Technophilia 73 Live From MakeUseOf

This week: we’re talking with Joe and Ethan from Poppy3D, a Viewmaster-like device for the iPhone that turns your phone into a 3D camera. Check out their Kickstarter campaign to learn more about their device. Also, the British government plans to block some of James’ favorite online content. Hear him rant, only to point out America is somehow worse because reasons. Biz Stone thinks people would pay to use Facebook, which makes sense because of all those people he persuaded to pay for Twitter. And Netflix, coming off a great quarter when it comes to online streaming, says it’s not...

This week: we’re talking with Joe and Ethan from Poppy3D, a Viewmaster-like device for the iPhone that turns your phone into a 3D camera. Check out their Kickstarter campaign to learn more about their device. Also, the British government plans to block some of James’ favorite online content. Hear him rant, only to point out America is somehow worse because reasons. Biz Stone thinks people would pay to use Facebook, which makes sense because of all those people he persuaded to pay for Twitter. And Netflix, coming off a great quarter when it comes to online streaming, says it’s not...

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How To Check If Your PC Supports UEFI/EFI

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Computer users who have ever installed or reinstalled Windows operating system probably aware of the term BIOS as most of the time we need to change the BIOS settings to enable boot from CD/DVD/USB. As you probably know, PC makers have been replacing the outdated BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) with the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware [...]

Create A Private Company Social Network With Bitrix24 [HTC One Giveaway]

As technology continues to advance at such a rapid pace, the methods of business management and communication advance alongside it. More people are telecommuting from home now than ever before and the nature of the business entity is being tested. The traditional office environment doesn’t work well when most, or all, employees are at home. So what do you use then? The answer is Bitrix24. Bitrix24 is a cloud-based network service that allows you to collaborate over the Internet with others within your company. You can think of it as a social network that focuses less on wall posts and...

As technology continues to advance at such a rapid pace, the methods of business management and communication advance alongside it. More people are telecommuting from home now than ever before and the nature of the business entity is being tested. The traditional office environment doesn’t work well when most, or all, employees are at home. So what do you use then? The answer is Bitrix24. Bitrix24 is a cloud-based network service that allows you to collaborate over the Internet with others within your company. You can think of it as a social network that focuses less on wall posts and...

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Vlogbrothers Launch Subbable, The NPR-Pledges-Meets-Kickstarter Funding Platform [Updates]

Love online video, but worry advertising isn’t enough to fund quality content? Two of the biggest names in online educational video agree. Hank and John Green – the sibling pair behind Vlogbrothers, The Crash Course, SciShow and numerous other YouTube channels – this week launched Subbable, a subscription service for content creators. The site hopes to fund content with enthusiastic, but not necessarily large, followings. “Advertisers just want the most views, not the most engaged views,” says the Subbable About page. “We fear this might turn the Internet into the Great Distractor, a place where huge wells of content exist...

Love online video, but worry advertising isn’t enough to fund quality content? Two of the biggest names in online educational video agree. Hank and John Green – the sibling pair behind Vlogbrothers, The Crash Course, SciShow and numerous other YouTube channels – this week launched Subbable, a subscription service for content creators. The site hopes to fund content with enthusiastic, but not necessarily large, followings. “Advertisers just want the most views, not the most engaged views,” says the Subbable About page. “We fear this might turn the Internet into the Great Distractor, a place where huge wells of content exist...

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Download Service Pack 2 Final For Microsoft Office 2010

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Two years after releasing the first Service Pack for Office 2010, Microsoft today released the final version of Service Pack 2 for Office 2010 and is now available for download. As you probably know, the software giant had released the beta version of Office SP2 in the first week of April. According to the Office [...]

Do You Watch What You Say Online? [You Told Us]

The Internet is still considered to be something akin to The Wild West, a lawless, still-emerging set of disparate communities all vying for attention. But this isn't actually the case, and it hasn't been for many years. Contrary to popular belief many of the laws and rules which apply in the real world also apply online.

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Can We Contribute To Space Exploration? These 7 Online Tools Say We Can

What about the man on the sidewalk? The high-schooler in the science class? The mother who once dreamt of suiting up for a space flight? Will there dreams remain so, or can they contribute to space exploration in some little ways? Thanks to the interconnectedness of the Web, they can. Let's take a look at seven online (and free) ways a citizen of Earth can contribute to understanding space.

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Stealing Passwords With An Android App Is Easy: Learn How To Protect Yourself

You read that headline right: If you and I were on the same WiFi network, I could probably log in to some of your sensitive accounts — and I'm not even a hacker. This is thanks to an app for rooted Android devices called dSploit. It may sound pretty malicious then, but its intentions are surprisingly good. If you understand how other people could hack your information, you can learn to protect yourself. Do not use any of the information in this article to steal other people's information.

