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- Cool Websites & Tools – Android Smart Calendar, Have You Been Pwned, & Hosting Websites On Dropbox
- Caption Contest: Geek Alert!
- Red Letter Media: Cinema-Themed Comedy For Film Fans [Stuff to Watch]
- Can Subbable Change The Face Of Online Content Creation?
- Holiday Shopping List: For The Home Entertainment Centre Nut
- Holiday Shopping List: For Those Who Live At The Bleeding Edge Of Tech
- Give Your Google+ Photos The Holiday Look With Twinkle And Snow
- The Most Interesting Hardware Of 2013
- Turn Your Browser Into A Supercharged Workspace With These Simple Steps
- Who Says Sports Games Aren’t Collectable? These Are Worth Big Bucks
- Syme – A New Social Network With Encrypted Groups to Prevent Spying
- 5 Online Scams To Be Aware Of This Christmas
- How to Protect Yourself From Unethical Or Illegal Spying
- Enjoy Curated Music Mixes And Discover Great Artists On 8tracks
| Cool Websites & Tools – Android Smart Calendar, Have You Been Pwned, & Hosting Websites On Dropbox Posted: 09 Dec 2013 08:31 PM PST  Cal – Calendar by Any.do – is a free, simple & smart calendar app for your Android. With a fast, intuitive and beautifully designed interface Cal is the only Calendar app you’d want to have on your homescreen. With Cal, your events will come to life beautifully with smart maps, contacts, apps and social integrations. Seamlessly connects with all your existing calendar services so you’re always up to date. ChronoZoom – is an educational tool for teachers and students who want to put historical events in perspective. Use ChronoZoom to get a perspective of the extensive scale of time and... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Android Smart Calendar, Have You Been Pwned, & Hosting Websites On Dropbox |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2013 06:30 PM PST  “Wow, I thought it was a gimmick but the new sensor really works!” Caption this cartoon, and the winning submission receives… that’s right, a free MakeUseOf t-shirt! New designs are on their way. There’s always room for one more. Congratulations to Dalsan M and his winning comment in our previous contest “Not-So-Smartwatch“: I opted for the Galaxy Mega Smartwatch instead of the iWatch. The media is calling it a Wablet. Read the full article: Caption Contest: Geek Alert! |
| Red Letter Media: Cinema-Themed Comedy For Film Fans [Stuff to Watch] Posted: 09 Dec 2013 05:30 PM PST  Is there anything more refreshing than a bunch of nerds sitting round a table drinking beer and talking about films? If this sounds like your idea of a good night then Red Letter Media have a few web series that might be of interest. I’ve featured Red Letter Media’s Plinkett Reviews in the past, and for my money they’re still the funniest, most educated reviews of recent Star Wars and Star Trek films to date. The Plinkett Reviews No Red Letter Media video round-up is complete without at least a cursory nod to the Plinkett Reviews, even if we have already... Read the full article: Red Letter Media: Cinema-Themed Comedy For Film Fans [Stuff to Watch] |
| Can Subbable Change The Face Of Online Content Creation? Posted: 09 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST  Subbable has the opportunity to change the way we consume content. The crowdfunded content platform was introduced back in July, and has been growing steadily since then. It is a powerful tool that allows users to not only subscribe to amazing content, but to support it as well and get a few perks in return. Created by the Vlogbrothers, Hank and John Green, Subbable is their attempt at redefining our model for getting content. Normally, you either have to pay to receive ad-free content (think: Netflix), or you have to endure irritating ads to access content for free (think: many YouTube channels). Subbable... Read the full article: Can Subbable Change The Face Of Online Content Creation? |
| Holiday Shopping List: For The Home Entertainment Centre Nut Posted: 09 Dec 2013 11:00 AM PST  The living room is the centre of many family’s lives, so it’s no wonder people can get a little obsessive about kitting them out with everything to make time spent there as enjoyable as possible. Greater immersion for movies; a bigger picture size; fewer remote controls; cord cutting – this is what home theatre is about. Prices for these gifts range from $35 to $3500, so you’re sure to find something here to suit every budget – and given that a home theatre nut probably already has the best surround sound available, I’ve stayed away from that rather obvious choice... Read the full article: Holiday Shopping List: For The Home Entertainment Centre Nut |
| Holiday Shopping List: For Those Who Live At The Bleeding Edge Of Tech Posted: 09 Dec 2013 10:00 AM PST  Were you using e-mail in 1971? Maybe you had a SPOT watch before the term smart-watch was ever uttered? Were you tweeting before Ashton Kutcher? Are you Steve Mann? You, my comrade, are a bleeding tech kind of person! Being the early adopters and influencers that we are, can be tough on those loving friends and families who would like to get us a gift. What do you get the person who has everything before everyone else? A time-machine? Ho, ho, ho, I jest. But of course, if you can find one, we’ll take it. Just send a link to... Read the full article: Holiday Shopping List: For Those Who Live At The Bleeding Edge Of Tech |
| Give Your Google+ Photos The Holiday Look With Twinkle And Snow Posted: 09 Dec 2013 09:30 AM PST  Google staff software engineer Erik Murphy-Chutorian announced two new #Autoawesome features in a Google+ update. The two tiny additions to its features for touching up photos probably wouldn't have warranted much attention eleven months of the year. So, the holiday-special Auto-Awesome features couldn't have arrived at a better time. It's Christmas, and in many parts of the world it's a white one. So, upload your chosen photos and allow Google+ to work its magic with either of these two filters. In both cases, you have to wait for the notification from Google+ to inform you that the image is ready.... Read the full article: Give Your Google+ Photos The Holiday Look With Twinkle And Snow |
