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• Cool Websites & Tools – Mac Paint, The Powerpoint Killer, & Android BitTorrent Sync
• iOS Apps on Sale for 1 November: Deus Ex, XCOM & Rayman
• Air Travel Gets Friendlier As FAA Finally Approves Use Of Personal Electronic Gadgets On Airplanes
• 3 Steps To Get Google Authorship For Yourself And Your Website
• Caption Contest: You May Now…
• Help Open Source Happen: Support Developers You Love Using Gittip
• 5 Ways To Use Microsoft OneNote On Windows Phone 8
• The Complete Guide To Cryptic Instagram Hashtags No One Understands
• Turn an Android Device Into a Laptop With Four Keyboard Technologies
• 3 Multifunctional Docks To Replace Your Windows Taskbar
• Amazon Introduces Kindle MatchBook Program for Digital Copies of Paper Books
• How Not To Twitter: 7 Hashtag Fails To Learn From
• Secrets of OS X Mavericks: What You Really Need To Know
• Waterproof Your iPhone With These Top 5 Cases
• Get The Perfect Self-Hosted Feedreader Solution With Tiny Tiny RSS

Cool Websites & Tools – Mac Paint, The Powerpoint Killer, & Android BitTorrent Sync Posted: 01 Nov 2013 03:01 PM PDT Cloudpaint – for anyone who likes walking down memory lane, and for those who had one of the earlier Macs, Cloudpaint is the site for you. It gives you a functioning, browser-based version of the Paint program, which was installed on the earlier Macs, and you can play around with the features, and relive the early days. Math Live – Math is a subject which everyone pretty much dislikes, but it is essential to be able to add, subtract, multiply, and devide numbers, if you are going to be financially literate in life. Therefore young kids should improve their math... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Mac Paint, The Powerpoint Killer, & Android BitTorrent Sync

iOS Apps on Sale for 1 November: Deus Ex, XCOM & Rayman Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:15 PM PDT Halloween generally means scary films, lots of sugar and dressing up but for app developers it’s a great time to hold a sale instead. Any excuse a good excuse, right? This week we’re mostly looking at games (surprise: people want to play games on Halloween) rather than useful apps, including a cheaper Deus Ex, two turn-based tactical strategy games and a classic JRPG from SQUARE ENIX. Apps Atlas by Collins ($0.99, now free) I know, I know – your tablet or phone already has a Maps app. You’ve probably got Google Maps too. This universal offering from Collins is a throwback... Read the full article: iOS Apps on Sale for 1 November: Deus Ex, XCOM & Rayman

Air Travel Gets Friendlier As FAA Finally Approves Use Of Personal Electronic Gadgets On Airplanes Posted: 01 Nov 2013 01:15 PM PDT The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has okayed the use of personal electronic devices (PED) during flights with a few caveats still in place. In the revised guidelines, passengers can read e-books, play games, and watch videos on their devices during all phases of flight. Making calls while in the air is still prohibited. Wi-Fi services can be availed above 10,000 feet if the air carrier provides the facility. Use of Bluetooth also gets the nod. The new ground rules are far more flexible than the earlier ones which required passengers to switch off all devices during... Read the full article: Air Travel Gets Friendlier As FAA Finally Approves Use Of Personal Electronic Gadgets On Airplanes

3 Steps To Get Google Authorship For Yourself And Your Website Posted: 01 Nov 2013 12:30 PM PDT If there’s a knock on your door and when you answer, a man tells you that he’s an FBI agent and needs to search your house, would you let him in without checking his identification? Probably not. The concept is the same when it comes to Google Authorship. Using another analogy, if you meet someone for the first time and they point at a book you’re reading and they tell you they’re the author, how do you know they’re telling you the truth? Odds are good you check their picture on the back cover. You might even ask them for... Read the full article: 3 Steps To Get Google Authorship For Yourself And Your Website

Caption Contest: You May Now… Posted: 01 Nov 2013 12:15 PM PDT I now pronounce you man and wife, you may now… Caption this image! Share your best, most hilarious captions in the comments section and be in the running to win a geeky MakeUseOf t-shirt of your choice! And the winner of the previous caption contest “Frankenstein 2.0” is Paul B. with his caption, “I gave him a Surface tablet. I figured a person made out of dead parts should have a tablet to match.”. Read the full article: Caption Contest: You May Now…

Help Open Source Happen: Support Developers You Love Using Gittip Posted: 01 Nov 2013 11:30 AM PDT Isn’t open source code just great? It gave us all of these Linux distros and great Linux apps, Apache, Python, and the list goes on. If you’re a coder, this movement is very easy to contribute to. But what if you don’t code and still want to pitch in and show your support? We’ve previously discussed eight ways to support open-source projects besides coding, and today I’d like to expand on the first: Donating real, hard-earned cash to support the developers you love, using the online service Gittip. First Things First: Gittip Is About People, Not Projects Here is the... Read the full article: Help Open Source Happen: Support Developers You Love Using Gittip

5 Ways To Use Microsoft OneNote On Windows Phone 8 Posted: 01 Nov 2013 10:30 AM PDT Among the free Microsoft Office Mobile apps on a Windows Phone 8 device is a version of OneNote, the remarkably versatile and Evernote-rivaling note-taking tool that can handle voice transcription and sync notes across other devices – among other things! Back in 2010, when Windows Phone was first unveiled, an advertising campaign soon followed which demonstrated mobile OneNote's sync capabilities. These are only the tip of the iceberg of what can be achieved with this flexible little app. Personally speaking, I use it for making notes on the fly, jotting down bits of overheard dialogue that I think might prove useful in... Read the full article: 5 Ways To Use Microsoft OneNote On Windows Phone 8

