Is the removal of the reliable, familiar and perhaps loved Windows Start Menu the most controversial thing in computing ever? When Microsoft announced that Windows 8 would be released without a Start button and accompanying menu, there seemed little sense in the decision. After all, Windows 7 was probably the most efficient version of the operating system yet, in terms of how quickly a user could switch from tapping the Start button to finding the file they needed or running their preferred task. To drop the vast number of possibilities that found a home in the Start Menu was an...
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If you’re pulled over by a police officer for speeding, do you think it might matter whether or not you were driving through a school zone filled with kids, or whether you were driving on the Interstate? Having the whole story when it comes to judging a situation is critical, whether you’re talking about speeding with a car, or evaluating your website performance. Google Analytics remains the single most popular — and yes, the most powerful — tool at your disposal to get the whole story when it comes to who is visiting your website, how many people are visiting...
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cyberslacking (n.) The act of avoiding work and/or other responsibilities by scouring the Internet in search of games or other non-work related amusements. Also known as goldbricking. We’ve all done it whether we were at work, at school, or elsewhere. The mindless busywork that comes as part of your job description catches up to you and you just need a moment of freedom — so you inconspicuously hover over that Firefox or Chrome icon… and click. Next thing you know, an hour flies by and you’re behind. Though white-collar workers like to adhere to the traditional 40-hour work week, not...
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Today in Tech News Digest, the NSA is tracking us all, the Pony Botnet snags 2 million passwords, next-gen USB is going to be reversible, Beats Music gets a launch date, Valve joins the Linux Foundation, the PopUp Archive is launched, and two Santa trackers — one powered by Google, the other by Bing — go into battle. The NSA Is Tracking Your Phone practically every other sentence in this piece detailing the nsa's massive location tracking program is devastating http://t.co/Jiaej52423 — matt (@mattbuchanan) December 4, 2013 The NSA is likely tracking the location of your phone, along with the...
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Today in Tech News Digest, the NSA is tracking us all, the Pony Botnet snags 2 million passwords, next-gen USB is going to be reversible, Beats Music gets a launch date, Valve joins the Linux Foundation, the PopUp Archive is launched, and two Santa trackers — one powered by Google, the other by Bing — go into battle. The NSA Is Tracking Your Phone practically every other sentence in this piece detailing the nsa's massive location tracking program is devastating http://t.co/Jiaej52423 — matt (@mattbuchanan) December 4, 2013 The NSA is likely tracking the location of your phone, along with the...
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Facebook is making steady progress on Microsoft’s two main operating systems, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8. The social network recently introduced snap view and photo downloads on its Win 8.1 app, and has now pushed another update that brings better tagging and live tiles. The tiles are also the focus of an update on Facebook Beta for Windows Phone. Facebook for Windows 8.1 The Modern app for Facebook brings support for tagging, one of the main features of Facebook, letting you tag your friends in messages and photos. Additionally, when you add a new profile pic in Facebook, you...
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There are many great videos uploaded to YouTube each and every day. Which isn’t surprising when you consider that 100 hours of video are uploaded to the site every minute. That’s a lot of clips of cute cats and dumb dogs. But clips of cute cats and dumb dogs are welcomed, unlike some other types of videos which are either pointless, annoying, stupid, unnecessary, or all of the above. These are the genres of videos that no one should watch. They deserve to get zero views and zero comments, because they don’t deserve a place on the most popular video...
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Choosing the perfect domain name for your website is like choosing the perfect name for your first child. Sound over-dramatic? Well, considering you could spend longer growing that site than you would spend growing a child, it’s not. Yes, in the past here at MakeUseOf, we’ve discussed everything to do with building a website, everything from avoiding common SEO mistakes and launching a site using free website services, to launching an online store. We’ve also talked about domain names before, including how to use domain name search tools that might help, and how to make sure you get a good...
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How much do you know about repairing and maintaining your bike? How good of a rider do you think you are? Whether you’re just beginning to become a more avid cyclist (perhaps because you saw all those awesome biking videos), or you’ve been riding for a while, there is a lot to know. Just like there are things you can do to maintain your computer for free, there are things you can do to keep your bike in great shape too, so that when you’re out on a ride, you encounter fewer problems. The same applies to your own riding...
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YouTube is more than an alternative to “MTV”. Or loving cute cats without going through the hassle of actually owning one. There are many alternatives to YouTube and some you might even consider as better than YouTube itself, but there is none other that lays out the same buffet on the video-serving table. The visual smorgasbord of amazing YouTube channels seems like a never-ending stream. The ease and wide-reach of hosting videos on YouTube makes it an ideal medium for many novel uses. We explore some below. Some might be new…some might be familiar…but all show what can be done...
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This week on Technophilia, Justin is out of town, so Dave and James hold it down, along with the help of one of MakeUseOf’s big wigs, Dr. Jackson Chung. We talk about the biggest tech headlines of the week, as well as take part in plenty of other nonsense. This week’s show is brought to you by Bitdefender’s Clueful for iOS. It is the world’s first and only way to really understand how iOS apps treat user’s privacy. Installed apps are easy to analyze for understanding of the privacy-associated concerns that may affect you. Tech News Teachers Can Now Offer...
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Initially started as a project at University of California, Berkeley, Pop Up Archive is a new tool to help journalists, media, archivists, historians and others easily find and reuse sound. “As we launch Pop Up Archive publicly, our goal has grown much bigger. We want to make it easy for all storytellers to find and reuse recorded sound. Now, anyone can visit popuparchive.org to make audio findable through auto-transcription, auto-tagging, and easy-to-use sound management tools. We’re gathering thousands of hours of sounds from around the world, audio collections large and small — and they’re all waiting to be discovered,” says...
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Today in Tech News Digest, Google starts building robots, sales of PCs are expected to fall sharply, Spotify woos artists, the PlayStation 4 hits the 2 million sold milestone, UPS tries to one-up Amazon, Office 365 is offered free to students, and Star Wars lands on Instagram with a Darth Vader selfie. Google Building Androids, For Real Andy Rubin emerges from the shadows with an army of robots. Sleep tight! http://t.co/FGabL6fNHd — Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) December 4, 2013 Google is developing its own army of robots, with Android founder Andy Rubin in charge of bringing this vision through to reality....
Read the full article: Real Google Androids, UPS Drones, Free Office 365, Star Wars Selfies [Tech News Digest]
