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• 5 Tools For The Dropbox Power User
• The Coolest James Bond Cars You Wish You Could Buy
• 4 Ways The Crew Delivers On Its Hype
• Clip Art Is Gone! Here’s How To Find Free Images Instead
• 5 Lesser-Known Google-Made Android Apps You Should Try
• 7 Gift Ideas Under $150 For Coffee Lovers
• Hands On With WinX HD Video Converter (PC/Mac) + Unlimited License Giveaway
• 10 Simple Windows Tricks You’re Missing Out On
• Adonit Jot Touch with Pixelpoint Review & Giveaway
• The True History of Assassin’s Creed
• Amazon Elements Is Ethical, Woz Debunks Apple Origin Myth, & More… [Tech News Digest]

5 Tools For The Dropbox Power User Posted: 05 Dec 2014 08:30 PM PST When it comes to cloud storage solutions, the biggest and the most popular of them all is Dropbox. And it has become so popular, and so ingrained with web culture, that the word “dropbox” is slowly turning into a verb (“I’ll Dropbox that file to you”). Some of that popularity may be due to their API, which enables third-party developers to make all kinds of add-on tools, as well as integrating Dropbox into their apps. When you are using an app which has Dropbox integrated by default, it makes it difficult to start using any other kind of cloud storage. Here are... Read the full article: 5 Tools For The Dropbox Power User

The Coolest James Bond Cars You Wish You Could Buy Posted: 05 Dec 2014 06:30 PM PST When people talk about James Bond, his gadgets are usually the first thing that comes up. But one of the coolest parts of 007’s kit is his cars. Not only do they look gorgeous, but they are packed with some awesome tools that make Bond a formidable foe, even when he’s just navigating from point A to point B. Of course, the best Bond cars aren’t just your run-of-the-mill street car. Oh no, they are built from top-of-the-line cars that we all wish we could buy, even without all of the fancy gadgets. Take a look at this infographic, and let us... Read the full article: The Coolest James Bond Cars You Wish You Could Buy

4 Ways The Crew Delivers On Its Hype Posted: 05 Dec 2014 09:00 AM PST The Crew is a brand new driving MMORPG from Ubisoft, and if that sentence doesn’t raise a few red flags for you, you haven’t been paying much attention to the games industry lately. With the recent bungled launch of Ubi’s Assassin’s Creed: Unity, and the frustrating performance of always online games like SimCity and Diablo III, it seems like this ambitious racer has everything going against it. Luckily, against all odds, The Crew is proving to be an absolute blast that keeps its promises. Check out these 4 features that make The Crew one of the freshest racing games in... Read the full article: 4 Ways The Crew Delivers On Its Hype

Clip Art Is Gone! Here’s How To Find Free Images Instead Posted: 05 Dec 2014 08:00 AM PST Remember Microsoft’s clip art? Neither did I until this week, when Redmond announced that clip art gallery is going the way of Clippy. Or, to put it another way: once upon a time, we were all… …but now, anyone looking for classic clip art feels mostly… To be fair, the clip art gallery you remember from days of yore is already long gone – in Office 2013, clip art was an online-only feature. If you’re like most people you didn’t notice, because you haven’t used clip art since Google Image Search launched in 2001, but for quite a while Office’s clip art feature... Read the full article: Clip Art Is Gone! Here’s How To Find Free Images Instead

5 Lesser-Known Google-Made Android Apps You Should Try Posted: 05 Dec 2014 07:00 AM PST Several of Google’s Android apps and services have become deeply woven into our lives over the years. Others are familiar only to dedicated Google fans. Some of these lesser-known offerings are highly experimental or target only a limited number of people, but they’re all genuinely cool. Here are five of them. 1. Google Cardboard You’ve heard about Google Glass. Whether you can afford a pair or not, it’s probably not something you want to spend $1,500 on. I hear you. But that’s not Google’s only attempt at augmenting reality. It has another experiment in the works that takes a significantly more immersive approach, and it does... Read the full article: 5 Lesser-Known Google-Made Android Apps You Should Try

