Can you buy a mobile phone from a foreign country and use it in your own country? Here are tips to help you determine if that phone will work in your country or not.
07 June 2013
Determine if your Mobile Phone will Work in Another Country
Update Windows 8 Drivers With IObit Driver Booster
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There are plenty of free as well as paid software out there to scan your PC for outdated drivers. While most paid software function as advertised, many of the free tools designed for the same job don’t help you in updating the software. That is, many tools scan you PC for outdated and missing drivers [...]
Cool Websites and Tools [June 6th 2013]
Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool websites round-ups delivered to your email daily email subscribe here....
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Support Your Favorite Online Artists And Get Exclusive Rewards On Patreon
Patreon is a new initiative from musician and video-maker Jack Conte, that tries to solve the age-old problem both artist and fans face every day. For artists, it's the need to stay afloat while still doing what they love, and for fans, it's the precious few ways to support your favorite artists, especially if you live outside the US. Patreon caters to both.
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Toonami Aftermath Brings You Back To The Days Of Cartoon Network’s Greatness
Cartoon Network featured a few lackluster shows, but nothing on the planet could beat their action-animation block: Toonami. Debuting in 1997, Toonami featured cartoons and anime like Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, and more. Toonami was sort of a huge revolution for cartoons, and introduced a hip new style with a twist of Japanese culture to American television.
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Raspberry Pi’s Father Speaks: Eben Upton On The Future of Technology And More
Enthusiasm radiates from Eben Upton. He's the driving force behind the Raspberry Pi, that small computer that has been revolutionising hobbyist computing since its launch in 2012. Tall, and dressed casually, the founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation is explaining to me the background to the amazing minicomputer. But Upton isn't your usual computer designer. He and his team didn't build the Raspberry Pi to retire on. What they planned was something audacious, something fantastic.
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How To Create Amazing Facebook Cover Pictures For Your Timeline
The Facebook cover photo crowns your Timeline. You can choose a stunning photograph and keep it simple or create an eye-catching composition. No place on Facebook is better suited to show off your creativity and express your personality than this. Don't despair if you're not a master of Photoshop. Facebook makes it easy.
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New Nexus 7 User
When it comes to hardware, I'm usually a late adopter. Just when most people expect to see the Nexus 7 refresh, I decided to buy last year's hardware. There are many things that deterred me from buying an Android tablet: from the aspect ratio to the hardware issues and the lack of tablet-optimized apps.
Google got serious about tablets last year when it launched 2 tablets and started to encourage developers to build tablet-optimized apps. Andy Rubin's stance didn't help. Now there are special sections for tablet-optimized apps in Google Play and that's a great thing. Tablets need apps that take advantage of the bigger screen, not bigger phone apps.
I usually don't write reviews, so don't expect a Nexus 7 review. It's light, compact, there are many apps that work well and are more useful than their phone versions. I'm still not convinced that 16:10 is the right aspect ratio for a tablet: Chrome feels cramped and browsing the web is not a comfortable experience, especially in the landscape mode.
I'm the one who writes tips and tricks, so this may sound surprising: any tips for a new Nexus 7 user? You had one year to find all the great apps, hidden features, workarounds and use cases.
Note: I'll be gone on a short vacation for about a week. I'll read your tips, but don't expect new blog posts.
New UI for Related Searches in Google Image Search
A few weeks ago, I posted about a new Google Image Search experiment for related searches. Now it's no longer an experiment.
Google shows some thumbnails next to the related searches, so you can preview the results and see if those queries are relevant. Until now, you had to mouse over the results to see the thumbnails.
Click one of the related searches and you can see bigger versions of the same thumbnails. There's an extra click to actually see all the results.
Google's CalDav and CardDav APIs for Everyone
Back in March, Google announced that the CalDav API for Google Calendar will no longer be open to everyone. "CalDAV API will become available for whitelisted developers, and will be shut down for other developers on September 16, 2013. Most developers' use cases are handled well by Google Calendar API, which we recommend using instead."
Now Google changed its mind and decided to keep the CalDav API public and to make the CardDav API for Google Contacts available for everyone. "Since that announcement, we received many requests for access to CalDAV, giving us a better understanding of developers' use cases and causing us to revisit that decision."
That's a great news because you can access your calendars and contacts in future third-party apps that couldn't be whitelisted by Google because they haven't been created yet. Google still promotes the Calendar API, which offers more features.
It's also a good PR move, now that Google has been accused that it no longer cares about open standards. "Google, long a champion of open standards and 'one click away' competition, has started dumping open standards, ostensibly to force fealty to Google products," says Matt Asay.
Google Glass: a guide explains how they work
GOOGLE - While Google Glass began to be delivered in preview to the lucky few in the United States, Google seems to accelerate its project excites the high-tech community for almost a year.
After releasing the source code of the software embedded in his glasses, Google has posted Tuesday, 30 April a video explaining how to use the Google Glass ( see above).
A touch area will be on one of the arms of the glasses, allowing you to scroll through the various options (picture taking, sharing on social networks, etc.) and navigate through the options. Once the home screen displayed, the navigation is divided into two: to the left, which is part of the present or future (weather, time of transport, etc.), and right which belongs to the past ( photos and videos taken).
But the video does not say everything, it seems, about the capabilities of Google Glass. Precisely because, given the source code, developers feel that the glasses ^ will respond to finger ... and the eye. It would be possible to give orders (like taking a picture) in winking or looking directly at the small screen.
But Google does not seem ready to reveal all his finds at once. Other videos should be posted gradually. 's YouTube page which is hosted this new video is different from the page were posted other videos on the glasses. This could be the first video in a series.
This video also timely, while Google is attacked on the quality of his glasses. As the U.S. tests, several problems point the tip of their nose , as noted The Atlantic Wire:low battery , security issues, ergonomics not particularly adaptable, etc..
Real questions that Google will have to answer before marketing these glasses to the general public. The good news? The search engine knows that his "Glass" can be improved and has not advanced sale date.
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How to Easily Share Files Between your Mobile Phones and Computers
Your files are spread across devices. The guide explains how you can easily and quickly exchange files and other data between your computers, mobile phones and tablets with the help of apps.
How Much More Productive Is ToDoist Premium? Here Are 6 Good Reasons To Upgrade
I kept using ToDoist for free for a while. But kept coming up against things I wanted to do and couldn't. Email reminders. Adding notes to task. Things that would really add a whole lot to the value of ToDoist as a time management and task management solution. So, one day this year, I just decided to bite the bullet.
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