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‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse Today: How to Watch Live

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Photo taken by Joel Dykstra May 20, 2012

From Space.com

The moon will block part of the sun today (May 9) to create a potentially amazing “ring of fire” and you can watch the celestial sight live online.

The “ring of fire” solar eclipse — known as an annular solar eclipse— will be viewable (weather permitting) over certain areas of Australia and islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean where the local time will be Friday (May 10). If you don’t happen to live in those parts of the world, however, you can still catch the cosmic show.

The online Slooh Space Camera will host a free webcast featuring live views of the eclipse today, beginning at 5:30 p.m. EDT.

Watch HERE!

 

Featured App: CocoPPa

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CocoPPa

CocoPPa is an app which enables you to make your favorite image as the “one-touch icon” and place the icon on the home screen. Create your very own cute and customized home screens using images submitted by creators and users. Unlimited free cute icons, wallpapers, stamps.

I think being able to customize things on your phone the way you want to is pretty cool. They have users who make themes, so you can make your phone icons and wallpaper match, or you can choose individual icons or wallpapers.

For more information go check out www.CocoPPa.com and you can download this at the App Store

 

 

Featured App: Whims

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Whims is a social media app similar to Instagram, except instead of photos, you create text.

Whims Detail

You start off by signing up and making a profile. Then you pick a style sheet, they give you so many to choose from. A style sheet has a theme based on people, such as Harry Potter style. There are two types of font in that style and three color options. You can choose which specific words you want to change to the second font choice, if at all. Other options are, alignment, text size and text spacing.

Afterwards when you click “create” there is another option called “add texture”, this will give your background a different look. You can choose from no filter, crumpled, rust, stationary, vintage, water spill, and notes. These can be layered all together and the more you click, the more intense the texture becomes.

Once you have perfected your design, you can add a comment or tags and share on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, text message, and email. This will post to the Whims page, but there is an option to save as a “Private Whim” which will only save the image to your phone.

I love this app because it has so many beautiful styles for free, unlike other apps that make you pay for packages and different fonts.

Download for free from the App Store

 

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Featured App: InstaQuote

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As most of us know, Instagram is a great app thats allows you to create and share your photos with people around the world. It has some filters and borders, but thats about all the editing you can do with it. Lately I have seen many add-on apps that work with Instagram to enhance its use and creativity. The one I recently found, is InstaQuote.

InstaQuote

With InstaQuote, you can add text to your photos, and share your favorite quotes or song lyrics. There are options to change fonts, backgrounds, and colors.

I love this app and it’s very easy to use. I tried a few others like it, but this one was by far the best.

This version is free, but there is an option to upgrade to InstaQuotePro for $1.99, which has more fonts and backgrounds for you to choose from.

 

Instantly create beautiful text images for Instagram.

Have you ever wanted to add text to a photo? Or share words on Instagram? Now you can!

✭ 19 beautifully designed styles
✭ Choose backgrounds from high quality background packs
✭ Use your own photos for backgrounds
✭ Export to Instagram or your camera roll
✭ Use As Background feature to layer different fonts
✭ Customize your words – font size, color, alignment, position & line spacing
✭ Tap on words to add emphasis
✭ 50+ beautiful fonts

Download at the App Store 

Featured App: Lemon Wallet

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I came across this app and thought why would this be good? Having all your information that can be stolen so easily all in one place? Looking further into it, I realized that this is a great idea! Here’s why:

Lemon Wallet allows you to store a digital copy of all of your cards—ID, insurance, loyalty and payment cards—so you always have a backup in case your wallet is misplaced, lost or stolen. Lemon Wallet digitizes your cards in a smarter way with interactive balance updates, personalized offers and a simple way to communicate with brands and merchants.

1.Take a picture of your cards

Getting started is as easy as snapping a photo of every card in your wallet. Lemon Wallet captures the important information and stores your cards in your phone and on our servers.

2. Safer than your wallet

All your data is safely stored and encrypted, and a PIN is required to access your cards. If you lose your phone, you can remotely unlink it from your Lemon account.

3. Access anywhere, anytime

Have you ever forgotten your wallet? With Lemon Wallet, you can access your information when you need it. Plus you can always have a backup in the cloud in case your wallet is lost or stolen.

4. Store your receipts

You can also store all your receipts in case you need to make a return, for tax purposes or to track your spending. Just take a picture of your receipt, and we will digitize key information.

 

These are just a few features of this app. So far it seems safe to use and very convenient. Imagine if you go to the store and you forgot the credit card you wanted to use at home? This app makes it so you can pull that card right up on your phone and still be able to use it right in the store, without having to go back home and get it! To get more info about Lemon Wallet go here

 

 

Available for iPhone  Android and Windows Phone