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How to Use the Free Cornernews App

The CornerNews app is not only a social media platform, but a community empowerment tool as well. Post and read events that are happening in real time, all you need to do is download the app to become a reporter. It's as simple to use as Instagram, and allows you to access up-to-the-minute stories from around the world!

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   Download the app from the Apple App Store.(https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cornernews/id721507880?mt=8)
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   Choose an existing image from your library or take a photo with the camera function on your phone.
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   Add a brief description or headline.
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   Publish your post, which will then become geocoded on a map for others to read or even use as a reference.
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   Explore, read and learn about events that have happened in your area or around the world.

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• You can choose to not reveal your identity, simply post as "anonymous"
• You can filter your news depending on what topics or areas you're interested in
• Use hashtags to help get your news out and be the first to be credited for a potential viral story
• Use our innovative map to easily explore neighborhoods around the world with a tap of the finger
• Don't have to rely on friending, following, or scrolling through your news feed to get all the breaking news closest to your heart and home, simply check CornerNews

How to Mount a Laptop to a Flat Screen TV

Follow these instructions to make a homemade bracket to mount your laptop to a flat screen TV as part of a home media center setup.

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   Investigate. What bolts does your TV require? Search your manual (or the web) for how to mount your TV.
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   Measure your laptop's width. Your vertical pieces must be longer by about an inch so you will be able to slide the laptop in and out.
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   Measure your laptop's height. It will have to fit between two bolted together angle irons.
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   Measure your laptop's length. Make sure to leave room to open your CD drive and for any cables you need to attach!
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   Ensure the parts all fit together as planned.
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   Build a box. Thread the 12mm bolts up through the angle irons so that it fill be as flush as possible to the tv when completed
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   Attach the second bottom piece. This will create the holder for the laptop itself.
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   Attach your mount to the TV. Use the 20mm bolts and secure to the top two VESA mounts on your tv.
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   Enjoy!

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• Make sure you set your laptop to do nothing when you close the lid.
• Get a nice wireless keyboard/mouse which is strong enough to go through the TV.
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  Secure? This laptop fit snugly in the bottom, however if yours is more svelte you can attach some 550cord using a slip knot and tighten as necessary.
• Make sure you only are using the external display (the TV.)
• Turning on/off is a pain. Allow your laptop to sleep and allow it to be woken by USB devices.
• Depending on the size of your tv and weight of the laptop you should ensure this will be stable. A lower center of gravity is always better.
• Some TVs put out more heat than others (Plasma>LCD>LED) I haven't noticed any cooling issues but, it is something to take in to consideration
• Get a USB IR receiver and a universal remote that supports HTPC's (the URC-WR7 is GREAT)

How to Take Photos of a Computer Screen

You may know how to take photos, but how about in HD? HD photos are photos of a computer screen. This article will show you how to take photos in HD in different kinds of operating system.

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EditMethod 1 of 3: Windows 7

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   Find what screen you want to take a picture of.
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   Find the "prt sc" button in your keyboard.
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   If you found it, click it.
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   Open Paint.
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   Click the "Paste" in the top left corner.
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   Now, your screen you print/copy is there.
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   Save your picture.

EditMethod 2 of 3: Mac

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   Press command-shift-Caps Lock-4 altogether
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   Release
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   Click on the window you want to take a picture of.
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   Now, the picture is saved.

EditMethod 3 of 3: Windows

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   Click on the "prt sc" button in your keyboard
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   Go to paint
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   Press Ctrl and v together
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   Release
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   The picture will now be in the paint.

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• Windows and windows 7 to print screen, but the different is how you paste the picture to the paint.
• In Mac, the picture you take will be PICT file format at the top (root) level of your hard drive directory and labeled "Picture 1". If you keep taking screenshots, you will get "Picture 2", "Picture 3", and so on

How to Connect Two Computers With a Serial Cable

The connection by serial cable between one computer and another is a method that can be employed when recycling old equipment for new purposes. It is a method that you can do use to allow a channel of communication between the computers (or other like devices such as networking equipment control ports) when a more prevalent method of networking with RJ45Ethernet networking is not available or desired.

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   First a cable must be obtained for the connection. For tips of how this can be done please see the #TIPS section of this page
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   Enter the cable to each of the computers via the Serial port. It is important not to get confused between the "Serial Comms" port and the "Universal Serial Bus Port".
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   Start up a Serial Communication program. Often people have a Windows by Microsoft operating system - and by a default the most used program for this is Hyper Terminals.
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   Select the correct Serial Port from the File/New Connection menu item
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   The two computers are now connected physically and a communication path has been created between them. You can now send text characters between the computers using the HyperTerminal application.

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• 1. Another potential source is for the construction to be done by yourself by matter of purchasing the connectors from an electrical hobbyist store and then obtaining by some method cable with four or more cores but no more than 9 cores (unless you are happy to leave some cores unused.).
  2. Often it is difficult to obtain the required cable these days due to the prevalence of other connection methods such as the light blue tooth and ethernet cat5e networks. Large chain stores often only cater to those with the latest equipment, but many smaller computer stores, computer markets and online retailers such as the online trade site ebay will be a good place to start looking
• If the connection does not appear to be working attempt the following:

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• It is not advisable to use multi-thread cable, a slightly better connection may be obtained by re-purposing twisted pair cable (6-cores) from an old ethernet cable you may have

How to Buy Electronics Online

There are many online shopping stores that let you buy electronics online but who you should really buy electronics from? that's the question. Here you have a few choices. You can either go to famous online stores like Amazon to buy stuff or you can go to different affiliate websites that have detailed reviews on electronic products. Below are the steps involved that you need to follow while buy electronics online:

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   Identify different websites that offer your desired product. You can do this by entering the full name of desired product on your favorite search engine and check the lists of the websites that appear.
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   You can clearly differentiate between online retail stores and review sites by simply looking at the domain name of the websites or you could also open each link individually and check.
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   Compare the prices for that product on all websites and identify the one that is offering the lowest price.
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   Identify which website has more information on that particular product.Information could be in the form of overview, features, specifications and demos.
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   Read all the details about that product on the website that was identified in the previous step.
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   If it is an affiliate website, check which company it is affiliated with. If it is affiliated with a famous online retail store and does not ask you for your personal or credit card information, that means you can trust that affiliate website.
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   Purchase the product from the website that you think is the most credible one.

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• Be smart when searching for an item on search engines.
• Always look for security certifications on the websites to make sure that your information won't be compromised.

EditWarnings

• Never share your personal or credit card information with an unknown or malicious website