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- Cool Websites and Tools – August 20th 2013 – Real-Time Messaging, Analytical Web Surfing, & Touchpad Freezing
- Facebook Shadow Profiles: You Probably Have One Too [Weekly Facebook Tips]
- Angry Birds Rio: Still Up There With Rovio’s Best
- Full-Featured vs. Basic Linux Code Editor: Eclipse and Geany Compared
- The Evolution of the Geek
- Ditch Qwerty & Type Faster With Workman
- Get Your iOS International News Fix From The BBC
- Use Your Expertise: Author Your Own Money Making Course Using Udemy
- 8 Evernote Upgrades You Should Know About
- 6 Apps To Take to the Game
- Submit Your Best Photos To Bing’s Hometown Homepage Photo Contest [Updates]
- 4 Alternatives To Fiverr Where You Can Buy & Sell Services Online
- Pica Pic Brings Classic Handheld Electronic Games To The Web
- How To Make Sure You Get The Best Deals On Back To School Tech
- Find Out What Is Slowing Down Your Browser With Guardius [100 Invites Inside!]
| Posted: 20 Aug 2013 03:01 PM PDT  Today in Cool Websites and Tools, we take a look at 5 cool websites, including creating time records, real-time messaging, Photoshop modular grids, analytical web surfing, and freezing the touchpad while typing text. Read on below! PrimaERP – Take control of your time – and earn more. Free with all features for 1-3 users – no trial period. You can easily create your time records via stopwatch, drag & dropping your impulses or simply clicking the calendar. On the dashboard you can also see your time records in time and money with real-time comparison to the previous week. The largest... Read the full article: Cool Websites and Tools – August 20th 2013 – Real-Time Messaging, Analytical Web Surfing, & Touchpad Freezing |
| Facebook Shadow Profiles: You Probably Have One Too [Weekly Facebook Tips] Posted: 20 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT  You think you’re not on Facebook? Think again. Facebook no doubt has a shadow profile made just for you. You may recall that recently Facebook found a bug exposing personal details of 6 million user accounts. What you may not have realised is that this led users to know more about how Facebook stores our data, and shows us clearly that Facebook does indeed have shadow profiles on most of us. Scary stuff? Well, yes. It’s now clear that NSA and other government spying agencies use tools like PRISM to get data from sites like Facebook, and there is nothing... Read the full article: Facebook Shadow Profiles: You Probably Have One Too [Weekly Facebook Tips] |
| Angry Birds Rio: Still Up There With Rovio’s Best Posted: 20 Aug 2013 02:00 PM PDT  If there is one game which has defined gaming on the smartphone, it is Angry Birds, which is quite possibly the most addictive smash hit since Tetris. On the surface, the game concept sounds easy enough: use a slingshot to propel birds through the air and smash down structures where the evil pigs are hiding. The more damage you wreak, the more pigs you snag, and the less birds you use, the more points and stars you will get. Simple right? Er….no, actually it isn’t. This game can be frustratingly difficult and extremely addictive – and therein lies the appeal.... Read the full article: Angry Birds Rio: Still Up There With Rovio’s Best |
| Full-Featured vs. Basic Linux Code Editor: Eclipse and Geany Compared Posted: 20 Aug 2013 12:45 PM PDT  If you’re someone who writes code regularly, it’s highly important that you use a code editor that you’re comfortable with. Under Linux, there is a large selection of editors to choose from, each one aimed at different types of programmers. Choosing just two editors to compare is really hard, but I chose my two favorites: Eclipse and Geany. These two editors are fantastic at what they’re aimed to accomplish, but they’re still vastly different from one another. To take a closer look, I compared these two by the interface, amount of features, overall ease of use, and other characteristics such... Read the full article: Full-Featured vs. Basic Linux Code Editor: Eclipse and Geany Compared |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2013 12:30 PM PDT  As you can probably tell, we’re big on geeks here. If you’re not sure if you are a geek, well, there’s an easy way to find out. Passed the test? Here’s another one to gauge how much of a geek you are. Once you’ve discovered you are in fact a geek, find out exactly which type of geek you are. Make sure you’re not a hipster, we’re really strict about entry requirements. Welcome to the club! Are you curious how the term geek came into be? Were your geek predecessors just like you? Did geeks exist before Star Wars and... Read the full article: The Evolution of the Geek |
| Ditch Qwerty & Type Faster With Workman Posted: 20 Aug 2013 12:00 PM PDT  Before personal computers were invented, even before they made their appearance in science-fiction literature, the Qwerty keyboard layout was designed for use on typewriters. While the design considerations were solid, Qwerty wasn’t created for efficiency. Far from it. Because the typebars on a mechanical typewriter could jam when pressing close-by keys, the most used characters were instead spread out as far as possible on the keyboard. We don’t use typewriters anymore (well, most of us don’t). And yet most of you will still be using Qwerty, the most popular keyboard layout in the world. But not because it’s so easy... Read the full article: Ditch Qwerty & Type Faster With Workman |
| Get Your iOS International News Fix From The BBC Posted: 20 Aug 2013 11:15 AM PDT  If you want high quality accurate news, then it is the BBC you should turn to, regardless of where you live in the world. The Beeb (as it is lovingly known) often puts other international media organisations to shame. If you have an iPad or iPhone, you can enjoy the BBC on your smart device via dedicated apps.Even though there is also an Android version, today I will be focusing on the iOS app, and how it differs from CNN’s digital offerings. The Beeb’s App Ever since it was founded in 1922, the British state media organisation known as the BBC has been known around... Read the full article: Get Your iOS International News Fix From The BBC |
