MyAnswers: How to see which sites you've visited in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Safari.

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I purchased a service from a site on the internet and want to cancel but can't remember the site. The following is how to check see the sites you've visited recently in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Safari.

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MyAnswers: How to find the printer queue in Windows 7

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Often when printing under Windows there will be an error and the print job may sit in a queue blocking subsequent print jobs. Also if a printer can't be seen for some reason it may go offline. This solution shows you how to solve those problems.

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MyAnswers: Burning CD in Windows Media Player no longer works in CD player.

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When I burn a music CD using Windows Media Player (using Windows 7) and put the CD into my CD player it no longer works. A friend has changed a setting recently and I don't know how to fix it.

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It you're a software developer and thinking about developing an app keep these figures in mind.

I've heard a couple of unconfirmed figures in terms of the sales of apps.

 

1. The top 20 apps represent 50% of app purchases.

2. The top 200 apps represent 80% of app purchases.

I read once that 80% of paid Android apps are never downloaded more than a 100 times.

Apple recently reported that 90% of the apps in their app store are downloaded at least once a month. Whilst this sounds good, keep in mind that once a month means just 12 downloads a year and with apps being around a $1 each, that isn't much money. That also means 10% of apps are not downloaded more than 12 times a year.

The problem for developers is to get a realistic picture of what to expect for their efforts. Most developers are good developers but most are not in the top 20%, which means be realistic as to how much you think you'll earn from developing an app. In general, unless you have a hit (like finding gold in the gold rush days) chances are the return won't be that great. In fact if you factor in your costs and time you'll probably have made a substantial loss.

If Apple, Google and Microsoft would provide better statistics it would make it easier for developers to make better informed decisions. Without real information to make decisions many developers will invest considerable effort for little return. Of course it probably isn't in the interest of the app store owners to let developers know the actual statistics because then many would realise their efforts won't generate them much income.

 

For example Apple recently announced they've paid App developers $10 billion. There are 900,000 apps. If just 200 make 80% of the money, that means on average developer makes around $2,000, which for an IT person is one to two weeks pay. I'm sure developers put in a lot more time and resources than that. Buying an Apple computer for development alone would consume most of the money.

I'm not saying don't develop apps, just make sure you have your eyes wide open if you do. Apple makes a great deal of money and most developers simply give away their time to make the Apple App store look good. The same would be true for Google and Microsoft's app stores.

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Geoblocking on Office 365

It came to my attention that Microsoft has introduced geoblocking on Office 2013/Office 365. Australia is considered to be in the same geographical region as New Zealand, Korea and Singapore.

This is important because if you purchase a copy in this region and go to install it in another region you could have issues. Likewise if you purchase a copy of the software in another region and try to install it in our region you won't be able to.

I have heard second hand reports that airline hostesses are having trouble when using their software in another country and whilst this isn't confirmed it may indicate possible issues for international travellers/users. I've not personally heard of anyone having such problems but since the software is relatively new and no one has let me know they've had issues I can't say whether or not this is any issue.

The only obvious issue is of course Microsoft don't want to you purchase software from another region and install it in Australia. For some this will create a problem.

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MyAnswers: How to remove red eye from a digital photo.

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I have a digital photo where one person has red eye. How can I remove the red eye for a better photo?

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MyAnswers: How to display system files in File Explorer using Windows 8.

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How do I display System files in File Explorer using Windows 8. There is an option for Hidden files in the toolbar but not System files.

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