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Trace The History Of Digital News With A Collection Of Video Interviews On Riptide

What really happened to the news? Riptide tries to answer that with a look at the intersection of media and technology as it happened over the last three decades. Names like Krishna Bharat (creator of Google News), Arianna Huffington, Tim Berners-Lee, and Arthur Sulzberger Jr. (publisher of The New York Time) are just a few of the sixty names on Riptide’s roll call.

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Earn The Prize: 4 Tips To Win Online Competitions And Giveaways

Online competitions and giveaways can be found just about anywhere on the web these days, but the chances of winning them are usually pretty slim. The competition is usually terrific. Perhaps, it's the law of averages. Perhaps, it's plain luck. Even then, some basic tips apply.

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Kobo Arc (2012) Review & Giveaway

Kobo, currently Amazon's strongest eReading competitor, has a whole line of eReaders available, including the Kobo Arc (2012) — a 7-inch Android tablet. Kobo's lead e-ink reader, the Aura HD, is definitely impressive, but is not a strong enough competition for the Kindle Paperwhite. How does the Kobo Arc fare? Is it a valid competitor for the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7?

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8 Free Thought-Provoking Documentaries To Watch On YouTube [Stuff to Watch]

You've no doubt watched a movie or two on YouTube by now. Whether it was uploaded by the original studio or a miscreant sharing someone else's hard work; the streaming video behemoth is full of them. While many of the freely released feature films are just awful (no, really), there are a surprising amount of quality documentaries to sift through.

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Become a Boss on Craigslist With These Apps and Services

Sellers on Craigslist usually want to sell as quickly as possible, meaning if you find an item before anyone else you're more likely to actually get it. Job searches, similarly, offer an advantage to the quick. So be the quick. A variety of apps give you super powers when it comes to Craigslist. If you love the things you find on Craigslist, but hate the process of actually finding them, these are the tools you've been looking for.

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Caption Contest: Computer Parts

Looks like Bill and Cindy's online order has just arrived! Caption this image! What do you think is going on? Send us your most hilarious captions and be in the running to win a free MakeUseOf t-shirt! Only one winner will be chosen, so put on your thinking caps, everyone.

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3 Games You Probably Never Knew Were Created By Metal Gear's Hideo Kojima

Of course, while he is known for Metal Gear, Kojima has worked on plenty of other games throughout his illustrious career. Although the quantity of games is no where near some of the other greats, the quality is there. As you might expect, these games come with his own special style, and that's a good thing. If you are a fan of his more popular games, you should definitely check out each of these. They are really well made, and they cover a range of games, far beyond the stealth action he is known for in Metal Gear.

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3 Potential Raspberry Pi Successors

It's a fantastic little device, a low-spec computer available for under $30 – but how long will the Raspberry Pi dominate the small PC hobbyist market? Are there any competitors ready to take its place?

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5 Unusual IFTTT Recipes You May Not Have Thought Of

You've got the folks at IFTTT who make web automation look like childs play. It's quite impressive. I decided to finally start digging through IFTTT to see if I could come up with a few more creative ways to mix and match services in unique ways. In this article, I'm going to offer you 5 creative ways to build IFTTT recipes that you're going to find so useful, you'll keep using them every day.

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3 Android Apps That Help You Work With Color On The Go

Color is important: We're practically surrounded by it. Real-life objects are an obvious source of inspiration for color schemes, and it turns out that with an Android phone, it's pretty easy to convert anything around you into a beautiful set of colors you can use on any design project. This is nice, because you can use specific objects to convey emotion: If you're designing a theme for a blog that's all about desserts, you could use a box of chocolates or a fancy cake as a very direct source of inspiration. Here are three apps to help you work with color on the go.

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Looking For A Beautiful, Easy To Use Linux Distro? Try Elementary OS Luna

Elementary OS Luna is a lot more than Ubuntu with some tweaks and a nice theme. Here's what to expect.

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