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• Cool Websites & Tools – Drag & Drop, Unblock Websites, & Language Support From Google Books
• How To Destroy Your Productivity
• Your Most-Wanted Games Of 2014 [We Ask You Results]
• Is Internet Freedom Under Threat From Internet Service Providers? [MUO Debates]
• The Ultimate Guide To XBMC Tools On Your Chromebook
• 4 Reasons You Should Never Trust Social Media
• How To Fix High CPU Usage In Windows
• Everything You Need To Know About App.net – The “Other” Social Network
• Keep A Cleaner Inbox As Gmail Gets One-Click Unsubscribe Button
• Word Processing On Your iPad? We Compare The Best Apps
• What Makes OmniWeb 6 Better Than Safari, Chrome, and Firefox?
• The Simpsons: Tapped Out Is A Free-To-Play Game That Mocks Free-To-Play Games
• You Should Play Europa Universalis IV
• Mind Mapping On The iPad: Here Are Your Options
• Thrustmaster TX Racing Wheel Ferrari 458 Italia Edition Review And Giveaway

Cool Websites & Tools – Drag & Drop, Unblock Websites, & Language Support From Google Books Posted: 25 Feb 2014 08:31 PM PST Online LaTeX Editor – Keep your LaTeX collaborators up to date by letting everyone access and edit the same LaTeX document. ShareLaTeX is the easiest LaTeX editor to get started if you’ve never used LaTeX before. Access the LaTeX editor and compile your LaTeX documents from any computer. Super Drag – extends the feature of drag & drop. For example, you can drag a link to open it in a new background, foreground and current tab. You can also drag text to search, by using the default search engine, or select what you want. Writefull – is a light-weight app... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Drag & Drop, Unblock Websites, & Language Support From Google Books

How To Destroy Your Productivity Posted: 25 Feb 2014 06:30 PM PST If you’re doing any of these 7 things, you’re killing your productivity. Yes, productivity is highly valued in the workplace, and we’ve touched on a few habits to cultivate in order to have a more productive year. However, if you’re guilty of multitasking, constantly checking your emails, or the other things listed in this infographics by Merkato Blog, you’d better start fixing it! via Infographicals Read the full article: How To Destroy Your Productivity

Your Most-Wanted Games Of 2014 [We Ask You Results] Posted: 25 Feb 2014 05:30 PM PST With a big part of 2014 still left to play out, there are dozens of video games on the horizon due to be released before the year draws to a close. Whether on computer or console, handheld or home system, PS4 or Xbox One, or PS Vita or Nintendo DS, these are the titles you gaggle of geeks are desperate to get your hands on. I Want To Play A Game We asked you, What Future Video Game Are You Desperate To Play? The response was rather tepid, but we still got several names thrown into the mix to help... Read the full article: Your Most-Wanted Games Of 2014 [We Ask You Results]

Is Internet Freedom Under Threat From Internet Service Providers? [MUO Debates] Posted: 25 Feb 2014 02:00 PM PST Imagine a world where the content you view on the Internet is tightly controlled by your Internet service provider. What would you say if I told you that world is now a reality? Case in point — in January of 2014, a U.S. Federal Court rejected FCC “net-neutrality” regulations, which would enforce rules requiring Internet service providers to enable access to all online content and applications regardless of the information or the source. Favoring, blocking or manipulating service quality for particular services or content would be prohibited. While the United States does not create the rules for Internet access across... Read the full article: Is Internet Freedom Under Threat From Internet Service Providers? [MUO Debates]

The Ultimate Guide To XBMC Tools On Your Chromebook Posted: 25 Feb 2014 01:00 PM PST Regular TVs have remote controls, while XBMC makes use of any device in your house as a remote control. So, which extensions do you need to install to turn your Chromebook into another fantastic remote for XBMC? Whether you’ve got a Raspberry Pi as your media centre, or you’ve got another decidated Media PC running XBMC, you’ve no doubt realised that having remote controls on your various devices just makes sense. It’s not at all uncommon these days for people to watch TV shows on XBMC while they noodle around on a laptop or tablet, so having these XBMC controls... Read the full article: The Ultimate Guide To XBMC Tools On Your Chromebook

4 Reasons You Should Never Trust Social Media Posted: 25 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST You just got burned in an argument because, once again, you quoted something you saw on social media. While we all know it, it’s sometimes hard to remember that facts are not the foundation on which social media is built. There are four really good reasons why you should never trust social media at all, especially when your personal reputation is at stake. Social Media Is Not Always Up To Date A truth you can count on is that memes, statements, and other forms of information never disappear from the Internet. If Google search any topic, you will find sources... Read the full article: 4 Reasons You Should Never Trust Social Media

How To Fix High CPU Usage In Windows Posted: 25 Feb 2014 11:00 AM PST If your computer fans frequently hit top speeds, it’s a sign that your CPU is fully loaded. Simultaneously, your computer may slow down. That’s annoying, especially if you’re not actually doing anything. The CPU (central processing unit), also known as processor, is the brain of your computer. Like your own noggin, it can become overwhelmed if bombarded with too many processes, or if a single task consumes undue attention. Just as you may find work difficult when overwhelmed, your processor can slow to a crawl if too much is asked of it at once. Normally, this situation can be avoided... Read the full article: How To Fix High CPU Usage In Windows

