15 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• Cool Websites & Tools – Highlight Spammy Sites, Rent Clothes For An Event, & Do You Need A Visa For Your Trip?
• 10 Overused Buzzwords You Should Remove From Your Resumé
• Android Apps on Sale for 2 January: Eufloria HD, Star Command, TSF Shell, And More
• 4.6 Million Snapchat Usernames & Phone Numbers Leaked; Here’s How To Check Yours
• What Is Your Tech-Related New Year’s Resolution For 2014? [We Ask You]
• What’s The Best eReader App For Windows 8?
• The World At Large: 7 Photography Websites To Feed Your Wanderlust
• Got An Older Android Device? How To Extract And Install An Android App
• Keep Your External Links Healthy And Strong With WP External Links
• How to Play YouTube Videos In The Background, And Even With The Screen Off
• Gamer Specific Chairs: Are They Worth Buying?
• Best Deals of the New Year [Tech Deals]
• Turn Twitter Into A Custom Reading List With Tweetbits
• DownItOn.Mobi: Tell Your Phone To Download Any File, From Your Computer
• 5 Important Events That Changed Social Media This Year

Cool Websites & Tools – Highlight Spammy Sites, Rent Clothes For An Event, & Do You Need A Visa For Your Trip? Posted: 02 Jan 2014 08:31 PM PST F**k This Site – the web is an interesting collection of experiences. Fuck This Site’s goal is to put the spotlight on the sites that contribute to the digital landfill. Marketing crapware, death by pop-up models, horrible stock photos, frustrating interactions, being too clever for their own damn good – give them all the middle finger and place them in a list with their peers. Rent The Runway – finding something to wear for a night out can be a pain, so it can often be nice to get someone to send something to you. Rent The Runway is a... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Highlight Spammy Sites, Rent Clothes For An Event, & Do You Need A Visa For Your Trip?

10 Overused Buzzwords You Should Remove From Your Resumé Posted: 02 Jan 2014 06:30 PM PST If you’re looking to land a new job in 2014, you have to stand out from the crowd. Your resumé should pop. How do you achieve that? Stop using buzzwords — words that are overused to the point where they mean absolutely nothing. Justin listed several top tech buzzwords that need to die. Here are a few more you should learn to avoid. From a study performed by LinkedIn sampling English-language profiles from 14 countries, 10 buzzwords were identified. Learn to be unique. Stop using common buzzwords. What will be your personal buzzword for 2014? Click to enlarge. Read the full article: 10 Overused Buzzwords You Should Remove From Your Resumé

Android Apps on Sale for 2 January: Eufloria HD, Star Command, TSF Shell, And More Posted: 02 Jan 2014 05:30 PM PST Welcome to 2014! Each week we scour current Google Play promotions and cherry-pick the best of the best. This week we have two excellent tower defense games, an award-winning indie game, and one of the most ambitious (and expensive) app launchers — all on sale! Because app sales are temporary affairs, by the time you read this, these may no longer be on sale. Worry not: Simply check back next week for some more Android deals! Games Fieldrunners HD ($2.99, now $0.99, 66% off) A very well-known tower defense title, Fieldrunners HD has cartoonish graphics and a wide variety of... Read the full article: Android Apps on Sale for 2 January: Eufloria HD, Star Command, TSF Shell, And More

4.6 Million Snapchat Usernames & Phone Numbers Leaked; Here’s How To Check Yours Posted: 02 Jan 2014 04:30 PM PST Snapchat, the iPhone and Android app that lets you send self-destructing photos to friends, has had a security breach that affects a huge number of its users. The Next Web reports that usernames and phone numbers of 4.6 million users have been leaked on the website SnapChatDB.info, which has now been suspended. The breach is apparently by “security researchers who claim they have no malicious intent”, but the website had made all those usernames and phone numbers freely downloadable as a CSV file and an SQL database. Whether intended to or not, such data could be used for malicious purposes.... Read the full article: 4.6 Million Snapchat Usernames & Phone Numbers Leaked; Here’s How To Check Yours

What Is Your Tech-Related New Year’s Resolution For 2014? [We Ask You] Posted: 02 Jan 2014 03:00 PM PST It’s now 2014, at least according to the Gregorian calendar most countries around the world adhere to. Each new year marks an opportunity for us all to endeavor to be better people, to do things differently than we have been of late, to improve in at least one aspect of life. While most new year’s resolutions involve losing weight, getting fit, changing jobs, or beating a vice, we here at MakeUseOf are more interested in those related to technology. Because, as we previously discovered with the predictions for 2014, technology plays an important role in the lives of all of... Read the full article: What Is Your Tech-Related New Year’s Resolution For 2014? [We Ask You]

What’s The Best eReader App For Windows 8? Posted: 02 Jan 2014 02:00 PM PST Reading ebooks on a computer used to be a last resort, but with newer, lighter Windows 8 tablets hitting the market, like the Dell Venue 8 Pro, getting some reading done on your computer is a much better experience. But then, which app should you use? The biggest names in eBooks right now are the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook. Both of these brands make some fabulous eReaders, including the Kindle Paperwhite which has received an upgrade since we reviewed this Amazon eReader, but if you’d rather not clutter yourself up with a bunch of different devices, reading... Read the full article: What’s The Best eReader App For Windows 8?

