About Tina Sieber
Tina started building websites in the late 1990s, which led her to writing. Formerly MUO's COO, she has since returned to SEO and reviewing consumer hardware. You can find her on the backend of a tech blog near you, or enjoying the outdoors in the Pacific Northwest.
Latest Articles
4 Tools to Fairly Split Chores & Bills With Your Roommate
Chores and bills have a great potential for creating tension between roommates. The best way to keep trouble at bay is being up front about expectations, everyday clear communication, and obviously discipline. If both of you are geeks, technology can make all of that a lot easier. This articles introduces you to online tools and apps to fairly split bills and organize household chores.
How To Find a Great Roommate
Having a roommate is a great way to save money, not just on the rent, but also on other bills. Apart from helping your finances, sharing your home with a friendly and caring person has many more advantages. You can cook together, share household chores, and your roommate can take care of the apartment when you travel. Having shared apartments and houses for most of my life, I can tell you a thing or two about what to look for in a roommate.
How To Use Google Hangouts On Your Android
Google+ Hangouts is Google's answer to chat rooms. You can hang out with up to 12 people using video, audio, and text chat, as well as several optional apps. Hangout is available on your Android via the Google+ app, it just takes a little digging to find it. This article shows you how to create and join a Hangout on your Android.
5 Reasons Google Hangouts Are Cooler Than Skype For Video Chats
Hangouts is Google's take on chat rooms. Like many times before, Google has turned a good idea into something incredibly useful, while preserving simplicity and ease of use and thus making it fantastic. In this article I will focus on what it is that makes Hangouts so great and definitely cooler than Skype.
How To Use Google+ Hangouts To Meet With Friends
Google Hangouts is a key feature of Google+. If you are not using Hangouts already, you are missing out! Maybe you haven't yet joined Google+. Well, if you do have a Google account, then joining Google+ is a matter of seconds. Or maybe you haven't quite figured out how to use it. This is where this article comes in. Once you get the hang of it, you will want to use it more often.
3 Best Websites To Get A University Level Education For Free
The idea that you are never done learning has never been more true than today. The Internet has revolutionized the way we access information and knowledge - formerly a luxury accessible only to the rich and highly gifted - which is now freely available to anyone with Internet access. Education and learning should be a lifelong process and the Internet is your chance to get a university level education for free.
10 Tips To Get Most Out Of Skype Video Conferences
With the right setup, Skype can be a great tool for private or professional video conferences. Video chat requires quite significant resources from your computer. This article will walk you through the basic preparations that should precede any use of Skype and it will conclude with specific tips for video conferences.
Use Flash Block To Selectively Block Flash Elements [Chrome]
While Flash is on its way out and about to be replaced by HTML5, it is still used abundantly for web content, predominantly for displaying annoying ads. Not only are a lot of flash elements irritating, Flash also consumes significant amounts of bandwidth and is known to be a security risk. So there are good reasons to block it.
How To Spice Up Your Email Signatures With WiseStamp
WiseStamp allows you to create multiple personalized email signatures for all standard webmail accounts, including Gmail, Windows Live / Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and AOL Mail. In addition to standard personal data and social networking profile links, WiseStamp provides apps for adding dynamic content to your email signatures, such as your latest tweets, random quotes, or RSS updates.
5 Ways To Switch Between Multiple User Accounts In Firefox & Chrome
There are countless ways to manage multiple user accounts. Recently, I explored 4 Ways to Simultaneously Manage Multiple Gmail Accounts. Apparently I neglected a few more methods, ones that not only work for your Google accounts, but for any user accounts that manage logins with cookies. Moreover, Google recently updated its multiple sign-in feature.
Omegle - A Site Like ChatRoulette That Promises More Strangers To Talk To
Omegle matches you with random strangers for one-on-one text and video chats. At any given time, you will find thousands of people online and ready to chat. Unlike ChatRoulette, Omegle lets you to find chat partners based on common interest. Omegle even has a feature that allows you to spy on others discussing a question you ask them.
5 Websites to Watch Educational Videos That Will Expand Your Mind
Watching videos is a fun and entertaining way to pass the time. If we were to watch every video available online, we could spend a lifetime. If you want to do more with your valuable time than watching shallow YouTube videos, dive into this article, which explores five websites that present fun, mind blowing, and advanced educational videos to expand your mind.
Everything You Need to Know About the Browser Cache [MakeUseOf Explains]
Whenever you have an issue with a website, one of the first suggestions you will hear from IT support is "try to clear your browser cache" along with "and delete your cookies". So what is this ominous browser cache? What does it store and what is it good for? What your browser cache does, why you would want to clear it, and how this is done are the questions addressed in this article.
A Spring Cleaning Checklist For Your PC Part 2: Delete Junk & Free Wasted Space [Windows]
Regular PC maintenance is often neglected, leading to lost hard drive space and a bloated operating system that runs increasingly slower. To avoid a dreaded Windows re-installation, you should perform a thorough cleanup at least once a year. In part 1 of this article, I took you through a physical cleaning checklist for your computer. For part 2 I have created a spring cleaning checklist for the digital environment.
A Spring Cleaning Checklist For Your PC Part 1: Hardware Cleaning
With the arrival of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, houses across the globe get a nice cleaning to rid them of dirt and clutter that has accumulated over the past year. Dust and junk also settle on our computer. Whether your PC is suffering from a clocked up fan or an overloaded hard drive, it is time to give it a thorough spring cleaning. With the following checklist this will be a breeze.