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How To Copy Data From A Laptop

Laptops have a particularly short lifetime. While it is possible to upgrade laptop hardware, one day the time will come when that is just not possible or worth it any more. This is when you will want to copy your data from your old laptop to a new device. How you can do this essentially depends on how much data there is to back up and whether or not the old laptop is still booting.

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How To Copy Data From A Laptop

Laptops have a particularly short lifetime. While it is possible to upgrade laptop hardware, one day the time will come when that is just not possible or worth it any more. This is when you will want to copy your data from your old laptop to a new device. How you can do this essentially depends on how much data there is to back up and whether or not the old laptop is still booting.

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An iOS-Like App Launcher for your Windows Desktop

If you find the Windows Start Menu confusing, you can use an application launcher to quickly your favorite programs and websites from the desktop.

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Where’s My App? New Microsoft App for Windows Phone

Microsoft has released a new app “Where’s My App” for Windows Phone 7.5 and 8 users, this apps helps Windows Phone users to easily find apps and games.

This new app also provides App availability status and highly-rated alternatives if the App you are looking for is not available.

However this app does not replace the Windows Store, but rather it focuses on searching within the most popular Apps for Android and iPhone and looking for availability or alternatives within the Windows Phone platform.

Additionally, if your favorite app has not released for Windows Phone then using this app you can send requests to app developers, encouraging them to develop for Windows Phone.

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How To Make Good Use Of Google’s Search Operators

With operators, you're able to display results that pertain only to certain websites, search through a range of numbers, or even completely exclude a word from your results. When you master the use of Google's search engine, finding the answer to nearly anything you can think of is a power that you have right at your fingertips. In this article, let's make that happen.

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The Absolute Best Ways To Follow The News On Twitter

Twitter is the coolest, most user-friendly way to keep up with the news of the world, yet sometimes we still over-complicate it. With all of the different accounts and followers and feeds flying around, it can be a little difficult to aggregate news to your individual taste. Fortunately, MakeUseOf is here to bring you the best ways to follow the news on Twitter.

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6 Quick Ways To Get Familiar With A New Operating System

In the past, the only consumer operating systems that mattered were Windows and maybe Mac OS X and Linux. Now, we also have Chrome OS, Android, iOS, and Windows Phone to worry about. And new versions of these operating systems are coming out even more frequently. Things are changing frequently. The days of learning a single operating system like Windows XP and using it for ten years are behind us. Here are some tips for keeping up with new operating systems and learning how they work.

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6 Quick Ways To Get Familiar With A New Operating System

In the past, the only consumer operating systems that mattered were Windows and maybe Mac OS X and Linux. Now, we also have Chrome OS, Android, iOS, and Windows Phone to worry about. And new versions of these operating systems are coming out even more frequently. Things are changing frequently. The days of learning a single operating system like Windows XP and using it for ten years are behind us. Here are some tips for keeping up with new operating systems and learning how they work.

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5 Ways You Can Make Money with Your Webcam and Stay Fully Clothed

So you have a webcam that you bought a while ago for recording YouTube cat videos but that never really took off and now you don't know what to do. Making money with a webcam can be difficult - unless you take the one route that everyone already knows about, if you catch my drift - and it will require some real effort out of you but it's definitely possible.

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VideoGamer.com: The Funniest Gaming-Related Videos On YouTube? [Stuff to Watch]

I exclusively choose to consume my video game news from sources I find put comedy before coolness. I couldn't care less about your high scores or gaming finesse, just make me laugh and tell me things I don't know. So my main sources of gaming entertainment, aside from Twitter and the inescapable mainstream, are Giant Bomb, RoosterTeeth and the the YouTube channel I'll be featuring today, VideoGamerTV.

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How To Create Your Own Virtual Tour On Google Earth With A KML File

Recording your own virtual tours in Google Earth is a great way to remember your trips, and re-experience them (to a degree) at any time. Recording a Google Earth KML file might sound complicated, but as soon as you get the steps pat, you'll be wanting to record more and more. It takes a little more skill, but can help you share stunning trips and tours around the earth with anyone.

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How To Create Your Own Virtual Tour On Google Earth With A KML File

Recording your own virtual tours in Google Earth is a great way to remember your trips, and re-experience them (to a degree) at any time. Recording a Google Earth KML file might sound complicated, but as soon as you get the steps pat, you'll be wanting to record more and more. It takes a little more skill, but can help you share stunning trips and tours around the earth with anyone.

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