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- Cool Websites & Tools – An Advanced Visual Search Engine, Beautiful Resumes, & Share Creative Feedback
- One Ad To Rule Them All
- Do You Agree That Windows XP Needs To Die? [We Ask You]
- Isn’t It About Time You Rediscovered Stargate? [Stuff to Watch]
- Tumblr Adds SSL Security Layer, But Asks Users To Switch It On
- Chromebooks – Useful or Useless?
- Should You Buy An Aftermarket Controller For Your Console?
- How Many Steps Did You Take Today? The Pros & Cons Of Sharing With Wearable Tech
- Now Is The Time: Tips To Go Online & Plan For Your Retirement
- Steam Now Has Music Integration For Big Picture And SteamOS
- Avengers Alliance Brings Marvel Superheroes To Your Android Or iPhone
- 5 Clever But Simple Ways To Find Inspiring Writing Prompts Online
- Technophilia 99 Live From MakeUseOf
- With the Release of the Google Chromecast SDK, Expect Big Things
- 10 More Alfred Workflows to Send Tweets, Set Reminders & More
| Posted: 05 Feb 2014 08:31 PM PST  Message Beam for Android – With one click, bidirectionally beam anything you want between Chrome and your Android device. You can send a message with CTRL+ENTER, and when connected, you can now see the availability of the Android device. CamFind – is the very first successful visual search engine that can photograph, identify, and provide information on any object, at any angle which was already a huge success on iOS with over a million downloads in less than 6 months. Forget about typing queries into your browser to get information, instead use CamFind to take a picture and learn. ResMaps... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – An Advanced Visual Search Engine, Beautiful Resumes, & Share Creative Feedback |
| Posted: 05 Feb 2014 06:30 PM PST  Valerio Amaro is an advertising student from Berlin whose two passions in life are advertising, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. So naturally, he combined them! Amaro selected choice phrases from Tolkien’s book and applied them to ads. One thing’s for sure, the company that doesn’t hire this geeky lad is losing out. View more ad mockups on his blog. Read the full article: One Ad To Rule Them All |
| Do You Agree That Windows XP Needs To Die? [We Ask You] Posted: 05 Feb 2014 05:30 PM PST  Windows XP was quite the operating system in 2001. It was also pretty good in 2007. Now, in 2014, it’s not so great. It’s old, outdated, and not able to handle much of what a modern computer user will throw at it. And yet Windows XP is still being used on around 30 percent of PCs. And 3 million ATMs around the world. Is it time for Windows XP to be euthanized? Age Is No Barrier We want to know, Do You Want Windows XP To Die? Windows XP has, unfathomably, remained popular long after its best days were declared... Read the full article: Do You Agree That Windows XP Needs To Die? [We Ask You] |
| Isn’t It About Time You Rediscovered Stargate? [Stuff to Watch] Posted: 05 Feb 2014 05:30 PM PST  Everyone shut up about the coolest HBO show for a second and instead turn your attention to one of the greatest series the sci-fi world has ever known: Stargate. It was 20 years ago (that’s right kids, 1994) that the first Stargate film saw Kurt Russel walk through a primitive computer-generated water effect, and the TV series and various spin-offs vastly improve on the original formula. Stargate SG-1 remains one of the most engaging, well-written and above all approachable sci-fi series of all time – and it’s like crack for geeks. Jaffa kree! It All Started With A Film The Stargate franchise... Read the full article: Isn’t It About Time You Rediscovered Stargate? [Stuff to Watch] |
| Tumblr Adds SSL Security Layer, But Asks Users To Switch It On Posted: 05 Feb 2014 04:30 PM PST  Security conscious users on Tumblr finally get the extra SSL Security layer to encrypt their Tumblr sites. For now, you have to do it manually as it is not set by default. The standard security protocol has come late to the blogging platform, but it is a case of better late than never. Nearly every big name in the social sphere, like Twitter and Facebook have implemented it, not to mention other prominent sites. It makes sense to have the security layer, as it prevents eavesdropping while data is transmitted between browsers and servers. To set this up, go to... Read the full article: Tumblr Adds SSL Security Layer, But Asks Users To Switch It On |
| Chromebooks – Useful or Useless? Posted: 05 Feb 2014 01:00 PM PST  My wife gave me a choice of gadgets for Christmas – a new MP3 player, or a Chromebook? I have never seen the need to upgrade my ancient MP3 player, and the remaining lifespan of standalone MP3 players is now surely limited by the relentless march of smartphones, wearable tech, and cloud based music services. On the other hand, netbooks have been edged out of the market by the ever increasing capabilities of tablets and the competitive pricing of standard laptops – is the Chromebook not merely a watered-down version of these redundant models? I have never been a big listener to music whilst... Read the full article: Chromebooks – Useful or Useless? |
| Should You Buy An Aftermarket Controller For Your Console? Posted: 05 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST  My bedroom has everything needed for a night of fun; a SNES, N64 and Genesis, all hooked up to a 720p television. Yes, it's just about perfect; except for the controllers. They're uncomfortable, unreliable and suffer from short cords. No wonder aftermarket controllers were so popular! Today, however, the major consoles ship with excellent controllers. The Xbox 360's gamepad has become the standard for both PC and console games, but the PlayStation 3′s gamepad isn't much worse, and both next-gen consoles improve on their predecessors. Does that mean aftermarket controllers are worthless, or is there still a reason to buy... Read the full article: Should You Buy An Aftermarket Controller For Your Console? |
