Posted by Samer on December 26, 2011 in Featured, Flash / SWF, Graphics, How To, Office, PowerPoint / presentations | Tagged Office, PowerPoint, Presentation |
Have you ever inserted a video into a PowerPoint presentation, only to discover that you are unable to distribute your presentation as a single file? Typically, inserting a video (or videos) into a PowerPoint will require that you make sure the video(s) are always placed within the same folder as the PowerPoint file, making the distribution or sharing of your PowerPoint very complicated. This is the case for 99% of the ‘how to insert a video into PowerPoint’ tutorials that I found on the web.
This post will show you how you can embed a video file into a PowerPoint presentation that will be self contained within a single PowerPoint file (PPT, PPTX, PPTM, PPTS, etc), and that you can share with colleagues and distribute online without needing to share the video files separately, without having to send zipped archives, and without having to instruct people on what to do with them. Continue reading ..
Posted by B.C. Tietjens on December 23, 2011 in Android, Audio, How To, iPhone / iPad, Video, Web2.0 | Tagged Christmas, Holiday, Santa |
Sending a personalized message to your children, friends and other family members is a fun way to celebrate the Holidays. There are a lot of fun and free ways to do this on the internet these days. Three of my favorites are: Google Santa, MagicSanta.ca, and PortableNorthPole.tv
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Posted by B.C. Tietjens on December 19, 2011 in Audio, Audio players | Tagged music, Windows Gadget |
SLAG-FS is a gadget for Windows 7 and Vista that lets you play your music in full screen interface for maximum entertainment value. Featuring support for Windows Media Player 11 and 12, SLAG-FS is designed for use on large monitors or televisions, so you can see and control your music without having to be at the keyboard. There are tons of different ways you can use SLAG-FS and it is totally free in every way. Continue reading ..
Posted by B.C. Tietjens on December 19, 2011 in Android, Instant Messaging, Internet, iPhone / iPad, Platform, VOIP, Web2.0 | Tagged Android, Easy, Instant, Iphone, Message, New, Push |
Blip.me is a fun and free way to turn your Android or iOS device into a virtual walkie-talkie. You can send voice messages with it, even to people who don’t have an Android or iPhone, and even to people that don’t have the app. It also allows you to send voice messages using your data plan, rather than your texting plan, and it takes up hardly any space on your Smartphone’s internal memory.
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Posted by Samer on December 19, 2011 in Audio, The Cloud, Web2.0 | Tagged music, Music Sharing |
Earbits is free, commercial free internet radio geared towards helping you discover new music from emerging artists. All you have to do is tell it what genre of music you like and it will deliver a constant stream of music from artists that you (probably) had not been previously exposed to.
Earbits offers the standard degree of social interactivity that you would expect from services like these: thumbs up or down, sharing on social media/Facebook/Twitter, live chat, and of course the ability to purchase music. But it also offers information on the artists being played and the option to preview some of their other tracks. Also available for iOS and Android.
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Have you ever inserted a video into a PowerPoint presentation, only to discover that you are unable to distribute your presentation as a single file? Typically, inserting a video (or videos) into a PowerPoint will require that you make sure the video(s) are always placed within the same folder as the PowerPoint file, making the distribution or sharing of your PowerPoint very complicated. This is the case for 99% of the ‘how to insert a video into PowerPoint’ tutorials that I found on the web.
