Eavesdrop for Rdio Lets You Listen In on Your Friends’ Music Streams
Eavesdrop is a developer app for Rdio that turns your friends on the service into virtual DJs. The app lets you select a friend and listen to what they're hearing in real time. As they skip songs or...
View ArticleDay of the Shirt Collects Daily Deals on T-Shirts from Around the Web
Whether you're shopping for yourself, buying a gift, or just like checking out daily deals on t-shirts, Day of the Shirt can help. The site collects the current deals from daily deal sites around the...
View ArticleFix a Sticky Seat Belt By Moving Your Car Off an Incline
Ever go to grab your seat belt only to have it yank back from you so you can't put it on? It's annoying, to say the least, but Popular Mechanics suggests the reason isn't the seat belt itself, it's...
View ArticleFantastical for iPhone Is an Intuitive, Gesture-Based, Intelligent Calendar
iOS: Fantastical is one of the best (but pricey) calendars on the Mac. The iPhone version is just as solid, and features an intuitive interface, incredibly fast natural language input, and plenty more....
View ArticleBuild Your Own Arduino-Powered Bicycle Lights, Turn Signals, and Odometer for...
Riding a bicycle at night is a bit dangerous, but electronics blogger Jenna DeBoisblanc shows off how to build a system that includes turn signals, a strobe light, speedometer, and brake lights to...
View ArticleTo Please or Not to Please, That is the Question
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article titled Stop Being a People Pleaser that sparked a huge discussion based on a comment by someone who is not naturally inclined to feel like making other people happy....
View ArticleSplashtop Streamer for Ubuntu Controls Your Linux Desktop, Streams Video, and...
Ubuntu: Splashtop has always been a great way to control your computers from a phone or tablet, watch videos, and stream music, but this week Splashtop finally released a version for Linux, meaning...
View ArticleThe Lifehacker Tech Dictionary
Here at Lifehacker we talk about all sorts of tech-related things, and often times we'll use acronyms or terms that even the geekiest out there don't understand. So, we've created a tech dictionary to...
View ArticleHost Web Pages on Google Drive
Google has added a new feature to Drive: You can now serve up web content from within your Google Drive folder, even ones that run JavaScript. All you need to do is upload your HTML files and assets...
View ArticleHow Much Do Antivirus Rankings Matter to You?
German antivirus lab AV-Test recently tested several security suites. Most of them declined since a few months ago, particularly Microsoft Security Essentials, our favorite Windows antivirus app. We...
View ArticleThe Evolving Workspace
Today's featured workspace has changed a lot over the years, moving from a massive multi-screen setup to a neater, yet still productive workspace. Flickr user AndrewNez details the changes he's made...
View ArticleWhat's All the Fuss About Evernote? Should I Be Using It?
Dear Lifehacker, It seems like everyone is always raving about Evernote, but I don't really understand its appeal. Isn't it just a notes app that other apps do better or simpler? What's makes Evernote...
View ArticleRevive Over-Softened Butter with an Ice Bath
It happens to the best of us: we need butter softened for baking, and decide to microwave it just a little. Two or three seconds too long and the butter is a mushy, semi-solid mess that's no good for...
View ArticleITunes 11 Is Here with a New Look, Smaller Mini Player, and Better iCloud...
Apple has completely redesigned iTunes (finally!), and the update brings a simplified view of your media, a less space-consuming MiniPlayer, and the ability to save your songs, movies, and shows in...
View ArticleTubalr Builds Shareable Playlists from YouTube Music Content
Want to create a more modern version of the mix tape? Tubalr offers a simple way to search only YouTube's music content, then create playlists from the songs you choose. All you do is search for the...
View ArticleDunking Your Tea Bag Won't Make It Steep Any Faster (and Other Tea...
When you make tea, do you ever bounce the bag up and down under the impression it'll steep faster? Have you ever ditched tea bags in favor of the more complicated "loose leaf" tea? Tea chemist Matt...
View ArticleHow many unused computers do you have?
Old laptops and desktops have a way of hanging around. When you buy or build a new computer, some of you take the time to sell your old models, gift them friends or relatives, or repurpose them for...
View ArticlePhotograph Amazing Motion Trails with the Right Combination of Subject,...
We've seen how slow shutter speeds can create amazing light trails, star trails, and light paintings, but you can also produce beautiful images with regular subjects as well. Photographer Ben Von Wong...
View ArticleSearch Answer: Will the Plex be underwater?
Fast Answer: This one is too close to call!This challenge is quite typical of real-world search tasks—you often can't just plug in the search terms and hope to get an answer. A little search chaining...
View ArticleYour Emails Are Too Long: Here's How to Fix Them
I recently received an email asking me a simple request. However, the email was three pages long. The whole message could have been three lines, but instead the author decided to write a short novella....
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