It’s A Dangerous World Out There. Travel Safely With Kitestring

Ever found a great deal on Craigslist, but passed it up because you’d have to go to the shady part of town in the darkest reaches of night just to grab it? I have. It’s a dilemma that effects anyone who buys and sells things online. Or simply makes a trip anywhere. But what if there was a service which makes you check-in with it, and if you fail to do so texts a friend or family member? That service exists, and is called Kitestring. And it’s really good. Here’s why. Meet Kitestring Kitestring is an SMS based service which...

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4 Websites For Affordable Recipes That Won’t Break the Bank

Want to save a few hundred dollars every month? Stop eating out and start cooking! When you eat out, you’re paying a premium for the service that went into cooking it and that can really add up over time. By cooking for yourself, not only do you eat healthier and save money, it could even become a fun and relaxing hobby. Finding the best deals and couponing online are two useful methods that’ll save money in the long run, but cooking is a dime-saving skill that will make you feel better about yourself. Furthermore, “you get what you pay for”...

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Ten Google Easter Eggs You Missed Somehow

While technology is cold and rigid, it’s still made by humans. And where there’s a human, there’s a sense of humor. Often, engineers will slip a fun secret into the code of their product—an Easter Egg, it’s called. We have seen some fun and surprising Easter Eggs in operating systems, but the king of these secrets is everyone’s favourite search engine, Google. Over the years, Google’s engineers have built a great number of these hidden treasures into its many services. Here are ten of the coolest ones that you might have missed somehow… The Anagram Of… Google for the word...

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Spying On Yahoo, Bitcoin Feds, Apple Admiration, Minecraft Movie [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, GCHQ spies on Yahoo, Bitcoin vs. the Federal Reserve, 25 years of the Web, Apple admiration, Amazon’s plans for a music streaming service, Warner Bros. is making a Minecraft movie, and a working Game Boy is revealed as the best cosplay ever. British Spies Targeted Yahoo Webcams GCHQ thinks nude people are “offensive.” But invading their privacy? Not at all. Oy. http://t.co/EaFyRE3NnS — Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) February 27, 2014 GCHQ, the British equivalent of the NSA, spied on Yahoo users chatting via webcam. The program, titled Optic Nerve, is the latest revelation to emerge from...

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Why Selling Tickets On Seatwave Was The Most Expensive Mistake I Ever Made

I really like French music. MC Solaar. Charlotte Gainsbourg. Carla Bruni. I can’t get enough of it. Sadly, it’s quite rare for a French language musician to tour the UK. However, when Belgian-Rwandan rapper Stromae announced tour dates in London, I was overjoyed. He was playing at Koko — a reasonably small music venue in Camden, and tickets were sure to get snapped up in short order. This is largely due to the huge amount of French language speakers in London (400,000 French people live in London. More French people live in London than Bordeaux or Strasbourg), as well as...

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