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- Cool Websites & Tools – Watch Torrent Movies, Prepare For Business Meetings, & Living Wage Calculator
- Caption Contest: Satisfaction Guaranteed
- iOS Apps on Sale for 15 March: Sunrizer, Fractals & Kingdom Rush
- Join the Google Apps Referral Program & Get $15 Per New Customer
- PS4 Outsells Xbox, Watch Dogs Release Date, Witcher 3 Pushed Back [Video Game Hub]
- Need A Lightweight & Portable Word Processor? Jarte Delivers
- What’s Inside Their Camera Bags? These Sites Will Tell You
- Easily Share Your Home Wi-Fi With Friends
- VLC Media Player Beta For Windows 8 Spotted In Microsoft’s Windows Store
- 4 Hidden Gems From The Nintendo 64 That You Should Play
- Alternative ROMs For The HTC One: What Are Your Options?
- Here Is How To Buy On Amazon.com And Get The Items Shipped Worldwide
- Google Starts Encrypting Search, Slashes Storage Prices For Google Drive
- Amateur Surgeon 3 Slices Up Your Funny Bone
- 4 Classic Operating Systems You Can Access In Your Browser
| Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:31 PM PDT  Popcorn Time – is an app to watch torrent movies instantly. The site is constantly searching all over the web for the best torrents from the most important sites. Watch any movie as many times as you want. All you need to get started is a proper Internet connection. If the movie is out there, Popcorn Time will find the best version possible and start streaming it right away. Lowdown – is the fastest way to get contextual information that helps you prepare for business meetings. Allow Lowdown access to your device's native services – calendar, contacts, location, and Lowdown... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Watch Torrent Movies, Prepare For Business Meetings, & Living Wage Calculator |
| Caption Contest: Satisfaction Guaranteed Posted: 14 Mar 2014 07:30 PM PDT  We sell it, mate – we don’t use it. Give us your best caption for this cartoon, and you’ll win a free, geeky MakeUseOf t-shirt! Submit as many captions as you can, there’s no limit. Congratulations to Bruce Dale and Juvel M who won “Running Man” with their captions “This is not what “running a program” is supposed to be like!” and “I am The ENERGY STAR!” respectively. Read the full article: Caption Contest: Satisfaction Guaranteed |
| iOS Apps on Sale for 15 March: Sunrizer, Fractals & Kingdom Rush Posted: 14 Mar 2014 06:30 PM PDT  Sales are brief in the mobile world – sometimes they last only a few hours, others can last days and the App of the Week (which if it happens to be a paid app is offered up free of charge) gets seven whole days. Unlike cheap hardware, cheap apps are often quite the bargain – but you’d better be quick. This week’s deals are light on games and heavy on entertainment and utilities, with a fractal generator, virtual analog synthesizer and yet another of Brian Cox’s science apps going cheap. Apps Sunrizer ($9.99, $2.99) I bought Sunrizer while at its full... Read the full article: iOS Apps on Sale for 15 March: Sunrizer, Fractals & Kingdom Rush |
| Join the Google Apps Referral Program & Get $15 Per New Customer Posted: 14 Mar 2014 05:30 PM PDT  Affiliate schemes and referral programs have been around since the Internet started, but a lot of them are fakes and scams with very little chance of payout. But Google is now jumping into the referral game with Google Apps, and I think it’s safe to say you’ll be paid without any problem. You will get 15 American dollars for every customer you refer to Google Apps. However, they must be Google Apps customers for 4 months before you receive the money. 9to5 Google got down to the nitty-gritty fine print with Google, and it is worth reading. First off, it... Read the full article: Join the Google Apps Referral Program & Get $15 Per New Customer |
| PS4 Outsells Xbox, Watch Dogs Release Date, Witcher 3 Pushed Back [Video Game Hub] Posted: 14 Mar 2014 02:30 PM PDT  Welcome to MakeUseOf’s Video Game Hub, the weekly news show where we count down the top three news stories from the busy world of video games. We launch a new episode every Friday so you can stay current on the fast moving world of video games. This week, we learn that the PS4 outsold the Xbox One in February, but this time the gap was much closer. We also have finally learned the release date for Watch Dogs, and Witcher 3 has been pushed back until early 2015. We break down each of the stories so you can have your... Read the full article: PS4 Outsells Xbox, Watch Dogs Release Date, Witcher 3 Pushed Back [Video Game Hub] |
| Need A Lightweight & Portable Word Processor? Jarte Delivers Posted: 14 Mar 2014 01:00 PM PDT  If you need a word processor, your choices are limited. Despite the fact that Microsoft Word alternatives like LibreOffice and Google Docs have been making big strides, Word still reigns supreme. Yet there’s one unique but overlooked word processor that’s been around since 2001 and deserves your attention. Have you heard of it? It’s called Jarte. Based on the old Microsoft WordPad engine, Jarte was created as a lightweight alternative to Microsoft Word. Over the last decade, Jarte has packed on more features and improved on its speed and efficiency. It’s the word processor that everyone forgot about. Is Jarte... Read the full article: Need A Lightweight & Portable Word Processor? Jarte Delivers |
| What’s Inside Their Camera Bags? These Sites Will Tell You Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:00 PM PDT  When it comes to learning about a photographer’s style and technique there is no better place to start than what equipment they use. One of the best thing about a site like Flickr is that it gives you the option to share what kind of camera and lens was used to take the photo, and even the metadata that shows you the settings used. Some sites take things one step further and allow you to peek inside a photographer’s camera bag and find out all the equipment they’re using. If you’re a photographer who wants to share what kind of... Read the full article: What’s Inside Their Camera Bags? These Sites Will Tell You |
