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- Government Surveillance, Xbox One Backwards Compatibility, Game of Thrones Game [Tech News Digest]
- 15 Of The Most Disastrous Online Time Wasters
- Free Music From Iceland, The Land That Inspired Tolkien [Sound Sunday]
- Google News Redesigned for Android and iOS With Custom Layout
- 10 Cool Accessories To Help Organize Your Desk
- Rovio Launches 44 New Levels in Angry Birds Star Wars II, Holiday Tournament in Angry Birds Friends
- Assassin’s Creed Comes To Android and iOS With Pirates
- PlayStation 4 vs. Xbox One vs. Wii U, Which Would You Rather Have? [MakeUseOf Poll]
| Government Surveillance, Xbox One Backwards Compatibility, Game of Thrones Game [Tech News Digest] Posted: 09 Dec 2013 03:30 AM PST  Today in Tech News Digest, a coalition of Internet companies is formed to fight government surveillance, Windows 7 is declared dead, Xbox One users are tricked into bricking their consoles, a Game Of Thrones video game is announced, Creative Commons 4.0 arrives, Google News on iOS and Android is improved, and SpaghettiOs has a Twitter nightmare. Reform Government Surveillance Coalition There's something very symbolic about the tech firms' surveillance reform website not using HTTPS. http://t.co/WpCrPwEnaY — Christopher Soghoian (@csoghoian) December 9, 2013 A coalition of seven Internet companies has been formed to fight back against government surveillance. Google, Microsoft, Facebook,... Read the full article: Government Surveillance, Xbox One Backwards Compatibility, Game of Thrones Game [Tech News Digest] |
| 15 Of The Most Disastrous Online Time Wasters Posted: 08 Dec 2013 06:30 PM PST  Okay, I’ll make sure not to browse Facebook while writing this essay. But wait, let me just check if I still hold the highest bid on eBay for that thing I want. Just a second while I check to see if I’ve gained any new Twitter followers today. But before that, do I have any new emails that I need to reply? Concentrate! Here are some tips to stay focused. What distracts you most when you’re trying to get things done online? via OnlineClock.net Read the full article: 15 Of The Most Disastrous Online Time Wasters |
| Free Music From Iceland, The Land That Inspired Tolkien [Sound Sunday] Posted: 08 Dec 2013 05:30 PM PST  This edition of Sound Sunday explores the diverse music scene of Iceland and offers free downloads from 15 different artists. Iceland is a volcanic island located at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the North American and European tectonic plates diverge. It is said to have inspired Tolkien to many of the characters in the Lord of the Rings and beyond. Since it didn’t become the movie set for Tolkien’s novels, the island is best known for its secluded nature, music, and — in recent history — its unorthodox approach to overcoming its devastating financial crisis. Iceland has an incredibly active and diverse... Read the full article: Free Music From Iceland, The Land That Inspired Tolkien [Sound Sunday] |
| Google News Redesigned for Android and iOS With Custom Layout Posted: 08 Dec 2013 04:30 PM PST  After recently releasing Media Tools to help journalists do a better job, Google is now looking inward and changing its popular Google News to be a better experience on mobile phones. While it's not an app, the change in the Google News website (news.google.com) will be first hitting Android and iOS devices, accessible through Chrome or Safari browsers. The new Google News for mobile borrows from Android's cards-based look and presents each news story as a separate 'card'. You can also opt for larger "story cards" with more information per story through the Settings menu. Additionally, the web app now... Read the full article: Google News Redesigned for Android and iOS With Custom Layout |
| 10 Cool Accessories To Help Organize Your Desk Posted: 08 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST  Living in a tangle of cables and gadgets? Looking for the best way to organize your desk to keep things nice and tidy? Maximize and organize your workspace with these 10 cable tidies, docking stations, tablet stands, USB hubs and cable organizers. Optimizing Space: Some Thoughts Whether your desk is at home or at work, there is a very good chance that you find it difficult to keep tidy, even occasionally. Below we’ll look at several pieces of hardware that you can use to help keep things organized, but before you hit your credit card, let’s consider a few thoughts.... Read the full article: 10 Cool Accessories To Help Organize Your Desk |
| Rovio Launches 44 New Levels in Angry Birds Star Wars II, Holiday Tournament in Angry Birds Friends Posted: 08 Dec 2013 09:30 AM PST  Fans of the furious feathered warriors will be really happy with developer Rovio right now as it has recently updated Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons. And the good times continue with updates for Angry Birds Star Wars II and Angry Birds Friends, with new levels and features for both. Angry Birds Friends Holiday Tournament The player-vs-player Angry Birds Friends has a new Holiday Tournament that kicks off on December 9 and lasts until December 29. The tournament will see six new holiday-themed levels each week–a total of 18 levels–much like the Arctic Eggspedition in Angry Birds Seasons. This update... Read the full article: Rovio Launches 44 New Levels in Angry Birds Star Wars II, Holiday Tournament in Angry Birds Friends |
| Assassin’s Creed Comes To Android and iOS With Pirates Posted: 08 Dec 2013 06:30 AM PST  The high seas may not be one of the places Assassin's Creed goes to next in our wishlist, but hey, we're not complaining as long as it's coming to our phones and tablets. Assassin's Creed: Pirates is here, folks, and it's got "brutal naval combat, Caribbean exploration and an epic quest for legendary treasure." You won't be playing as Ezio Auditore (who Dave wants to hang out with in real life) or any of the main franchise protagonists. Instead, you will be playing as Alonzo Batilla, a captain of a ship in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy.... Read the full article: Assassin's Creed Comes To Android and iOS With Pirates |
| PlayStation 4 vs. Xbox One vs. Wii U, Which Would You Rather Have? [MakeUseOf Poll] Posted: 08 Dec 2013 04:30 AM PST  Last week we asked you where (and if) you shopped on Black Friday, trying to see how online stores are doing vs. brick and mortar stores. What we discovered is that, unlike the majority of the population, MakeUseOf readers mostly don’t bother to buy anything at all. 225 readers voted in the poll, and the results are as follows: 10% shopped only in brick and mortar stores, 12% shopped both online and in regular stores, 25% shopped only in online stores, and 42% of the readers didn’t buy anything at all on Black Friday. A further 11% of the readers... Read the full article: PlayStation 4 vs. Xbox One vs. Wii U, Which Would You Rather Have? [MakeUseOf Poll] |
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