12 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• Cool Websites & Tools – Political Contributions, New Wikipedia Interface, & GDrive Access
• Little-Known Tips, Tricks and Facts About Google
• Use Free 7 Minute Workout Videos To Get Into Shape [Stuff to Watch]
• How to Kill Motivation Sucking Vampires & Finish What You Start
• 5 Ways the Metaverse Won’t Be Like You Think
• What Do You Do On A Sunday? 4 Tips To Plan & Balance Your Work Week
• Mini Metro: A Challenging Subway System Mind Teaser
• Facebook, Instagram & Vine Video Uploads Made Easy On Windows Phone 8.1
• 6 Smart Home Kickstarter Campaigns You Should Totally Back
• Lumsing Powerbank 10,400 mAh Portable Battery Pack Review and Giveaway
• Are Retina/Iris Scanners The Next Level Of Mobile Security?
• Twitter Tests Annoying Users, Hackers Target YouTube Videos, And More… [Tech News Digest]

Cool Websites & Tools – Political Contributions, New Wikipedia Interface, & GDrive Access Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:31 PM PDT Greenhouse – is a free browser extension for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox that exposes the role money plays in the US Congress. Displays on any webpage, detailed campaign contribution data for every Senator and Representative, including the total amount received and breakdown by industry and by size of donation. Using this, you can discover the real impact of money on the political system. Focus – do you hate it when you friends swipe left-right when you show them a photo? Focus is an Android gallery add-on that allows you select one or more photos from your favourite photo viewer and... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Political Contributions, New Wikipedia Interface, & GDrive Access

Little-Known Tips, Tricks and Facts About Google Posted: 18 Aug 2014 07:30 PM PDT Did you know that Google can show you the difference in nutritional value between two types of food? Did you also that Google has a built-in tip calculator? There are so many tricks to becoming a Google Search guru — some are simple enough that anyone can remember. What’s the most useful Google Search trick you know? via Techiesense Read the full article: Little-Known Tips, Tricks and Facts About Google

Use Free 7 Minute Workout Videos To Get Into Shape [Stuff to Watch] Posted: 18 Aug 2014 06:30 PM PDT In May 2013 a scientific paper emerged detailing twelve basic physical exercises that use only body weight, a chair and a wall. Published in the American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal, the routine meets the latest requirements for “high intensity effort” – physically depleting you in just seven minutes. The success of the scientific seven minute workout has led many to create their own variations, mobile applications and premium exercise plans – but there’s really no need. There are lots of YouTube videos that can show you exactly how your workouts should be going, and they won’t cost you a penny.... Read the full article: Use Free 7 Minute Workout Videos To Get Into Shape [Stuff to Watch]

How to Kill Motivation Sucking Vampires & Finish What You Start Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:00 AM PDT You know them well. The three vampires – Fear, Procrastination, and Apathy are waiting to ambush you at the next pass. Ready to puncture your personal growth. They have hit me quite frequently. And parts of me are lying in the graveyard of unfinished projects and unmet aspirations. There are two unbreakable rules for achieving anything. Quit thinking and just start. Finish it. We usually manage the first. The latter takes some doing. If you have the self-awareness that you failing to go the distance, pause for a second. Take in the solutions below. Give your own in the comments. And let’s... Read the full article: How to Kill Motivation Sucking Vampires & Finish What You Start

5 Ways the Metaverse Won’t Be Like You Think Posted: 18 Aug 2014 10:00 AM PDT The hideous thing lurches at you from the crypt, slicing frantically at your stomach.  You can almost feel the sword go through you.  You scream girlishly, spraying fire from your fingertips as the lich crumples like a dying moth.  You let yourself relax for a moment before noticing that the monster’s sword is still stuck in your groin.  You turn around.  The knight is laughing at you.  Even your girlfriend, the druid, is hiding a smile.  You pull it out with as much dignity as possible.  They aren’t really here, you remind yourself, and none of this is really happening. This isn’t real life: this is the Metaverse.... Read the full article: 5 Ways the Metaverse Won’t Be Like You Think

What Do You Do On A Sunday? 4 Tips To Plan & Balance Your Work Week Posted: 18 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT Sick of working so much that you don’t have time for anything else? More and more, it’s becoming tougher to keep a right balance between work and life. There are 168 hours in the week and if you scratch out the time necessary for sleep and labor, you’d be surprised at how much “other time” you actually have. So where does it all go? Unfortunately, when we’re overworked, time ends up slipping away from us even faster. Whether it’s because you’re oversleeping from exhaustion, procrastinating with filler entertainment, or simply lounging around from lack of energy, improper work management is... Read the full article: What Do You Do On A Sunday? 4 Tips To Plan & Balance Your Work Week

