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- 10 Excuses That Unproductive People Come Up With
- App Store Animated Savings: Disney, Adventure Time & Powerpuff Girls [iOS Sales]
- How Bad Are Those Facebook Messenger Permissions Anyway?
- What Happened On ’512K Day’?
- Make Your Own Ambilight for $60
- How To Create A Keyboard Shortcut For Any Mac Menu Item
- Put A Brake On Speed Reading: 5 Tips To Be A More Engaged Online Reader
- 5 Cool Things You Can Now Do With Windows Phone 8.1
- Remove DRM From iTunes Videos Quickly And Easily With M4VGear
- Love Exploring? These RPGs Are Made For You
- 3 Online Contact Management Tips Even Introverts Should Try
- When Sharks Attack The Internet, Most People Want Net Neutrality, And More… [Tech News Digest]
| 10 Excuses That Unproductive People Come Up With Posted: 15 Aug 2014 07:30 PM PDT  You probably know this by now: we love featuring productivity tips. We’re enthusiastic about getting things done, not putting them off. It’s likely the same in your office or workplace — if you hear someone saying, “It’s not in my job description” you know it’s just an excuse. Don’t destroy your productivity. Click to enlarge. via JobCluster Read the full article: 10 Excuses That Unproductive People Come Up With |
| App Store Animated Savings: Disney, Adventure Time & Powerpuff Girls [iOS Sales] Posted: 15 Aug 2014 07:00 PM PDT  If you’re a die-hard animation nut or under the age of 11, you’ll definitely be drawn to this week’s iOS app sales as most of the savings involve animation, cartoon studios or a long-standing TV series. There’s a platformer from The Powerpuff Girls, a closer look at the works of Disney, two Cartoon Network franchises and a few rather involving board-games on offer too. Apps Disney Animated ($9.99, now $4.99) Voted Apple’s iPad App of the Year 2013, Disney Animated takes you on an intimate tour of your favourite Disney movies and characters. Occupying an impressive 2GB of space on your device, the app is packed with high... Read the full article: App Store Animated Savings: Disney, Adventure Time & Powerpuff Girls [iOS Sales] |
| How Bad Are Those Facebook Messenger Permissions Anyway? Posted: 15 Aug 2014 11:00 AM PDT  In the past few weeks, there’s been a lot of controversy surrounding Facebook’s Messenger app for Android and iOS, due in no small part to a Huffington Post article warning users that the app allows Facebook to access everything on their phones. The Messenger app has existed for years, but users were previously able to send messages through the regular Facebook app. Now, Facebook has killed this functionality and is migrating users to Messenger. The issue has become widespread, with all sorts of outlets offering their thoughts on the app. Some websites have claimed the app is awful and is... Read the full article: How Bad Are Those Facebook Messenger Permissions Anyway? |
| Posted: 15 Aug 2014 10:30 AM PDT  What happened when the Internet gets too big for the Internet? The 12th of August saw widespread disruption to Internet users worldwide, as multiple Internet routers fell victim to the a serious problem with how Internet traffic is managed, on a day which has became known as ’512K Day’. Affected users saw drastically increased ping times, with many websites failing to load altogether. The issue – which had been predicted for a long time – was due to the table used for managing how to reach certain IPv4 addresses exceeding their limit of 512,000 routes. This resulted in the older... Read the full article: What Happened On ’512K Day’? |
| Make Your Own Ambilight for $60 Posted: 15 Aug 2014 10:00 AM PDT  Ambient lighting that reacts to the image on your TV is easier and cheaper than you think – and it makes for a great upgrade to your home cinema experience. Originally developed for Philip’s TVs in 2002, the feature is still only available in a limited number of models – and as a result, a lot of people have tried to make their own Ambilight that didn’t involve buying a new TV. Until now, they’ve been relatively expensive or low resolution (just a few pixels on each edge) – I even made a single pixel version a few years ago. Now a... Read the full article: Make Your Own Ambilight for $60 |
| How To Create A Keyboard Shortcut For Any Mac Menu Item Posted: 15 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT  Is there no keyboard shortcut for something you do regularly? That's annoying, but here's the good news: on your Mac you can add one easily, without the need for extra software. There's not much you can do with your mouse that you can’t do faster with the right keyboard shortcut, but sometimes there simply isn't one. If there's a shortcut-less menu item you use every day, here's how you can assign it some keystrokes and get stuff done faster. Creating A Keyboard Shortcut I'll walk you through this simple process while creating a keyboard shortcut for that thing bloggers use... Read the full article: How To Create A Keyboard Shortcut For Any Mac Menu Item |
