Use Google Now to Pay Your Bills and Cancel Subscriptions

With its ability to search your Gmail account and Calendar, Google Now can also handle some truly useful tasks–like reminding you when to pay your bills and cancel subscriptions.



Skip the Back Button: A Secret Swipe for Navigating Safari in iOS 7

In the Safari version of iOS 7, when you want to go back a page, just swipe from the left edge of the screen instead of hitting that back button.



Keep People From Knowing When You Read Their WhatsApp Messages

If you use WhatsApp, eliminating those pesky timestamps that tell senders when you’ve read their messages isn’t as straightforward as in other messaging applications. Here’s how to do it in iOS and Android.



Three Easy Ways to Batch-Delete Old Contacts in iOS

The current version of iOS doesn’t offer a simple way to swipe and delete a bunch of contacts at once. Here are three easy ways to get around that.



Three Simple Tricks to Make Your Chromebook More Like a Real Laptop

After a few weeks of using a bare-bones 13-inch Toshiba Chromebook as my primary laptop, I found it isn’t hard to achieve pretty much everything a casual user would do on a traditional desktop or a laptop.



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.”

    



Clean Up Your Inbox by Sending Bulk Email to Its Own Folder

Clean Up Your Inbox by Sending Bulk Email to Its Own Folder

Mailing lists are like your fingernails. They’re useful, but you have to trim them and tend to them regularly lest they become unruly and bring you great pain.

    



Pin Apps to Your Mac’s Finder Toolbar for Shortcuts Galore

Pin Apps to Your Mac’s Finder Toolbar for Shortcuts Galore

It’s easy to add an app to the toolbar for quick access in Finder. Simply find an app, hold down Command (⌘) and drag it up to the toolbar. Voila! You’ve got an app docked at the top of your …