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How to share music on Spotify

Spotify is a great way to listen to full songs and albums online, but many people neglect to take advantage of all the unique music-sharing features that are baked into the program.

Fortunately, it just takes a minute to get up to speed on the many different ways Spotify allows you to share your musical discoveries with the world (or just your closest friends). After checking out the video and slideshow, check out more great Spotify tutorials on CNET's How To blog.

Eight Pandora keyboard shortcuts

Pandora is everywhere. It's in your cars, your phones, and your TVs, but let's not forget where they started--your computer. If you're still listening to Pandora on your computer, these eight keyboard shortcuts may help you groove along a little easier.

Space bar: Play/pause Right-arrow: Skip track Up-arrow: Volume up Down-arrow: Volume down Shift-Down-arrow: Mute volume Shift-Up-arrow: Maximize volume Plus (+): Thumbs up Minus (-): Thumbs down

Within a few minutes, you'll be flying around Pandora without having to use that pesky little mouse.

Note: The browser window or tab that is playing Pandora must be … Read more

5 seriously useful Chrome extensions

There's one major element that sets browsers like Google Chrome apart from Safari and Internet Explorer: add-ons. Some are entertaining--Angry Birds, anyone?--while others add convenience or manipulate the look of Web sites you visit.

Below, you'll find the most useful extensions available in the Chrome Web Store. Everyone has their favorites, so I asked you for recommendations on Facebook and Twitter. Although there were many excellent suggestions, here are the top five useful extensions (and one app):

1: AdBlock Plus. Most Web sites pay their bills using advertisements, which often distract you from seeing anything else … Read more

How to turn YouTube videos into MP3s

With just a Webcam and a guitar, homegrown singers like Jayme Dee have turned their musical hobbies into Internet fame. Many times, these YouTube stars begin by covering (or making parodies of) popular songs.

Although some will argue that the original is always best, many of these independent covers are good--so good that you might want to download them to your iPod for the morning commute (guilty).

Nowadays, some YouTubers will provide an MP3 download link, but if that's nowhere to be found, use SnipMP3 to download any video as an MP3 (for your personal use):

Go to SnipMP3.com … Read more

How to delete your Google+ account

Google+ is estimated to have hit 20 million users in just three weeks. If you've happily migrated over to your Google+ account and want to delete your Facebook account, Dennis O'Reilly goes over how to deactivate or delete accounts (no, they're not the same).

If, on the other hand, you've tried Google+ and just aren't impressed, we'll show you how to delete your Google+ content without affecting your other Google services. Don't worry; it seems Google has learned its lesson from the Google Buzz fiasco by making it simpler to remove Google+ from your digital life. Here's how:… Read more

How to follow Facebook pages anonymously

Facebook and anonymity don't play well together, for the most part, but only rarely is it a problem. One possible issue is the desire to follow a page without letting friends know you're following. Maybe it's a business, a political organization, or a TV show that you want to keep down-low, at least from one particular FB friend (oh, let's just say it: your mom), but there's probably one or more pages you've resisted following in order to maintain your privacy. There's an easy way to keep abreast of new info without letting … Read more

How to share files of any kind with your Facebook friends

Facebook makes it easy to share a few things: thoughts, links, pictures, and videos. It's not exactly known as a productivity enhancer (quite the opposite), but that doesn't mean you can't get fancy and use it to share other files, like documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. Filefly is a great free FB app that lets you do all that. Here's how to use it: 

Log in to Facebook and visit the  Filefly app page (or just type "filefly" into the search bar), then click "Use Filefly" and accept the … Read more

How to share your Google+ photos using a Creative Commons license

When it comes to photos on the Web, there are two kinds of sharing: letting others only view your pics, and letting others repost, remix, or otherwise have their way with them. Google+ makes it so you can easily share pictures through Creative Commons licensing, which gives you control over how they may be used by others, if at all. Here's how to do it:

From Google+ (or any other Google site), select "Photos" from the top bar to bring up Picasa. Over in the top right corner, click the Options icon (it looks like a gear), … Read more

How to tweak your Google+ profile

If Google+ is the new Facebook, then it's one of the first places people will go when searching for you online. In fact, Google indexes your Google profile by default, landing it at the top of search results for your name. With all its exposure, it's important that your Google+ profile is pristine. 

With this How To, we'll show you how to tweak your Google profile with privacy settings, photos, and your Twitter feed.