Mini Metro: A Challenging Subway System Mind Teaser Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:00 AM PDT We all love quick games that are still fun to play and challenging for the brain, right? If your answer was a flat out “Yes!” to that question, then Mini Metro is the perfect game to add to your “quickie” collection. Curious as to why it’s so awesome? Take a look and I’ll show you! About Mini Metro Mini Metro is a very simple yet challenging strategy game that can be played on Windows, Mac OS X, and even Linux. After a relatively quick download, you can adjust a few settings (primarily graphics quality and screen resolution), and you’ll be... Read the full article: Mini Metro: A Challenging Subway System Mind Teaser

Facebook, Instagram & Vine Video Uploads Made Easy On Windows Phone 8.1 Posted: 18 Aug 2014 07:00 AM PDT Windows Phone has finally come of age with the 8.1 update, which means among the improvements there is superior support for video uploading. We’ve looked at the topic of video uploading on Windows Phone previously (see below) and found that the options were sadly limited. I’m pleased to report that this is something that seems to have been resolved, certainly among the more popular, well-known apps and services, which means that if you have a video clip on your phone that you want to share, you can do so. Along with YouTube, it is now possible to upload videos on... Read the full article: Facebook, Instagram & Vine Video Uploads Made Easy On Windows Phone 8.1

6 Smart Home Kickstarter Campaigns You Should Totally Back Posted: 18 Aug 2014 06:30 AM PDT Kickstarter is a place for smart people to post and pledge to awesome projects. Smart people have smart homes! Advancements in technology aren’t limited to your phone or car, but also your home. If you haven’t already, you should explore the smart home products that are on the rise — they offer so many new and interesting functionalities to home appliances that you probably didn’t expect. Here’s a list of six of the coolest currently-running projects on Kickstarter that will help you improve life around the house. Blink: Wire-Free HD Home Monitoring & Alert System Home security is more than... Read the full article: 6 Smart Home Kickstarter Campaigns You Should Totally Back

Lumsing Powerbank 10,400 mAh Portable Battery Pack Review and Giveaway Posted: 18 Aug 2014 05:30 AM PDT So many devices, so little power. The Lumsing 10,400mAh battery pack is a portable backup for when times are demanding. Currently on sale for around $24.99 from Amazon (RRP $49.99), the 4.5+ star average rating is entirely justified. It comes in black, white, or even champagne gold color. We’ve also reviewed the Kinkoo Infinite One, which offered just 8000mAh for twice the price. Design The Lumsing battery pack with its self-titled Harmonica design wins little praise for its looks: the glossy black plastic looks and feels cheap, whilst the fake brushed aluminium (more coloured plastic) across the front only further defines... Read the full article: Lumsing Powerbank 10,400 mAh Portable Battery Pack Review and Giveaway

Are Retina/Iris Scanners The Next Level Of Mobile Security? Posted: 18 Aug 2014 05:00 AM PDT Rumors are swirling that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 could have a retina or iris scanner built-in, allowing the user to unlock the phone just by looking at it. This sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but as we’ve learned with the fingerprint scanner implementation in the iPhone 5S and Galaxy S5, these kinds of personalized locking mechanisms aren’t always perfect. So how is eye-scanning technology used right now, and when can we realistically expect it to be implemented in mobile devices? When it does arrive, will it be as secure and reliable as we need it... Read the full article: Are Retina/Iris Scanners The Next Level Of Mobile Security?

Twitter Tests Annoying Users, Hackers Target YouTube Videos, And More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 18 Aug 2014 04:30 AM PDT Also, Windows 9 edges closer, Bill Gates gets wet, P.T. is a scarefest, making GIFS on YouTube, and GoPro cat is epic. Twitter Begins Annoying Everybody Why does my twitter timeline randomly show me what people have favourited and who they follow? I don’t give a shit — rosie (@rosieminney) August 17, 2014 Twitter is currently annoying its users by experimenting with features inserting extraneous and unwanted crap into timelines. Selected Twitter users are seeing tweets favorited by other people show up in their timelines, and getting notifications when people they follow start following someone new. This is likely just... Read the full article: Twitter Tests Annoying Users, Hackers Target YouTube Videos, And More… [Tech News Digest]

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