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MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi23d ago
Productivity apps often become projects in their own right. You start with a to-do list, then add a habit tracker, a calendar, a note system, maybe a mood journal, and before you know it, you're...
MakeUseOfby Nirave Gondhia23d ago
After years of anticipation, Apple has finally launched its first foldable, and contrary to many of the leaks, it isn’t the iPhone Ultra.
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell23d ago
I've made no secret of my love for Google Maps over the years, as it has been a regular source of inspiration and provided reliable support on my many adventures.
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah23d ago
My laptop has 24GB of RAM, which is plenty for the work I do. I don’t run heavy software or edit videos. I mostly just write, research, and use my favorite apps inside the browser.
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell23d ago
Soundbars often sit somewhere between home cinema perfection and tinny built-in TV speakers. For a while, I was so happy with the performance boost my soundbar and subwoofer provided that I didn’t...
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha23d ago
The release of DOOM in 1993 revolutionized PC gaming, and its full source code followed a few years later.
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder23d ago
Apple's Find My network uses a crowdsourced coalition of over a billion active devices to help you find your lost or stolen items.
MakeUseOfby Gregory Gibson23d ago
I’ve always treated SSH as the front door to my home servers. If I wanted to check on a Docker container, read its logs, edit a Compose file, or just copy something across, I opened a terminal...
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan23d ago
I can't count how many times I've come across clips on YouTube, TikTok, or X (formerly Twitter), thought they were funny memes, and wanted to use them as reaction videos.
MakeUseOfby Saikat Basu23d ago
The last time I used flashcards was in college. I always found that making cards turned into an activity in itself.
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi24d ago
I'm wary of anything that calls itself a Windows cleaner because tools in that category tend to ask for a ridiculous amount of trust.
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura24d ago
My basement CanvasTV had started to stutter. Menus lagged, apps took a beat too long to open, and the whole set felt older than it actually was.
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage24d ago
Rakuten Kobo has quietly adjusted its long-running Price Match Guarantee, removing a financial advantage that digital readers have relied on for years to save money on e-books and audiobooks.
MakeUseOfby Oluwaseun Bamisile24d ago
There are lots of resource-heavy apps on Windows (I'm looking at you, Google Chrome). These apps can consume a huge chunk of CPU and memory and, in some cases, slow down the overall performance of...
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan24d ago
With how fast SSDs have become, storage has been nearly eliminated as a factor in slow Windows boots, and now other factors like BIOS checks and hibernation affect boot times more.
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre24d ago
When I connected my Galaxy Z Fold 8 to my laptop to pull some screen recordings, I found USB Debugging in Developer Options completely grayed out with no explanation.
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan24d ago
The transition from Windows 10 to Windows 11 was terrible, to say the least, and adjusting to the new OS still feels jarring.
MakeUseOfby Digvijay Kumar24d ago
I bought an external monitor for crisp detail and fluid motion, but my computer treats it like a basic plug-and-play screen.
MakeUseOfby Chris Hachey24d ago
Speed matters when it comes to your power tool batteries. You might not think of speed when you think of a battery, but it's arguably one of the most important facets of powering your machines.
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah24d ago
Recovery features aren’t something you think about until you’re stuck in a situation where you need them.
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