Which Android Launcher Should You Use? We Compare The Best!

What does your Android launcher say about you? Is it really the best launcher for you, or maybe there’s a better one waiting just around the corner? The Play Store has a multitude of launchers, some popular and even some you may never have heard of.

For the uninitiated, a launcher is an app that lets you customize the look of your homescreen (or “desktop”, in the traditional sense) as well as your app drawer (the place where you see apps when you hit the Home button).

Now, given the huge number of launchers available, there’s something for everyone. So here are the best app launchers for particular needs:

Third Windows Phone Update & Developer Preview Program Due Soon

They’re getting pretty excited over at Windows Phone headquarters. Apparently the Windows Phone share in Europe has rocketed to an earth-shattering 10%. So to capitalise on that unstoppable momentum, the Windows Phone team are about to release their third update with some goodies. And if that wasn’t enough, they are even about to begin a developer preview program.

To begin with, all of you Windows Phone users out there (both of you raise your hands), will get a bigger Start Screen for 6 Live Tiles instead of 4. This will enable you to clutter your screen even more with stuff that doesn’t really need to be on your screen, but hey, if you have the space for it, why not?

Google Chrome 31 Beta Packs Web Payments, Application Shortcuts For Android

Google Chrome is on a roll. After debuting a smarter Omnibox with Chrome 29 and baking Search By Image into the browser, the Chrome 31 Beta has even more new features in store, including a new e-payment system as well as mobile website shortcuts on Android.

The current technology that automatically fills up forms on sites using the browser’s autocomplete information — requestAutocomplete() — is now also being used to work for online payments. On sites with requestAutocomplete(), users will be able to use payment data such as Google Wallet.

Scribblenauts Unmasked Combines Classic Creative Gameplay With The DC Universe [Giveaway]

Those who love DC Comics and Scribblenauts will go bonkers for Scribblenauts Unmasked, which merges the two universes. Developer 5th Cell blends the nuances loved by comic readers with the puzzle-oriented riddles of the Scribblenauts series, perfectly. For those unfamiliar with the Scribblenauts series of puzzle games, the game’s protagonists are Maxwell and Lily, a brother and sister duo possessing teleportation and word-fueled, object conjuration powers. After blundering into to the DC universe, Maxwell and his sister square-off against an evil clone of Maxwell, predictably named “Doppelganger”. The clone teams up with the worst of the DC universe’s evil-doers.

The game divides into a series of primary quests and sub-quests. By completing these you gain “reputation” points, which function as the world’s currency. Spending reputation points lets you unlock additional regions. Maxwell can also use points to unlock superpowers, giving himself  super strength or power rings. The ultimate goal of the game is to prevent Doppleganger from acquiring Starites, the magical substance you may remember from the original Scribblenauts.

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3 Things To Check After Removing Malware From Your PC

Did your Internet stop working or were your browser settings messed up after you removed a virus from your computer? Malware can cause havoc while being active and it can put up a fight before it is finally eradicated. Many times, that malware will attempt to mess up your Internet settings so that you will not be able to access it anymore. You do not have to throw out your computer or re-install Windows because of this — here are four things you can do to try to fix the problems.

How To Automate Firefox Or Chrome With Excel VBA And Selenium

The key to automation is doing things faster and easier than you’ve ever done before. So what takes you a long time to do? What part of your workload would like to automate?

When it comes to productivity, Excel is the most common tool used by people for things like organizing finances, managing projects, and prioritizing goals. Last week, I described how to automate IE by setting up groups of URLs in Excel sheets, and then using the IE object in Windows to automate launching groups of URLs straight from inside Excel.

Following that article, many readers  asked how to do the same thing in Firefox or Chrome. Since neither Firefox nor Chrome have a similar object included with Windows that can be used for VBA automation, performing the same sort of actions on those other browsers requires an extra step. That step is the installation of Selenium VBA – a Windows COM wrapper for Selenium.

It allows you to perform calls from any application that supports VBA in order to open a browser – not just IE – and control that browser session. It’s a powerful automation tool that is so commonly used that many popular browser vendors are incorporating Selenium as a native part of their browser. Using it in your automation applications is sure to be supported for years to come.