About Saikat Basu
After removing the grime of an MBA and a ten-year long marketing career, Saikat dabbled in web development, networking, and SAP. He has been a former editor of several MakeUseOf sections since 2008. He is a legacy contributor now with a special interest in productivity methods and iOS. You will also find his contributions in web publications like GuidingTech, GoSkills, OnlineTechTips, and Lifewire.
Latest Articles
Demystify SEO: 5 Search Engine Optimization Guides That Help You Begin
Search engine mastery takes knowledge, experience, and lots of trial and error. You can begin learning the fundamentals and avoid common SEO mistakes easily with the help of many SEO guides available on the Web.
5 Creative Uses Of PowerPoint Presentations You Haven't Explored Yet
Microsoft PowerPoint can do much more than boring presentations. It’s PowerPoint 2013’s time now and the search for creative and uncommon uses of PowerPoint continues. Here are five.
Skype Enables Chat Message Sync Across All Your Devices
It took some time for Skype to get rid of one of its oldest annoyances. Skype will finally enable message syncing across all devices. The update is being brought about as part of many improvements.
10 Curiously Geeky Virtual Tours You Can Take On Google Street View
Set your bowlines free and travel. Why not use Google Street View to combine the best of travel and geek-dom. Pack your bags then for these ten geeky virtual trips.
Easily View Multiple Tabs at Once With These Chrome Extensions
Screen real estate is particularly important in a job with high productivity requirements. Forget endless tab management extensions, these four Chrome extensions will redefine how you use your browser.
Panoramic Virtual Tour Of CERN Comes To Google Street View
If you ever wanted to visit and see the Large Hadron Collider, now you can. Thanks to Google Street View you can take a panoramic virtual tour of the CERN site.
A Life Less Ordinary: 7 Places on Reddit for Your Own Personal Growth
What better place to go to if you are starting to feel that your life is a little less than ordinary. Tell us if these subreddits help you think about your own personal development.
7 Really Simple Tips To Manage Your Files And Folders On Google Drive
There’s a lot you can do with 15GB of free storage. Ultimately, managing it well means knowing how to handle the files and folders you will keep on Google Drive. These tips help.
Google+ Improves RAW To JPEG Photo Conversion With Support For 70 Cameras
Google+ now gives photographers more latitude with RAW to JPEG conversions by adding RAW support for 70 camera makes. Included are Canon’s EOS and Powershot series, and models from Nikon, Panasonic, Sony, and Olympus.
Yahoo Moves Ahead On The Revival Road With The New Yahoo Maps
A refreshed Yahoo Maps for the desktop comes to U.S. users. The new Yahoo Maps comes with a slew of new features and more interactivity but missing an equivalent mobile app so far.
How To Use Learnist To Effectively Organize Your Learning & Teaching
Learnist is a learning board for the digital age. You can look at a learning board as a container for any content that helps you understand things you are interested in.
Lock Your Android Device Remotely With The Android Device Manager
The Android Device Manager was launched last month. Now in a recent update, Google has added remote lock and password reset features to further add to your peace of mind.
10 Amazing Technology Ideas You Can Find On Pinterest
Active “pinners” use Pinterest to discover cool technology ideas. Here are some amazing technology ideas you can find on Pinterest. Some you can try yourself, and some you can keep pinned for inspiration.
New SkyDrive Plan Gives You 200 GB Of Space For $100 A Year
Microsoft SkyDrive says you can have 200 GB of space under a new plan that will cost you $100 a year. The plan is attractive for Windows 8.1 and Microsoft Surface 2 tablet users.
How You Can Learn A New Language While Browsing The Web With Lingua.ly
Lingua.ly is another innovative language learning tool that helps you become familiar with foreign words while browsing the Web. Lingua.ly turns the entire Web into a "language learning platform".
The New My Yahoo Gets A New Design To Emerge As An iGoogle Alternative
Yahoo isn't pulling any stops in its efforts to personalize the user experience for you. In the latest move, it has dusted off My Yahoo and given the personal start page a fresh look.
Yahoo For iOS 7: Now Stay Updated With Breaking News, Cinemagraphs & Cleaner Interface
The new Yahoo app is going for the "cleaner, faster, and prettier" maxim. The Yahoo app came out in the immediate wake of iOS 7’s availability, and it has some very interesting features.
Firefox 24 Is Now Ready For You To Download
Firefox has been updated for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Firefox 24 is not dramatically different for desktop users, but Firefox for Android has got the WebRTC support to talk about.
10 Ways to Use Your Cloud Storage That You May Not Have Thought Of
When we talk about cloud storage, it usually revolves around backup and collaboration. So, let’s try to find some more interesting ways to fill up all the space they give us for free.
10 Ways to Make the Most of Google Groups
Once Google Groups was on the cutting edge of online social interactions. Social media is now the elite. With an upgrade recently, Google Groups has come out to create an identity of its own.