7 Google Maps tricks I wish I’d discovered years ago – howtogeek.com
Google Maps is one of those apps I use so often that I just assume I know everything it can do.
I’ve spent 10 years fixing Windows PCs: These are the most common problems I run into – howtogeek.com
Ten years of fixing other people’s computers teaches you patterns fast. The same handful of problems show up again and again, and most of them aren’t hardware failures or anything dramatic.
I’ve been using the wrong USB port on my PC for years, and it was slowing my file transfers to a crawl – makeuseof.com
Every PC comes with multiple USB ports, and if you’re like most people, you probably only use the same one or two all the time.
Google Maps can’t plan road trips — but this forgotten Google tool can – makeuseof.com
When you’re going on a road trip, everyone has a role. You might be the main driver or the navigator.
In January 1946, eleven years before Sputnik by pace Daily
On the morning of 10 January 1946, at a scrubby Army post near the New Jersey shore called Camp Evans, a small team of Signal Corps engineers pointed a modified wartime radar antenna at the horizon and waited for the Moon to rise.
Pigs are flying: Walmart will accept Google Wallet and Apple Pay next week – howtogeek.com
Tap-to-pay with phones didn’t take off in the U.S. as quickly as in other countries, but it’s now available at most retailers. There’s been one massive hold-out the entire time, though: Walmart. Finally, that’s about to change, and it’s happening very soon.
ChromeOS 151 quick-fix update resolves Chromebook window stutter and input lag – chromeunboxed.com
If you noticed slight UI jitter or occasional input delay after updating your Chromebook to milestone 151 last week, you aren’t imagining things.
How to Audit Your Bitwarden Vault: 12 Steps, 70 Min [2026] – Tech Insider Canada – tech-insider.org
A Bitwarden vault fills up fast. After a year or two of daily use, most people are sitting on hundreds of logins, half of which were saved during a rushed signup and never touched again.
Google Photos’ hidden sharing feature replaced texting photos to my family entirely – howtogeek.com
Like most people, I mainly share photos with friends and family by texting them. This works fine if you just quickly want to share a moment. However, it’s a fragmented process, and Google Photos offers a better way—more than one, in fact.
Clickfix: What It Is and How to Avoid It – youtube.com · by Ask Leo!
I’m saving $120 a year with this Amazon Prime benefit most people ignore – makeuseof.com
Amazon Prime is not just free shipping anymore. It includes over 15 other benefits, many of which you probably do not know about, including one that saves me $120 per year which almost cancels out the annual fee.
Google Messages has one advantage no rival can easily copy – makeuseof.com
Android messaging needed an overhaul, and the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard delivered it.
Your SSD backup is only half a strategy—here’s the other half you’re skipping – howtogeek.com
Having a backup on an SSD is great and all, but you’re missing a key step—checking if said backup is actually good.
How to Avoid Ransomware – youtube.com · by Ask Leo!
The Easy-to-Avoid Two-Factor Loss Risk – youtube.com · by Ask Leo!
5 Powerful Features To Enable On Your Chromebook – AOL – aol.com
Chromebooks carry a reputation as simple, budget-friendly laptops, which is well earned as they cost a fraction of what a comparable Windows machine goes for.
The tiny dots in your Android phone’s status bar are trying to tell you something – howtogeek.com
Have you noticed a tiny green dot lighting up in the upper-right corner of your Android phone from time to time? If you own a Pixel, you have probably noticed a blue dot as well. These dots don’t appear randomly.
I never considered YouTube Premium until Peacock changed everything – howtogeek.com
YouTube Premium has never piqued my interest. While I use YouTube daily, I’m content with ad-supported videos.
I tried every Google Pixel 11 model, and my favorite phone is actually not the most expensive – makeuseof.com
Google’s latest lineup of flagship Android phones is finally up for pre-order, with full retail availability beginning next week.
I didn’t realize Google Photos could do this — now I use it completely differently – makeuseof.com
Google Photos does more than you think. Lately, I use it as a personal knowledge base that I can query at any time and from any device.
7 signs that a Chrome extension is doing more than it should – makeuseof.com
Chrome extensions are ridiculously easy to trust. You find one that fixes a small annoyance, click Add to Chrome, approve whatever prompt appears, and probably never think about it again.
I stopped planning trips on my phone and started using Google Maps on desktop—it’s way faster – howtogeek.com
Google Maps feels like an app that’s perfectly suited to a phone, but with its growing number of features, it’s becoming increasingly cluttered. I recently switched to using my laptop whenever I wanted to plot a route in Google Maps. It turns out it’s so much better.
Set Up Bitwarden Password Manager: 13 Steps, 75 Min [2026] – Tech Insider Canada – tech-insider.org
Bitwarden crossed a real milestone this summer. On July 23, 2026, the company confirmed that its Android app can now send and receive passkeys using the FIDO Alliance’s Credential Exchange Protocol (CXP), matching the iOS rollout from earlier in the year.
Google Maps’ new 3D Immersive View is so good I’m ditching Waze – howtogeek.com
Google Maps for Android Auto is slowly getting a huge upgrade
Chromebook Camera Not Working? Here’s the Fix Before Your Next Video Call – aboutchromebooks.com
My camera died four minutes before a client call last month. Not glitched. Not frozen. Just a black rectangle where my face should’ve been, and Google Meet cheerfully insisting everything was fine.
Google starts rolling out Tap to Share for Pixel 6 and newer – 9to5google
While Tap to Share was announced with the Pixel 11 series, it’s also beginning to roll out for the Pixel 6 and newer today in a redux of Android Beam.
Pixel Watch 5 brings passive blood pressure tracking and Gemini Intelligence – howtogeek.com
The biggest addition to the latest wearable is passive blood pressure and insulin resistance tracking—two common invisible health risks. These are aimed at encouraging healthy habits.