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- Cool Websites & Tools – Auto Reload, Highlight Text From Image, & 3D Printers Map
- The Wheel O’ Happiness: Guide To Career Satisfaction
- Watching TV: Anytime, Anywhere, On Every Device [We Ask You Results]
- 4 Of The Best Wrestling Video Games You Should Play
- What Are The Best New Galaxy S5 Features?
- How To Use GeekTool To Truly Make Your Mac Your Own
- Turtle Beach Titanfall Ear Force Atlas Headset Review & Giveaway
- 3 Websites To Buy Imported Japanese Games
- Try Learning On The Go With The New Udacity For iPhone
- 4 Ways To Read A Mac Formatted Drive In Windows
- Destiny Information, Huge PS4 Update, Dragon Age Inquisition Release Date [Video Game Hub]
- 8 Ways To Get Awesome Free Music On Windows Phone 8
- Grab A Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Lifetime License With Your Rewards Points!
- How To Launch Multiple Actions Using Nothing But Your Phone’s Volume Buttons
- Love Chrome, But Love Your Privacy And Security Even More? Try Aviator
| Cool Websites & Tools – Auto Reload, Highlight Text From Image, & 3D Printers Map Posted: 29 Apr 2014 09:31 PM PDT  Chrome Reload – Automatically reload a page. Configure how often each page reloads and see a count-down until the next load. This is useful for websites that have regularly updating information such as weather reports, sports scores or eBay auction listings. Project Naptha – automatically applies state-of-the-art computer values algorithms on every image you see while browsing the web. You can highlight, as well as copy and paste, even edit and translate, the text formerly trapped within an image. ReMarkable – is an application that allows teachers to accept, mark and return documents to students with ease. Once users download... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Auto Reload, Highlight Text From Image, & 3D Printers Map |
| The Wheel O’ Happiness: Guide To Career Satisfaction Posted: 29 Apr 2014 07:30 PM PDT  Choosing a major in college is an important decision — you’re going to be doing it for the rest of your life, so pick wisely. Should you choose a major that will make you rich? Or one that you’ll be happy doing? Using data from StudentsReview.com, the folks from Newhouse Design whipped up this Wheel O’ Happiness. Spin your way to fulfillment or frustration — it’s up to you! Click to enlarge. Read the full article: The Wheel O’ Happiness: Guide To Career Satisfaction |
| Watching TV: Anytime, Anywhere, On Every Device [We Ask You Results] Posted: 29 Apr 2014 06:30 PM PDT  Watching TV is a completely different experience now than it was in the last golden age of television. The days when families would huddle around a square box spitting out a handful of channels full of scheduled content are long gone. Sadly. The range of options available for couch potatoes keen on watching television is vast. As we found out when we centered our We Ask You discussion on all things related to the television viewing habits of the MakeUseOf readership. TV Here, TV There, TV Everywhere We asked you, How Do You Watch TV? There was a healthy debate... Read the full article: Watching TV: Anytime, Anywhere, On Every Device [We Ask You Results] |
| 4 Of The Best Wrestling Video Games You Should Play Posted: 29 Apr 2014 02:00 PM PDT  If you’re still riding high on the thrill of April’s WrestleMania XXX, it might be time to get your hands on a great pro wrestling video game. The colorful casts, surprising plot twists, and flashy signature moves are a natural fit for gaming entertainment. Here are four great games that let you step into the ring, and wallop every challenger between you and glory! WWE 2K14 (Xbox 360, PS3) The latest yearly entry in the WWE franchise may not be available on the newest gaming hardware yet, but it’s still a polished, full-featured game well worth any wrestling fan’s attention. If... Read the full article: 4 Of The Best Wrestling Video Games You Should Play |
| What Are The Best New Galaxy S5 Features? Posted: 29 Apr 2014 01:00 PM PDT  The Galaxy S5, announced back in February, is just now hitting the shelves, and it brings with it some pretty unique and killer features. It’s not the most innovative smartphone out there, but it is a solid evolution of the Galaxy S4 and is definitely one of the best smartphones you can get. So what are some of these amazing features, and even better, how can you get them on your existing phone? Fingerprint Scanner Arguably the biggest and most talked about upgrade in the Galaxy S5 is the fingerprint scanner. It can be used to unlock the device and... Read the full article: What Are The Best New Galaxy S5 Features? |
| How To Use GeekTool To Truly Make Your Mac Your Own Posted: 29 Apr 2014 12:00 PM PDT  Would you rather have your boring desktop space filled with useful system information or family photos? If your desktop is looking a little boring you can add an extra layer of customization with GeekTool, a Mac OS X application which adds applets to your desktop called “geeklets”. These are similar to gadgets and widgets in Windows and Conky, a very similar desktop enhancement for Linux. Just how flexible are these geeklets? Let’s find out. Geeklets GeekTool comes with three different geeklets – text, image, and shell. A text geeklet allows you to display the contents of any plain text file. As an example, if... Read the full article: How To Use GeekTool To Truly Make Your Mac Your Own |
| Turtle Beach Titanfall Ear Force Atlas Headset Review & Giveaway Posted: 29 Apr 2014 11:30 AM PDT  Titanfall is here on Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC; shooter fans the world over are enjoying the game and all it has to offer. Like all multiplayer shooters, chatting with friends while playing is what makes it so fun. If you feel that the cheap headset you’ve been using, with its tinny sound doesn’t quite do it for you, then Turtle Beach has you covered. Today, we’ll be taking a look at their Titanfall Ear Force Atlas. Before splashing out $120 to buy it, surely you’d want to know how it performs? Is it just a basic headset with some... Read the full article: Turtle Beach Titanfall Ear Force Atlas Headset Review & Giveaway |
