photos

  • Take ‘Mugshots’ of Your Pets in Case They Get Lost

    Take ‘Mugshots’ of Your Pets in Case They Get Lost

    It sounds ridiculous to suggest, in the age of the camera phone, that you aren’t taking enough pictures of your pets. Because, ok, that probably isn’t true — our cat died last summer and I’d estimate there are still several gigs of photos of him floating around in the cloud. You might not, however, be…


  • 40 Windows Apps Everyone Should Own

    40 Windows Apps Everyone Should Own

    There are so many Windows apps out there, that picking a list of the very best, most must-install software for your desktop or laptop feels daunting. We’ve pored over pages of recommendations, countless forum posts, and lots of comments to come up with this year’s Lifehacker Pack for Windows, a list of software champions across…


  • Find Where Your Photos Are Illegally Being Used Online

    Find Where Your Photos Are Illegally Being Used Online

    A few years ago I was scrolling through the home page of a large magazine and saw a photo I had taken featured in the middle of its homepage. The pic was a distinctive one of a surprised Mark Zuckerberg I had taken at a press conference. Where I was sitting when I took the…