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How To Use Facebook Messenger on Linux
Facebook chat on Linux took a hit when Facebook shut down XMPP in April 2015, leaving Pidgin users with Facebook integration unable to chat. Here's how to change that, with a new Pidgin plugin.
Random Net Stuff: 5 Ways to Randomly Find New Things Online
The web is a vast network of seemingly unconnected things. You could spend all day exploring it. These five sites bring back the feeling of serendipity we had almost lost.
El Capitan Means The End Of Mac Themes & Deep System Tweaks
If you like customizing your Mac, Yosemite might be the last version of OS X that works for you. And that's too bad.
Someone Finally Made Google Hangouts Better On Desktop
It took someone outside Google hacking away at CSS to finally offer a decent Hangouts experience on desktops and laptops – and you can give it a shot right now if you're a Chrome user.
5 Tools to Finally Learn All Those Keyboard Shortcuts
Learn keyboard shortcuts. It sounds like a pain, but seriously, every new shortcut you learn will quickly become something you can't live without.
Kiwi is Basically Gmail for Mac
Gmail offers native apps on Android and iOS, both of which blend with their operating systems. Why shouldn't the far more powerful desktop operating systems get the same treatment?
5 Easy Ways to Start Your Own Free Chat Room
Why not connect with people you don't know? Get that old-school Internet feeling back with a few chat apps that might be up to the task.
5 Ways to Build Your Own Reddit Alternative
Tired of your online communities being hosted by seemingly incompetent management teams, or being overrun by trolls? Avoid the problem altogether: build your own alternative to Reddit, and host it on your own server.
5 Fascinating Sites for Seeing and Exploring the Universe
If you love gazing at the stars, and beautiful pictures of galaxies, the Internet has a lot to offer. Let's learn more about the universe.
5 Apps to Read Today's News Headlines, Quickly
Whether you want to know what's going on in the world of technology or quickly swipe through headlines from around the web, the right site or app makes it easier.
5 Sites to Easily Start Your Blog Using Evernote, Trello or WordPress
Blogger and WordPress are arguably the easiest two platforms for starting your own blog. But we wanted to know if there was anything easier out there. We weren't disappointed with the options we found.
How to Donate to Charity by Browsing the Web, Playing Games, & More
It sounds too good to be true, but it's perfectly possible to raise money for charities doing things you already love. Or even with your bad habits. Take a look.
5 Apps to Develop Healthy Habits & Become More Productive
We all want to improve ourselves, and no app is going to magically make it happen. The right tools combined with commitment could be the magic bullet.
5 Sites That Teach You New Skills Quickly – Guitar, Mod Minecraft, & More
Today there's only one reason not to learn new things: because you don't want to. Why shouldn't you when The Internet is there to help you acquire new skills, painlessly.
Uber Drivers Are Employees, German Ketchup Links to Porn, And More... [Tech News Digest]
Also: AT&T is fined $100 million for its crippled "unlimited" plans, Reddit plans to encrypt all traffic by default, and what might be the best wedding footage of all time.
5 Browser Extensions That Make the Web Less Ugly
Customize the web and make it your own. Today's Cool Websites and Apps offers five tools we've never covered that make the web more pleasant.
5 Clutter-Free Alternatives to Chrome's New Tab Page
Tired of Google constantly changing your new tab page? Do you find their take on tabs useless, ugly, or boring? You're not alone.
Stop Saying How Smart You Are – A Lesson From Reddit's IAmVerySmart
Pull up a chair – we need to talk. No one online cares about how smart you are, and talking about it makes you sound like a prick.
These 5 SMS Services Offer You the Internet Without a Data Plan
Going without a mobile Internet plan seems almost impossible. But there are a class of tools that use the humble SMS to make the web available to people who can't afford a data plan.