Is it Raining? 4 Beautiful & Free Weather Apps For Windows
"Will it rain later today?", "What's the temperature outside right now?", "Will it be warm this weekend?" These are just some of the questions we ask about the weather every day. Getting answers to these questions no longer requires turning on the TV and waiting patiently for the next weather forecast. It's all right there at your fingertips, leaving you only to decide how you want to consume it. And there's quite an abundance of choices.
How Many Apps Do You Have Installed On Your Phone? [MakeUseOf Poll]
Last week we asked if you would consider shutting off your cell phone for a whole day. I must say, I was surprised at the outcome of this poll. In an era so dominated by technology and Internet, you'd think people would be more attached to their phones. Let's take a look at how the vote turned out.
Why Use 5 Different Websites? TripWhat Includes Everything You Need To Plan Your Next Trip
TripWhat is a Web and iPhone app made by the same people behind the excellent Sortable, the money-saving Geekaphone, and the effective CPUBoss. After helping us choose everything from smartphones, tablets and cameras, to CPUs and cars, it's time to find the best things to do, eat, and see in almost every city in North America.
Not Just For Slackers: 5+ Ways Social Networks Can Help You At Work
For many of us, social networks are just a passing trend. We spent much of our lives without them, and we don't see them as necessary in any way. In fact, many of us tend to think of social networks as nothing more than time-wasters and procrastination tools. There's no denying that social networks have a bad side, but they also have some positive impacts, it all depends on how you use them and what you use them for.
How To Chat On Facebook From The Comfort Of Your Desktop
From the first days of public Internet, it's been a long and winding road for chat. From Web chats that were nothing but forums, to ICQ and IRC, to MSN Messenger and Google Talk, and finally - the chat most of us use today - Facebook chat. To me, chat's evolution is a bit sad, really. As old as ICQ and IRC look today, they were both chat protocols and programs I really enjoyed using.
The Real End Of Clutter: All-In-One Sidebar Brings Everything You Need To Your Sidebar [Firefox]
I'm not easily impressed with add-ons, but All-in-One Sidebar is an excellent addition to anyone's Firefox browser. Yes, you shouldn't install too many browser extensions, but AiOS can easily replace several you're already using, and comes with so many different functions. All-in-One Sidebar is much more than a toolbar, making Firefox's most overlooked feature - the sidebar - actually useful.
Cut The Crap, Facebook: Give Me What I Want to Read
Every since its launch, we've seen Facebook change. And change. Again, and again, and again. While many changes are actually for the best, there's one thing these updates never fails to add to our news feed: more clutter. There's also something our ever-growing list of friends never fails to bring to our news feed: even more clutter. Are you ready to change that?
Who Needs Instagram? View Nearby Twitter Images With Vizible [iOS]
Vizible is a brand new iOS app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. What makes it special for me, is that its made by the same developers as Twizgrid, which to this day remains one of my favorite iOS apps of all times. If you’re curious, I’d recommend reading my previous post about Twizgrid, but in a nutshell, Twizgrid is a visual Twitter client which makes the recent quarrel between Twitter and Instagram seem insignificant.
Present Yourself To The World With Répresent, A Super-Simple Resume Builder
You may have noticed that I have a thing for online résumé creators. In the past, I've looked at SlashCV – a simple tool for creating PDF résumés – and Enthuse.me, which is more like an online portfolio of your past work and your online presence. But my quest is far from over. As I've already mentioned in the past, writing a résumé is one of my least favorite tasks in the whole world, and that’s why I’m drawn to these résumé tools.
4 Wonderful Educational iPad Apps for Kids
There are wonderful educational apps out there, many of which cost $10, $20, or even more. I’m not here to say they’re not worth it – you’re going to pay much more for a textbook – but it’s also possible to find cheaper apps that nonetheless provide a great learning experience for kids of all ages. For the list below, I tried to stick to apps that cost $5 or less, and all except one offer a free version too.
