15 New Articles on MakeUseOf

Cool Websites and Tools [June 11th 2013]
6 Bizarre Photoshop Tumblr Blogs That Will Entertain & Bemuse You
Are Smartphones The Future Of Photography? [You Told Us]
Tumblr Changes Custom Domain Settings, Could Cause Millions Of Blogs To Go Offline [Updates]
Winning At eBay Classifieds – How To Write Great Ads
Curating The Web: 6 Social Media Sites Full Of Interesting Content
3 Easy Ways To Remove Backgrounds From Images Without Specialized Software
Force Facebook To Show Thumbnail Images For Links & More Image Tweaks [Weekly Facebook Tips]
Razer Comms: A New Free Voice Chat For PC Gamers
Apple Unveils OS X Mavericks, Set For Release This Fall [Updates]
4 Video Games That Will Help You Lose Weight
Improve Pandora With These Chrome & Firefox Browser Add-Ons
The Gadgets & Games Of Kickstarter – June 11th 2013 Edition
Apple Announces iOS 7: New Design, Multitasking & Many New Features Are Coming Your Way [Updates]
Samsung Galaxy Camera Review and Giveaway

Cool Websites and Tools [June 11th 2013]

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:31 PM PDT

Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool websites round-ups delivered to your email daily email subscribe here....

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6 Bizarre Photoshop Tumblr Blogs That Will Entertain & Bemuse You

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 08:31 PM PDT

Are you big fans of Tumblr? Here at MakeUseOf, we certainly are. The blogging platform brings together the idea of blogging together with social networking and has become home to some of the most creative, entertaining, humorous and thoughtful posts we've ever come across. With an easy-to-use backend that lends itself to both creating new content and sharing content that you like, it is home to some of the most viral content on the Web.

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Are Smartphones The Future Of Photography? [You Told Us]

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 07:31 PM PDT

Smartphones are rapidly condemning a multitude of single-purpose devices to a slow descent into pointlessness. Over 50 percent of U.S. consumers now own a smartphone, and their popularity is booming in other parts of the world as well. This heady combination means it's very likely that some products will be withdrawn from the market due to a lack of demand.

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Tumblr Changes Custom Domain Settings, Could Cause Millions Of Blogs To Go Offline [Updates]

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 07:00 PM PDT

Hot on the heels of Yahoo acquiring Tumblr, the blogging service has made a major change to its custom domain settings, and should blog owners choose not to take action, it could cause their blog to go offline. Of course, blog owners who are just using Tumblr’s standard URLs will not have a problem from this [...]

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Winning At eBay Classifieds – How To Write Great Ads

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 06:31 PM PDT

You probably already know about eBay, but believe it or not, the core site has a secondary site: the eBay Classifieds. The site is quite a bit like Craigslist in functionality and purpose, but it has a much cleaner, fresher design. However, in order for your item to sell, you need to know how to sell it. Fortunately, MakeUseOf has pulled its resources together to develop a fantastic article about writing great ads for the eBay Classifieds.

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Curating The Web: 6 Social Media Sites Full Of Interesting Content

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 05:30 PM PDT

Search engines only help if you know what it is you're looking for. But what if you don't? Social networking sites are a good source of interesting content. And then there are social media sites, which are curated either by editors or a community of voters. What follows are six social media sites full of interesting stories and intriguing articles.

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3 Easy Ways To Remove Backgrounds From Images Without Specialized Software

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 04:30 PM PDT

As a tech blogger I should have some basic graphic skills, but the truth is I don't. One of the most common tasks I have to do is removing image backgrounds. If you're selling stuff online, creating presentations, or even making collages, you might also want to use the object in the photo without its background. To me, removing a complex background from a photo always seemed like an impossible task. But is it really? To find out I dived into the task head-on.

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Force Facebook To Show Thumbnail Images For Links & More Image Tweaks [Weekly Facebook Tips]

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:31 PM PDT

Here's a little problem that almost all of us have experienced at least once. You go to Facebook with an awesome link you want to share, paste it in and realise there's no image thumbnail showing up. You can't seem to make Facebook understand that the page does have images on it and you'd really like to show a thumbnail. Or can you?

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Razer Comms: A New Free Voice Chat For PC Gamers

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 02:30 PM PDT

Voice communication is a fantastic bit of technology that truly complements the fast-paced nature of multiplayer gaming. It frees up your hands from typing out long messages, allowing you to chat in real-time without any sacrifice in game play. Established gaming brand, Razer, has recently come out with a great new voice communication program for free. Even though it is still in beta, Razer Comms puts up a formidable bit of competition even against the alternatives that have been around for many years.

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Apple Unveils OS X Mavericks, Set For Release This Fall [Updates]

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 02:00 PM PDT

Apple just unveiled the next version of its OS X system, branded Mavericks. Craig Federighi, VP of Software Engineering, demonstrated new and updated OS X applications that both increase the operating system's functionalities and performance.

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4 Video Games That Will Help You Lose Weight

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 11:30 AM PDT

All too often, people who are not gamers have this idea that individuals who choose to spend their time playing video games are lazy. Sure, we like to sit around with a controller in our hand and be whisked away to a fantasy world, but that doesn't mean we don't enjoy getting active as well. All video games are strenuous on the mind, but some games can actually give you quite the workout.

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Improve Pandora With These Chrome & Firefox Browser Add-Ons

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 10:31 AM PDT

With over 35 million listeners, Pandora is easily one of the most popular Internet radio sites. Despite Pandora being awesome at linking similar songs together, there's always room for improvement. For instance, controlling it requires you to manually go to the website. Or what if you want to listen to a specific song you're in the mood for? The best you can do is listen to a preview.

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The Gadgets & Games Of Kickstarter – June 11th 2013 Edition

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 09:30 AM PDT

Each Kickstarter is its own drama representing the hopes and dreams of at least one person. Will it succeed? Will it fail? Will it become a media sensation? It's impossible to know before the money starts flooding in – or doesn't. So pop some popcorn and grab your mouse. We've got some Kickstarters to watch.

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Apple Announces iOS 7: New Design, Multitasking & Many New Features Are Coming Your Way [Updates]

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 08:30 AM PDT

Apple has just revealed iOS 7, calling it "the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone". iOS 7 brings a new interface, icons, color palette and typography to the old mobile OS, as well as new features such as Control Center, improved Notification Center, multitasking, and the much anticipated iTunes Radio.

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Samsung Galaxy Camera Review and Giveaway

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 05:20 AM PDT

If you love your smartphone's camera, and want to take things up a notch, the Galaxy Camera is perfect for you. Running Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean), the Galaxy Camera is the exact opposite of what we're used to seeing today. Instead of a smartphone camera, it's a camera smartphone (without the actual phone capabilities). How does this work? Does it really have anything to offer that your plain old smartphone doesn't? We took the Samsung Galaxy camera for a test drive to find all that out. And as usual, one of you will get extremely lucky and win this $430 camera for free!

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