15 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• Cool Websites & Tools – Relationship Wingman, Fix A Parking Ticket, & Honest Android Games
• The Current State of Freelance Writing
• Android Apps on Sale for March 7 2014: Waking Mars and Final Fantasy V
• Limitless For Chrome: The Ultimate Productivity Companion
• Arduino Home Automation Remote Control from iOS or Android
• 3 Fantastic Free Extensions to Improve Wikipedia on Google Chrome
• Send Content To Evernote In Record Time Using Drafts For iOS
• Evernote for Windows Updated With Image Annotation & Faster Sync
• Living with a BlackBerry: Lame Duck or Genuine Android Alternative?
• $200 Off iPhone 5s and Other Spring Cleaning Liquidations [Tech Deals]
• Can You Get An iOS 7 Device To Work Well With Linux?
• 5 Essential eCommerce Tips for 2014
• Save Your Favorite Comments & Give Gold To The Best Submissions On Reddit
• Edit Your Photos On Your iPad: 5 Best Apps For The Job
• Can’t Get Anything Done? Block Distractions With Focus For Mac

Cool Websites & Tools – Relationship Wingman, Fix A Parking Ticket, & Honest Android Games Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:31 PM PST BroApp – is your clever relationship wingman. It automatically messages your girlfriend sweet things so you can spend more time with the Bros. Select your girlfriend’s number, add some sweet messages, and set the time of day when you want those messages sent. Fixed – claims to be the easiest way to fix a parking ticket. Up to 50% of tickets are dismissed when challenged. Fixed has a team of experts that know the parking rules inside-out. Upload your ticket as a photo, and they will take care of the rest. If you win, they charge 25% of the ticket.... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Relationship Wingman, Fix A Parking Ticket, & Honest Android Games

The Current State of Freelance Writing Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:30 PM PST Content marketing service Copypress conducted a survey of 247 writers in order to get an idea of the current position of freelance writing. According to their results, almost half of freelance writers make less than $10,000 a year, with only 3 per cent generating incomes above $70,000. 78 per cent of freelance writers make less than the Editorial Freelancers Association average hourly rate of $40-$99. So, should you freelance? Weigh the pros and cons. Read the full article: The Current State of Freelance Writing

Android Apps on Sale for March 7 2014: Waking Mars and Final Fantasy V Posted: 06 Mar 2014 05:30 PM PST Each week we scour current Google Play promotions and cherry-pick the best of the best. This week we have a unique weather app, a creepily alien platformer, and a couple of Square Enix games. Because app sales are temporary affairs, by the time you read this, these may no longer be on sale. Worry not: Simply check back next week for some more Android deals! Games Waking Mars ($4.99, now $0.99) You’re trapped under the surface of Mars, in caves teeming with alien life. So what else is new? Featuring creepily organic graphics that’ll make your device feel like it’s... Read the full article: Android Apps on Sale for March 7 2014: Waking Mars and Final Fantasy V

Limitless For Chrome: The Ultimate Productivity Companion Posted: 06 Mar 2014 01:00 PM PST Where did the time go? You got on your computer and the next thing you know it’s been 3 hours and you’re in some vast part of the Interwebs, or perhaps on one of the many sites notorious for wasting time, neither of which of anything to with why you got online in the first place. Does that scenario seem familiar? I would bet that everyone can relate to it to some degree – I know I can. There are a lot of techniques when it comes to managing your time, such as blocking time-wasting websites. One thing I found... Read the full article: Limitless For Chrome: The Ultimate Productivity Companion

Arduino Home Automation Remote Control from iOS or Android Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:00 PM PST For home automation, remote control or monitoring of your Arduino, Arduino Manager does it all. Here’s how to use it to control your Arduino from a mobile or tablet. Requirements Today, I’m testing with iOS, but the Android app functions are identical with the exception the absence of the code generator. ArduinoManager, for iOS or Android Arduino Official Ethernet or WiFi shield IOSController library installed to your libraries folder (or Android Controller) Example code for Ethernet or WiFi versions A servo, some analog sensors, and potentiometer, a breadboard, and some LEDs to play with. These should all be common components... Read the full article: Arduino Home Automation Remote Control from iOS or Android

3 Fantastic Free Extensions to Improve Wikipedia on Google Chrome Posted: 06 Mar 2014 11:00 AM PST As an avid Wikipedia user, there are two tools I have found quite helpful in my research, and another one which I believe makes Wikipedia far more beautiful to browse through. Want to know what these are? It’s been a while since Saikat rounded up 10 fun and useful Wikipedia extensions for Chrome, and since then, there have been a few great new tools released that you should be using if you use Google’s browser to access the world’s largest encyclopaedia. WikiTube For a digital encyclopaedia, I’m surprised that Wikipedia does not have much video content, if any at all,... Read the full article: 3 Fantastic Free Extensions to Improve Wikipedia on Google Chrome

Send Content To Evernote In Record Time Using Drafts For iOS Posted: 06 Mar 2014 10:00 AM PST There are several ways to get content from your iOS device into Evernote, but notes app Drafts piles on the advanced features for sending text directly to individual, designated Evernote notebooks and notes, as well as using templates for writing quickly. We have taken a close look at Drafts before, but have yet to touch on setting up custom actions in Drafts to specifically work with Evernote. The setup takes a little effort, but if you’re a frequent Evernote user these actions could save you quite a few taps and little hassle. How It Works Drafts is a notes apps that can be... Read the full article: Send Content To Evernote In Record Time Using Drafts For iOS

