Fix Blurry Fonts in Windows 10 with This Utility
If you have a high-resolution display, you’ve probably noticed that some apps have blurry fonts when scaled up. Even stranger: some apps that used to scale well are blurry in Windows 10. Here’s a fix....
View ArticleBurner, the Disposable Phone Number App, Updates with Plugins and Premium...
iOS: Previously mentioned Burner, the app that lets you generate disposable numbers for dating sites, selling stuff online, or anything else you’d need private calls or texts for, just unveiled a new...
View ArticleToo Gives You a Semi-Permanent Second Number for Your iPhone
iOS: Lots of apps provide disposable numbers for selling stuff, dating sites, or anywhere you need talk or text but want to protect your privacy too. Too is a new service that makes that second number...
View ArticleUsable Privacy Shows You What Privacy Policies Actually Mean, in Plain English
Privacy policies are notoriously dense and written in legalese—mostly to protect the company behind them—but Usable Privacy wants to distill them into something you can actually read and understand....
View ArticleMyPermissions Gives You Total Control Over Which Apps Can Access Your Data
Android/iOS: The apps on your smartphone each have tons of permissions, some of which are necessary, others not so much—MyPermissions helps you manage them all, and cut off the ones that like to snoop...
View ArticleSeer Brings Mac-Like Preview Views to Windows
Windows: In OS X, you can select a file and press Space for a quick preview of it. You can’t do that in Windows—at least not without Seer, a free utility that gives you the same power. Tap the space...
View ArticleQuotationr Saves Quotes or Other Text from Around the Web With a Few Clicks
Web/Chrome: Whether you’re saving inspirational quotes for later or doing some light research, Quotationr is a fast, free, and flexible way to grab bits of text from around the web and save them to...
View ArticleDrivemode Responds to Texts with Your Voice in Hangouts, Facebook Messenger,...
Android: Previously mentioned hands-free driving app Drivemode has a lot of great features, but it just added a great one—the ability to respond to messages in almost any texting app with your voice....
View ArticleWindows Encryption Showdown: VeraCrypt vs Bitlocker
When you really need to keep your files safe and secure, you need encryption. We’ve covered the basics before, and even rounded up your favorite encryption tools, but today we’re putting two of the...
View ArticleThis All-In-One System Rescue Toolkit Has Just the Right Tools to...
There’s no shortage of system rescue and repair discs you can download and keep handy for when your PC gives you problems, but this one, from reader Paul, is streamlined, simple, and has only a few...
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