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Keep Track Of Your Training Goals While You Workout With RunKeeper [Android]
Around MakeUseOf, we love finding apps and other online motivators to stay fit and healthy. After investigating these fitness apps time after time, RunKeeper always proves itself to be one of the very best. It's not surprising that it's popular, since it's available for Android, iPhone and also links into Facebook. Sociability is a big part of what makes RunKeeper fun and keeps users accountable to their goals. And THAT is what will keep you on track and healthy.
How To Get To Grips With a Foreign Keyboard While Travelling
Have you ever travelled abroad and sat down in an Internet café only to find that you can't work out how to type anything on the foreign keyboards? Well, you're not alone. This happens to many travellers and is a huge source of frustration - especially considering how much Internet cafés can cost! No-one wants to waste time searching for a key that must be typed.
Start an Online Radio Station of Your Own: Here's How
If you've been wondering how one goes about setting up an online radio station then you're in luck. There are a number of simple ways to make an online radio station involving nothing more than some free software and a microphone attached to your computer. There's also a lot of variety in costs and radio types depending on whether you're a professional or a hobbyist - or somewhere in between.
How To Make Your Own eBooks And Publish Them On Amazon
I'm sure that more than a few of you readers have a half-written book or useful guide you've put together to help people learn something. You've probably wondered if it would be possible to make money off of your book, or at least gain some exposure, by selling it as an eBook on Amazon. As long as you have already created something worth reading, the process of getting it into Amazon as an eBook isn't that onerous.
LastPass for Firefox: The Ideal Password Management System
If you've not yet decided to use a password manager for your myriad logins online, it's time you took a look at one of the best options around: LastPass. Many people are cautious about using a password manager, while others are often just undecided about which services are safe enough to use. LastPass is one of the safest password managers around and it is made especially useful by being available as a plugin for a wide variety of browsers.
Three Easy Ways to Turn Your Facebook Into a Real Book [Weekly Facebook Tip]
Have you ever wanted to make a real hard-copy book of the things you have in Facebook? Maybe you have relatives who aren't on Facebook but would love to see the pictures you've put in there. Or maybe you're keen to preserve a snapshot of what your life was like this year. Did you realise that it's really easy to make a book of your Facebook?
8 Crucial Things You Should Know Before Travelling Abroad With Your Phone, Tablet, Or Laptop
If you're about to go international with your smartphone, tablet and/or laptop there are a few things you should know before you go. You might need extra peripheral devices and plugs, entertainment and maps pre-downloaded, a new SIM card for data, and to prepare for a few important security scenarios. Wherever you go and whatever your trip will involve, these tips will prepare you for things as best as possible.
4 Elements: Incredibly Fun Puzzle Game for Kids [Giveaway]
If you've ever wanted the perfect game to entertain a child for hours on end, it's time you took a look at 4 Elements. The casual game by Playrix is both incredibly easy to play and strangely addictive for kids and adults alike. We're giving away free copies of 4 Elements to lucky readers this week valued at $500 (it normally retails at $19.95 for the premium PC/Mac version). So, find out more about the game by reading this article and head to the bottom of the post for details on how to enter the giveaway.
Three Great Resources For Board Game Geeks
We're no longer in a world where a basic board game collection consists of Monopoly, Clue and The Game Of Life (and maybe Risk if you're lucky). No, these days collections often have more of the euro-style games in them - and more games in general. In fact, there's such a huge amount of variety in games nowadays, that if you're not keeping up with the times you'll probably have no idea which games to buy.
The Ultimate Guide on How to Take a Screenshot
Most people would think taking a screenshot was a simple and straightforward process, and that it would be much the same on every platform they encounter. Well, they'd be wrong. The process of taking screenshots is simple for some devices and near-impossible for others. For some operating systems, it involves knowing the shortcuts, while for others you can press PrtScn and follow your nose. They're all very different.
Using IFTTT To Automate All Your Facebook Photos & Video [Facebook Tip Or Hack Of The Week]
Not everyone uses Facebook to store their photos and video, but alternative photo and video storage still doesn't seem to have the best social integration just yet. Most of the alternatives are designed for more public sharing and aren't always great at alerting your friends when there's something new to look at. There's also no denying that there are plenty of bored friends our there who love to see photo and video updates from you via Facebook.
How To Build Your Own Baby Monitor
If you're a recent parent, you've probably considered getting some sort of baby monitor. You possibly considered the utility of a video monitor and then you may or may not have balked at the exorbitant price tags they come with. There are dozens of great ways to set up a baby monitor using webcams, old computers and a bit of geek know-how.
Geekli.st Lets You Show Off Your Geek Talent & Meet More Geeks
If you're a bit of a geek and you're online a lot of the time, you've probably heard of Github. But if coding isn't your schtick, you might not have a lot to put up there. So, in order to give geeks of other colours somewhere to hang out and show off their geekiness, Geeklist has popped up to fill the gaps. Geeklist is basically a social network for Geeks, which lets you share your achievements and connect with other like-minded geeks and companies.
Using Facebook Friends Lists For Interests Or Circles [Facebook Hack Or Tip Of The Week]
Is Facebook driving you crazy? Most people who use Facebook generally view the home feed in its unfiltered form, which means they're seeing updates from friends, acquaintances and pages all lumped in together and shown according to how popular Facebook deems each update to be. Not only is this method going to show you important updates from people and pages you don't care for much, but you'll miss less popular updates from people and pages you do care about.
Need An Affordable Keyboard For Your Tablet? Here Are Some Good Options
If you're getting a fair bit of use out of your tablet and looking for a keyboard to go with it, you may have no idea where to start. There are plenty of options out there, so it's good to have some idea what you're looking for when you begin your search. What do you really need to know? What basic options are there? How much should you expect to pay?
10 Tech Terms That Sound Like Euphemisms
If you pay attention to current affairs, you've probably heard the term "fracking" more than once. Did it ever occur to you that it sounded a little like a euphemism for something else? Yeah, sure it didn't. Even the least corrupted adult mind would draw the connection. In the IT world, there are also a number of words you probably say every day that could be seen as a euphemism.
What Can I Do With My Spare Computer?
We all know the mantra of efficient product usage: Reduce; Reuse; Recycle. When it comes to computers though, changing technology and the need for tech-minded people to upgrade makes it hard to reduce consumption. This means we're plagued with the problem of old computers lying around our sheds with need of a good home or project to give them new life.
Learn A Language And Translate For Practice With Duolingo (Now Open To All!)
The internet has given us some fantastic tools for language learning, and Duolingo is the latest site to give it a go. It's just come out of closed beta and is now available for everyone to use, after being the talk of language learning communities online for months. Duolingo is currently teaching German, Spanish and French for free to anyone who wants to learn.