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- Cool Websites & Tools – Spin The Alarm, Compare Chromebooks, & Make Simple Graphs
- How Do Some Of The Most Famous Writers Get Work Done?
- What’s The Biggest Tech Disappointment You Have Ever Experienced? [We Ask You]
- Is It Illegal To Play World of Warcraft On A Private Server?
- Why Games May Become the Education of the Future
- Hated Brawl? Super Smash Bros. For 3DS Is For You
- 4 Cyber Security Myths That Must Die
- Browse Privately & Bypass Georestrictions With AnonymoX Firefox
- 7 Best Educational Apps For Android To Learn Something New
- Google+ Is Here To Stay, Twitter Sues The Government, And More… [Tech News Digest]
| Cool Websites & Tools – Spin The Alarm, Compare Chromebooks, & Make Simple Graphs Posted: 08 Oct 2014 09:31 PM PDT  SpinMe Alarm Clock – Do you suck at waking up? If so, say hello to your new alarm clock. SpinMe Alarm Clock is a super clever app designed to get you out of bed on time. The only way to turn off the alarm is by getting out of bed and physically spinning yourself around until the alarm stops! There is no escape! Chromebook Comparison Chart – Chromebooks are increasing in popularity, but unless you are an expert in hardware, how do you know which one is the best one to buy? This Chromebook Comparison Chart has been designed to... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Spin The Alarm, Compare Chromebooks, & Make Simple Graphs |
| How Do Some Of The Most Famous Writers Get Work Done? Posted: 08 Oct 2014 07:30 PM PDT  Chances are high that you’ve read the work of some of these famous writers, but have you ever wondered what tools they are using to get the job done? Turns out, some of them are quite different from what you’d think. Sure, a computer is an integral part of the writing process for most of us (in fact, I am writing this post on a PC as we speak), but for many writers, a typewriter, pen and paper, or other tools are still an important part of their toolbox. The image below shows you just how some of the famous works we’ve all... Read the full article: How Do Some Of The Most Famous Writers Get Work Done? |
| What’s The Biggest Tech Disappointment You Have Ever Experienced? [We Ask You] Posted: 08 Oct 2014 06:30 PM PDT  Over the course of a typical year, there are thousands of exciting gadgets released, operating systems updated, and innovations announced. We geeks get a little overexcited at times, and joyfully lap up these things faster than a cat drinking cream. However, not all technological advances turn out to be as good as we had hoped, or, more likely, had been led to believe by overzealous PR people. These quickly become tech disappointments, shattering our hopes for what could have been. For this week’s We Ask You, we’re looking to compile a list of the biggest tech disappointments of all time,... Read the full article: What’s The Biggest Tech Disappointment You Have Ever Experienced? [We Ask You] |
| Is It Illegal To Play World of Warcraft On A Private Server? Posted: 08 Oct 2014 10:00 AM PDT  World of Warcraft is on the decline and Blizzard no longer expects to see growth. There are many reasons why former players have quit, but the most dominant reason is that the game is no longer the same. They miss the old days, which is why so many players are flocking to private servers. Maybe you’ve considered the private server route but you’re wary of the potential consequences. What should you expect? Are they legal? Is it okay if you play on them? Let’s take a look at all of that. Disclaimer: None of the information in this article should... Read the full article: Is It Illegal To Play World of Warcraft On A Private Server? |
| Why Games May Become the Education of the Future Posted: 08 Oct 2014 09:00 AM PDT  Parents and teachers are often wary of letting kids spend time playing video games, and would rather they spend time playing outside or reading. But a number of game developers are introducing exciting mods of popular games like Minecraft and SimCity into the classroom and re-imagining how video games can support traditional educational objectives, like learning about ecology, math, and physics. Why Video Games? It may seem obvious to some, but there are plenty of people out there who are wondering why we would even consider video games as a learning tool in the first place. According to an article by Kurt Squire and Dennis Ramirez... Read the full article: Why Games May Become the Education of the Future |
| Hated Brawl? Super Smash Bros. For 3DS Is For You Posted: 08 Oct 2014 08:30 AM PDT  Super Smash Bros. is one of Nintendo’s most-loved franchises. It’s had an interesting history despite only having four games released since its induction in 1999. Melee, the GameCube’s Smash title, was extremely well-received and is still played competitively to this day. However, its successor, Smash Bros. Brawl, departed greatly from Melee’s mechanics and is disliked by many Smash purists. If you gave up hope for Super Smash Bros. after Brawl, you’re going to be pleasantly surprised with the newest iteration in the series, Smash Bros. for 3DS. It’s not perfect, but it has lots of features that will help you... Read the full article: Hated Brawl? Super Smash Bros. For 3DS Is For You |
| 4 Cyber Security Myths That Must Die Posted: 08 Oct 2014 07:00 AM PDT  Everyone thinks they understand cyber security but most are misinformed in one way or another. Entire books could be written on all of the security myths that continue circulating even after they’ve been debunked. You might be spreading misinformation and not even know it. Cyber security is always shifting and never constant, so some of these myths may have roots in past truths. It’s also possible that these myths may one day become truths in the future. But for now, they are myths that must be dispelled. Let’s get our facts straight. Myth: Windows Is Inherently Insecure “Don’t use Windows... Read the full article: 4 Cyber Security Myths That Must Die |
| Browse Privately & Bypass Georestrictions With AnonymoX Firefox Posted: 08 Oct 2014 06:00 AM PDT  There are plenty of proxy servers out there (and you can even create your own), but few come with the ideological goals of anonymoX. The browser add-on’s website states that it’s “an initiative for anonymization on the Internet” that aims “to restore the user’s right of anonymity in the web.” Lofty goals are great, but how does anonymoX hold up when you’re actually using it? A Quick Introduction to Proxy Servers When you access the Internet, any site that you go to is given your IP address, which tells it where you’re browsing from. While it may be difficult for... Read the full article: Browse Privately & Bypass Georestrictions With AnonymoX Firefox |
| 7 Best Educational Apps For Android To Learn Something New Posted: 08 Oct 2014 05:00 AM PDT  Itching to learn something new but don’t have enough in your budget to pay for classes? No problem! As long as you aren’t aiming to study a topic that’s incredibly niche and specialized, you can use one of the following apps to earn yourself up to a college-level education without paying a cent. Of course, proper instruction from a qualified teacher would be better than simply learning from an app, so it should be made clear that these apps are only recommended as supplements or when a formal education is not an option for whatever reasons. Coursera Coursera has proven itself... Read the full article: 7 Best Educational Apps For Android To Learn Something New |
| Google+ Is Here To Stay, Twitter Sues The Government, And More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 08 Oct 2014 04:30 AM PDT  Also, free GitHub tools, Project Spark games, Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies, and every Game Boy start screen. Google+ Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon Everything is fine. Relax. We are good. Why? Because Google+ is here to stay. So says the new head of social at Google, David Besbris, in an interview with Re/code. Besbris recently took over the running of Google+ from Vic Gundotra, the man who built the search giant’s social network before leaving the company in April. In a long and wide-ranging conversation, Besbris said, “We’re actually very happy with the progress of Google+ … The company is behind... Read the full article: Google+ Is Here To Stay, Twitter Sues The Government, And More… [Tech News Digest] |
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