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• Cool Websites & Tools – What Zuckerberg Said, Refine Your Twitter Hashtags, & Drag-And-Drop To Facebook
• 6 Fantastic 3DS Games From 2013 That You Need To Play
• Android Apps on Sale: Get Neuroshima Hex For $1, Rayman Jungle Run, And 4 Other Gems
• 4 Ways You Could Be Making Better Use of Your Smartphone Camera
• Flexibits Launches Fantastical 2 Calendar for iOS 7 at $4.99
• Create The Ultimate Transportation System in OpenTTD
• 10 Fictional Floorplans From Popular TV Shows
• The 5 Best Plot Twists And Shockers In Video Game History
• This Is How You Can Add External Subtitles On Windows Media Player
• You Can Now Finally Get a Vanity URL For Your Google Plus Account – If You’re Eligible
• 5 Of The Best Video Game Areas, Levels, And Dungeons
• OS X Mavericks is Free: Here’s How To Get It & Why You Want It
• 10 Awesome And Creepy Halloween Treats You Can Find On Instagram
• What Should You Do After Falling For A Fake IT Support Scam?
• Got Some Time To Kill? 4 Sites Filled With Bite-sized Documentaries

Cool Websites & Tools – What Zuckerberg Said, Refine Your Twitter Hashtags, & Drag-And-Drop To Facebook Posted: 31 Oct 2013 03:01 PM PDT The Zuckerberg Files – is a digital archive of all public utterances of Facebook’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. It includes over 100 full-text transcripts and bibliographic data of all publicly-available content representing the voice and words of Zuckerberg, including blog posts, letters to shareholders, media interviews, public appearances and product presentations, and quotes in other sources. Import.io – Turn any website into a table of data or an API in minutes without writing any code. Crawl websites, interact with search boxes and even map URL patterns for the ultimate control over your data – without code. Use the chrome... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – What Zuckerberg Said, Refine Your Twitter Hashtags, & Drag-And-Drop To Facebook

6 Fantastic 3DS Games From 2013 That You Need To Play Posted: 31 Oct 2013 02:30 PM PDT When it comes to handheld video gaming, Nintendo has the market on lock down. The 3DS, and the newly released 2DS (which we just recently reviewed), are one of the most robust handhelds ever made. While it might lack the pure power of the PlayStation Vita, it more than makes up for it with the quality and quantity of games available. Over the course of 2013, some fantastic games have hit the market, and if you fancy yourself a gamer, you really should give each one of them a play, because they are downright fantastic. Pokemon X & Y For... Read the full article: 6 Fantastic 3DS Games From 2013 That You Need To Play

Android Apps on Sale: Get Neuroshima Hex For $1, Rayman Jungle Run, And 4 Other Gems Posted: 31 Oct 2013 02:15 PM PDT Welcome to our weekly column listing great games and apps that are on sale right now. Act fast, and enjoy some great discount on these well-reviewed finds! This week's big find is Neuroshima Hex, one of the best-reviewed board games for Android. Find it below, along with several other great deals for those quick enough to act! Apps MathStudio: Previously $20, now "just" $10. Yup, even at a 50% discount this well-reviewed math app remains one of the priciest apps around. If you truly understand what it does, you may be the target audience. For the rest of us, all... Read the full article: Android Apps on Sale: Get Neuroshima Hex For $1, Rayman Jungle Run, And 4 Other Gems

4 Ways You Could Be Making Better Use of Your Smartphone Camera Posted: 31 Oct 2013 01:30 PM PDT How often do you use your smartphone camera? With every new model that comes out, it seems like camera quality is often a huge selling point. But do you take advantage of those advancements? There are a lot of neat uses for that camera you carry around everywhere regardless of whether it’s the latest and greatest or three years old. Personally, I use my smartphone camera maybe once or twice a year. It’s pretty sad and a waste of potential, so I’ve been interested in figuring out how to make better use of it. If you’re in the same boat... Read the full article: 4 Ways You Could Be Making Better Use of Your Smartphone Camera

Flexibits Launches Fantastical 2 Calendar for iOS 7 at $4.99 Posted: 31 Oct 2013 01:15 PM PDT Flexibits has redesigned, remade and relaunched their popular calendar app for iOS 7, packing in new features and a sleeker look. But it comes at a cost, whether you bought v1 or not! There's nothing wrong with the default Calendar on the iPhone—or so you think till you get your hands on an app like Tempo or the new Fantastical 2. Fantastical 2 lets you easily create events with natural language, and smartly understands data points. For example, if you were to type "Lunch with Elon at Palo Alto on Monday between 12 and 1 pm", Fantastical will automatically pick up the location... Read the full article: Flexibits Launches Fantastical 2 Calendar for iOS 7 at $4.99

Create The Ultimate Transportation System in OpenTTD Posted: 31 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT There are loads of people who love games like SimCity. While the city simulation genre covers all sorts of different aspects, plenty of people are interested in the transportation systems and their efficiency and effectiveness. For those people, there are games that fall under the transportation management genre. Although there aren’t many games that represent this genre, there’s still a few. One of them, OpenTTD, is easily accessible, free, and available for all major platforms. About OpenTTD OpenTTD is a clone of the original Transportation Tycoon Deluxe. While the game it’s based off of is quite old, the OpenTTD project... Read the full article: Create The Ultimate Transportation System in OpenTTD

