MakeUseOf » Mark O’Neill http://www.makeuseof.com Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:04:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Microsoft Introduces Office App For The iPhone – But No iPad App [Updates] http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hell-has-frozen-over-microsoft-introduces-office-app-for-the-iphone-but-no-ipad-love-updates/ http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hell-has-frozen-over-microsoft-introduces-office-app-for-the-iphone-but-no-ipad-love-updates/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:30:24 +0000 Mark O'Neill http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=161149
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No, it isn't April Fools Day, and no Steve Ballmer hasn't gone totally insane and switched to the Dark Side Of The Net. Microsoft really has introduced an iOS app for Office, but there's a catch - to use it, you need a paid Office 365 subscription. Now there's the Microsoft we all know and love - the money-obsessed company that would barf up a lung if they were asked to give away something free.

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Dropbox recently announced support for screenshot sharing and iPhoto imports, and now to up the ante even more, you can now copy file links directly to the Windows & Mac clipboards for easy sharing.

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The automation giant IFTTT has just announced that their users can now make their Gmail automations much more powerful and effective by deciding how their email attachments are handled. Now included in the automation list is the ability to have your attachments automatically saved to cloud storage, such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Skydrive, Box, and Evernote. One recipe will even automate sending attachments to a "backup Gmail account".

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The more observant and astute of you will have noticed by now that we have made a big change to our RSS feed, and the title of this post reflects what I am now reading in my inbox every morning, when I get up for my cornflakes. What's the problem? Well, we have now moved from a full text RSS feed to a summary feed or a "snippet" feed. This means you will now only see a summary of each post in your RSS reader.

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Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool websites round-ups delivered to your email daily email subscribe here....

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Lots of great classic games have been invented and played over the years, but if one had to be chosen as the standout classic of all time, then nothing would beat the little Italian plumber called Mario, who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom. Ever since Donkey Kong in 1981, Mario has appeared in over 200 [...]

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It was only a mere 15 years ago when I was working at Blockbuster Video in Scotland, raising money for my numerous overseas travels. Back then, the VHS videotape ruled supreme, and DVD's were something that had just been introduced (and were a bit of a passing fad, not expected to last). Now, 15 years on, Blockbuster is gone, the videotape is becoming extinct, and we have moved on from DVD's to Blu-Rays and 3-D television. Isn't technology wonderful?

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While dining in our favourite restaurant a couple of weeks back, my wife and I couldn't help but notice that a lot of the customers were on their mobile phones. The woman on the table next to us was on Yelp, leaving a review - moments after putting her fork down. She was having a rather loud conversation with her partner about what rating to give, all the time while the waiters - and the owner - looked on nervously.

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When I was little, I wanted to be a trash collector. Then a postman. Then I decide to up the ante and become an astronaut, while most of my classmates were more concerned about becoming soldiers, doctors and professional layabouts. But these days, with advances in computers and technology, kids are more likely to want to go into other careers, jobs that were just pure fantasy when I was at school (I'm really showing my age here aren't I?).

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If I take a quick glance at my iPhone or iPad right now, I can see right away that a majority of the apps are games. That's because as time goes on, more and more high quality games are being brought out for tablets and mobiles. We all know the Angry Birds phenomenon but how about Tetris? Or Diamond Mine? Or a nice soccer game? With addictive games like these, it's no wonder that my Nintendo Wii games console is dusty and unloved.

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We have featured a tremendous amount of WordPress articles on MakeUseOf and for good reason – setting up and maintaining a WordPress blog is rather easy, including those who think they don’t know much about websites and how to build one. Installing a theme, widgets and plugins are as simple as searching for them in [...]

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We all like to bash Microsoft and Windows, but the truth is that they have been around for so long and given us so much software and technology, that we couldn't possibly imagine a computing world without them. Their software is installed by default onto every new PC (whether we like it or not) and who do you know that doesn't know Word or Powerpoint? Or how many young people don't know what an XBox is?

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One of my favourite comedy shows has to be, without a doubt, The IT Crowd. Before, the IT department in a company had this image of being the fun killers that stopped you from browsing Facebook on the company computers during your lunch break. Post-IT Crowd, suddenly the IT departments were hip, cool and fun people to be around. What a difference a TV show makes (and it's set to return next year).

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We've had Web 1.0 and 2.0. Now we're into the era of the Smartphone Web, the time when every man and his dog has a smartphone in their pocket, playing Angry Birds on the bus, and doing price comparison shopping in the middle of a store. My wife and I are extremely guilty of that. We've been thrown out of many shops because we've stood there with our phones and compared prices with online stores to see who is cheaper.

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