David Murphy's posts

One of Chrome’s best features for staying organized is coming to Android: the almighty “tab groups,” which let you…

I never thought I’d hear the phrase “Windows 7" ever again, but a Lifehacker reader recently reminded me that, yes,…

If you’re thinking of ditching WhatsApp—for any reason—one of the sticking points might be the difficulty of moving…

Apple has released watchOS 7.3, which you’ll need to install if you want to play around with its brand-new “Unity”…

There’s a brand-new update for iOS and iPadOS, and you shouldn’t dawdle about installing it. While version 14.4 of…

Amazon’s digital assistant can now control some of your smart devices for you—without any prompting needed. But…

It’s time to stop giving out your real phone number around the web. If you can avoid it, don’t link your phone…

I hate walking a lot less than running, but little is more exciting than spending an hour outside in the boring blah…

If you want to prioritize environmental friendliness with the next car you buy, a handy website called Carboncounter…

Google is bringing back “offline mode” to its web-based version of Google Calendar—at least, for Workspace users.…

Otter.ai is a solid service that can magically turn your conversations into transcriptions—ones that typically…

Nobody likes a broken phone screen—especially when you need to access something on your device, but can’t see your…

If you want to contribute to the latest Bernie photo craze before the meme plays itself out—which will probably be…

I hop in and out of various Discord servers more than normal nowadays—thanks to World of Warcraft PUGs—and I…

Netflix will be launching a new “Shuffle Play” feature in the first half of this year, which is exactly the kind of…

A weird bug is affecting some owners of Apples’ M1 line of Macs (laptops and desktops) that triggers the macOS…

While you might still be a terrible World of Warcraft player who can’t get good parses to save their life, don’t let…

Before you share the private contents of a Zoom meeting publicly—ideally for noble reasons—know that there are lots…

Now that mobile manufacturers are increasingly abandoning chargers in the spirit of managing “e-waste,” I think it’s…

It’s time to roll up the shirt-sleeves and dive back into my favorite topic: wireless networking. I realize we beat…