15 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• Cool Websites & Tools – Block Robocalls, New Product Leaderboard, & S3 Amazon Bucket Radio Station
• Caption Contest: No I’m Not Addicted
• iOS Apps on Sale for 17 May: Print To Any Printer for Free
• Google Maps Gets Injected With A Massive Dose Of UK Transport Data & Other Vital Stats
• One of Each: A Simple Rule To Fight Clutter On Your Android Phone
• 5 Ways You’re Using The Web Wrong: Avoid Frustration & Embarrassment
• Safely Clean Your Monitors, TV & Touchscreen Displays
• 5 Goat Simulator Mods You Need To Try
• Build Your Own: Safeplug (Tor Proxy Box)
• Limited By Your Own Skills? 7 Ways To Hurdle Over Your Fears & Just Do It
• 8 Great iOS Apps For Guitarists & Bassists
• Who Else Wants An Easy Way To Set Up A Newsletter?
• New to EVE Online? Here Are 5 Things You Can Do
• Killing Net Neutrality, Google Play PayPal, Hunting For Code, VR For Chickens [Tech News Digest]
• Cool Websites & Tools – Anonymous Therapy, Infinite Streaming Music, & Secure Your Digital Content

Cool Websites & Tools – Block Robocalls, New Product Leaderboard, & S3 Amazon Bucket Radio Station Posted: 16 May 2014 09:31 PM PDT Nomorobo – blocks annoying robocallers and telemarketers from reaching your phone for free. A simple, one-time setup activates Nomorobo on your current phone line. Caller ID not required. It doesn’t block school closings, doctor’s appointment and prescription reminders, weather advisories and other legal robocalls. There’s no charge to use Nomorobo. No strings attached. Endless TV – Are you tired of the dreaded spinning wheel of “waiting to download”? Then get Endless TV. Start to watch streaming videos of news, celebrity gossip, sports, history, music, and more. Swipe to watch a different show in the same channel. Swipe up to change... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Block Robocalls, New Product Leaderboard, & S3 Amazon Bucket Radio Station

Caption Contest: No I’m Not Addicted Posted: 16 May 2014 07:30 PM PDT Physio for tech freaks. Admit it, some of us are addicted to our cell phones. How long can you go without checking Facebook or Instagram? Do you feel a burning urge to scroll through your email inbox every few minutes, even on vacation? That’s us. If you can think of a funny caption for this cartoon, go ahead and submit it. As a rewards, you’ll win a free geeky t-shirt to show off to your friends. Have you checked out our previous contest “The Real Amazon“? The winning caption goes to Laurel N. with “They’re overnighting the replacement spear. They... Read the full article: Caption Contest: No I’m Not Addicted

iOS Apps on Sale for 17 May: Print To Any Printer for Free Posted: 16 May 2014 06:30 PM PDT Some weeks the app store has better sales than others, when seemingly everything is on sale, massively reduced or being given away for free. This week we have a handy search engine to help you save money, a premium printing app gone free and the usual selection of quality time wasters to sink your teeth into over the weekend (including an award winning 2D adventure). Don’t forget to check out our weekly Android sales, too. Apps KAYAK Pro ($0.99, now free) Apple’s App of the Week is a travel app that promises to net you deals on flights, hotels and cars. Oddly enough, this “smart... Read the full article: iOS Apps on Sale for 17 May: Print To Any Printer for Free

Google Maps Gets Injected With A Massive Dose Of UK Transport Data & Other Vital Stats Posted: 16 May 2014 05:30 PM PDT A lot of you probably use Google Maps to find your way around, and some of the stuff Maps is capable of doing is pretty amazing. But it’s now gotten even better after Google gave Maps a huge amount of UK transport information for you to look up for your journey. Never again will you be stuck wondering when the next bus or train is going to arrive, whether you are in London, Manchester, or some remote mountain village in the Highlands of Scotland. Traffic information has been getting added to Maps for years, but now Google has provided a big... Read the full article: Google Maps Gets Injected With A Massive Dose Of UK Transport Data & Other Vital Stats

