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2017-10 Best Free OCR Tools to Convert Your Files Back Into Editable Documents
Believe it or not, some people still print documents on physical pieces of paper. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software takes those printed documents and converts them right back into machine-readable text. We’ve found some of the best free OCR tools and compared them for you here. No OCR program is perfect, so you’ll have to check the results and fix a few problems. Still, it’s a lot faster than typing the entire document back into the computer. Each of these free OCR software tools has its own s...
Posted on October 27th, 2017
2017-10 Basic Programming Principles
Anyone can write code. But good code? That’s where it gets tough. We’ve all heard horror stories about spaghetti code, massive if-else chains, entire programs that can break just by changing one variable, functions that look like they were obfuscated, and so on. That’s what happens when you try to make a shippable product with only a semester of programming experience under your belt. Don’t settle for writing code that works. Aim to write code that can be maintained — not only by yourself, but by anyone ...
Posted on October 26th, 2017
2017-10 Handle PowerShell Errors Like a Boss With These Tips
When you first start scripting in PowerShell, it can be tempting to package up a series of commands. However, if your script fails you will not know where to start troubleshooting. To save yourself from wasting time trying to guess why your script failed, you should use error handling. There are four parts to PowerShell error handling: the Error Action parameter, Try/Catch blocks, the Error Variable parameter, and logging. PowerShell Error Handling the Easy Way The first time you want to handle errors is...
Posted on October 26th, 2017
2017-10 Print Your Google Backup Verification Codes to Prevent Getting Locked Out
If you use Google’s two-step authentication system to protect your Google accounts, you could accidentally get locked out. It’s one of the biggest risks of two-factor authentication. And if you can’t get a mobile signal, then you can’t get the needed SMS messages in time. What can you do? You fall back on one of the oldest storage systems known to man: paper. Backup Codes (Can) Come to Your Rescue I recently asked a few of my tech-savvy friends if they knew about backup codes for when Authenticator fails...
Posted on October 26th, 2017
2017-10 New in HTML5
HTML5 is the latest and greatest version of the most widely used markup language on the web. There are some big changes from the last version of the language, and if you’re not using them, you’re missing out on some really cool functionality. We don’t have the room to cover every new element in the fifth version of HTML, but these nine are some of the most important ones. For more information on the new elements and APIs in HTML5, be sure to check out W3Schools. An Introduction to Semantic Elements Like ...
Posted on October 24th, 2017
2017-10 Work Like a Google Team With These Tools
Google has one of the most enviable company cultures of any business in the world. Aside from its tricked-out office spaces, Google is famous for its many perks and employee-driven creativity. But what makes Google a truly great place to work is its spirit of collaboration and drive for teamwork. Over the last couple of years, Google studied the habits of 180 teams. It also carried out hundreds of interviews. The company wants to understand what makes a perfect team. It offers numerous tools to help peop...
Posted on October 24th, 2017
2017-10 You Never Thought of Using Your Windows Start Menu Like This!
You don’t use your Start Menu much, do you? Besides the casual search for a program, most users don’t. Instead, it stays discretely nestled within the Windows UI never to meet its full potential. That is, until now! Read on to turn your Start Menu into a one-stop repository for almost anything you’d need to know from your PC. If you’ve never modified your Start Menu before, learn the basics of the Windows 10 Start Menu customization here. 1. Voice-Enabled Assistant First things first, enable Cortana. Ove...
Posted on October 24th, 2017
2017-10 Pay With Google Makes It Easier to Shop Online
Google is making it easier than ever to spend all of your hard-earned cash shopping online. This is something most of us do on a regular basis, but shopping online isn’t always as simple and stress-free as it should be. Google thinks it has the answer in the form of Pay With Google. There are so many online retailers who want your money these days it’s difficult to resist shopping online. Thankfully, there is an equally high number of ways to pay those retailers. The problem is you have to fill out your ...
Posted on October 23rd, 2017