Better | - Part 3

Apple Helps You Sleep Better With Night Shift on macOS

Apple is bringing Night Shift to macOS. Night Shift being a popular feature baked into iOS which lets you change the color of your screen depending on the time of day. Having added Night Shift to iOS in 2016, Apple is now bringing the feature across to your Mac too. First, the science. There is… read more »

Vine Is Dead, But These 5 Video Streaming Alternatives Are Even Better

Much like Twitter focussed on short text messages, Vine brought that to videos. But Twitter is now shutting down Vine, and incorporating it as part of the micro-blogging social network. But Vine’s demise isn’t entirely bad news. It lets you explore the several other alternatives that are around, some of which do a better job… read more »

Sleep Quicker and Better With These 5 Ways to Battle Insomnia

A lack of good sleep can have several adverse effects. It leaves you with low energy throughout the day, an inability to focus for long periods, and affects your body’s health too. Surprisingly, one in three people across the world are suffering from not getting a good night’s sleep. Even if you don’t suffer from… read more »

How to Make Apple Mail a Better Desktop Email Client

Complex, ugly, boring — that was what I thought of my Mac’s Mail app every time I opened it. Enjoying the likes of Airmail and Kiwi and knowing the benefits of using a third-party mail app might have had something to do with it. Recently, I decided to switch to default Mac apps to cut down on app… read more »

8 Easy Steps for Building Better Money Habits

In their 1996 book The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas Stanley and William Danko outline seven characteristics of truly wealthy people. Surprisingly, those characteristics aren’t things like “inherited wealth,” “have a seven-figure salary,” or “are great investors.” Instead, many of them simply focus on developing better money habits that contribute to a financially sound lifestyle. But good habits… read more »

No Filters: Learn 3 Photography Basics for Better Pictures

Photography is a challenging hobby, which is one of the things that makes it so rewarding. But there are a lot of crutches you can rely on that will make it harder to improve your skills. Using automated filters, like those provided by Instagram, is one of those crutches (as is using the “Auto Enhance”… read more »

Make Amazon Better: 5 Tools to Save Time & Money on Online Shopping

Online shopping giant Amazon’s convenience cannot be beaten. You can get almost anything you want in that one electronic store. But that doesn’t mean it can’t get better. Amazon’s interface is so cluttered that it’s difficult to find exactly what you need. The search engine is also a little restrictive. And how do you figure… read more »

How You Can Think Smarter & Make Better Decisions Every Day

From the small decisions like what to eat for dinner to the much larger things we have to weigh, such as whether now is the right time to move to a new place or buy a house, life is full of things that require us to decide things about our lives. However, it’s often difficult… read more »

7 Web Apps to Make Spotify Better Than Ever

Way back in 2011, Spotify introduced third-party apps to its desktop client. These enabled developers to expand and increase the music service’s functionality, introducing features such as lyrics, tour dates, and artist recommendations. Then, in February 2015, third-party apps were canceled. Users were predictably furious; Spotify has a bad reputation for removing well-loved features on… read more »

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