Microsoft recently announced its acquisition of Clipchamp, a company offering web-based video creation and editing software that allows anyone to put together video presentations, promos or videos, that will now replace video editing in Windows Photos app. 

How Clipchamp works 

Clipchamp’s online video editor equips you with essential editing tools. You can cut, trim, crop, rotate, split, loop, zoom in and out, speed up or slow down, add or remove audio and even add filters and transitions to videos.

Record your camera and screen: 

Easily make screen recordings and edit them into tutorial videos, virtual meetings, presentations, and even reaction videos.

Captivating stock video and audio: 

Search our library of curated themed stock collections to select the perfect song, sound effect, image, or video to complete your creations. There are millions of royalty-free and paid stock options to choose from.

Beginner-friendly templates, made by designers: 

Create professional videos with no experience in minutes using free video templates. Customize your template with videos, text, branding, and background music. From YouTube gaming to sales, choose from thousands of video templates for any industry.

Special tools for creators: 

• Green screen video editor: Amaze your viewers with the background replace feature. Use chroma key effects to quickly replace parts of a video and add overlays.
• Meme maker: Create and share looped videos and entertaining GIFs.
• Try text-to-speech: Create lifelike voiceovers for your videos using our 170 AI voices. Choose from a selection of feminine, masculine and neutral tones in different accents in 70 languages.

Create a video your way 

Record a video: Securely record your webcam and screen, edit mistakes and create automatic subtitles.

Upload a video: Import videos, photos and other media in a variety of formats from your computer, mobile or OneDrive.

Choose stock or video templates: Select designer video templates or start fresh with royalty-free videos and music.

Enhance and elevate your video 

Free AI voiceovers and subtitles: Create a video voiceover in 400+ voices or generate automatic subtitles in 140 languages.

Effects and overlays: Achieve studio-like effects with filters, transitions, overlays, animated text, music and stickers.

Video brand kit: Create branded videos with your logo, special font and brand’s colour palette.

Auto subtitle generator  

Create engaging and accessible videos with subtitles in any language.

Enable global viewers enjoy your videos in their chosen language  

Tip: Download your video transcript in Clipchamp, then reuse it as a blog or social media content.    

Make training videos easily accessible to all viewers, especially for people with a disability  

Polish meeting recordings and make them easy to skim, search and review   

Reinforce video lessons to support every student’s learning style.

Tip: Increase your video accessibility by overlaying sign language interpretation and adding ASL stickers. 

Visit https://clipchamp.com/en/subtitle-generator/

Templates 

Create professional looking videos in minutes with Clipchamp’s templates. Explore our range of YouTube intro templates, YouTube channel subscribe panels & social media handle templates. Ready to use – no experience needed.

Visit https://clipchamp.com/en/blog/create-videos-templates/

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Internet hacking is someone gaining access to your internet credentials. This leads to them being able to log in to your accounts and devices and be able to also access your personal information stored in those places.

This can be dangerous as your information can be stolen/leaked, hackers can log into your banking apps leading to theft as well as holding your accounts/devices for ransom, hackers can gain access to your private information and sell it to big companies for advertising purposes or hackers just simply want to cause a disturbance.

If you do not want this happening to you, here are the best ways to stay cyber secure

• Use strong passwords.

If you are setting a password for an online account or device, try and make one that is unique and does not include any public details of yourself including your name or birthday. A good way to make a unique password is to chose a word and break it up with different numbers and symbols to replace some of the letters, eg: instead of ‘hello’, use ‘h3ll0!’. Always remember to NEVER store the password to your devices and accounts on the device, if you must, write it down on paper and store it somewhere safe only you have access to.

• Activate Two-Factor Authentication (2FA).

2FA allows you to add an extra layer of security with your password. You will get a unique one time password, a link or a secret code sent to your mobile or email address upon every log in to your accounts or for online banking, any time you go to make a transaction. There are also free third-party apps like Google Authenticator and Microsoft Authenticator that aid in enabling 2FA on mobile devices including all apps installed on the device.

• Recognise Spam Emails.

Spam emails have common flaws you need to look out for to protect you from a cyber attack.

1. Check the sender’s email address. If the email is very long and unusual, look out! If someone is claiming to be an employee from a big corporation, the email will always have the company name as their domain (‘@apple.com’, ‘@amazon.com’). It would never have a generic domain like ‘@gmail.com’ or ‘@hotmail.com’.
2. Check for punctuation or grammar mistakes. If the email is filled with poor grammar and vocabulary, do not ignore it. Established companies have strong standards regarding their online communication. This makes it uncommon for an email or post to have grammatical errors. So if you see these errors, be aware.
3. Is the email too good to be true? If the email is stating you have won a brand new iPhone with no information on how or why, it is most likely a scam. Scam emails commonly say you have won something to entice you to click on any attachments leading to a cyber breach.

• Use a VPN.

Using a VPN is another tool you can install to help keep you safe. A VPN will do a number of things including:

1. Secure encryption – hides your online activities even on public networks.
2. Disguising Location – hides your location from being accessed.
3. Prevent Data Theft – stops your personal data being taken and sold.
4. Accessing Blocked content – a VPN allows you to change your location to anywhere in the world to view content blocked in your country.

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1. Click Create and setup your new shared bookings page

     2. Invite Staff who will have options to book appointments with you.

3. Setup your booking time service schedules of availability

4. Choose who can make bookings with you

5. Click Create and you’re good to start accepting online bookings.

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So, firstly you need to make the decision on whether enabling comments on your WordPress blog will be valuable to your website and its readership and if that is a big YES, then being prepared for spambots visiting and posting to your unprotected comments section is very much a given.

Ok so I hope I haven’t scared you off opening your website comments section, but knowing there are drawbacks as well as positives is just as important as knowing how to combat your websites comment spam.

Don’t get me wrong, comments on your blog posts, positive or negative, can create a sense of community and discussion you may not necessarily get elsewhere and can help increase site visits as part of your SEO campaign. I always recommend new site owners enable comments as a way to engage with their readership and help gain a broader view of the topic raised, but if your site is not protected then it brings the chance of potential comment spam by spambots engines.

Well if like me in years gone past you created a post that you wanted to engage with your viewers and encourage feedback but the thought of approving/disapproving comments meant you blocked all functionality well then worry no more.

Google reCAPTCHA is a free service that protects your website from spam and abuse. reCAPTCHA uses an advanced risk analysis engine and adaptive CAPTCHAs to keep automated software from engaging in abusive activities on your site. It does this while letting your valid users pass through with ease. So get yourself (if you haven’t already) a Google account and enable this free service. For more information visit www.google.com/recaptcha/.

Now that you have enabled Google reCAPTCHA and have your Site and Secret Keys you’ll need to install a plugin that will do all the work for you. Below are just some of the great plugins that will control access to your comments, along with your WordPress Login screen and contact forms.

Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) by BestWebSoft

No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA by MailOptin Team

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Posterous launched in 2008 as a premier blogging tool, which was very easy to use and great for those businesses looking at getting an entry level blogging system, which was easy to share photos and connect with your social networks. Since being acquired by Twitter almost one year ago, Posterous continued building features to help you discover and share what’s happening in your business world.

If you currently have a Posterous blog you can download all of your Posterous Spaces including your photos, videos, and documents up until April 30, 2013.

Here are the steps:

Go to http://posterous.com/#backup.

Click to request a backup of your Space by clicking “Request Backup” next to your Space name.

When your backup is ready, you’ll receive an email.

Return to http://posterous.com/#backup to download a .zip file.

Just remember: you need to back up your Spaces by April 30.

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