Using a computer for too long can be hazardous to your health. You never think about it because you are just sitting in a chair, but there is actually some serious risks that can come from sitting in front of a computer for too long. You may suffer from headaches, eye problems and even back [...]
Have you ever started typing, only to find that your mouse cursor has decided to park itself directly over the text you are trying to work with? It always seems to line up perfectly so that you cannot tell if you made a typo, and you have to go back and move it to a [...]
Most online users have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Gmail. Operating these accounts from different browser tabs and shifting from one tab to another can be very inconvenient. Here to offer a more convenient solution is a service called Noodzy. Noodzy is a free to use web service that lets you perform major online [...]
While Gmail has a lot of features, not everyone seems to be happy with it these days. One problem which users often face is separating notifications and promotion emails from the inbox. You could either create a number of filters to tackle them or just use Glider. This web based tool, which works with Gmail [...]
At MakeUseOf, you will find reviews for web apps, phone apps, computer software, and a lot more. We keep an eye out for similar sites and one competent site that focuses purely on web apps is Productive Web Apps. Productive Web Apps is a free to use website that helps you discover interesting web apps [...]
There is no doubt that smart phones today have made people addicted to them due to numerous features they provide. However, over usage of smart phones may affect your daily routine tasks. To solve this problem, you should give iMaddicted a try. iMaddicted is an app for iOS users who tend to use their devices [...]
People who use their computers to get work done often procrastinate by wasting time on distracting websites. What you could use is an application that blocks such websites for the duration you are working. Here to offer that service is a tool called SelfRestraint. SelfRestraint is a Python-based free to use open-source desktop application currently [...]
Sometimes, while browsing the Internet, you get overloaded with tabs. Page Snooze is a Chrome Extension designed to clean up all those tabs and make your web browser more manageable. Page Snooze allows you to right-click on a page and choose how long you would like to have it sleep. You can choose anything from [...]
Facebook, YouTube, and various other websites distract us when we start working on our computer. Thankfully there are numerous tools available that block these websites for a set duration when we are working. But some people lack the discipline to stick with the blocks and exit the blocking apps to access the distracting websites. Here [...]
Facebook and numerous other websites provide you with a constant source of distraction when you are working on your computer. As a result, you end up wasting important work hours on checking status updates and conversing with friends or streaming videos online. To solve this problem for you, an app called Cold Turkey presents a [...]