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• Cool Websites & Tools – Chrome Screen Capture, Schedule a Wakeup Call, & Create Beautiful Presentations
• 8-Bit Angry Birds Is A Fun Retro Mashup
• Android Apps on Sale for 13 February 2014: Crazy Valentine’s Day Gameloft Sale
• Date Smarter with OkCupid for Android
• Live the Star Trek Fantasy With Spaceteam for iOS & Android
• How To Add Storage To Your MacBook With An SD Card
• Twitter Not For You? Try One Of These Long-Running Alternatives
• Xbox 360 SmartGlass: A Must Have Windows 8 App To Accompany Your 360
• Listen To Your Favorite Radio Stations Offline On Google Play Music
• 7 Useful and Fun Tricks Hidden in Hearthstone
• Mega Cheap Motherboard Combos and a Free Cellular Service [Tech Deals]
• Turn Windows Into A WiFi Hotspot & Share Your Internet Connection
• 6 Video Games That Will Make You Feel Smart
• How To Open Strange File Types In Windows
• 5 Warning Signs For Avoiding Freemium Games That Want To Suck Your Wallet Dry

Cool Websites & Tools – Chrome Screen Capture, Schedule a Wakeup Call, & Create Beautiful Presentations Posted: 13 Feb 2014 08:31 PM PST Mako – is a multifunctional speech recognition software capable of opening programs, typing anything you desire, and writing reports on anything, It employs an advanced user interface and voice input. It manages almost everything in your life, especially technology matters. Although MAKO is not human, as an A.I he has access to an unlimited amount of resources, information and programs that he can control and use at his own will. Screencastify – is a simple video screen capture software for Chrome. It is able to record all screen activity inside a tab, including audio. Just press record and the content... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Chrome Screen Capture, Schedule a Wakeup Call, & Create Beautiful Presentations

8-Bit Angry Birds Is A Fun Retro Mashup Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:30 PM PST What if Angry Birds was designed and developed in the eighties? Well, this would roughly be what you’d get. Still loads of fun. Birds are still angry. In fact, you can play this game in your browser right now at Flavourmachine.com. Read the full article: 8-Bit Angry Birds Is A Fun Retro Mashup

Android Apps on Sale for 13 February 2014: Crazy Valentine’s Day Gameloft Sale Posted: 13 Feb 2014 05:30 PM PST Each week we scour current Google Play promotions and cherry-pick the best of the best. Valentine’s is here, and app and game developers are doing their best to help you celebrate. This week there’s a massive Gameloft sale, including hits like Modern Combat 4 and The Dark Knight Rises, all reduced from $7 down to just one buck! 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 Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour ($6.99, now $0.99) A new... Read the full article: Android Apps on Sale for 13 February 2014: Crazy Valentine’s Day Gameloft Sale

Date Smarter with OkCupid for Android Posted: 13 Feb 2014 02:00 PM PST Dating is hard: launching a new relationship is a scary and uncertain proposition, and it can be hard to find people cool enough to be worth the trouble. The OkCupid app for Android aims to make the whole process go a little bit smoother. Introducing OkCupid To recap our comprehensive review of OkCupid, OkCupid is a cool dating service run by a gaggle of ex-Harvard statisticians, which offers a powerful matching algorithm based on user questions, a friendly atmosphere, and a diverse user base.  Compared to competition like eHarmony, OkCupid offers a less intense, marriage-centric experience, and is much friendlier... Read the full article: Date Smarter with OkCupid for Android

Live the Star Trek Fantasy With Spaceteam for iOS & Android Posted: 13 Feb 2014 01:00 PM PST “Set the torque sock to maximum!” Spaceteam never tells you what a torque sock is. It won’t explain what a paragrid or a hexloop does either. What it will do is offer you and your friends the chance to shout desperate commands at one another as you work together to navigate a ramshackle starship clear of deadly anomalies and supernovas. If you’ve got nostalgia for all things Star Trek, and friends with smartphones and tablets, you need Spaceteam (free) for iOS and Android. Welcome to Spaceteam If you’re going to play Spaceteam with your friends, you’ll need to find a... Read the full article: Live the Star Trek Fantasy With Spaceteam for iOS & Android

How To Add Storage To Your MacBook With An SD Card Posted: 13 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST Ten second boot-up. Photoshop running in mere seconds. There are plenty of advantages to running your computer on an SSD. The sheer speed of everything never ceases to amaze, but that isn’t to say that there are no downsides. With SSD memory costing several times as much per gigabyte as traditional storage, newer MacBooks often don’t have as much storage as their older hard disk counterparts. You’ll either need to keep a close eye on your remaining disk space, or take steps to expand it. Today we’re focusing on the latter option, more specifically how you can use the SD card... Read the full article: How To Add Storage To Your MacBook With An SD Card

Twitter Not For You? Try One Of These Long-Running Alternatives Posted: 13 Feb 2014 11:00 AM PST Although Twitter has been booming in the social media world, you may have tried it and decided it isn’t your cup of tea. If this is the case, there are a handful of other places to go that have been running for quite a while. Tumblr Tumblr (which we reviewed here) could be seen as a suitable alternative to Twitter. The service has been around since February 2007 and has been gaining users through all of those years. It’s similar to Twitter in that it’s a microblogging platform — most posts are meant to be short and to the point. While... Read the full article: Twitter Not For You? Try One Of These Long-Running Alternatives

