15 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• PlayStation Now, App Store Sales, From McAfee To Intel, Cicada 3301 Returns [Tech News Digest]
• Cool Websites & Tools – Pet First Aid, Categorize Your Tweets, & Visualise Your Death
• So You Want To Start A Blog?
• Your Top Tech Resolutions For 2014 [We Ask You Results]
• How To Disable Forced Restarts After A Windows Update
• Need a Swype-like Keyboard For a Low-Memory Device? Your Quest is Over
• How I Nearly Got Conned Via A Western Union Transfer Scam
• Free, Fluid and Fast: Carbon is as Beautiful as Twitter gets on Android
• Vine Releases Video Services Online With Full Screen TV Mode
• Short Of Ideas For Your Next Project? Here Are 5 Web Tricks To Help
• It’s Not Really Dead: 7 Reasons To Start Using Google+ Today
• Forget Kickstarter: How To Crowdfund From Your Own Website
• Orbotix Launches Mobile-Controlled Toy Robot Sphero 2b
• Are Home Android Game Consoles Worth Buying?
• Apple iPad Mini With Retina Display Review and Giveaway

PlayStation Now, App Store Sales, From McAfee To Intel, Cicada 3301 Returns [Tech News Digest] Posted: 08 Jan 2014 03:30 AM PST Today in Tech News Digest, Sony unveils PlayStation Now, Biz Stone launches Jelly, Apple announced App Store sales figures for 2013, the new version of Gorilla Glass is revealed as being antimicrobial, McAfee becomes Intel Security, China lifts its ban on video games consoles, and the mysterious Cicada 3301 returns. Sony Unveils PlayStation Now The only thing I need to know about PlayStation Now is if the lag would kill PaRappa the Rapper. — Philip Palermo (@Philip_Palermo) January 8, 2014 Sony has taken the wraps off its long-awaited cloud gaming service. PlayStation Now, announced during the company’s CES 2014 press... Read the full article: PlayStation Now, App Store Sales, From McAfee To Intel, Cicada 3301 Returns [Tech News Digest]

Cool Websites & Tools – Pet First Aid, Categorize Your Tweets, & Visualise Your Death Posted: 07 Jan 2014 08:31 PM PST Pet First Aid – Take care of your furry family member. The American Red Cross Pet First Aid app puts veterinary advice for everyday emergencies in the palm of your hand. Get the app and be prepared to act when called upon. With videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice it's never been easier to know Pet First Aid. Saved.io – Just type saved.io/ in front of any URL to save a bookmark to the cloud. Saved.io works on any device, and in any browser without needing any extensions or plugins. Your links are stored privately and not shared with... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Pet First Aid, Categorize Your Tweets, & Visualise Your Death

So You Want To Start A Blog? Posted: 07 Jan 2014 06:30 PM PST If you’re planning on starting a blog, there’s no shortage of reference material here at MakeUseOf — we have an entire manual dedicated teaching you the ins and outs of WordPress, and we’ve even compared two popular blogging platforms then laid out the facts to help you choose. But there’s nothing like an infograph to sum it all up. via mylifescoop.com Read the full article: So You Want To Start A Blog?

Your Top Tech Resolutions For 2014 [We Ask You Results] Posted: 07 Jan 2014 05:30 PM PST We’re now well into 2014, with 2013 (and its memes) being a dim and distant memory for most of us. Tradition dictates that a new year brings with it an opportunity for us all to improve ourselves, as we strive to be better people this year than last year. Which is where new year’s resolutions come into play. These vows to stick to something for a whole year or improve at something over the course of the year are a fun way in which we can all pinpoint the areas of our lives we’re currently unhappy with. And your new... Read the full article: Your Top Tech Resolutions For 2014 [We Ask You Results]

How To Disable Forced Restarts After A Windows Update Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:00 PM PST It’s happened to all Windows users. You’re using your computer and Windows decides you need to reboot, hassling you with pop-ups that continue to bug you all day long. If you step away from your computer and miss the pop-up, Windows will automatically reboot your computer. You may come back to your computer and find that all your open programs are gone, as Windows decided to reboot without your permission. This can be maddening. There’s a good reason for rebooting after updates, as rebooting ensures that security updates actually take effect. But Microsoft has gone too far — they shouldn’t... Read the full article: How To Disable Forced Restarts After A Windows Update

Need a Swype-like Keyboard For a Low-Memory Device? Your Quest is Over Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:00 PM PST Swype and Swiftkey are good, but they are memory hogs, and aren’t shy about permissions either. If you are looking for a keyboard that respects your privacy and is very thrifty on memory, meet Multiling. This keyboard is tiny, free, customizable, and barely requires any permissions. Too good to be true? Reality Check: Permissions and Memory Before we get into the features and interface, let me show you just what I mean when I talk of memory consumption. Multiling on the left, Swype on the right, both screenshots taken on the same device: So that’s 7 MB of RAM for... Read the full article: Need a Swype-like Keyboard For a Low-Memory Device? Your Quest is Over

How I Nearly Got Conned Via A Western Union Transfer Scam Posted: 07 Jan 2014 11:00 AM PST Here’s a little story about the latest “Nigerian scam“, which is all too obvious in hindsight and yet so believable when you’re on the hook. Now, I’m a regular online shopper on Amazon, eBay, and the like. I know the sorts of scams you see on Craigslist and the very similar eBay scams you’re likely to come across. I know basic rules of not getting fleeced in marketplace transactions and most of the likely online scams. Yet, still, this one almost got me. The Scam It all started on Facebook. A woman posted to a local buy-sell group with a... Read the full article: How I Nearly Got Conned Via A Western Union Transfer Scam

