One of the biggest complaints I’ve heard about the much-reviled “new look” of Gmail is that the icon-only buttons along the top of the page are way too confusing. What does the folder icon with the down-arrow do, for example—and how is it different...
Outraged that Google has pulled the option to revert to the “old” Gmail look? If so, there’s still a way to revert to a version of Gmail that at least resembles the old-fashioned one. While the “Revert to the old look temporarily” option...
So, is Facebook, Yahoo Mail, Netflix, or another big site refusing to load? Well, maybe something’s wrong with your Internet connection; then again, your favorite site could be suffering from a server meltdown. Here’s a few ways to find out whether the...
Need to know what your Facebook friends are doing the moment they do it? If so, the Facebook ticker is a wonderful thing; otherwise, it’s one of the most annoying things on Facebook. The good news, though, is that you can—finally!—hide it completely. Want to...
Yes, Google is watching you—or at least, it’s watching a “cookie” on your browser that collects anonymous data on the sites you’re visiting, all in the hopes of serving up targeted ads that you’re more likely to click. Now, one way to...
Don’t like the idea of Google serving up advertisements based on your browsing history, your recent searches, or the message threads in your Gmail inbox? If so, good news: there’s an easy way to tell Google—and other online ad networks, for that matter—to...
If you haven’t tried Google’s impressive, app-friendly Chrome browser yet, you should—and when you do, make sure to try a few applications and feature-adding “extensions” from the Chrome Web Store. Read on for 10 of my favorites, from Angry...
Ever wish you could press “play” on any song in your digital music collection, whenever and wherever you wanted? That’s the promise of iTunes Match, Apple’s new, $25-a-year service that will transfer all your MP3s—or the first 20,000, anyway—to...
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