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Monday was the fifth annual Free Shipping Day, when more than 1,300 merchants will provide free shipping, discounts and delivery by Christmas Eve. This event was a great way to save, but there are a lot of other things you can do to minimize your shipping charges, both this holiday season and all year long. Continue Reading →

We’ve all been there. Maybe you don’t use your Facebook account enough to make having a page worth it, or maybe you simply want to get off the grid altogether. Whatever your reason, there’s a way to delete your Facebook page for good. Here’s what you do: The first step is actually finding the link for Continue Reading →

Instagram has web profiles? Yeah, well, Twitter’s about to give all of its users a bit more of a face online as well. While select users have had access to revamped profiles for a few months, Twitter confirmed on Monday that all of its users would be allowed into the party starting December 12th. The Continue Reading →

You can never have too much digital storage, and the day will comesooner than you thinkwhen you wont be able to squeeze a single new file onto your computers hard drive. And if your primary computer is a laptop or an all-in-one desktop, you wont be able to solve the problem by opening the case Continue Reading →

Cloud storage has transformed the way digital music collectors access their media. But with so many competing hosting services, which should you choose? How about: All of them. Here’s how to sync your music collection throughout the cloud. iTunes: Apple’s supplemented its ubiquitous media management program in 2011 with iCloud, a 20,000 track music locker. Continue Reading →

Instagram’s tilt-shift effect is the finishing touch on a work of smartphone art. It can be a masterstroke or a muddy mess, depending on how you use it. Too often, we’ve seen tilt-shift overused, misappropriated or misunderstood. For the uninitiated, the tilt-shift effect is used by photographers to highlight a plane or exaggerate a minimal Continue Reading →

Of all the things that belong in the toilet, most would agree that cellphones definitely don’t make the list. Then how do 19% of cellphones end up in that soggy bowl? If you believe that some things are better left unexplained, this is probably one of those situations. As a species, we seem to have Continue Reading →

The iPhone 5 is pretty good, and for most folks, its Wi-Fi is actually very good. It was in our tests. But a lot of people have been reporting in that the Wi-Fi is actually awful, and can’t hold a signal at all. This should fix that right up for you. First off, this isn’t Continue Reading →

This is a rant, of the grumpy-old-man variety. Two weeks ago I was staying at my parents’ apartment because my home in New Jersey was without power, thanks to Hurricane Sandy. “Oh, Sonny, I’m glad you’re here,” my mother told me when I arrived. “I need you to help me set up the DVD player.” Continue Reading →

Pinterest members have long been asking for an option to block other users on the social network. The Block User suggestion is third most popular feature request on the site right now. Pinterest confirmed a long time ago that it’s coming, and today you access it yourself, with a quick hack. On a Pinterest support Continue Reading →