You know you’re supposed to use a password manager. In fact, you’ve been meaning to set one up for a long time, but haven’t taken the plunge yet. Even popular ones, like LastPass, seem like a pain to set up. Good news: getting started with a password manager is easier than you think.
The Humble Book Bundle has released a new collection of books aimed at coders called The Joy of Coding. It comes packed with several books from No Starch Press that teach a variety of coding languages and concepts.
Chrome: In the newest version of Chrome, Google changed the backspace key’s behavior so it no longer works as a keyboard shortcut to go back a page. Go Back with Backspace is a Google developed extension that brings that behavior back.
AT&T is rolling out a new set of data plans that include a variety of changes to the amount of data you’ll get alongside a new overage system that prevents you from accidentally accruing charges for going over your limit.
Keeping track of which pokémon are spawning in your area in Pokémon Go usually requires you to keep your phone open and running. Over on Adafruit, they show off a way to build your own pokémon detector using a Raspberry Pi Zero.
Mac: We were big fans of Radio Silence when it initially launched several years ago because it was one of the easiest, cheapest way to keep an eye on Mac apps secretly phoning home. A recent update makes Radio Silence a bit easier to use, and it now shows you traffic in real time.
The offline mode in Google Maps is great, but when you add in the data the app automatically caches and cookies, it can take up a lot of space. Thankfully, OS X Daily reminds us that there’s a way to clear out that cache, it’s just tucked away in a very weird place.
It’s back to school season, so that means it’s time to get your backpack in order. Reader Daniel Greco shares his bag for doing just that.
Merging a few PDFs together on a Mac is as simple as dropping them into Preview, but if you merge a lot, it’s still a tedious process. Jacob Salmela shares an Automator action that adds a merge PDF button your right-click menu.
iPhone: When it first launched, we were fans of the simplicity of Castro, which was great for people who only listened to a handful of podcasts. Now, with Castro 2, the app rethinks organization again, this time putting the focus on episodes instead of subscriptions.
The Raspberry Pi is easily the best way to make your own little retro game console, but Hacker House took it a step further by cramming a Pi inside a homemade joystick to make it super portable.
If you’re a cyclist, there’s a good chance you’ve thought about getting a GPS cycling computer so you can see mountains of data at a glance and you don’t destroy your phone’s battery every time you track your rides. The Garmin Edge 520 and Wahoo Elemnt are two of the newest, most forward-thinking options available, so…
Time Machine is a great service for backing up your computer, and by default it doesn’t use much CPU power to do it. That’s great most of the time, but sometimes you need to get stuff backed up as soon as possible. Defaults-Write points out the Terminal command for doing so.
Mac: An app like F.lux is great for adjusting your screen’s temperature, but not everyone wants to stare at an orange screen just to make it more readable. Lumen’s a tool that automatically adjusts the brightness without fudging around with the temperature.
You can snag good topographic maps pretty easily from outdoor shops and from park ranger offices, but if you want to take a closer look at a place from the comfort of your own home, National Geographic’s released a ton of PDFs of various parts of the United States.
We have shared takes on graduating high school, college years, going to graduate school, long distance relationships, renting your first apartment, buying a house, planning a wedding, getting married, becoming a parent, and getting divorced. All of those pale in comparison to the most difficult thing any of us do in…
We’ve talked before about how great video game soundtracks are for working because they tend to be upbeat and instrumental, and now Spotify’s made it easier to track down new stuff to listen to.
iPad: One of the big appeals of split-screen multi-tasking on the iPad was the ability to write and browse the internet the internet at the same time. However, apps have to get updated to support the feature. Google’s finally rolled out updates for Docs, Slides, and Sheets to do just that.
Waze announced a new feature today that’ll allow events planners to enter in upcoming roads closures for things like sporting events, marathons, and more.
Early this week, Facebook announced that it was taking aim at ad blockers to block them from working on the site. Today, Adblock Plus released a filter to circumvent that.
