Communication
Effective communication is one of the most important life skills we can learn. Whether you want to have more meaningful conversations, keep up with the technology helping us communicate or express your ideas better in the workplace, you’ll find essential tips for learning to communicate more effectively.
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Why You Should Turn Off Auto-Brightness on Your Phone
Apple advertises its newest iPhone as having the brightest screen yet, but when you use it, you probably can’t help but to think, “Shouldn’t this be brighter?” You might even compare it to other screens that look much brighter than yours. It’s not you: It’s auto-brightness, and you should turn it off on most of…
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You Shouldn’t Use Your Phone Number for Two-Factor Authentication, Anyway
You should be using two-factor authentication (2FA) with each and every one of your accounts that allows it. You probably already do for at least some accounts, and it probably pisses you off from time to time. Every time you try to log in, you need to find your phone, check the code they texted…
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You Can Update Your MacBook Cable for Some Reason
I write a lot about updates, because they’re important — and fun. Between new features, bug fixes, and security patches, each update is an invitation to dive in and see what’s new. That isn’t really the case with Apple’s latest update, though: The company issued a new update for your MacBook’s MagSafe cable.
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RIP Internet Explorer, 1995 — 2023
It’s official: Internet Explorer is dead. Microsoft confirmed as much on Tuesday with an update to the Internet Explorer desktop app support page: “The retired, out-of-support Internet Explorer 11 desktop application has been permanently disabled through a Microsoft Edge update on certain versions of Windows 10.” Ouch.