How to Send a Waze Web Map to Your Phone
You can now plan your next trip using the Waze Live Map on your desktop, and then send those directions directly to your phone. This […]
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Hear Native Speakers Pronounce This Foreign Word You Cannot Make Out
Learning a language with an app like Duolingo is respectable, but if you don’t want your French to have a noticeable Siri-like quality, you need […]
Continue reading »How to Fix WhatsApp Text Bomb Crash
A recently discovered vulnerability in WhatsApp – I use the term more broadly than usual because this vulnerability itself doesn’t seem to be an application […]
Continue reading »Boost Your Productivity by Knowing Your Chronotype
Recently at The Upgrade, we learned about how to time your life correctly : what time of day is best for certain activities and what […]
Continue reading »Watch Sesame Street and CNN’s Back to School Town Hall
Sesame Street and CNN are teaming up to meet all of our emotional needs this year, first with a virtual town hall dedicated to COVID-19 […]
Continue reading »Take Your Chromecast With You on Your Next Vacation
While you may not travel as often these days, there is one popular new travel accessory to take with you on every trip: the Google […]
Continue reading »Make Mini Baked Alaska With Klondike Bars
Baked Alaska is a dessert steakhouse dinner. It’s definitely retro, a little kitschy, and while completely within the home chef’s reach, a little more sophisticated […]
Continue reading »See How Much Home You Can Afford With the 30/30/3 Rule
If you’ve been looking for a new home during a pandemic, you are not alone. With record low mortgage interest rates and a large number […]
Continue reading »Use Pool Noodles to Protect Your Bikes and Computer Monitors
Summer is over, which means we all have surplus pool and beach toys just lying around and begging to be used. Sure, you can just […]
Continue reading »How to Always Have a Clean Sponge
As former Lifehacker writer Nick Douglas once said, “ Every sponge is bad . He was not wrong then, and he is not wrong now. […]
Continue reading »How to Choose the First Pet for Your Child
The desire and subsequently begging for a pet is a kind of children’s rite of passage. Most kids will want a dog, cat, hamster, rabbit, […]
Continue reading »How to Install Android 11 Today Despite Google’s “rollout”
Android 11 is already here, meaning stable, and only if you are using one of the Google Pixel phones (Pixel 2, 3, 3A, 4 or […]
Continue reading »Let’s Waffle Some Radicchio
Many people were shocked to learn that I actively prepare and consume salads. It makes sense, since the image I exposed is somewhat gin-soaked and […]
Continue reading »What You Need to Know About the New Chase Freedom Flex Card
Last week, Chase unveiled new bonus credit card offerings, including the new Chase Freedom Flex, as well as new cashback bonuses for the existing Chase […]
Continue reading »Hacked Windows 10 Themes Could Swipe Your Microsoft Login
Windows 10 users can customize their desktops with unique themes, and can create and share these themes with others. Hackers can also use them to […]
Continue reading »How to Perfectly Time Your Life, With Author Daniel Pink
This week, we’ll learn how to get the perfect moment with New York Times bestselling author Daniel Pink. Hear Daniel explain why some hours of […]
Continue reading »How to Easily Display Documents With Your Laptop’s Webcam
Teachers create the best tricks. Full stop. There are no arguments. Their clever ways of managing the number of children they watch and bypassing the […]
Continue reading »How to Link Sites Without Broken Links
Ever browsing an old website and encountering a 404 error when you clicked on a link to a long-abandoned site? How about finding an old […]
Continue reading »It’s Time to Officially End the Gender Revelation Party
If you’ve been pregnant in the past decade, you’ve probably heard of the concept of a gender revelation party. The trend goes back to one […]
Continue reading »You Need to Run Slower
If running is hard, this is for you, especially if you are a beginner or have been running for a while but just can’t seem […]
Continue reading »Eat Your Crackers Upside Down
I consider myself to be something of a “considerate eater.” For example: when I eat Doritos, I always check each side of the chip to […]
Continue reading »How COVID-19 May Affect Financial Assistance Applications
If you are applying for financial assistance this fall, the process may be different. Here’s why: Your family’s 2019 income will be included in your […]
Continue reading »The Adult’s Guide to Child Culture
The world of young people can be confusing and annoying, so let me help you understand their lives with a weekly guide to what happens […]
Continue reading »How Facebook Forwarding Restriction Can Limit Chain Spam
I know I know. Facebook is trying to do the right thing and limit spam on their network – it’s like saying I’m going to […]
Continue reading »Clean the Utility Can Opener With Cotton Tips
I consider myself clean, but I had a real “damn bitch, you live like this?” the moment I was forced to check the condition of […]
Continue reading »Use Bilingual Baby Name Search to Help Name Your Child
If you and your partner are of different linguistic backgrounds, you may find it difficult to find a name for your child that is compatible […]
Continue reading »How to Break a New Mattress
Not long ago, when shopping for a new mattress, you had to go to your local department store or furniture store and test every mattress […]
Continue reading »How to Achieve Productive Discord in a Zoom Meeting
Maybe you are one of those who love confrontation and love to argue. Or perhaps you are someone who tries to avoid people and situations […]
Continue reading »How to Survive a Shark Attack
Sharks don’t really like the taste of humans, but their poor eyesight and the splashing of beach goers can lead the sharks to confuse you […]
Continue reading »How to Avoid Airbnb Being Blocked When Making a Last-Minute Booking
Airbnb is cracking down on parties. They are now almost equivalent to your parents when you were in high school. Even if you call it […]
Continue reading »How to Avoid Toxic Exposure (and How to Deal With It When It Comes Your Way)
Even though you know they probably come from somewhere, scrolling through your social media feed only to discover the onslaught of memes and quote cards […]
Continue reading »How to Take the Best Sunrise and Sunset Photos
There is something that we really cannot resist in the sunrises and sunsets. (And yes, thesong is stuck in my head , and now in […]
Continue reading »Use This Map to Find Out Which Dinosaurs Lived in Your Area
Like many children, I survived the dinosaur phase. The thought of these giant monster lizards roaming the earth instead of humans was both frightening and […]
Continue reading »How to Virtually Attend and Participate in Burning Man
Each year, tens of thousands of people descend into the Black Rock Desert in Nevada a week before Labor Day to take part in Burning […]
Continue reading »Use This Fall Foliage Map to Plan Your Fall Trip
After everything we’ve been through this year, we deserve to wait. Unfortunately, many of the usual fall activities – such as dressing up the kids […]
Continue reading »New Bankruptcy Ordinance May Affect Your Private Student Loans
One of the biggest disadvantages of private student loans is the less protection for borrowers . Federal student loans, for example, offer more repayment plans, […]
Continue reading »Wake up With Siri Voice Cursing at You
I am not the type to wake up easily , but over the years I have found that waking up is, unfortunately, necessary to start […]
Continue reading »Spend Your Long Weekend With Sparkling Adonis
Well, okay, if this isn’t just another ‘holiday weekend’, it doesn’t really feel like a holiday because we are in the midst of a lot […]
Continue reading »Even More Android Fleeceware to Remove From Your Phone
It’s time again: a bunch of crappy apps have hit the Google Play Store and you have to make sure they aren’t installed on your […]
Continue reading »Go to a New Location for a Run or Hike
Longtime readers know September is my time . It is no longer hot here, so it is open for jogging and walking all day, and […]
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