Just last week, Instagram confirmed reports that it's working on modifications to its two-factor authentication setup that will allow you to create passcodes in your favourite security app - like Google Authenticator, for example. While this isn't the sexiest of news, it's great to see this security practice growing in popularity: using an app, rather than a text message, to authenticate into other apps and services.

Windows, Mac: You probably have a few websites that you use all the time — perhaps a special CMS you need for work, a time-tracking site you use to track and bill hours for clients, or a web game you just can’t get enough of. If you’re tired of pulling up your browser each time you need to access it, you have an alternative: Transform it into an app.

Windows/Mac: I casually mentioned the existence of Emojicopy the other day in one of our secret Lifehacker chat rooms, and I was surprised to find that nobody else had ever heard of this site. Which then got me thinking: How do most people hunt down emoji to drop into messages, blog posts and other important documents?

Website archive services such as the Internet Archive: Wayback Machine are incredibly useful for when you need to see old versions of sites - either for nostalgia or because you're looking for a specific bit of information that has since been overwritten or deleted (such as a story you wrote for a former employer, for instance).

You have millions of colours to choose from for your website, which makes choosing a colour scheme an overwhelming decision. Smashing Magazine's guide to choosing colours will help you find the perfect colours.

The majority of businesses in Australia are at the smaller end of town and many of them still don't have a website. GoDaddy has launched a new website building service to tap into the small business market.

When you come up with a sweet new name for a site (or just yourself online), it sucks when you find out that it's been taken on some sites. NameCheckr searches dozens of sites at once to see if your name is free.

Smartphones are a part of life these days, and if your kid doesn't use one now, they probably will before long. But with a great device comes great responsibility. The Smart Talk is a website that helps parents and kids come up with a set of phone rules together, and creates a handy agreement you can print out.

Google has ramped up efforts to assist webmasters that have had their websites compromised by hackers. This comes after the company joined forces with the University of California for a research that found around 761,000 websites were hacked and infected with malware targeted at those sites' visitors last year.

Let’s be real -- outsourcing can either be a godsend or a nightmare regardless of your industry or the task you want done. Outsourcing a web development project can be a challenge so here are five steps to help you out.

Setting up a website with a content management system (CMS) allows people with no web development skills to easily add and manage content on the site. Trouble is, there are are a lot of CMS offerings out there and picking the right one for your needs may prove challenging. This infographic comparing the three biggest CMS platforms in the market today may help you make up your mind.

It turns out declaring someone legally dead is relatively simple, provided you have some HTML skills. Security researcher Chris Rock recently detailed how to do this during his presentation at DEF CON 23. While declaring yourself dead has many serious implications, it could also clear your out of control credit card bills.