| Easily Share Your Home Wi-Fi With Friends Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:00 AM PDT  Do you use a complicated password for your Wi-Fi network? You should. But that password can feel like a liability when letting trusted friends connect to your network. Well, it turns out there’s a simple and pain-free way to allow them to access your network without having to type anything. There’s also a fancy, newfangled way. Let me show you both. Simple Wi-Fi Sharing For Android Users Assuming your friends use Android, there’s a laughably simple and free way to share access to your Wi-Fi network with them: Generate a QR code for your network. When you click the link,... Read the full article: Easily Share Your Home Wi-Fi With Friends |
| VLC Media Player Beta For Windows 8 Spotted In Microsoft’s Windows Store Posted: 14 Mar 2014 10:30 AM PDT  VLC media player has legions of fans. Now, it could get a few more to join its fan club. The beta version of VLC’s media player has been spotted in the Windows Store. VLC for Windows 8 is an experimental port of VLC media player for the WinRT platform. The download is supported on Windows 8.0 and 8.1, though there might be stability issues in this beta stage. Support for Microsoft’s Surface RT and Surface 2 is lacking for the moment, but is expected to arrive shortly. VLC for Windows 8 is the fruition of a Kickstarter campaign that was... Read the full article: VLC Media Player Beta For Windows 8 Spotted In Microsoft’s Windows Store |
| 4 Hidden Gems From The Nintendo 64 That You Should Play Posted: 14 Mar 2014 10:00 AM PDT  The Nintendo 64 was the last console released by Nintendo to feature cartridges as its form of media. Of course, it’s known for more than just the way in which the company stored data, as it is also the console where gamers really learned that first-person shooters were possible on a system that wasn’t a PC. While the N64 had plenty of games that it’s remembered for, there are plenty more that just didn’t get the praise they deserved in their time. For one reason or another, the games we are going to look at today just wen’t very popular.... Read the full article: 4 Hidden Gems From The Nintendo 64 That You Should Play |
| Alternative ROMs For The HTC One: What Are Your Options? Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:00 AM PDT  The HTC One has perhaps the best implementation of the Sense UI and a collection of great features. But what if you want to try out some other ROMs? What choices are available for Android flashers? Flashing A New ROM On The HTC One If you’re interested in flashing a new ROM on your HTC One – perhaps to get an early upgrade to the next version of Android – you would be best advised to check the XDA-Developers.com boards for the latest and best options. Also if you haven’t done so already, take the time to unlock your HTC... Read the full article: Alternative ROMs For The HTC One: What Are Your Options? |
| Here Is How To Buy On Amazon.com And Get The Items Shipped Worldwide Posted: 14 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PDT  Have you been unable to take advantage of some great Amazon deals because the items were not being shipped worldwide? Maybe you have tried buying the latest gadget only to realize that shipping is restricted to the US. What do you do when you find yourself in this situation? The answer lies in package forwarding services. If you don’t mind paying for shipping and other charges, you can still buy on Amazon and have packages delivered to you worldwide. The following are some reliable package forwarding services. Shipito.com Shipito is based in Torrance, California in the US but also has warehouses in... Read the full article: Here Is How To Buy On Amazon.com And Get The Items Shipped Worldwide |
| Google Starts Encrypting Search, Slashes Storage Prices For Google Drive Posted: 14 Mar 2014 07:30 AM PDT  There’s big news coming out of Mountain View as Google gears up to take on the governments as well as rival online storage companies like Dropbox. In what is being seen as a strong move to thwart Internet censorship and online privacy snoops, Google has started encrypting web searches made out of China. Before you scoff, this kind of security is not just for the paranoid, there are good reasons to encrypt your digital life. The Washington Post reports: The company says the move is part of a global expansion of privacy technology designed to thwart surveillance by government intelligence... Read the full article: Google Starts Encrypting Search, Slashes Storage Prices For Google Drive |
| Amateur Surgeon 3 Slices Up Your Funny Bone Posted: 14 Mar 2014 07:00 AM PDT  Video games can let you live out your fantasies. And Amateur Surgeon 3 is perfect for that, if your fantasy was to be a surgeon working as an apprentice for a crazy doctor with a weird (but hilarious) sense of humour. You’ll take up the strangest cases ever seen, from crocodiles to zombies. Yup, you’ll fix anyone and anything in Amateur Surgeon 3, the third iteration of the Adult Swim’s take on the classic Operation. This is the first Amateur Surgeon game to come to Android, the previous ones being available only on iOS. And it’s completely free, although there... Read the full article: Amateur Surgeon 3 Slices Up Your Funny Bone |
| 4 Classic Operating Systems You Can Access In Your Browser Posted: 14 Mar 2014 06:00 AM PDT  Ever wonder what the operating systems of the past were like? Find out now, online, without the need to install anything. You can try Windows 1.0, Mac System 7, Amiga OS and DOS – along with a few games – without leaving your browser. Welcome to the world of online emulators. The history of computers is fascinating, but reading will only get you so far. If you really want to know what, say, Windows was like in 1985, you don’t need to find a computer from that age. A variety of enthusiasts have used existing emulators to offer classic systems... Read the full article: 4 Classic Operating Systems You Can Access In Your Browser |
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