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 …

    



For the Love of God, Stop Wearing Your Bike Helmet the Wrong Way

For the Love of God, Stop Wearing Your Bike Helmet the Wrong Way

Many of us at WIRED ride bikes as a part of our daily commute, or for sport. So do a lot of other people in the Bay Area. And every few weeks (or sooner), we notice something: Someone is wearing …

    



How to Take Holiday Photos That Don’t Suck

How to Take Holiday Photos That Don't Suck

Holiday family gatherings are the ripest events of year for photo-documentation. Rather than leaving the task to Aunt Edna, take those reins yourself. You can capture the finest damn pictures this family has ever seen!

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You’ve Been Wrapping Your MacBook Charger Wrong This Whole Time

You've Been Wrapping Your MacBook Charger Wrong This Whole Time

Did you know there’s a right and a wrong way to wrap your MacBook charger? Curl it up in a ball, and eventually it’ll break. But wrap it like you see in the picture above, and it’s going to last a whole lot longer.

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How to open a can without a can opener

How to open a can without a can opener

Here’s a tip you should file away in your folder for zombie apocalypse preparation and in your brain for future conversations for whoa, I didn’t know it was that easy: opening a can without a can opener. All it takes is some abrasive concrete rubbing of the can’s top and a firm squeeze of the can’s body. As long as you don’t slice your finger when the can opens, you could eat some tasty everlasting goop anytime you want.

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Tap Less, Say More: Create iOS Keyboard Shortcuts for Common Text Messages

Tap Less, Say More: Create iOS Keyboard Shortcuts for Common Text Messages

Whether it’s a dinner inquiry or an arrival time request, everyone has a handful of text phrases they tap out on a daily or weekly basis. Save your thumbs some needless work by creating some iOS keyboard shortcuts.

    



Debunking 30 Life Hacks That Don’t Actually Make Your Life Better

Our obsession with hacking life to become more efficient beings of human knows no end. We bookmark links that promise to make picnicking more enjoyable, we scour the internet for kitchen tricks and watch endless videos that promise anywhere from 7 to 101 life changing tips. But how often do these life hacks actually stick? 1 out of every 100? Every thousand? It’s like sifting for gold.

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Don’t Update Your 2013 MacBook Air if You Use FaceTime

Don’t Update Your 2013 MacBook Air if You Use FaceTime

If you enjoy using your mid 2013 MacBook Air’s FaceTime HD camera, hold off on updating your notebook’s operating system. A bug in the latest OS X update, 10.8.5, disables the camera in 32-bit applications like Skype, iMovie, and Final …

    



How to Get Rid of That Annoying Blue Gmail Favicon

How to Get Rid of That Annoying Blue Gmail Favicon

Over the course of the last several days or weeks, your beloved Gmail icon—that red envelope sitting comfortably in your left-most Chrome tab—may have been replaced by a hideous blue gear and equally off-putting gold wrench. It is gross. Here’s how to fix it.

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How to Use Android and iOS Together in (Mostly) Harmony

How to Use Android and iOS Together in (Mostly) Harmony

You don’t have to fully commit yourself to either Android or iOS, and there are many of us that make use of both major mobile operating systems simultaneously. That said, Android and iOS don’t always work very happily together. No worries, though; we’re here to tell you the best ways to make sure your Nexus 4 and your iPad play nice.

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