One of Each: A Simple Rule To Fight Clutter On Your Android Phone Posted: 16 May 2014 01:00 PM PDT Fact: Computers get cluttered. Smartphones, even more so. If you have a smartphone, I’d like to to reach for it, flick it on, and check out your app drawer. How messy is it? Be honest, I won’t judge. I will, however, propose a simple solution — maybe one you’ll feel is too simple. A Selection Dialog Or an Error Message? Your phone is cluttered because you have many apps that can do the same thing. How many camera apps do you have? How many calendar apps? How many browsers? If you’re using a Samsung phone, you have at least two... Read the full article: One of Each: A Simple Rule To Fight Clutter On Your Android Phone

5 Ways You’re Using The Web Wrong: Avoid Frustration & Embarrassment Posted: 16 May 2014 12:00 PM PDT With millions of spam emails, thousands of malware websites and an unknown number of cyberattacks taking place on the Internet every day, traveling safely through these interwebs is no easy task. Thankfully, MakeUseOf is here to help. Being a newcomer on the web these days isn’t always a pleasant experience. Setting aside the fact that you’re trying to learn how to do new things like using email or using your new Facebook or Twitter accounts, there are also threats from all sides that you may not be fully prepared for. In fact, the people behind these threats count on people who... Read the full article: 5 Ways You’re Using The Web Wrong: Avoid Frustration & Embarrassment

Safely Clean Your Monitors, TV & Touchscreen Displays Posted: 16 May 2014 11:00 AM PDT Are your devices covered in dust, fingerprints, and smudges? It’s tempting to spray and wipe them down during your next cleaning sprint. Hold on! You may accidentally scratch your LCD, damage your touchscreen, or cause a short circuit. So what’s the proper way to clean a dirty screen? The advice you find when turning to manufacturers for cleaning instructions is littered with warnings, and worse, some recommendations may even be conflicting. We shall focus on what you should do and why. What You Need You really only need one thing; a good microfiber cloth. The rest is optional. Here’s a list: microfiber... Read the full article: Safely Clean Your Monitors, TV & Touchscreen Displays

5 Goat Simulator Mods You Need To Try Posted: 16 May 2014 10:00 AM PDT Goat Simulator is a game we’ve covered here at MakeUseOf before, and it’s absolute nonsense. I mean that as a compliment, because it’s a special kind of nonsense that we just don’t see enough in the game world, with most games taking themselves way too seriously. Serious is not even a word that’s in Goat Simulators vocabulary, and for that, I absolutely love it. The community around Goat Simulator is just as crazy as the developers themselves, and with the game being open to mods, even more nonsense has popped up. The mods in Goat Simulator do everything from changing... Read the full article: 5 Goat Simulator Mods You Need To Try

Build Your Own: Safeplug (Tor Proxy Box) Posted: 16 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT Safeplug is a special router that creates an anonymous Internet connection via Tor network (what is Tor?); it costs $50 – but you can make your own with a Raspberry Pi and USB WiFi dongle. In truth, you won’t be saving much: the cost of the Pi plus a suitable WiFi dongle will cost you about $50 or more. But DIY is fun, we’ll learn lots in the process, and you probably already have a Pi sitting around collecting dust. Shopping List Raspberry Pi (model B) SD Card of at least 4 gigabytes Ethernet cable Compatible USB Wifi adapter – this... Read the full article: Build Your Own: Safeplug (Tor Proxy Box)

