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- Cool Websites & Tools – Narrow VPN, Adopt New Habits, & Text A Doctor
- Caption Contest: Algorithm
- The Best Parodies Of Ellen’s Oscars Selfie [Weird & Wonderful Web]
- Stop Leaking Money: How To Set Up A Personal Tech Budget
- Travel-Proof Your iPad Before Your Next Trip
- Read Aloud As Google Text To Speech Gets New High Quality Voices For English
- Windows Phone Users Can Now Install Facebook Messenger
| Cool Websites & Tools – Narrow VPN, Adopt New Habits, & Text A Doctor Posted: 08 Mar 2014 08:31 PM PST  Disconnect Search – search privately using your favorite search engine. Disconnect Search is a "narrow" VPN that masks your IP address, browser cookies, and other personal info whenever you’re searching so search engines and ISPs can’t track your searches. Search with Google, Bing, Yahoo, Blekko, or DuckDuckGo. Series Guide Chrome v2 – Manage your favorite TV series and movies from your browser’s new tab page. Keep track of your progress in all the series you’re watching and movies you want to watch in a souped up ‘new tab’ page. Allows you to browse through all your favorite series, view the... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Narrow VPN, Adopt New Habits, & Text A Doctor |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:30 PM PST  Got a caption for this cartoon? What’s Wilson up to, and why isn’t Peter paying attention? give us your most hilarious captions and you’ll stand a chance to win a free, uber geeky MakeUseOf t-shirt! The previous contest, Saber Duel, is still accepting submissions, so head over and have a crack at it! Read the full article: Caption Contest: Algorithm |
| The Best Parodies Of Ellen’s Oscars Selfie [Weird & Wonderful Web] Posted: 08 Mar 2014 05:30 PM PST  The Internet reacts with impressive speed when something meme-worthy crops up. We’ve previously seen it with the Facebook ‘Look Back’ parodies, which were produced within a week of the original making its debut. And now the same has happened with Ellen’s Oscars selfie. The Infamous Ellen Oscars Selfie If only Bradley’s arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap — Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014 Ellen DeGeneres hosted the 86th Academy Awards; an overlong, rather dull, backslapping bonanza enjoyed by the Hollywood elite and endured by the rest of us. In the midst of this snoozefest, one moment stood... Read the full article: The Best Parodies Of Ellen’s Oscars Selfie [Weird & Wonderful Web] |
| Stop Leaking Money: How To Set Up A Personal Tech Budget Posted: 08 Mar 2014 01:00 PM PST  Technology can rob you blind. It’s expensive and it can leave you swearing to yourself that your bank balance was twice that the last time you checked it. Whether you’re buying a new phone or building a new computer, there are two ways to go about it: the responsible way and the wrong way. Don’t let technology put you in debt — or worse, on the streets. Ready to save some money without cutting technology purchases altogether? Keep reading for tips on devising and maximizing your own personal tech budget. Do You Need A Personal Tech Budget? Long story short,... Read the full article: Stop Leaking Money: How To Set Up A Personal Tech Budget |
| Travel-Proof Your iPad Before Your Next Trip Posted: 08 Mar 2014 11:00 AM PST  An iPad is the ideal travel companion, particularly compared with the traditional laptop. Your tablet has better battery life, takes up less room in your bag and can accomplish most of your travel-related Internet needs in a few taps. It’s easy to forget about your tablet in the rush to pack for the rest of the trip, but it can be a costly mistake. Without a bit of forethought, your iPad won’t be at its most useful when you need it most. Here’s how to travel smart, light and touchscreen. Leaving The House? If your tablet-usage habits are anything like... Read the full article: Travel-Proof Your iPad Before Your Next Trip |
| Read Aloud As Google Text To Speech Gets New High Quality Voices For English Posted: 08 Mar 2014 09:30 AM PST  Google has just come out with Version 3 of its text-to-speech Android app. It is a significant update with a better interface, natural sounding voices in English, and support for more languages. If you like to read your eBooks aloud, then this news should be pleasant to the ears. The new version of Google Text-to-Speech is rolling out on Google Play. Text-to-Speech 3.0 includes high-quality voices that make it more natural and human like. The high quality pack is available for English (United Kingdom) and English (US). The quality comes at a price – space. Each English language pack is... Read the full article: Read Aloud As Google Text To Speech Gets New High Quality Voices For English |
| Windows Phone Users Can Now Install Facebook Messenger Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:30 AM PST  It’s taken more than two years after iOS and Android users got it, but Windows Phone users are now being rewarded for their patience. Facebook Messenger is now available for the platform. It’s very Windows Phone-ish – lots of white and blue. Curiously, Techcrunch is reporting that if you do a search for the app (instead of using that direct link above), you will be presented instead with rival IM apps, and the main Facebook app – but no Messenger. So it looks as if the search function in the Windows Phone store may not be useful for the moment.... Read the full article: Windows Phone Users Can Now Install Facebook Messenger |
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