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Jigsaw puzzles online - Time Waster

Filed under: Fun, Games, Kids, Time-Wasters, Web

I have to admit that I’m not a huge fan of putting together jigsaw puzzles; it’s just not an activity I would ever choose. On the other hand, when there’s a partially completed puzzle sitting on a table, I can’t walk by it without sitting down and starting to [...]

Twitter followers are worthless, or worth a lot less than you might think

Filed under: News, Social Software

How do you determine what something is worth? Generally speaking, the answer is that something is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. This comes up when trying to evaluate the value of companies, but it can also come up when trying to evaluate the value of something that [...]

Services to help us stop dawdling online

Welcome to a new week; heck, welcome to a whole new month! And what better time than Monday morning for procrastinating by reading about ways to stop procrastinating?

Over at the WSJ, they put up a very comprehensive review of four different time-tracking systems. Since anti-procrastination (is that even a word?) is a bit of a [...]

Rejoice! Apple’s iBookstore will be using the international standard EPUB format

Filed under: Text, Utilities, Apple

Our fantastically white-and-shiny sister blog, TUAW, has just published a guide all about the EPUB ebook format. This will be of most interest to Apple fans who are planning to buy an iPad, because it’s the file format that the iBookstore will use.

Even if you’re not planning on getting an iPad, [...]

How much are you willing to pay for eBooks? (Macmillan wants $15)

Filed under: Internet

For the last few days Amazon and Macmillan have been waging a tiny little war over the future of eBook pricing. You may have missed it, because unlike most wars, the stakes in this battle aren’t all that visible. Digital book sales still make up a relatively small portion of the digital media [...]

Google Email Uploader: upload email from your Mac to Google Apps

Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, E-mail, Google

Signing up for Google Apps for your domain is a pretty sweet deal, but there’s still the matter of your current email account, and all the messages that come with it. Fortunately, Google has anticipated the demise of your old email account, and taken the liberty of planning for its [...]

iPhone OS 3.2 rumors: an iPad camera, video calling and more

Filed under: OS Updates, Photo, Apple, VoIP, iPhone, Mobile

iPhone owners might not have access to iPhone OS 3.2 yet, but it’s already running on the new iPad. Our sister site, Engadget, was able to score some of the details of the new features in 3.2, and it sounds like it’s going to be great for [...]

After the Deadline grammar, spell check addon for Firefox is a writer’s best friend

Filed under: Text, Blogging, Mozilla, Browsers

After the Deadline has been mentioned before here on Download Squad. In September of 2009, Automattic (the company behind WordPress) acquired ATD and promptly integrated it into their wildly popular blogging platform.

If you do any writing anywhere on the web and you’re using Firefox, you’ll be glad to know that [...]