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When watching a YouTube video in Firefox, you may want to switch to another tab in your Web browser to research something you just saw or heard, or maybe to a word processing application to take notes. If keeping your eyes on the video isn't a priority, then you don't need to worry about finding the pause button before doing either of these things. However, if you want to pause, there's a browser extension called YouTube Smart Pause that can do it for you automatically.

YouTube Smart Pause offers options to pause YouTube videos when you leave the tab, or when Chrome becomes your inactive window. Fortunately, all you need to do is install a copy of YouTube Smart Pause for Firefox and it'll start working right away. If you want to configure it, the easi... [Read more]

Evernote's two-factor authentication.

Evernote, the popular note-taking app available on the Web and on mobile devices, has some new security features.

The company announced the new features on its blog on Thursday, saying that it's now offering three security tools that it didn't before. First up is two-step verification, which requires that users input both a password and a security code that can be sent to their mobile device. The company says that the two-step verification will only happen when users install Evernote on a device or access the service from the Web. It's also optional, so it can be turned off by those who don't want to deal with it.

See also: Two-factor authentication: What you need to know (FAQ)

In addition, Evernote now enables users to see the history of when their accounts were accessed. That information also includes a general location and an IP address to ensure someone wasn't snooping around in notes when they shouldn't have been.

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Deer Hunter Reloaded

Glu Mobile, a developer and publisher of freemium games on smartphones and tablets, will start offering cash to highly skilled gamers.

Speaking to Reuters on Thursday, the company confirmed that Android users playing "Deer Hunter Reloaded," its hunting-simulation game, will be able to win cash prizes if they achieve strong results in certain skill-based contests.

In order to win the cash, gamers will need to pay a fee to enter the competition. The company told Reuters that if all goes well, it will bring the cash-for-gaming system to its other Android titles.

Because the cash-based system is based on Skillz, a platform designed to bring cash tournaments to mobile games, Glu Mobile's offering will only be available to Android users. For now, Skillz does not work on iOS.