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- Cool Websites & Tools – Make a Bibliography, Interactive Games Ads, & US Job Vacancies
- Funny But True Facts of Life
- The Death Of XP: Advantage Linux [We Ask You Results]
- Make Your Own Awesome ’70s Style Retro Posters
- The Camera Tripod Buying Guide For Beginners
- A Short Introduction to Growth Hacking
- Jailbroken iPhone Damaged? Restore To Factory Settings Before Repair!
- Should You Buy The Elder Scrolls Online?
- Smash Bros. Release Date, Civilization Beyond Earth, Borderlands Pre-Sequel [Video Game Hub]
- Turn Your Windows Phone Into A Carputer With These Apps
- Switching From Console To PC Gaming: 8 Big Differences Explained
- Video Editing on Linux Just Got Better With PiTiVi
- Help To Combat Cancer With These Smartphone & Browser Apps
- Making The Best Text Editor Better: 7 Great Sublime Text Packages
- Windows Phone 8.1 Reviews, Android Heartbleed, US Airways Tweets [Tech News Digest]
| Cool Websites & Tools – Make a Bibliography, Interactive Games Ads, & US Job Vacancies Posted: 15 Apr 2014 09:31 PM PDT  Cite This For Me – is a site for compiling a bibliography. Ideal for students writing their dissertation, you can cite books, journal articles, newspaper articles, websites, and countless more sources. There is also a Word plugin and a Chrome plugin to make the process even easier. When it is done, you can download it or email it. App.io – there are countless games for download in the iOS store, so getting yours noticed is a challenge. App.io is a service which makes interactive ads where your game is the ad. When the ad is clicked, a user can try... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Make a Bibliography, Interactive Games Ads, & US Job Vacancies |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2014 07:30 PM PDT  It’s sad but life has come down to this. “LOL” is basically a term used when someone is too lazy to say anything meaningful. A meeting is highly likely to be cancelled the more you prepare for it. I’m pretty certain that most of you will be able to relate to these 18 funny but true facts of life illustrated Truth Facts. Which is your favourite? Read the full article: Funny But True Facts of Life |
| The Death Of XP: Advantage Linux [We Ask You Results] Posted: 15 Apr 2014 06:30 PM PDT  Microsoft wants nothing more to do with Windows XP, unless you’re willing to pay for the privilege of Custom Support. XP is still an option, but with Microsoft abandoning the past-its-sell-by-date operating system, most sensible people are looking for alternatives. Most have just one option in mind. Linux Breaks Microsoft’s Windows We asked you, Microsoft Has Killed Windows XP… Now What? This question was, rather self-explanatorily, asked as a result of Microsoft ending official support for Windows XP for the vast majority of users. Some bigger organizations, such as the IRS, have paid out for Custom Support, gifting them critical... Read the full article: The Death Of XP: Advantage Linux [We Ask You Results] |
| Make Your Own Awesome ’70s Style Retro Posters Posted: 15 Apr 2014 02:00 PM PDT  New things are cool, but old things aren’t. Unless they’re really old, in which case they’re cool again! That’s the gist of “retro”. Today, I’ll be showing you how to make your own retro poster in Photoshop, which would make for a great party invitations. You might also want to use the effect to create a unique Facebook cover photo. Extract a Model The first thing we want is a shamefully attractive model to be the centrepiece of our party invitation. Import your base image — in this case, a random party photo I have. Use the Quick Selection Tool... Read the full article: Make Your Own Awesome ’70s Style Retro Posters |
| The Camera Tripod Buying Guide For Beginners Posted: 15 Apr 2014 01:00 PM PDT  If you don’t have a tripod, you’re only hurting yourself. Tired of camera shake ruining your photos? Want to take time-lapse shots or long exposure photos? How about the ability to be inside your own photos? Tripods allow for all of these, so if you don’t have one, why not? Tripods don’t have to be expensive and they don’t have to be an inconvenience. Are you ready to set aside your iPhone camera and take some real photos? Here’s what you need to know about buying a tripod as well as a few recommendations to point you in the right... Read the full article: The Camera Tripod Buying Guide For Beginners |
| A Short Introduction to Growth Hacking Posted: 15 Apr 2014 12:00 PM PDT  Over the past few years, you’ve likely heard the term ‘growth hacking’ being thrown around, but what exactly is growth hacking, and how is it different from plain old ‘marketing’? What Is Growth Hacking? Growth hacking seems to be more than one of those Silicon Valley buzzwords you see being born every other week. And although the definition may err on the side of subjective, there does seem to be some common fundamentals that most ‘growth hackers’ seem to abide by. From my own research, growth hackers often (but not always) sit in a unique position, at the intersection between data... Read the full article: A Short Introduction to Growth Hacking |
| Jailbroken iPhone Damaged? Restore To Factory Settings Before Repair! Posted: 15 Apr 2014 11:00 AM PDT  So your jailbroken iPhone is eligible for a repair under warranty, but you already voided that when you replaced the software. Is all hope lost? You could restore the phone to its former untampered-with glory and then return it to Apple for service – a technique used by many, successfully over the years. Then again, being a jailbreaker you should be prepared for complications and raised eyebrows. Here’s how to restore a jailbroken phone while hopefully keeping Apple in the dark. The Problem With Jailbreaking Jailbreaking affords you a lot of freedom over what you do with your iPhone, iPad... Read the full article: Jailbroken iPhone Damaged? Restore To Factory Settings Before Repair! |