The Complete Guide To Cryptic Instagram Hashtags No One Understands Posted: 01 Nov 2013 10:00 AM PDT #instagood, #l4l, #f4f, #photooftheday, #igers… what’s up with all these hashtags? Can we no longer enjoy simple photos on Instagram without a barrage of inexplicable hashtags on the side? If you’re annoyed with all these hashtags, I feel your pain. But you better face it: they’re not going away any time soon. The least you can do to ease your suffering is to learn what all these hashtags mean. And who knows, by using these medarately, you may even gain some exposure for you photos! This post is only about Instagram hashtags. If you’re here to learn about Twitter hashtags,... Read the full article: The Complete Guide To Cryptic Instagram Hashtags No One Understands

Turn an Android Device Into a Laptop With Four Keyboard Technologies Posted: 01 Nov 2013 09:30 AM PDT Quite frankly, software keyboards just don’t cut it for hardcore productivity. Even the best software keyboards, like SwiftKey, fall far behind even low-quality hardware keyboards in speed and typing comfort. Four major, some exotic and some mundane, keyboard technologies inhabit marketplaces: NFC powered keyboards, OTG (On the Go) keyboards, Bluetooth 3.0 and 4.0 keyboards. Of these, I prefer using OTG keyboards for their quality and reliability. However, remember that no single keyboard type can fit all individual needs. Each possesses both strengths and weaknesses that the discriminating consumer should keep in mind. Four Keyboard Technologies Of the four keyboard technologies... Read the full article: Turn an Android Device Into a Laptop With Four Keyboard Technologies

3 Multifunctional Docks To Replace Your Windows Taskbar Posted: 01 Nov 2013 09:00 AM PDT Why does Windows need a dock? The taskbar pretty much accomplishes the same tasks: quick program launch and organization of running programs with a few extra bells and whistles. But despite the overlap, a lot of people choose to use a dock over the taskbar for those bells and whistles. Mac OS X wasn't the first to implement a dock, but they did it in such a way that made it beautiful, effective, and downright fun to use. Can you achieve the same with a taskbar? Sure, but as with most things, form is just as important as function. That's... Read the full article: 3 Multifunctional Docks To Replace Your Windows Taskbar

Amazon Introduces Kindle MatchBook Program for Digital Copies of Paper Books Posted: 01 Nov 2013 08:15 AM PDT This week, the Seattle retailer, Amazon.com launched its Kindle MatchBook program, which enables customers to download digital copies of the physical paper version of the books purchased from Amazon. The Kindle digital versions range from free to $2.99. Kindle MatchBook is similar to the AutoRip program started early this year which provides customers a MP3 version of physical albums and CDs purchased from Amazon. The digital tracks are automatically added to a customer’s Amazon Cloud Player and can share across mobile devices. By visiting this page, and signing into your account, Amazon will locate your qualifying Kindle titles for paper editions you’ve... Read the full article: Amazon Introduces Kindle MatchBook Program for Digital Copies of Paper Books

How Not To Twitter: 7 Hashtag Fails To Learn From Posted: 01 Nov 2013 07:50 AM PDT Twitter is a truly remarkable resource for everyone who spends any time at all on the Internet. There are so many reasons to be using Twitter that to not do so is ignoring a powerful tool that could be added to your social networking arsenal. Having said all of that, Twitter should be used with caution. Send a defamatory tweet and you could end up in court; say something outrageous and you could end up being publicly shamed. Hashtags are another source of possible faux pas, especially for brands using Twitter as a promotional platform. What follows is a list... Read the full article: How Not To Twitter: 7 Hashtag Fails To Learn From

Secrets of OS X Mavericks: What You Really Need To Know Posted: 01 Nov 2013 07:30 AM PDT You probably already know about the major features of the latest, free upgrade for Mac OS X. Here are the hidden ones. You’ve kept up with the news, and you know about Finder’s tabs, Safari’s new list of shared links and the fix Apple finally provided for users of multiple monitors. You read about App Nap and the other tricks Mavericks uses to extend the battery life of your MacBook, and know that the skeuomorphic tendencies have been stripped from Calendar and Contacts. “But wait…there’s more”, as Steve Jobs loved to say. Here are the little-known Mavericks features users can... Read the full article: Secrets of OS X Mavericks: What You Really Need To Know

Waterproof Your iPhone With These Top 5 Cases Posted: 01 Nov 2013 07:00 AM PDT New handsets like the Sony Xperia Z1 are waterproof, letting you safely take them for a swim or out in the rain on a hike. And take it from someone who’s used one – boldly carrying your phone into the shower is a fantastic feeling. But the good old iPhone, even in its latest models, doesn’t show any sign of that. So what do you do if you want an iPhone that isn’t afraid to be dunked, submerged, showered on or attacked by a moisture-monster? Well, there’s a case for that! First, A Few Caveats When you are buying a... Read the full article: Waterproof Your iPhone With These Top 5 Cases

Get The Perfect Self-Hosted Feedreader Solution With Tiny Tiny RSS Posted: 01 Nov 2013 06:30 AM PDT Back in July, Google Reader bit the dust, and RSS lovers everywhere flocked to Feedly in droves. Feedly is really great, and a lot of people actually think that it’s better than Google Reader, but what if you don’t like Feedly? Or what if Feedly decide to close their doors, just like Google Reader did? Where can you go then? Well, the answer in both scenarios is Tiny Tiny RSS. What Is Tiny Tiny RSS? Tiny Tiny RSS (TT-RSS) is a very simple, no frills RSS reader that you host yourself. The beauty of hosting TT-RSS yourself is that you... Read the full article: Get The Perfect Self-Hosted Feedreader Solution With Tiny Tiny RSS

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