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• Cool Websites and Tools – August 16th 2013 – Chemistry Concepts, Recording MP3′s, & Flashcards
• 3 Secret Ways To Use Hashtags You’ve Never Tried Before
• 8 Legal Uses For BitTorrent: You’d Be Surprised
• How To Design Your Own Hipster Logo In 6 Easy Steps
• 5 Message Boards To Chat With Fellow iOS Gamers
• How To Win A Job Interview Via Skype
• Yahoo Redesigns Android Weather App With Stunning Flickr Images [Updates]
• Transmit: Perhaps The Best FTP Client For Mac OS X
• 5 Vital Security Tips For Smarter Smartphone Banking
• 9 Ways to Customise the New Tab Page in Chrome
• 5 Places to Find & Share Mouthwatering Food Photos
• 4 Reasons Why Everquest Next Is Going To Be The Next Big MMO
• Yelp’s iOS App Now Includes Much-Requested Review Feature [Updates]
• How To Get The Best Moto X Features On Your Android Device Today
• Four More Superb Games from the Raspberry Pi Store!

Cool Websites and Tools – August 16th 2013 – Chemistry Concepts, Recording MP3′s, & Flashcards Posted: 16 Aug 2013 03:01 PM PDT Today in Cool Websites and Tools, we take a look at 5 cool websites, including a site for chemistry concepts, visualizing thoughts, recording MP3′s, online study flashcards and typing instant text notes. Read on below! ChemCollective – is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests. Teachers can use the content for pre-labs, for alternatives to textbook homework, and for in-class activities for individuals or teams. Students can review and learn chemistry concepts using our virtual labs, simulations, and tutorials. The ChemCollective is organized by a group of faculty and staff. DebateGraph – is a web-platform... Read the full article: Cool Websites and Tools – August 16th 2013 – Chemistry Concepts, Recording MP3′s, & Flashcards

3 Secret Ways To Use Hashtags You’ve Never Tried Before Posted: 16 Aug 2013 02:01 PM PDT Six years after Chris Messina first introduced the hashtag, it’s taken over the Internet and is used in Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, Flickr and other places. The basic purpose of a hashtag, of course, is to find a list of all posts about a certain topic. We have already told you why hashtags are key to reaching a wider audience and how to use hashtags effectively on Twitter. You can also use services such as Tagboard to search hashtags across social networks. So I thought, why not take it out of the Web services that already integrate it, and apply... Read the full article: 3 Secret Ways To Use Hashtags You’ve Never Tried Before

8 Legal Uses For BitTorrent: You’d Be Surprised Posted: 16 Aug 2013 01:20 PM PDT To many people, BitTorrent is synonymous with piracy. This isn’t true — BitTorrent is certainly used for piracy, but it’s also used for many legal things. If we banned BitTorrent tomorrow and removed it from the Internet, many organizations, businesses, and content creators would have to scramble to replace it. Like HTTP, which your browser uses to communicate with websites, BitTorrent is just a protocol. You could use your browser to download pirated content, just as you could use a BitTorrent client to download pirated content, but that isn’t the only possible use. Sure, let’s face it — BitTorrent is... Read the full article: 8 Legal Uses For BitTorrent: You’d Be Surprised

How To Design Your Own Hipster Logo In 6 Easy Steps Posted: 16 Aug 2013 12:30 PM PDT Whether you’re opening your very own hipster coffee joint or launching a hippy organic produce store, you’ll need to brand your company well. What better way to define both you and your patrons than to design a distinctive hipster logo? It’s easier than you think, and will set you apart from boring, bourgeois retailers. Feeling inspired? Tim Delger’s Hipster Logo Design Guide is available for purchase at Society6 for just $15. Click to enlarge. Read the full article: How To Design Your Own Hipster Logo In 6 Easy Steps

5 Message Boards To Chat With Fellow iOS Gamers Posted: 16 Aug 2013 12:00 PM PDT For some people, gaming on iOS is just a casual pastime. They jump in, play some Candy Crush or whatever the latest craze is, and move on with their day. This is fine, as the device is suited perfectly to such a method of play – many of the games are aimed at casual players. But there are also some hardcore games out there, and plenty of gamers who enjoy playing them. For hardcore iOS gamers, connecting with others can be quite enjoyable. That’s where message boards come into play. They are a great place to find like-minded iOS gamers... Read the full article: 5 Message Boards To Chat With Fellow iOS Gamers

How To Win A Job Interview Via Skype Posted: 16 Aug 2013 11:20 AM PDT For some reason, many tech users tend to separate “reality” from what’s on their computer screen. We’re bolder people online, hiding behind text conversations, artsy profile pictures, and creative (and also sometimes off-color) user names. While Skype interviews do not necessarily provide anything for the user to hide behind seeing that everything is practically face-to-face, it’s important to establish that everything you are doing is real. You are speaking to a real person about a real job with the potential to provide for your real livelihood. Take it seriously, and don’t associate the virtual interview with being part of the virtual... Read the full article: How To Win A Job Interview Via Skype

Yahoo Redesigns Android Weather App With Stunning Flickr Images [Updates] Posted: 16 Aug 2013 11:00 AM PDT Yahoo has redesigned its weather app, and now it is back in the Google Play Store. What immediately strikes the eye even before you get down to the features are the stunning images in the background. The weather forecasts are superimposed on the images taken from Flickr. The crisp, utilitarian layout comes close on its heels. The Android app follows the iOS version which was released in April this year. The design got its due share of rave reviews all around. The Android app, which is available internationally on the Google Play Store, continues with the same typography aesthetics as... Read the full article: Yahoo Redesigns Android Weather App With Stunning Flickr Images [Updates]

