How to Make Siri Write Your Emails

How to Make Siri Write Your Emails

One of the more convenient skills Apple’s virtual assistant gained with iOS 7 is the ability to read emails and iMessages to you. She’ll even let you dictate responses and send them back.

    



How to Deal With the OS X Mavericks Mail Retrieval Bug

How to Deal With the OS X Mavericks Mail Retrieval Bug

Here’s a shortcut that makes the ongoing Mail retrieval bug in OS X Mavericks slightly less annoying.

    



How to Use Your Google Maps — Offline

How to Use Your Google Maps — Offline

To access one of Google Maps’ best hidden features, you have to know the magic word. Well, it’s a phrase, really, and that phrase is: “OK Maps.”

    



See What’s Clogging Up Your iPhone With a Single Tap

See What’s Clogging Up Your iPhone With a Single Tap

Want to quickly see everything taking up space on your iPhone or iPad? All it takes is a period.

    



A Handy Chrome Hack That Simplifies Obnoxious Mobile Sites

A Handy Chrome Hack That Simplifies Obnoxious Mobile Sites

Reader, a built-in iOS service for Safari, lets you strip websites of extraneous junk. You can do the same thing on Chrome in Android by following these simple steps.

    



Always Know Who’s Calling With Custom Phone Vibrations

Always Know Who’s Calling With Custom Phone Vibrations

There are plenty of situations that warrant using your phone’s vibrate-only mode. But that buzzing in your pocket won’t tell you if someone important is calling. Luckily, this is easy to fix.

    



An Easy Way to Make Passwords Less Annoying on Your iPhone

An Easy Way to Make Passwords Less Annoying on Your iPhone

You can’t use Touch ID for every iOS password situation (yet). You can, however, bypass iOS 7’s defaults so that Safari will remember your long, thoughtful, super-secure passwords and credit card info. You can even sync all that information across …

    



Setting Up Your New Android Tablet for Maximum Awesome

Setting Up Your New Android Tablet for Maximum Awesome

You put it on the list. You dropped subtle hints. You even watched The Internship just to point out the Android logo. Finally, all that work has paid off. You have a new Android tablet. Now what?

    



Open All Your Favorite Sites at Once Whenever You Launch Your Browser

Open All Your Favorite Sites at Once Whenever You Launch Your Browser

Using a single site as your browser homepage seems so quaint. Here’s how to set multiple tabs as your homepage so they automatically start loading every time you launch your browser.

    



Turn Off Gmail’s Auto Image Loading to Keep Email Snoops at Bay

Turn Off Gmail’s Auto Image Loading to Keep Email Snoops at Bay

Gmail just announced a change to the way it handles images in your emails by default. Now, all images in your messages will load automatically, which makes it possible for some people and companies to know when you’ve opened and …