How I finally learned to love Windows Task View
It only took about nine years, but I’ve finally made Windows Task View part of my everyday workflow. Task View arrived with Windows 10 in 2015, providing an alternative to cramming all of your open…
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I tried Opera Air, a browser that finally helped me calm down
Climate change, rising inflation, the possible demise of American democracy — it’s a lot to handle. Opera may have the right product at the right time: Opera Air, a free web browser that was actively…
Windows 11’s Start Menu finally embraces your iPhone
Bringing together Windows and the Apple iPhone has been an agonizing journey. Microsoft is taking another step to connect the two, providing a consistent UI and file sharing between the two platforms via the Start…
2025 could finally be the year of the external GPU
Years ago, I really wanted a laptop with an external GPU. It seemed like the holy grail of portable laptop gaming — a power-hungry GPU that lived on your desk, to be plugged in for…
Windows is finally getting smart about battery icons
Microsoft is finally testing a way for you to quickly see how much battery your laptop has left — and with color-coded visual indicators, to boot. It’s an extremely welcome addition, which had been left…
Mac users will finally get the smarter Mail app in macOS 15.4
If you still rely on email, help with sorting your messages on the Mac is coming. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman’s latest Power On newsletter (subscription required), the Mail app will feature new sorting features…
Google’s password manager is finally adding a “delete all data” button
If you aren’t using a password manager yet, you’re missing out on greater convenience and security. Fortunately, if you don’t have a dedicated password manager app, you can always use Google Password Manager in Chrome,…
Your Snapdragon phone is finally ready to be your laptop, too
For nearly as long as we’ve had smartphones, there have been attempts to turn them into something “more.” Motorola tried with the Atrix 4G and Webtop chassis back in 2011, and Razer’s Project Linda gave…
Decade-old Nest Protect smoke detector finally lands on Google’s Home app
For years, owners of Google’s Nest Protect smoke detector have been asking when their devices would make the leap from the older Nest app to Google Home, and the answer was always the same: one day,…
Apple’s Magic Trackpad is finally getting real competition (or not)
The Apple Magic Trackpad is one of the must-have Mac accessories and has been available for nearly 15 years without any real competition. However, that’s about to change as Hyper is at the Consumer Electronic…