Here’s a little something for Flickr fans who want just a bit more out of that data they’re putting into Flickr. TripperMap (once known as FlickrMap) is a mashup of Google Earth and your own Flickr account. What this means for you is that by tagging your photos in Flickr you can create a map [...]

Are you a blogger trying to work out what sort of blog is right for you? Are you not yet in a position to throw a lot of money at a blog, but still want something that looks professional? Have you tried self-hosting and decided that it’s more trouble than it’s worth? There are ways [...]

So you’re a hard-working kind of person with a little bit of spare money up your sleeve. You like to go out a bit, and you’re keen to know more about the best places nearby. Enter Qype, a directory of restaurant and leisure facility reviews which is entirely linked to Google Maps. Using a computer [...]

Last week, our poll asked you all how long you have been a MakeUseOf Reader. We’re happy to find that most of you consider yourselves permanent fixtures, while many more of you are well on the way to becoming one. Thanks! We tallied a total of 378 votes for the poll: 37% have read MakeUseOf [...]

As an Internet native, you’ve probably thought something like this at some point recently: “What social networking service is worth putting my time into? What will still be around by the end of next year?”. It’s often a big decision. Maybe you spent ages deciding whether to go iPhone or Android; Perhaps you’re looking into [...]

So, you’re a savvy internet user. You get all your news from online news sources and social media, yet you realise this approach is a little fragmented. Where’s the middle ground? Who is making sense of the news people really care about? Well, Storyful is making sense of it. At Storyful, curators are busy linking [...]

Here at MakeUseOf, we’re big fans of using PollDaddy for our weekly polls. It’s a great free tool for polling simple questions. But what if you’re looking for something a little more hefty? What if you need something free to use for market research or HR surveys – what then? For building your larger marketing [...]

Our MakeUseOf poll last week was to determine the best browser is. It turns out that MakeUseOf readers highly favour Firefox and Chrome above all other browsers. Opera got a notable number of votes, but was still outnumbered. With a total of 1285 votes, this poll divided browsers as follows: Firefox had the most votes [...]

What do you do when the kids of your non-geek friends want to play on your computer? These kids are desperate to play games, but they’re utterly unprepared skills-wise for most of the games you’ve got. You need to find something quick “” and it had best be nice and easy for them! All kids [...]

You’re a busy professional trying to get on with your life and career. You haven’t really got enough spare time to dedicate hours of your valuable free time to volunteer, but you still want to be able to help charity on occasion. What do you do? Join Sparked! Sparked enables busy professionals to help charities [...]