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Backstitch: A Viable Personalized Start Page Alternative For iGoogle Refugees

When Google announced that they are planning to retire iGoogle in November of next year, reactions were split between "what’s iGoogle?" and "what will I use now?". In case you’re not aware, iGoogle is a personalized homepage that allows you to arrange customized widgets just how you want in order to keep track of your oft-used services. Plenty of MakeUseOf readers were disappointed with the news.

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Divide & Conquer Your Email With The Power of Gmail Aliases

When it comes to email organization, the immediate reaction is often all about folders, tags, filters, priority marks, and things of that sort. Not that any of those are bad - in fact, most of those features are plain awesome. But there’s another feature in Gmail that can help you to automatically organize your incoming mail - the alias. In any field that requires organization, methods can be split into two types - reactionary and proactionary.

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How To Figure Out Why Your PC Won't Boot

We've all had our fair share of computer problems, but most of them have been about being unable to connect to a network, being unable to run a certain program, or some other software-related issue. However, you have a much bigger issue if your entire computer doesn't seem to run at all. Let's forget about problems that might plague Windows, but concentrate solely on the hardware in your system and what might occur with them.

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BlueStacks Lets You Experience Android From The Computer

Back in January, BlueStacks was introduced to MUO readers in an article that provides similar alternatives to the emulation software. Since then, the development of BlueStacks has progressed in a way that, in my opinion, blows the other two right out of the water. BlueStacks has officially joined my circle of "holy grail" software like Dropbox and Steam. If you've never used BlueStacks before, it's a way to bring the Android platform to you right from your desktop or laptop.

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Dropbox - One Of The Must-Have Apps If You Own An iPhone

Ever since I went over to the Dark Side earlier this year to get my cookies and buy an iPhone, one app has been completely invaluable to me - Dropbox. In fact, I would go as far to say that if Apple dropped the Dropbox app from its iOS system, then I would be so angry that I would seriously consider going back to Android phones. That's how much I like Dropbox's iPhone app. Why do I like it so much? Let me show you the love.

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How To Pimp Your GPS With Free Sat Nav Voices

I'm sure many of you have a Sat Nav (Satellite Navigation) tool, such as a TomTom or Garmin device. You probably realise that you can change the voices, but maybe you haven't been bothered to do so yet because you thought it would be too much effort. Well, it's not difficult and won't take you long at all. Changing your Sat Nav voice is easy and can be done for free.

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4 Fact Checking Sites You Should Read Before Voting

Quickly check whether a political statement is fact, fiction or something in between. Fact checking sites won't give you all the answers or tell you what to think, but they they can help you sort out what is and isn't true – and that's important. Occasionally American election seasons can become mean-spirited, with both sides saying things that are veritably untrue.

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