15 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• Cool Websites & Tools – Tax Havens, Fitness Workouts, & Nice Places To Live
• Klout Lets Users Improve Influence With Content Creation
• Caption Contest: It’s About Time
• Long Live Windows XP! [We Ask You Results]
• Firefox For Windows 8 Touch Beta Ready For Testing
• 3 New Tricks To Clean Up Your Facebook News Feed [Weekly Facebook Tips]
• Your Chromebook As The Ultimate Travel Device
• Top 7 Ways to Personalize Your Mac OS X Desktop
• 6 Secure iOS Messaging Apps That Take Privacy Very Seriously
• Snapped Bypasses Snapchat’s Limitations On Mac OS X
• Mozilla Updates Firefox Aurora With Accounts, Improved Syncing, And A Customizable UI
• 10 Great Apps To Manage And Save Money In 2014
• Activate Child Mode On Your Windows Phone To Safely Share It With Kids
• 4 Ways To Make Smart Use Of Technology And Power Up Your Willpower
• Build Your Own: MOS Magnetic Cable Organizer

Cool Websites & Tools – Tax Havens, Fitness Workouts, & Nice Places To Live Posted: 11 Feb 2014 08:31 PM PST ICIJ Offshore Leaks – More than 110 journalists in 60 countries investigate who does business offshore, and who maintain tax havens. Offshoreleapsmap is an interactive map where you can click on dots on the map and read various stories on the different tax havens which have been discovered. Neila Rey Workouts – If you are looking to start some workouts, then it helps to have some visual representations of what you are supposed to do. This site provides various worksheets which shows different moves you can do. Each one has its own high definition poster that you download in PDF... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Tax Havens, Fitness Workouts, & Nice Places To Live

Klout Lets Users Improve Influence With Content Creation Posted: 11 Feb 2014 07:30 PM PST Klout just announced that they have completely overhauled their user interface with an entirely different look and feel, as well as adding a number of new features. The first thing you may notice the moment you log into your account is that all of those busy Klout charts and moving graphs have been removed, and are instead replaced with a focus on creating and sharing the sort of content that you like. If you were one of those users who felt disconnected from your Klout score, without any real direct control over whether it rises or falls, this new interface... Read the full article: Klout Lets Users Improve Influence With Content Creation

Caption Contest: It’s About Time Posted: 11 Feb 2014 06:30 PM PST Lucy was concerned that her husband’s obsession with mining Dogecoin was starting to take a toll on his health. Got a caption for this cartoon? Share it with us and you’ll be in the running to win an awesome MakeUseOf t-shirt. Check out our new designs! We picked two winning entries from last week’s contest “Hail Mary“. The first is by Howard B. “According to Apple Maps, the goal line is… 30 yards behind us? OK, whatever, just run the play Siri gave us!” and the second is by Bruce Dale, “You know, this would be so much easier if... Read the full article: Caption Contest: It’s About Time

Long Live Windows XP! [We Ask You Results] Posted: 11 Feb 2014 05:30 PM PST Microsoft wants Windows XP to die, but the general public clearly doesn’t. With XP enjoying a 30 percent market share for all versions of Windows, this outdated operating system released in 2001 isn’t going to go away quietly. We assumed the MakeUseOf readership would be geeks determined to look to the future rather than the past, but we were wrong. Because luddites. We Love You, Windows XP We asked you, Do You Agree That Windows XP Needs To Die? The majority of people who commented rejected the statement, electing instead to argue why Windows XP should stick around for the... Read the full article: Long Live Windows XP! [We Ask You Results]

Firefox For Windows 8 Touch Beta Ready For Testing Posted: 11 Feb 2014 04:30 PM PST Mozilla has released a Firefox browser for Windows 8 touch tablets, so if you own such a tablet, you can now download the beta, Aurora or Nightly version, test it out for bugs and send feedback back to Mozilla. Being designed for touch tablets, this version of Firefox is specifically optimised as a tile-based browser. So it’s a lot different from what you may be used to. However, it has access to some familiar Firefox features such as Top Sites, Bookmarks, and History, and all you need to do is tap once on the screen to get there. The Awesome... Read the full article: Firefox For Windows 8 Touch Beta Ready For Testing

3 New Tricks To Clean Up Your Facebook News Feed [Weekly Facebook Tips] Posted: 11 Feb 2014 03:30 PM PST With Facebook turning 10 recently, you may have realised just how long you’ve been a part of the social network yourself. In that time, you probably made friends with lots and lots of people for many different reasons — some may not be very relevant anymore. It’s probably time to clean up your feed, isn’t it? Unfollow People It used to be that you’d “hide” stuff by others in order to stop seeing their stuff in your news feed. These days, the best way to stop seeing updates from a person is to “unfollow” them. You may think of Facebook following... Read the full article: 3 New Tricks To Clean Up Your Facebook News Feed [Weekly Facebook Tips]

Your Chromebook As The Ultimate Travel Device Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:00 PM PST If you’re trying to decide what sort of lightweight device to get for your next big trip, you may consider checking out Chromebooks. But why choose a Chromebook for travel specifically? Because, when it comes to travel, they are spot on. No Data On Your Device Since Chromebooks are designed to be used mostly online, you’re not lugging around a device full of applications and files. This means you’re not likely to lose all your coveted photos if someone steals your laptop. It also means no-one at border security will be able to arrest you for pirating software or entertainment... Read the full article: Your Chromebook As The Ultimate Travel Device

