Check out the top picks from MakeUseOf Geeky Fun during the last couple of days. Make Good Art (Pic) Super Mario Bros. Level Built inside Aquarium (Video) The Evolution of Technology (Pic) The Power ...
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WindowFX 5 has just been released with new window animations and other great new features. WindowsFX is a powerful customization utility for Windows which lets you apply cool animations to your windo...
Last week I rounded up a few of the best apps for capturing video and the accessories you might want to consider if you want to get the most out of your iPhone’s video capabilities. Today we’re turni...
In a world ruled by Google, at least where search is concerned, it’s sometimes hard to imagine a worthy alternative. DuckDuckGo is one website that is trying to offer such an alternative, and if you ...
It’s pretty difficult to find a quality wallpaper site anymore. There’s a ton of them, but many are packed full of plain, boring, “stock” wallpapers that you don’t want ...
One of the hallmarks of experienced computer users is that they don’t often reach for the mouse, unless they are working in a graphics application. Meaning, as long as they’re working with something ...
Nearly all of us have smartphones these days, plus some form of cloud storage as a backup solution. However, we’ve really only just reached the point were lots of apps are being written with in...
In 2011 I wrote an op-ed piece (for a different website…!) about how I felt that Microsoft had moved away from being the many-tentacled corporate beast with no interest in providing a solid, working ...
Google+ has another brand new feature and this time it is heavily emphasizing matters of a local nature. The new feature is aptly named Google+ Local. It is designed to help you find and share the th...
This week: Facebook’s terrible IPO, the dangers of using Android and why Kaspersky is angry with Apple. All this and so much more in episode 22 of Technophilia: Talking Ducks in Japan. MakeUseO...
Integrate the aging Skype client into Ubuntu. Skype-Wrapper is a third party program that forces Skype’s aging Linux client into the current decade of Ubuntu’s desktop. With modern notifi...
About a year ago, I started taking guitar lessons. It was actually just on a whim, because my daughter was taking piano lessons, and I wanted something to do while I was waiting for her. Since it was...
A proven method of giving your Android device a speed boost and battery life increase is to clear out any low-importance applications so more RAM is freed up. Android has a stock tool that can clear ...
Everyone has a creative side, whether they choose to express it or not. We may not all have it in us to be great inventors, engineers, or designers, but we all have an innate ability to tinker, to ex...
Working online is the dream of many geeks. You can set your own hours, or you can work as much or as little as you’d like, you don’t have to commute and you don’t have to deal with pesky co-workers. ...
Some of you may have noticed the login buttons at the top of the sidebar here at MakeUseOf, so today I’m here to explain what they are, why you might want to use them, what the point system is,...
Do You own a Windows Phone Mango device? Now you can finally enjoy Microsoft’s own panorama stitching app! Photosynth is an official Microsoft release which has been strangely absent from Microsoft’s...
Pen tablets are an awesome invention. I don’t mean those tiny pads you use to sign electronic documents at the bank (although those are nice too). I mean the serious, professional models that artists...
The guys and girls at Spotify never take a break and it seems like every day we are reporting on them adding a cool new feature to one of their applications. The most recent Spotify iOS App update ad...
Podcasts are, for those unfamiliar with the term, digital audio episodes, usually consisting of a speech-based broadcast. Essentially these are shows that would have been limited to talk radio statio...
MakeUseOf has previously published several infographics on texting, such as when texting celebrated its 19th birthday, when we showed teens and their texting habits, and how SMS messaging is changing...
Are you terrible when it comes to spelling? It’s okay, plenty of people out there cannot spell to save their lives. Of course, computers did not help matters since everyone has a professional-grade s...
Dependence on the cloud is growing and many desktop applications are getting left behind in favour of collaborative, access-anywhere solutions. The ability to quickly share, tweak and work together f...
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 joinin...
One of the biggest problems with today’s world is that it’s far too easy to accumulate so much stuff. I’m talking DVD movies, video games – both downloaded and purchased ̵...
Windows PCs are notoriously junk-filled out-of-the-box. Buy a Microsoft Signature PC from a Microsoft Store (yes, Microsoft has a handful of stores across the US) and you’ll find it free of the usual...
If you haven’t yet switched your Facebook profile over to the new Timeline then the chances are Facebook is getting rather insistent that you do. And it’s no wonder. It’s been 8 mon...
If, like me, you have a vast collection of music stored across antiquated formats, you might be wondering exactly what you can do to save space and get rid of these recordings. In the case of cassett...
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