I tried the Gemini app for Windows. It wasted my time
A few months ago, Google released the Gemini app for macOS as a one-stop shop for accessing Google content. It came and went. Now it’s available for Windows too. Is it any better? Nope. My…
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iOS 27 has an intriguing new Drawing app for scribbling Messages
Why would Apple make this change? It could be that the old method was a little hard to find, as it required both rotating your iPhone and knowing what the small unlabeled button did. But…
Microsoft’s new PowerToys shortcut lets you Alt+Tab within a single app
Everyone’s familiar with the Alt+Tab shortcut within Windows, but there’s a problem: too many windows means too many hops. The productivity elves at Microsoft’s PowerToys have a new solution, dubbed Window Hopper. Window Hopper simply…
This free app lets you grab text from anywhere on your screen
Have you ever tried to copy a line from a photo, scanned PDF, video, or app? In many cases, you can see the text but can’t select it. You then end up arduously typing it…
This scanner app works with any document, and you can get it for life for $48
TL;DR: Scan documents, receipts, and more with a SwiftScan VIP Lifetime Subscription, just $48 through August 16. Desktop scanners are expensive and pretty limited in what they can do. Even scanning the pages of a book is…
Windows 11’s Weather app uses 5x more RAM than macOS. That’s over 1GB
It’s long been known that Windows 11 requires unusually large amounts of memory to function, and it’s been one of the most consistent criticisms of the operating system. The built-in Weather app serves as a…
Why uninstalling a Windows 11 app might not free up any storage
If you planned to free up space on Windows 11 by uninstalling a few apps, you should know that it doesn’t always work, especially if you installed those apps via the Microsoft Store. When you…
Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers
For many apps, granting permission to access your device’s precise location makes sense. Your favorite weather app needs to know where you are to get the day’s forecast, or your go-to fitness app for tracking…
Microsoft slipped another Photos app on my PC, and this one wants names
Microsoft has quietly begun adding a second Photos app to your Windows 11 PC: OneDrive Photos (beta), whose key addition seems to be an unwanted demand to know who the people are in your life…and…
Microsoft PowerToys is still the first app I install on every Windows PC
I’m trying to be better about counting my blessings, and Microsoft’s PowerToys must surely number among them. Maybe that seems strong, but I’ve been using the open source utility pack more recently as part of…