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What Are The Best Custom Android ROMs?

The moment you realize you can flash your Android phone with a new ROM is a pivotal one. Suddenly, you're free: Endless customization options, no more vendor bloatware, and, best of all, you don't have to wait for official updates. But that freedom can soon turn into confusion: There are just so many ROMs out there! Which should you pick? If you've never flashed a ROM before and are trying to figure out what's the best ROM for your device, this is the post you've been looking for. I'll be covering four of the most important ROMs available today, and then some.

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4 Of The Best Video Game Opening Scenes Of All Time

When you launch a boot up game for the first time, it needs to grab you. Just like a book, movie, or any other form of entertainment, a good opening scene is critical to keeping the consumer interested. After all, if a game starts off poorly, players will probably bail to play something else. Today, we are going to look at examples of video games that nailed their opening scenes. Just playing the first few minutes of these games are guaranteed to suck you in. There is no way you can play through these fantastic introductions without wanting to see the rest.

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How To Make A Shared Photo Album On Facebook [Weekly Facebook Tips]

After every great party these days there is an influx of photos on Facebook. Until recently, every Facebook user who turned up to the event with a camera would upload their photos to Facebook into an album: maybe specifically for this event, maybe an album for the month or maybe just their basic iOS photo album. What it meant was that there was no one album for the event - all the photos were disjointed and kept all over the place. Until now.

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5 Laptop Maintenance Tips To Extend Its Life Expectancy

Laptops are replaced every few years. We crave fancier hardware, novel features, and maybe our old device has become unresponsive and suffered some damage over time. Consequently, most laptops get thrown out prematurely. Unless you are looking for a silly excuse to buy a new and shiny device, you will love to hear that there are many ways to make your laptop last longer.

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Stuff I Found On The Web - Breaking Bad, Buying A Startup On The Cheap, & More!

Today on Stuff I Found On The Web, which character in Breaking Bad are you? Plus, buying an abandoned startup on the cheap, the DeLorean Time Machine in Lego, having your dog poop delivered to your front door, and a site that tries to give you a comprehensive list of ways to close down web accounts.

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An Inspirational Comic Strip For All Struggling Freelancers

Striving freelancers, listen to me. Keep going. Just because you work from home doesn't mean you're worth less than your office-constrained counterparts. Don't sell yourself short. In 1990, Bill Watterson, creator of the beloved comic 'Calvin & Hobbes', took the podium and delivered an inspirational commencement speech to the graduates of Kenyon College. He shared unforgettable moments from his personal life and the struggles he faced with what he referred to as a real job -- a job that's creatively and intellectually unfulfilling. A job you take just for the money. A job you hate.

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Fraudsters Still Clone Credit Cards: Keep Plastic In Your Pocket

If you regularly pay by credit or debit/cheque card (and who doesn’t these days?) you should be aware that your card can be cloned. But how is this done, and what types of business are particularly vulnerable to criminals hanging around pinching your card details? Speaking personally, I had a credit card cloned back in 2007 at a popular pizza restaurant chain in the UK – by a member of the serving staff. When I next checked my balance I saw that I had been shopping in Liverpool later that day – a good 100 miles away from where I ate the pizza.

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Where Should Microsoft Go From Here? [You Told Us]

Microsoft is facing an important next phase in its long and (sometimes) illustrious history. The past decade has seen the Redmond-based company struggle to maintain its once vice-like grip on computers. Now, Microsoft is attempting to change from the inside out, with a new company structure and strategy as outlined in a memo from Steve Ballmer to the employees in July. With all of this going on we decided to seek out your views on Microsoft and your suggestions regarding the future direction of the company.

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How To Prolong Laptop Power When Running Off A Car Battery

Have you ever found yourself hovering on the edge of an online catastrophe, trying to resolve some issue at work via your VPN link, while your laptop's battery level continues to sink down to 0%? This is a situation that a lot hard-working mobile users often find themselves in, and the options available to keep that laptop battery charged are not as well-known as you might think.

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MakeUseOf Had A MakeOver

Notice anything different about the site? MakeUseOf has undergone some major cosmetic changes and is now looking better than ever. It's not just great looks -- we've sped up the page load time and added a bunch of new features we think you'll really like. Read on to find out what's new, then voice your opinion in the comments.

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Play Music From Multiple Android Devices At Once With SoundSeeder

Imagine being able to a play a song from your phone and your tablet at the exact same time, essentially giving you surround sound speakers. That's JekApps's goal with their new set of apps: SoundSeeder Music Player and SoundSeeder Speaker. The concept is similar to the Galaxy S4's Group Play feature, where users can play the same song at the same time across multiple Galaxy S4s, but really, do you and all your friends have a bunch of Galaxy S4s lying around?

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Play Paper and Pencil D&D Online With Distant Friends With Free Apps

Want to slay dragons old-school D&D style using cutting-edge technology? You and your distant friends can do that using video and audio chat, with the applications we are covering today. After Wizards of the Coast canceled its long-awaited Dungeons and Dragons Virtual Table product line, gamers took matters into their own hands and created amazing products for coordinating active table-top gaming sessions. Forget about D&D the MMORPG!

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MinuteTaker and Meetings Help You Produce Professional iPad Minute Reports

In my free online MakeUseOf Online Meeting Guide where I provided some tips for planning and holding meetings over the Web, I referenced a few minute taking apps as well. While very few of us enjoy taking and producing minutes, Meetings ($3.99) and MinuteTaker ($7.99) not only make it easier to take minutes, but the reports you share will actually encourage meeting participants to read the minute reports. If you use your iPad as a laptop and you have the laborious job of taking minutes at meetings, I couldn't make better app recommendations for the job.

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