Opera: My Way To Store, Organise and Share Bookmarks

I’ve always been interested in the latest shiny thing so when I was asked to review Opera’s feature-filled latest release, Opera 26, I jumped at the chance.
Opera, like it’s musical counterpart, has always been the choice of aficionados. It doesn’t come included with your operating system and nor is it peddled by the world’s largest search provider. You have to make the conscious choice to be an Opera user. And oh are you rewarded for that choice.

In countless performance tests, Opera comes out ahead. Opera is often the first of the major browsers to implement new features — it had tabbed browsing 6 years before Internet Explorer — and seems determined to continue this tradition. While the gaps have closed between modern browsers — especially when it comes to how they render webpages — there is still room for them to differentiate.
I’ve come to appreciate Opera more and more as I’ve used it. Everyone knows Opera is fast and stable. What I’ve grown to love is the interface and their innovative takes on Speed Dial and Bookmarks.

The Interface

The latest version of Opera is gorgeous. I checked it out on both OS X Yosemite and the Windows 10 Technical Preview, and I really liked how it respected the design conventions of both operating systems. Other browsers are guilty of ignoring the OS style and having the same design across every platform. It’s great to see Opera tweak the design of their browser to fit in with whatever OS you’re running. Few things look uglier than an app that’s clearly designed for one platform being forced to run on another.
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Aside from the platform specific changes, the underlying design is the same. It’s clean, minimalist and very pretty. There is little to distract you from the web content. The interface of the Speed Dial, Discover and Bookmarks sections is also stunning. They’ve gone with a flat, tile-based design reminiscent of Windows 8. It works great.

Speed Dial

If you’ve ever tried to create a bookmarks bar filled with favicons to quickly navigate between your favourite sites, you’ll know it just doesn’t work. The targets are too small and the bookmarks bar looks ugly and takes up precious screen-space. Opera pioneered Speed Dial back in 2007. It’s a customisable grid on the new tab page for the websites you visit most frequently.
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Build Your Own Awesome Personal 3D Avatar with Avatara

Do you use social networks and want to build your own awesome 3D avatar? Maybe you want to send someone a cute cuddly image of yourself (kind of)? Or maybe you have your own ideas of what you would do with an Avatar… Well look no further than Avatara which I discovered from the MakeUseOf directory . You can create 3d avatars out of pre-set up templates or create your own from scratch. To start, visit Avatara’s homepage . You will see this screen: Click Get Started to umm, get started! That will take you to this screen: You see that you can build your own Avatar using an uploaded head shot like the Obama one above (just an example, guys). Or roll with one of their awesome avatars. I chose to start with a blank avatar by clicking Start with a blank avatar at the bottom of the screen. That takes you to here: I clicked on the filter at the top and told it to filter out everything but male characters and then I saw this: I rolled with Buck and continued. You need to click Select...

MoviePass drops pricing to under $7 per month, if you opt for the annual plan

MoviePass, the subscription service that lets consumers pay a monthly fee to see unlimited movies in theaters across the U.S., is slashing its prices yet again. The company announced today it’s now offering its service for $6.95 per month, down from the current price of $9.95 per month, when customers commit to a one-year subscription plan. That works out to a flat fee of $89.95 annually. The deal is a limited-time promotion, as opposed to a permanent pricing change, but MoviePass didn’t say how long the offer is valid. However, it is open to both new and existing subscribers – the latter who would receive a 25 percent savings on their current subscription if switching over to the annual plan. This is not the first time that MoviePass has dropped its pricing. When the company introduced its $9.95 per month, one-movie-per-day plan this August, down from $15 for 2 movies per month (or more in select markets like L.A. and NYC, and going as high as $50), it saw so many new sign-up...

ASUS VivoBook X202E Windows 8 Touchscreen Laptop Review And Giveaway

It wasn’t very long ago when prices of touchscreen Windows 8 laptops soared beyond $1000. Thankfully, those days are behind us, and portable computers can easily be purchased – touchscreen and all – for under $500. That’s precisely the demographic in which the ASUS VivoBook X202E falls. When compared to a high-end laptop, its specifications might seem modest, but for laptop buyers just looking for a way to browse the web, watch videos, use basic apps, and not spend too much money, something in this budget is perfectly suitable. The question is, of course, how does the ASUS VivoBook X202E compare to others on the market, and is it the one which you should be spending your hard-earned money on? Well, you’re just going to have to keep reading to find out. Best of all, we are giving away an ASUS VivoBook X202E to one lucky winner. Keep reading for your chance to take home this Windows 8 touchscreen laptop! Introducing the ASUS VivoBook X202E Laptop The ASUS VivoBook X202...

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