Samsung threw the kitchen sink at the Galaxy S4, landing it with more software bloat features than you can shake a stick at. Unfortunately, S Voice slows down your home button, making it appear laggy when it totally shouldn't. Unless you actually use it regularly, simply disable that sucker to get back that zippy feel. Instructions at [Android Central] Read More >>
Featured comment by Naveed:
"I'm sorry for posting this here, and I know I'll probably be trolled or whatever for being so stupid, but uh. I made the switch from iPhone to the Gal..." More »
If like millions of people you use Gmail to schedule meetings, and Google Calendar to keep track of them, this little interface improvement in Gmail is going to save you a bucket of time and headaches. Read More >>
Featured comment by Sabashe_to_the_MAX:
"So I could've sworn they had this functionality ages ago, but it's annoying that it won't be coming out for UK English as well :( I think I'd rather w..." More »
The digital music revolution continues at a frenetic pace — we'd only just turned in our CDs for MP3s when streaming services came along to upturn the apple cart again. There are now a whole host of streaming apps to choose from, but the original pioneer Spotify remains the biggest and the most well-known. Read More >>
Featured comment by Toothball:
"If you want to add a friend without using Facebook searching, you can find their user page by searching for spotify:user:their_name." More »
Yeah, I know, we all use Chrome for iPhone now, but if you don't, did you know you can skip right to your browsing history by just holding the back button in mobile Safari? No, neither did I. Well, now you do. Apparently it works in a load of other browsers, and all other iOS devices too. [Guiding Tech via LifeHacker] Read More >>
"Fire is cool," quoth Beavis, and yea verily, Butthead did agree. And, honestly, so do we. There's a little bit of a pyro in most of us, and a flaming drink is certainly a spectacle. That said, there's a right way, and a whole lot of wrong ways to do it. Here's the red hot skinny. Read More >>
Featured comment by Sabashe_to_the_MAX:
"The how-not-to-do-it video was hysterical! Don't think I'll be setting my alcohol on fire any time soon though..." More »
Holiday family gatherings are the ripest events of year for photo-documentation. Rather than leaving the task to Aunt Edna, take those reins yourself. You can capture the finest damn pictures this family has ever seen! Read More >>
Did you know you can use Dropbox as your default documents folder on your Mac with a quick Terminal session, or grab things for offline-viewing on your iPhone or Android like plane tickets? Or how about email stuff, including attachments, to your Dropbox account, or grab extra space for free? No? Well, check out this handy tips guide from Mashable and super-charge your Dropbox. [Mashable] Read More >>
Featured comment by audaxero:
"One thing I have noticed with lightroom, if the catalogue is a big file (I was using a 200mb file when I noticed this) is that as dropbox seems to sav..." More »
Let's face it, the light-and-fast Google Chrome browser is the only way to surf the web-no question. But whether you're new to the browser or an old veteran, we've got some tricks to improve your mileage. Our Google Chrome Optimization Guide will show you which Google Chrome extensions to download and ways to tweak settings you didn't even know were there. Read More >>
Why save and not shave for just November? Keep it going all year round, or even for the rest of your life, just like the Guinness World Record holder of the world's longest moustache, Ram Singh Chauhan. He gave the BBC some great tips on how to grow a massive moustache that you can do all-sorts of things with, and seems super content without the hassle of having to shave. Read More >>
Android is awesome and powerful, but it has, shall we say, a learning curve. That scares some people away. After all, iOS is so intuitive that babies can use it. Literally. But you're not a baby. Read More >>
Featured comment by 143lsb:
"If you want, I can take it off your hands for you. Since you clearly can't get into it. Just think of it as a charitable donation to your local neighb..." More »
You might have some hilarious friends who still think rickrolling someone is funny or know people who toss around NSFW links while you're at work. You can't help yourself: you click, you shriek, you close immediately. You fall for it. Every. Single Time. Here's a tip on how to prevent yourself from falling for shortened bit.ly link pranks. Read More >>
There's nothing more soul-sucking than sitting there picking your earwax while you watch Windows 7′s blue ring of fire. Yet, to be fair, your poor laptop spends a lot more time waiting for you to act than you waste watching it load applications, boot up or finish processing. Read More >>
Featured comment by snapper.fishes:
"Meh, you can't fix stupidity. Some people will always be more tech savvy, while some people will just stick to their stubborn way. I had a friend whos..." More »
Here's a list of tips, advice, rules and just things to know about photography from Eric Kim, a street photographer who also holds photography workshop classes. I think the gist of it is to keep taking pictures always. Read More >>
Featured comment by craigeve:
"RAW just gives you so much post-processing. You can pretty much throw white-balance and exposure settings out of the window as you can change them usi..." More »
Here's a tip for you iPhone users: if you want to quickly open your last email draft in iOS, just hold down the compose email button for a few seconds. Your last email draft will open up right away. Nice. Read More >>
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