| Cool Websites and Tools [July 23rd 2013] Posted: 23 Jul 2013 09:33 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 website round-ups delivered to your daily email, subscribe here. Add Your Website Here! Feedspot – Try an online-only replacement for Google Reader. Feedspot isn't [...] Continue reading the article Read full article: Cool Websites and Tools [July 23rd 2013] |
| 8 Ways To Discover The Best Instagram & Vine Videos Online Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:30 PM PDT Neither Vine nor Instagram offer a good way to search and find videos., but there are a few ways to search for Instagram and Vine videos from the comfort of your computer. We've already introduced you to 5 unofficial ways to watch Vine videos, and now we're adding to that list, and throwing in a few extra options for Instagram only. With all the creative ways people are using Vine and Instagram, these services make it a little bit easier to uncover the best videos created on each app. Continue reading the article Read full article: 8 Ways To Discover The Best Instagram & Vine Videos Online |
| Do You Watch What You Say Online? [You Told Us] Posted: 23 Jul 2013 07:30 PM PDT The Internet is still considered to be something akin to The Wild West, a lawless, still-emerging set of disparate communities all vying for attention. But this isn't actually the case, and it hasn't been for many years. Contrary to popular belief many of the laws and rules which apply in the real world also apply online. Continue reading the article Read full article: Do You Watch What You Say Online? [You Told Us] |
| How to Delete Any & All History on Your iPhone Posted: 23 Jul 2013 06:30 PM PDT How you can purge your iPhone's entire history in the next fifteen seconds? Many people will tell you it's not possible, but whether you you clear you history because you're a digital neat freak or for more scandalous reasons, clearing your iPhone's most personal logs is a lot easier and less complicated than a lot of people think. It's none of my business: I'm just here to tell you how. Continue reading the article Read full article: How to Delete Any & All History on Your iPhone |
| Create Your Own Simple Platformer With The Adventure Time Game Creator Posted: 23 Jul 2013 05:30 PM PDT Adventure Time is an animated television show which airs on Cartoon Network. It started life as a short created for Nickelodeon which became a viral video hit on the Internet. Pendleton Ward then created a full series about a human boy named Finn and his best friend Jake, a dog with magical powers. The success of the TV show has led to several games based on the series to be made for the Cartoon Network website. One of which is Adventure Time Game Creator. Continue reading the article Read full article: Create Your Own Simple Platformer With The Adventure Time Game Creator |
| How To (Try To) Turn Your Android Tablet Into The Best Cat Toy, Ever Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:30 PM PDT Over a year ago, I turned my iPad into an overpriced cat toy. You called me crazy, but the fact remains that I had no trouble finding apps that were intended just for that. The cats turned out to be extremely gentle with the iPad, and the whole thing was much more fun than I expected. So why leave Android owners out of the loop? Since I don't expect you to pay for such an app, I dug around the Google Play Store to find some free apps that will turn your Nexus 7 or other Android tablet into a respectable cat toy. Continue reading the article Read full article: How To (Try To) Turn Your Android Tablet Into The Best Cat Toy, Ever |
| Facebook Chat Stickers: What Are They & Should You Use Them? [Weekly Facebook Tips] Posted: 23 Jul 2013 03:30 PM PDT When you chat via instant messenger clients, do you add smileys? Do you also like to add other emoticons to let people know when you're hungry, bored, stressed and the rest? If so, you'll probably enjoy using Facebook's new stickers. These honestly-not-at-all-just-like-an-emoticon images are the latest craze for Facebook IM and they're quite a bit of fun. How different are they from regular emoticons? Well, just you wait and see. Continue reading the article Read full article: Facebook Chat Stickers: What Are They & Should You Use Them? [Weekly Facebook Tips] |
| 4 Excellent Real-Time Strategy Games You Can Play On The Cheap Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:30 PM PDT The real-time strategy genre is one of the staples in gaming today. Other genres, like first person shooters and role playing games, are saturated with hundreds of different titles, but real-time strategy doesn't hold the same kind of prevalence. You have the big names like Starcraft and Age of Empires, but many RTS titles never gain much traction - especially the free ones. I think RTS games are great but I don't derive enough entertainment from them to justify spending money. That's why I play free RTS games instead. Keep in mind that free games don't have the same kind of manpower behind their development, but that doesn't mean they're bad. Continue reading the article Read full article: 4 Excellent Real-Time Strategy Games You Can Play On The Cheap |
