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- The U.S. Hacked North Korea First, Google Gets Lost In SpaceX [Tech News Digest]
- 5 Sites & Apps To Listen To Police Scanners
- What Does An Internet Minute Look Like in 2014 Compared To 2013?
- What Artificial Intelligence Isn’t
- 10 Free PowerPoint Templates To Present Your Photos With Style
- iTunes Sales Are Declining – Is This The End Of Paid Music Downloads?
- 15 “Dry January” Tools To Keep You Alcohol Free
- 10 Yoga Apps That Help You Workout Anywhere
- 10 Tips To Do More With Your PDF Files On Google Drive
- Want To Read More This Year? Here Are 10 Ways To Do It
- Squarespace: Simple, Beautiful Websites [Two 1-year Pro Plans Giveaway]
- What Your Smartphone Is Doing To Your Body & Mind
- Hackers Start World War III, US & UK Trade In Online Attacks [Tech News Digest]
| The U.S. Hacked North Korea First, Google Gets Lost In SpaceX [Tech News Digest] Posted: 20 Jan 2015 03:30 AM PST  The U.S. is accused of hacking North Korea, Google is investing in SpaceX, Amazon is making movies, Lizard Squad gets hacked, TextBlade shrinks keyboards, and beating Mario at his own game. U.S. Accused Of Hacking North Korea Apparently suicide in North Korea is punishable by death. — Joshua (@Captn_Awesome_) January 20, 2015 The United States has been accused of hacking North Korea as early as 2010, well before North Korea allegedly hacked into Sony Pictures’ corporate network as a response to The Interview. If true, this would explain how the FBI is so confident North Korean operatives were behind the... Read the full article: The U.S. Hacked North Korea First, Google Gets Lost In SpaceX [Tech News Digest] |
| 5 Sites & Apps To Listen To Police Scanners Posted: 19 Jan 2015 08:30 PM PST  The standard tool for crime reporters everywhere, police scanners offer a glimpse into the world of law enforcement for people on the outside looking in. Whether it’s a 187 (murder), a 211 (robbery), a 245 (assault with a deadly weapon), or a 311 (exposing your bits to the public), listening to a real police scanner can sometimes be more interesting than watching yet another Law & Order episode on TV. In the US (where the vast majority of online scanners are available), it is legal to listen to these scanners, provided you are not committing a crime at the time. Also,... Read the full article: 5 Sites & Apps To Listen To Police Scanners |
| What Does An Internet Minute Look Like in 2014 Compared To 2013? Posted: 19 Jan 2015 06:30 PM PST  The Internet is a busy place. The amount of data that is transferred around is truly staggering. All kinds of media is uploaded and downloaded. Status updates are shared on a wide range of social media services. It hurts your head to even think about it. So what happens in one minute on the Internet? How has that changed from 2013 to 2014? The infographic below breaks it down. Via TechSpartan Click To Enlarge Read the full article: What Does An Internet Minute Look Like in 2014 Compared To 2013? |
| What Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Posted: 19 Jan 2015 10:00 AM PST  Are intelligent, sentient robots going to take over the world? Not today — and maybe not ever. Give credit to Hollywood for many of the fears surrounding artificial intelligence (AI). The big screen has caused us to picture Will Smith battling robots, or Sarah Connor taking on Skynet every time we hear the term. Even new Hollywood releases, like 2014's Transcendence and the up-and-coming Chappie, further perpetuate this stereotypical view of artificial intelligence. The reality is a lot more complicated. Artificial intelligence, described generally, is simply a set of technologies for building computer systems that can perform complex analytic tasks independently. Simple... Read the full article: What Artificial Intelligence Isn’t |
| 10 Free PowerPoint Templates To Present Your Photos With Style Posted: 19 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST  Templates have a bad reputation. Seriously. We associate them with lack of skills to make something from scratch. We link them to our unwillingness to stand out from the herd. We accuse them of being – “generic”. Let’s boost them up. Templates are among the more productive devices ever invented. The good ones can help you brainstorm, track your projects, manage money, and overall – organize your life. Come to think of it, what would a white collar office worker do without his or her everyday Office templates. But photos and photography? Shouldn’t we talk about the ones in Photoshop... Read the full article: 10 Free PowerPoint Templates To Present Your Photos With Style |
| iTunes Sales Are Declining – Is This The End Of Paid Music Downloads? Posted: 19 Jan 2015 08:00 AM PST  Last year, for the first time, iTunes music downloads fell. Various sources peg the decline at around 14 per cent, a serious drop in sales. So what’s causing it? There’s one big answer: Spotify and other streaming services. Spotify has been gunning for iTunes music crown, and this is one sign it might be winning. Spotify Ascendant Late last year Taylor Swift dismissed Spotify as an “experiment” that doesn’t “fairly compensate” artists. I offered a point-by-point rebuttal to her claims, pointing out that Spotify was showing all the signs of being the future of music – but I was wrong. Spotify isn’t the... Read the full article: iTunes Sales Are Declining – Is This The End Of Paid Music Downloads? |
