| Cool Websites and Tools [July 6th 2013] Posted: 05 Jul 2013 09:05 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. Biteslide – A slidebook is apparently the same as a presentation, except it lives online [...] Continue reading the article Read full article: Cool Websites and Tools [July 6th 2013] |
| Make Writing Papers Easier – 4 Websites That Help You Cite Sources Posted: 05 Jul 2013 06:30 PM PDT When the time comes to write a paper, one of the biggest pains can be citing your sources. You've spent hours and hours slaving away over your computer, perfectly crafting every word. You're cruising for an easy A, and then you have to go and spend even more time citing all those sources. Thankfully, the Internet makes this arduous part of the paper writing process a little easier. Continue reading the article Read full article: Make Writing Papers Easier – 4 Websites That Help You Cite Sources |
| Create Survey Forms With Style Using Typeform Beta Posted: 05 Jul 2013 05:30 PM PDT I have used Google Forms to post quick surveys and collect contact information for various purposes. As part of the Google Drive suite of tools, Google Forms is convenient and pretty easy to use. There are similar online form creation services that are just as good, but none as far as I can tell are as stylish as the new Typeform form creation and data collection service, available for free at the beta level. Continue reading the article Read full article: Create Survey Forms With Style Using Typeform Beta |
| Draft: A High-Quality, No-Nonsense Way To Keep Notes On Android, With Full Dropbox Sync Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:30 PM PDT I consider myself a discerning note-taker. If a note-taking application isn't just so, it can drive me crazy. This is where I'm supposed to tell you I'm on a never-ending quest to find a great note-taking app. But really, I'm not: for months now, I've had a duo of note-taking apps on my homescreen. One of these is the wonderful Draft, which is worth every cent of the $2.57 it costs. If you're looking for a great way to write on your phone, read on. Continue reading the article Read full article: Draft: A High-Quality, No-Nonsense Way To Keep Notes On Android, With Full Dropbox Sync |
| 10 Tips To Get The Most Out Of BBC iPlayer Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:30 PM PDT What is the best in British entertainment? Is it on TV or on the radio? Either way, both media are accessible with the BBC's iPlayer service. BBC iPlayer is a browser-based service that is also available as desktop, mobile, and console apps. International viewers can also take advantage of the service, with some restrictions. With so many shows on offer and many options for playback and downloading shows (with DRM) if you've ever used the service it might be the case that you haven't used BBC iPlayer to its full ability. Continue reading the article Read full article: 10 Tips To Get The Most Out Of BBC iPlayer |
| Twitter’s Tracking Your Internet Activity Now – But Will Let You Opt Out [Updates] Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:00 PM PDT |
| So, You Want To Develop Android Apps? Here’s How To Learn Posted: 05 Jul 2013 02:30 PM PDT After so many years, one would think that the mobile market is now saturated with every app imaginable to man - but that's not the case. There are plenty of niches that still need to be filled and even current markets with several leading apps can still fall behind in quality. All that to say: there's always room for new Android apps, and with a little bit of know-how, you could be the next developer to create a smash hit. Continue reading the article Read full article: So, You Want To Develop Android Apps? Here’s How To Learn |
| Cracked Android Apps and Games: Read This Before Downloading Posted: 05 Jul 2013 02:00 PM PDT The statistics don't lie: Most Android malware comes from outside Google Play. Downloading cracked apps -- or any type of app -- from a shady website or untrustworthy third-party app store is the way most Android devices become infected. Never mind the harm to app creators -- downloading cracked Android apps and games is a great way to harm yourself. Continue reading the article Read full article: Cracked Android Apps and Games: Read This Before Downloading |
| How to Child-Proof Your Android Phone Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:00 PM PDT If you've got kids and an Android phone or tablet, you know too well that sometimes they are going to want to have a play or learn with some toddler apps. On occasion, you might also want to hand over the Android device to your child as a distraction. In order to ensure your data and wallet are protected from what your child might do while it's in their hands, you need to set things up correctly from the start. Here's what you can do to child-proof your phone. Continue reading the article Read full article: How to Child-Proof Your Android Phone |
| 10 Persuasive Social Media Propaganda Posters Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:30 PM PDT Work less, tweet more! Do your part, Like it on Facebook. Even if social media propaganda posters existed today, we wouldn't need them -- they're already etched into our heads. We habitually share thoughts and images on social networks without being asked to; sometimes, excessively. Continue reading the article Read full article: 10 Persuasive Social Media Propaganda Posters |
| How I Helped My Mom Buy The Perfect Smartphone Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:00 PM PDT Are you looking to buy your mother the perfect smartphone? Finding the right device for the woman who carried you around for nine months takes a great deal of research and planning. Here's the story of how I found the best smartphone for one of my favorite people in the world. Meet my mother, a retired pay-roll service specialist for the State of California and a cyborg. Yes, my mother is literally a cyborg. We'll get to that later. Continue reading the article Read full article: How I Helped My Mom Buy The Perfect Smartphone |
| A Guide To Good Deals: How To Save Money On Everything You Buy Online Posted: 05 Jul 2013 11:30 AM PDT |
| Party Planning Made Easy: 12 Of The Best Resources Posted: 05 Jul 2013 11:00 AM PDT As summer rolls in (and out again, for the famous week long British summer), the time for garden parties is upon us. You've set a theme and instructed everyone to come in costume, but as the host your job is the hardest: food, decorations, perhaps activities and games. So here, my fellow party planners, are (at least) 12 sites that should be your first stop for inspirational ideas to help you pull off that perfect party. Continue reading the article Read full article: Party Planning Made Easy: 12 Of The Best Resources |
| Download Windows XP For Free and Legally, Straight From Microsoft Posted: 05 Jul 2013 10:00 AM PDT As the years progress and Microsoft moves on from Windows 7 into Windows 8 and beyond, it's certainly starting to feel like Windows XP is just an artifact of the past. But is it? There may be situations when you need to use XP again or you might want to take a stroll down memory lane. Well, Microsoft offers VirtualBox, a free Virtual Machine featuring a free version of Windows XP, which runs within your current OS. You can use this system for testing or running older programs that only work in Windows XP. Continue reading the article Read full article: Download Windows XP For Free and Legally, Straight From Microsoft |
| 5 Awesome Must-Play Arcade Shooters For iOS Posted: 05 Jul 2013 09:20 AM PDT The arcade shooter is a style of game that I love, but which went out of fashion in the last decade as improved hardware led most developers to embrace the immersion of a first-person or third-person perspective. Fortunately, the constraints of mobile hardware have caused resurgence in the genre, and there's a hoard of titles to choose from. Perhaps too many, as with tower defense, picking out the really great games from the schlock isn't easy. That's why I've rounded up the five absolute must-play arcade shooters for iOS. Continue reading the article Read full article: 5 Awesome Must-Play Arcade Shooters For iOS |
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