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Archive for April, 2011

Coming Soon: Ninite for Mac. Interview with Patrick Swieskowski, Ninite’s Cofounder

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Ninite is a nifty piece of software – you go to Ninite.com, choose a bunch of applications that you want to install on your computer, get a single Ninite installer that fetches all the apps you’ve chosen and installs them for you without asking a single question.

Patrick Swies, Cofounder, Ninite

Ninite also makes sure it nukes the toolbar crapware that comes with software installers. That’s why Ninite impresses people. It’s a beautiful product with a loyal fan base. If you’re a family tech support guy, you need to have it. If you’re an IT guy, you need to have it. Period.

What follows is an interview with Patrick Swieskowski, cofounder of Ninite. If you’ve been waiting for a Mac counterpart of Ninite for a long time, read on. If you want to know why Ninite Pro is priced at $20, read on. If you want to know what drives Ninite’s popularity, read on.

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April 25th, 2011 at 8:14 pm

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7 Insanely Useful Android Apps For College

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If you’re in college and recently got yourself an Android phone, you’ve come to the right place. What follows is a list of some incredibly useful Android apps. These apps don’t get as much press, but they’re useful, nevertheless. Check them out, one by one.

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April 25th, 2011 at 8:00 pm

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10 Surefire Ways To Get Extra Disk Space In Your Android Phone

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Chances are you got an Android phone recently and you are already fed up with low disk space warnings like this one below.

There are quite a number of things that hog up your Android phone’s internal memory but if you desperately need some extra space, read on (republished from mobhip.com).
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April 25th, 2011 at 5:08 pm

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7 Ways To Use CCleaner Like A Pro

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(Guest Post by Ashutosh Mishra)

System cleaning apps for Windows are a dime a dozen these days, but there is just one that has been holding the throne for a long long time – CCleaner. With its small footprint, superfast cleaning, and attention to detail, CCleaner has remained insanely popular for years.

CCleaner is plenty good as it is, but did you know that it can do quite a bit more than manual system cleaning? In this post, we shall see how you can utilize some of the lesser known features of CCleaner to make the most of this wonderful app.
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April 11th, 2011 at 7:30 pm

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Five Tips For A Better Grooveshark Experience

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If Grooveshark is your number one destination for music all day, read on. We’ve got five tips you can use to make the Grooveshark experience better.
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April 8th, 2011 at 8:10 pm

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