How to Use Swipe Controls to Control Your Gmail Inbox on IOS
Google announced that starting today, Gmail iOS will have swipe gesture controls that should soon be available to all Gmail users on iOS. While the […]
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Use Your Child’s Drawings As Greeting Cards
If you have a child, you have an endless supply of children’s drawings. The walls are limited, so what to do with all these handprint […]
Continue reading »Use a Text-to-Speech Reader to Check Written Errors
When you want to make a good impression in your cover letter or written submission, it’s incredibly frustrating to find out later that you left […]
Continue reading »Oh My God, Sinemia Has a New “unlimited” Movie Plan [Updated]
Cinema subscription service Sinemia just announced a new “unlimited” plan for $ 15 a month. You can only watch one movie a day, but you […]
Continue reading »How to Serve a Complete Food With a Two Ingredient Recipe
Now that spring has officially arrived and we get full, uninterrupted sunny days, indoor cooking seems less fun than it did in cooler times. In […]
Continue reading »Check Your Seat Before Booking Near the Weekend Flight Row
What’s worse than an average seat with zero legroom? You’ll find that your seat won’t recline – and you’re stuck flying over rough terrain, holding […]
Continue reading »Why AMP Will Matter to You and Your Emails
It’s been a year since Google announced that AMP support would be added to its mail apps and web clients, and the rollout has finally […]
Continue reading »How to Value Your Home After Your Vacation
On a good vacation, I always catch myself thinking: “Dude, it would be nice to live here.” Perhaps I’m right, but only by accident – […]
Continue reading »How Was the Resistance Band Fitness Challenge?
We’ve been experimenting with resistance bands all month , but to be honest, I haven’t found a single new exercise that I really liked. Maybe […]
Continue reading »How Do I Kick My Ex-Friend From Our Shared Google Account?
Between all this talk about Family Sharing for Apple’s new Plus services and the fact that I finally set up a home Netflix account on […]
Continue reading »This Tokyo Playground Encourages Kids to Take Risks
I like to think of myself as an anti-helicopter parent, but when I first took my daughter to the playground next door when she was […]
Continue reading »What Should You Eat While Traveling?
I don’t leave town without the Clif Bar. I can’t tell you how many times they stuffed my stomach in a pinch: all my runs […]
Continue reading »How to Switch to Dark Mode in the New IOS on Twitter
Twitter announced today that its iOS app has several advanced options for dark mode if you don’t want to go blind staring at the app’s […]
Continue reading »Steaming on the Stove Is Different From Steaming in an Instant Pot
Stovetop steaming is a gentle heat transfer method that turns your food into a cooked state, making it ideal for vegetables or proteins that tend […]
Continue reading »Why Glass Other Than a Bottle or Jar Can’t Be Recycled
Do you have an old plate or used light bulb that you are trying to get rid of? Unfortunately, the short answer is that glass […]
Continue reading »Diversify Your Stock Photos With the Broadly’s Gender Spectrum Collection.
Stock photography tends to lag behind culture. They fill business photos with only men, or they don’t represent minorities enough, or they only show people […]
Continue reading »How Much Should You Pay Your Nanny in 2019, Depending on Where You Live
Figuring out how much is too much – or too little – to pay for babysitting can be tricky. You want to pay enough (this […]
Continue reading »Can You Be an Ecotourist Without Destroying the Environment?
In theory, ecotourism has a good boost – who wouldn’t want to visit a beautiful place, enjoy the wonders of nature, and return home with […]
Continue reading »This Is the Type of Stress Your Child Needs.
As we stood outside the door to the judges’ room, the notes in my eight-year-old daughter’s hands trembled noticeably. I advised her to take on […]
Continue reading »What to Do If You’ve Booked a (Now Canceled) WOW Air Flight
A few years ago, my boyfriend and I flew to Scotland on a WOW Airlines flight. The flight was inexpensive and included a 17 hour […]
Continue reading »How to Protect Yourself From a Nesting Goose
Goose: friend or foe? It mainly depends on the nesting season. If a goose has something to defend, it will defend itself, and a goose […]
Continue reading »Why Mammogram Results May Soon Tell You If You Have Tight Breasts
Dense breast tissue can make it difficult for mammograms to detect tumors. Some states already have laws that say patients need to be told if […]
Continue reading »Make a Low-Budget Salt Cellar Without Removing the Tape From the Stone Jar
It is very important to have easy access to the salt while cooking, but if you pour small piles into your hand straight from the […]
Continue reading »If It’s Okay, Say It First.
If you’ve ever received a phone call that started out with something like, “So and so (the person you love) had an accident,” followed by […]
Continue reading »Hear All March Madness Games Live With Google Home and Google Assistant
March 2019 Madness may be nearing its final stages of gaming, but Google Assistant can help you keep up with the tournament with a variety […]
Continue reading »Focus on Today, Not Just the Future
Of the many, many articles I’ve read and wrote about goal setting over the past few years, the only thing that got me stuck and […]
Continue reading »How to Display the Mac Dock on the Touchpad
Whatever you say about the Touch Bar, it’s an essential part of the MacBook Pro that we’ll probably have to deal with for a while. […]
Continue reading »Visit Finland for Free and Learn the Finnish Art of Happiness
For the second year in a row, Finland was named the happiest country in the world (while the United States barely made it into the […]
Continue reading »If You Don’t Have Pets, Suggest Hanging Out With Animals Instead.
Maybe you live in a house where pets are outlawed, maybe you have an allergic partner; this does not mean that cats and dogs cannot […]
Continue reading »I Wish I Had Learned This Phrase Before I Travel to Another Country
Learning a language for travel is different from learning it on a large scale; Duolingo is too comprehensive, as is anything else that tries to […]
Continue reading »Wash Pacifiers and Breast Pump Parts in the Dishwasher With a Lingerie Bag.
This is a well-known parenting trick: put baby socks in a zippered mesh lingerie bag before throwing them in the washer and dryer. This prevents […]
Continue reading »How to Enable Web Playback and Find Autotranscriptions in Google Podcasts
Google Podcasts is a relatively new podcast service, and while it is currently focused on the mobile app, there are a couple of features in […]
Continue reading »How to Stuff a Chicken Thigh
It’s the cold, harsh truth that people who prefer chicken breast to their thighs are less sensual. Just like the styrofoam plastic wrap you find […]
Continue reading »Associate a Special Occasion With a Specific Scent
Before the wedding, I read a few tips on the wedding message board: Buy a new scent and use it for the first time on […]
Continue reading »Don’t Fall Into the IPO Frenzy
Many well-known companies, including Levi Strauss, Uber and Lyft, are planning to go public this year. But if you want to add some unicorns to […]
Continue reading »If Your Doctor Recommends Medical Equipment, Shop First
It is unfair and annoying that patients are forced to buy medical equipment at the best price. Silver lining is what you really can . […]
Continue reading »Should You Use Grammarly More?
I used to love Grammarly , a useful browser plugin that analyzes what you enter and identifies your bad spelling and grammar choices – so […]
Continue reading »How to Help Your Child Develop in Board Games, According to a Game Designer
There are different opinions about how competitive you should be when playing board games with children. At one end of the spectrum are parents who […]
Continue reading »Best Real Crime Podcasts
Ever since Serial emerged in 2014 and awakened the world to the wonders of podcasting, real crime fans have been looking for a way to […]
Continue reading »How Tokyo Hacks Streets and Subways
New York City is actually a great city to walk – quite safe, pedestrian-friendly, and riddled with public parks and waterfront promenades. But when Lifehacker […]
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