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30 Ways To Make Your Apartment Totally Winterproof

How To Ditch Your Wallet & Use Your Phone To Pay For Anything

15 Gmail Hacks You Need To Know Now

While we wish we could use Snapchat for all our communication needs, email is still the de facto service for sending "serious" messages. (Or, at least

by Kelly Schwarze

15 Things Every '90s Kid Understands

Cell phones have the power to connect the world and make nearly all of humanity’s knowledge ever accessible. They are both a blessing and a — yep,

by Kelly Schwarze

How To Take Better Photos Every Single Time

The holidays are one of the few times you’re allowed — maybe even obligated — to walk around with your phone in hand at all times. Such power is not

by Kelly Schwarze

7 Incredibly Useful Apps For Throwing Holiday Parties

We never turn down a holiday party invite. Canapés, desserts, and Champagne? Yes, please! But, when it comes to planning the whole affair, we could use

by Kelly Schwarze

6 Apps You Need For Stress-Free Holiday Travel

We have one mantra for this week’s return of holiday travel: Remain. Calm. News stations love to scare us this time of year, with footage of check-in

by Kelly Schwarze

8 Online Shopping Secrets You Need To Know

Bundling up in a knit scarf with a hot drink in hand to peep stores’ holiday window displays is one of our favorite seasonal traditions. But when it

by Kelly Schwarze

8 Ways To Stay Organized When Things Get Crazy

It’s only mid-November, but as a walk through the mall or a stretch of Hulu commercials confirms, the chaos of the holiday season is already upon us.

by Kelly Schwarze

17 Secret Chrome Tricks That Will Change Everything

It’s not 1995 anymore. You don’t have to live tied to the clunky browser that came pre-installed on your computer. You have complete browser freedom,

by Kelly Schwarze

Ways To Make Your Home Smarter, On Any Budget

Jingling brass keys, in-wall light switches, and smoke detectors that chirp in the middle of the night — one day we’ll look back on these as artifacts

by Kelly Schwarze

Put An End To The Email Madness. Please.

You know that hall closet that you're afraid to open, because of the avalanche of dusty photo albums and college essays (really, why do we still have

by Kelly Schwarze