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- Nadella Named, Facebook Filmed, Foursquare Fueled, Korea Kinected [Tech News Digest]
- Cool Websites & Tools – Check Typing On The Fly, Academic Torrents, & Kill The Cache
- The Data Sutra
- Wearable Technology Has An Image Problem [We Ask You Results]
- ‘Google Now’ Available For The Chrome Beta Browser
- Is Windows Taking Forever To Shut Down? Try This!
- 4 Fantastic Turbografx 16 Games That Are Still Worth Playing Today
- Bring Your Photos to Life On Instagram & Beyond With Flipagram
- Burnt Out on Assassin’s Creed? 4 Reasons to Return for Black Flag.
- LibreOffice 4.2 Brings Major Changes To The Popular Microsoft Office Alternative
- Live Wallpaper For Mac? It’s Easier Than You Think
- Move Over Google Plus Hangouts. Appear.in Is Here & It’s Really Good
- Open Source AMD Graphics Are Now Awesome, Here’s How To Get Them
- What Are You In The Mood For? 5By Brings The Best Videos For Any Whim
- MakeUseOf Has Embraced VigLink, Now It’s Your Turn
| Nadella Named, Facebook Filmed, Foursquare Fueled, Korea Kinected [Tech News Digest] Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:30 AM PST  Today in Tech News Digest, Satya Nadella is (finally) named as the new CEO of Microsoft, Facebook turns 10, Twitter eyes a move into e-commerce, Foursquare’s data is coming to Windows, Google Now lands on Chrome Beta, and it’s revealed that Kinect is guarding the border between North Korea and South Korea. Satya Nadella Named New Microsoft CEO first commitment as CEO…i won’t wait 4 years between tweets! — Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) February 5, 2014 Satya Nadella has finally been named the new CEO of Microsoft, after months of speculation and shortlisting, and a week since the news leaked. Nadella... Read the full article: Nadella Named, Facebook Filmed, Foursquare Fueled, Korea Kinected [Tech News Digest]     |
| Cool Websites & Tools – Check Typing On The Fly, Academic Torrents, & Kill The Cache Posted: 04 Feb 2014 08:31 PM PST  Dash – Connect your car to your smartphone, and unlock enhanced performance, cost savings and social driving. Dash connects your smartphone to your car with a simple, low-cost device which you can install yourself – simply reach under your steering wheel and plug in in. No mess, no mechanic, no problem. TinySpell – Occasionally you need to check spelling in an application that does not include a spelling checker and you don’t want to launch your word processor just for that. This is when TinySpell becomes handy. It is a small utility that allows you to easily and quickly check... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Check Typing On The Fly, Academic Torrents, & Kill The Cache  |
| Posted: 04 Feb 2014 06:30 PM PST  Do you have a special relationship with your computer? Then you may have explored these *ahem* positions before. Which did you enjoy most? Personally, I find “The Playful Cricket” particularly rewarding. Okay, let’s dispense of the sexual innuendoes. Which is your favourite computer position? If it’s not in the cartoon, share a link to an image on Imgur or your favourite image sharing service. Click to enlarge. via Jim Benton Read the full article: The Data Sutra  |
| Wearable Technology Has An Image Problem [We Ask You Results] Posted: 04 Feb 2014 05:30 PM PST  With Google Glass still a niche product for the rich, smartwatches not yet proving their worth, and fitness trackers only having limited usefulness, the longterm prospects for wearable technology are still up for debate. Which is exactly what we tackled in last week’s We Ask You discussion. Opinion Split On Future Of Wearable Technology We asked you, Is Wearable Technology The Future, Or A Fad? We wanted to get a snapshot of people’s views on this emerging trend which encompasses any device that is worn about the body. The obvious examples, as suggested above, are Google Glass and its variants,... Read the full article: Wearable Technology Has An Image Problem [We Ask You Results]  |
| ‘Google Now’ Available For The Chrome Beta Browser Posted: 04 Feb 2014 04:30 PM PST  Google is starting to roll out its “Google Now” feature to its Beta browser, for Windows, Mac, and Chrome OS. If you use “Google Now” on your smartphone, ensure you are signed into the browser with your Google account and have notifications turned on on the desktop. After all that, you will then begin to see the notifications begin to pop up on your desktop. To view your notifications at any time, just right-click on the bell icon at the bottom of your browser. This will then bring up any existing notifications you might have : These notifications will sync... Read the full article: ‘Google Now’ Available For The Chrome Beta Browser  |
| Is Windows Taking Forever To Shut Down? Try This! Posted: 04 Feb 2014 01:00 PM PST  Shutting down Windows seems like it should be a simple process. You're just turning your PC off; how hard can it be? Yet there's more to shutting down then just cutting the power. System processes must end, data must be saved, and unneeded information must be removed from memory. Usually, this process takes just a few seconds, but the complex series of steps that take place behind the scenes can sometimes trip over itself. The result is a system that never actually shuts down, or takes an extremely long time to do so. Here are the reasons why your Windows... Read the full article: Is Windows Taking Forever To Shut Down? Try This!  |
| 4 Fantastic Turbografx 16 Games That Are Still Worth Playing Today Posted: 04 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST  When you think of classic consoles, the NES, Genesis, and SNES are probably the first three that you think of, but there’s another device that had some fantastic games. That other console, NEC’s Turbografx 16 actually had some games that not enough gamers enjoyed. It’s too bad really, because there are games on the console that span a range of genres, from platformers to shooters. No matter what you like to play, the system has games for you. Blazing Lazers Back in the late eighties and early nineties, top-down space shooters were all the rage. Sure, plenty of these games... Read the full article: 4 Fantastic Turbografx 16 Games That Are Still Worth Playing Today  |
