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One of the reasons why people sometimes prefer WeChat over Whatsapp or Viber is that WeChat has some interesting features that some people find convenient, fun and cool. They have a feature called Moments, a place where you can share photos, video or just a simple status update just like … Continue reading »

The Linux terminal can be a complex beast, and it would be handy to have something like Siri to help make things easier. Sure, there’s often no need to go into the terminal for regular users, but there are some advantages to using the terminal over the graphical user interface. … Continue reading »

Amazon’s first smartphone is apparently coming out this week, and there’s a fair bit of interest in it, mostly due to the head-tracking functionality. The fact that it’s Amazon’s first foray into the smartphone market is also difficult to ignore. Sure, they’ve made tablets before, but the smartphone market is … Continue reading »

A new giveaway for a new week! Our friends at PSD2HTML.com are back with another round of conversion services for Hongkiat.com readers. If you are new to this, what happens is that you can get your designs converted to clean HTML/CSS markup, a mobile templates, responsive sites or popular CMS … Continue reading »

We’ve previously written about the privacy settings you should know and adopt on Facebook, how to better manage your Facebook Wall Feeds, and how to keep hackers off your Facebook account. This post however is more towards Facebook Housekeeping. To be more precise, after being active on Facebook for months, … Continue reading »

We spend a lot of our online time searching for the answers to simple questions and complex queries. Sometimes, we make searches that we wish to keep private, things like personal medical advice, financial enquiries about investments and future securities etc. It is understandable that some users may feel uncomfortable … Continue reading »

If rumors are to be believed, Amazon are set to unveil their very first smartphone very soon – this June 18, to be precise – with what seems to be a head-tracking system powered by four front-mounted infrared cameras, which are going to be used not just for 3D effects … Continue reading »

After a couple of years as a freelance designer, you’re going to build up quite a collection of work you’ve done for clients, and ideally, for yourself as well. If you have a bunch of old designs, it seems like a waste to let them just sit on your hard … Continue reading »

To build a website, we commonly rely on a number of libraries, be it in the form of CSS or JavaScript. If I would build a small website that will display an image slideshow, for example, the website probably would need jQuery and a jQuery plugin, Flexslider. These libraries are … Continue reading »

Everyone gets a little craving for something sweet once in a while. So how does one decide which sugary treat to get? Well, more often than not, it usually comes down to the packaging. Believe it or not, the way a candy is packaged and branded can have a huge … Continue reading »

Learning a language is one of the most rewarding things you can do. There are a lot of ways you can learn or improve your skills in a particular language, from attending classes to teaching yourself through traditional methods such as reading and practice. But have you realized that you … Continue reading »

The #yesallwomen campaign that took off on twitter recently was an important reminder about how women are, still in this day and age, being subjected to violence, domestic abuse and rape. The countless rape cases reported in recent years by the international media and the reactions of politicians, police authorities, … Continue reading »

With so many hilarious and adorable pregnancy announcement photos floating around Facebook and Pinterest these days, it could be a challenge to create something new when it comes time to spread the news that you’ve got "a little bun in the oven”. Traditionalists might prefer to send postcards via mail … Continue reading »

Tumblr, the magical place where all fandoms reside. It is still as popular as ever for those who share and browse for their favourite things. However, like all social media sites, it goes through changes. The visual microblogging site has recently upgraded its interface and API for a better blogging … Continue reading »