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The Trump-Xi Beijing Summit: What the Smiling Handshakes Won't Tell You

On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...
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Keep all your Quotes in one place for easy access later with Quick Quote [Windows]

Quick Quote is a Windows App that lets you store and keep all your Quotes in one place for easy access later. Everyone is familiar with this situation. You read a quote one day and then you think; this is a quote worth keeping and remembering and then you store it somewhere, maybe in your email. There comes a time you find to find and use that one quote you can't quiet remember now. Finding it however can be a whole different thing as you might have forgotten where you saved or stored it. This is a situation most of us have been in many times. Quotes have also become all the rage on Facebook, with users sharing quotes that like and impressing friends.  Quick Quote is a Windows app that will keep all your favorite quotes in one place. If you are one of those people who like to store and save a lot of quotes then. The app will let you tag all of your quotes. Once a quote it tagged - tag with name, place, event, date etc. You can easily search for it later based on tags that you add. ...
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How to reduce eye strain from computers with the 20-20-20 rule

Image Credit: pascoeye.com Most of us spend long hours in front of the computer which can actually cause a lot of strain to your eyes. With the more gadgets appearing on the market the problem only gets worse. People keep staring into their Android and iPhones and tablets. It is important to remember that your eyes need a break. Constantly staring at a screen can dry your eyes and even cause soreness. To help with this problem Tech blogger Amit Agarwal visited his doctor and got this bit of advice. It is called the 20-20-20 rule and there are also now many apps available to help you follow the same  How does the 20-20-20 rule work A computer user must remember to take a break every 20 minutes for 20 seconds and looks at objects that are 20 feet away. Now once your sit in front of your PC it becomes difficult to remember to do this, there are Apps however that will remind you about your 20 minute break. Coffee Break for MAC This little App will allow you to schedule your breaks and o...
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BoxCryptor updates it's Windows and Android Apps

We have previously written about BoxCryptor, the service that lets you encrypt your sensitive files and store them on cloud service like DropBox and Box.net. In short BoxCryptor will let you cncrypt and store you files while on-the-fly. So once you download their app on Windows, Android and iOS. You can keep storing your files while on-the-go and from anywhere. The service has just announced an update to it's Windows and Android apps. This was announced at the London Web Summit 2012 , where BoxCryptor was nominated as among the top 4 finalists.  Version 1.3 for Windows is now ready for download and comes updates like faster and improved spped, made possible through AES Hardware Encryption. The result of which is improved speed by up to 200%. Improved compatibility with other software like portable software. There is also the option os sharing BoxCryptor files over the network Version 1.1 of the Andriod version is also available and comes with quiet a few improvements. BoxCryptor ...
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Social Folders: How does it work

Social Folders is a social linking tool that lets you sync your social life and find everything on your computer.  What this means is that once you download Social Folders onto Your Windows PC or Mac, the web app will then download a copy of your photos, videos and documents and store them on your computer. So you will have a copy of all that you share online. Once you have everything on your PC you can then create folders and view all that you have shared online. You can also update your Facebook photos right from the app. which means no need to wait for your browser to upload photos. You can get the job done right from the app. You can also move folders between services like Facebook and Flickr and the photos will get uploaded with a simple drag and drop action.  Social Folders a more detailed look: To get started you would need to download the app to your PC or Mac. Once installed you can then connect all your social sites to the App. Once connected you can get a copy downloaded of ...
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