15 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• Cool Websites & Tools – Twitter Polls, Classified Search Engines, & Convert Animated GIF’s
• Get The Zaniest Endless Running Experience With Robot Unicorn Attack 2
• Internet Explorer 11 Releases For Windows 7 Globally
• Android 4.4 Is Out: 6+ Reasons You And Your Non-Techie Friends Should Care
• iOS Apps on Sale for 8 November: Animoog, Broken Sword & Aliens
• Apple Posts Update for Mail Client Fixing Compatibility Issues With Gmail
• Caption Contest: Virtual Dinner Date
• Try Out Beta Features On Wikimedia And Preview What’s New Before Anyone Else
• Use Your Android Tablet To Make Black Friday Shopping Painless [US & Canada Only]
• The Google Search App for iOS Gets Updated With Some Slick New Features
• App Master: A Simple, Clean, Friendly Way To Bulk Uninstall Android Apps
• Digg Launches Its Own Video Clips Channel – Wave Goodbye To Work Productivity
• Streamline Your Life For Cheaper Prices Using IFTTT And Yahoo Pipes!
• TeamViewer 9 Beta Launches With Tabs, Notifications, Wake-on-LAN & File Transfer
• Try It On For Size: 5 Tips To Buy Perfectly Fitting Clothes Online

Cool Websites & Tools – Twitter Polls, Classified Search Engines, & Convert Animated GIF’s Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:30 PM PST Quickdraw – with Quickdraw you can create a short-lived poll for Twitter, or list and tweet it to your followers to get answers fast. After authorizing the app to access your Twitter account, you can create a poll with at least two options or a list for people to contribute to. Your followers will get a limited amount of time to answer, and then the poll will close. Dailylister – is a Craigslist search engine as well as other smaller classified sites like Oodle, Geebo and eBay Classifieds. It combines Google and other online classifieds sites to make it easier... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Twitter Polls, Classified Search Engines, & Convert Animated GIF’s

Get The Zaniest Endless Running Experience With Robot Unicorn Attack 2 Posted: 08 Nov 2013 03:00 PM PST What happens when a Robot Unicorn Attacks for a second time? You end up with a strange game called Robot Unicorn Attack 2 (free), of course. Just like the first game, it’s incredibly weird, but that’s all a part of its charm. While it’s an endless runner at its core, RUA2 feels like more than the sum of its incredibly simple parts. But is it as good as the first? Keep reading to find out! This review is based on the iOS version, but you can also play on Android too. Gameplay As previously mentioned, RUA2 is really just an endless... Read the full article: Get The Zaniest Endless Running Experience With Robot Unicorn Attack 2

Internet Explorer 11 Releases For Windows 7 Globally Posted: 08 Nov 2013 02:30 PM PST Internet Explorer 11 was just launched with Windows 8.1. It has been available as a Release Preview on Windows 7 for a while, but now Microsoft is ready to roll out the final version to all users globally. We often harp on about Chrome and Firefox, but you may be surprised to know that IE11 is a mature, modern web browser. Microsoft has made some radical changes under the hood, with the end result being that IE11 is 30% faster than other browsers out there. "IE11 on Windows 7 improves performance across the board with faster page loading, faster interactivity,... Read the full article: Internet Explorer 11 Releases For Windows 7 Globally

Android 4.4 Is Out: 6+ Reasons You And Your Non-Techie Friends Should Care Posted: 08 Nov 2013 02:00 PM PST Android KitKat is out, and there’s no way you’ve missed it. Whether you’re an Android fan, an Apple buff or a Windows Phone enthusiast, you must have heard something about Android 4.4. But should you care? The simple answer is that you probably should. Android 4.4 is not only the latest and greatest from Google, it’s also made to run smoothly on lower-end devices. This means you may be using this version of Android before you know it, no matter which device you own (as long as it runs Android, of course). So what’s new and exciting about Android 4.4?... Read the full article: Android 4.4 Is Out: 6+ Reasons You And Your Non-Techie Friends Should Care