Is Chrome Hogging All Your RAM? Make It Behave With These 2 Extensions
Chrome or Firefox? This might be the hottest question in today’s tech community, and one you’ll never find a straight answer for. Personally, I think both browsers are great, but have been using Firefox more often because my old computer cannot deal with Chrome’s RAM hogging. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying Firefox is a lightweight browser, it’s most definitely not, but for some reason, Chrome was incredibly sluggish on my machine.
What You Need To Know About Integrating Google Services With Windows 8
As a fairly new Windows 8 user, I’m still trying to wrap my head around the whole Modern (or Metro) concept. While giving up the Start menu was surprisingly easy, I’m still having a hard time getting used to the new Start screen. It’s not that I don’t use it – I use it exactly the same way I used to use my Start menu – it’s that I don’t really make use of the tiles, the apps, and pretty much all the new things this system has introduced.
Losing Control Over Privacy Settings? Priveazy Puts The Wheel Back In Your Hands [Chrome & Web]
Online privacy is important to everyone, whether you actively protect it or not. The problem with privacy is not that we don’t care about it, but that we don’t always know how to protect it, or don’t have the time and motivation to go scanning through the settings of every website we use. Whatever the reason, many users don’t take good enough care of their online privacy.
2 Ways To Turn Text Into Beautiful Images You Can Share [iOS & Android]
Although I don’t actually own an active Instagram account, I love taking and sharing photos. When I finally get a phone that can run Instagram and other such apps, be sure I’ll be enjoying what this platform has to offer. Whether you like photography or not, there’s something about snapping and sharing beautiful images that’s appealing to almost anyone – a fact that helps make image-sharing apps like Instagram and Pinterest so incredibly popular.
Hundreds: A Game Like You've Never Played Before [iOS]
I’m not a gamer. The last gaming console I owned was the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (or SNES), which gave me hours of pleasure with Yoshi’s Island, and that’s after years of work on mastering Super Mario 3 on the classic NES. These consoles marked the end of my gaming days, at least the serious ones. But my interest in gaming got piqued again when I got my iPad 3 years ago.
Schedule, Enhance & Analyze Your Pins With This Must-Have Pinterest Tool
Pinterest, the visual social network, was all the rage last year. In the span of just several months, almost everyone I know joined the network, and the pinning craze was at its height. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not implying that the Pinterest craze is over, but as with every big social network, it slowly sank stabilized as a place we go to for eye-candy, food photos, beautiful ideas, and other such things.
6 Free Ways to Schedule Tweets
Using Twitter is really about the here and now. You find an interesting article, a cool picture, an awesome video, or maybe you just want to share something you’ve just realized or thought of. Either way, the way Twitter works, you’re supposed to open a client, write your tweet, send it, and repeat this sequence every time you want to share again. So yes, tweets can only have up to 140 characters, but the process can still get pretty time-consuming.
Need Multiple Sizes & Crops Of Your Images? Get Them In Seconds With SizzlePig
Several months ago, I told you about 7 free ways to batch edit your photos. While researching this post, I found many useful tools that can save you time when resizing, renaming, and editing multiple photos. Most of these tools were installed programs, and while they each come with many useful features, using them was confusing at times. Another problem with many of these tools is that you can’t use them to crop images.
Get Rid Of Facebook’s New Graph Search With This One Simple Trick
The good news is that there’s a simple way to disable Graph Search. If you’ve tried it out and your mind is set on hating it, you don’t have to keep staring at that blue bar that keeps telling you to “Search for people, places and things”. So yes, you can get your “old Facebook” (or the newest old Facebook, to be accurate) back, at least until Facebook decides you can’t anymore. What do you have to do?
Everything You Need to Prepare for a Long Car Journey or Road Trip
I love road trips. Just saying or writing this word sends shivers of excitement down my spine. If you think I’m crazy, it’s probably because you grew up in a country where road trips are taken for granted, and the number of places you can drive to and go to are endless. To me, road trips are fun and exciting, no matter why I have to take them, but regardless of how you feel about road trips, it’s always good to prepare before you embark on one.