Not being able to see an application or operating system takes away all of the visual reminders that help you know where you are going. When asked to help someone with unfamiliar software over the phone, it can be difficult to guide the person to the correct spot. Chasms and Network Overload are two sites that provide interactive documentation of software, operating systems and … [Read more...]
ManageEngine goes freemium with ServiceDesk Plus help desk ticketing software
Last week, ManageEngine announced that they were now offering their help desk software called ServiceDesk Plus completely free with no restrictions. It used to be free for two technicians or as a trial for up to five technicians. Now, the software in the Standard tier is free without limitations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNPp7KZbd8 Much of their website still conveys … [Read more...]
Free software Ezvid leverages YouTube’s Content ID copyright protection to create a revenue stream
YouTube has a copyright protection system in place called Content ID. It scans uploaded videos and tries to match if the video contains copyrighted material such as being a TV episode or having copyrighted background music. If copyrighted material is detected, one result may be that YouTube places ads around and within your video. The revenue proceeds from those ads go to the … [Read more...]
Using Google AdSense on a responsive site
Responsive web design has become a fairly popular approach to making websites that look and work well across devices. Desktops, tablets, smartphones and other web-enabled devices have different viewing capabilities and responsive design provides your site with a bit of logic on how content should flow at different sizes. When I first switched 404 Tech Support over to a … [Read more...]
Microsoft: Windows XP users will receive pop-up reminders to upgrade
Beginning March 8th, Microsoft will push out a pop up to Windows XP computers. The pop up will tell them that Windows XP will no longer be supported after April 8th. Windows XP End of Support is on April 8th, 2014. Click Here to learn more. Don't show this message again. The Click Here link points to Microsoft's Windows XP End of Support website. The pop-ups will reappear … [Read more...]