5 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• Cool Websites & Tools – World Food Stats, Better Phone Keyboard, & Update Your Contact Info On Friends Phones
• Distraction Free Instrumental Music Album Downloads [Sound Sunday]
• Plants vs Zombies 2 Updated With Far Future World, Zen Garden & New Plants
• Can You Play Games On A Windows 8 Tablet?
• Help Wanted! Which Topics Would You Like To Read More About? [MakeUseOf Poll]

Cool Websites & Tools – World Food Stats, Better Phone Keyboard, & Update Your Contact Info On Friends Phones Posted: 30 Mar 2014 09:31 PM PDT World Food Clock – is a constantly updating set of figures in real-time, showing various statistics such as the world’s food produced, consumed, and wasted. Scrolling down, you will also see other stats such as agriculture resources, and the number of starving people. EGOsize – is a site which gives you a free report, in which it tells you how to improve your search engine rankings. Just enter the URL of the site you want analyzed and it will look at the site and generate recommendations. Fleksy – is a new, revolutionary keyboard for iOS & Android, powered by patent... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – World Food Stats, Better Phone Keyboard, & Update Your Contact Info On Friends Phones

Distraction Free Instrumental Music Album Downloads [Sound Sunday] Posted: 30 Mar 2014 06:30 PM PDT This week, Sound Sunday goes instru-mental. Enjoy a collection of free MP3 downloads from independent artists. These tunes provide you with distraction free background music for many activities that require focus and calmness. Every so often a reader requests an instrumental music edition. When asked why, many say they find other music too irritating while working. Lyrics can challenge you to think. Instrumental music on the other hand crowds out distractions, making it a great backdrop for studying, reading, or other tasks that require focus and a calm mind. Instrumental Singles Genre: ambient, experimental, rock, post-rock Genre: alternative, indie, electronic, rock, afrobeat... Read the full article: Distraction Free Instrumental Music Album Downloads [Sound Sunday]

Plants vs Zombies 2 Updated With Far Future World, Zen Garden & New Plants Posted: 30 Mar 2014 05:30 PM PDT One of the best iPhone games has just got a major update. Plants vs. Zombies 2, the popular base defence game, has got a whole new world full of many levels and new plants to go with it, along with unlocking the Zen Garden. The game and update remain completely free to download on both iOS and Android, but that doesn’t affect gameplay. Far Future World brings you 24 new challenging levels, eight new zombie-hating plants, 10 new brain-hungry zombies, and much more! New plants include the Citron to deal damage to mech-zombies, Laser Bean to fight off shield zombies,... Read the full article: Plants vs Zombies 2 Updated With Far Future World, Zen Garden & New Plants

Can You Play Games On A Windows 8 Tablet? Posted: 30 Mar 2014 12:00 PM PDT The introduction of Windows 8 made it possible for PC manufacturers to start building full-blown tablet PCs. These run Windows and have the same kind of hardware you’d usually find in a laptop. Some are on par with an ultrabook, and gaming peripheral company Razer sells a gaming tablet called the Edge. This has made users curious about how far they can push the limits of a tablet PC. Can the system run games? And if it can, what are the common limitations? Here’s everything you need to know about gaming on a Windows tablet. The Hardware Question Before delving... Read the full article: Can You Play Games On A Windows 8 Tablet?

Help Wanted! Which Topics Would You Like To Read More About? [MakeUseOf Poll] Posted: 30 Mar 2014 05:30 AM PDT Last week we wanted to know how many Apple products you own. Turns out that for most of our readers, it’s all or nothing when it comes to Apple. Thought more than 5 Apple products in one household is rare? Think again! Out of 1,584 votes in total, the breakdown is as follows: around 8% of the voters own either 1 Apple product, 3 Apple products or 4 Apple products; 9% of the voters own 2 Apple products; 28% own no Apple products at all; and 38% of the readers who voted own 5 or more Apple products! Now that’s... Read the full article: Help Wanted! Which Topics Would You Like To Read More About? [MakeUseOf Poll]

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Giveaway of the Day

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UnHackMe is the Best Rootkit & Malware Killer! Posted: 31 Mar 2014 12:00 AM PDT The main difference between UnHackMe and other antirootkit software is its detection method. Precise double-checking for a Windows-based PC, which allows identifying and eliminating any types of malicious software. Instant tracking of malicious code in the system. UnHackMe was initially created as anti-rootkit software, but currently it eliminates all types of malicious software: rootkits, Trojans, worms, viruses and so on. UnHackMe does not slow up your PC and it is compatible with any anti-virus programs. UnHackMe includes: Anti-Rootkit (Google Redirecting Fixer). Anti-Malware, Anti-Trojan, Anti-Bot. Anti-Adware, Anti-Spyware. Note: The UnHackMe GiveAway version includes antivirus database updater. It automatically updates signatures before executing the malware scanning.

