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- Google Comes For Your Children, Spotify Details Your Year In Music, & More…[Tech News Digest]
- 5 Spotify Tools To Get You Rocking & Rolling
- An Animated Guide To Jet Engines
- What’s The Best Tech-Related Gift You Have Received? [We Ask You]
- The Best VPN Services
- 5 Classic RPGs With Unique Battle Systems You’ll Love
- The Best WordPress Plugins
- How To Get Novel Windows 10 Features On Windows 7 Or 8.1
- 7 Gifts for the Smart Home Enthusiast in Your Life
- Get Rid Of Ads And Improve Readability In Chrome
- How Amazon Echo Can Make Your Home A Smart Home
| Google Comes For Your Children, Spotify Details Your Year In Music, & More…[Tech News Digest] Posted: 04 Dec 2014 03:30 AM PST  Also, Bing Pulse polls audiences, Google fixes CAPTCHAs, eBay opens Innovators Collective, and a Freaks & Geeks YouTube adventure. Google Wants Children (To Use Its Products) Google is set to start targeting children under the age of 13, with plans to develop a range of products designed for kids. According to USA Today, these are likely to be child-friendly versions of popular Google products, such as YouTube and the Chrome Web browser. As it stands, kids under the age of 13 are protected by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). This federal law means tech companies are... Read the full article: Google Comes For Your Children, Spotify Details Your Year In Music, & More…[Tech News Digest]     |
| 5 Spotify Tools To Get You Rocking & Rolling Posted: 03 Dec 2014 08:30 PM PST  Spotify has been in the news recently because of Taylor Swift’s decision to leave the music streaming service, believing that she was getting a raw deal. But streaming music is all the vogue these days, and Spotify is just one service in a crowded field of music streaming services, which also includes Pandora, Rdio, and Grooveshark. But Spotify rules the music streaming throne at present, and with the tens of millions of Spotify users using the service on a daily basis, third-party tools were not long in making an appearance. There are so many to choose from, and we have... Read the full article: 5 Spotify Tools To Get You Rocking & Rolling  |
| An Animated Guide To Jet Engines Posted: 03 Dec 2014 06:30 PM PST  Have you ever wondered how a jet engine works? It’s a complicated bit of science that expands far beyond the scope of MakeUseOf… or does it? Check out this awesome animated infographic that breaks down how a jet engine is able to generate its power. After looking it over, you’ll have at least a basic understanding of how a jet is able to generate speed. Next time you need whip out some random knowledge with your friends, you know who to thank! Animagraffs Click Each Image To Enlarge Read the full article: An Animated Guide To Jet Engines  |
| What’s The Best Tech-Related Gift You Have Received? [We Ask You] Posted: 03 Dec 2014 05:30 PM PST  Surely everybody likes receiving gifts. Sadly, many of us don’t receive gifts very often, meaning those we do receive have extra meaning to them. It’s these extra special gifts we’re interested in hearing about in this week’s We Ask You. Assuming, of course, they’re gifts related to technology. Gratitude For The Greatest Gifts Given We want to know, What’s The Best Tech-Related Gift You Have Received? It doesn’t matter what the occasion was, as long as you were given something as a gift, it was related to technology in some way, and you were so happy that you remember the... Read the full article: What’s The Best Tech-Related Gift You Have Received? [We Ask You]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2014 10:00 AM PST  The need for secure, anonymous connections to the Internet has increased considerably in the past few years, as more and more users come to realise the importance of not being seen and followed online. We’ve compiled a list of what we consider to be the best Virtual Private Network (VPN) service providers, grouped by premium, free, and torrent-friendly. We’ll be updating this list regularly, so leave your feedback in the comments for services we should add (or even remove). Last updated: December 1, 2014 These VPNs offer solutions that will mask your online presence to keep you safe. Premium VPNs Intended... Read the full article: The Best VPN Services  |
| 5 Classic RPGs With Unique Battle Systems You’ll Love Posted: 03 Dec 2014 09:00 AM PST  Turn-based RPGs are being relegated to the "niche" side of gaming. With even hard-line hangers on, such as the Final Fantasy series moving to a more action based combat system (also the recent Dragon Age: Inquisition), the days of the combat that began with pen-and-paper being king are over, but that doesn’t mean that we should forget them. It's been a long road since the first Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy games, though. Developers have attempted a variety of different fighting systems to enhance their plot and give players the opportunity to utilize strategy and tactics to wage war on their enemies. However, the... Read the full article: 5 Classic RPGs With Unique Battle Systems You’ll Love  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2014 08:00 AM PST  WordPress is the most widely used and adaptable content management system out there, but you’re probably going to want some plugins to make it just right for your needs. Here, I’ve collated what I think are the best plugins – both from experience, and community recommendations. Remember though, the more plugins you install, the slower your site will be, so there’s a delicate balancing act between features and performance. Performance and Backup WordPress is great – but can be quite slow when faced with lots of traffic. Once you hit about 500 pageviews a day, you’ll need to start thinking... Read the full article: The Best WordPress Plugins  |
| How To Get Novel Windows 10 Features On Windows 7 Or 8.1 Posted: 03 Dec 2014 07:00 AM PST  Among geeks, Windows 10 is all the rage these days. Yet most of its novel features have been around for a while, either as third party applications or within other operating systems. Instead of installing the Windows 10 Technical Preview, you can get some of its best features risk-free in your current Windows setup. Tiled Start Menu Windows 10 brought the Start Menu back. Of course they didn’t leave it at that. The new Start Menu incorporates the Start Screen. Adding a Start Menu to Windows 8.1 is a must and if you’re using Windows 8, you’ve probably done that... Read the full article: How To Get Novel Windows 10 Features On Windows 7 Or 8.1  |
| 7 Gifts for the Smart Home Enthusiast in Your Life Posted: 03 Dec 2014 06:00 AM PST  The smart home movement is picking up quickly, and a lot of people want to get in on the trend to make their homes more efficient, connected, and — let’s face it — cool. Whether you have someone on your list who’s already a smart home enthusiast, or you just think that one of your techie friends or relatives would appreciate a little more connectedness in their life, these seven gifts will be appreciated! Nest Learning Thermostat This is a no-brainer. The learning thermostat that helped kick off the smart home craze is useful, beautiful, and a sure money-saver. It learns... Read the full article: 7 Gifts for the Smart Home Enthusiast in Your Life  |
| Get Rid Of Ads And Improve Readability In Chrome Posted: 03 Dec 2014 05:00 AM PST  Ads. We all love them right? Well, you should as they keep the web free, but aside from that, they can really tarnish the online reading experience. They break up the webpage, distract from the article, and you can accidentally click on one while scrolling. The solution? Not Adblock – remember: ads allow the websites you love to be free and continue to share content. Instead, look at another option: an extension or bookmarklet that cleans up the page, displaying only the article’s text and images. Readability Readability is a veteran in the space of making the web easier to read. You can... Read the full article: Get Rid Of Ads And Improve Readability In Chrome  |
| How Amazon Echo Can Make Your Home A Smart Home Posted: 03 Dec 2014 04:00 AM PST  Smart home tech is still in its early days, but a new product from Amazon may help bring it into the mainstream. Called Amazon Echo, it’s a cylindrical speaker that uses far-field voice recognition to pick up and respond to your commands. For now, it seems to function mostly as a personal assistant — akin to Siri or Google Now — but, assuming it takes off, the future could hold much more. What Is Amazon Echo? As you can see from the video, Amazon Echo may have the standard purpose of a speaker, but there’s so much more built into this little... Read the full article: How Amazon Echo Can Make Your Home A Smart Home  |
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