Top 7 Ways to Personalize Your Mac OS X Desktop Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST Make your Mac more personal: change how applications, your desktop and the rest of OS X looks.  Mac’s aren’t famous for being customizable. Windows has long offered differing color schemes and themes, but OS X basically lets you pick between blue and grey. That doesn’t mean you can’t personalize OS X, however: you just need to know which software to use. Use Flavours To Change Your Theme I have to admit: I thought this was impossible. But then I found Flavours for Mac ($20), an easy-to-use app lets you browse a variety of themes. These change the way your windows, menubar and... Read the full article: Top 7 Ways to Personalize Your Mac OS X Desktop

6 Secure iOS Messaging Apps That Take Privacy Very Seriously Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:00 AM PST Don’t fancy your messages being read by unwanted parties? Get a secure messaging app and worry no more. There’s a good chance you’re already using something to replace SMS – be it WhatsApp, Google Hangouts or Twitter’s direct messages – but security is a notoriously grey area for these services. Today we’re taking a look the best choices on the App Store for reliable, secure messaging. Each of these apps has been designed with security before everything else, which should make them pretty trustworthy. What About iMessage? The security of Apple’s own iMessage system is often the topic of discussion... Read the full article: 6 Secure iOS Messaging Apps That Take Privacy Very Seriously

Snapped Bypasses Snapchat’s Limitations On Mac OS X Posted: 11 Feb 2014 10:00 AM PST The idea of sending a message that self-destructs is quite cool. You can do it with mxHero Toolbox on Gmail, but Snapchat was the app that made self-destructing messages a craze. So far, sending and receiving messages on Snapchat has been restricted to your iOS or Android device, but Snapped is changing that with an app for Mac OS X. And this cool client goes beyond the basic features and offers ways to bypass Snapchat's usual restrictions too. Getting To Know Snapped Right now, Snapped is in beta and you need to download it as a Zip file from the... Read the full article: Snapped Bypasses Snapchat’s Limitations On Mac OS X

Mozilla Updates Firefox Aurora With Accounts, Improved Syncing, And A Customizable UI Posted: 11 Feb 2014 09:30 AM PST Firefox Aurora, the pre-beta version of the popular Web browser, just saw a pretty significant update that should make it into the official builds of Firefox eventually, bringing Firefox accounts, improved syncing and more. Accounts is a feature already in Firefox OS that allows for syncing of login credentials, bookmarks, and open tabs across multiple devices; syncing has been much improved with security updates to keep your login credentials more secure; and the desktop version of Firefox has been visually revamped and now supports a wide variety of customization, from moving features in the menu to adding or deleting which... Read the full article: Mozilla Updates Firefox Aurora With Accounts, Improved Syncing, And A Customizable UI

10 Great Apps To Manage And Save Money In 2014 Posted: 11 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST Technology has made spending money is far too easy. Just take out your debit or credit card, swipe, and you're poorer. The Internet is even worse, as websites like Amazon help you empty out your wallet with just one click. There are some ways technology can help, however, including through apps for your smartphone and tablet. Since your smartphone is always with you, it's a great resource for monitoring your budget, calculating interest or finding coupons. Here are 10 apps that can keep help your savings account grow. Mint You've probably heard of Mint already, but if you haven't used... Read the full article: 10 Great Apps To Manage And Save Money In 2014

Activate Child Mode On Your Windows Phone To Safely Share It With Kids Posted: 11 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST Leaving your Windows Phone in the inquiring hands of little ones? Don’t do anything until you have set up and activated Windows Phone’s child mode; Kid’s Corner. Child Friendly Apps & Games As more and more child-friendly apps become available for Windows Phone 8, the chances are that the little people in your household might get their hands on it. Hopefully, you’ve set a keycode to block unwarranted and unauthorised access, but what about those times when you’re sat waiting for a favourite film to start, or dinner to be served to your table in a restaurant? In these situations,... Read the full article: Activate Child Mode On Your Windows Phone To Safely Share It With Kids

4 Ways To Make Smart Use Of Technology And Power Up Your Willpower Posted: 11 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST Digital willpower is an idea that crops up from time to time and it describes our current tech-saturated culture rather well. We all have enough motivation to want to do things but not enough motivation to actually do them. As a result, we turn to technology to bridge the gap of that motivational purgatory. In the past, we’ve covered inspirational YouTube videos, motivational TED Talks, and encouraging websites to give you that much-needed kick in the butt. How else can technology help you to sharpen your resolve? Where can you get some of this digital willpower for yourself? Keep reading... Read the full article: 4 Ways To Make Smart Use Of Technology And Power Up Your Willpower

Build Your Own: MOS Magnetic Cable Organizer Posted: 11 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST For many of us, having a tidy set of device charger cables is but a pipe dream from a distant technological utopia. A MOS magnetic cable organiser is great but at $40, it’s a little pricey for its purpose. So listen up friends, don’t suffer in silence any longer, for it needn’t be that way – some magnets, metal and glue is all you need to get your cabling life in order once and for all. Not into gluing things? Tina has you covered with these 5 ways of tidying cable clutter under your desk. Magnets – How Do They... Read the full article: Build Your Own: MOS Magnetic Cable Organizer

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