As we prepare to say goodbye to 2010 and usher in 2011, we here at MakeUseOf are in a reflective mood. Much has happened here during the past 12 months. We started MUO Answers back in February, Sound Sunday in April, the T-shirt store in July, the iPhone app in April and the Android app in October.
We jumped more than 200,000 in subscribers, we brought out new PDF manuals, our Facebook group is going extremely strong, and thanks to Jackson, we are able to offer you several free giveaways every week. As we head into the New Year, things will only get better here at MakeUseOf.com.
We also published over 3,000 articles during 2010. Here are the 10 most popular ones. Happy New Year everyone!
10 Search Engines To Explore The Invisible Web
But there are some places where a spider cannot enter. Saikat shows you ten search engines that help you explore that “invisible web”. |
Top 10 Free Ways To Discover New Music Online
Nancy provides you with a list of 10 free sites to discover new music. |
How to Install Mac OS X on a PC (Without Using a Mac)
Great progress has been made in hacking PCs to run OS X, and it is now possible to install Mac OS X without a Mac. Here, Jorge shows you how. |
The 10 Best Free Anti-Virus Programs
There are many free anti-virus programs on the market, and you want to sort the wheat from the chaff. Documented here by Justin are the 10 best ones on the market. |
Top 6 Underground Search Engines You Never Knew About
Ryan shows you 6 of those search engines that can help you out. |
The 10 Top Free Apps For The iPad
If you need some help, then Bakari takes a look at the ten best free apps you should be thinking about. |
The 5 Best Free iPhone Apps I Can’t Live Without
Do you have them too? |
iPod Touch : 10 Cool Productivity Apps For Offline Use
Productivity, however, encompasses more than just using the e-mail and calendar functions. Check these apps to help you stay productive on the road! |
The Truth About the Stalker Tracker on Facebook
A must-read for anyone who uses Facebook. |
10 Applications You Must Install On Ubuntu Lucid Lynx
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The Invisible Web refers to the part of the WWW that’s not indexed by the search engines. Most of us think that that search engines see everything. Unfortunately, they can’t because they are just web spiders who index pages by following one hyperlink after the other.
Bored with your music and want to discover some new bands or singers? There are two main ways you can do that online. You can use services which create music maps, or you can use music blogs and websites that showcase independent or up-and-coming artists.
There are many great tutorials on the web for using a Mac to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on a PC. Unfortunately, you may be unable to follow such tutorials if you do not readily have access to a Mac to perform the preparation necessary for the installation.
Whenever you log onto the Internet, there’s a risk that a virus will make its way onto your computer. That’s why you need an anti-virus program to protect your machine.
Google, Bing and Yahoo are great but sometimes you really want to dig down into a particular subject. In order to do that, you really need access to those underground search engines that may not be quite as well known, but they dig much more deeply into specialized areas of the Internet than the general search engines are capable of.
Have you bought your first iPad? Are you wondering what useful and productive apps you should put on it?
For some people, their iPhone is an indispensable part of their life and they can’t let go of it. Elmer is one such person and he shows us in this article the 5 best free apps which he has on his iPhone.
With 100,000+ apps in the App Store, we can find apps for a variety of uses, yet productivity apps that integrate with Google services, which are free and which we can use without Wi-Fi are harder to find. Not every place you are in will have Wi-Fi. That’s when apps with offline capabilities come in handy.
Scams and viruses abound on the Internet and one which appeared on Facebook during 2010 was called the Stalker Tracker. Ryan takes a close look at the Stalker Tracker, explains what it is, and also looks to see if there are any safer apps that allow you to monitor who is looking at your Facebook profile.
On April 29th, Ubuntu 10.04 came out. With some great UI and design changes, Varun recommends 10 applications that you should install on your new version of Ubuntu.
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Really great job this past year … you just keep getting better. 2011 is yours for the taking.
Thank you for the kind words! We’ll do our best to make 2011 even better.
The stalker tracker stalking people. Was interesting. Just shows fear can make people even more vunarable.
These are really great reads. Thanks!