The World At Large: 7 Photography Websites To Feed Your Wanderlust Posted: 02 Jan 2014 01:00 PM PST Travel and photography are so closely linked that we probably don't wonder at it anymore. It is so commonplace thanks to high-resolution wallpapers and travel websites. Oh yes, we do wonder with awe at the sight of our beautiful landscapes and panoramic vistas; but that takes up just a couple of our senses. True travel photography is something that goes beyond travel brochures and wallpapers. The Photographic Society of America defines a travel photo as an image that expresses the feeling of a time and place, portrays a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state, and has... Read the full article: The World At Large: 7 Photography Websites To Feed Your Wanderlust

Got An Older Android Device? How To Extract And Install An Android App Posted: 02 Jan 2014 12:00 PM PST On my beloved Rooted Nook Simple Touch I have a serious problem. It doesn’t have Play Store access and Titanium Backup isn’t entirely functional. I also need older copies of my apps to work with Android 2.1. This forces me to use a manual app extraction and backup method. But anyone with an older device, or an interest in the Android operating system’s file structure, will want to know the manual method. Exraction is known as “pulling”, which is the opposite of “sideloading”, copying a file to an Android device. Manually backing up apps requires that you pull the executable... Read the full article: Got An Older Android Device? How To Extract And Install An Android App

Keep Your External Links Healthy And Strong With WP External Links Posted: 02 Jan 2014 11:00 AM PST If I told you that I like the music of Rick Astley or the movie “Howard the Duck”, would you think any less of me? The truth is, we judge people based on their likes and preferences all the time, why would the Internet be any different? Google takes this reputation inference to a whole knew level by judging websites based on how you link to the rest of the Internet. This is why you should be concerned about carefully crafting your linking structure so that you’re giving Googlebot the message that you want it to receive about who you are,... Read the full article: Keep Your External Links Healthy And Strong With WP External Links

How to Play YouTube Videos In The Background, And Even With The Screen Off Posted: 02 Jan 2014 10:00 AM PST It is not often a third-party developer gets to beat Google at its own game. And yet, the official YouTube video app contains some glaring annoyances that just cry out to be fixed. Despite its unfortunate name, Viral Floating YouTube Popup is a high-quality player that fixes all of those flaws, and then some. I hate popups (who likes them?) and I don’t really like viral videos either, but I’m glad that didn’t stop me from checking out what turned out to be one of the very best YouTube apps out there today. Plays Videos In The Background, Rotates Like... Read the full article: How to Play YouTube Videos In The Background, And Even With The Screen Off

Gamer Specific Chairs: Are They Worth Buying? Posted: 02 Jan 2014 09:00 AM PST Let's face facts; gaming is a sedentary activity. Even the most exciting virtual experience ultimately takes place in a chair or on a couch. This presents problems of its own because, as office ergonomics experts will constantly tell you, humans aren't built to sit for hours at a time. One possible solution is a gaming chair. Besides offering an allegedly improved seating position, these chairs often bundle cupholders, speakers and other features designed to enhance your enjoyment. But do they really work, are they just a waste of money? Bargain Gaming Chairs The types of chairs available vary depending on... Read the full article: Gamer Specific Chairs: Are They Worth Buying?

Best Deals of the New Year [Tech Deals] Posted: 02 Jan 2014 08:30 AM PST 2014 marks the beginning of a new fiscal year – and many retailers are dropping prices to clear out product unsold from last year. For those seeking low prices on 2013′s leftovers, it’s a great time for deals! Smartphone Users Motorola recently announced a major price drop for the Moto X and the Moto G will go on sale soon. Verizon Motorola Moto G (sale starting Jan 9, 2014) Price: $99, compared to $189 from Motorola Retailer: Best Buy and Home Shopping Network While not the fastest phone on the market, the Moto G takes the top spot as the... Read the full article: Best Deals of the New Year [Tech Deals]

Turn Twitter Into A Custom Reading List With Tweetbits Posted: 02 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST Is there a way to use Twitter like an RSS reader and stay updated on what really matters? There are several. You can use Twitter lists to create your very own reading lists, you can use Twitter’s new custom timelines on TweetDeck, or you can opt for an interesting third option: Tweetbits. For Frequent Favoriters Twitter’s timeline can get cluttered, especially if you’re interested in many things. Filtering your timeline is one way to go, but you still may not have time to read every tweet you’re really interested in. This is were the “favorite” option can come in handy.... Read the full article: Turn Twitter Into A Custom Reading List With Tweetbits

DownItOn.Mobi: Tell Your Phone To Download Any File, From Your Computer Posted: 02 Jan 2014 07:00 AM PST Downiton.mobi allows you to paste any file URL on a web form and push it to your Android device. No more manually typing URLs or emailing links to yourself — the future is here. It’s one of the nicest things about Google Play: you can install an app to your mobile device from the browser on your computer. Just explore the Google Play website on your computer, then pick which device you’d like to install it on. If your device is on, the download will begin immediately – if not, it will begin the next time you start it up.... Read the full article: DownItOn.Mobi: Tell Your Phone To Download Any File, From Your Computer

5 Important Events That Changed Social Media This Year Posted: 02 Jan 2014 06:00 AM PST 2013 saw a ton of significant changes to the social media landscape. Facebook introduced hashtags, in a clear bid to outdo its main competition. It also introduced the ability to properly search the social network with its Graph Search. A year after Facebook, Twitter had its own big IPO moment, debuting at $26 and closing at $44.90 a share, on its first day trading day. Google has, of course, had its own share of the buzz this year through its constantly growing social network, Google+, now coming in second only to Facebook in terms of user activity. This may be... Read the full article: 5 Important Events That Changed Social Media This Year

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