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Apple and Google plan to track COVID-19 using your phone’s Bluetooth

By Stan Horaczek

Zoom app on mobile

The best Zoom tricks and add-ons for your video chats

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Eighteen digital freebies and extended trials you can take advantage of right now

Meditation apps want to calm you down on the same device that stresses you out

Meditation apps want to calm you down on the same device that stresses you out

By Eleanor Cummins

Movies weren’t always shot for wide screens

By Stan Horaczek

Zoom video chat

Check these privacy and security settings before your next Zoom video chat

By Stan Horaczek

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Everything you need to do before you start a free trial

Two tourists using their phones to photograph a gull in front of a city skyline

Your smartphone photos take up too much space. Here’s how to downsize them.

By Harry Guinness

Code Orange stream

13,000 fans moshed at home as a metal band streamed from an empty venue

By Stan Horaczek

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Seven apps that make it much easier to work remotely

Hand holding books

Keep track of all the things you want to watch, read, and listen to

File conversion

How to convert any file to any format

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Be ready to move on when your apps bite the dust

Building an app is hard.

The Iowa caucus app never had a chance

By Stan Horaczek

Person upset at the airport his flight is delayed

Minimize travel hell with these apps and tools

By Whitson Gordon

Pile of print photos

How to move your photos to and from any cloud service

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The best Android apps for your Chromebook

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Eight apps to make your New Year resolutions stick

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Be a better person in 2020

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

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Wield your smartphone camera in new ways with this all-purpose app

Ten of our favorite DIY stories to take you into the new year

By John Kennedy

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5 ways to find your next favorite podcast

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The apps and sites you’ll need to rent out everything you own

A busy woman overwhelmed at work, holding her face in her hands in front of a Macbook laptop with some open notebooks around it.

6 apps and tools to help organize your life

Techathlon podcast: Technology’s broken promises, amazing Amazon stats, and more

Techathlon podcast: Technology’s broken promises, amazing Amazon stats, and more

By Stan Horaczek

6 tasks you can easily outsource online

6 tasks you can easily outsource online

The best apps for reading books on your phone

The best apps for reading books on your phone

7 ways augmented reality can change the way you use your phone

7 ways augmented reality can change the way you use your phone

Why you might want to sign up for YouTube Premium

Why you might want to sign up for YouTube Premium

9 tips to help you find the best spots on Airbnb

9 tips to help you find the best spots on Airbnb

Questions to ask when you’re trying to decide on a new app or service

Questions to ask when you’re trying to decide on a new app or service

The 5 best email apps to rescue your inbox

The 5 best email apps to rescue your inbox

6 essential Dropbox tools you might be missing

6 essential Dropbox tools you might be missing

FaceApp is a privacy nightmare, but so is almost everything else you do online

FaceApp is a privacy nightmare, but so is almost everything else you do online

By Stan Horaczek

The best apps for festival season

The best apps for festival season

14 Uber and Lyft tips to make your trips easier

14 Uber and Lyft tips to make your trips easier

The best apps for listening to music on your phone

The best apps for listening to music on your phone

How to raise money for charity on your phone

How to raise money for charity on your phone

How to sideload Android apps, and why you would want to

How to link your motorcycle to your smartphone

How to link your motorcycle to your smartphone

By Gaz Boulanger/Cycle World

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

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

The best screenshot and screen recording apps for your phone

The best screenshot and screen recording apps for your phone

Flickr screenshot

How to save and store your photos before Flickr deletes them

By Stan Horaczek

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The essential apps for any iPhone

12 essential apps for any Android phone

Fitness tracking

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

Phone laptop CV resume builder

Seven apps to level up your resume

Facebok privacy

You don’t have to delete Facebook, but you could definitely be using it better

By Stan Horaczek

Smartphone emojis

How to find or make the perfect emoji in any app

Eight science apps that turn your phone into a laboratory

Photo editing presets make big money for influencers, but you’re better off making your own

Photo editing presets make big money for influencers, but you’re better off making your own

By Stan Horaczek

Nine apps that will improve your productivity at work

Nine apps that will improve your productivity at work

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

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

By Stan Horaczek

Kids playing on phones and computers gaming ads

Surprise! Kids’ apps are full of manipulative, unregulated advertising

By Eleanor Cummins

The best Spotify add-ons and tricks

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

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

A phone screen with the Kiwi Browser, Ecosia browser, Brave browser, and Firefox browser icons on the screen.

7 alternatives to your phone’s built-in web browser

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

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

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

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

Chevy Pickup truck

Pickup trucks are using apps, cameras, and other tech to make towing easier

By Jordan Golson

16 smartphone apps for (nearly) any emergency

16 smartphone apps for (nearly) any emergency

How to send and receive texts from the comfort of your computer

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

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

If you’re scared of artificial intelligence, you should know it’s already everywhere

If you’re scared of artificial intelligence, you should know it’s already everywhere