| Bring Your Photos to Life On Instagram & Beyond With Flipagram Posted: 04 Feb 2014 11:00 AM PST  Since Vine hit the scene, and Instagram introduced video to its features, putting together short videos has been elevated to an art. Flipagram, a great free app available for iOS and Android, makes it easier than ever to do just that by turning your photos into creative videos. Combining an easy to use interface with powerful video features, Flipagram creates beautiful short videos or slideshows of your best work. Adding Photos Getting started with Flipagram, the first thing you’ll want to do is add photos to use in your mini-video. You can use photos that you’ve already posted on Instagram or Facebook,... Read the full article: Bring Your Photos to Life On Instagram & Beyond With Flipagram  |
| Burnt Out on Assassin’s Creed? 4 Reasons to Return for Black Flag. Posted: 04 Feb 2014 10:00 AM PST  When a franchise releases a major title every single year, its developers have to work extra hard to keep the experience from being the same old thing. After all, if you’ve only just finished the last game in the series, you’re not likely to be enticed by a new game that only promises more of the same. Assassin’s Creed is just over six years old, and developer and publisher Ubisoft have managed to crank out six series releases in that time, along with numerous spin-off games and side stories. It’s a pace that has pushed some to burnout on the... Read the full article: Burnt Out on Assassin’s Creed? 4 Reasons to Return for Black Flag.  |
| LibreOffice 4.2 Brings Major Changes To The Popular Microsoft Office Alternative Posted: 04 Feb 2014 09:30 AM PST  The Document Foundation has released the latest version of its office productivity suite. LibreOffice (Version 4.2) offers better performance and better interoperability with MS Windows, and further lays claim to its title of the best free office suite for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The hardest work has gone into Calc with GPU-enabled power enhancements that should help it to handle big datasets and importing complex XLSX spreadsheets. Document interoperability with Microsoft OOXML, particularly for DOCX, as well as legacy RTF, has been improved. Abiword documents and Apple Keynote presentations get their own import filters too. Open LibreOffice with... Read the full article: LibreOffice 4.2 Brings Major Changes To The Popular Microsoft Office Alternative  |
| Live Wallpaper For Mac? It’s Easier Than You Think Posted: 04 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST  Maybe you’ve seen a list of Android Live Wallpapers and wished you could use them on your Mac. Sure, they’re a waste of processing power, but they’re also a lot of fun. Search all you want, however, and you won’t find a way to add these live wallpapers to your Mac’s desktop. But there is an alternative. I showed you how to add beautiful information to your Mac desktop with Nerdtool. What I didn’t tell you is that this program can also add any Quartz animation to your desktop. These files are created by Quartz Composer, and provide a lot... Read the full article: Live Wallpaper For Mac? It’s Easier Than You Think  |
| Move Over Google Plus Hangouts. Appear.in Is Here & It’s Really Good Posted: 04 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST  Video conferencing isn’t something most people get excited about. Until recently, the field has been dominated by the likes of Polycom and Cisco in the enterprise sphere, and Skype and Google Plus picking up the slack in the consumer sphere. Commonly, video conferencing hasn’t been done especially well. For the most part Skype stutters and glitches out more than a Max Headroom marathon, even with a fast internet connection. Meanwhile, users of Google Plus Hangouts are required to sign up for a Google account and install a bulky, bloated plugin before chatting to their mates. People have been crying out for... Read the full article: Move Over Google Plus Hangouts. Appear.in Is Here & It’s Really Good  |
| Open Source AMD Graphics Are Now Awesome, Here’s How To Get Them Posted: 04 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST  The AMD proprietary driver on Linux is fast but buggy, and the open source driver has now become awesome – here’s how to get the open source driver with the new performance improvements. Why Use Open Source Graphics Drivers? Users of non-Intel graphics have historically had to use the proprietary graphics drivers provided by AMD and Nvidia to get the performance they’d expect. This is still the case for Nvidia users, as the open source “Nouveau” driver is severely limited; however, AMD users now actually have a choice. Recent releases of the Linux kernel plus the AMD open source graphics... Read the full article: Open Source AMD Graphics Are Now Awesome, Here’s How To Get Them  |
| What Are You In The Mood For? 5By Brings The Best Videos For Any Whim Posted: 04 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST  A concierge’s job is to take care of every whim, fancy, and mood. When it comes to online entertainment, there are digital Man Fridays that cover every instant demand you can think of. It’s a concept that’s more familiar to radio stations and online services that let us play music according to mood. Then, we do tend to do evening sitdowns and watch movies with matching moods too. Why should casual video-surfing be any different? 5By.com matches that need with a new free video curation web application – a “video concierge” that trawls the Web for the best videos and... Read the full article: What Are You In The Mood For? 5By Brings The Best Videos For Any Whim  |
| MakeUseOf Has Embraced VigLink, Now It’s Your Turn Posted: 04 Feb 2014 05:30 AM PST  The more astute MakeUseOf reader would have noticed that we’ve started running VigLink. VigLink is a Google-backed company which helps websites like MakeUseOf monetise outbound traffic. So what does this mean for you? How exactly will VigLink affect you? This announcement will clarify how we use VigLink, for full transparency. Why VigLink? Simple. We’re hoping to reduce our dependance on banner ads. In order to cover operating costs, websites depend mainly on advertising revenue. However, banner ads can be annoying, and sometimes rogue pop-under ads can slip through the cracks and end up being displayed on your computer. We hate... Read the full article: MakeUseOf Has Embraced VigLink, Now It’s Your Turn  |
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