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  • How To Improve The Mobile Phone Signal In Your Home

    While a lot of the stuff you do with your phone will involve wifi, the essential functions of a phone – the calling and the texting – still rely on a connection to a mobile phone tower. If that link breaks, you can miss important messages or be out of reach to family and friends.…


  • You Don’t Need Desktop Apps Anymore

    Image: Screenshot Fire up your Start menu or Dock and think carefully for a moment: Out of all your ageing desktop apps, how many do you really rely on these days — or even better, how many of them don’t already have very capable web app alternatives you could use instead? Unless you’re a film…


  • What Your Computer Specs Actually Mean

    Image: Alex Cranz/Gizmodo Computer specs can be a baffling mix of acronyms and numbers at the best of times, but it’s worth learning something about them: It will help you choose a new computer, troubleshoot your old computer, and generally understand more about the relationship between the specs on the page and the experience you’re…