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- Cool Websites & Tools – Create a Social Photo Profile, Play An iOS Game To Turn Off Alarm, & Manage Podcast Subscriptions
- 12 Ways You Can Use Duct Tape For Survival
- What Is The Best Online April Fools’ Day Prank Ever? [We Ask You]
- Apple Updates Pages, Numbers, Keynote In iWork With Focus On iCloud
- Improve Your Health, Improve Yourself: 3 Fitness Bloggers Show You How
- 5 Productive Things You Can Do With Your Smartphone Without a Signal
- Computer Auctions And Why eBay May Not Be Your Only Option
- Look Up! 3 Ace Android Apps for Bird Watching
- Rdio, Vudu, and Crackle Add Chromecast Support
- Use These 6 Extensions To Improve Privacy & Security On Firefox
- Heard Of Food Porn? Get Addicted With These 10 Instagram Accounts
- BBM 2.1 Update Brings Stickers in BBM Shop, Larger File Support
- Turn Your Mouse Into A Joystick For PC Gaming
- Technophilia Episode 107 Live
- Does Switching To ART Speed Up Your Android KitKat Device?
| Posted: 02 Apr 2014 09:31 PM PDT  Photohab – lets you create a free social portfolio. Upload and share your photos with friends. Similar to Instagram, you can upload your photos, follow users, and followers will follow you. You can view other profiles, “like” other photos, send messages to other users, and compile a profile about yourself, telling others about you. Photohab is ideal for both professional and amateur photographers. Wakeup Challenge – brings a completely new alarm concept to your iPhone. Play a game in order to turn off the alarm. Choose between 4 different games – Pairs (try to match all the cards), maths (is... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Create a Social Photo Profile, Play An iOS Game To Turn Off Alarm, & Manage Podcast Subscriptions |
| 12 Ways You Can Use Duct Tape For Survival Posted: 02 Apr 2014 07:30 PM PDT  What does MacGyver always carry around with him besides his trusty penknife? A roll of duct tape. At MakeUseOf, we’re all about survival and emergency preparedness. We’ve talked about making a basic survival kit, a kit to help you live through an apocalypse, and how to make survival gear using common household items. Today, we’ll take a look at the various ways you can use duct tape to survive in the wild. Don’t forget to bring the camera or a rugged phone. via FoodInsurance.com Read the full article: 12 Ways You Can Use Duct Tape For Survival |
| What Is The Best Online April Fools’ Day Prank Ever? [We Ask You] Posted: 02 Apr 2014 06:30 PM PDT  Another April Fools’ Day has been and gone, which is a huge relief for anyone who works online. Determining the real news from the fake news can be tough, especially with so many companies and websites entering into the spirit of the occasion. It’s time, with your help, to sort the wheat from the chaff. Foolish Foolhardy Fools We want to know, What Is The Best Online April Fools’ Day Prank Ever? Please do limit your comments to online April Fools’ Day pranks because, as interesting as your real-world April Fools’ Day pranks may be, they’re not quite what we’re... Read the full article: What Is The Best Online April Fools’ Day Prank Ever? [We Ask You] |
| Apple Updates Pages, Numbers, Keynote In iWork With Focus On iCloud Posted: 02 Apr 2014 05:30 PM PDT  Hot on the heels of Microsoft launching Office on the iPad, Apple has issued an update for its free office suite of iWork productivity apps on iOS, Mac and with a focus on iCloud. This includes updates to word-processing app Pages, spreadsheet app Numbers, and presentation app Keynote. MS Office users will be happy to note that iWork has had some Microsoft Office compatibility upgrades, giving you the ability to export password-protected DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files, and general enhanced compatibility with MS Office 2013 documents. The big news, though, is for users who like to access iWorks through iCloud.... Read the full article: Apple Updates Pages, Numbers, Keynote In iWork With Focus On iCloud |
| Improve Your Health, Improve Yourself: 3 Fitness Bloggers Show You How Posted: 02 Apr 2014 02:00 PM PDT  You know that good health and habits are vital for a better life. But perhaps you lack the know-how, the motivation, or both to work on these key areas. The result? You’re trapped in a vicious cycle of bad habits, failure, and dejection. The good news is that you can release yourself from it with a healthy dose of inspiration. To help you find the motivation to work on your fitness and habits, we have shared resources like body contests that pay you for being fit, apps for self-improvement, and subreddits that focus on health. But there’s nothing more inspiring... Read the full article: Improve Your Health, Improve Yourself: 3 Fitness Bloggers Show You How |
| 5 Productive Things You Can Do With Your Smartphone Without a Signal Posted: 02 Apr 2014 01:00 PM PDT  In many ways, your smartphone is more powerful than the computers of Apollo 11. While it won’t get you to the moon, you can be lightyears ahead if you use your phone to its full potential. That includes using it when you have no mobile or data connection. Listen To Podcasts You can listen to music to pass the time or you could go with informative podcasts. We have previously written about podcast apps for various platforms (iOS, Android, Windows Phone). One Android app we haven’t covered, yet, is Podcast Addict. Using this app, you can search audio and video... Read the full article: 5 Productive Things You Can Do With Your Smartphone Without a Signal |
| Computer Auctions And Why eBay May Not Be Your Only Option Posted: 02 Apr 2014 12:00 PM PDT  Name the first online auction site that comes to your mind. Can you even think of any besides eBay? For most of us it’s the only online auction site that matters, but if you’re browsing through eBay to find great deals on computers, you may be better off using an alternative auction platform. Why look somewhere other than eBay? Less competition when placing bids. Less dependence on PayPal. Avoid common eBay scams. If you need a very specific item and price isn’t a top concern, by all means keep using eBay. The site is so massively international that you won’t... Read the full article: Computer Auctions And Why eBay May Not Be Your Only Option |
