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iPhone and Android annoyances: How to fix the 5 most annoying things for good
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Here are 7 mouse shortcuts you'll use again and again
No matter how long you’ve been using computers, there’s still a special feeling when you discover a new shortcut that makes life easier.
The Windows key is a relative newcomer to keyboards, where many standard keys date back to typewriters. Tap or click here for seven Windows key shortcuts you’ll use daily.
Remember Clippy? Here's the man who created it
In the ’90s, an iconic character in Microsoft Office programs named Clippy was created. This helpful little anthropomorphic paper clip could teach you little tricks to help you use the programs better. But the story behind the character is fascinating.
In Facebook jail? Do not pass go
Have you ever been thrown into Facebook jail? Look at Twitter or Reddit and it seems like just about anything (or nothing at all) can get you banned.
Enter the Oversight Board. This is Meta’s oversight board that checks Facebook and Instagram’s content moderation decisions. Last year it received almost 1.3 million appeals. That’s an appeal every 24 seconds!
Finally, smart home tech is smart
It’s been the perennial problem with smart home tech: Nothing talks to each other. Your Ring doorbell, Nest thermostat and Wyze light bulbs are all great, but opening three different apps is annoying. Tech companies aren’t really known for cooperating.
Do diet apps work? Pros and cons of 5 popular options (MyFitnessPal, WW, Noom, Lose It!, Fooducate)
Many focus on getting healthier at the start of the year as part of their resolutions. Tap or click for simple tech resolutions you can keep. But if you want to truly be healthy, it’s an all-year event.
There is so much misinformation about eating healthily, the right amount of exercise and the best ways to lose weight. Thankfully, there are tools to help you get fit in whatever way you want.
Free PDF editing software can hide malware - Try this trustworthy option
Plenty of free browser-based solutions exist, but these convenient tools don’t always live up to the industry’s best. Of course, we’re talking about Adobe Acrobat Pro, Photoshop and others that come at a steep premium.
iPhone and Android annoyances: How to fix the 5 most annoying things for good
When it comes to consumer tech, there’s a massive list of things that can drive us all bananas.
Take your slow Wi-Fi. You can’t stream or join a video meeting, and it always happens at the worst time. Tap or click for clever ways to speed up your home’s connection.
Creating fine art using Microsoft Excel
Tatsuo Horiuchi is a fantastic artist. But you’d never guess his medium — it’s Microsoft Excel. Using the program’s vector tools, he creates large landscapes of Japan. Amazing stuff!
A magician helps shelter dogs find homes
Feeling down? I’ve got just the thing: Puppies! Celebrity magician John Stressel doesn’t just use his gifts of illusion to make money. He takes his act on the road, to St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in New Jersey. He makes toys and treats disappear, and the dogs go nuts for it. Their reactions are so cute, it helps them get adopted.
2023, when even the volcanoes livestream
YouTube has it all: A capybara eating an entire watermelon, Mr. Beast giving away puppies, my show and a massive volcano erupting in real time.
Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, is on the Big Island of Hawaii. It’s been erupting constantly since 1983. Sometimes things are low-key. Right now, not so much.