8 New Articles on MakeUseOf |  |
- Cool Websites & Tools – Open 200 File Types, ER Wait Times, & Secure Communications
- Google+ Hangouts For iOS7 Gets Animated Stickers & 10-Second Video Messages
- 50 Insane Facts About Bitcoin (You Didn’t Know)
- Free 8-bit Chiptune & Video Game Music Downloads [Sound Sunday]
- FCC Speed Test App to Measure Broadband Performance in the US
- Can Dashcams Stop ‘Crash For Cash’ Fraud?
- Google’s Oppia Is A Smart Open Source Educational Tool For Interactive Learning
- Which Kind Of Cell Phone Will You Buy Your Kids First? [MakeUseOf Poll]
| Cool Websites & Tools – Open 200 File Types, ER Wait Times, & Secure Communications Posted: 02 Mar 2014 08:31 PM PST  Days – Did you ever have an important date to remember? Have you ever felt adding an all-day event is too heavy for it, while you did want something you can easily check and never get lost? Days is a beautiful countdown app using the popular card-based UI introduced by Google. Jumpshare – can open over 200 file types right inside the browser. Your files are automatically converted so they can be viewed online. The Jumpshare app brings real-time file sharing to your desktop. Just drag & drop your files to the menu bar to share instantly. ER Wait Watcher... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Open 200 File Types, ER Wait Times, & Secure Communications |
| Google+ Hangouts For iOS7 Gets Animated Stickers & 10-Second Video Messages Posted: 02 Mar 2014 07:30 PM PST  Google now brings an optimized version of its Google+ Hangouts app to iOS7, so you can start with a colorful homescreen and sign into a cleaner look. That’s only the beginning, as the iOS7 makeover includes animated stickers, 10-second video messages, and picture-in-picture video calling as one of the optimizations for iPads. Google+ Hangouts as a mobile app has distinctly felt like a mobile incarnation of the web application. With these tweaks it feels more like a mobile video conferencing tool in its own right. The addition of three dozen new animated stickers are also a nod to the teen... Read the full article: Google+ Hangouts For iOS7 Gets Animated Stickers & 10-Second Video Messages |
| 50 Insane Facts About Bitcoin (You Didn’t Know) Posted: 02 Mar 2014 06:30 PM PST  Did you know that in 2010, a man swapped 10,000 Bitcoins for a pizza — that’s worth more than $5.7 million now! I’m not too familiar with Bitcoin, so I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the “facts” listed in this infographic by Read the full article: 50 Insane Facts About Bitcoin (You Didn’t Know) |
| Free 8-bit Chiptune & Video Game Music Downloads [Sound Sunday] Posted: 02 Mar 2014 05:30 PM PST  When is your next video game party? Invite your friends, get some snacks, set up the consoles, and you’re all set. Sound Sunday contributes free chiptune music downloads for your pre-gaming playlist! Chiptune Singles Genre: electronic, chiptune, dubstep Genre: electronic, experimental, 8-bit, dubstep, neoclassical Video Game Soundtracks Remixed Genre: electronic, edm, video game music, chiptune, house, drum & bass, dubstep Ben Briggs brings you 11 remixes of famous video game tracks, including Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Donkey Kong Country 2, or Zelda Majora’s Mask. Genre: electronic, breakbeat, trance, video game music, soundtrack, remix This Baltimore sound designer, known in the real world... Read the full article: Free 8-bit Chiptune & Video Game Music Downloads [Sound Sunday] |
| FCC Speed Test App to Measure Broadband Performance in the US Posted: 02 Mar 2014 04:30 PM PST  The US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) released this week an iPhone and Android Speed Test app which measures your mobile broadband performance, and displays results of download and upload speeds, latency, and packet loss. The apps were developed in collaboration with SamKnows, as part of the FCC Measuring Broadband America program, to get an accurate measurement of mobile broadband usage, and technical data relating to the quality of the connection and general network strength in the US. MeasureBroadbandAmerica.com says the iOS and Android Speed Test apps are slightly differently. On Android, the app runs continuously in the background, periodically waking... Read the full article: FCC Speed Test App to Measure Broadband Performance in the US |
| Can Dashcams Stop ‘Crash For Cash’ Fraud? Posted: 02 Mar 2014 12:00 PM PST  The car in front of you suddenly brakes without warning… and you plough into the back of it. It’s not your fault, but you’re not alone in being a victim of the Crash For Cash insurance fraud. In fact, with nearly 70,000 personal injury claims potentially linked to the scam in the UK alone, it’s fair to call it a phenomenon. It’s already cost lives in America and England. But motorists across the world are fighting back – with the aid of a small camera fitted to their dashboards. Battling Crash For Cash Crash For Cash scams are deliberately-staged 'accidents’ —... Read the full article: Can Dashcams Stop ‘Crash For Cash’ Fraud? |
| Google’s Oppia Is A Smart Open Source Educational Tool For Interactive Learning Posted: 02 Mar 2014 09:30 AM PST  With its continued focus on education, Google has launched Oppia (beta). The Open Source project is a free educational tool that lets anyone create online educational activities through the web interface. Interactivity is its strong suit. The interactive activities are called “explorations”. Explorations can be created by anyone in any part of the world – alone or working in teams. Oppia is designed for everyone – no programming knowledge is required if you want to create your own explorations. Lessons can be created with numeric, text, and multiple choice inputs. Specialized lesson tools like a clickable map and a code... Read the full article: Google’s Oppia Is A Smart Open Source Educational Tool For Interactive Learning |
| Which Kind Of Cell Phone Will You Buy Your Kids First? [MakeUseOf Poll] Posted: 02 Mar 2014 04:30 AM PST  Last week we asked you if you’d rather pay for apps or view ads. All in all, we can say that, at least among MakeUseOf reader, developers who use ads are pretty safe. Especially if their apps are really good. Out of 519 votes in total, 20% hate ads in their apps and always prefer paying, 26% will always prefer viewing ads than paying for an app, and 54% of the voters will pay for an app to get rid of ads, but only if they really like it. Developers, go out there and make some kick-ass apps! Comment Of... Read the full article: Which Kind Of Cell Phone Will You Buy Your Kids First? [MakeUseOf Poll] |
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