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- Cool Websites & Tools – Sleep Calculator, Write A Secret, & Book A Train Journey
- This Is How To Get Geeks Interested In Sports
- iOS Apps on Sale for 22 Feb: Offline Maps, Podcasts & Joe Dever
- The New Google Maps Finally Comes Out Of Beta
- Video Game Hub Episode 6 – Irrational Closing, January NPDs, Tagging Up Steam
- 10 Surprisingly Simple Time Hacks For Reading More Every Day
- 6 Game Clones That Are Better Than The Original
- Native Security and Privacy Options For Windows 8.1 Explained
- Google Translate 2.1 Shows Up With Native iOS 7 Keyboard & More Language Support
- 3 Game Capture Software Solutions Tested
- Enjoy Audiobooks On Your Windows Phone With Audible
- 8 Common Terms You Need To Know Before Buying Your Next TV
- How Collaborative Writing Tools Make Your Life Easier
- 4 Alternative Ways Of Browsing The Google Play Store
- Oppo N1 CyanogenMod Limited Edition Review and Giveaway
| Cool Websites & Tools – Sleep Calculator, Write A Secret, & Book A Train Journey Posted: 21 Feb 2014 08:31 PM PST  Typeform – makes asking questions easy, human & beautiful. Draw your users in when it comes to answering your questions online by offering them a seamless experience and interface across devices and platforms. Typeform make respondents feel at home with a format inspired by human conversation. Remote Mouse – Turn your mobile phone or tablet into a set of wireless mouse and keyboard. Control your computer anywhere in your room, with either wifi or 3G. Main mouse functionalities featured, including click, double-click, right-click, scroll and drag. Compatible with Windows and Mac. 90night Sleepy Time Calculator – With 90night (a sleep... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Sleep Calculator, Write A Secret, & Book A Train Journey |
| This Is How To Get Geeks Interested In Sports Posted: 21 Feb 2014 06:30 PM PST  What if American NFL team names were up to geeks? Who also happen to be a Star Wars fans? Awesome, just so much of awesome. Illustrated by John Raya from Mexico, these helmets are in a league of their own! Click through to John’s profile on Behance to see more. Read the full article: This Is How To Get Geeks Interested In Sports |
| iOS Apps on Sale for 22 Feb: Offline Maps, Podcasts & Joe Dever Posted: 21 Feb 2014 05:30 PM PST  The App Store doesn’t exactly make it easy to find the best apps, particularly those on sale. Add this to the fact that even on a good day most sale apps are terrible and it becomes hard to separate the signal from the noise. Except on Friday, when we filter out the noise for you and find the best apps on sale right now. Today’s list features a handy offline mapping tool, a slick new podcast app and a genre-defining gamebook from Joe Dever. Apps City Maps 2Go Pro ($1.99, now free) If you’re planning a trip with your iPad... Read the full article: iOS Apps on Sale for 22 Feb: Offline Maps, Podcasts & Joe Dever |
| The New Google Maps Finally Comes Out Of Beta Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:30 PM PST  Back in May 2013, Google unveiled a new and improved beta version of Google Maps. It was nice and shiny, and had many new features. Now finally the doors are being swung wide open, and everyone will be able to get the new Google Maps on their desktops in “the coming weeks”. So apart from the spruced up user interface, what else can you expect to see in the new Google Maps? One often talked about feature is where you can type in what you are looking for, and the map will show you where in your neighbourhood, you can... Read the full article: The New Google Maps Finally Comes Out Of Beta |
| Video Game Hub Episode 6 – Irrational Closing, January NPDs, Tagging Up Steam Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:02 PM PST  Welcome to MakeUseOf’s Video Game Hub episode 6, the weekly news show where we count down the top five news stories from the busy world of video games. A new episode airs each and every Friday. Who has time to keep up with all that constantly changing video game news? Oh that’s right, we do! This week, we talk about the sad news that Irrational Games is shutting its doors, Steam’s introduction of tagging, the NPD numbers for January, Tony Hawk’s triumphant return, and Harmonix making a music-based FPS. We break down each of the stories so you can have... Read the full article: Video Game Hub Episode 6 – Irrational Closing, January NPDs, Tagging Up Steam |
| 10 Surprisingly Simple Time Hacks For Reading More Every Day Posted: 21 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST  It will take you exactly 7 minutes to go through this. If you are on this page, you have that time to do some reading. If you are going to skip and skim through, you don’t. But it’s still better than not reading at all. Welcome to the age of toting an overload of information while running uphill against the clock. It does feel like that every day – there is just too much to read, and so little time. Even children are struggling with it; they have distractions of their own, while we adults have ours to bear. Their... Read the full article: 10 Surprisingly Simple Time Hacks For Reading More Every Day |
| 6 Game Clones That Are Better Than The Original Posted: 21 Feb 2014 11:00 AM PST  The history of video games is rife with clones, counterfeits, and copies. Most video game clones are effortless endeavors that exist simply to cash in on a trending fad – such as knocking off Angry Birds – but some clones end up being so good that they surpass the original inspiration. It doesn’t happen often, but it’s notable when it does. What is the distinction between a clone and a game within the same genre? The answer is quite nebulous, actually, and nobody can really draw a clear line. If a game is cloned enough times, it becomes a genre.... Read the full article: 6 Game Clones That Are Better Than The Original |
