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• Cool Websites & Tools – Fund Science Projects, Email Calendar Events, & PDF To Word Converter
• What Does Google Autocomplete Say About Your Brand?
• These Unofficial Fan-Made Films Are Surprisingly Good [Stuff to Watch]
• How To Easily Enable Silverlight, And Watch Netflix, on Linux
• 13 Browser-Based Tools For Writers
• Avengers (And Bugs) Assemble In Marvel’s Run Jump Smash!
• 5 Mistakes You Should Avoid When Buying A New Laptop
• VMware Virtualization Brings Windows Apps And Desktops To Chromebooks
• 3 iPhone Apps To Beautify Your Instagram Timeline
• How To Create Beautiful & Shareable Images From Text Easily
• Instance: An Unofficial Instagram Client for Windows Phone
• Kickstarter Was Hacked: Change Your Password
• Why And How You Should Self-Publish Your Diary Or Journal
• 5 Xbox One Myths Dispelled: Don’t Brick Your Console!
• Netgear PTV3000, Smallart PTV and Belkin Miracast Adapters Review and Giveaway

Cool Websites & Tools – Fund Science Projects, Email Calendar Events, & PDF To Word Converter Posted: 17 Feb 2014 08:31 PM PST Babadum – whether you are a young child learning to speak, or a person of any age learning a foreign language, the first steps are to learn the basics. Babadum gives you pictures and a choice of languages, and you have to choose a language, and match the word to the picture. Tab List – List all the tabs vertically and search through the list. Know the time since the URL has been accessed and close the tab if required. List all the tabs vertically and search through the list. Search through the tabs. When there are lot of tabs... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Fund Science Projects, Email Calendar Events, & PDF To Word Converter

What Does Google Autocomplete Say About Your Brand? Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:30 PM PST AEIR (Advanced Emotion Intelligence Research) is a team of researchers, software engineers and business specialists that extract data regarding products, people and businesses. Recently, they collected data on 100 brands using Google’s Suggest Queries API and autocompletion. Here are the results. The top 66 brands are listed here in order of brand value. What do you reckon? Did it accurate depict your favourite companies? Click to enlarge. Read the full article: What Does Google Autocomplete Say About Your Brand?

These Unofficial Fan-Made Films Are Surprisingly Good [Stuff to Watch] Posted: 17 Feb 2014 05:30 PM PST The difference between a good remake and a bad remake is that the good remakes are made by people who actually want to make them. Despite their traditionally shoddy nature, this logic often applies to fan-creations too. Who better to breach copyright than someone who really knows, loves and respects the intellectual property in question? Nobody, that’s who. From Half-Life to Doctor Who, here are a selection of the best fan-made films on the net. Half-Life: Raise the Bar Fans have waited long enough for Half-Life 3 that they’re starting to make their own films based on the franchise, though on... Read the full article: These Unofficial Fan-Made Films Are Surprisingly Good [Stuff to Watch]

How To Easily Enable Silverlight, And Watch Netflix, on Linux Posted: 17 Feb 2014 01:00 PM PST Netflix depends on Silverlight; Silverlight doesn’t play well with Linux. But Linux users have an easy-to-use workaround. Lots of progress has been made when it comes to watching Netflix on Linux, but now it’s even easier than ever thanks to something called Pipelight. Here’s what you need to do to get Pipelight working on your Linux machine. About Pipelight Pipelight is a project that aims to get Netflix (and other Silverlight applications) to work on your Linux machine, inside your favorite browser. It’s a lot easier to use than Netflix Desktop, a previous tool for the job that required you... Read the full article: How To Easily Enable Silverlight, And Watch Netflix, on Linux

13 Browser-Based Tools For Writers Posted: 17 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST Portability and accessibility are important for writers. You never know when inspiration will hit, and when it does you don’t want to be caught off guard. Professional software suites can be nice but often times are overkill, localized, and more hassle than they’re worth. Browser-based writing tools are available no matter where you go. Whether you need help with organization, a way to kill distractions, or a clean slate on which to write your words, these tools will prove useful to all of you who write on a regular basis. Don’t miss out! Organizational Tools Organization is the key to... Read the full article: 13 Browser-Based Tools For Writers

Avengers (And Bugs) Assemble In Marvel’s Run Jump Smash! Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:00 AM PST Ever since Canabalt first hit screens, developers have been looking to capitalize on the endless runner fad. And each game brings something new to the table, but usually not enough to make a dent. There are odd exceptions like Small Fry, but more often than not, a new endless runner is nothing to write home about. Coupled with the fact that superhero games are traditionally quite boring and badly made, I had little hope from Marvel’s Run Jump Smash ($0.99). But was I in for a surprise! Avengers Assemble! Run Jump Smash features characters from The Avengers movie: Captain America, Iron... Read the full article: Avengers (And Bugs) Assemble In Marvel’s Run Jump Smash!

