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The Best Websites and Web Apps for Making Use of Exactly One Hour of Free Time

It’s lunchtime—or maybe it’s just a break you’re taking from the world. Either way, you’ve got an hour to spare, and…

David Nield

PublishedFebruary 12, 2019

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How to Play Apple Music from the Web

Apple isn’t known for its web apps, though you can now access a lot of its core apps (in basic form) through iCloud…

David Nield

PublishedJanuary 23, 2019

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Google's 'Squoosh' Image Compression Tool Shows Off the Power of Web Apps

Google has a new, experimental web app for you to try: Squoosh. It uses the latest in image compression technology…

David Nield

PublishedNovember 14, 2018

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7 Free Online Tools to Rescue Your Photos Without Photoshop

Whether you’re sharing photos on Instagram or working on an art project, the quality of the final image matters.…

David Nield

PublishedApril 20, 2018

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12 Useful Web Tools You Didn't Know About

Google isn’t the only company creating useful apps for the web. There are plenty of great online resources not made…

David Nield

PublishedNovember 15, 2017

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You Don't Need Desktop Apps Anymore

Fire up your Start menu or Dock and think carefully for a moment: Out of all your aging desktop apps, how many do…

David Nield

PublishedAugust 7, 2017

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Google vs Apple vs Microsoft: Which Online Office Suite Should You Be Using?

You don’t necessarily need to install a desktop application to get your hands on a decent office suite any more, and…

David Nield

PublishedJuly 27, 2017

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10 Tricks to Make Yourself an Instapaper Master

Good news: the best read-it-later service, Instapaper, is now giving away premium features for free, which means…

David Nield

PublishedNovember 30, 2016

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How to Mute Specific Sites in Your Browser

Having to close a tab with audio blaring from an auto-play ad is one of the web’s greatest annoyances, but at the…

David Nield

PublishedSeptember 7, 2016

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See How Far Your Budget Will Get You in an Uber

Uber has made hailing a cab as easy as pushing a button, saving countless passengers from wandering the streets in…

David Nield

PublishedJuly 14, 2016

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How to Add Social Media Links to Your Gmail Signature

You don’t have to settle for a staid, text-only signature for your Gmail account: with a little image manipulation…

David Nield

PublishedJanuary 8, 2016

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9 Free Web Apps to Replace Your Desktop Software

A few years ago, trying to move to an online-only existence wasn’t a practical option, but now long-serving web apps…

David Nield

PublishedAugust 5, 2015

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4/24/15

I Now Have a Robot Editing All My Emails to Avoid Snafus

Gizmodo Reviews Editor Sean Hollister and I have a problem: we’re long time friends but we totally suck at…

Sean Buckley

PublishedApril 24, 2015

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4/3/14

Your Webcam Feed in ASCII Is the Greatest Thing You'll See Today

Say goodbye to the rest of your day. Because after playing with this web app that turns your webcam feed into a…

Ashley Feinberg

PublishedApril 3, 2014

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Google's Chrome Apps Have Finally Escaped Their Browser Prison

Up until now, Chrome's Web Apps have been trapped in your browser, living with the rest of your internet like…

Eric Limer

PublishedSeptember 5, 2013

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3/25/13

Little Outliner: The Cleanest, Simplest Outliner Web App Around

Little Outliner is a new editor from Dave Winer that automatically saves text locally. The HTML5 web app is a super…

Leslie Horn

PublishedMarch 25, 2013

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12/17/12

Dish.fm Consults Foursquare and Yelp to Help You Decide What to Order

What should you order for dinner? Dish.fm is a new iOS and web app that pulls from thousands of reviews on Yelp and…

Leslie Horn

PublishedDecember 17, 2012

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9/10/12

5 Reasons Why Spotify in Your Browser Is a Good Idea

A Saturday TechCrunch report about a browser-based version of Spotify led to thousands of posts over the weekend.

Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

PublishedSeptember 10, 2012

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Collusion for Chrome Reveals Who's Spying on Your Surfing

The concept of privacy on the Internet is naive at best. Fact is everybody tracks what you do online. Collusion for…

Andrew Tarantola

PublishedApril 17, 2012

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3/5/12

Songza’s New Concierge Picks Free Music for Your Specific Situation

We music fans are large; we contain multitudes, to borrow from Walt Whitman.

Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

PublishedMarch 5, 2012

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The Best Websites and Web Apps for Making Use of Exactly One Hour of Free Time

How to Play Apple Music from the Web

Google's 'Squoosh' Image Compression Tool Shows Off the Power of Web Apps

7 Free Online Tools to Rescue Your Photos Without Photoshop

12 Useful Web Tools You Didn't Know About

You Don't Need Desktop Apps Anymore

Google vs Apple vs Microsoft: Which Online Office Suite Should You Be Using?

10 Tricks to Make Yourself an Instapaper Master

How to Mute Specific Sites in Your Browser

See How Far Your Budget Will Get You in an Uber

How to Add Social Media Links to Your Gmail Signature

9 Free Web Apps to Replace Your Desktop Software

I Now Have a Robot Editing All My Emails to Avoid Snafus

Your Webcam Feed in ASCII Is the Greatest Thing You'll See Today

Google's Chrome Apps Have Finally Escaped Their Browser Prison

Little Outliner: The Cleanest, Simplest Outliner Web App Around

Dish.fm Consults Foursquare and Yelp to Help You Decide What to Order

5 Reasons Why Spotify in Your Browser Is a Good Idea

Collusion for Chrome Reveals Who's Spying on Your Surfing

Songza’s New Concierge Picks Free Music for Your Specific Situation