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With the releases of OS X Yosemite and OS X El Capitan, Apple improved a feature that remained largely untouched and unimproved before that: Spotlight search. Before these releases, people often looked to third-party search apps that would improve&nb

Most of us are pretty comfortable enough with the cameras built-in to our smartphones that we don’t need dedicated cameras anymore. However, there are still several perks to having a dedicated, compact camera. The most important one, of course, is

Tumblr has a bad habit of adding new features to the website that pretty much no one asked for. And the ones its loyal user base do ask for seem to get ignored. To address this issue, a fantastic and free browser extension called XKit is

For a very long time, if you asked someone which app was better for note-taking between Evernote and Apple Notes, the answer was obvious: Evernote. Evernote has been the leading note-taker online for several years no

Ever since Google launched its voice enabled search service, it’s been keeping a track of everything you tell your phone. Before you freak out and start imagining scenarios where Google has secretly been keeping track of everything and anything you

You’ve probably heard that it’s pretty dangerous to go online and search for answers about your health as opposed to going to a doctor. In many cases, this is true because it’s never a good idea to self-diagnose yourself. Plus, search engine re

Whether you are tethering your phone or you’re lucky enough to have LTE built into your Chromebook, you probably have a data cap. Some careful planning will make your Chromebook useful without blowing through your data plan.

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You finished all your work for the day, it’s time to unwind with some Netflix. You just finished binge-watching an entire show and a trilogy of movies, but now you don’t know what to watch next. One of Netflix’s biggest downsides is discovery.

You may have heard a lot about the so-called Deep Web and Dark Web lately. The Deep Web is the part of the Internet that houses 90+ percent of the web yet it’s completely tucked away from the easy access we’ve come to enjoy

A dilemma many people face is owing someone money and having no means to get it to the person in a timely manner. The truth is there are a number of solutions available online for quickly and securely sending money to friends or family. But that brin

So, you downloaded iOS 8.4 on your iPhone or iPad and there it is, Apple Music. It’s hiding behind that new white Music icon on your home screen. You tap the Radio tab to see what’s changed and there isn’t a whole lot new, but Ap

Sadly, the world is not a giant Wi-Fi access granting factory. Companies like Google and Tesla are surely t

There has been lot happening in the torrent scene in the last few months. With the (brief) closure of PirateBay, the shutdown of a popular TV show aggregator, and more ISP’s around the world being ordered to block anything related to torrents,

No matter what device or method your using, as soon as you start watching shows on Netflix a new list of titles appear with the label Continue Watching. For some reason, even if you finish a show right to the very end, many shows end up just piling u

It happens to everyone: sending a message to someone or posting something you shouldn’t have and being unable to take it back. You’re solely responsible, and once it’s out there, it’s out there – or is it? Think before tweeting (via Sh

We have almost unlimited data download packages these days when it comes to home internet connection and that

Today almost all EA games are released on Origin and available through its online store. Yes, I know about Steam and its huge collection of games, but Origin has some exclusive titles such as Battlefield and Need for Speed.

As we’ve migrated away from instant messaging clients like MSN Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger in favor of the likes of Facebook, it’s become more difficult to search through your conversation history.

The internet is ablaze with tales of WhatsApp’s triumphant foray into the lands of the world wide web. Yes, the headlines are right, there’s a WhatsApp for ‘web’. As always, that’s not the whole story. And here at Guiding Tech we pride ours

You can never be too safe on the internet.