Choose the Airport Security Line Based on the Number of TSA Agents
Pop quiz, hotshot: You just want to get through security so you can relax at the gate or airport lounge
Amazon Bumps Free Shipping Threshold to $35
For the first time in over 10 years, Amazon has increased the minimum order needed for free Super Saver Shipping from $25 to $35. Amazon Prime was already a great deal
Avoid Using Your Phone to Improve Posture and Confidence
It's not news that a lot of us spend too much time on our smartphones. However, some research has shown that prolonged usage of phones instead of larger, more open devices like a desktop, can have a negative impact in our posture, mood, and confidence.
Remove Wi-Fi Profiles from Windows 8.1 with the Command Prompt
Windows: With the latest update to Microsoft's operating system, the company has unfortunately removed the ability to forget Wi-Fi networks so that you don't automatically connect to them. However, you can still do so from the command line.
Five Financial Beliefs I Was Wrong About
Last week my wife was surfing the internet to find out the ideal temperature and cooking time to bake a potato. As she was digging for the information, she discovered an interesting fact: to properly bake a potato, you should place it bare on a cooking sheet (though, coated with oil and your choice of seasoning, of course). Mind blown.
This Database of Android ROMs Helps You Choose the Best One For You
If you're interested in giving your phone a new operating system, or you want to breathe new life into an old device, installing a new ROM is a great way to go
Keep Your Tire Pressure Gauge In the Trunk So You Check the Spare, Too
Keeping a tire pressure gauge in the car is a great tip on its own. If you keep it somewhere handy, you'll remember to check the tire pressure regularly. Reader justagigilo85 suggests keeping it in your trunk—easier to get to, and you remember to check the pressure on your spare every time you check the other tires.
Ultimate Sound Control Can Tweak Every Noise Your Android Phone Makes
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How to Declutter Your Facebook News Feed Once and For All
When was the last time you looked at your Facebook feed and actually liked everything you saw? For all of Facebook's fancy algorithms
OneNote Summaries, Flickr Viewers, and Testicular Health
Readers offer their best tips for creating summary pages in OneNote, getting full size images in the new Flickr viewer mode, and remembering to perform testicular self-exams.
NanoLeaf Bulbs Provide Unusually Bright, Energy-Efficient LED Lighting
We're all for energy-efficiency, and NanoLeaf managed to pack quite a bit of it into one of the weirdest looking lightbulbs we've ever seen. With their LED bulb you get 30,000 hours of brightness equivalent to a standard 100W unit.
How do I budget when my income and spending are volatile?
Great discussions are par for the course here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you may have missed. Check out these discussions and add your own thoughts to make them even more wonderful!
Show Us Your Favorite Bathroom Hack
Getting ready for bed. Getting ready for work. Answering nature's call. Caring for your teeth, your skin, your kids, your pets. We spend a lot of our time in bathrooms. What clever tricks have you come up with to make that time a little easier?
The IT Work/Travel Go Bag
What does an IT professional need in his or her bag—especially one that travels frequently? Reader Jeff Suclla has a great go bag prepared for a variety of technical needs at work and on the go.
Tweet7 Simplifies Twitter with an iOS 7 Friendly Interface
iOS: Good luck not finding a Twitter client for iOS 7. You have so many choices, you'd think developers would have no ground left to cover. Tweet7 found a new niche, however, by making a remarkably simple option designed for iOS 7.
How to Deal with Judgment and Criticism in a Healthy Way
It doesn’t matter how you choose to live your life—whether you build a business or work a corporate job; have children or choose not to have children; travel the world or live in the same town all of your life; go to the gym five times a week or sit on the couch every night—whatever you do, someone will judge you for it.
Anti-Bacterial Soap Doesn't Make Your Hands Any Cleaner
You know you should wash your hands, but for how long and with what kind of soap? While we tend to overcomplicate our personal hygiene nowadays, the answer is pretty simple.
Ask an Expert: All About Smarter Grocery Shopping
Say hi to Erin Gifford of Ziplist, a service that simplifies meal planning and grocery shopping. Ziplist integrates with some of the web's best food sites, allows you to search more than 1 million recipes, and supplies users with relevant coupons. It also exports lists and meal plans to mobile devices, making grocery shopping that much easier. Erin is here for the next hour lending her expertise on smarter, faster food shopping—ask away!
BBM Is Now Available for iOS [Update: Android Too!]
iOS/Android: There are a lot of great alternate texting apps
Adblock Plus Now Blocks Facebook's Biggest Annoyances
Adblock Plus has updated with a new set of features to hide a bunch of Facebook's biggest annoyances, including cleaning up your news feed and sidebar.
$15 off a Roku 3, SSDs of All Sizes, iTunes Gift Cards
The Roku 3 has been out for more than half a year now, and it looks like we're just now starting to see some decent discounts on it. Gizmodo loved it
How Can I Organize Generations of Family Photos?
Keeping your family photos organized is hard enough even if everything's already digitized, but what do you do when you're faced with decades of real photographs that aren't organized at all. If you've got some ideas, jump in and help out a fellow reader!
Hulu Plus for iOS now supports Google Chromecast on both iPhones and iPads, enabling users to stream content to their TVs while using their iOS device as a remote. Learn more on the Hulu blog.
Pick Running Shoes Based on Comfort to Prevent Foot Injury
When you walk into a shoe store, you'll see a ton of options for different types of shoes. The thing is, those shoe types don't really have an effect on whether or not you get injured, and according to the BBC, it's best to just find a pair that's comfortable.
How Can I DIY in a Small Living Space?
Dear Lifehacker,
I love DIY projects—both household and electronic—but I live in an apartment in the city, and I don't have much space to work. How can I get my DIY fix without worrying about fumes, storage, sawdust, or bothering my neighbors with the noise of power tools?
Google Hangouts for iOS Adds Free Voice Calling
iOS: Google updated its Hangouts app so you can now make and receive phone calls from your Google Voice number.
Tunebox Organizes and Streams Your Dropbox Music Files to iOS
iOS: We're fans of using Dropbox to store your music files
How to Use Your Smartphone to Get Better Pictures with a Real Camera
Most people just use the camera in their smartphone out of sheer convenience, but some of us prefer the superior image quality of a standalone camera. Can’t decide between the two? There is a middle ground: with a few apps, tips, and techniques, your smartphone can connect to your camera to shoot and share a whole lot better.