Everything You Need To Know About App.net – The “Other” Social Network Posted: 25 Feb 2014 10:00 AM PST As is so common on the Internet, App.net was born out of frustration with the status quo. Twitter had just announced that it was limiting access to its API (learn more about API). The hundreds of third-party applications built around the popular micro-blogging website were soon to be consigned to the scrapheap, largely because of limited access to the Twitter servers. Furthermore, the dissatisfaction over how Twitter was monetizing the service was growing and growing. You know that old adage, “if you're not paying for a product, you are the product”? It turns out that people don’t especially enjoy being... Read the full article: Everything You Need To Know About App.net – The “Other” Social Network

Keep A Cleaner Inbox As Gmail Gets One-Click Unsubscribe Button Posted: 25 Feb 2014 09:30 AM PST Google is making it easier to unsubscribe from pesky email newsletters you don’t want cluttering up your inbox. A prominent “unsubscribe” link at the top is the small but user-friendly change that is coming to all Gmail accounts. The “unsubscribe” link right in the header information of an email is a timesaver. Many users don’t bother to rummage around in the footer section of a promotional email for that tiny “unsubscribe from newsletter” link that’s barely visible. The quickly accessible unsubscribe link should make dealing with unwanted emails a one-click axe job. The change also helps genuine marketeers. It saves... Read the full article: Keep A Cleaner Inbox As Gmail Gets One-Click Unsubscribe Button

Word Processing On Your iPad? We Compare The Best Apps Posted: 25 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST They say “a good craftsman never blames his tools”, and this is largely true except when it comes to touchscreen text editing. Regardless of how good a writer you really are, your clumsy fat meat-pointers will prove themselves a hindrance. We’ve shown you how to write your next novel on an iPad, now it’s time to learn all about the importance of good word processor. If you’ve got some words to be processing on your iPad, we’ve got the apps to help you do it. Pages ($9.99) Free with all new purchases of an iOS device since the arrival of iOS... Read the full article: Word Processing On Your iPad? We Compare The Best Apps

What Makes OmniWeb 6 Better Than Safari, Chrome, and Firefox? Posted: 25 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST The Internet delivers information super-fast but cluttered web browsers don’t always handle this information in the most elegant of ways. This is why I recently started using OmniWeb again. It’s the only web browser I know of that includes a visible tab drawer and what are called workspaces for quickly managing and restoring webpages. If you find your current browser is typically cluttered with tabs and open windows you should check out OmniWeb, which was recently updated for OS X Mavericks. Test Build or Stable Release? Though OmniWeb was first released back in 1995, its developers admit the web browser is not... Read the full article: What Makes OmniWeb 6 Better Than Safari, Chrome, and Firefox?

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Is A Free-To-Play Game That Mocks Free-To-Play Games Posted: 25 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST So many games on the App Store are based on the principle of building something, waiting a few hours for it to finish, and then come back and building something else. These energy-based free-to-play (F2P) games are some of the most popular on the App Store, but for many gamers, the tropes of these games themselves propagate are an annoyance. The Simpson’s Tapped Out (available for both iOS and Android) is a F2P energy-based game that mocks all of the genre’s most annoying aspects, all while still trying to sell you in-app purchases. It’s admittedly confusing, but the game is actually quite fun in... Read the full article: The Simpsons: Tapped Out Is A Free-To-Play Game That Mocks Free-To-Play Games

You Should Play Europa Universalis IV Posted: 25 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST If you like historical strategy games and you haven’t played Europa Universalis IV, you’re missing out. The scope of PC-based grand strategy games is huge – from their roots in the mid-1990s, the games have developed to become all-encompassing behemoths that allow players to control every aspect of a nations development and fortunes. The current foremost developer in the genre is undoubtedly Paradox Interactive, and Europa Universalis IV (EU4) is their latest and greatest title. Since being released in August 2013 the game has received widespread praise from critics and gamers alike, which is reflected in its Metacritic score of... Read the full article: You Should Play Europa Universalis IV

Mind Mapping On The iPad: Here Are Your Options Posted: 25 Feb 2014 05:00 AM PST Whether you're studying or brainstorming: making mind maps can be an essential skill. Paper works fine in a pinch, but technology makes the whole process ten times easier. Your iPad, in particular, is the ideal study companion and works wonders for creating mind maps. There are some incredible third party tools that make it especially fast and easy to create a wide variety of mind maps and other diagrams with your tablet. We’ve come up with a list of the best for your benefit. Popplet ($4.99) Starting off, Popplet is the simplest and one of the cheaper mind mapping tool of... Read the full article: Mind Mapping On The iPad: Here Are Your Options

Thrustmaster TX Racing Wheel Ferrari 458 Italia Edition Review And Giveaway Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:32 AM PST Let me paint you a picture. You’ve arrived home after spending $500 on a shiny new Xbox One. Then, you decide to spend another $60 for a copy of Forza 5. You plug everything in and get to playing, and it just feels like something is missing. It’s hard to put your finger on it, but you finally realize that you want a more authentic experience. You want a racing wheel. Right now, your choices are limited. Very limited, in fact. The Thrustmaster TX Ferrari 458 Italia Edition racing wheel is the only real high-quality option on the market. So drop... Read the full article: Thrustmaster TX Racing Wheel Ferrari 458 Italia Edition Review And Giveaway

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