13 New Articles on MakeUseOf

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• 5 Apps For The Compulsive Online Shopper
• JPEG, GIF, And PNG: When To Use Each Kind Of Image
• SciShow Demystifies Scientific News & Answers Some Burning Questions [Stuff to Watch]
• 6 Gifts Any Photographer Will Love
• 4 Places To Find Hilarious Gaming Memes
• What Is A Virtual Server, And What Can You Do With One?
• How To Schedule Email On Your Mac
• Four Ways You Can Protect Your Password Manager From Malware
• How To Add a Reset Switch To Your Raspberry Pi
• 6 Gifts For The World Traveller In Your Life
• Philips Hue Starter Kit Review and Giveaway
• Coding Isn’t For Everyone: 7 Tech Jobs You Can Get Without It
• Zuckerberg Defends Free Facebook, Cortana On Windows 10, & More… [Tech News Digest]

5 Apps For The Compulsive Online Shopper Posted: 08 Dec 2014 08:30 PM PST With the holidays coming up, and with times being a bit tight, everyone wants to have a good time, but also saving money when shopping online is probably a priority. We all dread the credit card bill which arrives in January, informing us of the huge wrecking ball that has been swung at our finances, and it takes us about half of the next year to pay it all off. I wrote very recently about minimalism and our need to stop buying too much, but obviously everyone is different, and if you want the holidays to be about loads of presents,... Read the full article: 5 Apps For The Compulsive Online Shopper

JPEG, GIF, And PNG: When To Use Each Kind Of Image Posted: 08 Dec 2014 06:30 PM PST Generally, when you see an image used on the Internet, it’s a JPEG, GIF, or PNG. If you’re just a viewer of said images, you probably don’t spend too much time thinking about the different file types. For people who make images online, knowing when to use each type is critical. Sure, they can technically be used interchangeably, and users will still see the images, but they may not load as fast and look as good. Don’t worry though, because we’ve found this awesome infographic that will serve as a convenient cheat sheet to help you decide what type of image to... Read the full article: JPEG, GIF, And PNG: When To Use Each Kind Of Image

SciShow Demystifies Scientific News & Answers Some Burning Questions [Stuff to Watch] Posted: 08 Dec 2014 05:30 PM PST Wasting your time never used to be this informative. Before YouTube, most people procrastinated in front of the TV, playing Tetris or even worse – reading a book. Humour aside, the force behind YouTube’s potential as an educational tool is astounding. SciShow is another fine resource for the young and old that turns boring textbook descriptions into fascinating, fun videos. Science In The News Thanks to the bleeding-edge nature of the Internet, our thirst for up to date knowledge must be satisfied at all times. SciShow embraces this with weekly round-ups of the most interesting developments, frequently demystifying the big science news so often... Read the full article: SciShow Demystifies Scientific News & Answers Some Burning Questions [Stuff to Watch]

6 Gifts Any Photographer Will Love Posted: 08 Dec 2014 10:00 AM PST Photographers can be a nightmare to buy for. I should know – I am one. No one has ever dismissed photography as a cheap pastime. Entry level DSLRs cost hundreds of dollars before you even buy a lens. The gear most photographers covet can cost thousands of dollars. If you’re not careful you’ll end up spending far more than you planned. This gear guide from MakeUseOf is here to help. I’ve gathered together some of the best gifts you can get a photographer this Christmas. There’s something for almost every price point. Lens Bracelet ($10 – $15) If you’re stuck... Read the full article: 6 Gifts Any Photographer Will Love

4 Places To Find Hilarious Gaming Memes Posted: 08 Dec 2014 09:00 AM PST Although video games can bring about high emotion through their storytelling, many games instead pride themselves on humor. Over gaming’s long history a sub-culture has developed, bringing with it thousands of jokes for players of a particular series or games in general to enjoy. In the online age, this gaming culture is personified by memes, which are pictures accompanied by text. If you don’t understand them just yet, check out Tim’s introduction to memes. Today, we’re going to have some fun and find some places to get a few gaming laughs. Reddit We’ve written plenty about Reddit before, including a... Read the full article: 4 Places To Find Hilarious Gaming Memes

What Is A Virtual Server, And What Can You Do With One? Posted: 08 Dec 2014 08:00 AM PST Virtual machines and virtual servers — what are they and how do they differ? Are they related to virtual private networks? And what’s the difference between virtual hosting, shared hosting, and dedicated hosting? These are important questions, especially if you’re going to host a website or a remote server. Fortunately, the answers are pretty simple and the usefulness of virtual servers may end up surprising you. Virtual Servers: An Introduction To understand virtual private servers (VPS), we have to first understand virtual machines (VM). A VM utilizes some of the physical resources of a computer — e.g. CPU, RAM, disk... Read the full article: What Is A Virtual Server, And What Can You Do With One?

