Following Apple’s big product announcement yesterday, the smaller, not-so-fun details are gradually coming out.  Apple’s Upgrade Program is changing its prices and in a rare move, AppleCare+ will be getting more expensive when applied to the already pricey iPhone X. So, now we must ask ourselves: Is that extra coverage…

After months of build up and beta testing, the finished version of iOS 11 is out September 19, just a couple days ahead of the launch of the iPhone X. So what exactly can you do with it that’s new?  Here are the big new features you should get to know. 

There’s no doubt that settling down into a marathon TV viewing session is one of the most enjoyable ways to spend an evening (or morning or afternoon), but it’s also true that you can have too much of a good thing.  If you want to know the ground rules for binge-watching without harming your health, we’ll outline them…

You’d be forgiven for thinking RSS died off with the passing of Google Reader, but our old friend Really Simple Syndication (or Rich Site Summary) still has a role to play on the web of 2017.  It’s faster, more efficient, and you won’t have to worry as much about accidentally leaking your news reading habit to all your…

Having a broken phone is not a situation you want to be in for long but there’s always the question of whether to stump up the cash for a professional repair or have a go at fixing it yourself (assuming you’ve no insurance or warranty coverage).  This should be your guide for deciding when to tackle some DIY repairs…

If you’re going to invest hundreds of dollars on a television set then you want to make sure you’re getting the best picture possible, but far too many of us don’t take the time to correctly configure the display we’re staring at.  Here’s how to get your money’s worth from your TV tech and the on-screen settings you…

Is the data on your phone or laptop encrypted?  Should it be?  And what does encrypting your data do to it anyway?  Here we’ll explain the ins and outs of encryption, and how you can make sure that everything in your digital life is safe from prying eyes. 

Windows or macOS running out of room and crawling to a halt as a result?  Nowhere to store your latest batch of phone photos or iTunes music purchases?  Dwindling computer storage space is a problem most of us have to face from time to time, and here’s what you can do to ease the pressure. 

Android Oreo has at last been fully baked, and given a name, and is now rolling out to those of you with a Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, or Pixel C; Google says a bunch of other handsets will get Oreo by the end of the year too.  So what can you look forward to?  Here are the new tricks you’ll be able to play…

If your efforts to track down long-lost relatives and obscure musicians (or anyone else you’re looking for on the web) stop at Googling their name then you’ve come to the right place.  Here’s how to seriously go about searching for people online, including some advice from the professionals who do it for a living, and…

Just when you thought you could chitchat with authority about USB standards at your next dinner party, a new one comes along to shake everything up again.  The latest USB 3.2 standard is going to be confirmed in September, and here’s what that means for your laptop, your phone, and those new USB-C cables you just went…

Mobile payments are the future, so we’re told.  Apple, Google, and Android all want you surviving on nothing but their products—your financial data safely stored on an NFC chip inside.  While not every store in the US supports it, most of them do.  Same with the banks.  We’ve run though everything, from which banks and…

These are troubled times for SoundCloud, with staff lay offs, changing CEOs, and talk of emergency investment securing its future for the time being.  As with any service that’s looking shaky, users will be (and should be) worried about getting their stuff out—you may have years of playlists, uploads, and podcasts…

Whether you’re zooming down the freeway, or crammed into a subway car, or even in a darkened movie theater, it’s not always convenient or possible to pull up your smartphone’s screen as you normally would.  But with a few tweaks to your phone’s OS you can get the most important information off your phone without…

From snapping photos with a cellphone to streaming music through a browser, much of the tech trickery we take for granted in 2017 looks simple on the surface but involves a complex series of computations and calculations behind the scenes to make the magic happen.  As an example, take Google.com. 

Fire up your Start menu or Dock and think carefully for a moment: Out of all your aging desktop apps, how many do you really rely on these days—or even better, how many of them don’t already have very capable web app alternatives you could use instead?  Unless you’re a film editor or a graphic designer, it’s probably…

Armed with the right login credentials from generous friends and family, you could happily enjoy Netflix, Spotify, and a ton of other streaming services without spending a dime—but is all this password-sharing smart?  In some cases, sharing your login info could result in you losing the service altogether.  We’ve looked…

Nowadays every other goddamn site does it.  You’re browsing the web, open a tab here, click a link there, and wham: Watchcartoons wants to 🔔!  show notifications.  YouTube wants to 🔔!  show notifications.  Facebook aches to—it must—🔔!  show notifications.  So what do you do?  You block them, that’s what you do.  God forbid…

When Gmail showed up in 2004 with its overwhelmingly generous 1GB of free space for everyone, we never thought we’d have to delete an email again—but even though that free space is now 15 times what it once was, email is more burdensome than ever. 

The command line (or Terminal for you Mac fans) is a throwback to a simpler age of computing, before mouse pointers and application windows and desktop wallpaper.  Back when it was just you and a window full of text.  Operating systems have long since evolved beyond the humble command line interface, but there’s still…