14 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• Cool Websites & Tools – Email Collaboration, Learn The Piano, & Pixel Stickers
• How Much Traffic Do The Internet’s Biggest Websites Get Each Day?
• MakeUseOf Readers Would Shoot Drones Out Of The Sky [We Ask You Results]
• 9 Career-Boosting Ways To Use Facebook While You’re Studying [Weekly Facebook Tips]
• How To Really Speed Up Your Computer – Common Myths & What To Do Instead
• 5 Powerful Alternatives To The Windows Task Manager
• Avoid A Gruesome Fate: The Evil Within Review
• Don’t Have Hours to Play Risk or Civilization? Try Rapture
• 28 Geeky Jack-o-Lanterns You Can Carve This Halloween
• 11 Tips For Using Team Viewer – The Best Free Remote Desktop Connection Manager
• Do Siri, Cortana & Google Now Need Too Much Personal Data?
• How To Customize Windows 8 Desktop With Wallpapers, Windows Themes & More
• New Battery Technology Recharges in Two Minutes, Lasts Twenty Years
• The iPad Is Dying, The Modular Smartwatch Arrives, And More… [Tech News Digest]

Cool Websites & Tools – Email Collaboration, Learn The Piano, & Pixel Stickers Posted: 21 Oct 2014 09:31 PM PDT Planleaf – promotes the idea of collaboration via email. How it works is very simple. Compose an email with anyone you want to assign or share tasks with. Then add tasks@planleaf.com to the cc field. Finally, start each task with a dash (example “- Email John”). You will then get your tasklist in an email, with it all copied to the other recipients. Flowkey – is an easy way to learn the piano. Flowkey is the first learning program that uses your microphone to monitor how you play and adjust to your playing tempo. This enables you to learn easier... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Email Collaboration, Learn The Piano, & Pixel Stickers

How Much Traffic Do The Internet’s Biggest Websites Get Each Day? Posted: 21 Oct 2014 07:30 PM PDT You’ve probably heard of every website on this list, and you probably know that each of them are massive, but have you ever wondered just how much traffic each site actually gets? This infographic will break down how much traffic sites like Google, Buzzfeed, and others actually see on a daily basis. The numbers are truly staggering. Via GrowTraffic Click To Enlarge Read the full article: How Much Traffic Do The Internet’s Biggest Websites Get Each Day?

MakeUseOf Readers Would Shoot Drones Out Of The Sky [We Ask You Results] Posted: 21 Oct 2014 06:30 PM PDT Drones are set to become a much more common sight in the skies over the next few years. However, if the average MakeUseOf reader has anything to do with it, these drones won’t remain in the air for long, especially if they encroach on someone’s airspace. It turns out most MakeUseOf readers are geeks with a penchant for guns and a distaste for drones. Which comes as something of a surprise, if we’re being honest. Droves Of Downed Drones We asked you, A Drone Hovers Over Your Property: What Would You Do? A good number of you responded to the... Read the full article: MakeUseOf Readers Would Shoot Drones Out Of The Sky [We Ask You Results]

9 Career-Boosting Ways To Use Facebook While You’re Studying [Weekly Facebook Tips] Posted: 21 Oct 2014 03:30 PM PDT Studying costs a lot, both in time and money. You study hard in order to get a great job, so why is it most people forget to prepare themselves for work while they’re still on campus? Many of us realize after we stop studying that it was the best possible venue for networking in their field. Then it’s too late to go back and do it right. Now, Facebook is currently one of the best networking tools around. If you mix Facebook, studying and networking effectively from the very beginning, you’ll have a big headstart on your peers. If you’ve... Read the full article: 9 Career-Boosting Ways To Use Facebook While You’re Studying [Weekly Facebook Tips]

How To Really Speed Up Your Computer – Common Myths & What To Do Instead Posted: 21 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT You might have noticed that your computer has never been as fast as it was when you first got it. But do you know why our devices slow down over time? Many of us have a number of misconceptions about sluggish PCs, so let’s crack these open and find out how to actually speed things up. There are myths about slow computers that still get rehashed to this day: keeping too many files slows your machine down; you need to buy as much RAM as possible; viruses are designed to make everything run sluggish. In actuality, these statements aren’t true. Although... Read the full article: How To Really Speed Up Your Computer – Common Myths & What To Do Instead

5 Powerful Alternatives To The Windows Task Manager Posted: 21 Oct 2014 10:00 AM PDT The native Windows Task Manager isn’t all too impressive. For most of us, it may as well be called a task killer since we only bring it up to kill unresponsive processes. What if you could beef up the manager with loads of nifty features, allowing you to actually manage your processes? That’s what these alternative Task Managers do. They’re advanced, powerful, and once you’ve tasted of their usefulness, you’ll never look back. Best of all, they’re all free! Process Explorer Advanced features in a well organized interface. As far as alternatives to Windows Task Manager are concerned, Process Explorer... Read the full article: 5 Powerful Alternatives To The Windows Task Manager