Free, Fluid and Fast: Carbon is as Beautiful as Twitter gets on Android Posted: 07 Jan 2014 10:00 AM PST If you are on Twitter (and you really should be), you obviously need a good Twitter client. The default Twitter app for Android isn’t very powerful, missing out on several important features like multiple accounts, filters and more. And let’s face it, it’s not the prettiest thing to look at. Thankfully, there are lots of other Twitter clients for Android. Carbon has been around for some time now, but the recent update to v2 has turned it into a fantastic client that’s worthy of space on your Android. It’s beautiful, it’s fast, and it’s full of features. Oh, and it’s... Read the full article: Free, Fluid and Fast: Carbon is as Beautiful as Twitter gets on Android

Vine Releases Video Services Online With Full Screen TV Mode Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:30 AM PST Fans and users of Vine will be pleased to know about the recently unveiled web version, vine.co, of the popular video sharing service. Similar to the mobile iOS and Android version of Vine, the web platform displays a scrolling collection of short looping videos that play automatically as they appear on a user’s network feed. Users can’t upload videos to their Vine profile via the web version, like they do on the mobile platform. But other online and mobile features are the same. Users can sign in using their Twitter ID to browse looping videos, add comments, and change the... Read the full article: Vine Releases Video Services Online With Full Screen TV Mode

Short Of Ideas For Your Next Project? Here Are 5 Web Tricks To Help Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:00 AM PST Stuck for ideas? No problem. There are several ways to get past that mental block and come up with great ideas for your upcoming projects using online methods. To quote an oft-used quote, “There are no new ideas, only new ways of making them felt.”  If you think that even those new ways have been exhausted, think again. Surfing the Web can give you the impression that everything that needed to be said and done has been said and done. But it is not so. If you know where to look, you can be assured of an endless supply of... Read the full article: Short Of Ideas For Your Next Project? Here Are 5 Web Tricks To Help

It’s Not Really Dead: 7 Reasons To Start Using Google+ Today Posted: 07 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST I wake up in the morning, and check what’s new on Google+. Yes, really. Google is putting a lot of brawn and brains behind the social network everyone loves to hate, and it shows. Google+ works hard to be a compelling choice in a world cluttered with competitors and entrenched leaders. Let me show you why it stands out. Auto Backup Every photo I take with my phone automatically gets uploaded to Google+. Creepy? Yes. Useful? Definitely. This is not a unique trick: Dropbox does this too, but it’s more limited. For one thing, photos uploaded onto Dropbox eat into... Read the full article: It’s Not Really Dead: 7 Reasons To Start Using Google+ Today

Forget Kickstarter: How To Crowdfund From Your Own Website Posted: 07 Jan 2014 07:00 AM PST Crowdfunding has taken off in a big way in the past few years. It's easy to see why, as the Internet offers a way for many likeminded people to club together. But you don't need to use a service like Kickstarter if you're already running your own popular website… Run Crowdfunding Campaigns On Your Own Website It should come as no surprise that MakeUseOf runs regular crowdfunding articles. The ease with which it is possible to back interesting new projects – the majority of which would never get off the ground a few years ago – is exciting for many,... Read the full article: Forget Kickstarter: How To Crowdfund From Your Own Website

Orbotix Launches Mobile-Controlled Toy Robot Sphero 2b Posted: 07 Jan 2014 06:30 AM PST When Yaara reviewed the Sphero 2.0, she found it to be a really fun toy but was reluctant to spend $130 on it. Manufacturer Orbotix apparently heard her loud and clear as it has released the Sphero 2b, a follow-up to the popular toy robot, for $99. Unlike the original Sphero, this one isn’t a ball. Instead, Orbotix has used a cylindrical shape for the device, with two rubber-gripped “tyres” at the side to move it along. In fact, the tyres can be removed and are available in three different sizes. The result is that it’s twice as fast as... Read the full article: Orbotix Launches Mobile-Controlled Toy Robot Sphero 2b

Are Home Android Game Consoles Worth Buying? Posted: 07 Jan 2014 06:00 AM PST Game consoles have traditionally been large boxes filled with cutting-edge hardware sold by huge technology companies. Even Nintendo, the smallest player still in the console market and the only one left that focuses solely on games, makes billions of dollars in revenue every year. While piles of cash helps keep gaming alive, the small number of companies that act as game-keepers in the console space can stifle innovation. Last year, with the help of Kickstarter, several Android game consoles were announced as a revolutionary alternative. No longer would platforms be closed and heavily guarded – instead, developers could upload their... Read the full article: Are Home Android Game Consoles Worth Buying?

Apple iPad Mini With Retina Display Review and Giveaway Posted: 07 Jan 2014 05:20 AM PST The $399 iPad mini (16 GB Wi-Fi) with Retina display is over $100 more expensive than the 16GB Nexus 7. It’s also $100 more expensive than the original iPad mini model (without Retina display), costs exactly the same as a 16GB iPad 2, and is only $100 cheaper than the iPad Air. These are not mistakes. The new iPad mini’s price puts it in a precarious position next to its competitors, both from in-house and away. Is it really worth its price? Is it sufficiently different from the original iPad mini to justify the price bump? Or perhaps you’re better... Read the full article: Apple iPad Mini With Retina Display Review and Giveaway

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