Print Out the EFF's Border Search Pocket Guide Before You Travel Internationally
Airport security in the U.S. is getting more awkward, and with confusing travel bans and other searches at the border, it’s hard to keep track of what your rights actually are. Thankfully, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has put together a quick pocket guide with a breakdown of your digital rights.
Google Spins Off Hangouts and Hopes the Rest of Us Just Use Allo and Duo
Today, Google announced a new version of Hangouts, which is actually two apps, Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat. Both are meant for business-users, but that doesn’t mean the old Hangouts is totally going away. Yet.
How to Set Up an External Hard Drive on Your PS4
Sony released a PlayStation 4 firmware update today. Alongside some tweaks for PSVR and PS4 Pro users comes the long awaited introduction of external hard drive support. Here’s how to set it up.
How to Use Pocket Casts To Wrangle Your Horrible Podcast Addiction
Podcasts have become one of the best forms of entertainment around, but it’s tough keeping track of the ones you like, ditching episodes you’re not interested in, or even managing what you want to hear. Pocket Casts is one of the best apps for helping you organize your podcasts, but you’ll need to experiment with it a…
Reminder: You Can Get Free Digital Audiobooks From Your Library
Your local library has all kinds of perks, but one I continually forget about is its collection of digital audiobooks. Considering how much audiobooks usually cost, this is a great little benefit.
How to Get Past a Google AMP Page to the Normal Version of an Article
Google AMP is all about making web sites load faster when you’re on your phone, but it can be a little annoying in practice since it hijacks your browsers browser swipe actions and creates a custom Google-generated URL. Thankfully, you can get around it.
Cassette Is a Voice Recorder That Makes Organizing, Sharing, and Transcribing Conversations Easy
You have a ton of voice recording apps for iPhone, but a lot of them don’t work super well. Cassette manages to offer up a good organization scheme, solid recording features, and a handy, yet pricey transcription feature if you need it.
Use the "Stopping Rule" To Break Your Social Media Loop
You pick up your phone, glance at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, then peek in on your email. By the time you’re done with that, it’s time to see if anything’s new on Facebook again. Then, you realize an hour has passed. Professor Natasha Dow Schüll calls this a “ludic loop.” Over at Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric…
Build Your Own Laptop-Specific Second Screen With Recycled Parts
Dual monitors are useful for a lot reasons, even if they don’t actually affect productivity. Buying a second monitor is straightforward if you’re working from a desktop computer, but it’s much trickier with a laptop. YouTuber DIY Perks shows you how to build a second monitor from recycled parts that works great with a…
Top 10 Services Google Killed Off
Google has a long history of introducing, then forgetting about, and finally officially killing off its products. Most recently, that included Google Spaces, a service that most of us never knew existed to begin with. Let’s take a tour of some of our favorite services Google’s killed off over the years.