Limited By Your Own Skills? 7 Ways To Hurdle Over Your Fears & Just Do It Posted: 16 May 2014 08:00 AM PDT He is a dyslexic. He dropped out of school at 16. He started a student magazine. No, he didn’t know anything about the print business. He then started a mail-order record company to run the magazine. From there, he went on to open a record shop and then a recording studio. Today, he has 200 companies in more than 30 countries. You can bet that Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson didn’t know too much or have the skillsets to run all the companies by himself. You would win the bet. His secret? Probably, it can be summed up in one... Read the full article: Limited By Your Own Skills? 7 Ways To Hurdle Over Your Fears & Just Do It

8 Great iOS Apps For Guitarists & Bassists Posted: 16 May 2014 07:00 AM PDT iOS is the musician’s mobile platform of choice, thanks to the low-latency rock-solid foundations laid by Apple and an incredible number of apps and accessories. If you’re looking for iPhone and iPad apps to enhance the time you spend with your four, six or more-stringed friend, we’ve done your homework. To get the most out of some of these, you will need an interface for your instrument – something cheap like the iRig (€29) or fancier like the “studio-quality” Apogee JAM ($99). For the rest, you need only time to sit down and strum away. Evernote (free) & Ultimate-Guitar.com Yes, I’m aware Evernote is a note-taking... Read the full article: 8 Great iOS Apps For Guitarists & Bassists

Who Else Wants An Easy Way To Set Up A Newsletter? Posted: 16 May 2014 06:00 AM PDT Thanks to some choice services, it takes minimal effort to start both free and paid newsletters. If you write for the Web, building a good-sized readership is a necessary step in boosting your online authority. Starting a newsletter is one effective way to go about it. You don’t need to fiddle with some complex system to get started. Something interesting to say, a place to promote your newsletter from, and a few early readers are all you need to set the ball rolling. A good subscription service will take care of the rest — from managing your subscriber list, to delivering your words on... Read the full article: Who Else Wants An Easy Way To Set Up A Newsletter?

New to EVE Online? Here Are 5 Things You Can Do Posted: 16 May 2014 05:00 AM PDT EVE Online is arguably the most polarizing, genre-defying, and interesting MMORPG on the planet. It’s a complete sandbox experience that embraces its difficult nature and cutthroat universe. And unlike most MMORPGs, EVE Online doesn’t hold you by the hand and guide you along with signposts. You need to forge your own destiny or die trying. New players can sign up with a free 14-day trial (or a 21-day trial if you can find someone who will refer you with the Buddy Program), which is enough time to get a taste of what the game offers. Not sure if EVE is... Read the full article: New to EVE Online? Here Are 5 Things You Can Do

Killing Net Neutrality, Google Play PayPal, Hunting For Code, VR For Chickens [Tech News Digest] Posted: 16 May 2014 04:30 AM PDT Today in Tech News Digest, the FCC is killing net neutrality, Google works on a “right to be forgotten” tool, PayPal comes to Google Play, Microsoft launches Code Hunt, Outlook gets new features, Nescafe jars gain 3D-printed alarm clock lids, and virtual reality headsets for chickens. The FCC Votes To End Net Neutrality The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has delivered its verdict on the future of net neutrality, voting to keep pushing a proposal that allows ISPs to set up “fast lanes” on the Internet. These “fast lanes” would deliver content to consumers quicker if the third-party responsible pays for... Read the full article: Killing Net Neutrality, Google Play PayPal, Hunting For Code, VR For Chickens [Tech News Digest]

Cool Websites & Tools – Anonymous Therapy, Infinite Streaming Music, & Secure Your Digital Content Posted: 15 May 2014 09:31 PM PDT Talkspace – is affordable, anonymous therapy with professional and licensed therapists. Any time and any place, on your mobile device or on the web, you are always safe in your private space with your therapist who is waiting to help you make a real difference in your life. Unlimited messaging therapy costs $25 a week, paid monthly. Hukkster – lets you know when products you want go on sale. Hukkster is simply a button that lives in your browser. So it’s always there when you shop online. Shop as you like. No new site to visit. Browse the stores you... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Anonymous Therapy, Infinite Streaming Music, & Secure Your Digital Content

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