5 Mistakes You Should Avoid When Buying A New Laptop Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:00 AM PST The laptop has, for many people, become the only home computer needed. Fast, yet portable, they offer the best of both worlds, and can be had for $500 (or less). Their lure is understandable. Yet a laptop is also more complex and, compared to a desktop, far less flexible. A desktop user unhappy with a monitor, keyboard or mouse can simply replace it, but laptop buyers have no options. This means picking the right system is both more important, yet also more difficult. Here’s what to look out for if you’re ready to open your wallet. Going Too Big –... Read the full article: 5 Mistakes You Should Avoid When Buying A New Laptop

VMware Virtualization Brings Windows Apps And Desktops To Chromebooks Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:30 AM PST Desktop as a Service (DaaS) is a virtual desktop environment that enables you to access your preferred desktop applications on cloud-connected devices like Google’s Chromebook. Google comes together with VMware in move to bring you the best of both worlds – the low cost of ownership with a Chromebook, and the use of Windows desktop software. VMware is a virtualization company and one of their flagship products is VMware Horizon DaaS. The product description says, “VMware Horizon™ DaaS® Platform for Service Providers delivers Windows desktops and applications as a cloud service to any user, anywhere, on any device“. Google is... Read the full article: VMware Virtualization Brings Windows Apps And Desktops To Chromebooks

3 iPhone Apps To Beautify Your Instagram Timeline Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST Wish you could display your photos in their full-sized beauty on Instagram? Although iPhones offer a square shooting mode for Instagram addicts, not every photograph looks great in that aspect ratio. A shot of a waterfall might fit best into a vertical frame, while a landscape scene always looks better in landscape view. Some Instagram clients such as #NoCrop allow you to upload horizontal or vertical photos, but that reduces their size. Now you can use the grid view on your Instagram timeline to upload stunning, high-resolution pictures. New to Instagram? Here are a few great tips for Instagram newbies. Instagrids (Free) Instagrids is an app... Read the full article: 3 iPhone Apps To Beautify Your Instagram Timeline

How To Create Beautiful & Shareable Images From Text Easily Posted: 17 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST According to numerous analyses, images do better on social networks. They’re more likely to be clicked, more likely to be shared, and sometimes, they’re even more likely to be seen. Social networks such as Facebook and Google+ generate nice thumbnails for you when sharing links, but these are not as impressive as actual images. Other networks, such as Twitter, don’t make your life this easy, and don’t show an image at all unless you add one specifically. And yet, most of us can’t (or won’t) conjure images out of thin air every time we want to share a link. It’s... Read the full article: How To Create Beautiful & Shareable Images From Text Easily

Instance: An Unofficial Instagram Client for Windows Phone Posted: 17 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST Is the lack of a working official Instagram app for Windows Phone ruining your photo sharing? This is a problem you can easily solve – in an “Instance” … this ad-supported app is free, although you can also pay $1.49 for an ad-free version. Why Use an Instagram Client? Despite the fact that the majority of Windows Phone devices pack serious camera hardware, Instagram has been painfully slow coming to the platform. Currently, an official beta app is available, but this is short on video upload capability (although it is still very good). In the meantime, several third party apps have... Read the full article: Instance: An Unofficial Instagram Client for Windows Phone

Kickstarter Was Hacked: Change Your Password Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:30 AM PST Kickstarter revealed this Saturday that they had suffered a data breach on Wednesday that compromised significant amounts of user data. They are stressing that credit card information was not stolen, except for two individuals, but they are still recommending that users change their passwords just to be safe. The leaked information includes usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords. Since the passwords were encrypted, it would take a particularly malicious hacker to figure out your password, but the easier your password is, the more likely that the hackers would be able to crack it. That’s why there... Read the full article: Kickstarter Was Hacked: Change Your Password

Why And How You Should Self-Publish Your Diary Or Journal Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST If you keep a journal or diary on one of the several online life logs  or software journaling applications, you also might be interested in publishing your secret thoughts in form of a book. The process of self-publishing is easier than you think (start with our Guide to Self Publishing). If the journaling software you use can export your content as PDF, sites like LuLu.com or Blurb.com can turn your uploaded PDF into an actual book for a fairly affordable price. I recently received my first self-published book of journal entries that I started in 2011, based on using the popular... Read the full article: Why And How You Should Self-Publish Your Diary Or Journal

5 Xbox One Myths Dispelled: Don’t Brick Your Console! Posted: 17 Feb 2014 05:00 AM PST Given how much backtracking and mixed messages Microsoft themselves had given out about the Xbox One prior to its release last November, it's no surprise the web is full of myths and disinformation. Not all of it is harmless though – some of the “helpful tips” you'll find will actually end up irrecoverably bricking your console. Don't be a victim, and don’t believe lies: read this first. Still on the fence about whether to buy one? Check out our extensive review of the Xbox One! Xbox One Can't Do 1080p Gaming This is an extrapolation from specific games that aren't... Read the full article: 5 Xbox One Myths Dispelled: Don’t Brick Your Console!

Netgear PTV3000, Smallart PTV and Belkin Miracast Adapters Review and Giveaway Posted: 17 Feb 2014 04:30 AM PST Want to watch video on a big screen TV from a smartphone or Windows 8.1 PC? Wirelessly outputting your device’s audio and video streams could turn any HDMI-equipped television into a full-fledged desktop or streaming media center. But not all Miracast adapters (the technology which allows display mirroring on Android) offer the same performance or reliability. To find a better performing device, we picked up three Miracast adapters and evaluated them on their performance streaming media, gaming and operating as a desktop. We reviewed the Netgear PTV3000 Miracast and WiDi adapter ($58.99), Belkin Miracast adapter ($79.99) and the Smallart PTV... Read the full article: Netgear PTV3000, Smallart PTV and Belkin Miracast Adapters Review and Giveaway

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