Typefaces can shape a century of knowledge in their own way. Some are inextricably linked to specific purposes. In this article we’ll take a look at those which shaped the period between 1900 and the present day. Though this is ultimately a matter of opinion, we’ve done our best to explain our nominations. If you have other ideas, let us know in the comments below! Times New Roman Times New Roman is the font the average person is most likely to know....

With the use of fuesiso and nautilus-actions, we can easily create an option in Nautilus to mount the CD images right from the context menu (mouse right click). Here it goes: First, install fuseiso and nautilus actions Change the username to your login name Logout and back in. Download the userisomount.sh script to your home folder. Copy it to /usr/local/bin/ folder and make it executable. Download the Nautilus Actions Schemas for MOUNTING and UNMOUNTING disk images....

Linux Mint Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Linux Mint is an extremely popular Ubuntu variant, and for good reason. Mint provides several desktop solutions including Gnome, KDE, Fluxbox and XFCE, and what they all have in common is a solid software base with several of Linux’s “trickier” packages already installed. This includes some non-free software so that you have support for MP3, DVD, and Flash right out of the box....

What Is Domain Hijacking? To understand domain hijacking, you must have a simple understanding of what DNS is. DNS is also referred to as a “Domain Name System,” and it acts as an address book of sorts for the Web. When you type a web address into an address bar, the browser sends a request to the DNS which then matches the URL to an IP address. After that, the content you requested is loaded....

Base Clock & Boost Clock If you’re familiar with CPUs, you’re already familiar with the concept of the clock. If you’re not, the clock is essentially dictating how fast your GPU will run tasks. The base clock in a graphics card is the speed at which it runs without any optimization. This is just its run-of-the-mill mode. The boost clock speed indicates how fast the GPU will process information when you’re running highly graphics-intensive operations....

Page Builder with Drag and Drop Support Building visually appealing pages in WordPress is never an easy task. With Unyson’s visual drag and drop page builder, you can easily create your own fully customized page within minutes. The page builder itself contains a lot of elements like buttons, icons, tabs, sliders, layout options, media shortcodes, etc. Customizations Page building aside, customizing and controlling front end parts of your website like colors, backgrounds, fonts, headings, sidebar, etc....

Here’s where MarsEdit comes in, offering a great tool to aid the creation and management of content. Posts can be written offline and stored locally in HTML or Rich Text and then uploaded to your blog once you’re finished – you can even add photos too! Interested? Read on after the break to see how MarsEdit can revolutionise your blogging routine. Getting Started Launching MarsEdit brings up the screen shown above (albeit without my added blogs) and one can add blogs to the interface with a simple click of the + button, followed by entering your blog details....

Post to Multiple Accounts from One Device If you have a business, chances are you have an Instagram for the public and a separate private account for family and friends. Fortunately, you can post to both accounts from the same device without having to enter in your login details every time. To link an additional account to your Instagram app, tap on the profile icon at the bottom-right of the Instagram app (the one that looks like a person)....

This is a sponsored article and was made possible by VideoProc. The actual contents and opinions are the sole views of the author who maintains editorial independence, even when a post is sponsored. What Is VideoProc Vlogger? VideoProc Vlogger is a video-editing software aimed at vloggers and social media producers, as well as everyone else. It’s been designed to be quite intuitive and easy to take up, even by beginning video editors/creators....

Here’s everything you need to know about Snapdragon AR2, including how it works, what features the platform powers and how it differs from Qualcomm’s current Snapdragon XR platform. What is Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1? The Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 is Qualcomm’s first Snapdragon platform purpose-built for augmented reality glasses. With this platform, Qualcomm wants to revolutionise the AR glasses form factor and push new spatial computing experiences between the real-world and the metaverse....

This is something we’ve never discussed here, but many of our writers were chomping at the bit to share with us what their favorite technology movie is. What do you think it is? Follow along to find out what our writers ranked as the best when we asked them, “What is your favorite technology/artificial intelligence movie?” Our Opinion Are you ready to find out what our writers named as their number one technology/artificial intelligence movie?...

OS X Yosemite Looks are everything, or at least that is usually what Apple’s motto seems to be. They always have beautiful interfaces and strive to have it be the first thing people notice. Each version seems to be even more so. For OS X Yosemite, Apple is streamlining toolbars and making windows translucent so that what you notice is your wallpaper and your project. They’ve changed to a fresh new typeface as well, a sans serif style....

However, since then, more details on Windows 10X has surfaced, and it’s looking to be different from the base Windows 10 experience. Let’s pry open what was found and look at some of the more interesting changes. Dynamic Wallpapers Windows 10X will have dynamic wallpapers by default. If you don’t know what these are, these are wallpapers that move instead of being a static image. It’s a more interesting way to have a background that changes but more advanced than a slideshow....

Unfortunately, on April 11th, 2017 Microsoft will stop supporting Windows Vista altogether. This comes five years after they stopped offering what they call “mainstream support” for Vista, which included incident support with no charge to the user. Even after its mainstream support ended, however, it was still covered under “extended support” where Microsoft still tries to support Vista, albeit sometimes with a charge attached. In about a month’s time, however, this extended support will come to an end, meaning Microsoft will stop supporting Vista altogether....

The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has released a browser extension for Chrome and FireFox called Privacy Badger. It’s an extension designed to block trackers and advertisements that track you and your personal information. While other extensions serve a similar purpose (and Privacy Badger’s code is rooted in that of AdBlock Plus), Privacy Badger functions quite differently and serves a separate purpose. Let’s get into that. How does it function? Adblocking extensions typically use what is called a “black list” which filters known URLs for various advertisements in order to block them....

In this article we ask what are the ideal settings for making small, fast videos on the Macs Crisp Clean Video When you are encoding videos on your Mac you are sometimes presented with choices such as codecs, bitrates, frame rates, resolutions and so on. Most of these are self explanatory, but some are crucial to the quality and file size of your output. What is the point of making a great video if it’s so huge it won’t play because it fills up the memory of the machine it’s playing on or if it’s so highly compressed that it looks like it was animated out of LEGOs?...

Installing Lua is simple. On Ubuntu you can use the Software Center or if you prefer the command line use: Once installed, you have access to two tools, lua which is the Lua language interpreter and luac which is the Lua compiler. Programming in Lua is very easy to learn. Using a text editor, create a file called hellomte.lua with the following line: Save the file and then from the command prompt, go to the directory where you saved the file and run the Lua program like this: The output, as I hope you expected, was the text Hello Make Tech Easier!...

Note: XMultiWindow is an Xposed Module and requires Xposed Framework to work. It also requires your phone to be rooted. Installation Assuming that you have already installed Xposed Installer on your device, you can download “XMultiWindow” from the “Download” section (Alternatively, you can download the app here). After the download, activate it in the “Modules” section. Usage The usage is very simple. First, run the XMultiWindow app and click the “Sidebar Settings,” followed by “Sidebar App Settings....

Let’s look through the Privacy Settings portion of your Windows Settings and find the area where you would like to tighten up your security. General settings allow you to change the overall level of privacy on your computer with regards to personalizing your advertising experience. If you do not want Microsoft gathering this data, you can toggle all three switches to off or select only the ones you agree to....

Maybe it’s because of the App Store reviewing process, the less fragmented environment, or the influence of Apple’s attention to details (or the combination of them), but iOS apps are generally known for their better quality. Many of the best mobile apps started out as iOS apps before expanding to other territories, and many of those apps stay as iOS-only apps. Here are some of the best iOS apps that you can’t find in Android....