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• Cool Websites and Tools – YouTube Trends, 300 Sandwich Creations, & 20 Million MP3′s To Download
• Who Should Replace Steve Ballmer As Microsoft CEO? [We Ask You]
• Google Chrome Bakes Search & Search By Image Into Desktop, Adds Gestures On Android
• Simplenote for Android is a Free, Fast and Fantastic Notepad
• 4 Windows Media Player Alternatives for Windows 8
• Impressive Twitter App for iOS Redesign Concept
• Three Steps to Restore Your Sluggish Android’s Performance
• 5 Reasons To Give Eve Online A Second Chance
• BitTorrent Chat Seeks To Bring Free P2P, Secure, User-Owned Instant Messaging
• Easily View Multiple Tabs At Once With These Chrome Extensions
• Wireless Networking Simplified: The Terms You Should Know
• GTA Online Launches: Here’s What You Need To Know
• 10 Social Media Accounts Every Food Lover Should Follow
• Introducing the TV Devil, An Easy Remote Control Arduino Prank
• 5 Common PC Gaming Problems (And How To Fix Them)

Cool Websites and Tools – YouTube Trends, 300 Sandwich Creations, & 20 Million MP3′s To Download Posted: 02 Oct 2013 03:01 PM PDT What We Watch – is a geographic exploration of popular YouTube videos, based on YouTube Trends. Click on a country on the map to see which other countries watched similar videos. The darker the country, the more they have in common. Click a second country to see what videos are popular in both places. The site is created by the MIT Center for Civic Media. Begin – is a to-do list for real people. It works how you'd expect. It’s fast, it’s simple and it’s beautiful. Each to-do item has just three options: do it today, do it tomorrow, or... Read the full article: Cool Websites and Tools – YouTube Trends, 300 Sandwich Creations, & 20 Million MP3′s To Download

Who Should Replace Steve Ballmer As Microsoft CEO? [We Ask You] Posted: 02 Oct 2013 02:15 PM PDT Within the next 12 months Steve Ballmer is going to retire as CEO of Microsoft and likely to be never seen again. I doubt he’ll do a Bill Gates and use his money and fame to do good deeds, but stranger things have happened. Having already asked how do you feel about Ballmer’s departure and where should Microsoft head next, it’s time to get down to real business. Ballmer has already bid a fond farewell to the Microsoft faithfuls, his tearful goodbye being captured forever on the Weird & Wonderful Web. After a Goodbye often comes a Hello, and someone... Read the full article: Who Should Replace Steve Ballmer As Microsoft CEO? [We Ask You]

Google Chrome Bakes Search & Search By Image Into Desktop, Adds Gestures On Android Posted: 02 Oct 2013 01:15 PM PDT It hasn't been too long since Chrome 29 hit desktop operating systems with smarter omnibox suggestions, but Google isn't resting on its laurels. The search giant is baking its core product into the browser with a new update. Now, the New Tab page of Google Chrome will show you the familiar Google logo and search box, which you would normally see if you visited Google.com. Under the search box, you will find your most visited tabs, as usual. And yes, it will also update when there's a special Google Doodle, whether boredom-busting games or amazing videos. "Speed is one of... Read the full article: Google Chrome Bakes Search & Search By Image Into Desktop, Adds Gestures On Android

Simplenote for Android is a Free, Fast and Fantastic Notepad Posted: 02 Oct 2013 12:50 PM PDT Good apps like to show off their many features. Great apps get out of the way and let you do what you came to do. And that’s what Simplenote has always been about. It has been the best note-taking app on the Web, Windows, Mac or iOS, and new owners Automattic (the same company behind WordPress) has now brought this same simplicity to Android for free. It has been three years since Simplenote first released and while there were official apps for online and iOS, other platforms weren’t as lucky. On Android, third-party apps like NotationalAcceleration, Flick Note and Glance... Read the full article: Simplenote for Android is a Free, Fast and Fantastic Notepad

4 Windows Media Player Alternatives for Windows 8 Posted: 02 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT Windows Media Player is outdated on Windows 8. Oh sure, it’s still there, but it’s only available on the desktop and hasn’t seen any meaningful updates. Windows Media Player is also missing in action on Windows RT, even though most other desktop programs that come with Windows are included. If you have a Windows 8 tablet, you’ll want to use a Modern app from the Windows Store instead of Windows Media Player. If you want to watch video files, be sure they’re located in the Videos library — or another library — on your Windows 8 system. Modern apps won’t... Read the full article: 4 Windows Media Player Alternatives for Windows 8

Impressive Twitter App for iOS Redesign Concept Posted: 02 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT It’s time for Twitter to grow up. Belarus-based designer Maxim Eriomov set out to rethink and completely redesign Twitter’s iOS client; evolving it into a sexy, dark-themed, stylish application that’s not only functional, but enticing. The redesigned user profile looks better than ever. What do you think of the design concept? Read the full article: Impressive Twitter App for iOS Redesign Concept

Three Steps to Restore Your Sluggish Android’s Performance Posted: 02 Oct 2013 11:50 AM PDT It may confuse readers to know that the solid state memory in Android devices naturally slow down with use. Before Android 4.3 released, many believed cheap flash memory modules contributed to bad performance. It shocked everyone that both cheap memory and a little-known bug in Android were culprits. All Android and iOS devices use primitive, compared to desktop SSDs, solid state storage devices. Within the Android storage device ecosystem, most storage devices utilize eMMC technology, of which multiple versions exist.  Newer smartphones tend to use the more refined eMMC version 4.4 and above, whereas older devices use eMMC (among other, less... Read the full article: Three Steps to Restore Your Sluggish Android’s Performance

