15 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• Cool Websites & Tools – Visualize Twitter, Sticky Notes, & Rumor Tracker
• Little-Known Punctuation Marks That Need To Make A Comeback
• How Apple Is Monetizing Privacy With iOS 8
• 5 Tips To Read More Books Every Year
• MakeUseOf’s Technophilia Podcast Episode 133 – Ello, Ello, Ay Ay
• FBI Ransomware Hits Android: How To Avoid Getting It, And Remove It
• Memorize Anything Using Active Recall Memory
• Why You Should Consider Switching To Windows Phone [Opinion]
• 4 Annoying Browser Toolbars & How To Get Rid Of Them
• Shipping Smartly: 5 Frugal Tips To Save Money When Shopping Online
• How To Download Windows 10, Facebook Apologizes To Drag Queens, And More… [Tech News Digest]
• Cool Websites & Tools – Customize YouTube Videos, Global Events, & Tell People About Trash
• Find Your Favorite Character In This Image Of 13k SNES Sprites
• What Is The First Website You Check Each Morning? [We Ask You]
• How To Install The MATE Desktop On Your Linux System

Cool Websites & Tools – Visualize Twitter, Sticky Notes, & Rumor Tracker Posted: 02 Oct 2014 09:31 PM PDT Twitter Conversation Visualisation – Conversations on Twitter have lives of their own; one tweet can elicit many replies, each of which may itself have many replies. Tracing the structure of these conversations in a tree-like visualisation is useful for understanding the structure of these conversations. The visualization is implemented as a bookmarklet for Google Chrome. InlineManual – Imagine you were sitting next to your customer and showing them how to work with the application you have just built. Inline Manual does that for you. Inline Manual presents a new layer on top of your application that allows your customers work... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Visualize Twitter, Sticky Notes, & Rumor Tracker

Little-Known Punctuation Marks That Need To Make A Comeback Posted: 02 Oct 2014 07:30 PM PDT You know the question mark, exclamation point, and period, but have you heard of the love point? How about the acclamation point? If you haven’t, the infographic below will introduce you to each one, and they’ll even tell you how to enter them on your computer. You just might learn a new way to express yourself, even if no one else will understand what you are trying to say. Via Mental Floss Click To Enlarge Read the full article: Little-Known Punctuation Marks That Need To Make A Comeback

How Apple Is Monetizing Privacy With iOS 8 Posted: 02 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT Security has finally become a serious issue for smartphone owners. The high-profile leaks of undressed celebrity iPhone owners, combined with a constant stream of warnings about Android bugs and malware, has left many people feeling  uncertain. Even governments cannot be trusted to respect their citizen’s privacy. Apple’s Tim Cook has turned this into a selling point, with his pledge that “We’re not like all the others” when it comes to security. The message is clear; buy an iPhone if you want privacy. Here’s how iOS 8 fulfills – or fails – that promise. The Perfect Passcode? Tim Cook announced at the last Apple... Read the full article: How Apple Is Monetizing Privacy With iOS 8

5 Tips To Read More Books Every Year Posted: 02 Oct 2014 10:00 AM PDT Reading lists are scarier than to-do lists, don’t you think? There are just so many amazing books out there and several more are being written/published this very instant. You know that you can never get through all of them. But to never have finished at least some? That’s a regret waiting to be felt, one that you can forestall by reading more and reading smart with the following tips. Get Your List Right Each of us has different reasons for picking up a book. We read for pleasure, gathering information, finding answers, passing time, knowing ourselves, understanding life, and more. Often, it’s all... Read the full article: 5 Tips To Read More Books Every Year

MakeUseOf’s Technophilia Podcast Episode 133 – Ello, Ello, Ay Ay Posted: 02 Oct 2014 09:30 AM PDT It’s Thursday, and that means a new episode of the Technophilia Podcast is here. The show in beautiful HD, as always, so get ready to check out some sweet video to go along with some serious tech and gaming chatter. We’d love to hear your feedback on the show in the comments section! If you want to make sure you never miss an episode, subscribe to MakeUseOf’s YouTube channel, and subscribe to the video feed for the Technophilia Podcast. If you prefer audio podcasts, head on over MakeUseOf.tv, subscribe to Technophilia on iTunes, or just add the RSS feed to your favorite podcast client to listen however you want.... Read the full article: MakeUseOf’s Technophilia Podcast Episode 133 – Ello, Ello, Ay Ay

FBI Ransomware Hits Android: How To Avoid Getting It, And Remove It Posted: 02 Oct 2014 09:00 AM PDT One of the most intimidating malware threats, FBI Ransomware, has hit Android – pretending to be the FBI while leaving users who install seemingly innocuous apps feeling pressured into paying $300 to release their data. Fortunately, the malware is straightforward to remove, and if your phone is correctly secured you shouldn’t even be able to install it. A Reminder About Ransomware Ransomware has been in the news repeatedly over the past few years. This is the insidious malware that will lock your data or device (smartphone or PC) and displays a screen-wide message that demands money from you to release... Read the full article: FBI Ransomware Hits Android: How To Avoid Getting It, And Remove It

Memorize Anything Using Active Recall Memory Posted: 02 Oct 2014 08:00 AM PDT Your memory sucks, but it’s nothing you can’t improve. Whether you’re trying to learn a language, geography or even basic programming skills, active recall learning lets you commit details to memory – and a free app called Anki can help. What’s active recall learning? Essentially, it’s continually exposing yourself to a question, quickly followed by the answer, until you’ve committed the answer to memory by habit. This isn’t some new technology – humans have done this using flash cards since the 1800’s. The trick is to access how difficult answering was for you, and to repeat the cards that you... Read the full article: Memorize Anything Using Active Recall Memory

