How To Turn Random Snapshots Into A Uniform-Looking Photo Series

A few tricks can save you hours of editing in Photoshop. Let’s say you have a random collection of photos. You or whoever the photographer was didn’t have the foresight to take them with the same camera or lens, but now you wish you could combine them and make them look like they were created during a single photo shoot. Rather than tediously editing each photo, you could run all of them through the same preset filter to create that desired uniform look. Let me explain… Pick Your Photo Collection Maybe you have a collection of family photos, taken by...

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Technophilia 95 Live From MakeUseOf

We’re reunited and it feels…okay. This week: backdoors guests are best! Infrequent guests knock your front door, which you’d otherwise never open. Good friends know to use the backdoor, and by this standard the NSA is apparently a very, very good friend to everyone. McAfee anti-virus is changing its name to stop being associated with John McAfee, the drug-crazed alleged killer who founded the company. They should also consider changing the software. Like, completely. Or just get rid of it. Forever. Also this week: the Cat In The Hat becomes public domain this year! Just kidding, nothing will ever become...

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Create PC Settings Shortcut On Desktop In Windows 8.1

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The updated PC settings, the modern UI Control Panel designed especially for touch devices, in Windows 8.1 includes settings for lock screen, SkyDrive, sync, share, search, user accounts, network, recovery and device settings. With default settings, one can launch PC settings by clicking Settings on the Charms bar and then clicking Change PC settings in […]

Your Top Tech Resolutions For 2014 [We Ask You Results]

We’re now well into 2014, with 2013 (and its memes) being a dim and distant memory for most of us. Tradition dictates that a new year brings with it an opportunity for us all to improve ourselves, as we strive to be better people this year than last year. Which is where new year’s resolutions come into play. These vows to stick to something for a whole year or improve at something over the course of the year are a fun way in which we can all pinpoint the areas of our lives we’re currently unhappy with. And your new...

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How To Disable Forced Restarts After A Windows Update

It’s happened to all Windows users. You’re using your computer and Windows decides you need to reboot, hassling you with pop-ups that continue to bug you all day long. If you step away from your computer and miss the pop-up, Windows will automatically reboot your computer. You may come back to your computer and find that all your open programs are gone, as Windows decided to reboot without your permission. This can be maddening. There’s a good reason for rebooting after updates, as rebooting ensures that security updates actually take effect. But Microsoft has gone too far — they shouldn’t...

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How I Nearly Got Conned Via A Western Union Transfer Scam

Here’s a little story about the latest “Nigerian scam“, which is all too obvious in hindsight and yet so believable when you’re on the hook. Now, I’m a regular online shopper on Amazon, eBay, and the like. I know the sorts of scams you see on Craigslist and the very similar eBay scams you’re likely to come across. I know basic rules of not getting fleeced in marketplace transactions and most of the likely online scams. Yet, still, this one almost got me. The Scam It all started on Facebook. A woman posted to a local buy-sell group with a...

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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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6 Ways To Make Nature Sounds A Part Of Your Day

A dose of nature a day will keep the doctor away. Several scientific studies have shown that nature sounds can significantly decrease anxiety, stress, and pain. Next time you’re bursting from stress or have a roaring headache, try relaxing to the sounds of nature before automatically popping a pill. In a previous article, I showed you how to bring nature to your desktop. Today, I’ll point out how to get the sounds that will benefit your health and well-being. Take A Walk Outside Nature restores mental functioning in the same way that food and water restore bodies. - Adam Alter,...

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It’s Now Possible To Install Windows On Some Chromebooks

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A recent study by the NDP Group reveals that a whopping 1.76 million Chromebook units have been sold between January 2013 to November 2013. The study also reports that Chromebook accounts for the 21 percent of all notebook sales in 2013. As most of you know, Google has been updating its Chrome operating system with […]

Thousands Of Yahoo.com Visitors May Be Infected With Malware

Yahoo has been on a roll after Marissa Mayer took over, redesigning Yahoo Mail and giving 1TB of storage on Flickr. But not everything is well. A Dutch security firm has reported that users who visited Yahoo in the last week may be infected with malware. The malware is served through an advert made available through the ads.yahoo.com network. It exploits vulnerabilities in Java and installs a host of different malware, says security firm Fox IT. It estimates the reach of the attack as follows: Based on a sample of traffic we estimate the number of visits to the malicious...

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What Happened When I Went Completely Offline For A Week

Any day now, some biologist will declare that the DNA of the average 21st-century person is organized not into chromosomes, but into IP addresses. I, for one, won’t be shocked by any such announcement, because that’s the extent to which computers and the Internet seem to have taken over everyday living. Our lives now stand divided into two categories: online and offline. That we need a separate label to describe life without a computer/computer network is quite telling. In the past couple of years, I have often wished to slip back into the past to a simpler time when I...

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Chromebook Conquers, Digital Dwindles, Pandora Alarms, Snapchat Sorry? [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Chromebooks are revealed to have sold well in 2013, digital music sales are shown to have declined in 2013, the Vine app lands on the Web, Snapchat fails to apologize for the recent hack, a tweet becomes a newspaper advert, Pandora launches an alarm clock, Wikipedia adds a draft function, and a Tumblr tracking the source code used in film and TV gains attention. Chromebook Succeeds In 2013 The Chromebook may not be to everybody’s taste, but enough people bought one of these affordable Google netbooks in 2013 to justify its existence. According to NPD...

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Chromebook Conquers, Digital Dwindles, Pandora Alarms, Snapchat Sorry? [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Chromebooks are revealed to have sold well in 2013, digital music sales are shown to have declined in 2013, the Vine app lands on the Web, Snapchat fails to apologize for the recent hack, a tweet becomes a newspaper advert, Pandora launches an alarm clock, Wikipedia adds a draft function, and a Tumblr tracking the source code used in film and TV gains attention. Chromebook Succeeds In 2013 The Chromebook may not be to everybody’s taste, but enough people bought one of these affordable Google netbooks in 2013 to justify its existence. According to NPD...

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5 Ways To Keep The Christmas Kindness Going On The Digital Front

Christmas is over. By now, it has been over for a while. Of course, this means we can all go right back to hating each other, cursing people we don’t like, and generally just being, well, ugly. Right? Maybe not. Christmas, as we all know, is often surrounded by the ideas of good will towards men and peace unto others. From the end of November to December 25th, most of us are all about being nice! (When we aren’t consumed by Christmas consumerism, of course.) However, why should this end once December 26th rolls around? Below are five ways to...

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How I Made over $2000 with an Event Based Niche Blog in Less than 7 Days - Case Study

Hello friends, firstly a very happy new year to you all. My new year started with a blast. I am not saying that I partied hard but I created a even based niche blog targeting the new year eve and it just rocked. The best thing is I exactly worked for about 7 days on the blog and it made me over $1500 via Adsense and over $500+ in sales of my Blogging Coaching.

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Pandora Introduces Musical Alarm Clock for Android

That shrill ring of the alarm clock (or app) in the morning is something none of us look forward to, so online radio giant Pandora is changing things up a bit by launching an alarm feature on its Android app. The Pandora alarm clock for iOS was released in early December. The alarm clock feature of Pandora 5.1 for Android works like any alarm app you may have used (and there really are some unique alarm clocks out there). Set the time you want to wake up for and Pandora will ring when the alarm goes off, playing music that...

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