| The Most Interesting Hardware Of 2013 Posted: 09 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST  As technology becomes a more important part of everyone’s life, hardware has, ironically, fallen to the wayside. People are more interested in gadgets than ever before, but that hasn’t translated to respect for what’s inside. This doesn’t mean the demand for hardware has decreased, however. On the contrary, implementing better technology while making it opaque to the user is a huge challenge, and all the major hardware manufacturers, from Apple to NVIDIA, are working at break-neck speed. This has made 2013 a great year for hardware enthusiasts – even if you wouldn’t know it at first glance. NVIDIA GeForce GTX... Read the full article: The Most Interesting Hardware Of 2013 |
| Turn Your Browser Into A Supercharged Workspace With These Simple Steps Posted: 09 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST  Wouldn’t it be great if you could manage all your digital work from a single dashboard without having to jump from one app to another? Managing your email program, messenger, browser, Twitter client, to-do list, writing app, etc. can get annoying when you have to keep switching from one to another constantly. Standalone applications are great and come with plenty of handy features. But if you don’t have extensive uses for them, they can end up interfering with your work rather than making it simpler. Thankfully, by optimizing one of your favorite platforms, the Web browser, and bundling all your apps... Read the full article: Turn Your Browser Into A Supercharged Workspace With These Simple Steps |
| Who Says Sports Games Aren’t Collectable? These Are Worth Big Bucks Posted: 09 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST  For most game collectors, sports games are shunned as being cheap and invaluable. After all, most sports franchises are annualized, and they are incredibly popular at the time of release, so there is usually a ton of copies floating around in the market. However, there are some exceptions to this rule. Just because a game falls into the sports genre doesn’t mean you should automatically ignore it, because it just might be one of these incredibly valuable gems. Stadium Events (NES) Not only is this the holy grail of sports games, it’s among two of the most valuable NES games... Read the full article: Who Says Sports Games Aren’t Collectable? These Are Worth Big Bucks |
| Syme – A New Social Network With Encrypted Groups to Prevent Spying Posted: 09 Dec 2013 06:30 AM PST  The folks at Canada-based social network startup Syme are hoping that enough people are fed up with the NSA-style spying on citizens around the world, and that it will spark a mess exodus off Facebook and Google+ and onto encrypted alternatives. Syme is precisely that, an ultra-private social network where you can create an encrypted group environment where you can socialize with friends or colleagues inside of an environment that is, according to Syme creators, even hidden from the social network administrators. Further bolstering the claim of ultimate privacy is a message that pops up when you enter your password... Read the full article: Syme – A New Social Network With Encrypted Groups to Prevent Spying |
| 5 Online Scams To Be Aware Of This Christmas Posted: 09 Dec 2013 06:00 AM PST  The holidays are a dangerous time. It’d be nice if the season of cheer was all happiness and joy but, unfortunately, there are malicious people out there who will capitalize on your good spirits to scam you out of a lot of money. If you think you’re safe from scams just because you’re safe at home behind a computer screen, think again. The basic idea of a scam is always the same: trickery and deceit. We’ve covered this topic before with subjects ranging from Craigslist scams to free gift card scams to online marketing scams. The difference here is that... Read the full article: 5 Online Scams To Be Aware Of This Christmas |
| How to Protect Yourself From Unethical Or Illegal Spying Posted: 09 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST  A quick Google search for “spy software” yields over a 100 million results. Clearly, there is massive interest in spying software and gadgets. Irrespective of the motivation or justification for spying (such as spousal infidelity), spying is illegal and a gross invasion of privacy in most countries around the world. This article takes you through the different methods that your spouse, employer or anyone else with an interest — nefarious or otherwise — in your private affairs can use to snoop on you. In each case, I have endeavored to provide practical defenses. Smartphone Spying Applications The digital age has... Read the full article: How to Protect Yourself From Unethical Or Illegal Spying |
| Enjoy Curated Music Mixes And Discover Great Artists On 8tracks Posted: 09 Dec 2013 04:00 AM PST  Unlimited streaming music, for free, legally available all over the world, and with no audio ads. Have I got your attention yet? That’s just what 8tracks offers. One of the oldest and best music websites in existence, we mentioned 8tracks way back in 2008, and far more recently as one of several great tools for creating digital mixtapes. Most recently, I’ve shown you how to enjoy 8track on the go with the amazing third-party client InifiTracks. But interestingly enough, we’ve never taken an in-depth look at the 8tracks website itself and all that it offers. That is about to change.... Read the full article: Enjoy Curated Music Mixes And Discover Great Artists On 8tracks |
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