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Where can I spend my eBay points?

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How can I use points from ebay as coupon on another portal? Which portals allow benefits to ebay users? Does ebay provide points or coupons to benefit from an affiliated portal?


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How can I be certain that a product I buy online is not a fake?

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How can I be sure that a product which I buy online is genuine and not fake or an low quality product with a popular brand stamped on it?


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Are there web services which provide non-VOIP connections for international calls?

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Which web service provides non-VOIP international calls? Web services like Viber-out , Skype-out , LINE and Facebook messenger provide either an app-to-app and/or calls to phones via VOIP. But are there web services which provide free or paid international calls to phones , by connecting over phone lines instead of data connection. Like , say a scenario , the webservice would call both numbers and connect.


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Are the emoticons of Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp compatible with each other?

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Now that Whatsapp has been acquired by Facebook, are the Whatsapp emoticons compatible with Facebook Messenger and vice-versa?


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Can you recommend good sites for finding PCs based on brands and specifications?

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What are good web-configurators to filter and find desktop computer models based on specs and brands?


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Is there an Android app which will allow me to create calendar entries, associate them with pictures and sync with my PC?

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Every day I find a couple of interesting events I would like to attend. Sometimes I find out about these events while checking my Facebook feed, and other times while walking on the street and seeing and ad. There are several events, and I want to keep them all in mind. How to manage all these information?


What I do now is I take a pic of the ad (if I’m walking on the street) and then I upload it to the internet, or I take the link to the photo (if I found it on the internet), and then I create a Google Calendar event, linking in the desciption to the picture with the information. But that’s not efficient enough. More than often, I don’t find time to do these, or I forget to do it in time. Another problem I’ve found is that many of these events have multiple dates (for example, a conference that will be given in 3 diferent times of the week) and then I lose time creating those 3 different events, which have the same title and description. Moreover, in the description I put a link to the picture uploaded to the internet, and if I don’t have an internet connection that information is not available.


So my wish would be to have a Chrome extension and an Android app, so that when I find an interesting event, I just press a button and save the picture in Google Drive or something that will make that information available on my smartphone while being offline. And then this app/extension asks me to create some events in a Calendar, so that I can put a title and different dates for it. Lastly, these events will have a link to the picture of the event.


I don’t know if something like that exists. But if you can help me with some ideas of apps or web services to make the whole process faster, I would thank you very much. By the way, my smartphone has Android 4.4.2. Thanks in advance.


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What are the best audio-note recording apps for Android?

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What are the best audio notes apps for Android? I’m interested in the ones that are shown in movies where some tech or scientist use a small recorder to record small audio notes with times logs. These can be used to record my thoughts or any ideas that I have. I’m currently using keep but I would prefer an app specific to this function.


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Why doesn’t “Tap Notify” work on my iPad?

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Just found the app Tap Notify. It could be the perfect solution for my son with a disability, just what I’ve been looking for. I installed it on his new iPad. I tried sending a message to my phone from his device but I get “Message Failed to Send” on his device. I tried sending it as an email. Same “failed to send” message. I tried restarting the iPad. Still didn’t work. I installed the app on my very old iPad. I get a “Message Send Error” that says “Unable to send message”. I got this message after restarting the iPad. Please help.


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How to enable auto-update for select apps through Play store?

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How to enable auto-update for select apps through Play store? Please note the following criteriae:


I’d like to enable auto-updates for SELECT apps, but not for all apps and for WiFi only!


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How can I access my Raspberry Pi from a remote computer over VPN?

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I have followed the tuturial here on how to setup the Raspberry Pi as a Torrent Box with VPN client to mask my Home IP.


I have a question regarding access to the Pi once it is connected to the VPN. Currently everything is working on my Pi and I can SSH to it and use the Transmission WebUI while I am on my local network of 10.10.1.*


Now the issue I have been struggling to figure out is how to remotely access the Pi properly so I can use the WebUI. I have a Asus RT-AC68U as my main router and have a OpenVPN server running on it. This allows me to VPN into my house and access all my local devices. It is using tun as I need the Android support. The issue with tun is that it assigns a different IP to my clients – 10.8.0.* so when I try to SSH to the Pi or use the WebUI the VPN client on the Pi is redirecting this traffic over the Pi VPN (PIA) and I never get back a response. I switched my Router Server VPN to use TAP and DHCP of my local LAN and the issue was solved as in that configuration my client has a local LAN IP. I imagine I should be able to change the IPtables on the Pi so my 10.8.0.* traffic is not routed over the Pi VPN client but I cannot for the life of me figure it out. If anyone has any suggestions please point me in the right direction I have been reading for hours and hours with no luck.


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Why can’t I watch YouTube over WiFi on my Android phone?

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How do I get YouTube working on my Android over Wi-Fi?

I have a Samsung Galaxy Grand (Android 4.2.2) and the YouTube app is the latest version from Play Store. It works fine on my 3G connection and the videos play flawlessly, but when I am connected to Wi-Fi, it just buffers, buffers, and buffers non-stop. My Wi-Fi connection uses a proxy (university) and YouTube is not censored (YouTube works fine on my PC with the same connection). Here are the things I have tried:



  1. Cleared YouTube app data; Uninstalled and re-installed. (My phone is rooted. :-D)

  2. Tried using Adblock.

  3. Configured Wi-Fi not to use power saving mode.


None of them worked. Neither does the YouTube site works from browsers. Any help would be appreciated.


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Is it better to install Windows 7 or 8.1 on my MacBook Air?

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Two years ago I switched from Windows to OS X and was perfectly happy. However, I just started this evening a course on programming and apparantly our working environment is Visual Basic (C# .NET) and Windows Presentation Foundation right from the start, whereas I was expecting something more general and cross-platfrom like Java FE.


Necessity knows no law and I need to install Windows OS my Mac. I’m familiar with virtualization options, but I have a MacBook Air (specs are included below) so that’s not an option with the limited power inside. So, Bootcamp is probably the most easy and fastest alternative for now (eventually I will purchase a MacBook Pro when my budget allows).


My question is whether – considering the specs – I should go for “Windows 7 Pro x64″ or the latest “Windows 8.1 x64″? I believe both are supported, but I just want things to run smoothly (no driver issues etc.) as I will only use Windows for my courses. Thanks!


MacBook Air

11-inch, Mid 2012

Processor 1,7 GHz Intel Core i5

Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB

121 GB Flash Storage (SSD)

Software OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)


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Which third-party e-wallets are supported by common e-commerce e-tailers in India?

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Which third-party e-wallets are supported by common e-commerce e-tailers in India?


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How can I get the Windows 8 start screen on Windows XP?

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How can I get the Windows 8 start-up tile interface on Windows XP? When one boots into Windows 8 platform, the start-up screen shows apps in tiles format. Is there a tool to get the tile interface on Windows XP


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Is it possible to change Gmail Meter reports to generate statistics based on categories and labels?

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Is it possible to get a Gmail Meter report based on the labels to see which labels are used most?


Or can I also use categories so we have locations (customer service) and topics (labels)? It would be great if we could tag an email with a category (location) and a label (topic) and use gmail meter to see what topics or location create the most emails.


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Windows 11 Canary Insider Preview Build 26212 Released, Here is What’s New and Fixed

UPDATE: Windows 11 Insider Preview build 26212 released to Canary channel. Today Microsoft has released a new Insider Preview build of Windo...