7 Gift Ideas Under $150 For Coffee Lovers Posted: 05 Dec 2014 06:00 AM PST As winter swoops in with its chilling bite, it’s the perfect time to sit down and enjoy some steaming hot latte or espresso. It’s also a great time to surprise your friends and family with awesome gifts that will make their next cups of java taste better than ever before. Coffee is fun and doesn’t have to be an expensive endeavor. In fact, most coffee starter essentials will barely dent your wallet and they make great gifts for coffee newbies. However, for friends and family who are looking for something a little more advanced, you may find the following gift... Read the full article: 7 Gift Ideas Under $150 For Coffee Lovers

Hands On With WinX HD Video Converter (PC/Mac) + Unlimited License Giveaway Posted: 05 Dec 2014 05:30 AM PST The holiday season can be characterized by winter sweaters, hot cocoa, and the gathering of friends and family. An unavoidable part of the latter is home movies. Lots and lots of home movies. If you’re hosting a Christmas or New Year’s party, you can reasonably expect to have to view them, make them, and yes, even share them. The last bit is quite tricky. You can blame the fragmentation of the computer and mobile market. Your family members are likely using an array of different devices, each only supporting specific video codecs, and specific file formats. You need a really... Read the full article: Hands On With WinX HD Video Converter (PC/Mac) + Unlimited License Giveaway

10 Simple Windows Tricks You’re Missing Out On Posted: 05 Dec 2014 05:00 AM PST We probably all use our computers every day, but do you really know everything about them? There might be many simple and helpful tricks that you’re not aware of. There’s much more to Windows than first meets the eye – you can be a power user for years and still not realise the full potential of the operating system. Let’s run through some Windows features that aren’t highly advertised and which can help you be more productive. Remember to share your own in the comments below! Shake It Off Have you got loads of windows open at once and find your... Read the full article: 10 Simple Windows Tricks You’re Missing Out On

Adonit Jot Touch with Pixelpoint Review & Giveaway Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:30 AM PST iPad owners are lucky: manufacturers make styli that only work with their devices. Today we’ll be taking a look at yet-another of these iOS-exclusive digital drawing and writing tools, the Adonit Jot Touch with Pixelpoint ($99). Despite its rather limited compatibility, the Jot Touch is designed to work as a plain old stylus for your iPad – while also providing some special features (like palm rejection and programmable shortcuts) in a selection of third-party apps. So is the Jot worth squat, or can its fine-point reconnect you with your (pressure) sensitive, artistic side? Let’s take a look. Introducing the Adonit Jot Touch with Pixelpoint Adonit have... Read the full article: Adonit Jot Touch with Pixelpoint Review & Giveaway

The True History of Assassin’s Creed Posted: 05 Dec 2014 04:00 AM PST When the gameplay for the original Assassin's Creed was demoed live on stage at E3 2006 I was in awe. I watched the short video five or six times in a row. This was an impressive feat; I had truly awful Internet back then. YouTube had been around for a little over a year. For the first time it was easy to see all the footage coming out of the biggest conference in gaming. I watched the video again for this article. I hadn't seen it in eight years. Amazingly, it holds up well. The game's producer, Jade Raymond, narrates... Read the full article: The True History of Assassin’s Creed

Amazon Elements Is Ethical, Woz Debunks Apple Origin Myth, & More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:30 AM PST Also, get three months of Spotify Premium for 99 cents, play Breakout on your Nintendo 3DS, and how Gangnam Style broke YouTube. Amazon Elements Offers Ethical Products Alternate headline: Amazon begins selling diapers to insufferable parents http://t.co/eEy6iJc8O9 pic.twitter.com/p2EaEZHZi9 — Thomas Ricker (@Trixxy) December 5, 2014 Amazon has launched Amazon Elements, offering premium versions of everyday essentials. The big draw with Amazon Elements is the level of information offered regarding the manufacturing of the product and the materials and ingredients used in its creation. This all hints at Amazon adding an ethical bent to its brand. With Amazon Elements, the company... Read the full article: Amazon Elements Is Ethical, Woz Debunks Apple Origin Myth, & More… [Tech News Digest]

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