People. It's all about the people in your life. I guarantee there is someone, somewhere that cares about you. I ended up reconnecting with some friends from college that I hadn't seen much in the last couple years, and those friendships are what gave me the strength to keep going and move forward with my life. Having…

Earlier I was literally thinking "it would be nice if I could swipe sideways from the watch face to get to a list of apps". I will be giving Mini Launcher a try!

I use Google Wallet and like the convenience of tap and pay. I still can't use it very often, as most stores in my area can't accept that kind of payment, but my favorite part about using it is the reaction I always get from the cashier, and sometimes people behind me in line too. A lot of people still don't know that…

The main reason the Xbox controllers are the best: the joystick locations. Generally the USB controllers I see for PC have the same awful layout as the Playstation controllers. But your left thumb is on the joystick like 95% of the time, so that left joystick should be up in the more comfortable spot, with the d-pad…

Fun game: Get the new Moto X and set your key phrase as "Hey Siri"

Sure, it's in my original post :) I use Ally Bank, which was recommended to me in Mint, a great tool for tracking your finances that Lifehacker has talked about plenty of times. Their savings account currently gets 0.87% interest, which is crazy high these days. Their checking account get's 0.10% interest, which isn't…

Yeah, honestly I think it's probably good for parents to share that information with their kids anyways. I happen to have a knack for numbers (majored in Math and Economics) but if math wasn't my thing, then when I got out of college I would have been not even remotely prepared for handling my own finances. I think…

Those fees are only unavoidable if you stay with your current bank. There are plenty of banks that do not require any minimum balance, and plenty of banks that do not charge you for using any ATMs. There are some banks, including mine, though this is much rarer, that will even reimburse you for the fee that the other…

Or, if you're me, you have zero control over this because my parents think it's "none of my business" how much money they make, so they did the FAFSA themselves and I never even saw it. My mother does not believe me that most of my friends had to do their own FAFSA, she assumes all parents do it so as to avoid telling…

I'm always astounded at how bad the fees are on some accounts. My personal opinion, is if you pay more than $0 in fees, you should find a new bank. I fall in the "young and high tech" category and I've never paid a single cent in fees on my checking account (Ally Bank, who wasn't included in this study). Monthly…

Is IPv6 in some way less secure? Why would they want to disable it?

Oh, that's actually a good point! The article mostly talks about existing data wipe features, but the bill says it has to render the "essential features of the device inoperable" which, as you said, would be bricking it.

I'm not a fan of the fact that it has to be reversible. If it's possible for me to undo it, then it's possible for the thief to undo it. The "hackers" are almost always one step ahead of the security (just look at video game DRM), so I would rather it be an irreversible wipe, so there's no way that the thief could…

Bought one of these after you mentioned it in another Lifehacker post, I think it was something like a list of best tablet accessories. It is BY FAR the best stylus I've ever used for a capacitive screen. I hate the soft, rubber tipped stylii, they do not slide smoothly across the screen. This one has a solid tip, so…

People talk about the fact that the growth in a Roth account is tax free as one of the benefits... but that's not exactly true. The difference is paying taxes now instead of when you withdraw later. If you're in a lower tax bracket now, then Roth is obviously better. But that "tax free" growth is sort of irrelevent,…

You just can't beat 2% across the board. It's also nice because it can put the rewards right into your Fidelity investment account, so those rewards actually add to your savings. If it's normal cashback, it's tempting to go spend it on something you don't need, so I think long-term it's very beneficial to have it…

I think the general rule of thumb of 3-6 months of expenses is good. I lean towards the small side for me personally, I have about 3 months worth in my emergency fund. I'm comfortable with this because my real savings are in an investment account which I can get money out of pretty easily, so if I need more than the 3…

I don't know much about skylanders, but I like this for two reasons.

Yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking. Even if you only make 25k a year, which probably has you living in a crappy studio apartment, if you can even afford to live on your own at all, you have to stay like that until you're making 100k? That's silly.

I bought a similar product a few months ago, it's way more convenient then the stupid non-usb cord the system comes with. Cords like this only solve half the problem though. What really bothered me was that the port on the system isn't micro-USB. There's no reason for it. With tons of third-party chargers that work…