AvatarJames CrestonTIL that WordPerfect is still around, getting updates, and is currently on saleverified_publisherThe Verge - Mitchell ClarkRecently my colleagues and I were discussing the history of word processors (that’s just the kind of thing we do here), and a few of them reminisced about using one called WordPerfect many, many years ago. Given that its heyday was in the eighties, I hadn’t heard much about it, so I Googled it for …
AvatarJames Creston9 advanced Gmail searches that will dig up stuff you never knew you missedverified_publisherPopular Science - David NieldFind lost messages, unearth attachments, clear your inbox, and more. Gmail dominates the email landscape. It provides gigabytes of storage, works at super-fast speeds in any browser, and automatically sorts messages into specialized sections depending on their content and importance. But perhaps its …
AvatarJames CrestonThe Best Sites and Apps to Track Your Books, Movies, Music, and Video Gamesverified_publisherLifehacker - Joel CunninghamKeeping track of all the media you're into: There are apps for that. This week in the Guardian, writer Rachel Sigee pondered the question of why so …
AvatarJames Creston10 years after its demise, a requiem for the Microsoft Zune, the little gadget that couldn’tverified_publisherFast Company - By Jack DentonAlthough it was the subject of much ridicule at the time, the Zune’s ungainliness is sort of charming from our present perch of digital oversaturation. Though it’s largely been lost to the fog of history, the inaugural scandal of Barack Obama’s presidency centered not on civilian-drone casualties or …
AvatarJames CrestonWhere to find, edit, and remove everything your browser knows about youverified_publisherPopular Science - David NieldStop your browser from autofilling your old address. Navigating the web can require typing the same details again and again: Passwords, addresses, and credit card details, for example. To give some respite to your fingers and thumbs, most browsers now offer autocomplete features that save this …
AvatarJames CrestonA modern guide to cassette tape playersverified_publisherPopular Science - Sandra Gutierrez G.As written by a millennial who’s gone from tapes to streaming apps, and everything in between. Gather round, kids—let me take you on a stroll down memory lane. As a millennial, I was lucky enough to witness everything that happened as the internet started to change the world. Back then, phones …
