Ever wish you could snap a quick photo of whatever’s on the screen of your Android phone—say, a “screenshot” of an interesting app, or of an eyebrow-raising message thread? Well, taking a picture (or a “screen capture,” as it’s...
Alistair writes: Can you change the order of phone favorites on an iPhone 5? Great questions, Alistair—and yes, there’s an easy way to rearrange your iPhone favorites in any order you want. Here’s how… Go to your Favorites (tap Phone, then tap the...
Need to track a package, get the status of a flight, do a little math, or find out if the ground really was just shaking beneath your feet? Believe it or not, you can do all that and more straight from the Google search box—and in most cases, you’ll get the...
To get back to where you were five pages ago in a desktop browser, you can just glance at your web history or—better yet—click and hold the Back button. But what if you want to jump back several pages in a single bound with Safari for iPhone or iPad? Believe it or...
Wish you could browse the latest scores, glance at your inbox, check the weather, or even identify a song directly from your Android phone’s lock screen, no passcode required? Well, you can, actually, thanks to the new lock-screen “widgets” in the...
Wondering what happened to your scroll bars? Want to put your display to sleep with a flick of your trackpad, or move the dock to the side of the screen? No problem. Read on for 10 ways to make the most of your Mac’s desktop, including how to zoom your display,...
Is your digital library of iBooks getting a bit cluttered? If so, good news: there’s an easy way to tidy up the virtual bookshelves on your iPhone or iPad. In just a few taps, you can create new folders—or “collections,” as Apple calls them—for your...
Annoyed that the Mac’s Preview app, and not Adobe Reader, always gets to open your PDF files, or that Safari has dibs on your HTML documents rather than your favorite text editor? Well, one way to open your documents with the programs you want is to right-click...
Even though Windows 8 doesn’t have a Start menu anymore, I still find myself clicking in the corner of the screen to open programs, search my PC, or do anything else the Start menu used to do. Of course, without an actual Start menu, I usually end up click the...
Did you know you could turn your iPhone’s camera flash into a blinking alert light, or that you can shake your iPhone to “undo” a typo? No? You’re not the only one. Read on for seven clever iPhone features that you might not have known about,...