| Can We Contribute To Space Exploration? These 7 Online Tools Say We Can Posted: 23 Jul 2013 01:00 PM PDT What about the man on the sidewalk? The high-schooler in the science class? The mother who once dreamt of suiting up for a space flight? Will there dreams remain so, or can they contribute to space exploration in some little ways? Thanks to the interconnectedness of the Web, they can. Let's take a look at seven online (and free) ways a citizen of Earth can contribute to understanding space. Continue reading the article Read full article: Can We Contribute To Space Exploration? These 7 Online Tools Say We Can |
| Star Wars vs. Game Of Thrones: Which Has More Street Cred? Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:30 PM PDT Sure, Leia might have kissed Luke on the lips once, but that's nothing compared to what Cersei did what her brother Jaime. So Sandor "The Hound" Clegane got burnt by fire when he was young -- big deal, Anakin Skywalker lost both his legs and was nearly burnt to a crisp. If Star Wars and Game Of Thrones were to go head-to-head, which series would outperform the other? And thanks to Reddit, you can safely draw your conclusion. Continue reading the article Read full article: Star Wars vs. Game Of Thrones: Which Has More Street Cred? |
| Buy and Sell Used Stuff on Your Android with These Apps Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:00 PM PDT Buying and selling used stuff is great: It's truly "green," as items get a second lease on life and some new love; buyers often get bargains, and sellers get to free themselves of something they didn't need anymore (plus, money!). Yard sales and classifieds predate the Internet by many years, but once you bring the Web in, they go on overdrive. Today I'd like to show you three Android apps for buying and selling used goods. All make heavy use of your phone's camera, and work best if you live in a big city. Continue reading the article Read full article: Buy and Sell Used Stuff on Your Android with These Apps |
| 5 Facebook Games That Are Actually Really Good Posted: 23 Jul 2013 11:00 AM PDT As much as most Facebook games suck, there are some exceptions that are actually quite decent. Will these compete with games found on your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3? No, of course not, but they exist in a completely different space, so they are not made to go head to head with those games at all. If you want to get into some Facebook gaming with some experiences that are not utter piles of garbage, this list of games should be perfect for you. While these are not the best games on any platform, as far as Facebook goes, these are some of the best. Continue reading the article Read full article: 5 Facebook Games That Are Actually Really Good |
| Stealing Passwords With An Android App Is Easy: Learn How To Protect Yourself Posted: 23 Jul 2013 10:30 AM PDT You read that headline right: If you and I were on the same WiFi network, I could probably log in to some of your sensitive accounts — and I'm not even a hacker. This is thanks to an app for rooted Android devices called dSploit. It may sound pretty malicious then, but its intentions are surprisingly good. If you understand how other people could hack your information, you can learn to protect yourself. Do not use any of the information in this article to steal other people's information. Continue reading the article Read full article: Stealing Passwords With An Android App Is Easy: Learn How To Protect Yourself |
| How To Copy Data From A Laptop Posted: 23 Jul 2013 10:00 AM PDT Laptops have a particularly short lifetime. While it is possible to upgrade laptop hardware, one day the time will come when that is just not possible or worth it any more. This is when you will want to copy your data from your old laptop to a new device. How you can do this essentially depends on how much data there is to back up and whether or not the old laptop is still booting. Continue reading the article Read full article: How To Copy Data From A Laptop |
| 7-inch vs. 8-inch Tablets: Do You Really Need The Extra Inch? Posted: 23 Jul 2013 09:20 AM PDT The tablet's rise has predictably led to a diversification of the devices available. Display sizes now ranges between seven to eighteen inches, and everything in between. Consumers are certainly spoiled for choice. Most people, however, end up looking at a device between seven and ten inches. Here, too, there's plenty of variety, including tablets that have just an inch of difference between them and are otherwise very similar. Does an inch really make a difference, or is it a trivial non-issue? Let's take a look. Continue reading the article Read full article: 7-inch vs. 8-inch Tablets: Do You Really Need The Extra Inch? |
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