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5 Insanely Useful Collaboration Tools Your Team Needs to Know About

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Remember the first time you ever saw the real-time collaboration feature for Google Docs (now Google Drive)? It seems obvious now, but in 2005 seeing changes happen live felt nothing short of magical. Never again would you have to email documents to various co-workers, only to manually add everyone’s changes to a single document. Ten years later and Google Drive continues to improve, Microsoft offers real-time collaboration in their online version of Office, and Dropbox is reportedly working on a real-time collaboration app of their own. Even with all this, though, many people are stuck using the email-and-collect-revisions method of... Read the full article: 5 Insanely Useful Collaboration Tools Your Team Needs to Know About from MakeUseOf http://ift.tt/1DhGwaq via IFTTT

5 of the Most Powerful Nostalgia Sites on the Web

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Why does nostalgia feel good? Seeing a TV commercial, hearing a song or playing a game from an earlier time in your life makes you feel more connected to your past, and can even bring back happy memories. Whatever the reason, nostalgia is something the Internet loves – and more than a few websites and apps are dedicated to it. Today Cool Websites and Apps brings you 5 sites we haven’t covered yet, all of which can make you feel connected to different parts of your past. Whether you fondly remember the 90s or think back to the decades before... Read the full article: 5 of the Most Powerful Nostalgia Sites on the Web from MakeUseOf http://ift.tt/1Fwk8LK via IFTTT

Your Favorite Horror Movies Creepily Reimagined as Children’s Books

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Horror movies are generally considered to not be the best media for children to consume. They are violent, often filled with sexual imagery, and they tend be just a bit too scary. But what if they were reimagined as Children’s books? You’d think that would make them less scary, but as the images below show, they somehow make the characters and visuals seem even creepier than in their original movie form. Check out a sample of the images below, and click the via link below to the see whole unsettling gallery. Via BuzzFeed The Shining A Nightmare on Elm Street... Read the full article: Your Favorite Horror Movies Creepily Reimagined as Children’s Books from MakeUseOf http://ift.tt/1Fw7cWi via IFTTT

Say Goodbye To The Many Fallen Characters of Game of Thrones [Spoilers]

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If you watch HBO’s popular Game of Thrones show (based on the Song of Fire & Ice books by George RR Martin), then you’re well aware of the fact that no character is safe. Someone you think of as a “main character” could easily be killed off at any time. This is part of what makes the show and books so great, as there’s no way to predict what’s going to happen. With the new GoT season coming right around the corner, we felt that it would be the perfect time to take a look back at all of those... Read the full article: Say Goodbye To The Many Fallen Characters of Game of Thrones [Spoilers] from MakeUseOf http://ift.tt/1H9qMvZ via IFTTT

The Many Suits of the Amazing Iron Man

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Let’s face it, Iron Man is an awesome character. Whether you’ve been exposed to Tony Stark and his amazing suit since the beginning of the comics, or you’ve only seen the Iron Man and Avengers movies, you can’t help but enjoy the character. Tony Stark, while an interesting personality, is really carried by the amazing the things his suit can do. All the way from the original MK 1 to the latest movies, the suit has seen some interesting changes and evolution over time. Just how much has the suit changed over a 50 year period? Check out the infographic... Read the full article: The Many Suits of the Amazing Iron Man from MakeUseOf http://ift.tt/1JqpM5Y via IFTTT

There Are a Lot of People on the Internet, But How Many Are Fake?

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There are a lot of people on the Internet who are, well, not people at all. For various reasons, there are a tremendous amount of fake Internet users out there. Facebook knows this, as it just recently did a giant purge, lowering likes of pages across the service as it removed fake (and inactive) accounts. Of all the people using the Internet, how many are not people at all? The infographic below attempts to figure it out. It’s quite fascinating to see just how many fake users are browsing the Internet. Via Ghost Proxies Click To Enlarge Read the full article: There Are a Lot of People on the Internet, But How Many Are Fake? from MakeUseOf http://ift.tt/1IqjnKd via IFTTT

5 Apps That Make the Weather More Entertaining

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How about this weather, amirite? Okay, yeah, weather isn’t the most fascinating subject of conversation, but it’s one of those things we all check every day. If you’d like more entertainment from your morning weather ritual, today’s Cool Websites and Apps is for you. We’re on a mission to prove weather doesn’t have to be boring. Here are apps with jokes and GIFs; with pixels and profanity. Your morning will never be the same. Funny Or Die Weather (iOS): The Weather, With Jokes Funny or Die is one of the biggest video sites on the web, known for its steady... Read the full article: 5 Apps That Make the Weather More Entertaining from MakeUseOf http://ift.tt/1DWlJy5 via IFTTT

How Are Websites Built in 2015?

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When it comes to building websites, there are a lot of ways in which the job gets done. While we, as end users, just see the final results, designers have a million things to think about when it comes to how they build a site. Like everything, web design is all about trends. In 2015, there are a few different ways that websites tend to come together. Interested in a look behind the curtain to see how most websites will come to be in 2015? Check out the infographic below for a fascinating look. Via Rukzuk Click To Enlarge Read the full article: How Are Websites Built in 2015? from MakeUseOf http://ift.tt/1DVJGFM via IFTTT

There’s All Sorts of Creatives Out There – Which One Are You?

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When it comes to creative thinkers, there’s all sorts out there. Everyone has their own techniques that help them find their creative juices. We all respond to different situations in our own way, with the end goal of accomplishing a task. Of course, to say there’s only three types of creatives might be oversimplifying a bit. But as this interesting flowchart below shows, you do probably fit into one of them, even if it’s not actually so black and white. So go through the quick flowchart and let us know in the comments section below just which kind of creative... Read the full article: There’s All Sorts of Creatives Out There – Which One Are You? from MakeUseOf http://ift.tt/1J80SrC via IFTTT

Who Says You Can Make it Big Even if You’re Young?

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When you think about successful CEOs, you probably picture someone in the middle aged stage of life. The last thing you probably picture is someone under 30, but with the rise of the tech startup and a change in the way business gets done, more successful CEOs are younger than ever before. Don’t believe me? Check out the infographic below for a look at some of the most successful CEOs who did it all before they turned 30. What’s next, CEOs right out of high school? Via Essay.Expert Click To Enlarge Read the full article: Who Says You Can Make it Big Even if You’re Young? from MakeUseOf http://ift.tt/1xB8QrW via IFTTT