Monday, September 15, 2014

6 New Articles on MakeUseOf

Cool Websites & Tools – Extreme Sports, Fitness Resources, & Air Pollution Map
The Life Of Steve Jobs, Apple’s Founder
Exploring International Music East To West [Sound Sunday]
Yes: That U2 Album Means Apple Can Send Data To Your iPhone
Pushbullet Puts Your Android And PC On The Same Wavelength
Will You Be Buying The Apple Watch? [MakeUseOf Poll]

Cool Websites & Tools – Extreme Sports, Fitness Resources, & Air Pollution Map

Posted: 14 Sep 2014 09:31 PM PDT

(SPONSORED) – SiteWorthTraffic – is a free service designed to estimate value, daily pageviews, daily visitors and daily revenue of a website. Quickly calculate the website worth and worldwide ranking of any website. View detailed website traffic statistics, including Alexa statistics, last shared links on Facebook, and much more. Channelkit – is a tool that lets you save and organize links from the web: sites, articles, videos, quotes and lots more. You group these into channels and add notes and tags to make them easy to find and share. Every link you add is displayed in form of a card....

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The Life Of Steve Jobs, Apple’s Founder

Posted: 14 Sep 2014 07:30 PM PDT

The Apple Watch is the first breakthrough product from the company since the passing of its founder, Steve Jobs. Many questioned if his legacy would continue to live on, because history proved otherwise when he was booted from Apple in 1984. This infograph by Funders and Founders depicts the life of one of the world’s greatest speakers. Click to enlarge.

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Exploring International Music East To West [Sound Sunday]

Posted: 14 Sep 2014 06:30 PM PDT

Sound Sunday offers legal & free music downloads from around the world. In this world music edition, we take a different approach to music. Instead of focusing on a musical genre or function, we look at its origin. Let me take you on an auditory journey from East to West. Can’t be bothered to listen to each album separately? Scroll down to the playlist, which features one song from each artist featured in this edition. Japan Our journey starts in Japan, the mysterious melting pot of Western and Asian culture. Genre: instrumental, beats, hip hop Remixed EP by Zessho x Kerberos...

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Yes: That U2 Album Means Apple Can Send Data To Your iPhone

Posted: 14 Sep 2014 10:30 AM PDT

U2 is one of the world’s biggest rock groups, and their latest album just ended up on your iPhone or iPad for free. Great deal, right? Not for everyone. Remarkable as it may seem, the people who bought the 130 million U2 albums and the owners of the currently active 300 million iPhones don’t necessarily converge. Tribalism still rules in the music industry, and a lot of people don’t seem particularly happy that the Irish group’s latest album “Songs of Innocence” was rolled out to devices around the world with no active participation in the click-and-download process. Just what is...

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Pushbullet Puts Your Android And PC On The Same Wavelength

Posted: 14 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT

Smartphones and computers are awesome tools that can help you get a lot of work done. As technology grows even more powerful, the lines between them are being blurred, and you can use a phone to perform tasks that used to be possible only on your desktop, such as editing images and using an office suite. However, as advanced as mobile devices are, going back and forth between a phone and PC can be jarring, especially when you’re trying to share files between them (how many times have you emailed a file to yourself?) or text when you’re at your desk....

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Will You Be Buying The Apple Watch? [MakeUseOf Poll]

Posted: 14 Sep 2014 05:30 AM PDT

The years of rumors, speculation, and supposed leaks are at an end. Apple has revealed its first foray into the smartwatch market, with the Apple Watch set to be released in early 2015. The only question that remains to be answered is, will you be buying one? Collating Camera Choices To answer this week's question please scroll down the page until you see the poll staring back at you. But first, we need to look at the results from last week, when we asked, "What Type Of Camera Do You Use To Take Photos?" Out of a total of 317...

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