| Native Security and Privacy Options For Windows 8.1 Explained Posted: 21 Feb 2014 10:00 AM PST  Whether you use a touch-first tablet, a traditional PC, or something in between, Windows 8.1 includes important security and privacy features you should know about. These range from built-in fingerprint reader support and anti-malware features to automatic device encryption and app permission settings. App Permissions Unlike traditional desktop apps, modern Windows 8 “Store apps” are sandboxed and don’t have access to your entire system. They have to ask for permission to access your location, webcam, microphone, and other sensitive data. Like on Apple’s iPad, you can configure many of these permissions and control what apps have access to. To access these... Read the full article: Native Security and Privacy Options For Windows 8.1 Explained |
| Google Translate 2.1 Shows Up With Native iOS 7 Keyboard & More Language Support Posted: 21 Feb 2014 09:30 AM PST  Traveling somewhere? Update to Google Translate 2.1 on your iOS device and carry along support for translation and handwriting input support for new languages. Google Translate also finally gets a new iOS 7 keyboard to do all the typing with. The fresh updates all come wrapped in a modern interface in touch with the clean flatter look of iOS 7. Google Translate now supports seven new languages, bringing the total to 80. You can see the complete list on the Google Translate App Store page. As usual, you can get your translations in audio, star favorite translations for quick offline... Read the full article: Google Translate 2.1 Shows Up With Native iOS 7 Keyboard & More Language Support |
| 3 Game Capture Software Solutions Tested Posted: 21 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST  Gaming is awesome: but sharing that with the world is even better. To do that, you’ll need some way of recording your antics. In today’s video, I’ll show the best way to record from a PC, a console, and even from an iPad. The three software packages I talk about in the video are: Open Broadcaster Software: OBS is completely free, and Joel wrote a comprehensive guide on getting started with it. It’s not the most user friendly app, and it will require a hefty amount of resources – but it’s free, and the choice of PC gamers world wide. XSplit:... Read the full article: 3 Game Capture Software Solutions Tested |
| Enjoy Audiobooks On Your Windows Phone With Audible Posted: 21 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST  No time to read? Audiobooks are the perfect solution, and with Audible’s free app on your Windows Phone you have access to a library of over 60,000 titles that you can take anywhere! Audible – Audiobooks is available free on Windows Phone. Audible also produces versions for Android and iOS. What Is Audible? Owned by Amazon since 2008, Audible launched as an audiobook and spoken word audio entertainment producer and seller in 1995. So strong was their early following that Audible released a portable digital audio player, four years before Apple released the first iPod. Over the years Audible has developed a... Read the full article: Enjoy Audiobooks On Your Windows Phone With Audible |
| 8 Common Terms You Need To Know Before Buying Your Next TV Posted: 21 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST  We’re at a point now where you can watch TV online legally and for free, but that doesn’t mean you should ditch that thing all the furniture in your living room is pointed towards. The TV still has a place in your house and, in fact, there are several parts where your PC monitor hasn’t caught up. When you go out to buy a new television, you might be a little confused by the many options available, all the features they have, and the jargon you need to wade through. So here’s your cheat sheet for some of the common... Read the full article: 8 Common Terms You Need To Know Before Buying Your Next TV |
| How Collaborative Writing Tools Make Your Life Easier Posted: 21 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST  If you ever had to co-produce written work, you will know on how many levels this can be difficult. Waiting for your writing partner(s) or fixing conflicting versions of a document should be the least of your worries. After all, the Internet makes collaborative writing a breeze. After writing a 100 page thesis in a team of three, using Google Drive, I knew this was true. Yet, I just recently failed to push Google Drive for completing a less than 10 page document in a team of five. We ended up sending Word documents back and forth, which nearly drove... Read the full article: How Collaborative Writing Tools Make Your Life Easier |
| 4 Alternative Ways Of Browsing The Google Play Store Posted: 21 Feb 2014 05:00 AM PST  The Play Store, despite its massive selection of apps, isn’t always perfect. There are a few alternative ways of browsing the Play Store out there that can make it easier to find truly great apps. While some app stores entirely replace the Google Play Store, these rely on the Play Store for downloading. That way, you’re left with all of Google’s oversight and popularity but can still benefit from the improved features of these stores. Other Android app stores can’t even come close to having the number of apps that the Play Store has. AppBrain AppBrain’s main advantage is having a fresh... Read the full article: 4 Alternative Ways Of Browsing The Google Play Store |
| Oppo N1 CyanogenMod Limited Edition Review and Giveaway Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:32 AM PST  An Android phone that comes running CyanogenMod out of the box and has hardware features you won’t see on any other phone, like a rotating camera and a rear touch panel. If that sounds impressive, you can imagine how much I was looking forward to reviewing the Oppo N1. I really, really wanted to love this phone. First, let’s talk raw specs: The most physically striking feature about this phone is the display, a 5.9-inch full HD panel that boasts a pixel density of 373 ppi. Then there’s the aforementioned 13-megapixel rotating camera — just the one, since you can... Read the full article: Oppo N1 CyanogenMod Limited Edition Review and Giveaway |
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