Forget Kickstarter: How To Crowdfund From Your Own Website

Crowdfunding has taken off in a big way in the past few years. It’s easy to see why, as the Internet offers a way for many likeminded people to club together. But you don’t need to use a service like Kickstarter if you’re already running your own popular website… Run Crowdfunding Campaigns On Your Own Website It should come as no surprise that MakeUseOf runs regular crowdfunding articles. The ease with which it is possible to back interesting new projects – the majority of which would never get off the ground a few years ago – is exciting for many,...

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Pebble Steel, Toshiba Chromebook, Yahoo Malware, Michael Bay [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, new smartwatch hardware is announced in the form of Pebble Steel, Toshiba launches its first Chromebook, AT&T potentially kills net neutrality with Sponsored Data, Yahoo users are warned of a malware threat, Panasonic announces Firefox OS-powered smart TVs, retro games are made playable online thanks to the Console Living Room, and Michael Bay fails to deliver at CES 2014. Pebble Steel Announced CES 2014 has kicked off, and new hardware is being shown off left, right, and center. The biggest reveal on day one was arguably the new Pebble Steel, which turned heads thanks to...

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Learn To Draw Anything Thanks To YouTube [Stuff to Watch]

YouTube is a fantastic learning tool, and that’s primarily because many of us learn best by watching someone do something. This rings especially true when it comes to drawing – if you’re bursting with creativity but are falling short in the artistic department, YouTube might be able to help. Drawing is a skill best nurtured by practice, but a little help can go a long way. Whether you’re having trouble drawing facial features like eyes or haven’t got a clue how to tackle a 3D perspective, it’s YouTube to the rescue! Drawing With Karl Gude One of my favourite instructional...

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9GAG: Laugh Until You Can’t Laugh Anymore

Maybe you’ve heard of this meme-sharing site which shares some similarities with Reddit (which is a really cool website), or maybe this is your first encounter with 9GAG. Either way, you’re bound to enjoy the many user submitted memes that make it to this site. Essentially, 9GAG is just a collection of memes and images that anyone can upload. Most of them tend to be funny, some are brutally honest (see: confession bear, unpopular opinion puffin), some are cute, and some are just fascinating. It’s completely free and has free Android and iOS apps as well. Since your experience will...

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Give Your Text Stunning Designs Easily With Notegraphy

Is this text boring? And this? And this? I’m not talking about the actual content. I’m referring to the way it looks. Text can be boring or interesting, depending on what it actually says, but no matter where you read it — on a website, in a book, or even on a social network — it’s likely to look about the same…in spite of different fonts. Personally, this never bothered me before, but that was before I tried Notegraphy. Notegraphy makes it easy to create stylized snippets of text for yourself, or to share on social networks, and can also...

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