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iOS 9 comes with a wealth of new features with Siri as a common core. While the proactive features were the star of the show, Siri as we know it gained some new functionality as well. In particular, you can have Siri answer to new commands relat

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

My last few months with Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes have been quite interesting. I was never a fan of desktop email clients, but when I started using these apps, I could never go back. One of the most helpful features these clients provide is t

Formatting a document definitely increases its readability and visibility. I am sure you highlight pieces of text by applying different types of formatting. Now, let me ask you a question. How often do you need to apply bold, italics, and underline f

Bookmarklets and extensions are incredibly useful. Extensions like Evernote’s web clipper, AdBlock, and Pushbullet go a long way in improving your productivity. Bookmarklets are getting a bit old but you can’t doubt the usefulness of th

Sure, since storage space is less of a concern nowadays, we can load a couple dozen apps on our Android device. However, when it comes to routine usage, we don’t really access each one of them on a regular basis.

With the release of OS X Yosemite, Apple brought an entirely new look to the system – easily its greatest design departure since the ‘Aqua’ interface was brought in a few years ago. However, the changes are not just cosmetic. In fact,

For any Mac user, iPhoto is the place to go when it comes to organizing and enhancing his photo library. This is thanks to both iPhoto’s ability to sort all your images and its great set of image editing tools. However, just because iPhoto is

If you’re reading this, you probably know how to manipulate your way across the internet and how to use the basic shortcuts. We’re all familiar with the Ctrl + As and Ctrl + Zs of the world.

If you have a jailbroken iOS 7 device, there’s a lot of awesome stuff you can do with it. You can improve core functionality, solve annoying problems, change the looks etc. But all of them require you to install tweaks and apps. Activator is a twea

There’s a faster, better way of doing everything out there. But not all of it is worth the effort. This is especially true when it comes to Android.

I used to hate working with MS Excel sheets because it required a lot of patience. The constant switching between the mouse and the keyboard is just not fun. For working with data I needed the keyboard and for navigation I needed the mouse.

Microsoft Excel is huge in terms of its underlying features and functions. So are the keyboard shortcuts in it. The list can go on and on. What we will do is limit our scope and concentrate only on Function Keys today.

Microsoft Excel is all about working with data. Its interface consists of the ribbon, taskbar and the worksheet. The worksheet is the working area for your data and has cells that are separated by gridlines. Now, moving around the worksheet from

If you proudly identify yourself as an Android fan, it must be for various reasons. I know a lot of people who swear by its flexibility, its ability to let you customize exactly how you get and deal with data. And the data can be anything. Notif

What’s the secret of a good presentation or a good presenter? Usually, a good presentation is low on words and high on pictures (could be animations, tables and charts too). It also depends on how well the presenter is able to put his poi

Love it or hate it, Microsoft Outlook is still the most widely used desktop email client in organizations around the world. That means it’s also probably the most used platform for scheduling meetings and appointments. Now, when there is

iPad is a limited device. But the limits are artificial. The ones set by Apple engineers and Steve Jobs. The ones broken by iOS developers. Yes, there are a lot of things you can’t do on the iPad.

I hate to admit it, but the one thing that I really like about the new Samsung devices which I didn’t get on my Xperia Z, were the numerous shortcuts in the Android notification drawer. In my phone I could only control Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, data and de

Already available for a while on Android devices, the Swiftkey keyboard software has finally made its way to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.