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• Cool Websites & Tools – How Long You Are In Each Location, Make Everything OK, & 3D Chocolate Printing
• Caption Contest: Netflix Worship
• iOS Apps on Sale for January 11: Space Apps, Flight Sims & Mr. Crab
• 5 Video Games From 2013 That Did Things Differently
• What Did You Do In 2013? Let Twitter, Instagram & Facebook Tell You
• 4 Great Flight Simulators From A Forgotten Gaming Genre
• My Quest For The Best Nexus 5 Case (and Screen Protector)
• Is Electromagnetic Radiation Dangerous? How To Protect Yourself?
• I Promise Steam Early Access Isn’t Ruining Gaming [Opinion]
• Free iPad Vector Drawing App Inkpad Might Turn You Into A Designer Yet
• Super Stickman Golf 2 Gets Multiplayer Boost, New “Space Land” Levels
• The Top 7 FPS Games for Mac OS X
• 6 Warning Signs Of Digital Identity Theft You Shouldn’t Ignore
• Dead PCs, Gmail Stalking, Bitcoin Overstock, Kindle Kiosk [Tech News Digest]

Cool Websites & Tools – How Long You Are In Each Location, Make Everything OK, & 3D Chocolate Printing Posted: 10 Jan 2014 08:31 PM PST Wheresmytime – Ever wonder where you spend your time? There are innumerable apps that tell your actual position but only a few points where you have been and how much time you spent in each location. Wheresmytime is the best app in this class. Wheresmytime is a time tracker app, which runs automatically in the background and records the time you spend in each location. Limitless – Be limitless with your productivity. Set your annual goals and follow up with it. Limitless is a productivity companion for Chrome. It turns the new tab into a beautiful dashboard to easily identify... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – How Long You Are In Each Location, Make Everything OK, & 3D Chocolate Printing

Caption Contest: Netflix Worship Posted: 10 Jan 2014 06:30 PM PST Give us your best captions! Every caption submitted will aide you in the running to win a free geeky MakeUseOf t-shirt! Congratulations, Jodie P for the winning caption from “Coffee Infusion” — My doctor wouldn't give me an IV, so I had to get creative. As for “Copier”, I decided on two winners! Dragonmouth with his caption: Gives a new meaning to the word “Selfie”. And from John F. with “Well, I guess that's one way to clear a paper jam…” Read the full article: Caption Contest: Netflix Worship

iOS Apps on Sale for January 11: Space Apps, Flight Sims & Mr. Crab Posted: 10 Jan 2014 05:30 PM PST Every week thousands of apps are put on sale, but the vast majority aren’t worth your time. Cut through the rubbish, let us bring you the week’s best deals every Friday. Today there’s a big skyward push with astronomy apps and flight simulators featuring prominently alongside a golden RSS app, and arcade classics both old and new. Let’s take a look. Apps Brian Cox’s Wonders of the Universe ($4.99, $0.99) As anyone who saw the BBC’s Wonders of the Universe can attest, Brian Cox knows a thing or two about space. He’s also particularly engaging, and that translates to both... Read the full article: iOS Apps on Sale for January 11: Space Apps, Flight Sims & Mr. Crab

5 Video Games From 2013 That Did Things Differently Posted: 10 Jan 2014 01:00 PM PST While big games like Grand Theft Auto V and Battlefield 4 were, as usual, the most popular titles released last year, the surge of indie game popularity has not subsided. 2013 saw the release of literally hundreds of indie games, and many of them made their mark by ignoring convention and picking a less traveled path. Here are five indies that were unlike anything released this year – or, for that matter, ever. Papers, Please Games that let you play the "bad guy" aren’t uncommon, but usually you're cast in the role of an anti-hero; powerful, important, visible, even justified... Read the full article: 5 Video Games From 2013 That Did Things Differently

What Did You Do In 2013? Let Twitter, Instagram & Facebook Tell You Posted: 10 Jan 2014 12:00 PM PST How was your 2013? We’ve already taken a look at the life-changing moments shared this past year on Instagram and on Twitter,  as well as Facebook’s own  significant changes over the past year. Now it’s time to switch things around and put the focus on your year in review.  And what better way to look back on 2013 than through your social media accounts? Whether it’s on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, you’ve been sharing interesting and significant moments of your life. By looking at photos, status updates, videos, articles shared and more, you can get a snapshot of your year as you’ve shared... Read the full article: What Did You Do In 2013? Let Twitter, Instagram & Facebook Tell You

4 Great Flight Simulators From A Forgotten Gaming Genre Posted: 10 Jan 2014 11:00 AM PST Flight simulators can be great fun to play, but you don’t really hear of any others besides the main three options: Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane, and FlightGear (which I wrote about a while back). While these three are certainly great, they’re far from the only ones you should consider when looking at the flight simulation genre. Here are four other flight sims that are sure to get your attention. Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator is unlike the famous Flight Simulator series in that MCFS revolves around the warfare among airplanes rather than peaceful flight simulation. It was... Read the full article: 4 Great Flight Simulators From A Forgotten Gaming Genre