Why You Should Consider Switching To Windows Phone [Opinion] Posted: 02 Oct 2014 07:00 AM PDT Windows Phone has endured mixed fortunes to date. It hasn’t been the runaway success Microsoft obviously hoped it would be, but it also hasn’t disappeared without a trace. In fact, in several countries around the world Windows Phone is the second most popular mobile operating system, with market shares well into double figures. Still, it feels like Windows Phone has reached an important fork in the road. One road leads to an increased market share and Microsoft competing with Apple and Google for dominance, while the other leads to a shrinking market share and Microsoft being forced to abandon the... Read the full article: Why You Should Consider Switching To Windows Phone [Opinion]

4 Annoying Browser Toolbars & How To Get Rid Of Them Posted: 02 Oct 2014 06:00 AM PDT Has your browser ever looked like this? Hopefully it’s never been this bad, but you still may have picked up a toolbar or two in your travels. Toolbars have been synonymous with junk for a long time, and with good reason. Modern browsers like Google Chrome have tons of features that make them unnecessary; the ability to search the Web, check weather, and see Facebook notifications can all be done with the vanilla browser or by using extensions. At best, these bars take up space and are useless (like the Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer) and at worst, they slow... Read the full article: 4 Annoying Browser Toolbars & How To Get Rid Of Them

Shipping Smartly: 5 Frugal Tips To Save Money When Shopping Online Posted: 02 Oct 2014 05:00 AM PDT How many times has this happened to you: you’re shopping online, with a budget, and find the perfect item just within that budget, only to notice the shipping is just way too much? Don’t let shipping fees weigh you down. Here’s how to cut those fees down to size. Note: Online shopping is extremely convenient but it can lead to impulsive shopping. Be careful of being sucked into the endless vortex of one-click purchases and spur-of-the-moment transactions! Maximize Your Amazon Shopping Despite the handful of alternatives to Amazon, the fact remains that Amazon is the largest online retailer in the... Read the full article: Shipping Smartly: 5 Frugal Tips To Save Money When Shopping Online

How To Download Windows 10, Facebook Apologizes To Drag Queens, And More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 02 Oct 2014 04:30 AM PDT Also, Pokémon on iOS, MSN gets rebooted, the self-destructing SSDs, Twilight films on Facebook, and an iDevice love story. How To Download Windows 10 Now Windows 10 is now available to download, with Microsoft inviting people to join the Windows Insider Program and help test the new operating system. If you’re technically proficient with a PC then head to preview.windows.com to get started. However, as this is only the Windows 10 Technical Preview, a very early version of the OS, you should bear a few things in mind before signing up. The Windows 10 Technical Preview is likely to be... Read the full article: How To Download Windows 10, Facebook Apologizes To Drag Queens, And More… [Tech News Digest]

Cool Websites & Tools – Customize YouTube Videos, Global Events, & Tell People About Trash Posted: 01 Oct 2014 09:31 PM PDT reEmbed – With one line of code, you can customize embedded YouTube videos. Every YouTube video that is embedded in your site will automatically be replaced with your new player. Create your own video player using the reEmbed wizard. Choose a style, and add your logo. Easily change the colours and style of your player to match your site’s look and feel. Fairshare – Do the house work you think is fair and focus on the things you enjoy. Eat together like a family. Encourage each other for jobs well done. Live together as a household. Fairshare's House Feed keeps... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Customize YouTube Videos, Global Events, & Tell People About Trash

Find Your Favorite Character In This Image Of 13k SNES Sprites Posted: 01 Oct 2014 07:30 PM PDT Back in the Super Nintendo days, characters were made with 2D sprites. Those days are mostly behind us, with most games now opting for 3D polygons, though there are some games that elect to go with an old school art style still. The games back then had a certain visual charm to them, and no where is that captured better than in this image featuring over 13,000 SNES characters in sprite form. It’s like a Wear’s Waldo of some of the world’s most beloved characters. Can you spot your favorite? Hit the comments section below and let us know which character... Read the full article: Find Your Favorite Character In This Image Of 13k SNES Sprites

What Is The First Website You Check Each Morning? [We Ask You] Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:30 PM PDT With the majority of people reading this likely to own a smartphone or tablet, the chances are you’ll be online and browsing the Web before you even get out of bed every day. But what, we wonder, is the first website you check each morning? Browsing Before Brushing We want to know, What Is The First Website You Check Each Morning? Perhaps you are one of those people who is on their smartphone or tablet before you unwillingly climb out of bed. Or perhaps you are more likely to complete your morning ritual before sitting down at your computer with... Read the full article: What Is The First Website You Check Each Morning? [We Ask You]

How To Install The MATE Desktop On Your Linux System Posted: 01 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT Compared to just a few years ago, the desktop environment landscape for Linux has changed significantly. If you don’t like change, or you have other reasons for liking the old Gnome 2 desktop, the MATE desktop might be the right choice for you. But comparatively speaking it’s not a very popular choice just yet, so it might not be very obvious as to how to get it. If you’re interested in using the MATE desktop, here are several ways to get it, including on your favorite distributions. Distributions with MATE If you’re looking to do a fresh installation of a... Read the full article: How To Install The MATE Desktop On Your Linux System

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