Category: Mobile Apps

Signal is one of my favorite messaging apps because it’s focused on privacy and security. I regularly use it to message my closest friends, and […]

If you have children under 13, they will soon be able to create their own WhatsApp accounts for messaging and calling—but under strict parental control. […]

If you’re tired of X and Threads, maybe it’s time to move on to greener, or perhaps bluer, territory. Lifehacker’s Joel Cunningham switched to Bluesky […]

Snapchat launched back in 2011 and has come a long way since then: it practically invented the Stories format used by all social networks and […]

Since I deleted my Facebook account , Instagram has taken its place as the social network I most often visit to see what my friends […]

Instagram will soon begin alerting parents if their teen repeatedly searches for content related to suicide and self-harm on the platform. According to Meta , […]

Spotify is adding a new way to sort playlists for paid subscribers. This feature, called Smart Reorder , automatically sorts songs by BPM (beats per […]

Telegram is one of the most popular WhatsApp alternatives . Telegram supports messaging between individuals and groups, and also has social media-like channels where you […]

WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in most countries around the world, and over ten years of using it, I’ve learned a few important […]

From coordinating travel to organizing yard sales, WhatsApp groups are at the center of all sorts of events in people’s daily lives. As someone who […]

We used to post our photos and videos on social media for the whole world to see. Now, it’s much more common to send these […]

Not to be outdone by Apple’s “lockdown mode,” Meta is rolling out new security features for WhatsApp designed to protect high-risk users—such as journalists, activists, […]

Google Maps is the only navigation service I use, and over the years I’ve mastered its many features. The default settings are fine for most […]

If you use WhatsApp, you may be a victim of scammers who aim to take over your account by linking your browser to your phone […]

Spotify playlists occupy a surprisingly important place in my life. I create several new, carefully curated, choreographed playlists for the cycling classes I teach each […]

I get very motion sick when I try to read in a moving car. And there’s a reason for that: my eyes and my perception […]

Since you already carry your phone with you everywhere, like a digital appendage, you can use it for journaling. It’s always at hand, can take […]

If you’ve been building playlists on Apple Music or another streaming service for years, you can now easily transfer them to your Spotify library without […]

Poshmark has been implementing a lot of changes lately, such as lower shipping rates (including switching from USPS Priority Mail to Standard Ground Shipping) and […]

If you joined a closed Facebook group, expecting your participation and posts to be visible only to authorized users, and received a notification that the […]

While it’s not my favorite thing to do, it’s time again to talk about the viral apps Tea and TeaOnHer. You might remember them from […]

Did you know you can customize Google to filter out unwanted results? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding Lifehacker as your […]

I love finding new ways to use apps to make my life easier , but sometimes I find that I use so much technology in […]

Did you know that you can customize Google to filter out unwanted results? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding Lifehacker as […]

I’ve been an Apple Music user since the service launched ten years ago. However, I still occasionally check Spotify to see if it’s worth switching […]

Did you know you can set up Google to filter out junk? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding my work on […]

Did you know you can set up Google to filter out junk? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding my work on […]

Did you know that you can customize Google to filter out unwanted results? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding Lifehacker as […]

The year is 2025, and… Instagram has finally arrived on the iPad. This is quite a surprise, considering that both Instagram and the iPad have […]

Did you know that you can customize Google to filter out unwanted results? Follow these steps to improve your search results, including adding Lifehacker as […]

I prefer to sleep in pitch darkness and absolute silence, which I say openly , but I never manage to do. My partner can’t sleep […]

I’m a big proponent of using focus hacks when you need to focus and get work done, and most of them rely on some way […]

Focus Friend is a cute focus app from YouTuber Hank Green that recently shot out of nowhere to the top of the US App Store […]

Spotify’s latest feature is aimed at budding DJs: you can now add and customize transitions between tracks in your playlists. The Mix feature, currently in […]

Oh, you forgot about the Tea app, didn’t I send you my last post a few days ago? You’re in luck, but I’m about to […]

Instagram is copying the core features of three other social networks in one massive update . It’s adding a Snapchat-like Snap card, a “Repost” feature […]

Last night, I was poking around Poshmark as usual, trying to find ways to make offers to interested buyers or other ways to promote my […]

Last week, a series of events happened in quick succession: The Yelp-like app Tea — designed to rate and review men under the guise of […]

Last week, the two-year-old social media app Tea, which functions as a Yelp-like platform where women can anonymously rate and review real men who can […]

If you’ve been paying attention to social media lately, you may have heard some recent buzz about Tea, an app that works like Yelp, but […]