Handy as Windows 7’s taskbar may be for launching all of your favorite apps and programs, it’s still not perfect. There’s still no official way, after three years, to dock specific files on your taskbar–onl...
So few games released today are slow, relaxing puzzlers. That’s what makes MetroPuzzle stand out: rather than being all about rushing as fast as you can, it makes you stop and think. It’s all about the relationships be...
Quick! What’s the chemical formula for Aspartic acid? No? How about the formula for the definition of an integral? Formulae is a free app for Android that brings a handy quick reference guide to chemistry and mathematics to ...
txt What is it and what does it do Hojoki brings together dozens of online services and combines them into one huge stream, allowing you to view updates to every service at once and work even faster. It lets you collaborate using ...
Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean” ushered in only a few major changes. One of those changes? Expandable notifications. While seemingly not a very big deal at first glance, these allow you to view whatever information you need w...
Extraneous noise can be very distracting–it’s our brains trying to pick patterns out of the background. White noise can help. Random frequencies that combined create the sound from an old CRT TV on the wrong channel, w...
A lot of people use Gmail to manage their day-to-day lives. But what happens if Gmail were to suddenly get wiped off the face of the earth, or if Google were to close down your account? It’s important to keep backups of your...
Ever seen a TED video? If not, then you don’t know what you are missing. TED – which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design – is a nonprofit organization that organizes TED conferences and talks where peopl...
Fast-paced games are common, but simple ones are few and far between. Fun, simple ones? You’ll have better luck winning the presidency. However, Tap! Tap Faster! is one of those apps that manages to break the mold. Though th...
Are you looking for a fun physics game that makes you think of bouncing angles, speeds, and more in your head? At first glance, Bouncing Marble looks promising, but if you take a closer look, you’ll notice it’s not act...
Chances are, your home screen is either a messy haven of your favorite apps jumbled together to let you launch them quickly or a beautifully arranged screen designed from the ground up to look beautiful. If you’re the latter...
Did you know that, around the world, there are numerous projects to use home computers as distributed supercomputers? There are, and Folding@home is one of the most famous ones. Created by scientists at Stanford University, it let...
There are tons of people who use FTP clients every day. Graphic designers use them to upload completed designs. Web programmers use them to upload finished scripts and programs. Whatever you use them for, try WinSCP. It’s a ...
Popular Science is a cool magazine, and has made a great switch over into web magazine form. It has an official Android app, an iOS app, and now, a Windows 8 app. It rolls all of the latest stories and headlines into one big, beau...
The internet is a beautiful place filled with even more beautiful photography. Channeling the Internet’s amazing photographic skill into your small tablet or smartphone, however, is near impossible without BetterThanExpected...