My Quest For The Best Nexus 5 Case (and Screen Protector) Posted: 10 Jan 2014 10:00 AM PST Looking to protect your Nexus 5 (our review of the Nexus 5)? After a great deal of research, I personally tested some of the best reviewed cases and screen protectors, each tested for a period of 5-7 days. There’s no such thing as “the best” case, but rather, there are cases that fulfill specific niches. I’ve come to the conclusion as to which case is the best for four different audiences — those who want: ultimate protection; multifunctionality; minimalism; a middle ground between protection and minimalism. I also review three kinds of screen protectors: Dry-apply, wet-apply and glass. Criteria for... Read the full article: My Quest For The Best Nexus 5 Case (and Screen Protector)

Is Electromagnetic Radiation Dangerous? How To Protect Yourself? Posted: 10 Jan 2014 09:00 AM PST Can cell phones cause cancer after all? The media certainly knows how to screw with facts. How does radiation emitted by electronics really affect your body? Well, calm down! The truth is, we know too little to make definite claims, but some evidence and a lot of common sense suggests that you’d better be safe than sorry. Are All Types Of Radiation Dangerous? No! We are subject to natural radiation all day long, whether we’re indoors our outdoors. We are exposed to background radiation like terrestrial radiation, cosmic radiation, or Radon, a radioactive gas found predominantly in areas with natural... Read the full article: Is Electromagnetic Radiation Dangerous? How To Protect Yourself?

I Promise Steam Early Access Isn’t Ruining Gaming [Opinion] Posted: 10 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST Steam’s Early Access program allows developers to sell Alpha versions of games currently in development. The system gives players the opportunity to speak with their wallets if they want to support a work in progress and grants them a venue to send feedback to the developer on games before they’re feature complete. Or in some cases, before they can promise to not have eyeball searing visual glitches. Though the program launched back in March of last year, the recent overwhelming success of mod-gone-game DayZ‘s buggy, incomplete Alpha release has stirred conversation about Early Access again, and a fair bit of... Read the full article: I Promise Steam Early Access Isn’t Ruining Gaming [Opinion]

Free iPad Vector Drawing App Inkpad Might Turn You Into A Designer Yet Posted: 10 Jan 2014 07:00 AM PST Pssst… someone’s only gone and designed the Adobe Illustrator of iOS vector drawing apps, then forgotten to put a price tag on it. That’s what I first thought when I downloaded the free iPad vector drawing app, Inkpad. Vectors are infinitely scalable drawings made up of common shapes and complex paths, and the iPad lends itself perfectly to the art of vector imaging. Unlike freehand drawing, vectors can be scaled, edited and modified with ease for pixel-perfect results. Vector Graphics Vectors refer to a special kind of graphic, one that is scalable to any desirable size. Vector graphics are comprised... Read the full article: Free iPad Vector Drawing App Inkpad Might Turn You Into A Designer Yet

Super Stickman Golf 2 Gets Multiplayer Boost, New “Space Land” Levels Posted: 10 Jan 2014 06:30 AM PST Super Stickman Golf 2 is one of the best games on Android and iOS, and fans of the crazy mini-golf game now have reason to cheer. Developer Noodlecake Studios has released a new update that gives a boost to multiplayer gameplay and adds a bunch of new levels, including a new “Space Land” world. For multiplayer gaming, SSG2 now includes turn based chat, letting you talk with your opponents easily instead of just posting videos online. And if you’re talking, you might as well put your money where your mouth is with some good old wagering! You can put your... Read the full article: Super Stickman Golf 2 Gets Multiplayer Boost, New “Space Land” Levels

The Top 7 FPS Games for Mac OS X Posted: 10 Jan 2014 06:00 AM PST In the war between PC and console gaming, the former is just assumed to always be Windows. But what about Mac? Sure, there isn’t a huge number of games available for Apple’s desktop operating system, but it’s not completely bereft of titles. In fact, in recent years, some developers like Valve have seemed keen to develop for Mac too. We have already taken a look at the best action games for Mac, but that covered every single type, from action-adventure to third-person shooters. I wanted to go old-school and discover what first person shooter (FPS) games are available for OS... Read the full article: The Top 7 FPS Games for Mac OS X

6 Warning Signs Of Digital Identity Theft You Shouldn’t Ignore Posted: 10 Jan 2014 05:00 AM PST What would you do if you checked your bank account and saw a $0 balance? Identity theft isn’t too rare of an occurrence these days, yet we often fall into the trap of thinking that it’ll always happen to “someone else”. Unfortunately, we are all somebody else’s “someone else”, which means identity theft can happen to you. Your identity can be stolen in numerous ways. Thieves can steal your credit card numbers when you shop online. They can also steal your identity through hacks, viruses, and malware. They can even manipulate you into giving up your personal data without you... Read the full article: 6 Warning Signs Of Digital Identity Theft You Shouldn’t Ignore

Dead PCs, Gmail Stalking, Bitcoin Overstock, Kindle Kiosk [Tech News Digest] Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:30 AM PST Today in Tech News Digest, desktops are declared dead, Gmail stalkers get given a gift thanks to Google+, Overstock starts accepting Bitcoin, scanning your irises to protect your identity becomes a thing, Snapchat apologizes, Amazon starts selling hardware from a vending machine, and two companies fight over the right to pin. Tablets Are Killing PCs It's only going to get worse for the PC industry http://t.co/LA8Ubl5O4a — Josh Wetzel (@jwetzel) January 10, 2014 The PC market is continuing to slowly die, with a seventh consecutive quarter of declining worldwide shipments. According to Gartner (via The Next Web), there were 82.6... Read the full article: Dead PCs, Gmail Stalking, Bitcoin Overstock, Kindle Kiosk [Tech News Digest]

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