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- Cool Websites & Tools – Android OpenOffice, Be Happier At Your Desk, & Android Drawing Tools
- WordPress Admin Theme Redesign
- Should Parents Spy On Their Kids? [MUO Debates]
- OpenEmu For Mac Is Earth’s Best Piece Of Emulation Software
- Xgaming X-Arcade Solo Joystick Review & Giveaway
- 10 Video Games That Changed The World
- 10 Accessories Every Standing Desk Owner Should Have
- 4 Gaming YouTube Channels You Need To Subscribe To
- Will 2014 Usher In The Age Of The $100 Laptop?
- Mobile Gaming Comes Of Age: Best Android Games In 2013
- 8 Awesome Tumblr Blogs Every Cosplayer Should Follow
- Everything You Need To Know About Buying A Controller For PC Gaming
- Quirky Nimbus Smart Dashboard Review and Giveaway
- Five Android Browsers That Are A Cut Above The Rest
| Cool Websites & Tools – Android OpenOffice, Be Happier At Your Desk, & Android Drawing Tools Posted: 30 Dec 2013 08:31 PM PST  AndrOpen Office – is the world’s first port of OpenOffice for Android. You can view, edit, export office documents using full features of the OpenOffice. AndrOpen Office has 6 components – Writer (a word processor), Calc (spreadsheet), Impress (presentation graphics), Draw (drawing), Math (equation editor), and Base (database). MailDeck/a> – modernize your email experience with MailDeck – stylish, intuitive, forward-thinking email made just for your iPad and iPad mini. Set up your Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Outlook and other IMAP email accounts and scroll each inbox individually or in one location using ‘All Accounts’. MailDeck is loaded with fresh and never-before-seen... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Android OpenOffice, Be Happier At Your Desk, & Android Drawing Tools |
| WordPress Admin Theme Redesign Posted: 30 Dec 2013 06:30 PM PST  What if WordPress looked like this? Would this translucent and engaging user interface encourage you to start you own blog? Envisioned by George Kordas from Australia, this admin theme brings life to an otherwise dull and boring affair. Read the full article: WordPress Admin Theme Redesign |
| Should Parents Spy On Their Kids? [MUO Debates] Posted: 30 Dec 2013 03:00 PM PST Do you spy on your kids? If so, why? If not, why not? This is the question at hand today. These are the questions that we're going to explore in this debate. Read the full article: Should Parents Spy On Their Kids? [MUO Debates] |
| OpenEmu For Mac Is Earth’s Best Piece Of Emulation Software Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST  Organize your favorite retro games in style – then play them. OpenEmu is a long-awaited Mac exclusive that combines emulation for a dozen systems into a single, slick program. It makes browsing your ROMs a delight, and can run most of your collection. All your favorite retro consoles and handhelds – from the NES to the Genesis, from the Gameboy to the DS – are supported, so if you’re into emulation, and own a Mac, you really need to download this now (and delete all of your other emulators). Not so long ago we told you about Boxer, which lets you... Read the full article: OpenEmu For Mac Is Earth’s Best Piece Of Emulation Software |
| Xgaming X-Arcade Solo Joystick Review & Giveaway Posted: 30 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST  Xgaming is a company known for its arcade hardware that closely simulates the feel of a real arcade machine, so when we heard that the company was releasing its famed X-Arcade stick in a solo variant that could not only be used by gamers looking to relive their arcade memories of the past, but also hardcore fighting game players looking for a solid fight stick, we knew we had to get our hands on one. Now, we have had time to play with it, but does it stack up to the best arcade sticks on the market? We purchased an... Read the full article: Xgaming X-Arcade Solo Joystick Review & Giveaway |
| 10 Video Games That Changed The World Posted: 30 Dec 2013 11:00 AM PST  Video games are a relatively recent phenomenon, despite the fact that they have been around for at least 50 years and counting. During the half a century when this medium has existed, there have been countless games released that could be considered worth playing, and a long list of games that should be considered as essential. However, the list of truly important video games is much shorter, limited to just a handful or two of titles. These are the games that changed everything, that signalled the next step in the evolution of video games, and that needed to exist for... Read the full article: 10 Video Games That Changed The World |
| 10 Accessories Every Standing Desk Owner Should Have Posted: 30 Dec 2013 10:00 AM PST  Standing desks are becoming increasingly more common, and for good reason. As more and more people find themselves sitting at a desk all day, their concerns about potential health risks become more prevalent. I found myself in this exact situation – sitting at a computer all day. And despite still keeping a fairly active lifestyle, sitting for long periods of time is the primary problem. So, I set out to build a sitting/standing workstation, and upon doing so, discovered several necessary things a standing desk owner should do and have. Whether you are planning to buy or build your own... Read the full article: 10 Accessories Every Standing Desk Owner Should Have |