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8 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• Cool Websites & Tools – Send Multiple Attachments Via iOS, Optimized Hashtags, & Doodling On Chromecast
• Insanely Amazing Digital Papercraft Illustrations of Classic NES Games
• Playing 2048: 20 Of The Best Versions Of The Addictive Puzzle Game [Weird & Wonderful Web]
• Which Browser Is Most Secure On Your Old Windows XP System?
• How Advertisements On Your Website Could Make Or Break You
• Facebook Messenger Upgrades With Group Creation & Message Forwarding
• Making History: 6 Of The Most Important Tweets Ever Tweeted
• Microsoft Launches Office For iPad & Office Mobile On Phones Now Free

Cool Websites & Tools – Send Multiple Attachments Via iOS, Optimized Hashtags, & Doodling On Chromecast Posted: 29 Mar 2014 09:31 PM PDT Multiple Attachments – Have you ever tried to send more than one attachment in one email from a productivity application (for example, Pages)? It is impossible without this app. Now you can just export documents as usual from any application, using the option “open in…” and select Attachments from the apps list. RiteTag – Well-chosen hashtags greatly increase discovery by searchers, tag-trackers and hashtag clickers. Which hashtags get the outcomes you need, though? RiteTag identifies Twitter hashtags that got results and leads you to use them more, continually refining your smart-tagging. RiteTag facilitates the hashtag optimization of your past, present... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Send Multiple Attachments Via iOS, Optimized Hashtags, & Doodling On Chromecast

Insanely Amazing Digital Papercraft Illustrations of Classic NES Games Posted: 29 Mar 2014 07:30 PM PDT These papercraft recreations of classic NES games are just jaw-dropping. Now what if I told you that they’re digital illustrations, mimicking the look of papercraft? Oh yeah, it’s a dream within a dream, drawn up by illustrator and major geek, Steph Caskenette from Montreal, Canada. Give Steph a digital high-five by purchasing his artwork from Redbubble. Can you name these games? Read the full article: Insanely Amazing Digital Papercraft Illustrations of Classic NES Games

Playing 2048: 20 Of The Best Versions Of The Addictive Puzzle Game [Weird & Wonderful Web] Posted: 29 Mar 2014 05:30 PM PDT There may not quite be 2048 versions of 2048 yet, but with the original version of this puzzle game being available as an open source project on GitHub, perhaps there will be. One day. Until then, we have tested all of the various 2048 variants and selected 20 of the best of this deliciously addictive puzzler for your delectation. What Is 2048? The gem that is 2048 is a simple game with the objective of creating a tile with the value of the titular 2048. To achieve this you have to slide the numbered tiles around on a grid until... Read the full article: Playing 2048: 20 Of The Best Versions Of The Addictive Puzzle Game [Weird & Wonderful Web]

Which Browser Is Most Secure On Your Old Windows XP System? Posted: 29 Mar 2014 02:00 PM PDT You should be upgrading from Windows XP, but we have to face facts — many people won’t upgrade before the end-of-support date. If you’re still using one of those XP computers, the best thing you can do is ditch Internet Explorer for a more modern browser. This is the main thing you can do to make your Windows XP system more secure. Stop Using Internet Explorer Now The most recent version of Internet Explorer available on Windows XP is Internet Explorer 8. This version is already several major versions old — modern versions of IE like Internet Explorer 11 are... Read the full article: Which Browser Is Most Secure On Your Old Windows XP System?

How Advertisements On Your Website Could Make Or Break You Posted: 29 Mar 2014 12:00 PM PDT The Internet as we know it would not exist without advertisements. Ads are necessary for generating revenue from free content and an Internet without ads would be an Internet smothered in subscriptions and paywalls. You don’t have to feel guilty for running ads on your website, but make sure you do it right. Want to know the fastest way to kill your website? Implement ads that are annoying to readers. Indeed, aggressive ads will push readers to install an adblocker and we all know that adblockers kill websites. If you’re going to monetize your site with ads, here are a... Read the full article: How Advertisements On Your Website Could Make Or Break You

Facebook Messenger Upgrades With Group Creation & Message Forwarding Posted: 29 Mar 2014 10:30 AM PDT Facebook chatterers, check your iPhones, as the new version of Facebook Messenger is now available. This one is version 4.0 and comes with two nifty new features. Only available for iOS at the moment, the new Facebook Messenger comes with the ability to easily create groups, as well as forwarding IMs to other people. The groups feature is something which could be aimed at WhatsApp (owned by Facebook) as they have the same feature. You can group people together into one conversation, and you can all chat together at the same time. Perfect for work discussions with colleagues, and general hanging out... Read the full article: Facebook Messenger Upgrades With Group Creation & Message Forwarding

Making History: 6 Of The Most Important Tweets Ever Tweeted Posted: 29 Mar 2014 09:00 AM PDT Can you imagine what the JFK assassination or the tearing down of the Berlin wall would have been like had Twitter existed at the time? News would have spread through the world in the blink of an eye. These days, some of the most Earth-shattering news first spreads through the Twittersphere long before it makes front page news. Things like the Boston Marathon bombs, the Royal wedding announcement and the deaths of numerous public figures spread online on Twitter many hours before the news story saw the light of day. In this post I would like to review 6 significant... Read the full article: Making History: 6 Of The Most Important Tweets Ever Tweeted

Microsoft Launches Office For iPad & Office Mobile On Phones Now Free Posted: 29 Mar 2014 07:30 AM PDT Office Mobile for Android sneaked into the headlines while the world was watching the arrival of Microsoft's Office suite to iPad. So, let’s give them each the space they deserve here and in our mobile devices. Office for iPad Microsoft Office makes its debut on iPad after a long wait. Many thought Microsoft would give its rival company a miss, but Word, PowerPoint, and Excel are finally available on the App Store. The three separate apps come with the familiar Office look with menus and navigation intuitively built for touch; but the look also gives due to the flat design of iOS. The... Read the full article: Microsoft Launches Office For iPad & Office Mobile On Phones Now Free

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