First, there were phone calls. Then we switched to texting, and stopped talking to each other for a while. Still, there was something missing: Phone calls take too long, while texting isn’t convenient for lengthy thoughts. And thus, the voice message was born—a simple way to share your message off the cuff without… Read more…

While I prefer solo travel, I know that traveling with another person can be a beautiful thing. When you’re hiking to a waterfall, or getting lost in a new city, or gazing at the Taj Mahal, you might feel a pang of regret if you don’t have someone with you to share in the moment. […]

Using computers in the classroom has changed a bit since playing Oregon Trail on an Apple IIe. Now they are integrated into the educational experience, with students opening Chromebooks as early as kindergarten to take tests and do their math homework. As children get older and progress from grade to grade, they’ll… Read more…

As more and more fitness trackers and smartwatches come out, I’ve noticed that manufacturers are leaning more into their own ecosystems. Apple, of course, has been doing this for years, but Google is starting to do it with its new devices, too, and the Fitbit Charge 6 is a perfect example of how choosing a […]

When you open the photos app on your iPhone, you can access your library, your albums, and a really great search feature that enables you to filter pictures by text or even description. You also see “Memories”—collections the app generates automatically, made up of pictures that fit a specific theme, and they are… Read more…

Parking, like everything else about owning a car, is expensive. If you live in a dense urban area like New York City, for example, you can buy a condo for several million dollars—and still have to pay as much as $300,000 or even $1 million for a parking spot. And that’s if you can find […]

It’s tough to use the internet without being tracked, but it’s not impossible. Companies are starting to hand us tools to help, such as Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature and DuckDuckGo’s App Tracking Protection. Even Meta, the company that makes its living on data collection, is now offering you a way to… Read more…

At least once a year, I go on a Pop-Tart kick, and I’m currently working at Rockette levels. You can use them to make holiday pie crusts, an ice cream sandwich, or a perverted Pop-Tart trifle to celebrate someone you love. They also make an incredible piece of toast. Read more…

It’s difficult to keep track of how much Netflix costs these days, since the company keeps raising its damn prices. The chaos kicked off when the company killed free password sharing in the U.S. back in May, which confused and frustrated Netflix customers who shared their account with friends and family outside their… Read more…

When it comes to keyboard shortcuts on the Mac, the focus is often on Command, Control, Option, and Shift. However there’s another useful key with excellent keyboard shortcuts mapped to it—Fn, aka, the Function key. This is the button with the globe icon in the bottom-left corner of your Mac’s keyboard. Reddit user… Read more…

Google Photos is a fabulous app that makes all your media available across your devices and acts as a solid backup in case, heaven forbid, your tech gets destroyed. It’s invaluable in so many ways, but it’s still prone to causing some pain: It loves to send you push notifications about what you were doing […]

I have a secret shame, and his name is Bob. Bob’s Red Mill Instant Mashed Potatoes, to be exact. I originally bought them to thicken up soups, but things have spiraled out of control. As a professional food writer, I have no business eating these; as a lazy powerlifter, I cannot stop eating them, usually […]

You can get Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for Windows on sale for $29.97 right now (reg. $239) through October 23. Microsoft Office for Windows includes eight apps—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Teams, Outlook, Access, and Publisher—and unlike Microsoft 365, you only have to pay once, with no monthly fees needed. The… Read more…