10 Fictional Floorplans From Popular TV Shows Posted: 31 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT They may not be real, but they’ve claimed a place in our hearts. Friends, The Simpsons, The Big Bang Theory — these are just some of the world’s most loved TV shows. Professional interior designer Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde brought fandom to the next step by hand-drawing these lovely, detailed floorplans. They’re available from Society6 as prints, or made-to-order hand-drawings from Etsy. Which floorplan should Iñaki draw next? Ted Mosby’s apartment from How I Met Your Mother Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment from Sex and the City Charlie Harper’s beach house from Two and a Half Men Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment Will Truman and... Read the full article: 10 Fictional Floorplans From Popular TV Shows

The 5 Best Plot Twists And Shockers In Video Game History Posted: 31 Oct 2013 11:50 AM PDT I’ve always really enjoyed playing games that constantly require me to think and consider the storyline. A good video game is a lot like a good movie, and that’s especially true in 2013 when gaming is as cinematic and intense with visuals as ever. The best single-player video games make you feel something. They’re an experience for us to play through, enjoy, and hopefully remember. When it comes to gaming, one emotion that seems incredibly tough to tap into is shock. How many video games have actually shocked you? How many games have made you set down your controller and... Read the full article: The 5 Best Plot Twists And Shockers In Video Game History

This Is How You Can Add External Subtitles On Windows Media Player Posted: 31 Oct 2013 11:30 AM PDT It is indeed possible to add external subtitles to a movie that you’re watching using Windows Media Player. The process is even simpler than you might think. This article is specific to Windows Media Player 12, Microsoft’s latest media library and player.  Some users enjoy the simplicity of using the media player that came on their device, and Windows Media Player gets the job done in most cases. We received some very helpful suggestions on how to add subtitles to WMP over in our Q&A section and here we’re going to go through it step by step. Preparation First thing’s first: download and install Windows... Read the full article: This Is How You Can Add External Subtitles On Windows Media Player

You Can Now Finally Get a Vanity URL For Your Google Plus Account – If You’re Eligible Posted: 31 Oct 2013 11:15 AM PDT Finally, Google+ users can get a vanity URL for their profile. Google Plus has been around since 2011, but in those two years, you haven’t been able to get a proper vanity URL for your profile. A vanity URL is when you can brand yourself on the site by having a specially made URL, with say your name, or the name of your business. It makes finding you or your business easier. Facebook has been offering it since the beginning, and it’s only now that Google is finally catching up. Up until now, everyone has had to deal with a... Read the full article: You Can Now Finally Get a Vanity URL For Your Google Plus Account – If You’re Eligible

5 Of The Best Video Game Areas, Levels, And Dungeons Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:50 AM PDT Can you remember your absolute favorite video game atmosphere? I’ve been playing video games since I was around five years old. I’ve played good games and bad games. There are games that I can play through and not remember the next year, and then some that I can only complete a small portion of and remember vividly. What do we all play video games for? If you’re a fan of RPGs, maybe you’re into storyline. FPS lovers are looking for balance, design, strategic value, etc. With all of that taken into consideration, you wouldn’t care for any game if it... Read the full article: 5 Of The Best Video Game Areas, Levels, And Dungeons

OS X Mavericks is Free: Here’s How To Get It & Why You Want It Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:30 AM PDT Apple really outdid itself this time. The words “software sells hardware” never rung more true, and now that OS X Mavericks is free to all, isn’t it about time you got on-board? Absolutely. There’s a lot to love about OS X Mavericks, and much of the improvements aren’t visible until you’ve actually installed the free upgrade. If you put off installing Mountain Lion then you’ll be even more amazed, so let’s take a look at the how and why regarding Apple’s 10.9 announcement. Can I Run It? Before jumping in and getting all excited about a free upgrade, it’s useful... Read the full article: OS X Mavericks is Free: Here’s How To Get It & Why You Want It

10 Awesome And Creepy Halloween Treats You Can Find On Instagram Posted: 31 Oct 2013 10:00 AM PDT What do you need for a Halloween party? You need good music (we have some spooky stuff you can download for free), you need a costume (we have you covered there with these DIY costume ideas), and of course, you need great food. Given how people love to show off their food creations on Instagram, we headed there to check out some of the awesome and creepy Halloween treats Instagrammers have come up with. You can make them too! Tombstone cupcakes These look so cool, and they’re actually really easy to make. You can bake a batch of any cupcakes... Read the full article: 10 Awesome And Creepy Halloween Treats You Can Find On Instagram

What Should You Do After Falling For A Fake IT Support Scam? Posted: 31 Oct 2013 09:30 AM PDT Imagine this scenario. For the past few months, your computer has been running slowly. That’s can’t be right, can it? I mean, you only bought it last year and the person in the store said it was a really good computer. He said it was future-proof.  Out of the blue, your landline rings. A polite young man with a comfortingly familiar Indian accent is on the other end, and he says that he’s from Microsoft Technical Support. He says that your computer has a problem. A really big problem. He says that your computer has a virus. But you needn’t... Read the full article: What Should You Do After Falling For A Fake IT Support Scam?

Got Some Time To Kill? 4 Sites Filled With Bite-sized Documentaries Posted: 31 Oct 2013 09:00 AM PDT Here at MakeUseOf, you’ll find endless recommendations for stuff to watch online, and a lot of it bite-sized content that you can watch on the go, or kill 10 or 15 minutes at your computer if you have some time to waste. What better way do that then to watch an interesting, educational, and well-made short documentary. We’ve introduced you to independent movie shorts and documentaries worth watching, six websites packed with short movies, and have even recommended a collection of short TED videos under 5 minutes you don’t want to miss. The four sites listed below open up a world of... Read the full article: Got Some Time To Kill? 4 Sites Filled With Bite-sized Documentaries

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