Even if Steve Jobs has expressed his skepticism concerning how useful Flash would be on a mobile device, that didn’t stop Adobe from developing it further. The people that will be the happiest will be the ones using a Motorola Xoom. The new version is a “finished production quality release for Android 2.2 and 2.3 devices and a BETA release for Android 3.0.1+ tablets”, according to the official notes accompanying the download....

Over the last few Friday Fun groovyPost’s, we’ve mentioned a few old-school gaming articles, like the Android Nintendo 64 Emulator, our ZSNES article and our tutorial guide to playing old-school DOS games on a Vista or Windows 7 computer. Well if old-schoolin it isn’t your thing, today I’ll explain how-to get a free copy of Team Fortress 2 on your Mac or PC. Downloading Steam Steam is a great online service that let’s you buy and download games for Windows and the Mac....

Do you use voicemail transcription on your Android phone? Does your carrier provide this service free of charge? If you answered “no” to either of those questions, then Yap might be just what you need. Yap is a free voicemail-to-text transcription app that runs on almost any Android phone and seems to be a lot more accurate than anything Google has to offer. It also doesn’t involve handing all of your data over to Google Voice....

Setting Up and Using Gboard for iOS Gboard is a free download for iOS from the App Store. It requires iOS 9 or higher and works on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Before you can use Gboard, you need to enable it as the default keyboard. Being new to virtual keyboards on iOS, I was a bit confused about how to switch from Word Flow then set Gboard as the default....

Format your text To send your words with bold or italic emphasis, just enclose them with an underscore or asterisk. italic = italicbold = bold Groovy keyboard shortcuts Here are a few keyboard shortcuts that only work in Google Talk. CTRL + Mousewheel Scroll Zooms text in for your writing box, the recipient of the message does not see the increased size.F11 Start a Google Talk callF12 End a callESC Close current windowALT + ESC Minimize current window...

This week the Google Labs team spawned a brain child of Wave, and it’s called Shared Spaces. Google Wave, whether you love it or hate it, was the first innovative product to really challenge the entire system of email collaboration. Last August Google said they were ending support for Wave, but by no means are they killing it off. Even as we speak, Apache and open-source versions of Google Wave are in the works....

Before we talked about a customizable personal Internet Radio service called Pandora. This time we’re going to look at a service that is at least twice as groovy, heck it even has “groove” in the name! Not only is it groovy but I feel it’s also the most complete, 100% customizable Internet radio. It’s called Grooveshark. The first thing to notice is that Grooveshark requires no registration. Of course optionally creating an account will enable many groovy features, so we’ll look at those further down in this article....

Sometimes, finding her phone is easy, like the one time I just looked at her and said, “It’s in your hand.” Other times, it’s harder, like when we used iCloud Find My iPhone, and I found it in the Dunkin Donuts parking lot, face down, inches away from the tires of an SUV. Also, it was raining. Nevertheless, the phone still worked and continued to work until I dropped it into the bathtub several months later....

HBO NOW Comes to Roku If you’re a proud Roku owner and have been anxious for it to arrive, the wait is over. Today you can download the HBO NOW app to any Roku devices, including Roku TVs introduced after May 2011 (link below). If you already signed up for the service on a different device, you just need to install the channel and log in with your current account....

Note: Keep in mind this method isn’t for everyone, especially the later part where I manually clean entries from the Registry. For this example, I’m uninstalling the Maxthon web browser – not because it isn’t a good browser but because I need to sacrifice an application to the uninstall gods for this article. Revo Uninstaller The “go-to” app I use to uninstall software on Windows is Revo Uninstaller Pro. Revo also offers a free version that includes fewer options but still does a good job of getting rid of extra entries of unwanted software....

Granted, today’s announcement is only the start of the Technical Preview; however, it’s the first step in getting Microsoft Office online and in the cloud. So following the link to the “Sign-Up” page I was quickly disappointed to find that all spots in the Technical Preview were filled. Microsoft did provide a link to Sign-Up for early notification regarding the Office 2010/Office Web Apps Beta, however, after a bit of tinkering, I discovered there’s an easy way to get into the Technical Preview ANYWAY!...

The only thing this feature requires is that you have a Google Account. Let’s get started. Visit http://www.google.com and then at the bottom left Click Change background image. If you aren’t signed in you’ll be prompted to sign-in after clicking. A pop-up window should appear with four different options. At first, I suggest you either choose an image from the editor’s picks or the public gallery that other people have uploaded....

A step-by-step screenshot tutorial for automatically BCCing an email address for all outgoing Outlook messages.From Outlook 2007 to Outlook 2010, Microsoft removed the BCC field. We’ll show you how to add the BCC field back in.To auto BCC in Outlook, we’ll need to show the developer tab and add a script.See the comments for how to set up an automatic BCC for messages sent only from a particular email address (for multiple Outlook accounts—thanks, Nathan!...

One of my favorite things about Microsoft Outlook is being able to quickly go through all of my inbox emails while reading them simultaneously on the same screen. But, with the default Outlook settings this same feature is a huge burden to anyone on a laptop or screen that is less than 22 inches. In this guide we’ll go over just a few minor changes to the interface in Outlook 2010 to get rid of distractions and free up screen space....

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Download the free utility Timestamp Modifier. It doesn’t require installation – you can run it from flash drive if needed. After downloading it, unzip the executable and you’re ready to go. Launch the utility and select the file and / or folders you need to modify. Click Change Timestamp then OK to confirm the change. That’s it! This comes in handy if a system’s clock is set wrong or for business transactions....

If you think your drive may be performing poorly, running a scan of it is a good precautionary step to prevent data loss. If it turns out that your drive is in bad shape, you may be able to salvage all of your critical data before it becomes completely unreadable, and the data becomes too corrupted to ever recover. Despite what most hype sites and developers out there will tell you, the best diagnostic tool to use on your HDD is the one from the manufacturer of the device....

Clear out Individual Entries Start composing a new email. In the to field start typing in an email address and you’ll see any autocomplete emails that match in a tool-tip. Click the Delete (X) icon to permanently remove the autocomplete entry. Clear All AutoComplete Entries Outlook 2013 lets you nuke all of your AutoComplete entries at once. To clear them out, you’ll have to first click the File menu. From the File menu click the Options button....

Drag and Drop Method I found this trick to close out of Metro apps while using Metro apps on my Dell Duo system. Grab the Metro app from the top of the screen and drag it to the bottom. Right Click to Close Bring up the Switch List by hovering the mouse in the lower left corner of the screen and moving it straight up. Or use the Keyboard Shortcut Win Key + Tab then right click the app and select Close....

Creating Ringtones Using iTunes in Windows Its not that difficult to create a ringtone using iTunes on a Mac or PC. Here I’m doing it on a Windows system, but the process is similar on a Mac. Launch iTunes and select the song you want to convert to ringtone. After that, right click on the song and click on Get Info. Then click the Options Tab. The ringtone can be of maximum 30 seconds so its up to you whether you want to make it 30 secs or shorter....