| Put A Brake On Speed Reading: 5 Tips To Be A More Engaged Online Reader Posted: 15 Aug 2014 08:00 AM PDT  The idea of speed reading has been around for decades, but there’s been an explosion of speed-reading apps lately that promise to get you reading up to 400, 600, even 1,000 words per minute. But is it worth it? Are you really doing yourself a favor by blasting through e-mails at top speed? Or blazing through a blog post in a few seconds? How Speed Reading Works While there are a few different speed-reading systems, most of them are built on the same principles. For example, one of the primary points that you’ll learn when speed reading is to not... Read the full article: Put A Brake On Speed Reading: 5 Tips To Be A More Engaged Online Reader |
| 5 Cool Things You Can Now Do With Windows Phone 8.1 Posted: 15 Aug 2014 07:00 AM PDT  Windows Phone 8.1 is upon us, and offers a whole new set of tools to help manage your digital and offline life. These ten tips and tricks will help you get the most out of Windows Phone, and bring the platform into line with Android and iOS. Some of these features were available in older versions of Windows Phone, but have been supercharged and enhanced under Windows Phone 8.1 (both the official update and the Developer Preview, which is easy to install while you wait for your phone to be updated). Others are brand new, and extremely welcome! Send Calls Straight... Read the full article: 5 Cool Things You Can Now Do With Windows Phone 8.1 |
| Remove DRM From iTunes Videos Quickly And Easily With M4VGear Posted: 15 Aug 2014 06:30 AM PDT  Sometimes you need a piece of software to do one simple thing, and you need it to do it well. That’s exactly what M4VGear does. It simply takes DRM videos downloaded from iTunes and makes them DRM-free. This applies to rentals and purchases, so if you are having a problem playing any DRM content for one reason or another, M4VGear can make it DRM free without any loss in quality. Note: You are personally responsible for removing DRM from video files. MakeUseOf does not condone piracy. Why Would You Remove The DRM? Quite simply, iTunes movies cannot be played everywhere. Even... Read the full article: Remove DRM From iTunes Videos Quickly And Easily With M4VGear |
| Love Exploring? These RPGs Are Made For You Posted: 15 Aug 2014 06:00 AM PDT  Role-playing games are expected to offer a good story, but there’s more to the genre that just tales of sword and sorcery. Many players love RPGs because their large, open worlds offer an unparalleled opportunity to explore a virtual landscape. Here’s ten games that can put you in the role of a virtual Lewis & Clark. Baldur’s Gate Franchise Baldur’s Gate and its sequel, Shadows of Amn, remain two of the most massive computer role-playing games ever released. While both rely on maps of limited size strung together via a fast-travel overworld, each individual map is large and often full... Read the full article: Love Exploring? These RPGs Are Made For You |
| 3 Online Contact Management Tips Even Introverts Should Try Posted: 15 Aug 2014 05:00 AM PDT  “Out of sight, out of mind.” Does that describe your social connections? I admit that it’s true of me. We live in a time when information flows so quickly, a time when our day-to-day lives are busier than ever, that it can be difficult to keep track of our contacts and maintain our relationships. And, unfortunately, we suffer for it. Socialization requires effort, there’s no way around that. However, these tips will provide ways for you to remember and maintain your lines of communication with friends, family, and colleagues. Don’t let poor contact management result in broken relationships. Use the Right... Read the full article: 3 Online Contact Management Tips Even Introverts Should Try |
| When Sharks Attack The Internet, Most People Want Net Neutrality, And More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 15 Aug 2014 04:30 AM PDT  Also, the great and good from the tech world douse themselves, YouTube looks better on your TV, IFTTT adds Giphy GIFs, Tom Hanks releases free typewriter app, and judging people by what they watch on Netflix. Sharks Are Attacking Undersea Cables Google has been forced to strengthen its undersea fiber-optic cables to protect them from sharks. The data cables running along the bottom of the Pacific Ocean are being covered with a Kevlar-like matting to prevent sharks from biting into them. If a shark damaged the glass fibers inside it could adversely affect Internet services around the world. This was... Read the full article: When Sharks Attack The Internet, Most People Want Net Neutrality, And More… [Tech News Digest] |
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