Want to check your Gmail inbox without pointing and clicking? You’ll barely have to touch your mouse with these handy keyboard shortcuts at your fingertips. You can compose a new message, archive old ones, jump back and forth between email threads, and more, all...
Got the latest version of Gmail for Android? If so, you can now scan the first few lines of your email or even archive a message without actually opening Gmail. The trick: sliding down the Notifications pane on your Android phone and performing a simple gesture on...
Got a file on one Mac that you’d like to send to another Mac just a few feet away? Sure, you could always use a USB stick, but if the Macs in question are a) relatively new and b) connected to the same local network, there’s a much easier way. A built-in...
Nope, there’s no need to open a bunch of browser tabs to sneak a peek at your Google Drive documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. Instead, you can use Google Drive’s new “Preview” feature to take a quick look at a file—or an entire...
Need your Android phone to compose an email, get directions, scan a barcode, or even name a song—all with a bare minimum of taps? Just speak into the microphone. The latest version of Google search for Android—which, strictly speaking, is now part of a new Android app...
Chintan writes: Is there any way to activate “Find my iPhone” after I lost my device? Please help! Hate to say this, Chintan, but if you lost your iPhone without ever activating the “Find my iPhone” feature, it’s too late now. The trick...
Jill writes: Whenever I try to open a PDF in Safari, I just get a blank screen. Isn’t Safari supposed to be able to open PDFs by itself? I could’ve sworn it used to. Hi Jill! Yes, Safari can and should be able to open PDF files directly in the browser...
So, just get your first Pad, or looking for must-have apps for your old iPad that you may have overlooked? Read on for 10 free iPad apps that you shouldn’t miss, from Amazon’s Kindle reader and Flipboard’s customizable “social” digital...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYXu8dW8XeA&w=600] If you haven’t tried Mission Control—the handy Mac feature that gives you a bird’s-eye view of all your open windows and virtual desktops—it’s high time you gave it a whirl. Now, Mission...
If you thought the snazzy new Windows 8 Start screen—you know, the one with the dazzling patchwork of clickable, multicolored tiles—was just for apps, think again. Indeed, you can add—or rather, “pin”—tiles for your favorite contacts, folders, and web...
