The camera on the iPhone has developed such a reputation for excellence that it’s one of the device’s central selling points. It’s worth upgrading to a new phone just to get the latest and greatest camera. After a week of rigorous shooting, one thing is totally clear: the iPhone 7 has a damn fine phone camera that’s the best you can buy right now.
When the world is bringing you down, don’t get mad. Get silly. Learn to find the fun in everything.
Music affects our brains in all kinds of wonderful ways. Upbeat music is great for working out and classical music can help you focus, but even sad music has its perks. Here’s why we love listening to sorrowful songs, and why they deserve to be on your playlists.
The best part of camping for some people is getting out in the middle of nowhere and looking at the stars. For others, it’s just getting together with friends and having a good time. Over on Tested, Adam Savage goes for the latter and builds a portable movie theater made for camping.
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If you swap between a Western and a non-Latin keyboard layout on your Mac, like Hebrew, Chinese, Kannada, or others, you’d usually need to do so by clicking an option in the menubar. MacWorld points out you can set the Caps Lock key to easily swap between keyboards.
Android: Google’s rolling out an update to Google Maps on Android that integrates your Google Calendar events and Google contacts into Google Maps.
There are a lot of rumors about white spots on your nails being a sign of something serious, like a nutrient deficiency, but the most common cause is nothing to worry about: You just bumped your nail against something.
You may have heard that a humid kitchen can adversely affect your pie dough, making it wet and sticky, but it’s actually the temperature of your ingredients and equipment that are to blame.
Three out of your four top front pocket wallet picks were new-fangled minimalist wallets, but all the cool features and unique ideas in the world couldn’t buy them enough votes to overcome Saddleback’s old school leather wallet, which took nearly 50% of the vote all by itself.
This week we talked about ways to deal with people who interrupt you, the best spots to sit on a plane, how to fact check the Presidential candidates, busted some flu shot myths, and took a look at the Raspberry Pi’s new OS. Here’s a look back.
We’ve been throwing out money challenges all year long. This month, we challenged you to find a cheaper cellphone plan. How’d you do?
Assorted kitchenware, the smartest olive oil dispenser, and a popular safety razor lead off Friday’s best deals.
In order for me to sleep while sitting upright, I tilt my neck to one side and just let it kind of hang there. Then I wonder why I’d wake up with neck pain. That’s all in the past, thanks to the Trtl Pillow, the best travel pillow I never knew I needed.
Spending mindlessly is a sure-fire way to wreck your budget. One way to ensure you don’t overspend on stuff? Decide how much you’re willing to pay for something before looking at its price tag.
When you cook with olive oil, you have three choices: You can pour imprecisely, you can make a measuring cup dirty, or you can use Vremi’s $18 olive oil dispenser, which measures out a precise amount of oil before you pour it. I know which one I would choose.
Tying a knot in a button up is a fast way to transform it into a crop top. But if you don’t tie the knot right, it can stick out and look lopsided, which isn’t the look you’re going for. Here’s how to tie it so it lays flat and still looks good.
Slicing the top, rounded portion off of a cake before frosting gives it a smoother, more professional look. To make removing that top crumbly layer even easier (not to mention smoothly frost the sides), just pop it in the freezer first.
Lifehacker readers love Merkur safety razors, and you can get your very own for a great low price today on Amazon.
Planning out every meal you make in advance can help streamline your day, but it still takes time to do all that planning. Instead, try a modular approach to your meals that let you cook a variety of meals without as much scheduling.
It’s the distant future. The world is ruled by neon lights, flying cars, and an artificial intelligence is probably about to wipe humanity off the face of the Earth. At least the music is good, though.
If your smartphone’s battery isn’t lasting as long as it used to, it could be because you haven’t taken very good care of it. Here’s the science of how smartphone batteries work, and how you can keep them healthy for longer.
When you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel for motivation, even simple things like cleaning the house can seem overwhelming. This mental trick can turn a quick tidying session into a full on cleaning frenzy.
Every few days, my attention will be grabbed by some new thing (or, on occasion, some old thing that had slipped my mind). Maybe it’s a movie. Maybe it’s a board game. Maybe it’s a new gadget. Maybe it’s a book. Whatever that thing is, something about it sucks in my attention.
Android: Google’s updated Google Maps to respond to voice commands. This means you can use “OK Google” to do all sorts of things, like alter your navigation path, find gas stations, and plenty more.
Chrome: We’ve all been there—you open a site in a new tab, and it starts playing audio in the background. Or worse, you open it in the foreground and it starts a video in some random corner of the page while you read an article. Silent Site Sound Blocker puts an end to that nonsense for good.
