Bored With Programming Books? Try 3 Fun Ways To Level Up Your Coding Skills

If you’ve ever tried to learn to code from a book, you know how boring it can be. Why not try some engaging options to make learning more fun? Each of these websites has its own distinctive style, but they all have elements of games built into them. They’re quirky and fun, and they’ll keep you coming back to learn more. Code Combat If you’re looking to learn JavaScript and you don’t have much — or any — coding experience, give this free game a try. Take control of a wizard and his minions. Level up from simple concepts like...

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Yahoo User Logins, Bitcoin Regulation, Project Spark, Windows XP Pop-Ups [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Yahoo rejects third-party logins, Japan plans Bitcoin regulation, Project Spark comes to Xbox One, Twitter talks “impressions,” Steve Ballmer talks retirement, Microsoft nags Windows XP diehards to move on, and Arduboy brings Tetris to the business card. Yahoo Forcing User Logins I was greatly confused when Yahoo started allowing G and FB logins. Unclear though, if they can sustain their own ID effort. People moved on — Romit Mehta (@TheRomit) March 5, 2014 Those of you accessing Yahoo services will soon have to log in with a Yahoo username, as opposed to signing in with...

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Make HD Video Calls From Outlook.Com Website

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Up until now, Skype for Outlook.com was available to select number of users and only limited number of users had the privilege to make video calls from their Outlook.com account without having to install Skype app or the desktop client. Today, Microsoft announced that it has rolled out Skype for Outlook.com feature worldwide, meaning that […]

You Wish You Owned Google [We Ask You Results]

When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion it set us wondering how things may have been different if certain websites or apps had been either created by other people or bought before they matured. We hoped this would be worthy of a serious and invigorating discussion amongst the MakeUseOf readership. We were wrong. Google, And Not Much Else We asked you, What Website Or App Do You Wish You’d Created? The response to this question was extremely disappointing. Not only was the number of replies low, but the quality was also lacking. Just a few of you nailed it, answering...

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