| Use Your Expertise: Author Your Own Money Making Course Using Udemy Posted: 20 Aug 2013 10:10 AM PDT  In the age of the Internet, you can often surpass traditional and expensive college and technical courses and learn practically anything online. And if you have a particular expertise in a subject and want to teach others, there is a large variety of online resources you can use to make money by teaching others as well. Udemy is one such example of a popular online teaching and learning site that can be accessed online and from supported mobile devices. Udemy has over 8,000 free and paid courses on a wide variety of subjects including technology, business, design, arts, photography, humanities, music,... Read the full article: Use Your Expertise: Author Your Own Money Making Course Using Udemy |
| 8 Evernote Upgrades You Should Know About Posted: 20 Aug 2013 09:38 AM PDT  It seems like every other month, Evernote gets additional upgrades. A few are quietly released, while others are highly anticipated by heavy Evernote users. Since I wrote my last article about Evernote’s new design and file storage upgrades, the popular notebook has gotten important new features, including Reminders, a highlighter and tighter security for subscribers, among others. If you’re new to Evernote, download Mark O’Neill’s free PDF, How to Use Evernote: the Missing Manual to get up to speed. And if you’re an iPhone or iPad owner, I’ve already explained why Evernote is a must-have app for the iPhone and iPad.... Read the full article: 8 Evernote Upgrades You Should Know About |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2013 09:00 AM PDT  Whether your sport of preference is American football, baseball, football (soccer), or whatever else is out there, going and watching a game live can be an incredible experience. Even if your budget only permits sitting in the nosebleed section, there is just something about the joy of being at the game that nothing else rivals. But did you know that you can make the live sports experience even better with the help of some mobile apps? Whether iPhone or Android, there are some apps you can download that will make watching the game even more fun. After all, there are some... Read the full article: 6 Apps To Take to the Game |
| Submit Your Best Photos To Bing’s Hometown Homepage Photo Contest [Updates] Posted: 20 Aug 2013 08:30 AM PDT  Bing’s Hometown Homepage Photo Contest is on till September 3rd and you can now submit your best snaps to have a chance at winning the top prize. The photo contest has been launched to celebrate World Photography Day and Bing is partnering with Discovery Communications to “explore and uncover wonders around the world each and every day”. As the name indicates, the contest is about your hometown…whichever part of the world that may be in. Any photo that captures the uniqueness and beauty of your city, town, or village is on par for the photo contest. It can be a... Read the full article: Submit Your Best Photos To Bing’s Hometown Homepage Photo Contest [Updates] |
| 4 Alternatives To Fiverr Where You Can Buy & Sell Services Online Posted: 20 Aug 2013 08:00 AM PDT  Every few months, a web application or a particularly unique idea hits the Internet and captures the attention of everyone. From that, a waterfall of copycats and alternatives pour in. Do you remember the first time you heard of ChatRoulette? Since then, dozens of alternatives have popped up and many have seen some pretty successful launches. The concept is something that everyone wants a piece of. The idea has been brought to life, and from there everyone else attempts to put their own spin on it. It’s just the flow of the Internet. Fiverr is in that same mold. It’s... Read the full article: 4 Alternatives To Fiverr Where You Can Buy & Sell Services Online |
| Pica Pic Brings Classic Handheld Electronic Games To The Web Posted: 20 Aug 2013 07:27 AM PDT  Video games are everywhere these days, even when you’re not in the house and staring at a television or monitor. Thanks to smartphones and tablets, mobile gaming is more popular than ever even amongst casual gamers, and core gamers can buy a dedicated handheld console such as the Nintendo 3DS or PlayStation Vita. However, playing games on the go wasn’t always this easy. Before the original Game Boy arrived on the scene as the 1980s gave way to the 1990s, all eager gamers had to play while out of the house were handheld electronic games that came as part of... Read the full article: Pica Pic Brings Classic Handheld Electronic Games To The Web |
| How To Make Sure You Get The Best Deals On Back To School Tech Posted: 20 Aug 2013 06:43 AM PDT  Going back to school can be stressful, not only because it’s school but also because students often find themselves having to spend money they don’t really have. After tuition and books, there’s often very little to no money left to buy a replacement laptop or a new phone. Stretching your dollar comes down to a combination of buying the right equipment and using the right coupons, as Kannon illustrated in his article about saving money on a new computer. Many companies extend special offers to students that can slash the price of your back-to-school shopping list, which in turn means... Read the full article: How To Make Sure You Get The Best Deals On Back To School Tech |
| Find Out What Is Slowing Down Your Browser With Guardius [100 Invites Inside!] Posted: 20 Aug 2013 06:00 AM PDT  Add-ons can slow down your browser. Wouldn’t you like to identify the culprits? The average MakeUseOf reader has 1-20 browser add-ons installed. Depending on the number and type of add-ons, this can have a significant effect on your browser. So unless you’re one of the rare types, you probably know what I’m talking about. One solution is indeed to avoid add-ons all together, and use bookmarklets to achieve many of the same effects. But wouldn’t it be great if you could know for sure which add-ons are OK to use, and which ones are slowing you down? You can do this by disabling... Read the full article: Find Out What Is Slowing Down Your Browser With Guardius [100 Invites Inside!] |
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