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- Cool Websites & Tools – Privacy Protector, Send Email Attachments To Dropbox, & Ultimate Music Gear
- Which Tech Company Owns What Now?
- Should Apple Cut Its Prices? [We Ask You]
- Look Up Makes Social Media Look Bad, But Is It? [Weekly Facebook Tips]
- Sleep Better & Improve Your Health By Changing How You Use Your Computer
- 7 Websites For Sharing Your Nostalgic Memories Of Days Gone By
- Stop Waiting For Links to Load: Link Bubble For Android Saves You Time
- How To Upgrade To Windows Phone 8.1 Now
- Run Old Games In DOSBox Without Mounting Drives
- Shazam-Like App Peekster Bridges Gap Between Print and Digital Media
- 3 Chrome Extensions To Manage Your Chrome Extensions
- Destiny Beta, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, and Amplitude Sequel [Video Game Hub]
- Get More Out of Google Play Books By Adding Your Favorite eBooks
- Google Docs Adds Basic Image Editing With Crop & Rotate
- Technophilia Episode 112 Live
| Cool Websites & Tools – Privacy Protector, Send Email Attachments To Dropbox, & Ultimate Music Gear Posted: 07 May 2014 09:31 PM PDT  Privacy Badger – is a browser add-on, made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, that stops advertisers and other third-party trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web. If an advertiser seems to be tracking you across multiple websites without your permission, Privacy Badger automatically blocks that advertiser from loading any more content in your browser. Ooberdocs – links your email to Dropbox allowing a copy of incoming email attachments to be sent seamlessly into your Dropbox account. Just allow Dropbox access to your inbox, and from now on, when email attachments are... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Privacy Protector, Send Email Attachments To Dropbox, & Ultimate Music Gear |
| Which Tech Company Owns What Now? Posted: 07 May 2014 07:30 PM PDT  What was the largest tech acquisition this year? You’ve probably heard of Facebook buying WhatsApp for $19 billion, but did you know that wasn’t Facebook’s only purchase this year? No, the social media giant also purchased Oculus Rift, the promising virtual reality headset that’s currently still being developed. Here’s a quick run-through of what tech companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google as well as Facebook acquired in recent years, and how their purchases panned out. Click to enlarge. via FinancesOnline.com Read the full article: Which Tech Company Owns What Now? |
| Should Apple Cut Its Prices? [We Ask You] Posted: 07 May 2014 06:30 PM PDT  Apple is famous for several things: Steve Jobs, the Mac, the iPhone, and industrial design. And, lest we forget, high prices. Apple products are expensive to buy and not really aimed at anyone living on a budget. This all means Apple is loved and hated in equal measure. Many Apple fans will tell you that the prices aren’t all that extravagant, and the small premium that does exist is justified by the quality of the products. Everyone else shakes their heads in disbelief at such fervent fanboyism. With this in mind it’s time to set the ball rolling on this... Read the full article: Should Apple Cut Its Prices? [We Ask You] |
| Look Up Makes Social Media Look Bad, But Is It? [Weekly Facebook Tips] Posted: 07 May 2014 04:32 PM PDT  You’ve probably seen the schmatlzy poem on YouTube going around the Internet lately reminding us all to Look Up. And yes, we should. But the video is breeding a sort of anti-social-media hatred, and I wonder if that’s really warranted. When the term couch potato was invented, did everyone blame The Muppet Show? No, we blamed the TV. In turn, we shouldn’t really be blaming social media, but instead blaming the phones and computers we access them with. I’ve seen many responses to the Look Up video along the lines of “I’m never letting my kids get Facebook accounts”, which... Read the full article: Look Up Makes Social Media Look Bad, But Is It? [Weekly Facebook Tips] |
| Sleep Better & Improve Your Health By Changing How You Use Your Computer Posted: 07 May 2014 03:00 PM PDT  Your computer may be killing you. That sounds like hyperbole but the sad truth is that many people are losing years off of their lives due to improper computer usage. Eye damage, spinal issues, muscle atrophy, and weight gain are just some of the problems that may affect you, if not now, then later down the road. Concerned yet? Rest assured that it’s possible to mitigate these effects. All that’s required of you is a small bit of effort – just a few minutes every day. Here are some tools to help you out and make it even easier. Improve... Read the full article: Sleep Better & Improve Your Health By Changing How You Use Your Computer |
| 7 Websites For Sharing Your Nostalgic Memories Of Days Gone By Posted: 07 May 2014 02:00 PM PDT  We forget that we remember. Even if we do forget, there’s the Web to remind us. Nostalgia may be bittersweet, but the mere talk of the past ties us all together socially. We share our best and worst memories. This is where the Web comes in as the watering hole in the ether. You could talk about your wonder years – as Craig did with the six websites that took you back to the 90s. Gamers do it all the time. If you are one, head to these three places for gaming nostalgia. It doesn’t end there because nostalgia isn’t... Read the full article: 7 Websites For Sharing Your Nostalgic Memories Of Days Gone By |
| Stop Waiting For Links to Load: Link Bubble For Android Saves You Time Posted: 07 May 2014 01:00 PM PDT  Some annoyances in life are so subtle that we hardly notice. But once you see one, it’s hard to ignore. Take what happens when you tap a link in your Android Twitter client: A browser pops open, of course. And then you patiently wait, staring at a blank screen, until the page loads. If you’re anything like most Android users, you do this again, again, and yet again — countless times over the course of a given day. Link Bubble is one browser that says it doesn’t have to be this way. In a Nutshell Link Bubble opens links in... Read the full article: Stop Waiting For Links to Load: Link Bubble For Android Saves You Time |
