In the US, I've used BoatBound (airbnb for boats) to rent locally, usually from families instead of rental companies.

For length of articles in Pocket, I use the service 'ReadRuler'. I'm pretty sure that's been covered once on Lifehacker before. The only downside is that it oddly doesn't always 'mark as read' after you finish reading from their pass-through link.

Not to mention audio transcription from the main apple keyboard, and not having that is a deal breaker for me...a very unfortunate realization today. It's like Apple is hobbling 3rd party keyboards, alas, hopefully iOS9 will fix that.

Swype is currently not working on a lot of iPhone 5's according to the reviews, so that could be an issue depending on your iDevice.

Hey Alan, building off of your line "They can integrate with your social networks to help you and your friends work out together—even if you're far apart.", are you aware of any running (or fitness in general) applications that allow you to 'virtually' train with or against friends? Nike+ allows you to setup races…

I'd recommend giving this article a spin for different app suggestions: http://lifehacker.com/the-best-fitne… I use Nike+ myself, but just like messaging apps, all of my friends seem to use different ones. If you upgrade to a new iDevice (phone, pod, etc.), there are even more apps to choose from, but most…

If you're being serious, how's that working out for you? I hadn't thought of combining my love of audiobooks with Zombie Run for a double dose of story telling...usually it's just one or the other.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but size aside, it appears that the comparison of extra features stands as the 5.5" phone (optical image stabilization, higher pixel density & resolution, better battery life, landscape mode) vs. the 4.7" model (all other features are on parity). I'm torn but will probably side with 4.7",…

Almost certainly not, since of all the sports they listed (running, cycling, cross-training)... swimming wasn't one of them. I was hoping for the same, but even the 'sport' version doesn't list that feature, at least in the keynote. That said, there'll be plenty of time for them to modify/clarify that aspect before…

Hey Matt, I love your blog and newsletter - long time fan, first time caller. Two questions: 1- How do I find out how long it will be before I can re-apply to a credit card that offers miles? For instance, I cancelled a Southwest credit card approximately a year ago, and would love to re-apply to open the account…

It continuously amazes me that one of the big 3 companies (Apple, Google, MS) haven't already snatched up IFTTT. Granted, I hope they stay independent so that they continue to support all of my services, so here's hoping that they can make a living and stay indy!

I love that she uses Amazon Whispersync, I love how the service picks up from where you last left off, no matter if it was on your audiobook/kindle/kindle app. That said, it's a bit pricey, is there any other service out there that does something similar?

Aside from the different wake up tones and the ability to record noises while you sleep, I find the interfaces to offer the same functionality. What do you think is different?

I love boomerang, and convinced a few friends to use it too. - Thanks for taking the time here to comment on the message board. I wish all developers would troll the boards and 'officially' post replies, I find myself much more likely to use an application if the developers are interactive, or at least if there's…

The price is a little too high, but if they add better social sharing features to garner a community, then I'll swipe my card.

What is Groove Salad? I'd check myself, but the internet at 30,000 feet isn't reliable during this flight ... and the page won't load. I look forward to trying Jetblue's implementation of high speed net on the go soon.

Make sure to download all of the (now free) language expansion packs so that you can have free backups - before Google kills the service once it's implemented into Gtranslate. Then again, it'll probably offer more when it's implemented anyway, TBD.

I use this feature a lot to cut out the crap from seeing most recent stories of folks that I could care less about, and instead use this filter to see 'close friend' stories that I might care about. Why did they have to tuck this further away from my eyes?

This seems really cool - but I wish they included a few more use cases on their website or in the video... any thoughts or examples?

While there are many ways to get the 'vision', I follow this 'annual review' method and it really is a great process to break down your life into little accomplish-able chunks: http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/how-to-con…