Transmit: Perhaps The Best FTP Client For Mac OS X Posted: 16 Aug 2013 10:40 AM PDT FTP is the most common method of transferring files from one device to another over a network. If you host your own website, you simply can’t get around without a decent FTP client. Every file you upload (often hundreds or thousands of files, in fact) goes through the application. A bad application gets the job done, sure. But a good application makes it pleasant and easy. FTP is not only for developers. It’s one of the easiest ways to communicate between two computers on a local network as well, and Ryan demonstrated how easy it is to set up your own... Read the full article: Transmit: Perhaps The Best FTP Client For Mac OS X

5 Vital Security Tips For Smarter Smartphone Banking Posted: 16 Aug 2013 10:00 AM PDT As smartphones have become more capable, many people have begun to use them as a banking tool. Logging in to a bank account on-the-go is much easier and quicker via mobile data than any other method, and alerts can be sent directly to a user's phone to keep them informed of major transactions and changes. These benefits, however, may come at the cost of security. Smartphones are the wild west of malware, and while they've proven to be relatively safe, many users have unanswered questions and concerns. Could a new virus strike? Is 4G secure? And can a stolen phone... Read the full article: 5 Vital Security Tips For Smarter Smartphone Banking

9 Ways to Customise the New Tab Page in Chrome Posted: 16 Aug 2013 09:38 AM PDT Chrome’s new tab page is serviceable, but a bit boring. Whether you’re looking for a nice background for your new tab page or want to easily create your own visual bookmarks, add custom widgets, and view live information such as the weather or updates from your social networks, we’ve got a list of ways to make Chrome’s new tab page your own. Unfortunately, many new tab page replacements don’t have the useful “Recently closed” and “Other devices” options that appear at the bottom of Chrome’s default new tab page, allowing you to reopen closed tabs and open tabs from other... Read the full article: 9 Ways to Customise the New Tab Page in Chrome

5 Places to Find & Share Mouthwatering Food Photos Posted: 16 Aug 2013 09:20 AM PDT We all have that one person on our Facebook friend’s list or Twitter who snaps a photo of just about every meal they eat. That can be annoying. Taking gorgeous photos of beautifully cooked food on the other hand can be an entertaining hobby. Even if you don’t cook the food yourself, following a few tips can make a world of a difference when it comes to food photography. But why keep those photos to yourself? We’ve put together a list of places that are crying out for your sweet and savoury snaps. But First: Tips! Before letting you know... Read the full article: 5 Places to Find & Share Mouthwatering Food Photos

4 Reasons Why Everquest Next Is Going To Be The Next Big MMO Posted: 16 Aug 2013 08:40 AM PDT I’ve been known to dabble in the MMO space. World of Warcraft, DC Universe Online, and even some City of Heroes have sucked me in a great deal, but I never would call myself a huge fan of the genre. Even having played my way to level 90 in WoW and gotten into a little raiding, I am not what most players would call “hardcore.” However, a new is game on the relatively distant horizon that just might be the one to suck me – and plenty of you – in. The game, called Everquest Next, looks to be everything... Read the full article: 4 Reasons Why Everquest Next Is Going To Be The Next Big MMO

Yelp’s iOS App Now Includes Much-Requested Review Feature [Updates] Posted: 16 Aug 2013 08:30 AM PDT If you’re an avid user and reviewer on Yelp, you might be pleased to know that you can now add customer reviews of businesses via the website’s iOS app. Users of the app have requested this feature since it was first released. For those who don’t know, Yelp is a free online site founded in 2004 for the purpose of helping people locate businesses, automobile services, great restaurants, hair stylists, and the like. The site features over 42 million local customer reviews that rate and describe the services that businesses provide. It’s also a social networking site for making contacts, finding... Read the full article: Yelp’s iOS App Now Includes Much-Requested Review Feature [Updates]

How To Get The Best Moto X Features On Your Android Device Today Posted: 16 Aug 2013 08:00 AM PDT Ever since Google purchased Motorola last year, we’ve been waiting for something to come out of this partnership. In that time, we’ve seen Google partner with LG, Asus and Samsung, but nothing Googley came out from Motorola. That is, until the Moto X was finally announced a couple of weeks ago. The Moto X will be available in late August to early September, and unlike many of its competitors, will be carried by all major US carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and U.S. Cellular). While there’s nothing really ground-breaking about the phone — there’s nothing about a 10.5MP camera and... Read the full article: How To Get The Best Moto X Features On Your Android Device Today

Four More Superb Games from the Raspberry Pi Store! Posted: 16 Aug 2013 07:20 AM PDT Over the past few months I've produced many articles about the Raspberry Pi. These can be quite time-intensive, especially when things don't always work out well – it's the nature of this job that you can run into problems developing tutorials. At times like these, I tend to drift towards video games, and recently I've discovered that more and more titles are available for the Raspberry Pi. If you thought gaming on the Raspberry Pi was limited to setting up emulators with RetroPie or watching other gamers on YouTube (perhaps via the RaspBMC media centre solution) then prepare to be... Read the full article: Four More Superb Games from the Raspberry Pi Store!

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