How To Schedule Email On Your Mac Posted: 08 Dec 2014 07:30 AM PST Sending email at the right time can mean the difference between receiving a prompt response and waiting all day. As someone who lives in Australia with colleagues who mostly reside in the US or Europe, I know what this feels like. Apple’s Mail app doesn’t come with a scheduler by default, but that doesn’t mean you can’t prepare messages in advance and send them at a later point in time. Why Delay? Aside from the aforementioned nature of working in a world that never sleeps (even when it’s dark), scheduling email has a few other benefits too. The first is about managing expectations – how is anyone ever... Read the full article: How To Schedule Email On Your Mac

Four Ways You Can Protect Your Password Manager From Malware Posted: 08 Dec 2014 07:00 AM PST Password managers are utilities for safeguarding your passwords. By entering a single master password, you can gain access to all your securely stored passwords. This allows you to have a unique, complex password for every website and application you use while only having to remember a single master password. Sounds great, right? Unfortunately, attackers have begun to target some popular password managers. If your computer has been infected by malware, the malware can use keylogger software to record your keystrokes when you type in your master password, stealing it. This allows the malware to gain access to your stored passwords.... Read the full article: Four Ways You Can Protect Your Password Manager From Malware

How To Add a Reset Switch To Your Raspberry Pi Posted: 08 Dec 2014 06:00 AM PST Your Raspberry Pi has frozen. Perhaps a new component has failed, or the system has ground to a halt processing some bad code. Either way, you now have to unplug and reconnect your Pi’s power supply as manually shutting down isn’t possible. Removing and replacing the USB power cable isn’t ideal, and it is certainly putting undue wear and tear on your Raspberry Pi, particularly the power port itself. What the system really needs is a reset switch, but sadly none was included. Fitting A Reset Switch To Your Raspberry Pi It is relatively simple to add a reset switch.... Read the full article: How To Add a Reset Switch To Your Raspberry Pi

6 Gifts For The World Traveller In Your Life Posted: 08 Dec 2014 05:00 AM PST Everyone’s got a friend like Jeff. At work one minute, the next Jeff is posting photos on Instagram from a tropical beach in the south pacific. Jeff humblebrags across entire continents. He posts statuses like ‘Card just got declined at the hotel bar. Guess I should have told my bank I was in Tahiti. #awkward‘. Jeff always has something new on his travel blog. And for all of Jeff’s flaws, you love him, because Jeff is what you wish you were. A world traveler. But what do you buy for someone who prizes experiences over things? If you need some... Read the full article: 6 Gifts For The World Traveller In Your Life

Philips Hue Starter Kit Review and Giveaway Posted: 08 Dec 2014 04:30 AM PST Smart lighting is the next big thing, they’ll have you believe – which means the market is literally flooded by light bulbs with embedded wifi chips, all with their own silly mobile app that you need to fuss around with just to turn them on. Call me a skeptic, but most of these are an utter waste of time. Is Philips Hue any different? Today I’ll be finding out, and at the end of this review you can enter to win your own Hue starter kit. Phillips Hue isn’t the only smart lighting system out there, but it is the... Read the full article: Philips Hue Starter Kit Review and Giveaway

Coding Isn’t For Everyone: 7 Tech Jobs You Can Get Without It Posted: 08 Dec 2014 04:00 AM PST Programming isn’t for everyone; it requires a very specific kind of quantitative, analytical thinking, and the learning process can be a tough one, even with some of the fun ways to learn to program. But don’t be discouraged if you want to be a part of the tech field: there are plenty of jobs for people who don’t know how to code! These seven will give you an idea of what’s out there. Designer Coding can be more art than science, but graphic design is all about art. If you’re artistically inclined and you’d like to be involved in tech, being a... Read the full article: Coding Isn’t For Everyone: 7 Tech Jobs You Can Get Without It

Zuckerberg Defends Free Facebook, Cortana On Windows 10, & More… [Tech News Digest] Posted: 08 Dec 2014 03:30 AM PST Also, 12 days of Microsoft deals, Digital Einstein goes live, Uncharted 4 gameplay footage, 3D-printing a lightsaber, and breaking Track & Field records. Mark Zuckerberg Defends Free Facebook I see you when you are sleeping I know when you’re awake I know if you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness sake -Mark Zuckerberg — Rob Dicken (@1970RobD) December 4, 2014 Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has defended the social network he cooked up in his dorm room at Harvard. In particular, he has defended its status as a free service paid for by advertising, which has... Read the full article: Zuckerberg Defends Free Facebook, Cortana On Windows 10, & More… [Tech News Digest]

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