| How To Upgrade To Windows Phone 8.1 Now Posted: 07 May 2014 12:00 PM PDT  Windows Phone 8.1 brings a host of desirable updates and improvements to the platform – but waiting until June for the earliest chance of an upgrade is too long for some. Upgrading will give you access to the new Cortana voice-command system, a key reason to get hold of the update as soon as possible. Is there any way of getting the update early? Is It Safe To Upgrade Now? Before proceeding, be aware that by installing the Windows Phone 8.1 update, you’ll be voiding your warranty until the full update is issued. Additionally, it will only be the stock... Read the full article: How To Upgrade To Windows Phone 8.1 Now |
| Run Old Games In DOSBox Without Mounting Drives Posted: 07 May 2014 11:00 AM PDT  Tired of mounting drives in DOSBox every time you want to run an old game on a modern Windows machine? With a little trick you can play your game without wasting time mounting drives. We will install Dangerous Dave, but you can choose any DOS game of your choice. What is DOSBox? DOSBox is an emulator that helps with running old DOS games on a new Windows machine. It emulates the MS-DOS environment on newer versions of Windows and thus eliminates the various incompatibilities that arise from trying to run old games. Is there any old game which you wanted to play, but your... Read the full article: Run Old Games In DOSBox Without Mounting Drives |
| Shazam-Like App Peekster Bridges Gap Between Print and Digital Media Posted: 07 May 2014 10:30 AM PDT  Peekster, a news content curation app for the iPhone, does for print media what Shazam does for music. It can scan the headline of a printed article and deliver it in digital form on your smartphone. Peekster was released last November in the UK, and made it to the top of the iTunes Store download list for several weeks. The app’s recent 2.1 update now expands its reach to the US, with support for the media publications, The New York Times, The WallStreet Journal, and The Washington Post. Peekster can deliver the digital version of a scanned headline of a... Read the full article: Shazam-Like App Peekster Bridges Gap Between Print and Digital Media |
| 3 Chrome Extensions To Manage Your Chrome Extensions Posted: 07 May 2014 10:00 AM PDT  One of the things that makes Google Chrome such a great browser is its large collection of extensions that work for you. But just like any collection of workers, when the force gets large enough, you need to get managers to make sure everything is running smoothly. There are so many great add-ons for the browser that we made a whole page of the most useful Chrome extensions. If you’ve installed several of these or many others, then there are some things you need, like making sure they are safe, being able to easily enable or disable them, or managing which... Read the full article: 3 Chrome Extensions To Manage Your Chrome Extensions |
| Destiny Beta, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, and Amplitude Sequel [Video Game Hub] Posted: 07 May 2014 09:30 AM PDT  Another episode of Video Game Hub is here to bring the latest news from the crazy world of video games. This week, we know when the Destiny Beta will begin, we learn about Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, the next game in the popular series, and we’ve learned that Harmonix, creators of Rock Band and Guitar Hero, is turning to Kickstarter to bring out a new Amplitude. Make sure to subscribe to MakeUseOf’s YouTube channel so you can see each new episode of Video Game Hub as soon it releases, as well all the other awesome video content we release such as product reviews and how-to... Read the full article: Destiny Beta, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, and Amplitude Sequel [Video Game Hub] |
| Get More Out of Google Play Books By Adding Your Favorite eBooks Posted: 07 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT  Google Play Books isn’t just for eBooks purchased from Google; you can easily upload your own ePub or PDF eBooks that sync with Play Books and are accessible from all your Android devices and even on the Web. Where To Get DRM-free eBooks First things first: you’re going to need some eBooks that don’t have Digital Rights Management (DRM) on them, although you can break the DRM if you already have some eBooks with it. Essentially, DRM on an eBook prevents you from copying it, transferring it to a different device, or altering it in any way. We have a more in-depth... Read the full article: Get More Out of Google Play Books By Adding Your Favorite eBooks |
| Google Docs Adds Basic Image Editing With Crop & Rotate Posted: 07 May 2014 08:30 AM PDT  Google Docs now has basic image editing tools. It is a simple update, but it is another important step in turning Google Docs into a document editor for all seasons. The three basic image editing features now allow you to crop images, rotate the images, and add borders to “beautify” them – without falling back to another editor. The crop tool has been added to the menu. You should see something like the notification in the screenshot below. Insert an image or simply drag and drop it. You can bring up the crop handles from the format menu or with... Read the full article: Google Docs Adds Basic Image Editing With Crop & Rotate |
| Posted: 07 May 2014 08:01 AM PDT  Tech News This guy’s joke, which he wrote on the toilet, was taken seriously. And made the news. Speaking of jokes, Lenovo is going to make Chromebooks. Touchscreen Chromebooks, because Chrome OS is best with touch. Would you be rather use services anonymously if they were as good as services that required you to sign up? – Mihir Police using Pinterest to reconnect people with long-lost valuables. 185 Terabytes on a TAPE. You remember those? Google Glass costs $80 to manufacture, sold for $1500. Best retail mark-up, ever. Google was in bed with NSA all along. NSA's encrypted tweet is... Read the full article: Technophilia Episode 112 Live |
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