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How To Create Your Own Custom Chrome Theme, Quickly & Easily

If you're like me, you've long looked for and failed to find the perfect Chrome theme. It might exist, somewhere out there in the densely populated Chrome Web Store, but I never did find it. So I made my own. With "My Chrome Theme", a free plugin from Google, you can upload your own photos, choose your own color scheme and even share your personal theme with anyone. It's quick, and you'll finally have the theme you were looking for.

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When Kickstarters Fail [Feature]

Crowd-funding has finally transformed from niche idea to mainstream concept. Credit for this surge in popularity can be thrown at the feet of Kickstarter and its contemporaries. Some highly publicized projects have raised millions of dollars within a few weeks, transforming idea into reality at lightning speed. These success stories make it easy to forget that projects don’t always go as planned. Many flop badly. But how, and why? Kickstarter intentionally makes failure a hard thought to stumble on, so we've set out to find some failed projects on our own.

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Give Clothes Twice The Life: Buy Or Sell Fashion Items At Twice

Are you feeling the pinch of the recession, yet not willing to sacrifice your style too much? Well, there's a brand new site waiting to inspire you with the best quality second-hand clothes around. Twice is the hottest new thing in clothing sales and well worth checking out! The prices will astound you, but the quality will be no less than top-notch. And if you're looking to sell your clothes, Twice is also the place to go.

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Songr - An Amazing Way to Search, Stream, & Download Music [Windows]

While Spotify is the successor to well-known names like Napster and Kazaa (though not P2P and well… legal), those of us that are still stubborn and prefer a solution to download music or stream without interruptions desperately search for a respectable alternative. Service-specific applications, like Groovedown, don't do the trick for me. Relying on a single service to harbor your obscure musical interests doesn't always pan out.

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Enjoy Great Music Selections With Slacker Radio [Website & Mobile]

Anyone who even remotely enjoys music - and I believe that's most of us - will absolutely love it when they discover new music that they like. We have a number of highly popular music services which allow us to do just that, including Spotify and Pandora. However, those definitely aren't the only names in the music discovery business. In fact, some have existed for quite a while, including Slacker Radio.

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8 Essential Tech Influencers To Follow On Twitter

Twitter continues to go from strength to strength, with more people using it to communicate with the world with every passing month. Sure, there are many people who enthusiastically join Twitter after being cajoled into doing so by their friends, only to then disappear not having tweeted, followed anyone, or been followed themselves. But then there are the countless people on Twitter who add something to the conversation.

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Should You Upgrade Or Repair Your Computer?

Computers age rapidly. In one year they mature, in three years they become elderly and after five they are ready for retirement. Both geeks and casual users have become accustomed to – or annoyed by – the quick replacement cycle. Part of the annoyance is the uncertainty of replacement. When do you upgrade or repair a computer, and when do you just give up and build or buy a new one?

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WhatFont: Find Out What Any Type Of Font Is On A Webpage [Cross-Platform]

Have you ever been on a website and wondered “What type of font is that?!” I have. And depending on your interests and area of focus, you may even do it more than the typical Internet user. You could spend hours searching for the font on your favorite search engine, or you could use WhatFont. WhatFont is a browser extension and bookmarklet that you can enable once you’re on the website with the font in question.

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DreamBoard Makes Your iPhone Look Like You Never Thought Possible [iOS, Cydia]

If you own an iPhone, you are probably happy with the interface. Apple has done a fantastic job of making its iOS interface clean, easy to use, and functional. Personally, I think it's the best user-interface ever designed on a smartphone. The simple icon interface offers users enough control, while keeping everything streamlined in way that even the least tech-savvy users can pick up the device and figure out how to use it.

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