It’s a sign of the times that nearly everything we touch is taking us further into the high-tech world. So why not take your teeth in that direction as well, with toothbrushing being one of the most important personal care tasks you do. I’ve been using the grocery-store battery-operated toothbrushes for a while, the ones … Read more
Waze and Google Maps are the big guns of the smartphone navigation world. Even though both apps are owned by Alphabet, there are substantial differences between the two. Read on to find out whether Google Maps or Waze is the best navigation app. Waze vs. Google Maps: Searching for Destinations Waze’s search can be buggy … Read more
No matter how hard you try to avoid it, eventually the day is going to come when you find yourself locked out of a Microsoft account. Unfortunately, forgetting a password is all but a rite of passage for all internet users. And when it happens, you’re not just locked out of email, you’re also blocked … Read more
There are many ways to increase your Instagram following by using the right hashtags, finding your niche, etc., but Instagram is primarily a photo-sharing site, so the first step to finding success on the platform is taking good pictures. Here are six steps to creating an Insta-gallery of attractive and professional-grade pictures. Also read: How … Read more
With Google making major moves against ad blockers, users concerned about privacy and corporate overreach should give Firefox a serious look. The open-source browser, built by a non-profit dedicated to freedom on the Web, is a major upgrade from Google Chrome, in terms of security, privacy, and usability. If you want to move from Google … Read more
When it comes to programming, people tend to rush to hot new languages. While it may seem like it has been around forever in Internet time, Go is still a fairly new language. Despite that, it is being widely used in several fields. Still, there’s something to be said for sticking around. While Java isn’t … Read more
Love it or hate it, Chrome is brimming with features and customizability that rival browsers can only shake their envious heads at. On the one hand you have Chrome Flags which lets intrepid Web users mess around with experimental features made by the Chrome team. Then you have Chrome extensions that change the way you … Read more
There are plenty of options out there for storing files in the cloud. Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive are just a few of them. That said, you may want more control of your data. You can install Nextcloud on your own server and even enable end-to-end encryption if you like. While Nextcloud on its own … Read more
The Internet is a treasure trove of information and entertainment, but the amount of extra graphics and advertisements on some of the pages can get overwhelming. To reduce the clutter on the pages that distracts from what we want to read, most browsers have an option called “Reader Mode” or “Reader View.” When enabled, this … Read more
You know that little “Do you want to send a read receipt?” message you get every now and then when you open an email? You might reasonably assume that if you don’t see that message you’re not sending anything back. That’s not necessarily true. Thanks to the magic of something called a tracking pixel (a … Read more