August 29, 2010
Last week, we asked which multi-purpose login service you use when you have a choice. And, it seems that for most of us, that’s Google. From the 345 votes, we had exactly 50% using Google for log-in. 17% of readers choose to make a new account whenever possible (rather than using a multi-purpose login). The [...]
August 23, 2010
Digg has been redesigning their site for a while now and we here at MakeUseOf can now offer some invites so you can get into the new Digg. Everyone is talking about the new Digg these days. As mentioned on TechCrunch, the “beta invites for it are so sought-after that even Bill Cosby had to [...]
March 30, 2010
Last week Digg rolled out their much anticipated application for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Since its release the Digg iPhone app has received hundreds of positive reviews from users. Wait, what’s Digg? For those of you who don’t know, Digg is a community driven news website that allows its users to pick the top stories on [...]
July 13, 2009
One of the things I have always been interested in doing is to create my own Google News / Digg-like site along with voting buttons and commenting features. Up until now, I haven’t been able to find something that I could easily integrate into my website but last night I finally found an easy solution – [...]
April 9, 2009
I love Gmail. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I think Gmail is absolutely the best email client out there, bar none. I’ve tried most of them, frankly more than I’m proud of, but I I always came back to Gmail. Especially once Gmail started to get serious about gadgets and Labs features, [...]
April 4, 2009
Since the emergence of social web, developers have been trying to make the search more social. Really, having people to suggest you results based on your search query is a great idea because the machine can’t understand many objective aspects of the great content like style and usefulness. By integrating social websites within Google search [...]
January 18, 2009
Sure it can be fun to search for new discoveries on your own. Scouring the web, looking for that new website, web application or social network that you need for your next blog post, to kill some time at home or work, or to maybe find out whom your competitors are. How you go about [...]
January 9, 2009
I love Digg because it is the best way to monitor the latest online buzz and hottest news. To track Digg effectively you should be aware of a couple of things: (1) it is a must to check the Upcoming ‘Most Diggs’ section as stories hitting the front pages are usually 24 hours old (so [...]
December 30, 2008
If you frequent your favorite social media community daily, you might have grown tired of its look and feel. Below I am listing 17 Greasemonkey scripts to diversify your social media experience (for Digg, Twitter, Reddit, StumbleUpon and Delicious). Greasemonkey is a Firefox addon, which allows to edit the way web looks and works with [...]
November 12, 2008
Inc.com labelled Kevin Rose as the most famous man on the internet. Just the mention of his name would probably make his fans, most of whom are men, follow him around like a horde of zombies and salivate profusely while waiting for him to say something juicy. Like what the next iPod will look like, [...]
