Most Viewed Posts This Week: January 15-22
This week we finally tested the best tablets to see how the iPad Pro compares to the Surface Pro 4, took a look at the new features coming in iOS 9.3, learned the Dos and Don’ts when sending text messages with romantic interest, and more.
Pro tablet disassembly: iPad Pro vs Surface Pro 4
Apple’s iPad Pro and Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 are similar in many ways. Both are large tablets, both plug into thin keyboard covers, and both offer a stylus for drawing and taking notes. But after spending some time on these potential laptop replacements, I found that they really are very different, especially when it comes to performance.
All the best and newest features in iOS 9.3
Apple’s iOS 9.3 introduces several useful new features, including F.lux-style screen temperature adjustments based on the time of day, password lock for notes, new shortcuts, and more. Apple rarely does anything major with its incremental updates, but this time it’s different.
Do’s and Don’ts to write to someone you want to date
Someone you want to date gave you their number and asked to write to him. The hard part is over, right? Wrong: Your entire romantic future here can be determined by your first few text messages. According to experts, here’s the best way to write a message to whoever you want to date.
Obsessively tracking a blizzard this weekend
A huge blizzard is hitting the eastern half and northern United States, and if you are nearby, here are the best tools to find out if you are in its path and how much snow you will get. These weather tools will come in handy even if you are not, or you are chained to the couch in search of storms.
Six Essential Personal Finance Facts That People Are Constantly Wrong
Quite often, the “facts” that people advertise when it comes to personal finance are not facts at all. Sometimes they are simply authoritative opinions based on incorrect information or assumptions. Is it any wonder when such confusion arises, when many financial principles contradict intuition?
Seven Useful Microsoft Excel Features You May Not Use
Microsoft Excel provides useful data manipulation features that are little used, such as pivot tables, indexing and collation, and conditional formatting. If you’re just using Excel to sum and plot columns, this picture might show you some other tools to help you become the spreadsheet ninja you’ve always wanted to be.
10 best ways to be more productive when working from home
Many of us are more productive at home than in the office. But working from home comes with its own challenges. 10 helpful tips to help you work more efficiently from home.
What Happens to Your Body When You Retain Urine
When nature calls, sometimes we don’t answer right away. Maybe you wrote an email. Maybe you are talking on the phone or driving. We all retention urine sometimes for a variety of reasons, and while it’s harmless in the short term, this video explains what happens to your body as you get used to doing it over time.
Why do you wheeze when exercising in the cold
Starting an exercise program is a bummer: you finally get the courage to do a few high-intensity intervals or run in the cold for the first time, and after ten minutes you can barely breathe. Here’s why and what you can do about it.
Ad data is the newest and biggest threat to network neutrality
Verizon yesterday announced its new sponsored data program . These words are boring, but they are just the latest manifestation of a growing trend of operators and Internet service providers to undermine the basic principles of net neutrality . Here’s what it means and how it affects you.
All the hidden iOS gestures and shortcuts you might have forgotten
IOS is packed with tons of useful gestures , but some of the best are the ones that are useful when you need them, but don’t use every day. Here are a few of our favorite hidden gestures and shortcuts that are exactly what you need when you need them.
Everything you ever wanted to know about menstrual cups but were afraid to ask
Pads and tampons aren’t the only way to control bleeding during shark week. Menstrual cups are another great option. But if you haven’t personally tried one, or don’t know someone who has tried, you will likely see these resilient wonders as shrouded in mystery. Today we lift the veil.
How to split, devenin, and eat delicious crustaceans
I love crustaceans. Lobsters, shrimps, crabs and crayfish are some of the tastiest things our beautiful ocean has to offer, but all those shells and legs can scare them. Knowing how to eat them is an important skill, and we’ve put together some of the best guides to teach you.
How inflation works and what it means for your wallet
Most of us have a general idea of what inflation means: things get more expensive. Of course, inflation is a little more complicated. It plays a pretty important role in your day-to-day finances, from your income to the cost of milk and how much you make from your retirement savings.