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This Chrome Add-on Lets You Copy & Erase Text Inside Any Image on the Web

April 24, 2014 / / 0 Comments

What would you say if we told you that it’s possible to copy, translate, edit and even erase the text inside any image you find on the internet? Well, you can, and it’s a lot easier than you might think. All it requires is a new browser extension, called Project Naptha, made by developer Kevin Kwok. It uses a number of optical character recognition (OCR) algorithms, including libraries developed by Microsoft and Google, which quickly build a model of text regions, words and letters from nearly any image. Once installed, you simply hover your cursor over available image text and select it. Using its built-in tools, you can do a number of things: Firstly, you can copy your selection. This is great if you’ve been emailed…

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This Chrome add-on lets you copy and erase text inside any image on the web

Object-Oriented Programming in WordPress: Scope

April 23, 2014 / / 0 Comments

In continuing our discussion of object-oriented programming in WordPress, we need to begin talking about the idea of scope. In short, this refers to the idea as to classes can control how their attributes and functions are accessed (or whether or not they can even be accessed).This is yet another core idea of object-oriented programming after which we should be in good shape to begin working on an actual WordPress plugin.Before moving forward, please note that each article in this series builds on the one before it, so if you’re just joining us, please be sure to check out the previous articles in the series:An IntroductionClassesTypesControl Structures: Conditional StatementsControl Structures: LoopsFunctions and AttributesOnce you’re all caught up, let’s continue our discussion on …

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Postbot: Easy WordPress Scheduling for Photos

April 23, 2014 / / 0 Comments

If you’re a WordPress-using photo-blogger looking to save yourself some spadework, you might like this little tool developed by Automattic. Rather than manually scheduling posts for individual photos one at a time, Postbot lets you drag-and-drop your snaps to upload and schedule them automatically – you can edit the details for each image as they’re uploading to save time, and a post is created for each one accordingly. Postbot then schedules them to publish at pre-set intervals over a number of days. You can also stipulate that it doesn’t post on weekends too. Schedule With Postbot To set yourself up, hit the Connect with WordPress.com button and, if you’re logged in to your WordPress.com account…

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Rocki Transforms Old Speakers Into Smartphone-Ready Audio Devices

April 23, 2014 / / 0 Comments

The Rocki helps transform old speakers into smartphone-connected devices.By Adario Strange2014-04-23 02:00:03

It looks like a rock and it turns any normal speaker into a wireless speaker, but the Rocki is more practical tool than cute gimmick. The Rocki was originally launched as a Kickstarter project back in November. Its developers were only looking to raise $50,000, but eventually came away with well over $200,000 in contributions. The device, which looks like a tiny piece of modern art, can be plugged into any standard speaker with 3.5mm or RCA audio ports and then connected to your smartphone, tablet or PC via Wi-Fi. This means that even that old stereo component set your parents have been storing up in the attic for decades can be …

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