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Quickly Research How Your Favorite Online Services Make Money
Find out how your favorite sites on the web make money. "How Do They Make Money" is an interactive site that lets you quickly find your favorite tech companies, and you should check it out. Why? It's not a bad question. Most web users seem not to care how their favorite sites make money – until a given site makes a policy change they don't like. There are patterns behind the madness. Almost every site on the web needs to generate some revenue.
PCLinuxOS: A Linux Distribution Which Mixes And Matches Software For A Better Experience
It's an understatement to say that Linux users have plenty of choice when it comes to which distribution they'd like to use. There are multiple approaches to accomplishing the same tasks, from what kind of packages (such as .deb or .rpm) are used to what packages are included by default on installation media to the purpose of a distribution -- whether it's stable or cutting edge and if its pure or accepting of proprietary software.
IObit Smart Defrag: A Superb Hard Drive Defragmentation & Optimization Tool [Windows]
Do you defrag your hard drive? If not, you should and you must understand the importance before you read on. There are some excellent articles on MakeUseOf which discuss defragmenting, but perhaps the best and most recent article is 3 Excellent Defrag Utilities & Why You Still Need to Defragment In 2012 by Tina. Smart Defrag wasn’t included in the "3 excellent defrag utilities" in her article, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t excellent.
Get Creative With Evernote: 10 Unique Uses You Haven't Thought Of
Evernote is one of the ultimate tools in productivity, and with a wide variety of multiplatform apps, there's no limit to the way that you can use the service. We're big fans of Evernote here at MakeUseOf, for lots of reasons, so we've written a list of 10 unique ways you can use the service - with some tips and tricks you might not have thought of.
Penniless Because of the Holidays? 8 Money-Stretching Subreddits
A secret corporation doesn’t want you knowing that prices actually go up on average from Black Friday until the end of December. However, immediately following the West’s orgy of gift giving, prices become flaccid. How do we, as consumers, take advantage of this situation? Having personally gone broke after throwing away money on underappreciated gifts, it occurred to me that finding good deals was more important than ever.
Scan - An Easy To Use QR & Barcode Scanner [iOS]
Scanning QR codes and barcodes can be useful in all kinds of situations. Perhaps you want more information about a certain product? Maybe someone gave you a business card with a QR code on it that takes you to their website? Whatever the reason, QR codes and standard barcodes are a part of the world in which we live, and they show no sign of going anywhere anytime soon.
10 Tips For Improving Your Google+ Status
There are mixed reviews about the growing popularity of Google+. As yet another social networking site, Google+ hasn't of course been around as long as Facebook and Twitter, so it may be too early to judge its viability. However, if you're looking to enhance your presence on Google+, now's a good time to get started. In this article I'll highlight and recommend tips and suggestions to get you started for improving your status on Google+.
Keep All Of Your Notes Organized And Off The Cloud With Free, Portable, Treepad Lite
In these heady days when everything seems to be cloud-based, is there still room for a lowly desktop note manager? I think there is, and we covered quite a few of these over the years - WikiPad, Zim, and more recently, ResophNotes. Today, it’s time to take a look at an oldie - a free, portable utility Treepad Lite. It’s a classic, but it received its most recent update back in 2009. Is that because the developer lost interest, or because at version 4.3, it’s just deemed "done"?
Take Your Books With You On Windows Phone With The Amazon Kindle App
When I head out I’m already carrying my Windows Phone. What I don’t need is an extra device in order to access any books I might fancy reading. Fortunately, Amazon appreciates this and has released apps mimicking the functions of their popular Kindle device. One of the first apps to launch on Windows Phone 7 back in October 2010, Amazon Kindle is now available for Windows Phone 8 devices.
Get There Faster - 10 Google Maps & Navigation Tips
Google Maps is still the most powerful mapping service ever, despite what Apple might say. Whether you’re using Google Maps in a browser on your desktop or an app on your mobile phone, Google Maps is packed with useful features, some of which are a bit hidden. Even better, the Google Maps app works in concert with the Google Maps website on your computer.
Sanity Gives You Complete Control Over Your Phone Calls [Android]
Imagine having complete control over your phone calls - you decide whose calls actually ring, who gets announced to you first, which calls to record and whether to automatically answer the call. Well, this isn't a fantasy if you have a Droid. All you need to do is install Sanity. Sanity is a clever little Android application which can control just about anything you can think of to do.