iOS Apps on Sale for 8 November: Animoog, Broken Sword & Aliens Posted: 08 Nov 2013 01:15 PM PST Each week we scour current App Store promotions, of which there are thousands, to bring you this column. This week we’ve found a top synthesizer, classic JRPG plus a remastered point and click adventure. Unfortunately due to the fleeting nature of app sales, if you’re reading this in the future then you might have missed out. Not to worry, simply check back earlier next Friday for another round of savings! Apps Animoog ($31.99, now $15.49) The Animoog is Moog’s incredible attempt at an iOS synthesizer. Designed exclusively for iPad, Animoog uses the company’s Anisotropic Synth Engine to enable the creation... Read the full article: iOS Apps on Sale for 8 November: Animoog, Broken Sword & Aliens

Apple Posts Update for Mail Client Fixing Compatibility Issues With Gmail Posted: 08 Nov 2013 12:30 PM PST On Thursday afternoon, Apple finally issued an update for its OS X 10.9 Mail client, which was having stability and compatibility issues for users with custom Gmail account settings. This most recent Mavericks update also includes bug fixes and improvement to iBooks, and it follows another recent update of iTunes 11.1 which resolves issues with the equalizer and adds support for Arabic and Hebrew. Apple states on its support page that the Mail update fixes issues that prevents deleting, moving, and archiving messages for users with custom Gmail settings. It also addresses an issue that may cause unread counts to be inaccurate,... Read the full article: Apple Posts Update for Mail Client Fixing Compatibility Issues With Gmail

Caption Contest: Virtual Dinner Date Posted: 08 Nov 2013 11:30 AM PST Put on your thinking caps because here’s the next caption contest! Tom and Julia are on a date. Or are they? Share your best captions in the comment section and you’ll be in the running to win a free MakeUseOf t-shirt! Be creative! As for the previous Caption Contest “That’s It, I Quit!” we’ve selected “That’s why I asked for a standing desk!” by Shawn. Congratulations! Read the full article: Caption Contest: Virtual Dinner Date

Try Out Beta Features On Wikimedia And Preview What’s New Before Anyone Else Posted: 08 Nov 2013 10:30 AM PST Wikimedia's Beta Features program will allow anyone to try out the upcoming new features on Wikimedia and its wikis like Wikipedia. The beta phase for Wikimedia's new features will give Wikimedia invaluable feedback and also allow enthusiasts the first peek into what the world's largest online encyclopedia has in store for us. Wikimedia says it will open Beta Features on all wikis by November 21st, though that can be subject to change depending on the feedback. If you are eager to try out the new features on Wikimedia, join in. The first four beta features that are open for testing... Read the full article: Try Out Beta Features On Wikimedia And Preview What's New Before Anyone Else

Use Your Android Tablet To Make Black Friday Shopping Painless [US & Canada Only] Posted: 08 Nov 2013 10:00 AM PST It appears that Black Friday is a tradition that’s here to stay, despite the fact that it has injured so many people over the years both physically and psychologically. So, why not arm yourself with a few tools for your tablet, to make your shopping mission just a little bit easier? Whenever the Black Friday shopping season comes around, I always start getting cold sweats and heart palpitations.  I’m sure it’s PTSD from my first (and last) experience making an attempt to partake in the traditional shop-fest extravaganza. All I remember is inching my way shoulder-to-shoulder with other people toward... Read the full article: Use Your Android Tablet To Make Black Friday Shopping Painless [US & Canada Only]

The Google Search App for iOS Gets Updated With Some Slick New Features Posted: 08 Nov 2013 09:30 AM PST An app that every iOS owner should have in their screen tray is the Google search app. It’s so incredibly useful in day-to-day life for quick queries, directions, restaurant reviews, movie listings, and solving disputes with the wife. Now it has been updated to provide reminders and real-time updates – a bit like Siri. For starters, Google Search now synchronises with your calendars and will send you a notification if you need to leave early for an appointment, in case of say a traffic jam. It also provides a handy Google map to help you get to your destination, along... Read the full article: The Google Search App for iOS Gets Updated With Some Slick New Features