Xbox 360 SmartGlass: A Must Have Windows 8 App To Accompany Your 360 Posted: 13 Feb 2014 10:00 AM PST The Xbox 360 SmartGlass app for Windows 8 is a killer app. With the ability to type using your computer’s keyboard on your Xbox and some games supporting second screen content, this is a must have if you own an Xbox 360 and a Windows 8 machine. If you love SmartGlass and consider upgrading to a new gaming console, you should know that the Xbox One and its SmartGlass app are out now. Connecting Setting this up is easy enough, but it will require Xbox Live. Thankfully, you don’t need a Gold subscription, just the free tier of Live. Then, simply sign-in on... Read the full article: Xbox 360 SmartGlass: A Must Have Windows 8 App To Accompany Your 360

Listen To Your Favorite Radio Stations Offline On Google Play Music Posted: 13 Feb 2014 09:30 AM PST You can listen to radio with no limits on Google Play Music. Now, the Google Play Music app for Android lets you listen to online radio without an Internet connection as well with offline caching. Android Police reports that the new feature called Keep on Device is available from the context menu. Simply pin the radio station and you can listen to it offline – a very useful option to have when you are untethered from the Internet. But do remember that Google Play Music continues to only be available in selected countries around the world. No details are available... Read the full article: Listen To Your Favorite Radio Stations Offline On Google Play Music

7 Useful and Fun Tricks Hidden in Hearthstone Posted: 13 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST Hearthstone is easy to start playing, but the game is full of hidden little tricks that you might not notice. Some of them are important for playing the game or accessing hidden options that should be in the menu, while others are just for fun — but that’s the point of playing a game, isn’t it? Blizzard’s Hearthstone is an excellent free-to-play game, and is available now in open beta for Windows and Mac. iPad, iPhone, and Android apps will arrive in the future. Enable Full-Screen Windowed Mode Unlike other Blizzard games, Hearthstone only offers a full-screen mode and a... Read the full article: 7 Useful and Fun Tricks Hidden in Hearthstone

Mega Cheap Motherboard Combos and a Free Cellular Service [Tech Deals] Posted: 13 Feb 2014 08:30 AM PST Retailers continue to dump last year’s products – which is great news for deal hunters. This week, we’ve got several inexpensive tablets, cheap motherboard and CPU combo deals, a Chromebook and an offer from FreedomPop for a Galaxy SII along with “free” cellular service. Tablet Users This week, we’ve got a Samsung Galaxy 8 tablet for cheap and a special deal from an MVNO that offers “free” cellular service. FreedomPop Samsung Galaxy SII Price: $159.99; compare to $279.99 Retailer: FreedomPop — Buy it Now FreedomPop made a name for itself originally as a mobile hotspot MVNO (what’s an MVNO?). They have since... Read the full article: Mega Cheap Motherboard Combos and a Free Cellular Service [Tech Deals]

Turn Windows Into A WiFi Hotspot & Share Your Internet Connection Posted: 13 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST You’ve got an Internet connection via a network cable, but you want to have your other computers and devices get Internet connections wirelessly. Can you do this? Can you make your Windows computer run like a WiFi router? The short answer is a qualified, ‘Yes.’ The key component in this process is making sure that your Windows computer has a wireless network card. If you have that installed properly, then you can turn your Windows computer into a WiFi hotspot and share your Internet connection. How Does This All Work? Most WiFi cards for PCs can be used to share... Read the full article: Turn Windows Into A WiFi Hotspot & Share Your Internet Connection

6 Video Games That Will Make You Feel Smart Posted: 13 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST There are some games that really task your logical ability, like ON/OFF, one of the hardest games ever. But there’s a certain satisfaction when you conquer that seemingly insurmountable puzzle — the game empowers you with the feeling of intelligence. So I looked back at other games which have made me feel that way, the ones that pose great puzzles and a tendency to make you feel good about solving them. Of course, they are enjoyable games regardless of the puzzles as well! Portal & Portal 2 Portal Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, PS3, Xbox 360 Portal 2 Platforms:... Read the full article: 6 Video Games That Will Make You Feel Smart

How To Open Strange File Types In Windows Posted: 13 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST Computers know thousands of different file formats. A short suffix, the file extension, which is added to the end of the file name, reveals the file type and allows you to associate and open different file types with matching programs. Sometimes, both Windows and the user are clueless as to how to open a strange file. A Google search or an online tool like FILExt will quickly shed light on the kind of file you’re dealing with. But what’s the best way to open it? Warning: Depending on the source, the file you are trying to open could contain malware! If... Read the full article: How To Open Strange File Types In Windows

5 Warning Signs For Avoiding Freemium Games That Want To Suck Your Wallet Dry Posted: 13 Feb 2014 05:00 AM PST A decade ago playing a game was a simple affair for your wallet. You went to the store, you bought it, and then maybe a few years later you’d also buy an expansion. That was it. There was no DLC, no cash shops, no premium in-game currency. Ah, but times have changed. Now many games are free up-front, but bombard players with an endless array of in-game purchases, some of which are impossible to avoid if you want to complete the game. Worse, these pay walls can be undetectable at first, but there are usually a few hints that will... Read the full article: 5 Warning Signs For Avoiding Freemium Games That Want To Suck Your Wallet Dry

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