8 Effective Evernote Apps for Painless Productivity

Evernote helps you increase your productivity with only a little effort.

One of the best things about Evernote is being able to integrate it with other web apps. So apart from it being an excellent note-taking app, Evernote can do an IFTTT manoeuvre and sync up with your favorite web app (assuming it is supported). Check this article from MakeUseOf.com

A Simple Trick for Cleaning Under Your Keyboard’s Keys

Do you clean your keyboard regularly? Whether you’re the type of person who snacks in front of the computer, thus getting crumbs everywhere, or you’re a neat freak who never puts anything dirty near their keyboard, stuff always gets in there. More information from MakeUseOf.com

Microsoft’s new Bing election site tracks candidates, will predict the next U.S. president

Microsoft’s Bing has launched an election site for those who prefer their nuanced political positions boiled down into easy-to-read charts and graphs—and yes, Bing will try and predict the outcome at a later date.Check this article from PCWorld.com

Microsoft updates trust list after private key for Xbox Live leaks

On Tuesday, Microsoft updated their Certificate Trust List (CTL) after the private key for xboxlive.com was leaked to the Web. The company didn’t explain how the leak happened, but the exposed certificates were immediately revoked and replaced. Check out this article from PCWorld.com

5 cool Google Drive features you probably aren’t using—yet

Google Drive’s austere interface can trick you into thinking what you see is all you get. But it’s actually packed with powerful productivity features that aren’t immediately apparent. And we’ve gone back to uncover even more. Here are five you probably aren’t using, but should be. More of this article from PCWorld.com

Dropbox to shutter Mailbox email and Carousel photo apps

Dropbox will shut down its Mailbox email app next year, two years after it arrived in the iOS App Store atop a mountain of hype. The company is also shutting down Carousel, an app for syncing and sharing photos. More of this article from PCWorld.com

The Surprising Truth About Apple’s Advertising Platform

In July this year Winston Crawford left Apple. For the previous four and a half years he’d been a leading executive in Apple’s iOS advertising platform, iAd. After stepping down to take a position as chief operating officer at advertising startup Drawbridge, Crawford gave an interesting interview with the Wall Street Journal. Check this article from MakeUseOf.com