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Friday, February 19, 2010

MakeUseOf Top Five From Last Week - A Browser, Some Music, Twitter, a Slice of Apple and Some of Life

Wow, that's quite a coverage for a week. Our range of posts does tend to swing from one end to the other like a pendulum. We hope everyone finds something of interest in the whole stack.

We are always interested to know whether our articles answer a lot of your technology related questions or fill up any specific needs you are looking to fulfill with free software.

Even then if you have some queries unanswered, leave them at the new MakeUseOf Answers section. Our panel of tech enthusiasts will do their best to clear away the muddles.

Take a look at what others have been asking at The 5 Best Questions From You.

The other kind of information interchange you will get to see at MakeUseof.com are the frequent polls. Like the one last week on - Do You Buy Software Or Prefer To Use A "Cracked" Version? Click on the results link to see what our readers are voting for.

Now to explain the title of the newsletter, let's check out what has been happening the past week at MakeUseOf.com


The 5 Best Posts From Last Week



Firefox wasn't the first browser to think of a tabbed browser. But they certainly took it another level and made it a must have. By its very nature, a tabbed browser makes for easier browsing.

But there are even more amazing tweaks you can apply to the tabs to make your browsing more smooth and productive. Check out the seven ways here.

Read: Full Article


Music is refreshing. Sometimes new music that moves away from established names is even more so. There are two ways you can search for new music on the web. You can use services which create music maps, allowing you to explore artists similar in genre to the artists you already listen to.

Or you can use music blogs and websites that showcase independent or up-and-coming artists. Here are 10 websites that help.

Isn't Twitter about real-time? It is, but even then the ability to schedule tweets so that they are sent out at the right time for maximum impact is an important consideration. Twitter does not have this feature built in.

Thanks to these six third party tools, scheduling your Twitter updates is a cinch. Let us know which of these or any other is your favorite.


Are you a life hacker? The term is for the guy who is always looking to get more out of his life. Whether it is through getting more done or getting less. Thanks to the web we can get a daily dose of inspirational stuff from around the world that helps us discover more from our lives.

Leo Babauta's Zen Habits is almost a golden bookmark for this nice. Then there are the other three featured here.

It's the third generation for both these iconic products. These popular devices are not only about playing music and games, making phone calls, and running applications; they're about elegant style, ease of use, and speed.

Though they have similar looks and media features, there are many essential differences too. This post helps you to make a buying decision. 
 
 

The 5 Others That Deserve a Click

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