TinEye is a search engine that lets you find where a particular image has been used on the web. I know you’re probably thinking, “Duh! I can use Google image search for that!” But TinEye is a entirely different kind of beast. While Google image search uses text to search for associated images, TinEye uses an image as a query for searching. Google can’t do that — at least, not yet.
Similar to how Google indexes all the web pages it crawls, TinEye creates a digital signature or ‘fingerprint’ of the images using sophisticated pattern recognition algorithms. Once you query using an image, TinEye instantly analyzes and compares the ‘fingerprint’ of your query image with the images in its search index. TinEye also can pull up the modified versions of the image, as long as the images are alterations of the same query image.
The thing is, TinEye doesn’t actually see the image, in the sense that if you upload the image of a dog, it doesn’t see it as a ‘dog’ and fetches you images of other dogs. It only finds the location where the same image has been used, even if altered or modified. TinEye orders the results by most similarities, meaning that altered images are found towards the end of the search.
To search using TinEye, you can either enter a URL to a image on the web or upload an image from your computer. Another way is to install the TinEye browser plugin for Firefox or Internet Explorer. With the plugin installed, you can right click on any web image to search for it using TinEye.
Visit TinEye for more information or to begin your search!
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Do you work on two or more computers, or work in teams? Do you keep emailing yourself files or carry a USB drive back and forth? Are you always having to ensure yourself that you are working with the most current version? Working on multiple computers allows us to be more productive but it also adds a layer of coordination.
Say hello to Dropbox. I’ve been using Dropbox for over a year now and its made my life much easier to keep my work up to date and accessible anywhere, anytime.
Let’s say you’re working on a document at home. As soon as you click Save, Dropbox will sync this same file to all your other computers (and now your iPhone!) instantly and automatically. This gives you the freedom to work on any computer and always have the files you need!
Dropbox isn’t all about work either. You can create shared folders to connect with friends and family who has Dropbox accounts too! My sisters and I have a folder where we share all of our music and photos. I just drop the files into our shared folder and once Dropbox is done syncing, they can retrieve the files within seconds!
Your account is also accessible online. Dropbox has an online storage (2 gigabytes capacity) so you can access your files even if the computer you are working on doesn’t have Dropbox installed. As long as you are able to access the internet, you can access your files.
If you’re still not convinced, take the Dropbox Tour. To install, visit Dropbox.com.
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The $30 unlimited data plan with AT&T is soon coming to an end.
AT&T announced that it would start offering metered data plans for mobile device users. The lowest-priced data option is called DataPlus and will cost $15 a month for 200 megabytes of data transfer. For those who use less than 200 megabytes of data a month, the price of the new plan is effectively cut in half.
The next step up is the DataPro, providing 2 gigabytes of data a month to a single phone for $25. If a DataPro subscriber goes over the 2 gigabytes, they will be able to purchase an additional gigabyte for $10.
AT&T also announced a new service that would allow smartphone users to tether their devices and access the Internet as a modem. The tethering feature will cost an additional $20 a month and is only available for those with the DataPro plan.
Although the $30-a-month unlimited data plan will be eliminated, existing AT&T customers will have the option to be grandfathered on their existing monthly charge.
Users of the iPad will be affected by the service changes, too. AT&T said new iPad customers would have the option to purchase a $25 monthly plan for access to 2 gigabytes of data. This will replace the $29.99 unlimited access option currently offered for the iPad.
The service changes will go into effect on June 7 with the expected release of the iPhone OS4.
To read more about the end of the Unlimited Data Plan with AT&T, check out NYTimes.com.
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You can easily customize the icons on your Mac OS X without having to use any 3rd party app, with the exception of a few such as Finder and Trashbin. In which case, I suggest using an app called CandyBar. For all other icons, you can customize and change from one icon to another by doing the following:
- Select the icon you want to stamp onto another.
- From the File menu, choose Get Info (Command-I) to open the Info window.
- Click the icon in the upper-left corner of the Info window to select it.
- From the Edit menu, choose Copy (Command-C).
- Select the icon you want to replace.
- From the File menu, choose Get Info (Command-I).
- Click the icon in the upper-left corner.
- From the Edit menu, choose Paste (Command-V) to replace the icon.
For free Mac OS X icons for personal use, check out WeLoveIcons.com.
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Getting a list of files in a folder on a Mac is very similar to how you would on Windows. To generate a list of file names, you’ll need use the Terminal program — You can find this in the Utilities Folder.
Type in ls -l /Users/YourUserName/YourFolderName. For example:
ls -l /Users/Diana/Documents
Select the entire list with your mouse, copy to TextEdit, and save as filelist.txt.
After the text file is generated, you can import it into Excel:
- Open Excel
- Create a new spreadsheet
- Go to File, Open, and select filelist.txt
Excel will automatically create the necessary columns from your text file.
To learn more about this command, check out Linux ls Command.
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