| Look Up! 3 Ace Android Apps for Bird Watching Posted: 02 Apr 2014 11:00 AM PDT  I’ve been told there is a world outside. It has trees, they say, and birds. Lest I be caught unprepared should I ever venture out into this “outside world,” I found three Android apps that are all about birds. One covers Nordic countries, the other is about the birds of Down Under, and the third is for the UK. I am legally obligated to make an Angry Birds reference here, so all I can say is that none of these apps has pigs in it. Additionally, I was unable to identify the bird from the Twitter logo as appears on... Read the full article: Look Up! 3 Ace Android Apps for Bird Watching |
| Rdio, Vudu, and Crackle Add Chromecast Support Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:30 AM PDT  Google’s $35 media streaming device known as the Chromecast is picking up steam with users, and as such, more companies are launching support for it. Rdio, Vudu, and Crackle have just joined the ranks of Chromecast supporters with updates for each of its services. Starting with Rdio, both the iOS and Android application have received updates that add support for the Google streaming stick. It features a very simple big-screen interface that puts the album art right in the center of the screen. You can also pause and scrub through the track using the smartphone’s controls. Additionally, Rdio also added... Read the full article: Rdio, Vudu, and Crackle Add Chromecast Support |
| Use These 6 Extensions To Improve Privacy & Security On Firefox Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:00 AM PDT  You are being watched on the Internet – but if you use Mozilla Firefox, some of its great add-ons can help protect your privacy and security on the Web. Now, be warned that none of these are going to be completely foolproof. In fact, there’s is no completely safe way to use the Internet. But for most regular users, the protection that these extensions and tools offer will be enough as safeguards. HTTPS Everywhere One of the first extensions you should install in Firefox is HTTPS Everywhere, which encrypts much of your web browsing. What’s HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure? HTTPS is... Read the full article: Use These 6 Extensions To Improve Privacy & Security On Firefox |
| Heard Of Food Porn? Get Addicted With These 10 Instagram Accounts Posted: 02 Apr 2014 09:00 AM PDT  Don’t worry, it’s nothing to be ashamed of. We all do it from time to time. If you’re careful enough, you can even do it while at work. Just don’t get caught, or you might make some people very, very hungry. Yes, food porn is fast becoming a trend we can’t ignore. While it’s easy to ridicule people for posting every meal they eat to Instagram, there’s nothing ridiculous about beautiful food porn. In fact, once you start, you may find it quite addictive. Don’t believe it? Follow the accounts below for just a few days. You can blame me... Read the full article: Heard Of Food Porn? Get Addicted With These 10 Instagram Accounts |
| BBM 2.1 Update Brings Stickers in BBM Shop, Larger File Support Posted: 02 Apr 2014 08:30 AM PDT  BlackBerry Messenger, or BBM as it is more commonly known, has just had a major update that brings a new features and some improvements. Of course, as we all know, BBM is no longer restricted to BlackBerry and can be downloaded on Android and iOS as well. The big news in the BBM v2.1 update is the introduction of stickers, much like Facebook’s chat stickers. Here’s what you can expect: BBM customers will be able to download a variety of sticker packs right inside BBM from the BBM Shop. Each sticker pack contains between 20 and 25 stickers and features... Read the full article: BBM 2.1 Update Brings Stickers in BBM Shop, Larger File Support |
| Turn Your Mouse Into A Joystick For PC Gaming Posted: 02 Apr 2014 08:00 AM PDT  You just parted with your life savings to purchase a top of the line gaming rig and acquired a number of the latest racing titles. Of course you also splashed out to get that latest steering wheel didn’t you? What, you didn’t? Wait, don’t despair, you can use your mouse. Why Use The Mouse? With the ability to plug in such a huge variety of gaming controllers to your computer, the humble mouse would seem an unlikely choice as your steering control when gaming. However, gamers come in all shapes and sizes and individual preferences can vary greatly. Also there are... Read the full article: Turn Your Mouse Into A Joystick For PC Gaming |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2014 07:59 AM PDT  Tech News Microsoft tries to buy it's way into the VR game, with $150m purchase from Osterhout Design Group. File under "that'll work": UK urges mandatory porn site checks. Facebook drones to offer net access to all Yahoo thinks it can compete with YouTube by poaching their stars Android apps found to be mining cryptos when charging Time has a great piece outlining how Gmail happened. Wu-Tang Clan releasing only one copy of latest album. Facebook's number driven jump into obscurity: a potential re-design was too nice, so they had to roll it back. Gaming Respawn enacts best anti cheat... Read the full article: Technophilia Episode 107 Live |
| Does Switching To ART Speed Up Your Android KitKat Device? Posted: 02 Apr 2014 07:00 AM PDT  Can changing the Android 4.4.2 KitKat runtime squeeze extra performance out of your phone, or is ART best left alone until Google decides to roll it out as a working replacement for Dalvik? What Is Android Runtime? Android devices ship with a runtime called Dalvik. Your apps need Dalvik to work. Android Runtime, or ART, offers a faster alternative; Dalvik is optimized to run on older hardware with a limited processor and memory, something that isn’t required of modern Android hardware. With Dalvik, apps are compiled using the Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler, making use of free system resources. ART differs by... Read the full article: Does Switching To ART Speed Up Your Android KitKat Device? |
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