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Cool Websites & Tools – Powerpoint Polls, Human-Sized Photos, & Software Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:31 PM PDT

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Participoll – describes itself as “free audience polling for Powerpoint”. No-hardware clicker-free polling using your audience members’ devices. Drop polls straight into your slides without having to preload questions. View and download historic poll data and anonymous comments (in the pro version). There is also a quick-install PC PowerPoint add-in (which doesn’t require install rights). Engineer Prints – is a site that offers human-sized photos. They are called Engineer Prints because the prints are made on industrial printers typically used for architectural and engineering work. Your photo will be printed in halftone black and white ink on extra-light 20lb bond...

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16 Types Of Students You’ll Meet In College

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 07:30 PM PDT

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Remember college? Yeah, those were the times. If you’re still in college, make the best of your years. College is a time for experimenting, having fun, studying hard, and seeing the world. You also get to meet a lot of different people. Weird people as well. Apparently, there are sixteen different types of people to be found in colleges. Personally, I’d say the list is pretty accurate — I’ve seen several of these people in my college years. Have you? Oh, and if the image doesn’t do it for you, here’s a video version made with Powtoon (which we covered):

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11 Free Music Albums: An Ode To The Saxophone [Sound Sunday]

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 06:30 PM PDT

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Rock, blues, jazz, electronic music, or hip hop; the saxophone gels with any genre. This edition of Sound Sunday is dedicated to this wonderful instrument. Meet the ultimate refinement to any song. By the way, if you missed Sound Sunday last week, apologies! This edition accidentally got scheduled for a wrong slot. And so Sound Sunday missed a beat for the first time in over four years. Rock & Blues Genre: instrumental, rock, blues, groove, funk, reggae, jazz Desert Days by Diggin Dirt You’re listening to the debut EP of Diggin Dirt. The six piece band from Arcata, California spent...

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Excited About Mario Kart 8? Relive What Came Before!

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT

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A lot of game franchises start off slowly and gradually build up a following. But Mario Kart burst into the gaming world and has never stood for anything less than brilliance. Since its birth in 1992, there have been seven mainstream Mario Karts across numerous consoles: from the SNES to the GameCube, and onto handheld devices like the DS; millions worldwide associate the series with quality, fun and multi-player madness. Also: bananas. There are other great games available on the Wii U – including Super Mario Bros. U and ZombiU – but the new Mario Kart 8, released worldwide on 30th...

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What Device Are You Using Right Now? [MakeUseOf Poll]

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 05:30 AM PDT

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There are so many devices capable of connecting to the Internet these days that it’s hard to keep track of them all. Which is where you, dear MakeUseOf reader, can help. In this week’s MakeUseOf Poll we want to know what device you are using to read these words. And these words. And indeed these words. Sennheiser Sends Its Regards To answer this week's question please scroll down the page until you see the poll staring back at you. But first, we need to look at the results from last week, when we asked, "What Is The Best Brand For...

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Giveaway of the Day


Aml Maple is the keyboard layout indicator for Windows.

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Aml Maple is a new point of view at keyboard layout indicators: simple, modern, flexible. Aml Maple indicates the active layout being currently used (the language you are typing at this particular moment). It is always in front of you, exactly at the place you are typing!

The usage is very simple. For example, you can configure the red cursor for English and blue cursor one for French (or any other). Once you change your language layout, the cursor color is changed accordingly.

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Sunday, June 1, 2014

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Cool Websites & Tools – Control Smartphone Addiction, Search Wikimedia Commons, & Commencement Speeches

Posted: 31 May 2014 09:31 PM PDT

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Listango – Save your bookmarks online and access them from any device, anywhere. Access your bookmarks from any computer, phone or tablet. Listango works on all modern web browsers. You don't have to share your bookmarks with the whole world. Create private lists that only you can view. Easily share your bookmarks with friends. You can share your bookmarks using Facebook, Twitter, or email. BreakFree – is aimed at controlling smartphone addiction and helping you maintain a healthy digital lifestyle. Using an algorithm the app studies your phone usage pattern and calculates an addiction score in real time. You can...

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TweetDeck Now Allows Users to Add Images to Scheduled Tweets

Posted: 31 May 2014 08:30 PM PDT

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Twitter recently added a functionality that allows users of TweetDeck to attach images to scheduled tweets. As of now, the update is available on the web, Windows, and Google Chrome versions of TweetDeck, and will it be coming soon to the Mac version. Before this update, scheduled tweets with an embedded image could only be done using services like Buffer and Hootsuite. This latest version of TweetDeck will be much welcomed by Twitter power users, for research shows that tweets with an embedded image are more likely to be retweeted. To schedule a tweet with an image: Compose a new...

