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• Cool Websites & Tools – Give To Charities, Weather In Your Browser, & Grade Quizzes With Your iPhone
• Fascinating Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About The Walking Dead
• What Is Your Favorite Geek Movie? [We Ask You]
• 6 Sane Online Resources For The Latest On Ebola And Other Outbreaks
• Publish Your Book With Amazon’s Crowdsourced Kindle Scout Program
• 3 Examples of Amazing Science Fiction Tech That Became Reality
• Why Taxing The Internet Is Stupid
• 10 Useful OS X Yosemite Features You Might Have Missed
• 10 Spreadsheet Templates To Organize Your Home
• Top 5 Android Games To Entertain Toddlers & Young Children
• Mad Catz Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2 Review And Giveaway
• How To Install & Uninstall Windows Programs In Bulk
• Teach Yourself To Master Photography and Photoshop CC For $29.99, Ends Soon
• 5 Advanced Tips For Fans Of Goodreads
• Nobody Trusts Google, AT&T Misled Customers, Twitch Dress Code [Tech News Digest]

Cool Websites & Tools – Give To Charities, Weather In Your Browser, & Grade Quizzes With Your iPhone Posted: 29 Oct 2014 09:31 PM PDT SnapDonate – enables you to quickly give money to your favourite charities on the go. Simply point the app at a charity logo and it’ll automatically recognise it. Even offline. Donations are all securely handled by JustGiving, the world's top fundraising platform. SnapDonate takes no fee, stores no personal data, and shows no ads. Pure and simple. Picoweather – is a simple Firefox or Chrome app, powered by Yahoo Weather, which does one thing and one thing only. It shows you the current temperature from your location in the Picoweather tab, along with a logo showing rain, cloud, sun, etc.... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Give To Charities, Weather In Your Browser, & Grade Quizzes With Your iPhone

Fascinating Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About The Walking Dead Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:30 PM PDT In the spirit of Halloween (and the show being a few episodes into its latest season), let’s take a look at some of the numbers in The Walking Dead. The image below shows some interesting statistics such as how many walkers have met their demise at the hands of each cast member, how often people called zombies by different names (such as the fact that no one actually calls them zombies), and much more. If you’re a fan of the show, you need to know these facts and figures. Via Paste Magazine Click To Enlarge Read the full article: Fascinating Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About The Walking Dead

What Is Your Favorite Geek Movie? [We Ask You] Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:30 PM PDT With hundreds of films released every year, the number of movies for geeks is rising all the time. It helps that “geek” is an increasingly vague term assigned to anybody and everybody. This means cult movies, comic book movies, extreme horror movies, and, of course, sci-fi movies, all count as being for geeks. As well as other genres and styles we don’t have the room to list here. The question is, which is your personal favorite geek movie of all time? Pick Your Geek Flick We want to know, What Is Your Favorite Geek Movie? It’s a simple enough question,... Read the full article: What Is Your Favorite Geek Movie? [We Ask You]

6 Sane Online Resources For The Latest On Ebola And Other Outbreaks Posted: 29 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT Are you concerned about the recent Ebola outbreaks that are spreading across the globe? Do disease outbreaks in general cause you great alarm? Well, avoid the media entirely, and get the latest pandemic information from official sources. It seems to be the same pattern during every major disease crisis in the world. An outbreak occurs, the media select a few juicy quotes from involved medical staff, and then use those quotes to create alarmist news reports that cause great alarm among readers across the world. This can cause unnecessary panic and fear everywhere. But is that panic and fear justified?... Read the full article: 6 Sane Online Resources For The Latest On Ebola And Other Outbreaks

Publish Your Book With Amazon’s Crowdsourced Kindle Scout Program Posted: 29 Oct 2014 10:30 AM PDT Want to get your book finally published? Amazon, the e-commerce giant and maker of the Kindle, has launched a new program that marries the self-publishing industry with crowdsourced campaigns like those on Kickstarter. Say hello to Kindle Scout. What's Kindle Scout All About? Kindle Scout is a simple system. Authors need to submit a book title, cover, catchy one-liner and other such information. Once the Kindle team approves it, you can launch your campaign, which lasts for 30 days. The idea is to promote the book as much as possible so it gets nominations from readers, thus increasing its chances... Read the full article: Publish Your Book With Amazon's Crowdsourced Kindle Scout Program

3 Examples of Amazing Science Fiction Tech That Became Reality Posted: 29 Oct 2014 10:00 AM PDT Science fiction is a genre that allows impressive creativity, but it’s often not the best source for prophecy about the future. Technology is difficult to predict, because it often develops in response to new needs or changing situations that are difficult to imagine. Most sci-fi visionaries missed the creation of LCD displays, for example; the idea that it might be beneficial if displays were thinner wasn’t obvious until research made large LCD panels possible. There are, however, a few books that were particularly prophetic. Even these didn’t nail every detail, but in a broad sense they were able to imagine not just new technology,... Read the full article: 3 Examples of Amazing Science Fiction Tech That Became Reality

Why Taxing The Internet Is Stupid Posted: 29 Oct 2014 09:00 AM PDT In this life, two things are certain. Death and taxes. But, there’s a new proposed tax from Hungary that’s surprising everyone. Internet traffic could soon to be taxed, with the additional cost of a gigabyte to set Hungarian Internet users back 150 HUF (About €0.5, $0.61). This has caused an uproar. The law — which is perceived by many as a way for the government (increasingly regarded as authoritarian) to surreptitiously control the Internet — has caused thousands of Hungarians to take to the streets in protest. Even the EU is upset. Proposed internet tax in #Hungary is a shame: a shame... Read the full article: Why Taxing The Internet Is Stupid

