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iOS apps can now be transferred between developers!

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When I developed iOS apps I was never very impressed with the backend (developer portion) of the app store 🙁 Thankfully though, it looks like Apple has been plugging away at improving their app store features for developers 🙂 Here is a great example of the improvement, Apple now allows apps to be transferred between developers! Here is the email I received: Apps can now be transferred from one developer to another within iTunes Connect, for example after an acquisition

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Connect Lenovo X240/X230/X220 to LCD TV via HDMI? [SOLVED]

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If you have a Lenovo X240, X230, or X220 laptop and would like to connect it to a display using HDMI, you will need an adapter. Thankfully the adapters are very easy to use and are quite inexpensive (<$15). Here are the appropriate adapters for each laptop: Lenovo ThinkPad X240 and X230 Mini-DisplayPort to HDMI adapter: Gold Plated Premium Mini DisplayPort (or Thunderbolt) to HDMI Male to Male Cable, Black 6 fthttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00APLJ58M?ie=UTF8&tag=pixensity-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00APLJ58MCable Matters Mini DisplayPort | ThunderboltTM to HDMIÂź cable

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Dell laptop brightness adjustment stuck [SOLVED]

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Q. My Dell Inspiron 1520 screen brightness adjustment sometimes get stuck after I suspend/resume a few times. When I try to adjust the screen brightness by holding the Fn key and then press the up/down arrows nothing happens at all and it is really annoying as I have to reboot to get it to work again. 🙁 Can you suggest a way that I can fix it without having to reboot? –Hank Chambers A. Yes, I have had a similar issue with

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Show/Hide the Chrome Bookmarks Bar – Keyboard Shortcut

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I am a big fan of Google Chrome and I generally browser with the bookmarks bar turned ON as I find it to be very useful. However, sometimes for screenshots or other purposes it is nice to hide that same bookmarks bar. Today I decided to find out how to quickly show/hide the bookmarks bar. Thankfully it is very easy, you can use these keyboard shortcut  toggle the bar on and off: Ctrl+Shift+B  on Windows and Chrome OS ⌘-Shift-B on Mac

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Get rid of Google Voice popup notifications in Chrome

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Q. I have an issue where my Google Voice Chrome extension now pops up notifications in the lower right hand corner in a balloon-box. It is quite annoying. I also much prefer the little notification bar by the regular Google Voice icon near the address bar. That one is much more useful to me and makes the popups redundant. Do you have any suggestions on how to hide/disable/remove the annoying Chrome popups? Tami Pain A. Thank you for your question

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Amazon reviews: room for improvement

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Amazon is a superb place to purchase goods: excellent customer service, efficient order processing, and a vast selection. Their website, however, could use a few enhancements such as an improved review system not to mention the ability to ACTUALLY sort by price (they still cannot seem to perfect this last one). Since many people have written about the price sorting issue, I thought I would discuss the current Amazon review system and how it could be improved. Amazon reviews: plenty of

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Roundup of Visitors Online plugins for WordPress

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I chose to install the first plugin listed below, wp-useronline, but there are a bunch of options out there! WordPress â€ș WP-UserOnline « WordPress Pluginshttp://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-useronline/This plugin enables you to display how many users are online on your WordPress site, with detailed statistics of where they are and who they are (Members/Guests/Search Bots). WP-UserOnline 2.50 Readmehttp://www.lesterchan.net/wordpress/readme/wp-useronline.htmlFeatures: » Enable you to display how many users are online on your WordPress blog with detailed statistics of where they are and who there are(Members/Guests/Search

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ACPI INT33A0 driver download [SOLVED]

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Q. Looking for a Windows driver… ACPI INT33A0 unknown device, what driver should I use? –Ken Kollar A. The ACPI INT33A0 is a iSCT ACPI Virtual Device which is part of Intel’s Smart Connect. You can download the correct driver here: (dl link) Driver is compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7. PS The Intel Smart Connect technology is being included with a lot of nice new Ultrabooks and it can be pretty handy. If you would like to find out more about

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