| 3 Websites To Buy Imported Japanese Games Posted: 29 Apr 2014 11:00 AM PDT  For lots of gamers, simply purchasing the video games released in their own country will keep them happy. However, for some, the games released over in Japan that never make their way to other regions are just too attractive to pass up. Whether it’s the different types of games we see drop over there, or the fact that it’s just the forbidden fruit, gamers all over want to import Japanese games. Thanks to the Internet, the process of importing these games is easier than ever. The websites that follow will make it easy for you to get almost any game from... Read the full article: 3 Websites To Buy Imported Japanese Games |
| Try Learning On The Go With The New Udacity For iPhone Posted: 29 Apr 2014 10:30 AM PDT  Udacity has launched a free iPhone app. Udacity had a foot in the iOS universe with its iPad-only app. You can now access 12 full courses and 26 free and 'open' courses on an iPhone’s smaller screen. With the iOS platforms covered, Udacity says it is working on an Android version now. This is another sign that learning could benefit from byte-sized chunks on smartphones. It also makes sense to extend an app’s reach from the lesser numbers of iPad screens to the ubiquitous smartphones. Having the courses within reach helps every learner utilize little pockets of time when they are... Read the full article: Try Learning On The Go With The New Udacity For iPhone |
| 4 Ways To Read A Mac Formatted Drive In Windows Posted: 29 Apr 2014 10:00 AM PDT  Windows and Mac OS X use different file systems. Windows uses the NTFS file system for its internal drives, while Macs use HFS+. External hard disks and USB drives are generally formatted with the Windows FAT32 file system for maximum compatibility — most devices, including Macs, can read and write from FAT32 devices. Some Mac drives may be formatted with the HFS+ file system – some drives marketed to Mac users may even come pre-formatted with HFS+. Windows can’t read this file system by default, but there are ways to read that HFS+ drive from Windows. HFSExplorer – Free You’ll probably want... Read the full article: 4 Ways To Read A Mac Formatted Drive In Windows |
| Destiny Information, Huge PS4 Update, Dragon Age Inquisition Release Date [Video Game Hub] Posted: 29 Apr 2014 09:30 AM PDT  Welcome to MakeUseOf’s Video Game Hub. We have a new format, instead of counting down the stories each week, we cover the news as it happens over on our YouTube channel. However, for those who still like to digest your video game news in a weekly format, we still have you covered. Here’s the three biggest stories from the world of gaming that happened in the last week! Make sure to check out the Destiny video for your chance to win a Kontrol Freek device for your gaming controller! This week, we have a slew of new information on Bungie’s Destiny,... Read the full article: Destiny Information, Huge PS4 Update, Dragon Age Inquisition Release Date [Video Game Hub] |
| 8 Ways To Get Awesome Free Music On Windows Phone 8 Posted: 29 Apr 2014 09:00 AM PDT  Got a moment to yourself and want to listen to some great music, but no MP3s on your Windows Phone? Why not stream music from the Internet with these apps? Top Music Streaming Options For Windows Phone 8 In moments of solitude, listening to music on your phone is always great. But if you have no space on your Windows Phone 8 device for storing MP3s in anticipation of such a moment, the only alternative is to stream music. Although options were limited when the platform first launched, you can now choose from many apps that will stream music to your... Read the full article: 8 Ways To Get Awesome Free Music On Windows Phone 8 |
| Grab A Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Lifetime License With Your Rewards Points! Posted: 29 Apr 2014 08:30 AM PDT  The battle against malware never ends. Updates are constantly be produced to keep up with new threats and, as a result, most anti-malware apps charge a yearly subscription fee. Paying every year can become tiresome, but it's necessary if you want anything more than the basic protection free malware suites provide. Fortunately, we have a solution. In partnership with Malwarebytes we're offering fifteen coupon codes good for a free, lifetime license of the company's Anti-Malware Premium. The license will work with one PC and will provide access to all future versions for as long as you can keep track of the... Read the full article: Grab A Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Lifetime License With Your Rewards Points! |
| How To Launch Multiple Actions Using Nothing But Your Phone’s Volume Buttons Posted: 29 Apr 2014 08:00 AM PDT  One of the best things about Android devices is how configurable they are. With a little effort, you can make your smartphone do almost anything you want. You just need the right apps. And luckily, they’re out there. One thing you might want to do with your phone is launch certain actions quickly. If you’re serious, you can go for Tasker, the ultimate automation solution, but you’ll have to shell $2.99 for it, and this is one trick it actually can’t do. Another way to go is something like the Pressy button or one of its clones, which let you... Read the full article: How To Launch Multiple Actions Using Nothing But Your Phone’s Volume Buttons |
| Love Chrome, But Love Your Privacy And Security Even More? Try Aviator Posted: 29 Apr 2014 07:00 AM PDT  We live within our web browsers. You’re reading this article in a web browser. You probably check your email in a web browser. I order my groceries in a web browser. I buy books in a web browser. Web browsers are pretty important. But we never really think about them within the context of security and privacy. And yet, for anyone so inclined, the browser presents an enticing target. Indeed, at the annual CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Canada has the Pwn2Own contest, where hackers try to target cell phones, computer operating systems and (most crucially) web browsers, in order to... Read the full article: Love Chrome, But Love Your Privacy And Security Even More? Try Aviator |
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