Avoid A Gruesome Fate: The Evil Within Review Posted: 21 Oct 2014 09:30 AM PDT The Evil Within has been advertised as the return of the beloved eerie titles of the 2000s, much to the delight of horror fans. Director Shinji Mikami, the creator of Resident Evil, wanted to return the survival horror genre to its frightening roots instead of it being all about action this time around. Read on to see if The Evil Within lives up to this audacious claim. [CONTENT WARNING: The Evil Within is rated Mature and contains pervasive gruesome violence. This review contains clips of gameplay and therefore reader discretion is strongly advised. The Story You control Sebastian Castellanos, a... Read the full article: Avoid A Gruesome Fate: The Evil Within Review

Don’t Have Hours to Play Risk or Civilization? Try Rapture Posted: 21 Oct 2014 09:00 AM PDT World domination games are fun, but they are also known for taking a long time — Risk, the Civilization series, and a lot of popular 4X games can take hours, days or weeks to play. If you’re looking for a world-domination experience that you can play in line at the store or waiting for the bus, Rapture (iOS, $2.99) has you covered. The Five Minute War Most games in which you’re trying to take over the world are long-view, high-strategy type games, but Rapture is a bit different. You start controlling one territory on a randomly generated world in 750 BC and your... Read the full article: Don’t Have Hours to Play Risk or Civilization? Try Rapture

28 Geeky Jack-o-Lanterns You Can Carve This Halloween Posted: 21 Oct 2014 08:30 AM PDT The season of spooks has snuck up on us, but there’s still time to carve out your pumpkins if you haven’t done so already. Last year we brought you 14 awesome jack-o-lantern ideas to help you express your geeky side. Well, this year we’ve got 28 more ideas for you to explore. If you’ve never put knife to pumpkin before, why not give it a try this year? It’s a ton of fun and easier than you think. Just make sure you keep safety in mind and you’ll be all right. How To Carve A Jack-o-Lantern The carving process can... Read the full article: 28 Geeky Jack-o-Lanterns You Can Carve This Halloween

11 Tips For Using Team Viewer – The Best Free Remote Desktop Connection Manager Posted: 21 Oct 2014 08:00 AM PDT Once upon a time, LogMeIn was the go-to remote desktop service. But TeamViewer has always been the superior alternative, even more so since LogMeIn ended their freemium model. If you’re new to TeamViewer, it is an excellent, feature-rich, and free program (for private use) with an intuitive interface. Granted, they do have premium features you can upgrade to, but as we explore the ins and outs of TeamViewer, you’ll discover the “basic” free program has all you need in a remote desktop client. TeamViewer Is Cross Platform It’s very rare that one program works for everything across the board, but TeamViewer does just that – Mac, Linux, PC,... Read the full article: 11 Tips For Using Team Viewer – The Best Free Remote Desktop Connection Manager

Do Siri, Cortana & Google Now Need Too Much Personal Data? Posted: 21 Oct 2014 07:00 AM PDT Voice assistants on phones are handy things, really getting to know you – but just how much data are we volunteering in the name of convenience? Siri, Cortana and Google Now are all easily tailored to your needs; more than that, they’re tailored to your desires: your want of news, locations, reminders… But how much is too much? Where do we draw the line? Are We Just Statistics? “We are just statistics, born to consume resources.” - Horace, Roman Poet. We are all chalked up into demographics, raw data – figures about what we eat and drink, how we’re entertained, where... Read the full article: Do Siri, Cortana & Google Now Need Too Much Personal Data?

How To Customize Windows 8 Desktop With Wallpapers, Windows Themes & More Posted: 21 Oct 2014 06:00 AM PDT Windows 8 came with a new look and it might not appeal to you. It’s easy to customize Windows 8 to better suit your needs and tastes — whether you’re looking for some added functionality or you just want it to look your own. We have previously shown you how to make Windows 8 look sexier. Today, we’ll focus on giving the desktop a fresh look. Set Up A Rolling Wallpaper Folder A change of wallpaper is a simple way to customize your desktop. And if you take a little more time to set things up, you can build and maintain a catalogue of images that will rotate... Read the full article: How To Customize Windows 8 Desktop With Wallpapers, Windows Themes & More

New Battery Technology Recharges in Two Minutes, Lasts Twenty Years Posted: 21 Oct 2014 05:00 AM PDT There’s a new battery technology on the horizon, and there’s a good chance it’s going to change the way you use your devices — soon.  By replacing the graphite anode in lithium-ion batteries with titanium dioxide nanotubes, researchers at Nanyang Technical University of Singapore have been able to dramatically improve the charge time and durability of lithium-ion battery cells. Why is this important?  Because, right now, all of us, in one way or another, find ourselves planning our lives around the limitations of modern battery technologies. Consumers don’t buy electric cars, because batteries aren’t good enough (despite the vehicles themselves... Read the full article: New Battery Technology Recharges in Two Minutes, Lasts Twenty Years

The iPad Is Dying, The Modular Smartwatch Arrives, And More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 21 Oct 2014 04:30 AM PDT Also, Yosemite is spying on you, Spotify Family plans, jail time for 3D-printed guns, and the wettest selfie of all time. Apple iPads Are On The Decline iPad sales explained: you can go a week without your laptop you can go a day without your smartphone you can go forever without your iPad — Brian S Hall (@brianshall) October 15, 2014 Apple has released its financial results for Q4 2014 (July to September). While most of the numbers are positive, one big negative stands out: iPad sales are on the slide. Sales of the iPod are also down, but that... Read the full article: The iPad Is Dying, The Modular Smartwatch Arrives, And More… [Tech News Digest]

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