| Cool Websites and Tools [June 21st 2013] Posted: 21 Jun 2013 09:31 PM PDT |
| Make Your Own Free Family Tree Online Using Geni Posted: 21 Jun 2013 08:30 PM PDT For those of you who have considered doing your family tree using an online service, you may have noticed that there's a lot of variance between what is available from each service – and for what price. I did a lot of research into the various offerings and finally decided I would use Geni for many reasons. Continue reading the article Read full post: Make Your Own Free Family Tree Online Using Geni |
| NextStories: A Refreshing And Easy-to-Use StumbleUpon Alternative Posted: 21 Jun 2013 08:00 PM PDT When StumbleUpon first hit the Web 2.0 scene, it was one of the first sites of its kind to really make it easy to discover new content online. Since then, lots of websites and apps have rushed into what has become an incredibly crowded scene of content discovery, but NextStories, which we first introduced you to in our directory, brings a simple elegance to the process that really makes it stand out. Continue reading the article Read full post: NextStories: A Refreshing And Easy-to-Use StumbleUpon Alternative |
| 4 Websites Every Fighting Game Fan Needs To Visit Daily Posted: 21 Jun 2013 06:30 PM PDT At MakeUseOf, we love fighting games. We’ve covered them in-depth plenty of times, and it’s because they are downright awesome. We’ve talked about some of the best games coming in 2013, and we’ve covered plenty of other fighting game action. After all, fighting games are one of the most dominate games in the esports scene, [...] Continue reading the article Read full post: 4 Websites Every Fighting Game Fan Needs To Visit Daily |
| Instacast for Mac Is Perfect for Discovering, Managing, and Playing Podcasts Posted: 21 Jun 2013 05:30 PM PDT Podcasts are a useful way to keep current on a wide range of topics and interests. The podcast manager and player in iTunes is decent, especially if you're only subscribing to a handful of podcasts, but more advanced players like Instacast ($19.99) offer greater options for managing, playing, interacting with, and syncing your podcast subscriptions between devices. I included Instacast as part of my top 10 favorite iOS apps for 2011, and when I saw that it was available for the Mac, I didn't hesitate to download and give it a try. Continue reading the article Read full post: Instacast for Mac Is Perfect for Discovering, Managing, and Playing Podcasts |
| How A Dream Job Comes True: Interviewing World-Class 3D Artist Rafael Grassetti Posted: 21 Jun 2013 04:30 PM PDT It's not every day that I get to pick the brain of a world-leading 3D artist -- but that's exactly what I got to do with Rafael Grassetti. You may not recognize Rafael's name, but you have no doubt seen his work on massively popular games like Assassins Creed 3, Mass Effect 3, and others, and may have even held one of the toys he designed for toy giant Hasbro. Rafael is one 3D artist who made it big, and I wanted to find out what it takes and how he got there. Continue reading the article Read full post: How A Dream Job Comes True: Interviewing World-Class 3D Artist Rafael Grassetti |
| How To Tether The Nokia Lumia 920 & Other Connectivity Options Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:31 PM PDT Here in the UK, 4G is currently being rolled out across major towns and cities by the EE network (previously T-Mobile and Orange). Where I live we're stuck with 3G, but I do have a 4G SIM to take advantage of high-speed mobile Internet when travelling. This always comes in useful, particularly if local Wi-Fi networks aren't doing their job properly. Continue reading the article Read full post: How To Tether The Nokia Lumia 920 & Other Connectivity Options |
| Facebook Adds 15 Second Video Capture To Instagram [Updates] Posted: 21 Jun 2013 03:00 PM PDT |
| 3 Android RPG Games That Rock Posted: 21 Jun 2013 02:30 PM PDT Mobile gaming is known for puzzle games and casual games, but what about the other genres? Games like Angry Birds and World of Goo took the world by storm when they first came out and they pretty much set the stage for mobile games, but a new genre has been burgeoning: RPGs. They've been popular for the past few decades and it's about time that good Android RPGs had their share of the limelight. Continue reading the article Read full post: 3 Android RPG Games That Rock |
| 7 WordPress Database Queries To Search Your Blog For Anything Posted: 21 Jun 2013 02:01 PM PDT Running a Wordpress blog or a website isn't really that much of a big deal at the beginning. It's actually pretty simple. You install Wordpress on a webserver, you upload and install a theme, start blogging and you've got your website up and running. For the first two years, it's a piece of cake. You may not have a successful blog from day one, but you know what - if you're a good writer, the traffic starts arriving. Continue reading the article Read full post: 7 WordPress Database Queries To Search Your Blog For Anything |
| Cover Your Tracks With These 3 Unmissable Data Removal Tools Posted: 21 Jun 2013 01:00 PM PDT Personal privacy is the hot topic these days, at least in the news. It should also be the hot topic in your computing life, as well! What you do online and on your computer says an awful lot about you and, in the hands of the wrong people, can prove disastrous. Oh, fine, at least we have a password on our computers. But let's say we are doing something where privacy really does matter. Imagine we had a benevolent reason to cover our tracks. On to some tools that will help us do just that! Continue reading the article Read full post: Cover Your Tracks With These 3 Unmissable Data Removal Tools |
| 10 Vintage Hard Drive & Memory Ads That Question Value For Money Posted: 21 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT Today, hard disk space and memory are just two of the many things we take for granted in the world of technology. Computers are fitted with drives that can hold terabytes upon terabytes of data. And we can never get enough memory -- why live with just 4 gigabytes of RAM when you can have 32 gigabytes? It didn't use to be like this though. The following vintage advertisements will make you wonder who on earth would have been able to afford a computer. Continue reading the article Read full post: 10 Vintage Hard Drive & Memory Ads That Question Value For Money |
| Feel Like a Billionaire With the Latest Uses for Android NFC Technology Posted: 21 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT Did you know Near Field Communication technology powers Bill Gates's techno-utopian Xanadu 2.0 mansion? Visitors to the Gates' estate receive a wearable NFC tag, which comes programmed with the visitors' climatic and aural preferences. Upon entering a room, a stereo system pipes in the listeners' preferred playlist while a ventilation system adjusts the temperature. Your NFC equipped phone possesses a very similar technology to this. Continue reading the article Read full post: Feel Like a Billionaire With the Latest Uses for Android NFC Technology |
| 7 Operating Systems You Can Run With Raspberry Pi Posted: 21 Jun 2013 11:01 AM PDT Who can argue with a $40 computer? Especially one that also forms a good base for electronics projects! I certainly can't. But the hardware alone is only one side of the story: you still need to run an operating system. Join me today as I explore 7 different OSes you can install on your Raspberry Pi, right now. Disclaimer: some are significantly more useful that others. Continue reading the article Read full post: 7 Operating Systems You Can Run With Raspberry Pi |
| 10 Common PC Maintenance Errors That You Can Avoid Posted: 21 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT PCs still require maintenance, as much as we wish they were magic boxes that did all the work for us. Unfortunately, many people make mistakes when it comes to maintaining their PC. These mistakes could result in hardware damage, security breaches, data loss, and general system instability. We generally cover lists of things you should do, but knowing what not to do can be even more important. Here we cover some of the most common mistakes so you can avoid them and keep your PC running like new. Continue reading the article Read full post: 10 Common PC Maintenance Errors That You Can Avoid |
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