| 15 “Dry January” Tools To Keep You Alcohol Free Posted: 19 Jan 2015 07:30 AM PST  There are tons of health crazes out there, but “Dry January” might be one of the healthiest ones yet! Of course, abstaining from alcohol for one month only might not do that much for your health in the long run, but it’s an admirable goal nonetheless – especially if you keep it up throughout the rest of the year. If you want some inspiration to keep your Dry January going strong, or if you’re trying to quit drinking alcohol altogether, check out these 15 websites and mobile apps that can help you meet your sobriety goals. Rethinking Drinking (Website, Free)... Read the full article: 15 “Dry January” Tools To Keep You Alcohol Free |
| 10 Yoga Apps That Help You Workout Anywhere Posted: 19 Jan 2015 07:00 AM PST  If you're like me, and the estimated 20 million other Americans who practice yoga, you can likely benefit from a helpful yoga app. I like doing yoga indoors in front of my laptop as much as the next person, but sometimes it's nice to switch up your routine and take your yoga practice elsewhere. With a yoga app on your phone, you can practice your favorite yoga poses anywhere. Here are 10 different yoga apps to consider if you need some help finding a yoga app that suits your needs. Yogify (iOS, Free) The greatest part of Yogify is its... Read the full article: 10 Yoga Apps That Help You Workout Anywhere |
| 10 Tips To Do More With Your PDF Files On Google Drive Posted: 19 Jan 2015 06:00 AM PST  Google Drive has come a long way from being an online-only, document viewer and editor. From managing your files to collaborating on Docs, Drive is a full-functioning office suite. What many people don’t realize is its capability to do far more than only view PDFs. Drive has some native features that already make it a great PDF tool, but the compatible third-party Drive apps extend its usefulness and functionality. Let’s take a look at ten fantastic ways you can ditch Adobe Reader and make Google Drive work for you even better. Native Features Save To Google Drive From Chrome Google... Read the full article: 10 Tips To Do More With Your PDF Files On Google Drive |
| Want To Read More This Year? Here Are 10 Ways To Do It Posted: 19 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST  “To read more” is always a common New Year’s resolution. There are a lot of great benefits to reading — it can help you escape and de-stress, learn new things, connect with people, make you think in new ways, and gain insight into the world. But spending more time reading isn’t always an easy prospect. Here are 10 strategies to do it this year. Make It Important This is crucial — if it’s not important to you, you’re not going to do it. We’re all busy, and finding time to read isn’t just going to magically happen. You have to make... Read the full article: Want To Read More This Year? Here Are 10 Ways To Do It |
| Squarespace: Simple, Beautiful Websites [Two 1-year Pro Plans Giveaway] Posted: 19 Jan 2015 04:30 AM PST  Squarespace has been around for longer than you’d think. Squarespace was founded in 2004. Since then they’ve been trying to simplify web design. It’s in the last few years — with a podcast sponsorship campaign of gargantuan proportions — that Squarespace has really started to attract attention. As one of the writers here at MakeUseOf who has web design experience, I was asked to take a look. While at first glance Squarespace may seem more like a competitor to Wix or any of the other free website creators, the quality of features and depth of customisability puts them in the... Read the full article: Squarespace: Simple, Beautiful Websites [Two 1-year Pro Plans Giveaway] |
| What Your Smartphone Is Doing To Your Body & Mind Posted: 19 Jan 2015 04:00 AM PST  On average, people pick up their smartphone 221 times a day to do things with it. It’s no secret that we are getting more and more addicted to these handsets, but have you wondered what effect that is having on your mind and your body? Scientists are definitely curious and have a few ideas about the ramifications of smartphone usage. You can measure your own smartphone usage to gather data about how often you check it, and then compare it with the smartphone addiction checklist to know if you have a problem. Over the past few years, there have been... Read the full article: What Your Smartphone Is Doing To Your Body & Mind |
| Hackers Start World War III, US & UK Trade In Online Attacks [Tech News Digest] Posted: 19 Jan 2015 03:30 AM PST  Hackers create fake news headlines, launching cyber war games, Windows Phone gets Lumia Denim, Be My Eyes helps blind people, no more free iTunes singles, and Jimmy Kimmel asks “What Is Your Password?” Hackers Start War On Twitter The Twitter accounts of both the New York Post and United Press International (UPI) were hacked on Friday (Jan 16), leading to a series of bogus headlines being tweeted as fact. One of the tweets posted to the UPI account quoted the Pope as stating, “World War III has begun.” This, coupled with a fake NYP tweet claiming a U.S. aircraft carrier... Read the full article: Hackers Start World War III, US & UK Trade In Online Attacks [Tech News Digest] |
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