| Should You Buy The Elder Scrolls Online? Posted: 15 Apr 2014 10:00 AM PDT  Zenimax's attempt at a massively multiplayer role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls Online, is now live for players in North America and Europe. It promises to bring the franchise's memorable world and open gameplay into a multiplayer format, but it sells for full retail and has a subscription fee. Is it worth your hard-earned cash? Setting Foot On Tamriel The Elder Scrolls Online takes place on the continent of Tamriel. While the last three games in the series have focused on only a chunk of this landmass, ESO covers swaths of it. Cyrodiil, the interior landmass explored in The Elder Scrolls... Read the full article: Should You Buy The Elder Scrolls Online? |
| Smash Bros. Release Date, Civilization Beyond Earth, Borderlands Pre-Sequel [Video Game Hub] Posted: 15 Apr 2014 09:30 AM PDT  Welcome to MakeUseOf’s Video Game Hub, the weekly show where we count down the top three news stories from the busy world of video games. Every Tuesday we break down the biggest news stories of the week, and of course, we give a good dose of opinion about what these stories mean for the video game world as a whole. This week, Nintendo announces release dates for Smash Bros. on 3DS and Wii U, Civilization is going to space with the announcement of Sid Meier’s Civilization Beyond Earth releasing this year, and we have tons of info on the upcoming... Read the full article: Smash Bros. Release Date, Civilization Beyond Earth, Borderlands Pre-Sequel [Video Game Hub] |
| Turn Your Windows Phone Into A Carputer With These Apps Posted: 15 Apr 2014 09:00 AM PDT  Need to use your Windows Phone in the car? You can rely on several apps for maps, dashcams and car mode interfaces. Driving With A Windows Phone Windows Phone 8 offers various tools, native and third-party, that can be used to assist and entertain you while driving. You might, for instance, want to use a guided satnav application to help you find your destination, or listen to music. Dashcams are also available, while Windows Phone 8′s built-in voice recognition software is good enough to assist with making and receiving calls and launching apps. Alternatively, you might have forgotten where you parked your... Read the full article: Turn Your Windows Phone Into A Carputer With These Apps |
| Switching From Console To PC Gaming: 8 Big Differences Explained Posted: 15 Apr 2014 08:00 AM PDT  PCs and consoles may be closer than ever — after all, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are basically just gaming PCs — but there are still huge differences. PC gaming is all about choice — choice of input devices, hardware, storefronts, and even user-created content. The competitive PC ecosystem has led to cheap games and free multiplayer — there are no monthly fees required to play PC games online unless you pick up an MMORPG like World of Warcraft. Control Schemes The mouse and keyboard are the standard PC gaming input devices, but they aren’t the only ones. You can plug a game... Read the full article: Switching From Console To PC Gaming: 8 Big Differences Explained |
| Video Editing on Linux Just Got Better With PiTiVi Posted: 15 Apr 2014 07:00 AM PDT  Linux has long lacked a good video editor, but that is no longer a problem. There are a few different video editors available for the operating system, ranging from simple home user editors to highly professional editors. PiTiVi, a video editor that has historically been in the “simple home user” category, has gained several features since its early days. So what has changed, and where is it headed? Let’s take a look. Features When you first launch PiTiVi, you’ll be presented with a welcome dialog that asks you whether you want to start a new project or open a recent... Read the full article: Video Editing on Linux Just Got Better With PiTiVi |
| Help To Combat Cancer With These Smartphone & Browser Apps Posted: 15 Apr 2014 06:00 AM PDT  Most of us probably aren’t going to cure cancer anytime soon, but we can still help fight it. In this age of information, working together to solve problems is easier and more efficient than ever. People are coming up with new and innovative ways to fight diseases, and many of these are available right on your smartphone or on your browser. Sometimes it can feel like one person can’t make a difference, but the Web has given us the resources to change the world by just investing a minute a day. Now, you can even help with cancer research in... Read the full article: Help To Combat Cancer With These Smartphone & Browser Apps |
| Making The Best Text Editor Better: 7 Great Sublime Text Packages Posted: 15 Apr 2014 05:00 AM PDT  Sublime Text has become the gold standard in serious text editing. Yes, if you need to work via SSH, you’re going to need to learn Vim – but if you do any sort of development work on your own machine, you need Sublime. Github’s Atom may soon take the crown, but as long as it’s in closed Beta and available for Mac only, Sublime is still king. One of its strongest features is its robust package system, and I’m here to tell you about 7 packages you need to try today. If you’re unfamiliar with Sublime Text itself, this post... Read the full article: Making The Best Text Editor Better: 7 Great Sublime Text Packages |
| Windows Phone 8.1 Reviews, Android Heartbleed, US Airways Tweets [Tech News Digest] Posted: 15 Apr 2014 04:30 AM PDT  Today in Tech News Digest, Windows Phone 8.1 reviews, Gmail scanning practices, Android Heartbleed, American Airlines’ tweeting troubles, mini notebook chargers, overheating VAIOs, and a vending machine that tweets. Windows Phone 8.1 Review Roundup Windows Phone 8.1 is now available to developers, just two weeks after the update was detailed at Build 2014. This has enabled websites to review Windows Phone 8.1 before it’s released to the general public. The reaction has been generally positive, as can be seen in the reviews roundup posted below. The Verge states Windows Phone “feels finished now, really for the first time.” However, it... Read the full article: Windows Phone 8.1 Reviews, Android Heartbleed, US Airways Tweets [Tech News Digest] |
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