Evernote for Windows Updated With Image Annotation & Faster Sync Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:30 AM PST The Evernote Windows desktop app has been updated with two big improvements. You can now annotate your images inside the desktop app, and the syncing function is now extremely fast for business account owners and for those with “sizable accounts”. With the new upgrade, if you want to annotate an image with text or symbols (like an arrow), you simply have to mouse over the image with your mouse. That will bring up an “annotation” button in the top right hand corner. That then brings up arrows, stamps, text, and shapes for you to release your creativity. This has useful real-world... Read the full article: Evernote for Windows Updated With Image Annotation & Faster Sync

Living with a BlackBerry: Lame Duck or Genuine Android Alternative? Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:00 AM PST Following years of poor sales the BlackBerry has – according to the packaging – been “Re-designed. Re-engineered. Re-invented.” The new BlackBerry Z10 is certainly impressive – but how does using it compare with using a new Android or Windows Phone handset? I decided to find out. How I Decided To Assess The BlackBerry Z10 In order to get a good idea of how the BlackBerry Z10 could be used on a day-to-day basis in my capacity as a freelance writer and regular contributor to MakeUseOf, I decided to focus on being able to perform a small number of tasks: Making... Read the full article: Living with a BlackBerry: Lame Duck or Genuine Android Alternative?

$200 Off iPhone 5s and Other Spring Cleaning Liquidations [Tech Deals] Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:30 AM PST Looking for a super cheap iPhone 5s? Virgin Mobile this week finally introduced an iPhone 5s to their lineup, discounted by more than $200. We’ve also dug up deals on a Nexus 7, an iPad Mini, a motherboard, an SSD and more! Tablet and Smartphone Users This week, the iPhone 5s receives a substantial discount at Virgin Mobile. And we’ve got a refurbished Nexus 7 along with an iPad Mini for rock bottom prices. Virgin Mobile 16GB iPhone 5s Price: $439.99; compare to $649.00 MSRP Retailer: Virgin Mobile – Buy it Now This offer is by far the lowest price... Read the full article: $200 Off iPhone 5s and Other Spring Cleaning Liquidations [Tech Deals]

Can You Get An iOS 7 Device To Work Well With Linux? Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PST Android devices play nice with Linux, but the same can’t always be said for iOS devices. Support for them on Linux is still far from perfect, but here’s what you can do to get it working as best as possible. libimobiledevice There’s a piece of software available for Linux called libimobiledevice. This library – as the name implies – tells the computer how to communicate with iOS devices, like the iPhone and iPad. If you’re running the most recent release of your favorite Linux distribution then libimobiledevice is most likely already installed. If you’re unsure whether you do actually have... Read the full article: Can You Get An iOS 7 Device To Work Well With Linux?

5 Essential eCommerce Tips for 2014 Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:00 AM PST Running a successful online shop is hard – there’s just so many around nowadays that making yourself stand out from the crowd is incredibly difficult. We all know that the old SEO tricks don’t work anymore – it’s all about the content – so is all hope lost for eCommerce? Nope! Here are 5 actionable steps you can take to stay ahead of the game in 2014. Joel wrote about 5 innovative ways to promote your home business, but those were baby steps – today we’re racking it up a notch. Buckle up. Authorship: You're an expert now You're already writing relevant... Read the full article: 5 Essential eCommerce Tips for 2014

Save Your Favorite Comments & Give Gold To The Best Submissions On Reddit Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:30 AM PST Reddit has been slowly but surely making tiny improvements to the social chatter it collates. This week it brings two changes to the community. Saving favorite comments for later is a powerful tool for Redditors. Earlier, it was available to only paid subscribers on Reddit Gold. The useful feature is now available to all Reddit users. All Reddit users can now save comments as well as submissions. They can go back anytime and read the saved items based on the subreddit they came from. Reddit Gold users get one extra enhancement – they can save comments and submissions in their... Read the full article: Save Your Favorite Comments & Give Gold To The Best Submissions On Reddit

Edit Your Photos On Your iPad: 5 Best Apps For The Job Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:00 AM PST “The iPad doesn't have a camera, but that doesn't mean it's not a useful device for shutterbugs.” – This is how my colleague Bakari introduced a collection of editing tools for the iPad only 3.5 years ago. Boy, things have sure changed. The iPad is no longer the bulky, camera-less device it used to be back in 2010. These days even your iPhone photos push straight to your tablet via the wonders of Photostream, and with a much larger screen the iPad is a far more enjoyable photo editor to use. The following apps will help you get the most out of... Read the full article: Edit Your Photos On Your iPad: 5 Best Apps For The Job

Can’t Get Anything Done? Block Distractions With Focus For Mac Posted: 06 Mar 2014 05:00 AM PST Force yourself to work instead of browsing. Focus is a Mac app that blocks distracting sites that shows you an inspirations quote when you try to visit a site you shouldn’t. It’s so easy, when you’re supposed to be working, to open a Facebook or Reddit tab instead. “Just five minutes,” you tell yourself, but that five minutes will quickly becomes an hour or five. Apps like Focus aren’t going to stop this entirely – you can, after all, simply turn them off – but they can help your present-self give your future-self a prompt; a reminder to stay focused. I’ve... Read the full article: Can’t Get Anything Done? Block Distractions With Focus For Mac

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