App Master: A Simple, Clean, Friendly Way To Bulk Uninstall Android Apps Posted: 08 Nov 2013 09:00 AM PST We’ve previously shown you a number of ways to bulk uninstall apps you don’t use. First and foremost amongst those was Titanium Backup (reviewed here, and again mentioned as an uninstall tool here). And while $6.20 Titanium Backup is truly a stellar utility and does get the job done, it is primarily a backup utility, with uninstallation features thrown in just for good measure. What if there was a bulk-uninstall tool that was focused just on that one task, making it as easy as possible? Well, there is: $2.60 utility App Master. If you click that Google Play link, you... Read the full article: App Master: A Simple, Clean, Friendly Way To Bulk Uninstall Android Apps

Digg Launches Its Own Video Clips Channel – Wave Goodbye To Work Productivity Posted: 08 Nov 2013 08:30 AM PST Ever since its relaunch in 2012, Digg has been constantly and busily reinventing itself with a clean new design and a well-received RSS reader. Now it is introducing a new feature – Digg Video, where it collects the latest viral clips doing the rounds on the Interwebs. Wave goodbye to productivity all over the globe, as office workers everywhere blow off work and sit and watch dogs on skateboards all day. Each video gets its own page with an enlarged screen, along with the usual sharing and social media buttons. You can also save videos to a kind of YouTube-style... Read the full article: Digg Launches Its Own Video Clips Channel – Wave Goodbye To Work Productivity

Streamline Your Life For Cheaper Prices Using IFTTT And Yahoo Pipes! Posted: 08 Nov 2013 08:00 AM PST A great irony of Black Friday is that average prices begin escalating during a period when sales hit new annual lows. A good way to counteract this trend is through cutting costs down on goods you purchase on a regular basis. The key is in tracking prices using monitoring software and buying in bulk. I’ve written before about handling specific purchases and tracking rebates using spreadsheets. This article covers how you might use spreadsheets, IFTTT, and Yahoo Pipes to track consumable items that you use on a regular basis. This method provides instantaneous notifications whenever an item you’re looking for... Read the full article: Streamline Your Life For Cheaper Prices Using IFTTT And Yahoo Pipes!

TeamViewer 9 Beta Launches With Tabs, Notifications, Wake-on-LAN & File Transfer Posted: 08 Nov 2013 07:30 AM PST TeamViewer, the program that turns you into a remote support superhero, has been updated to version 9, although it's still in beta. When it comes to remote technical assistance, there are few better software choices out there, which is why TeamViewer is in our Best Windows Software page. Session Tabs lets you open multiple remote-control sessions in tabs, which flash on notifications. Speaking of notifications, there's a new Notifications pane that consolidates all the things about TeamViewer that need your attention, including ITBrain alerts. TeamViewer 9 gives you the ability to send files to remote computers in your list without... Read the full article: TeamViewer 9 Beta Launches With Tabs, Notifications, Wake-on-LAN & File Transfer

Try It On For Size: 5 Tips To Buy Perfectly Fitting Clothes Online Posted: 08 Nov 2013 07:00 AM PST With the rise of online shopping, we are now living in the future. Everything from electronics to furniture to food to clothing can now be purchased without ever leaving your home and often the online products end up being cheaper. Online shopping is so popular that we've even written an online shopping guide for you. But when it comes to buying clothes online, there's a hitch. Most products only need to be scrutinized for quality, but clothing needs to fit. Reviews can be helpful — as long as you ignore the fake user reviews — when determining quality, but clothing... Read the full article: Try It On For Size: 5 Tips To Buy Perfectly Fitting Clothes Online

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