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- Cool Websites & Tools – Remote Website Sharing, Local Law Enforcement On A Map & Build Tours On Google Earth
- Oceanhorn Is The Closest iOS Gamers Can Get To Zelda
- 10 Tech Bargains For Black Friday 2013
- Annotate & Link PDFs Side-By-Side with Easy Annotate for iPad
- How To Choose The Perfect Board Game
- The Next Addictive Multiplayer Fad: Bike Race Free For Android
- 4 Free Websites Where You Can Learn The Basics Of Game Development
- Is Your Software & Hardware Compatible With Windows 8.1?
- Fascinating Earth: 5 Citizen Science Projects For Our Natural World
- App Ops Allows Access To Hidden Permission Controls in Android 4.3/4.4
- Garmin Head-Up Display (HUD) Review and Giveaway
- Is That Girl Really Following You On Twitter? Spambots Exposed
- NSA Porn, CyanogenMod Ban, Jolla Smartphone, Microsoft Sexism [Tech News Digest]
| Posted: 28 Nov 2013 03:30 PM PST  Uploadcare – is a service that gives you the ability to upload, process and use CDN (Content Delivery Network) storage. This means that any media you add to the service will be stored on cloud servers. This removes the loading speed issues that you would have to deal with if you were to store the files on your own server. The free plan gives you 250MB of space. Surfly – is an app that facilitates screen sharing between yourself and others. Just type in the URL of a website that you want to show them, and send them the unique... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Remote Website Sharing, Local Law Enforcement On A Map & Build Tours On Google Earth |
| Oceanhorn Is The Closest iOS Gamers Can Get To Zelda Posted: 28 Nov 2013 03:00 PM PST  Don’t you just wish Nintendo would just release classics like Zelda for other platforms already? We all know that’s not likely to happen, so for now we have Oceanhorn ($8.99) instead. Zelda-like RPG Oceanhorn tries its best to bring much of Nintendo’s hack and slash RPG charm to Apple’s mobile platform. Arguably one of the biggest releases in 2013, and possibly for the tablet so far, Oceanhorn delivers a 3D sword-wielding seafaring experience that has many gamers mumbling “Wind Waker” under their breaths. But is it fair to compare this long-awaited iOS original to a longstanding Japanese icon? And is it... Read the full article: Oceanhorn Is The Closest iOS Gamers Can Get To Zelda |
| 10 Tech Bargains For Black Friday 2013 Posted: 28 Nov 2013 02:00 PM PST  Black Friday is looming. It’s without a doubt the biggest day of the year for retailers; where consumers, flush with cash and suffering from delayed onset fatigue brought about by eating too much mashed potatoes and turkey are waking up early. They’ll fight the frigid winter air and their throbbing headaches, and they’ll make their way to the stores. Why? To find a killer bargain! However, you don’t have to leave your house to find yourself a good deal on technology this Black Friday. Here are some incredible deals you can get your hands on from the comfort of your... Read the full article: 10 Tech Bargains For Black Friday 2013 |
| Annotate & Link PDFs Side-By-Side with Easy Annotate for iPad Posted: 28 Nov 2013 12:00 PM PST  I have already reviewed a couple of useful PDF applications, including Apple’s Preview and iOS apps iAnnotate and iBooks, but there’s always room for other PDF apps that offer a different approach to annotating and managing PDFs. The newest app in this genre is Easy Annotate ($5.99; $2.99 during launch offer). When it comes to PDF apps, I consider (among other things) how easy it is to import documents into the app, how many taps it takes to access and use annotation tools, and what features are included for reviewing annotations. It’s time to see how Easy Annotate keeps up with the competition. Importing... Read the full article: Annotate & Link PDFs Side-By-Side with Easy Annotate for iPad |
| How To Choose The Perfect Board Game Posted: 28 Nov 2013 11:30 AM PST  What better way to spend time with friends than to fool around with a board game? But which board game shall you pick? Will you be playing with children? Should you choose to play a dice board game, or one based on strategy? Do you have the whole night to play or just a couple of hours? To help you decide, here’s a fantastic flowchart by Silver Oak Casino to picking the right board game for every occasion. Enjoy! Click to enlarge. Read the full article: How To Choose The Perfect Board Game |
| The Next Addictive Multiplayer Fad: Bike Race Free For Android Posted: 28 Nov 2013 11:00 AM PST  For a good mix of single player and multiplayer fun, the side-scrolling 2D racing game Bike Race Free for Android is awesome. Who needs fancy 3D rendering and complex controls when keeping it simple is so fun and addictive? Whether you just want to get through all the levels by yourself or convince all your friends to download the app so that you can race them too, Bike Race Free will keep you entertained. This review will be looking at the Android version, but there is also a version for iOS devices. Gameplay The controls are simple: touch the right... Read the full article: The Next Addictive Multiplayer Fad: Bike Race Free For Android |
