About Saikat Basu
Saikat Basu is the Deputy Editor for Internet, Windows, Productivity, and Work & Career. After removing the grime of an MBA and a ten year long marketing career, he dabbled in web development, networking, and SAP. After joining MakeUseOf in 2008, he rose from the ranks and now manages four high-growth sections while stealing time to write. You will also find his contributions in web publications like GuidingTech, GoSkills, OnlineTechTips, and Lifewire.
QuickPic Could Reach The Finish Line As The Fastest Photo Browser [Android]
Is QuickPic the best photo gallery app out there for the Android phone? Looking at the reader suggestions that came in on our previously published 3 Great Alternative Photo Gallery Apps it certainly seems so. Then again it found a place on our Best Android Apps page. Let’s load it up and see if the claim has merit.
The 10 Best Open Source Projects You Should Be Volunteering To Help With
You don't have to be a programmer. You could be a writer, a designer, a translator, just a Facebook or Twitter junkie, or someone who wants to just donate money for the cause. There are different levels where you can put your two bits. And here are ten of the many open source projects where you can.
Calling Space Buffs: Go On A Search For Another Earth With NASA PlanetQuest
Future generations will experience the joy of shaking hands with beings from another Earth-like planet; Mars Attack and Independence Day notwithstanding. But I guess we aren’t so worse off either because sometimes the fun is in the hunt and in the grandest of all questions – are we alone in the universe?
8 More Tips to Generate Lots of Twitter Followers
We won’t get a ton of Twitter followers because of a famous surname. We have to work our asses off before we cross and starting causing a few fail whales to show up on Twitter. We may not be cultural icons or have caused a scandal recently. But there are ways we can build up our follower list and get a few hundred (if not tons) of Twitter followers.
How To Open & Switch Any Webpage From Firefox To Chrome (And Vice Versa) Quickly
With an immediate first glance, the title (or the need) sounds a bit stupid. The simple answer you would say – open Chrome and copy-paste the link of the webpage you have opened in Firefox. Absolutely possible… but to me that’s bit of a productivity killer especially when I might need to open more than a single page from Firefox to Chrome.
How To Identify & Fend Off Twitter Stalkers
Everyone who is on your Twitter followers list is a potential stalker. Twitter, more than Facebook, makes it easier to stalk someone. Are we being too paranoid? Is the social sphere filled with more online fiends than friends? It could be when the ‘friend’ starts suffocating you with tweets beyond normal limits -the classic case of Twitter stalking.
The 7 Best DIY Tech Hacks For Your Car
I am no grease monkey, but I am just as interested as a car lover to know the kind of DIY tech hacks for cars that are out there. Regular MacGyver’s would need something more than a duct tape and Swiss Army knife. But these tech improvisations can really help to make your car stand out from their mass produced brethren.
10 Great Online Resources To Support Your Dumpster Diving Lifestyle
Dumpster diving is urban scavenging in search of items that can be recycled into something useful or turned into cash. Plus, as the Wikipedia page on dumpster diving tells you, rummaging through your neighborhood garbage bin has uses for students, artists, and even scientists. So, if you have already started endorsing dumpster diving, here are ten resources that can help you learn more.
The 5 Best Sources For Exploring The World Of Public Domain Music
In the midst of streaming music services and (unfortunately) pirated music, we tend to forget that there’s a type called public domain music too. Public domain music quite simply is music and musical works which do not have any form of licenses or copyrights attached to them. They can be freely shared and if one sees it that way, they have no legal owner.
Top 6 Websites To Help Senior Citizens Obtain Basic Internet And Computer Skills
Many of the elderly tribe fear the computer, but basic computer skills are very easy to learn - more so today when everything is designed to be user-friendly and visually accessible. So let’s head out and attend classes at these eight websites that teach basic internet and computer skills…not only for senior citizens, but also for any rank newcomer.
Should Job Seekers Be Careful Of Social Media Background Checks By Employers? [Opinion]
Background checks have been part of hiring processes for long. Google Search as a background check started few years back. Things have got far serious since then as companies are actively looking at your Facebook and Twitter (or any other social profile) postings to determine your suitability for a job.
Bookmark & Save YouTube Videos For Later With Video History for YouTube [Chrome]
You can think of this Chrome extension as the “Read-It-Later” for YouTube videos. It performs nearly the same job for YouTube videos as does the so named browser add-on does for webpages. The Chrome extension called Video History for YouTube has a few more tricks up its sleeve which makes managing all the YouTube videos you watch (or intend to) a little easier.
Recycle For A Cause: 5 Ways You Can Donate Your Old Cellphone & Help Make The World A Better Place
We can help by donating our old cellphones (and other electronics), so that the recycling industry can reclaim some more percentage from the precious metals that gets mined. But that is not the only way we can help. Here are five more ways to donate old cellphones and help a local or global cause.
8 Best Websites To Find Summer Retreats You'll Never Forget
You can literally take your pick of summer retreats as global travel goes on the upswing. Finding the best places to search for summer retreats is also easy as there are a host of travel websites vying for your bucks. But here is a mix-n-match of eight websites you can consider for finding unforgettable summer retreats around the world.
Is Chill A Pinterest Clone Or A Good Social Video Discovery Site?
Chill.com has gone for a complete makeover and adopted the Pinterest look. It’s no longer the Turntable.fm for videos, but "Pinterest" for videos. You still have videos from the above mentioned sites. But watching and sharing them is closer to the way of Pinterest. So, is it just another Pinterest copy-cat or is there more substance to the video discovery site?
The 7 Best Technology Boards You Should Follow On Pinterest
My interest lies in technology among other things. So, that set about my search for interesting tech-focused Pinterest users. These techy and geeky Pinterest users have other social profiles too, but there’s the X-factor about this new social media that makes you want to catch up. Here are the seven best technology boards you should follow on Pinterest.
3 Unusual Scrabble Game Tools That Help You Get Better At The Word Game
These three Scrabble games are more tools and less games. Also, I think if you love a particular game, you will like to play it in any of its avatars and take any route possible to get better at it. So, let’s look into three desktop Scrabble game tools you can download for free to increase your knowledge of words.
3 James Bond Gadgets You Can Make From an Old Smartphone
The smartphone is the most sophisticated gadget we carry with us everyday. And while we don’t have our own Q Branch working for us in a secret lab, thanks to a few intrepid DIY-ers and hackers, we can repurpose our old smartphones in our basements. Here are three James Bond styled spy gadgets you can make from an old smartphone.
7 Best Viral Video Websites To Watch What’s Buzzing Now
Viral videos are accidents. I don’t think they can be created deliberately, though I am sure people try. A video going viral can launch careers and give someone their 5 minutes of YouTube fame. So, how do you catch the best ones before they happen or as they are happening? Keep tabs on these seven viral video sites to watch what’s buzzing right now.
10 Top Men’s Magazine Sites That Are Available Online for Free
Here are the top ten magazine websites you can catch online for free. Or at least, a substantial portion of their content. There is a lot to choose from as popular names have gone for a digital makeover. The paper magazine may offer more as you hold it between your hands, but their digital counterparts too offer a lot in the may of multimedia and downloads.