| How Many Steps Did You Take Today? The Pros & Cons Of Sharing With Wearable Tech Posted: 05 Feb 2014 11:00 AM PST  Self-measurement is all the rage these days and wearable technology is getting more popular by the day. Yes, we’ve had apps that do this for ages, but these are things you actually wear all the time. Are you into it too? Wearable tech covers devices ranging from old-school calculator watches to walking step counters and heart-rate monitors. The latest evolution of wearable trackers involves social media — in particular, the option of sharing your measurements on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere. But should you? Is it in your best interest to share your electronically-tracked progress (both successes and failures) with everyone in... Read the full article: How Many Steps Did You Take Today? The Pros & Cons Of Sharing With Wearable Tech |
| Now Is The Time: Tips To Go Online & Plan For Your Retirement Posted: 05 Feb 2014 10:00 AM PST  Almost weekly, there are news reports on how government programs won’t be able to help you in your retirement. “Pension funds are drying up.” “Baby Boomers Deplete Services – Nothing Left for Gen X, Y, Z”. So now is the time to start planning for your retirement. Now is the time to take control of it, and put the responsibility back into your hands. It can seem like a huge task, but like everything else, if you work at it a little bit at a time, next thing you know, you’ll be done. Chances are you’ll turn to the web... Read the full article: Now Is The Time: Tips To Go Online & Plan For Your Retirement |
| Steam Now Has Music Integration For Big Picture And SteamOS Posted: 05 Feb 2014 09:30 AM PST  If you’ve ever tried playing music while gaming on a PC, you know the dangers of leaving your current window to change songs; Valve is looking to help you out with their latest update to SteamOS and Big Picture. With Steam Music Beta, you can point Steam to where your music collection is stored on your PC and it will have access to all of your music. While you’re in a game, the music is accessible through the Steam overlay where you can pause, play, skip tracks, browse your collection, or manage your playlist, all without ever leaving the game... Read the full article: Steam Now Has Music Integration For Big Picture And SteamOS |
| Avengers Alliance Brings Marvel Superheroes To Your Android Or iPhone Posted: 05 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST  Want to take the Avengers with you wherever you go? Avengers Alliance (Free) lets you get your superhero fix direct from your Android or iPhone! But is it any good? Hardcore fans of the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and other Marvel heroes may be understandably concerned about the price tag, especially after the free-to-play cash grabs we saw in Plants vs. Zombies 2 and Angry Birds Go! last year. Will Avengers Alliance take the crown of best mobile superhero game? Let’s take a look. Saving The World (Again) From a gameplay mechanics point of view, Avengers Alliance is pretty simple. At... Read the full article: Avengers Alliance Brings Marvel Superheroes To Your Android Or iPhone |
| 5 Clever But Simple Ways To Find Inspiring Writing Prompts Online Posted: 05 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST  There is nothing more frustrating for a writer than staring at a blank screen, a blinking cursor, and having nothing to write. Luckily, all it takes is logging on to the Internet where you can find an endless source of inspiration. There’s no limit to the writing prompts you can find online to inspire you. No matter what your preferred style of writing or genre may be — you can find inspiration on social networks, in email newsletters, on photography sites and more. When it comes to find inspiration for your creative writing, MakeUseOf has already offered up some great... Read the full article: 5 Clever But Simple Ways To Find Inspiring Writing Prompts Online |
| Technophilia 99 Live From MakeUseOf Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:59 AM PST  This week: We take a look at North Korea's Linux distro. Like many beginner users, they've skinned it to look like a Mac. EA screws up yet another great game franchise. Find out which one, and how. And we sit down with Tyler Renelle, Vicky Hsu and Siena Leslie – the core team behind HabitRPG, a to-do list that's slowly evolving into a full-fledged game. Tech News Geek Level: CSI – Decoding helicopter flight path GPS signals from the sound of YouTube videos. Dogecoin decides to allow inflation. Speculators are pissed, but will this allow Dogecoin to actually function as... Read the full article: Technophilia 99 Live From MakeUseOf |
| With the Release of the Google Chromecast SDK, Expect Big Things Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:30 AM PST  Since its launch in July, Google’s Chromecast has been slowly adding new options to what you can beam directly from your computer onto your television. With popular streaming options like YouTube, Hulu, Netflix and HBOGO, there’s quite a lot to keep viewers busy, but with Google’s latest announcement you can expect even more out of the little $35 gizmo. After just over six months, Google has released the Google Cast Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers. This means that developers now have all the tools necessary to build apps and websites that are Chromecast compatible. For end users of the Chromecast,... Read the full article: With the Release of the Google Chromecast SDK, Expect Big Things |
| 10 More Alfred Workflows to Send Tweets, Set Reminders & More Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST  If you’re a Mac power user, application launcher Alfred is a powerful way to get things done with click-saving workflows and a few swift keystrokes. Last year, a powerful workflow system was added to Alfred, and since then some very dedicated and creative minds have added dozens of workflows that can be downloaded used immediately. We have previously covered Alfred workflows in a few different articles, but I’ve since discovered even more that should be highlighted. The following are my new favorites. Rdio Player Alfred has a built-in workflow for searching and navigating iTunes, but there’s also a similar workflow for the streaming the music... Read the full article: 10 More Alfred Workflows to Send Tweets, Set Reminders & More |
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