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Português Facebook launches Trusted Contacts, help from friends if your account gets hacked
Facebook launched two-factor authentication almost two years ago, but the social networking service is improving its security a step further. After an initial limited test phase in 2011, Facebook has lauched Trusted Contacts globally, a way to recover access to your account through friends that you trust. The feature works by selecting between three to five friends to add to the Trusted Contacts list. If your account gets compromised or you forget your password, these friends can help by supplying security codes. Obviously, Facebook recommends you choose contacts who are... Read The Rest →
Google Handwrite gets easier and faster
Since Google launched Google Handwrite last summer for smartphones and tablets, they have been improving recognition quality and working on a number of features to make it easier and faster to handwrite searches on Google.It's possible now to distinguish between ambiguous characters, overlap characters, and write multiple characters at a time in Chinese. Is it an L, a 1 or an I? If you’ve tried Handwrite before, you may have had some trouble entering a lowercase “L”, the number “1”, or a capital “I”. Now, we provide alternate interpretations of your... Read The Rest →
How Search Works – The Story – Inside Google Search
Google's search engine is a powerful tool, there's no doubt about it. It only takes half a second for Google to return a search based on keywords you type in!! Without search engines like Google, it would be practically impossible to find the information you need when you browse the Web. Like all other search engines, Google uses a special algorithm to generate the search results. While Google shares general facts about its algorithm, the specifics are a company secret. This helps Google remain competitive with other search engines on... Read The Rest →
Photoshop in Real Life
Graphic designer Flora Borsi's Photoshop in Real Life images depict what the computer edits may look like if they took place on any given day. The menu of drop down tools are applied in a comical manner to the nose, lips, teeth and eyes of her subject. See how she did it bellow: Nuno Ricardo Da Silva – Creative – Criativo – Comunicação Online – Online Communication – Web Design – Design – Porto – Design Porto – Web Design Porto – Designer Porto
How To Turn Your Handwriting Into A Font With MyScriptFont
There are a lot of fonts available on the web, but you can be sure someone is using the same font as you are. Ever thought of having your own font, or even better turning a handmade alphabet into a font for personal or creative use? The idea behind MyScriptFont is that it allows you to create and generate fonts from your handwriting. You can even make up a new design for every letter in the alphabet, turn that into a workable font, then use it to create all your future work. All... Read The Rest →