| 4 Free Websites Where You Can Learn The Basics Of Game Development Posted: 28 Nov 2013 09:00 AM PST  Over a decade ago, I taught myself the basics of game programming and game development through the limited tutorial resources I could find on the Internet. Since then, the landscape of game development has changed drastically, and anyone can start creating their own games within weeks with a few Google searches. But let's say you want to start developing your own games but don't know where to start. Where do you go? In the world of programming, they say that once you learn one coding language, you pretty much know them all. It's a little more nuanced than that, but... Read the full article: 4 Free Websites Where You Can Learn The Basics Of Game Development |
| Is Your Software & Hardware Compatible With Windows 8.1? Posted: 28 Nov 2013 08:00 AM PST  Windows 8.1 came with big promises: booting to desktop, the return of the Start button, and generally more user friendliness. Expectations were high as Microsoft made it sound as if they had listened to disappointed users of Windows 8. What Windows 8.1 turned out to be was an upgrade riddled with serious issues for a great number of people. Worse, with no option to downgrade back to Windows 8, affected users are stuck with those issues or forced to re-install Windows 8. Before you step into the same trap, make sure your computer is compatible with Windows 8.1! What Are The... Read the full article: Is Your Software & Hardware Compatible With Windows 8.1? |
| Fascinating Earth: 5 Citizen Science Projects For Our Natural World Posted: 28 Nov 2013 07:00 AM PST  Quite frankly, I didn’t have the brain matter or the perseverance to be a scientist. But today, thanks to the power of the Internet, you don’t have to be a boffin with double PhDs to contribute to the sciences. If you are interested in the world we live in, natural sciences could be your calling. Like me, easy to join citizen science projects should help you take that interest further, and call yourself a "citizen scientist" if not a true blue scientist. Do you share a love for the natural world? Then, be a part of the crowd and join... Read the full article: Fascinating Earth: 5 Citizen Science Projects For Our Natural World |
| App Ops Allows Access To Hidden Permission Controls in Android 4.3/4.4 Posted: 28 Nov 2013 06:30 AM PST  A new app just released by developer Color Tiger allows anyone running Android 4.3 or 4.4 to access Android’s hidden permissions controls for specific apps. The permission controls application is present in both of the newer versions of Android, but for some reason it is inaccessible to the user by default. This new app, App Ops 4.3 /4.4 KitKat, opens up the application for you, and the Pro version offers some extra features as well. The Pro version, which you can buy through an in-app purchase, allows for displaying notifications of which permissions are being denied by your current app,... Read the full article: App Ops Allows Access To Hidden Permission Controls in Android 4.3/4.4 |
| Garmin Head-Up Display (HUD) Review and Giveaway Posted: 28 Nov 2013 05:30 AM PST  Do you want a car like K.I.T.T. from Knightrider? Well, you can’t have one, but the Garmin Head-Up Display (HUD) dashboard-mounted windshield projector might take you one step closer to the car of the future. It’s a floating navigational display right on your windscreen. We’re giving this Garmin HUD unit away, so read through our review, then join the competition! What’s a HUD? Head Up Display is a system to show information without obscuring your view. Google Glass has a HUD; the Oculus Rift does not. Your typical satellite navigation system is not a HUD – it’s a discrete screen... Read the full article: Garmin Head-Up Display (HUD) Review and Giveaway |
| Is That Girl Really Following You On Twitter? Spambots Exposed Posted: 28 Nov 2013 05:00 AM PST  You open up your Facebook or Twitter and see that this pretty girl (who seems to be “well-endowed” and doesn’t mind showing it off) has requested to follow you or be your friend. As an optimistic and friendly person, you accept the request without so much as a second thought. In Twitter, you might even follow them back. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a bit actually, as this enticing female could be no more than a mere spambot. What could be worse is if you don’t identify the signs early on, you might end up clicking on something that... Read the full article: Is That Girl Really Following You On Twitter? Spambots Exposed |
| NSA Porn, CyanogenMod Ban, Jolla Smartphone, Microsoft Sexism [Tech News Digest] Posted: 28 Nov 2013 04:30 AM PST  Today in Tech News Digest, the NSA watches porn, Bitcoin is now valued at $1,000, Google Street View comes to airports and train stations, the CyanagenMod Installer is banned from Google Play, F-Secure KEY is launched to help you manage your passwords, the new Jolla smartphone arrives, Twitter ups its level of security, and Microsoft is accused of being sexist when it comes to the Xbox One. The NSA Watches Porn "We only spy on terrorists. Well, all foreigners, really. OK, just basically anyone we want.": http://t.co/LUpbf7h6PV — Casey Muratori (@cmuratori) November 27, 2013 The NSA has tracked which pornographic... Read the full article: NSA Porn, CyanogenMod Ban, Jolla Smartphone, Microsoft Sexism [Tech News Digest] |
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