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Instantly Compose New Emails in Gmail With This Bookmark Trick

Gmail is fast. But when you count the number of emails you have to send every day, every saved second counts. So how can you cut short the already quick process of launching Gmail and clicking on the New button to open the Compose window? Use a bookmark! As Gmail is a cloud app, there… read more »

Every Windows User Needs to Know This Forgotten but Useful Trick

How many different ways do you know to close a window in Windows? You can click the X in the upper-right corner, use the Alt + F4 shortcut, or right-click a Taskbar icon and choose Close window. But did you know there’s an old relic hanging out in Windows 10 that’s been around for decades?… read more »

This Nifty Windows 10 Trick Frees Up Disk Space

One perk of Windows 10 is the easy ability to save apps and media to an external hard drive or SD card. If you’re running short of space on your main drive, you can shift apps and media to an external storage device and free up some much needed space. Prepare Your External Drive Before… read more »

Use This Trick to Post to Instagram With Chrome

If there’s one thing Instagram has kept a tight grip on, it’s the ability to upload photos to your account. Due to strict restrictions on the API, the only way you can upload photos to Instagram is using the iOS or Android apps. Until now. Chrome users can take advantage of this little trick that lets you… read more »

This Lesser-Known YouTube Trick Turns Videos Into GIFs

GIFs are one of the universal languages of the internet. They’re useful for reacting to something and saying what words can’t. Sites like Giphy provide millions of GIFs for your enjoyment, but sometimes you still need to create your own. And since YouTube is full of videos ripe for the GIF-ing, it’s a natural fit… read more »

This Email Trick Posts to Both Twitter and Facebook at the Same Time

The key to updating all of your social media accounts using email is to use an automation service like IFTTT. You can set up several different applets for different types of posts on Twitter and Facebook. Once you’ve done this, you’ll only need to send one email to update both social networks. To post your updates, just send… read more »

This Trick Will Stop Wasting Mobile Data (and Money) on Social Media Sites

Videos autoplaying in your social media feed can be annoying, costly, and sometimes you end up seeing things you just didn’t want to see. Luckily, it’s possible to disable autoplaying on the major social media networks: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Switching off autoplay in your browser will not affect usage in the mobile app. If your main… read more »

Google Search Has a Nifty New Trick for Artists

One of the cool things about Google is that they’re always adding small tricks and features to their services, especially to the search engine. We’ve even written an entire guide to all of these Google tricks. And not long ago, they added yet another one: a color converter that you can use for web design,… read more »

5 Halloween Safety Gadgets for Safe Trick or Treating

It’s mid-October, which means the season of ghouls and ghosts is upon us. However, mythical creatures aren’t the scariest thing about Halloween — not by a long shot. Halloween is among the three deadliest days for pedestrians. That’s why you need Halloween safety gadgets. Don’t let your child go out trick or treating without arming them… read more »

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