Windows' built-in search has never really clicked for me. It’s often slower than I expect, mixes in results I didn’t ask for, and somehow still struggles to surface the exact file or app I’m thinking about. Over the years, I’ve tried to make peace with it, tweaking settings and changing habits, but I always end up feeling like I’m working around search instead of letting it work for me.

I use free apps every day, and I write about them constantly. In many cases, they’re genuinely great. Some of the most useful software on my phone and computer doesn’t cost me a cent upfront. But that doesn’t mean it’s actually free.

Mention the INDIRECT function in an Excel forum and you'll start a fight. It's volatile, meaning it's always awake and recalculating, which can turn a fast spreadsheet into a sluggish mess. But used correctly, it's a power user's secret weapon for building dynamic, reactive dashboards.

Want to take your Vim game to the next level? From my time using Vim, I've learned many neat tips and tricks that have saved me tons of time and headaches while editing with Vim. I'm sharing some of my top tips in this guide so you can incorporate them into your workflow.

VBA used to be the only way to handle iterative, multistep logic in Microsoft Excel. Not anymore. REDUCE brings the power of functional programming directly into your cells, allowing you to condense complex, messy data into single, clean results.

Many Excel users abandon the ROWS function because it feels like a technicality they can skip. However, to build a truly functional workbook, you need formulas that adapt to your data dimensions, and the ROWS function is ideal for this. Here are four ways I use it to make my Excel spreadsheet smarter.

Google is making a significant change to how you manage your email accounts. The company announced it will be ending support for two long-standing features, Gmailify and the traditional POP fetching method, starting this month.

The Servo project developers have announced the release of version 0.0.4 of its Servo browser engine, bringing with it some crucial upgrades in the long-term goal of supporting a full browser experience.

Don't let that extra "S" fool you—ROW and ROWS do completely different jobs in Excel. One tells you where you are, while the other tells you how much space you have. If you're tired of formulas breaking when you delete a row, it's time to master the difference between these two tools.

It's not just you: the task management platform Asana is currently having an outage. It's affecting both the website and mobile apps, at least for some people.

I spend the better part of most days working on a computer. Writing, editing, managing files, jumping between apps, it all adds up fast. When your day lives inside Windows 11, even small bits of friction start to feel expensive. Every extra click, every manual resize, every time you retype the same thing slows you down more than you realize.

Most people know VLC as the orange-cone app that plays everything. But, did you know that VLC media player is a Swiss Army knife for media? Here is why.

You've built a perfect Excel table, but the moment you try to use its headers in a drop-down menu, everything breaks. Excel's Data Validation is notoriously picky with tables, but there's a clever workaround. So, stop hard-coding your menus and use this dynamic sync instead.

Snap settled before jury selection in a landmark social media addiction case, while Meta, ByteDance, and YouTube still face trial over “addictive design.”

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Snap settled before jury selection in a landmark social media addiction case, while Meta, ByteDance, and YouTube still face trial over “addictive design.”

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Setapp Mobile will shut down in February, citing Apple’s complex EU terms as developers weigh new fees, link-out rules, and uncertain alternative stores.

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Setapp Mobile will shut down in February, citing Apple’s complex EU terms as developers weigh new fees, link-out rules, and uncertain alternative stores.

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Microsoft 365 is not the only suite around, and it doesn't have the best tools on the market. Yet, many professionals, students, and casual users are completely tied to it. However, before you commit to another payment cycle, it's smart to hit the brakes and seriously look at alternatives that are free, open source, and may work better.

Your Excel spreadsheet might be lying to you. No, it's not a conspiracy—it's just a collection of common, invisible killers that bypass error checks and ruin your reporting. So, let's hunt down these silent traps and fix them for good.

This AI-powered storage app helps business teams seamlessly reclaim space and maintain device performance.

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