emoji are becoming increasingly popular on the iPhone. If you want to start making your tweets and documents more colorful on a Mac by inserting Emoji then this post will show you how it's done.

The method is pretty easy and involves adding a shortcut to your dock for quick access.

1- Open Finder

2- Press Shift+Command+G then search for /System/Library/Input Methods

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Turn off retweets for specific accounts in Twitter app

The screenshots used in this article have been taken in the Twitter app for iPhone. The instructions are similar for other phones and even for the web.

One of the problems I used to face with Twitter was when good accounts retweet bad tweets. If you follow accounts that tweet jokes and retweet sponsored tweets then you'll find this tutorial very helpful. Even if you're not, and you just want to stop seeing retweets from a certain user on your timeline then this guide will be particularly useful to you.

Here's the step-by-step guide.

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