10 Useful OS X Yosemite Features You Might Have Missed Posted: 29 Oct 2014 08:30 AM PDT Ever since OS X Yosemite came out, everyone has been looking to see if they can find all of the hidden features not so widely reported by Timmy up on his stage.  So I decided to go a-hunting and see what I could find. After much hunting, here are the that I personally found useful, in no particular order. I have highlighted the word “useful” because I have missed ones out that I think are not useful. Because “useful” is what we’re all about here at MakeUseOf. Spotlight Replaces Alfred (Almost) One of my favourite Mac apps is Alfred, and I didn’t hesitate in... Read the full article: 10 Useful OS X Yosemite Features You Might Have Missed

10 Spreadsheet Templates To Organize Your Home Posted: 29 Oct 2014 08:00 AM PDT A happy home is an organized one. Do you struggle to keep on top of the cleaning, the shopping or your budget? Are you constantly forgetting to service your car, and do your kids know who to contact if there’s an accident? If the answer to those questions is ‘no’, you might find these spreadsheets from Vertex42 to be quite the ticket. And they’re all free. Here are 10 of the best for organizing your home. House Cleaning Schedule And Checklist Do you rent out your home on AirBnB? Or, do you live in a houseshare with other people, and... Read the full article: 10 Spreadsheet Templates To Organize Your Home

Top 5 Android Games To Entertain Toddlers & Young Children Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:00 AM PDT Games for Android seem to be increasing in number, making the platform a perfect mobile gaming experience. But what about titles for younger users? Do they meet expectations? Educational, inspiring games for young children can prove extremely useful in various scenarios, but if you’re ill-prepared, you might end up downloading some subpar, advert-loaded title that your little one quickly loses interest in. So what games should you be looking for? What To Look For These games are not aimed at teenagers; they’re not for most 6-10 year olds. Rather, these apps are aimed at 18-months-old to 5-year-old children. As a result... Read the full article: Top 5 Android Games To Entertain Toddlers & Young Children

Mad Catz Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2 Review And Giveaway Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:30 AM PDT Hey you! You want to fight? No, not with me in real life, I’m talking about fighting video games of course. If you love playing fighting games, you know how important a proper fight stick is to the experience. Today, we’re taking a look at the $200 Mad Catz Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2, which is made to work with Xbox One, and one of the few compatible with Microsoft’s latest console. Mad Catz is a company known for its gaming hardware. Does its ultra-expensive FightStick Tournament Edition 2 live up to many of the other gaming devices the company has... Read the full article: Mad Catz Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2 Review And Giveaway

How To Install & Uninstall Windows Programs In Bulk Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:00 AM PDT Installing and uninstalling programs can be easy and quick when it’s just a one-off, but what about when you need to perform this action in bulk? It can be a hassle and a time consuming process, so we’re going to teach you how to do it in a flash. There’s nothing inherently wrong with installing programs in turn from the developer’s website or using the native Windows uninstaller to remove them. Actually, it’s sometimes better for single instances to do it like that. But it’s not efficient en masse. Installing In Bulk Installing a single program might take a couple... Read the full article: How To Install & Uninstall Windows Programs In Bulk

Teach Yourself To Master Photography and Photoshop CC For $29.99, Ends Soon Posted: 29 Oct 2014 05:30 AM PDT If you’re passionate about photography or know someone who is, this is the gift you’ve been waiting for. How do you take long-exposure, beautiful night shots? What’s the most important aspect of black and white photography? How do you use the manual mode on digital SLRs? And finally, what can Photoshop do to make your photos really shine? If those questions resonate with you, don’t worry — these are just the few questions asked by every budding photographer. There’s so much to explore in the world of photography, it can be slightly overwhelming. Throw in Photoshop, and it’s too much... Read the full article: Teach Yourself To Master Photography and Photoshop CC For $29.99, Ends Soon

5 Advanced Tips For Fans Of Goodreads Posted: 29 Oct 2014 05:00 AM PDT Goodreads is more than just a place to find new books to read. It’s more than just a place to track your library and post reviews. No, it’s a full-blown social networking site that has several awesome features that are often overlooked, even by regular users. If you’re new to the site as a whole, check out our Goodreads review to see if it’s something that interests you. If you’re a book lover, chances are you’ll love it. Afterwards, you’ll want to catch up with these essential Goodreads tips that cover everything from book searches to library management. Once you’ve... Read the full article: 5 Advanced Tips For Fans Of Goodreads

Nobody Trusts Google, AT&T Misled Customers, Twitch Dress Code [Tech News Digest] Posted: 29 Oct 2014 04:30 AM PDT Also, LucasArts classics land on GOG, detailing next-gen GTA 5 exclusives, and the shocking new GoPro ad. Google Is Less Trusted Than The NSA Google turned 16 on Saturday Sept 27, 2014.Would you trust a 16-year-old with your privacy. ;-) — Stephen Abram (@sabram) September 29, 2014 People trust Google less than they trust the National Security Agency (NSA). At least according to the results of a survey which asked how upset respondents would be if certain entities gained access to their personal data. Survata questioned 2,566 Americans aged between 13 and 44, and the results are somewhat surprising. Google... Read the full article: Nobody Trusts Google, AT&T Misled Customers, Twitch Dress Code [Tech News Digest]

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