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Why Being The IT Guy Sucks

Posted: 31 May 2014 07:30 PM PDT

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Well, for one, you could still be called the IT guy despite being a woman. Aside from that, tech support crew hardly get the recognition they deserve. They’re usually working behind the scenes, making sure that the company runs perfectly. Accidents happen, computers crash — that’s pretty common. Most of the time, tech support will bear the brunt of the calamity, even though it’s not their fault. Here’s a tip: before even thinking of calling tech support, here’s a trick that will fix 99% of all computer problems: try turning it off and on again. If that doesn’t work, then...

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Prove Anything With Statistics Using Spurious Correlations [Weird & Wonderful Web]

Posted: 31 May 2014 06:30 PM PDT

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Mark Twain once said, “There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.” The point being that statistics can be used to prove anything, whether they’re made up on the spot or generated by real data. You don’t have to take my word for it either, as a website called Spurious Correlations perfectly demonstrates how statistics can be bent and shaped to suit a particular bias. It turns out stats are actually rather useless. The Website Spurious Correlations is the brainchild of Tyler Vigen, a criminology student at Harvard Law School. Vigen is fascinated by empirical research, so he created a simple...

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IFTTT Introduces The eBay & Fitbit Channels

Posted: 31 May 2014 05:30 PM PDT

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Bargain hunters and fitness fanatics, listen up. IFTTT has been thinking about you lately and has been making channels for eBay and Fitbit to enable you to automate those bargain hunting and fitness skills. New IFTTT channels are quite common these days as it seems they bring one out every few weeks. But these two are particularly useful if you use eBay and Fitbit. The eBay channel allows you to set up some pretty nifty automations, one of which overlaps with what eBay already offers you (emails when something matching your search appears). But there are lots of others that you...

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Is Linux Mint 17 “Qiana” The Ubuntu Killer?

Posted: 31 May 2014 02:00 PM PDT

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The latest version of Linux Mint, the 17th release codenamed “Qiana”, is now out! The popular Linux distribution is a great alternative for people wanting to leave Windows as well as those who just don’t quite like Ubuntu. Let’s take a look at what’s new and why you should use it! What is Linux Mint? For those two don’t know, Linux Mint is another highly popular Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. According to DistroWatch (which isn’t representative of how many people actually use each distribution), Linux Mint is actually the most popular choice. It was initially created to fix the usability...

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Let Chrome Keep You In Shape With These Four Great Apps

Posted: 31 May 2014 12:00 PM PDT

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Summer is once again almost upon us, and for thousands of people around the world that means one thing – time to get in shape and develop the perfect beach body. We’ve already looked at eight fitness gadgets to help you get fit and shed those winter pounds, but is really necessary to purchase expensive wearable tech? Of course it can help you understand your fitness regime in more detail and provide you with feedback that you wouldn’t usually have access to, but are there apps in the Chrome Web Store that can do a similar job? Here we have a look at...

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The Tiny Google Chromecast Places A Big Footprint With Launch In 6 New Countries

Posted: 31 May 2014 10:30 AM PDT

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Google is “casting” a big Chromecast footprint across the globe slowly but surely. Google’s thumb sized media streaming dongle has arrived in six new countries after it made its debut in the U.S. last year. Australia, Belgium, Japan, Korea, Portugal, and Switzerland are the latest markets where Chromecast will be available for retail and online purchase. More importantly, users will be able to stream local content from their devices to the T.V. The availability of Chromecast should also see local developers releasing region-tailored apps for the dongle. Digital content consumption is changing the way we access entertainment and news. Google...

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Giveaway of the Day

Giveaway of the Day


Gold Burn enables you to burn your desired media files from your hard disk.

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Gold Burn provides you a series of tools to backup data, burn audio/video files to CD/DVD, create/burn/rip ISO images and erase discs to remove unwanted content. Incredibly easy to use for both beginners and advanced users, this top disc burner helps you burn media and data CD/DVD and backup your precious data. Using our comprehensive CD/DVD burner, you will rip audio CDs, create/burn/rip ISO images efficiently in the wizard mode.

The disc eraser is provided to reuse the rewritable discs. It is definitely the perfect solution for various users to for disc duplication, extraction and mastering software for professionals and casual users.

 

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