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Assist Gives You the Information You Need, Without All the Apps
Assist gives you the info you need, without all the apps

If you’re anything like me, your phone overflows with apps. You have folders of apps to tell you the weather, to help you with varied transportation options, and to make sure you get food at lunchtime. Even if you’re not like me, and you clean out your phone, your download trail might exhibit the History […]

6 Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your New Year’s Resolutions
Six entrepreneurs to inspire your New Year’s resolutions

There’s something about a new year that makes us take stock. It’s a clean start, although completely arbitrary. The school year starts in August or September; a fiscal year can start whenever; the Chinese New Year is in mid-January; the Jewish year starts in September or October; the Muslim calendar is based on a lunar […]

Need To Update Your Digital Rolodex? Look No Further
Need to update your digital Rolodex? Look no further

These five apps will make your contact list manageable

7 Last-Minute Holiday Gifts for Your Boss
Seven last-minute holiday gifts for your boss

It’s a tricky thing, buying gifts for a co-worker, never mind if that co-worker is your boss. You could go tried-and-true with a gift card, or pick up a fancy box of chocolates, but those are so impersonal. And what if you get a gift card for a store or service your boss doesn’t like? […]

5 More Ways to Automate All Your Everyday Tasks
Five more ways to automate all your everyday tasks

IFTTT is a curious platform. For the uninitiated, IFTTT is an acronym for If This, Then That. It’s also a platform that allows you to automate certain tasks. At first, it seems really cool. You mean I can automate some everyday tasks? Just set it and forget it? Amazing! Sites and platforms that range from […]

Five apps for editing your next viral video

From an automatic editor to a full-fledged solution, here are the best options to make that hilarious cat video shine

Everything you need for a podcast, right in your pocket

Podcasting is incredibly popular these days—just like back in 2004 to 2005, after Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code podcast hit it big. But he was a former MTV VJ, after all. We can’t all have such amazing credentials that will propel us to podcasting stardom. So how exactly did podcasting make a comeback a decade […]

Four photo editing apps you didn’t know you needed

4 Best Photo Editing Apps Our phones are, as Nikola Tesla predicted, tiny computers in our pockets. We can do almost anything with them, not least of all edit photos, make GIFs, and create beautiful typographic images. Here are four apps that will allow you to create virtually any kind of image with just the […]

Five crazy-effective apps for helping you manage your time

A lot of things vie for our attention these days. For example, I was just captivated (for far too many minutes) by this GIF of a cat surprised by a cucumber. Thank goodness there are apps out there that will help me track my time, focus my attention, and block out all distractions. I figure […]

Shortcuts that will make you the king of social media

Automation is sometimes considered a four-letter word in social media circles. Besides the fact that automation is actually 10 letters long (but who’s counting?), it can be a good and useful thing. While many people are familiar with the site and service called IFTTT (If This Then That) and its “If” and “Do” buttons for […]