Tag: words

20 Useful Words And Phrases For Top-Rated Essays [Infographic]

20 Useful Words And Phrases For Top-Rated Essays [Infographic]

When you become a student (it doesn’t matter college or university), essay writing become one of the most frequent tasks in your educational routine. Day by day, you are learning how to write analytical, persuasive, 5-paragraph essays, etc. The most common student strugglings are essay structure, to ...
Real-Time Translation Earphones – Never Miss A Word Again

Real-Time Translation Earphones – Never Miss A Word Again

Have you ever been to dinner with a gorgeous French lady who you failed to impress because you couldn't comprehend her sentences? How about a meeting with a foreign delegation where both parties smiled politely but had no clue what the other was saying? You may lose out on a lot of opportunities jus ...
How To Make Siri Correctly Pronounce Names In Your Contacts In iOS 7

How To Make Siri Correctly Pronounce Names In Your Contacts In iOS 7

If you've got a friend, colleague or family member with a unique name, and that person is in your contact list, it can be annoying when Siri pronounces it wrong. I've heard Siri pronounce many names wrong, and after a while, you just get used to it. We don't have to do that anymore with iOS 7. Now w ...
The 8 Unavoidable Secrets Of Success [Infographic]

The 8 Unavoidable Secrets Of Success [Infographic]

I know a lot of people who immediately think of money when they hear the word success. I think that's unfortunate since success is such a comprehensive word, and it caters to so much more. Success can be everything from reaching a goal to learning something you have always wanted to know. Success ma ...
Technically Speaking: Updated Meanings Of Common Words [Infographic]

Technically Speaking: Updated Meanings Of Common Words [Infographic]

It can't be easy jumping onto the Internet if you've never used it before. Today there are more words with different meanings than ever before. Words like surf, stream and thread don't even remotely mean what they used to. If you're not yet on board the Internet bandwagon, it's vital you jump on it ...
What British People Say vs. What They Actually Mean [Humor]

What British People Say vs. What They Actually Mean [Humor]

Since I'm the Advertising Director here at Bit Rebels, I talk to people from all over the world. Whether it's on email or Skype, it's always fun to talk to people who live in other countries. Sometimes things get lost in translation. I've had some conversations that ended with me hanging up and scra ...
The Difference Between Geeks & Nerds Based On Twitter Research [Chart]

The Difference Between Geeks & Nerds Based On Twitter Research [Chart]

Every time I hear someone refer to a geek as a nerd, I cringe. To me, the differences between geeks and nerds are so obvious, and I don't know how so many people can be so confused about it. Of course, that is assuming my definition of each one is correct, which could be flawed logic. It seems like ...
Top 32 Power Words That Will Really Sell Your Content [Infographic]

Top 32 Power Words That Will Really Sell Your Content [Infographic]

When creating content it's important to know how to grab your viewer's, reader's or visitor's attention. If you know what will instantly make them notice your content, you will always have an advantage over people who don't. One approach, and maybe the most vital one, is to make sure your power word ...
Twitter Analyzer Can Determine Your Age By Evaluating Your Tweets

Twitter Analyzer Can Determine Your Age By Evaluating Your Tweets

Ageism in social media is a double-edged sword. With Twitter specifically, ageism isn't apparent (at least to me) in the Twitter stream. Anyone with a certain degree of charisma, positive attitude and consistency can become part of the cool kids club regardless of age. However, when it comes to bein ...
2013 Edition Of The Twitter Dictionary [Infographic]

2013 Edition Of The Twitter Dictionary [Infographic]

As social media evolves, so does the language that is continuously invented in order to make sense in a social networking kind of way. I don't expect you to understand exactly what that means, but in some weird way, it makes sense to all of us I guess. Each social networking service has its own ling ...
Over: The Photo Editing App That Adds Typography To Your Photos

Over: The Photo Editing App That Adds Typography To Your Photos

As you know, we write about a lot of apps here on Bit Rebels. I have to admit, most of the time when I see one that I think might be cool, I install it only to uninstall it fifteen minutes later when I realize it's not all that impressive after all. My favorite apps are the super simple ones that ar ...
World’s Largest Scrabble Game Is A Handcrafted Work Of Art

World’s Largest Scrabble Game Is A Handcrafted Work Of Art

Someone asked me the other day if I thought Scrabble was a geek's game. I thought about it for a moment and said, "Not really, it's more like a smart person's game." Since geeks are smart, I suppose that makes Scrabble a geeky game by default. It's true though. Think about it. When you are in an int ...
Top 15 Misspelled Words In The US & UK [Infographic]

Top 15 Misspelled Words In The US & UK [Infographic]

It's time to visit the school books again, people! Not really, but it's time to have another look at the English language to see what facepalms we can rule out from our everyday writing. It so happens that some of the most commonly used words are actually the ones that people misspell the most. Imag ...
10 Commonly Misunderstood Words In English [Infographic]

10 Commonly Misunderstood Words In English [Infographic]

Every language has its share of tricky words that we all have trouble explaining correctly. The Eskimos (or the Inuits as they prefer being called) are said to have 100 words for snow. A gentleman named Phil James has been said to list 97 of these words for snow, but they mean stuff like "snow that ...
The Happiness Machine Finds & Prints Happiness Found Online

The Happiness Machine Finds & Prints Happiness Found Online

I love it when people's creativity gets pumping in a geeky way, and they create little machines that are not very practical, but they bridge the gap between online and offline information. Those types of machines are always interesting, and sometimes they even feel cozy. When you start looking at so ...
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