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Monday, March 10, 2014

7 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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Cool Websites & Tools – Blogging For Readers, Science Careers, & Best Vine Videos

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 09:31 PM PDT

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Booklikes – helps people share their reading life and discover new books. It’s a blog platform designed for book lovers. Discover great books by exploring blogs and let others discover the best books thank to your book reviews. Writing reviews was never so easy, fast and engaging – connect your review with a single book or whole book series. Find book inspirations, recommend and suggest great reads. My Sci Career – There have been lots of conversations in recent years about how science career paths don't all follow a desired trajectory. Instead, scientists may find themselves moving into other areas....

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How To Explain Bitcoin To Anyone

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:30 PM PDT

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The concept of cryptocurrency isn’t easily understood. How can one use their computer to “mine” coins? Where does the money come from? Who controls it? We’ve published a manual on the subject of Bitcoin and even taught you how to mine it. But if you ever need to explain the basics on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, this infographic by WhoIsHostingThis is quite helpful.

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Shamrock Edition: A Treasure Trove Of Free Irish Music Downloads [Sound Sunday]

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 06:30 PM PDT

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You’ve got one week to stock up on St. Patrick’s Day music and drinking songs. Sound Sunday gets you started with Irish folk, rock, and some instrumental and electronic music. Find St. Patrick’s Day themed playlists at the end of this article. Sláinte! Singles Genre: acoustic, folk Genre: celtic, gaeilge, acoustic, live Genre: comedy, pop Genre: chamber, pop, folk, rock Irish Folk Genre: acoustic, folk, pop, rock Being from Texas, the Oh Hellos are not really an Irish band. Their debut EP, however, draws inspiration from traditional Irish folk songs. “The EP begins by confronting the difficulties of love and freedom...

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Turn Any Site’s Search Box Into A Firefox Search Engine

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 01:00 PM PDT

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Do you visit your favorite websites several times a day to search their archives? Speed that process up. Install Add to Search Bar for Firefox and search all those websites from a single search box. Many people don’t realize it, but you can add more than the standard search engines to Firefox’s search bar. You can choose from other search options like Twitter, YouTube, StumbleUpon, etc. by installing them from Mozilla’s add-on database. But what if you want to search a website that you use frequently, but can’t find in Mozilla’s search database? That’s where Add to Search Bar steps...

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Samsung Announces Milk Music: Ad-Free Internet Radio For Galaxy Devices

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 10:30 AM PDT

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Joining the crowded ranks of Internet radio services like iTunes Radio and Pandora, Samsung has just announced the oddly-named Milk Music service, available only on Galaxy devices. The app, powered by Slacker Radio, is ad-free for the time being, but Samsung has said that this is for a limited time only. If you have a Samsung Galaxy device, you can download Milk Music from the Play Store today. It works similarly to Pandora but with a fresh take on the user interface centered around a dial in the middle of the screen. Scrolling through the outer edge of the dial...

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Getty Images Makes 35 Million Images Available for Free Use With Embed Code

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:30 AM PDT

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The leading stock photo agency, Getty Images, has made a bold decision to allow photos in its vast image library available for free use and posting, as long as they include the accompanying embedding code. The Getty Images library includes a wide range of stock collections, including sports, entertainment, travel, and news. Craig Peter, Getty’s senior vice president of the business development, said anyone can now visit the site and post images for noncommercial use by embedding the HTML code for a selected image in their website. Similar to how Google allows for embedding YouTube videos on websites, embedded images...

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Which Company Made The Cell Phone You Currently Own? [MakeUseOf Poll]

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 05:30 AM PDT

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Last week we asked you which cell phone should be the first one a kid gets. More than 250 readers voted in this poll, and the main result is that there is no main result. When it comes to kids’ first phone, MakeUseOf readers are completely undecided. Out of 255 votes in total, 14% will buy their kids a new high-end smartphone as their first cell phone, 15% think kids shouldn’t have cell phones until they can buy one for themselves, 19% will go for a regular cell phone, 23% will buy a low-end smartphone, and 29% won’t buy a...

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