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Tips and tricks that will help you navigate your devices, troubleshoot problems, or simply boost your technological skills.

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Vintage gadgets like computers, keyboards, and a GameBoy sit on a table under pink and blue lights.
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How to keep your ‘vintage’ tech alive

By Dan Seitz

10 Amazon features you should be using
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10 Amazon features you should be using

By Whitson Gordon

How to make your life easier with motion sensors
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How to make your life easier with motion sensors

By Jeremy S. Cook

The extra lenses in your smartphone’s camera, explained
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The extra lenses in your smartphone’s camera, explained

By David Nield

The best ways to spend on online services—whether you have $50, $75 or $100 a month
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The best ways to spend on online services—whether you have $50, $75 or $100 a month

By David Nield

Amazon Echo
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How to add voice control to all of your smart home devices

By David Nield

The best apps for changing your habits
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The best apps for changing your habits

By David Nield

Stressful badges notifications alerts UX design
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The single best way to make your smartphone less stressful

By Eleanor Cummins

Flickr screenshot
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How to save and store your photos before Flickr deletes them

By Stan Horaczek

Credit card shopping
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Five mistakes we make when purchasing new tech

By David Nield

Watch the Super Bowl
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Here’s how to stream the 2019 Super Bowl without cable

By Stan Horaczek

Apple HomePod speaker
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Four ways you can get your music to follow you from room to room

By David Nield

iphone X with box
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The essential apps for any iPhone

By David Nield

how to use your phone as a remote control
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How to control your TV with your smartphone

By David Nield

Android apps
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12 essential apps for any Android phone

By David Nield

Amazon Echo smart home
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How to digitally secure your smart home

By David Nield

casket at funeral
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How to prepare your digital life for your inevitable death

By Whitson Gordon

Home office
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The best tech for working from home

By David Nield

How to take better selfies in any situation
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How to take better selfies in any situation

By David Nield

Amazon Echo
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Six gadgets that work with your smart speaker to automate your home

By David Nield

Closing laptop
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You just unwrapped a new device. Here’s what to do first.

By David Nield

Fitness tracking
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Switching to a new fitness app? Here’s how to bring your data with you.

By David Nield

Laptop desk
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How to disguise your personal web-surfing at work

By David Nield

Smartphone emojis
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How to find or make the perfect emoji in any app

By David Nield

Seven music apps to turn your Apple Watch into an audio controller
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Seven music apps to turn your Apple Watch into an audio controller

By David Nield

12 retro games that turn your smartphone into an old-school arcade
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12 retro games that turn your smartphone into an old-school arcade

By David Nield

When to repair your computer and when to replace it
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When to repair your computer and when to replace it

By Whitson Gordon

A Black Friday timeline to help you maximize deals and minimize misery
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A Black Friday timeline to help you maximize deals and minimize misery

By David Nield

Planet phone
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Eight science apps that turn your phone into a laboratory

By David Nield

Nine apps that will improve your productivity at work
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Nine apps that will improve your productivity at work

By David Nield

How to unsend messages you’ve sent via Facebook and other apps
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How to unsend messages you’ve sent via Facebook and other apps

By Stan Horaczek

Setting up a secure private email server isn’t as hard as it sounds
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Setting up a secure private email server isn’t as hard as it sounds

By David Nield

Hotel sign
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How to book a good hotel room at the best possible price

By David Nield

hand touching iPhone
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Apple has collected lots of your personal information—here’s how to see it

By Charlie Wood

A savvy shopper’s guide to spotting fake Amazon reviews
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A savvy shopper’s guide to spotting fake Amazon reviews

By Whitson Gordon

How to set up your home Wi-Fi
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How to set up your home Wi-Fi

By Jason Lederman

Live your best post-Zuckerberg life with these replacements for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook
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Live your best post-Zuckerberg life with these replacements for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook

By David Nield

FaceTime
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iOS 12 just gave your iPhone new features—here’s how to use them

By David Nield

How to record a phone call
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How to record a phone call

By David Nield

How to send secret messages hidden in pictures and songs
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How to send secret messages hidden in pictures and songs

By David Nield

In-flight Wi-Fi is terrible—here’s how to make it better
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In-flight Wi-Fi is terrible—here’s how to make it better

By Whitson Gordon

Don’t like what Google says about you? You might be able to change it
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Don’t like what Google says about you? You might be able to change it

By Whitson Gordon

How to use your smartphone without ruining your health
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How to use your smartphone without ruining your health

By David Nield

How to manage your digital read-it-later list—before it’s too late
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How to manage your digital read-it-later list—before it’s too late

By David Nield

Moving is hard. Let these apps do the heavy lifting.
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Moving is hard. Let these apps do the heavy lifting.

By David Nield

LinkedIn
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10 tips for making LinkedIn useful, even if you already have a job

By David Nield

16 smartphone apps for (nearly) any emergency
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16 smartphone apps for (nearly) any emergency

By David Nield

How to prevent distracting gadgets from ruining your vacation
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How to prevent distracting gadgets from ruining your vacation

By David Nield

How to ditch your Android for an iPhone—and take your files with you
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How to ditch your Android for an iPhone—and take your files with you

By David Nield

How to erase your embarrassing old Facebook and Twitter posts
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How to erase your embarrassing old Facebook and Twitter posts

By Whitson Gordon

Statue butt
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Here’s what you can do if your social media post gets taken down

By Stan Horaczek

Don’t try to fix your frayed cable—prevent the damage in the first place
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Don’t try to fix your frayed cable—prevent the damage in the first place

By Whitson Gordon

27 tricks to level up your video gaming
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27 tricks to level up your video gaming

By David Nield

These apps give you the best features of iOS 12 before the update rolls out
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These apps give you the best features of iOS 12 before the update rolls out

By David Nield

Laptop keyboard
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Explore the internet faster with these keyboard shortcuts

By David Nield

Your smart speakers are listening to you. Here’s how to delete their recordings.
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Your smart speakers are listening to you. Here’s how to delete their recordings.

By David Nield

Get your phone’s AI assistant to actually assist you
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Get your phone’s AI assistant to actually assist you

By David Nield

Photos
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How to keep your dank memes and other creations safe from internet thieves

By David Nield

Indoor campfires, motion sensitivity, and 9 other smart-light tricks to try
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Indoor campfires, motion sensitivity, and 9 other smart-light tricks to try

By David Nield

Make your friends finally commit to dinner with these RSVP web apps
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Make your friends finally commit to dinner with these RSVP web apps

By David Nield

Windows Hello
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How to log into your computer with your fingerprint or face

By David Nield

Seeing your phone’s screen while wearing sunglasses just takes one quick trick
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Seeing your phone’s screen while wearing sunglasses just takes one quick trick

By Whitson Gordon

Momento app
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Think you’re too busy to journal? These apps let you do it on the go.

By David Nield

Even apps go on sale—here’s how to get the lowest price
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Even apps go on sale—here’s how to get the lowest price

By David Nield