Hurrah! Spotify have released a native Linux player which works with free accounts! These notes show (which are mostly for my benefit) show you how to install it and configure your multimedia keyboard so the play/pause key controls the music on Spotify. Download Spotify for Linux. It's available in 32bit or 64bit. Double click on the .deb that has been downloaded and it should install. Nice and easy! To get the multimedia keys working, we need to follow the instructions in this tutorial…
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After the disaster that was my experience with the Nokia Lumia and the rather underwhelming time I had with the BlackBerry Torch, I've been thinking a lot about what my perfect phone would be. I think I've found it... My Photoshop skills are legendary! Here are the things that I want - no one platform covers them all, so I've nicked the best bits from each. Blackberry Here's what BlackBerry provides that is missing on other phones. Physical Keyboard This is the big one. I've tried all…
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I was tweeted an interesting link the other day - We Don't Make Demands. They have a set of posters for the "Occupy Movement" which incorporate QRpedia codes. These posters were designed by participants at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City. They are in the public domain. You are welcome to print them out and post them in your own location. See all the posters. I love this use of QRpedia - but I have two minor suggestions. QR codes work best with some whitespace around them,…
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It was the best of phones - it was the worst of phones... I want to start this review by saying three things: I got this phone for free - thanks Nokia! I'm an extremely demanding mobile user. I recognise that I am an edge-case; what I find annoying, you may not. I've tried to stick to actual bugs, not just "it does things differently." Sergeant Elop's Lonely Phone Club Imagine, of you will, you have just purchased a brand new copy of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on…
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QR-jacking is the act of covering up a QR code and replacing it with an alternative - often malicious - code. Your carefully crafted code could be replaced by one which... Points to a rival's site. Calls a premium rate phone number. Redirects the user to a site which EXPOSES THE TRUTH BEHIND... Goes to a non-legitimate site which asks for credit card / personal details. Downloads a virus or other form of malicious content. It's a real threat - thankfully it's usually…
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