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- Cool Websites & Tools – Find Phone Peepers, Convert Websites To Images, & Make Recurring Web Orders
- Facebook Adds Related Reads to Your News Feed
- A Visual History of Computers
- What Gadget Do You Really Want For Christmas? [We Ask You]
- Facebook Updates Apps On Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone
- 5 Types Of YouTube Videos That Need To Die
- How Do You Pick A Great Domain Name?
- Access Your Computer Files Remotely From iOS Devices Using Younity
- Drowning In Tweets? How To Use Twitter Lists To Unclutter Your Feed
- 10 Online Resources For Bicycle Maintenance And Riding Skills
- Angry Birds Seasons “Arctic Eggspedition” Launches One New Level Each Day Till Christmas
- Stay Connected: 4 Browser Plugins To Bring Social Media To Your Inbox
- Why These 7 Uses Of YouTube Could Be Better Than Kittens And Music
- Technophilia 91 Live From MakeUseOf
- Pop Up Archive Transcribes and Tags Sounds, Searches Historical Broadcasts
| Cool Websites & Tools – Find Phone Peepers, Convert Websites To Images, & Make Recurring Web Orders Posted: 04 Dec 2013 08:31 PM PST  PeeperPeeper – do you want to find out who’s peeping your private app contents? Let PeeperPeeper find out for you who it is. Create anti-peeping icons in one click, which supports Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Line, WeChat, and WhatsApp. If you need proof, use the front camera to take a photo of the criminal. MusicNectar – easily search the vast selection of music. Alternatively, browse by popular music, trending music, or top 50 music genres. It really is the easiest way to find what you want, and discover new music based on what you like. When you’ve found what you want... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Find Phone Peepers, Convert Websites To Images, & Make Recurring Web Orders |
| Facebook Adds Related Reads to Your News Feed Posted: 04 Dec 2013 07:30 PM PST  Facebook is introducing an update which will bring related articles into your newsfeed, and resurface a few articles that you may have read before. Between Twitter, Zite, StumbleUpon, Flipboard and more, we’re in an age of absolute information overload. You can’t blink without coming across the latest news story that might be of interest to you. But apparently that’s what we want, and Facebook is going to give us more. According to Facebook, its referral traffic has increased by 170 percent in the past year and in an attempt to boost that number even more, it’s refining your news feed items bringing... Read the full article: Facebook Adds Related Reads to Your News Feed |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2013 06:30 PM PST  The very first electronic programmable computer was created in the early 1940s, and technology has evolved immensely since then. Today, you and I know computers as desktops, laptops and tablets. Even smartphones can be considered computers since they’re capable of performing various computing tasks. Let’s briefly take a look at the last 60 years of computing advancements, and appreciate the tools we have today that enhances our lives. Click to enlarge. via Akita Read the full article: A Visual History of Computers |
| What Gadget Do You Really Want For Christmas? [We Ask You] Posted: 04 Dec 2013 05:30 PM PST  With December upon us, and the madness of Thanksgiving and Black Friday behind us, all eyes are firmly fixed on Christmas, at least for those who celebrate it. People celebrate Christmas in various ways, but the giving of gifts is one obvious tradition. With that in mind we want to know what one piece of technology you have your eye on this holiday season. Whether you’re adding it to the list of gift ideas you’re giving to friends and family, or planning to buy it yourself as a little treat, we’d like to find out which gadget trumps all others... Read the full article: What Gadget Do You Really Want For Christmas? [We Ask You] |
| Facebook Updates Apps On Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone Posted: 04 Dec 2013 04:30 PM PST  Facebook is making steady progress on Microsoft's two main operating systems, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8. The social network recently introduced snap view and photo downloads on its Win 8.1 app, and has now pushed another update that brings better tagging and live tiles. The tiles are also the focus of an update on Facebook Beta for Windows Phone. Facebook for Windows 8.1 The Modern app for Facebook brings support for tagging, one of the main features of Facebook, letting you tag your friends in messages and photos. Additionally, when you add a new profile pic in Facebook, you... Read the full article: Facebook Updates Apps On Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone |
| 5 Types Of YouTube Videos That Need To Die Posted: 04 Dec 2013 02:00 PM PST  There are many great videos uploaded to YouTube each and every day. Which isn’t surprising when you consider that 100 hours of video are uploaded to the site every minute. That’s a lot of clips of cute cats and dumb dogs. But clips of cute cats and dumb dogs are welcomed, unlike some other types of videos which are either pointless, annoying, stupid, unnecessary, or all of the above. These are the genres of videos that no one should watch. They deserve to get zero views and zero comments, because they don’t deserve a place on the most popular video... Read the full article: 5 Types Of YouTube Videos That Need To Die |
| How Do You Pick A Great Domain Name? Posted: 04 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST  Choosing the perfect domain name for your website is like choosing the perfect name for your first child. Sound over-dramatic? Well, considering you could spend longer growing that site than you would spend growing a child, it’s not. Yes, in the past here at MakeUseOf, we’ve discussed everything to do with building a website, everything from avoiding common SEO mistakes and launching a site using free website services, to launching an online store. We’ve also talked about domain names before, including how to use domain name search tools that might help, and how to make sure you get a good... Read the full article: How Do You Pick A Great Domain Name? |
