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Save and Share Mac Software Updates
Nobody could find the word “perfect” in the dictionary of the software development world. On the opposite side, “updates” is the one of the most frequently used words; along with bugs, fixes, and upgrades.Keeping up with the constant updates is an art in itself. Not everybody has the time nor the willingness to do that. [...]
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Find a Teenage Pen Pal Anywhere in the World With ePaLs
When it comes to education, there are few topics that can get students excited quite like other countries and cultures can. If you really want to get an interesting classroom discussion going, tell your teenage students that in Bulgaria, people nod when they disagree with you and shake their head when they agree. Or inform [...]Continue reading ...
2 Great Ways To Automate Set Management In Flickr
Flickr has a great ability to create Sets of images, and then group the sets as Collections.I've talked about Flickr sets before, in terms of how to best get your images noticed.
The Collections are live. That is, if you add more images to the member groups, then the Collections are updated accordingly.
Unfortunately, Sets themselves are [...]
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Cool Websites and Tools [June 18]
Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For more cool websites and web app reviews subscribe to MakeUseOf Directory.
(1) BlindSearch - This is a foolproof online test which lets you compare Google, Yahoo and Bing search results. The test [...]
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Football Superstars - Live The Life Of Famous Football Players!
Some think geeks do not understand, or want to understand football (not the American variation, but FOOTball). Most are right. The majority of us just can’t find any joy in running behind a ball.And then there’s the rest of us. The ones who know the feeling of landing a perfect shot, adrenaline running through your [...]
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Use Your Windows Mobile and Remote Desktop To Control Your PC
Hey, Hey, Hey! It's your friendly neighborhood admin coming at you again with another awesome use for your Windows Mobile Device. I am talking about Remote Desktop.Have you ever been away from your desktop and needed some information that was on it? Have you ever needed to shutdown your computer or do something underhanded [...]
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How to Email Smarter With Buit-In Time Zone Converters
Time… this single four letter word is our biggest contradiction. Today, more than ever it is synonymous with productivity. The internet may have erased distances, but it hasn't erased the clock. Time zones remain a constant.An email sent by me to a recipient across the globe takes a second to land in his inbox, but was [...]
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5 Free Twitter Tools For Smarter Tweeting
Being so skeptical at first, you can imagine my surprise when I discovered that Twitter, in fact, can be a powerful tool for promoting your business. So now that I am happy daily Twitter Tweeter, I have learned some tasty tidbits that I'd like to share.Continue reading ...
Use Doodle to Make an Online Poll When Planning Group Events
Meetings, parties, where to go, what to do and most of all when - life is full of options. Making decisions is all the more complicated when a group of people has to agree.And then there’s always that poor fellow, who has to communicate back and forth with everyone to find the best solution.
If [...]
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Cool Websites and Tools [June 19]
Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For more cool websites and web app reviews subscribe to MakeUseOf Directory.
(1) CanvasBoom - Cool Firefox add-on that makes it possible for you to use any image as a [...]
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How To Display Home, Computer, Trash icons On The Desktop [Ubuntu]
The other day, I was explaining some of the benefits of Linux to one of my friends. I managed to do so pretty well, so much so that he decided to give it a shot. Then came the choice of distribution, I had an Ubuntu CD so passed it along and he was able to [...]Continue reading ...
Download Any Video On The Web With DownloadHelper
Have you ever wanted to watch a longer video clip or documentary, only to suffer frequent pauses in playback? Me too. What I prefer to do is download the video and then watch it non-stop on my computer. If the file is local, there’s no lag and no annoying blips.It used to be that there [...]
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