5 Reasons To Give Eve Online A Second Chance Posted: 02 Oct 2013 11:30 AM PDT Ten years ago CCP Games released Eve Online, an unusual sci-fi space combat massively multiplayer game that revolves around a player-driven economy and society. Unlike most games that have tried the same, Eve managed to survive, even thrive, and its popularity has only risen with time. Yet most gamers only remember their early experience which, for many, was rather painful. Early Eve suffered from a terrible interface, unforgiving mechanics and an almost non-existent tutorial, and even veteran MMO players often bounced off these obstacles. Over the past few years, however, CCP Games have made changes to help newbies dig into... Read the full article: 5 Reasons To Give Eve Online A Second Chance

BitTorrent Chat Seeks To Bring Free P2P, Secure, User-Owned Instant Messaging Posted: 02 Oct 2013 11:15 AM PDT With growing concerns over how secure your online data is from intelligence organisations like the NSA, the makers of BitTorrent are looking to roll out a new instant messaging app that protects your privacy using the same infrastructure as the file-sharing network. BitTorrent Chat, an experiment in BitTorrent Labs, is currently in private alpha. "BitTorrent Chat applies distributed technology to the idea of IM. Our goal is to ensure that your messages stay yours: private, secure, and free," said Catherine Meek, Director of Product Management at BitTorrent. The biggest sell here is that BitTorrent Chat is completely server-less. By not... Read the full article: BitTorrent Chat Seeks To Bring Free P2P, Secure, User-Owned Instant Messaging

Easily View Multiple Tabs At Once With These Chrome Extensions Posted: 02 Oct 2013 10:50 AM PDT Screen real estate is particularly important in a job with high productivity requirements. Forget endless tab management extensions, it's time to redefine how you can view multiple open tabs at once on Chrome, and not just push them into the background. Some online tasks like web designing, online research, translation, social media management, and collaborative telecommuting demand it. We recently asked our readers about the number of open tabs in their browser. Would you believe it – 20 was a low figure! Powerful processors can handle the individual processes of each open tab easily without slowing down the computer. But... Read the full article: Easily View Multiple Tabs At Once With These Chrome Extensions

Wireless Networking Simplified: The Terms You Should Know Posted: 02 Oct 2013 10:30 AM PDT Do you know the difference between an “access point” and an “ad hoc network? What is a “wireless repeater” and how can it improve your home network? Is a “wireless router” as simple as it sounds, or is there more to it? There are a lot more wireless networking terms around that encompass more than “WiFi” ever could, and it might turn out to be beneficial for you if you knew what these terms meant. Not only will these terms help you to be more knowledgeable on the networks at home, at school, or at work; they may even prove... Read the full article: Wireless Networking Simplified: The Terms You Should Know

GTA Online Launches: Here’s What You Need To Know Posted: 02 Oct 2013 10:00 AM PDT Rockstar’s latest open world masterpiece set records as fans rushed to a life of crime in Los Santos, but a large portion of the game was missing upon the initial launch. Until now. Finally fans can take to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network to shoot, rob, steal or simply pass the time together in Grand Theft Auto V’s massive open world. If you thought the single player side of things was big, you haven’t seen anything yet! Introducing Grand Theft Auto Online Relatively little was known about GTA Online even after the game was released. The single player portion... Read the full article: GTA Online Launches: Here’s What You Need To Know

10 Social Media Accounts Every Food Lover Should Follow Posted: 02 Oct 2013 09:30 AM PDT Do you like food? Do you use social media? Ever thought of combining the two in a bowl, transferring to a pan on medium heat and tasting the results? Of course you have. But like a good supermarket, social media is literally flooded with foodie accounts, and unless you tackle the task with a list, you’ll end up getting more than you’ve bargained for. Yes, there are many foodie accounts out there. Follow the ones below and you won’t be sorry. @SeriousEats on Twitter Yup, that’s right. Kimchi and bbq sauce. On a cheeseburger. Get the recipe (it’s awesome): http://t.co/MtIjxCpgl4—... Read the full article: 10 Social Media Accounts Every Food Lover Should Follow

Introducing the TV Devil, An Easy Remote Control Arduino Prank Posted: 02 Oct 2013 09:00 AM PDT Hide this in your living room and laugh as the TiVo box is seemingly possessed by a demon that demands to watch cheesy shopping channels. Whether your ultimate goal is to turn off every TV in the neighbourhood or build a universal Siri-controlled remote, this project serves as a great starting point to learn the basics of IR control and receivers. In this “prank”, we’ll be making a device that records, then plays back, a series of IR remote commands. It’ll work with any device that uses an IR remote control, or even a mix of devices at once –... Read the full article: Introducing the TV Devil, An Easy Remote Control Arduino Prank

5 Common PC Gaming Problems (And How To Fix Them) Posted: 02 Oct 2013 08:30 AM PDT Playing a game on the PC usually provides a better experience than the same game on a console, with a few exceptions (Diablo 3, I'm looking at you). Yet many people still enjoy consoles, and it's easy to see why. PCs are more complex and lack standardized components, which means there's no guarantee a game will run, or run well. While random strangeness does at time occur, must of the problems encountered by PC gamers fall into some familiar categories. Issues can usually be resolved as long as the source isn't a bug in the game's code. Let's have a... Read the full article: 5 Common PC Gaming Problems (And How To Fix Them)

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