| Access Your Computer Files Remotely From iOS Devices Using Younity Posted: 04 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST  Cloud access to important files are easy with applications and services like Dropbox, Google Drive, Apple’s iCloud, or Window’s SkyDrive. If you want to access all of your media files and large documents stored directly on your computer, you should check out iOS file streaming app and service, Younity (free). With Younity there’s no cloud storage limits to think about, and you don’t have to remember to upload a file to the cloud in order to access it. If your computer(s) and iOS devices are on and connected to the internet, Younity provide access to all your files on your computer and... Read the full article: Access Your Computer Files Remotely From iOS Devices Using Younity |
| Drowning In Tweets? How To Use Twitter Lists To Unclutter Your Feed Posted: 04 Dec 2013 11:00 AM PST  By default, Twitter shows tweets from everyone you’re following in one huge stream. If you follow many accounts — or just several noisy accounts, such as news websites — your Twitter stream will become cluttered and disorganized. For example, tweets from websites you’re following may drown out tweets from your friends. Twitter lists can help you solve this problem. Twitter Lists Explained: Why You Need Them Instead of “following” someone and having their tweets appear in your stream, you can choose to add them to a list instead. Their tweets won’t appear in your stream, but in the list you’ve added... Read the full article: Drowning In Tweets? How To Use Twitter Lists To Unclutter Your Feed |
| 10 Online Resources For Bicycle Maintenance And Riding Skills Posted: 04 Dec 2013 10:00 AM PST  How much do you know about repairing and maintaining your bike? How good of a rider do you think you are? Whether you’re just beginning to become a more avid cyclist (perhaps because you saw all those awesome biking videos), or you’ve been riding for a while, there is a lot to know. Just like there are things you can do to maintain your computer for free, there are things you can do to keep your bike in great shape too, so that when you’re out on a ride, you encounter fewer problems. The same applies to your own riding... Read the full article: 10 Online Resources For Bicycle Maintenance And Riding Skills |
| Angry Birds Seasons “Arctic Eggspedition” Launches One New Level Each Day Till Christmas Posted: 04 Dec 2013 09:30 AM PST  Only a few days ago, Angry Birds brought 30 new levels to the original game. Well, with the festive season coming around, Angry Birds Seasons—one of the best games on Android—has something in store for you too: 25 new levels, with one being released each day from December 1 till Christmas Day. And it's all packaged as a new campaign, “Arctic Eggspedition”. “This all-new Angry Birds Seasons episode brings 25 festive, frosty and fun-filled levels, plus another 4 bonus levels!” developer Rovio said in a blog post. “In December, play a new level every day before Christmas as part of... Read the full article: Angry Birds Seasons “Arctic Eggspedition” Launches One New Level Each Day Till Christmas |
| Stay Connected: 4 Browser Plugins To Bring Social Media To Your Inbox Posted: 04 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST  If there’s one downside to social media, it would have to be the lightning fast pace at which everything operates. The landscape of content on Facebook, Twitter, etc. changes rapidly, and certain posts can even go viral overnight. With all that considered, it can be hard to make the most out of social media without a few tools to aid you. There’s more to social media than simply following huge feeds of endless updates. Social media profiles can be a great way to obtain first impressions of new acquaintances. Social media can also be useful for marketing and exposure. These... Read the full article: Stay Connected: 4 Browser Plugins To Bring Social Media To Your Inbox |
| Why These 7 Uses Of YouTube Could Be Better Than Kittens And Music Posted: 04 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST  YouTube is more than an alternative to "MTV". Or loving cute cats without going through the hassle of actually owning one. There are many alternatives to YouTube and some you might even consider as better than YouTube itself, but there is none other that lays out the same buffet on the video-serving table. The visual smorgasbord of amazing YouTube channels seems like a never-ending stream. The ease and wide-reach of hosting videos on YouTube makes it an ideal medium for many novel uses. We explore some below. Some might be new…some might be familiar…but all show what can be done... Read the full article: Why These 7 Uses Of YouTube Could Be Better Than Kittens And Music |
| Technophilia 91 Live From MakeUseOf Posted: 04 Dec 2013 07:59 AM PST  This week on Technophilia, Justin is out of town, so Dave and James hold it down, along with the help of one of MakeUseOf’s big wigs, Dr. Jackson Chung. We talk about the biggest tech headlines of the week, as well as take part in plenty of other nonsense. This week's show is brought to you by Bitdefender's Clueful for iOS. It is the world’s first and only way to really understand how iOS apps treat user’s privacy. Installed apps are easy to analyze for understanding of the privacy-associated concerns that may affect you. Tech News Teachers Can Now Offer... Read the full article: Technophilia 91 Live From MakeUseOf |
| Pop Up Archive Transcribes and Tags Sounds, Searches Historical Broadcasts Posted: 04 Dec 2013 07:30 AM PST  Initially started as a project at University of California, Berkeley, Pop Up Archive is a new tool to help journalists, media, archivists, historians and others easily find and reuse sound. "As we launch Pop Up Archive publicly, our goal has grown much bigger. We want to make it easy for all storytellers to find and reuse recorded sound. Now, anyone can visit popuparchive.org to make audio findable through auto-transcription, auto-tagging, and easy-to-use sound management tools. We're gathering thousands of hours of sounds from around the world, audio collections large and small — and they're all waiting to be discovered," says... Read the full article: Pop Up Archive Transcribes and Tags Sounds, Searches Historical Broadcasts |
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