Tag Archives: MakeUseOf

Safe Internet Searching

We all do it; we have to!! And until we all (miraculously) know everything about everything (and can keep it all updated), we’ll have to keep searching the Internet for stuff. In this day and age, searching seems a bit … Continue reading

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Search Engine Coolness

And no, I don’t mean Google or Bing. DuckDuckGo is the search engine I have selected on my iDevices (those whose versions of Safari are modern enough to support it, anyway), and I love it. It behaves very well, it … Continue reading

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Did You Know?

Today is Ada Lovelace Day!! What?? Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). OK. Now, who? Graphic from the MakeUseOf article In How Ada Lovelace, the First Computer … Continue reading

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A Good Time in the Twitter-verse

On Twitter? Has Mihir Patkar got a deal for you! His post on MakeUseOf this morning, Forget Twitter’s Official iPhone App, Use These Instead, has some great-looking suggestions for iDevice users. Check ’em out and see what you think. Like … Continue reading

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Mobile Browsers

MakeUseOf wants to know: Which Mobile Browser Do You Currently Use? Go on over and let ’em know. The poll is down towards the bottom of the page. We want to know, too! Leave a comment.

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Managing Your Mouse Without a Cat

View image | gettyimages.com   Your Mac mouse, of course!       😉 According to Ryan Dube, at MakeUseOf: Put into the wrong hands, the mouse could turn into one of the most dangerous things you can plug into … Continue reading

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Did You Know?

As with almost everything these days, there’s a lot of advice about computers being bandied about by all sorts of folk. Is it good? Is it bad? Is it indifferent, for that matter? Bryan Clark, at MakeUseOf, posted a very … Continue reading

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Did You Know?

View image | gettyimages.com   We’re going to hear about Photos, Apple’s new photo manipulating app, at the meeting Monday. To go along with Photos, Apple has a new storage option, iCloud Photo Library. Mark O’Neill, at MakeUseOf, has this … Continue reading

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An Apple a Day…

View image | gettyimages.com   Do you use the Health app on your iDevice? Have you looked into any of the plethora of third-party apps out there? Bryan Clark, over on MakeUseOf, has, and gives a grand report. PYBT: An … Continue reading

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Did You Know?

Unless there’s something really special about your place, your home network could be faster, and faster is always better! In 9 Quick Ways to Instantly Speed up Your Home PC Network, Andy Betts provides a lot of good advice, and … Continue reading

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