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How to turn any picture into a coloring page

Coloring books are a great way to keep a child's attention and occupy their time.

They also provide a creative outlet for a child's inner Picasso that is several times more preferable than your walls or new furniture. However, you can even make these for yourself. After all, coloring can be a way to relieve stress and meditate, so why not have fun coloring some beautiful scenery or a favorite character from your childhood?

Follow these steps to learn how to turn any photo (be it of you, a place you visited on vacation, or even just something … Read more

How to get your holiday music fix online

There's nothing like a little holiday music to get you in the holiday mood. To help you get your holiday music fix this season, here are some Web sites streaming holiday music:

Pandora Pandora's holiday genre has several stations including pop, classical, R&B, country, rock, children's, and more. They're all available through the mobile app as well.

Slacker Slacker has a nice selection of holiday stations to choose from. Just navigate to the "Seasonal" section and you'll see the list of stations. The stations are accessible via the mobile app, too.… Read more

How to forward SMS and missed calls on Android to your Gmail

Does not having access to your phone leave you feeling cut off from your social world?

Whether you work somewhere that does not allow you to carry your cellular phone, or you forgot it at home, the lack of your constant connection can add to your stress level. Stop worrying about missing important calls or texts by following these steps.

Step 1: Download and install SMS2Gmail from the Android marketplace.

Step 2: Press the option labeled Gmail address and enter your Gmail username. Repeat this process for your Gmail password.

Step 3: Set up an activation code by pressing the … Read more

How to make personalized QR code gift tags

Handwritten gift tags might be a thing of the past.

This holiday season, JC Penney is offering Santa Tags, a new option that allows gift-buyers to record voice messages for their recipients to play back upon unboxing their gifts. And it's all done with QR codes.

The voice message is attached to a QR code, which the recipient scans with a QR scanner on a mobile phone, and the voice note is instantly played back.

Pretty cool.

But you don't have to go to JC Penney to make this happen, because there's an even better DIY option … Read more

How to view the demographics of your Twitter followers

A couple of days ago, we showed you how to map out where your Twitter followers are located with TweepsMap. There's another service that not only maps your Twitter followers, but also analyzes their gender, profession, interests, and more.

The beta service, by Schmap, is called Know Your Twitter Followers. To get your free (when you send a tweet) summary analysis of your followers, go to the schmap.it Know Your Twitter Followers site and click on the "Tweet + Free Analysis" button.

After you authorize schmap.it to use your Twitter account, you'll be presented with … Read more

How to get started with the Save to Foursquare button

Foursquare just rolled out a Save to Foursquare button, which allows users to save a venue to one of their Foursquare Lists from nearly any Web page.… Read more

How to compress unused hours in Google Calendar

It might not be the worst problem we face in the 21st century, but inveterate Google Calendar users have to stare at large, unused blocks of time (say, 1-4 a.m. or more) in their daily and weekly views. Google just released a Lab that lets us compress those blocks so they stay out of the way until we need them. Here's how to use it:

Load up Google Calendar (and sign in, if need be). Click the gear icon in the top right to bring up the Settings page, then click the Labs tab under Calendar … Read more

How to send money to friends through Facebook

If you forget birthdays until Facebook reminds you, or you constantly fear that your friends pay for lunch more often than you, then PayPal's new Facebook app is for you. Send Money is aptly named, and while you can choose to bundle your e-payment with a silly customized greeting card, there's no need for it. Here's how to settle your accounts:

Log on to Facebook and visit the Send Money page. Click "Send a card with money" if you want to make a card. Click "or just send money" if you want to … Read more

How to disable Facebook Timeline and get the old profile back

Editors' note (March 30, 2012): This method for removing Timeline only applied to those who enabled it before its public release. Now that the Timeline is being rolled out to everyone, there is no official way to remove it and revert back to the old profile. However, there are a few workarounds. A Chrome extension was recently released that hides the Timeline, so people who use the Chrome Web browser can follow these instructions. There is now an add-on for Firefox that does the same thing.

For the rest of you, we put together this roundup of ideas for making the most out of Facebook Timeline.… Read more

How to map where your Twitter followers are located

Have you ever wondered where your Twitter followers are located? With a new Web service called TweepsMap, you can map out your followers based on country, state, and city. Here's how:

To start, browse to the TweepsMap Web site, then click on the red "Analyze and Map My Followers" button. If you don't want to tweet your results after the analysis, uncheck the "Tweet my results automatically" box.

When prompted, authorize TweepsMap to use your Twitter account to analyze your followers.

Once the analysis has completed, you'll see a map with little blue … Read more