| 4 Gaming YouTube Channels You Need To Subscribe To Posted: 30 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST  Video games on YouTube are a big deal. Plenty of interesting personalities use the service as a way of getting their thoughts out to the public. We’ve already looked at some classic gaming YouTube shows you need to follow, some of the best video game reviewers, and VideoGamer.com’s funniest videos. Now, we are going to take a look at some of the best general gaming channels that will keep you entertained for hours on end through engaging video game content. TotalBiscuit You may know the channel as TotalHalibut, but whatever you know him as, TotalBiscuit makes some fantastic content, especially... Read the full article: 4 Gaming YouTube Channels You Need To Subscribe To |
| Will 2014 Usher In The Age Of The $100 Laptop? Posted: 30 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST  Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu founder and closest real-life equivalent to Tony Stark, announced a new breed of laptop powered by two burgeoning fields of development: Linux and ARM CPUs. These two technologies appear destined to usher in a new age of mobile productivity, as foreshadowed by the Chromebook. Soon, low-cost laptops featuring a variety of Linux distributions, will begin populating markets. For example the very first 13.3-inch laptop got announced at the $100 price-point. Linux and ARM chips make for ideal companions. Ubuntu, as a Linux-based operating system, comes with no associated costs (although Android pays royalties to Microsoft). ARM costs... Read the full article: Will 2014 Usher In The Age Of The $100 Laptop? |
| Mobile Gaming Comes Of Age: Best Android Games In 2013 Posted: 30 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST  The year gone by was huge in the world of Android gaming. Most of the great titles were sequels to established franchises, and what this meant is that we got experienced developers working on a platform and game they knew. The end result? A series of mature gaming titles that are only limited by the hardware that Android runs on; take that limitation out and some of these could go toe-to-toe with console titles. Indeed, 2013 was the year mobile gaming came of age. Shooters Dead Trigger 2 (Free) The much-awaited sequel to the popular zombie shooter didn’t disappoint. Dead Trigger... Read the full article: Mobile Gaming Comes Of Age: Best Android Games In 2013 |
| 8 Awesome Tumblr Blogs Every Cosplayer Should Follow Posted: 30 Dec 2013 06:00 AM PST  The cosplay community is alive and thriving, propelled forward by amazing animes, comics, movies, video games, and all kinds of media. Cosplayers can be found roaming around at various geeky conventions like Comic Con, but instead of going there, what if you just want to sit back and look at some pictures of the incredibly creative cosplay costumes that people have made? That’s where Tumblr comes in. Unfamiliar with Tumblr? We have explained everything about Tumblr earlier. In short, it’s a combination of a blogging platform and a social network that thrives with multimedia. It’s the perfect platform for cosplayers because... Read the full article: 8 Awesome Tumblr Blogs Every Cosplayer Should Follow |
| Everything You Need To Know About Buying A Controller For PC Gaming Posted: 30 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST  A decade ago the controller was a definitive line separating PC gamers from their console brethren. PC gamers used keyboards, console gamers used controllers, and there was very little overlap between the two. Times have changed, however. Many games are now published with a focus on the console and then ported to PC, and developers usually retain gamepad support in the port. That's resulted in more PC gamers with controllers and more developers are optimizing for that option. Not everyone has made the leap, however, so here's what you need to know if you're still a student of the keyboard.... Read the full article: Everything You Need To Know About Buying A Controller For PC Gaming |
| Quirky Nimbus Smart Dashboard Review and Giveaway Posted: 30 Dec 2013 04:30 AM PST  The internet is full of data, yet most of us can only can access that wealth of information through a computer or tablet. The Nimbus Dashboard is a physical implementation of live data – four individual dials that can be customised to display information relevant to you. That’s a pretty awesome idea – but how useful is the end product, really? To find out, we purchased the Quirky Nimbus Dashboard with our own money to help us determine if you, in turn, should spend your hard-earned money on it. At the end of this article, we’ll be giving our review... Read the full article: Quirky Nimbus Smart Dashboard Review and Giveaway |
| Five Android Browsers That Are A Cut Above The Rest Posted: 30 Dec 2013 04:00 AM PST  Do you find yourself regularly browsing your favorite websites on your smartphone? Many people around the world are spending more and more time browsing on mobile devices as opposed to desktops. A good mobile browser has therefore become a key consideration when browsing the Internet. While there are many browsers on the Google Play Store, only a few provide an overall great experience. Here are five of the best browsers for Android. Chrome for Android Chrome has direct support from Google and shows up on the features list. One of the best features is the ability to sync tabs across... Read the full article: Five Android Browsers That Are A Cut Above The Rest |
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