Latest Internet Opinion

• 13 June 2013

• Opinion: Getting started with Safari

  Throughout these lessons I've casually thrown around such phrases as "launch Safari" and "when you do this, Safari will open and take you to...." And I've felt reasonably confident in doing so because, after all, if you're currently sitting in front of a Mac there's a very good chance that you're reading these words within Apple's Web browser.

• 07 June 2013

• Opinion: Free Game Friday: Making a PC-smartphone love connection

  Your PC and mobile device don't get to visit very often. In fact, other than special occasions where you're transferring that new album or movie over, they barely talk at all. It's time they reconnect--literally. Luckily, Chrome experimenters are playing matchmaker and hooking them up better than ever with these awesome free games.

• Opinion: Matchmaking app Tinder is tech's answer to 'How I Met Your Mother'

  "Let me tell you the story of how I met your mother," a father tells his young son, gazing misty-eyed into the distance as he relives the experience. "It was on the iPhone app Tinder. We both swiped to the right."

• 03 June 2013

• Opinion: How to do smarter file searches in Windows 8

  For me, one of the most awkward aspects of the Windows 8 Start screen (you know, the one with all the tiles) is file management.

• 31 May 2013

• Opinion: Meet Stanley, the player piano that will play just about any song you tweet to him

  For too long, player piano-human interactions have been a one-way conversation. But thanks to a little techno-tinkering, this no longer need be the case. Sing for Hope Pianos, an annual art project that places 88 piano-based installations throughout New York City, has teamed up with digital boutique agency Digital Kitchen to reinvent the old timey player piano for the social media age. The result: Stanley, the player piano that can read your tweets and play (just about) any song you send his way.

• Opinion: Gmail tip: Don't forget to check your spam filter

  Before I incur the wrath of non-Gmail users, let me just note that this tip also applies to Hotmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo, and so on. But because I'm a Gmail user myself, and that's where my story begins, that's where I'm putting my focus.

• 30 May 2013

• Opinion: Bad social media strategy for any business

  Until last month, few had heard of Amy's Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro restaurant in the US city of Scottsdale, Arizona. It's a family-owned eatery offering slightly upmarket burgers, pizzas, and cakes.

• 16 May 2013

• Opinion: Why some Web sites are much slower than others

  John asked why one Web page "comes up right away, while another takes quite a long time to load."

• 10 May 2013

• Opinion: How to undo accidental browser zoom

  Earlier today my dad called the Hassle-Free Hotline (also known as my home phone number). The poor guy seems to encounter more than his fair share of inadvertant computer problems.

• 24 April 2013

• Opinion: Use SpeedTest to help diagnose Internet problems

  For the past week or so, I've been trying to pinpoint a problem with my Internet connection.

• 16 April 2013

• Opinion: The perils of corporate tweeting

  Many enterprise level-tech firms have sophisticated social media strategies. Unfortunately, all it takes is one employee with inflammatory social media skills, and the firm's brand takes a beating.

• 15 April 2013

• Opinion: The best and easiest ways to search for programs and files in Windows 8

  Randy G. finds Windows 8's search tools a bit confusing. I offer some suggestions.

• 12 April 2013

• Opinion: How to restore Google Chrome's missing buttons in Windows 8

  Now that I'm running Windows 8 for at least part of my workday (much to my chagrin), I'm doing my best to make it hospitable. And for me, the first step is installing Google Chrome, my preferred Web browser.

• 11 April 2013

• Opinion: Hyperlapse turns Google Street View into beautiful time-lapse motion videos

  Spring is officially here, which means it's time to start planning your summer road trips. And for me, that means spending a lot of time in Google Street View. If you're doing the same thing and clicking a thousand times over through virtual streets, we have a better virtual tour solution for you.

• 10 April 2013

• Opinion: Google Hangout and the uncooperative camcorder

  Reader David d'Angelo has a camcorder and Mac, but can't make a desired connection between the two. He writes:

• 09 April 2013

• Opinion: Wrangling email: How I keep my inbox under control

  Though specialists have devised myriad systems that purport to achieve Inbox Zero. I'm not that ambitious. I just want a system that keeps the number of unread messages in my inbox as small as possible, doesn't treat my inbox as a to-do list, and doesn't require me to spend hours sorting and archiving my mail.

• Opinion: How to decrease the spacing in Chrome's bookmark lists

  If you're a Google Chrome user, you may have noticed a recent change in your browser. About a week ago, Google pushed out an update that increased the spacing between bookmarks.

• 08 April 2013

• Opinion: Facebook's new app: 'Slave'

  My name is Stefan Hammond and my picture is above. OK, the pic's a few years old and I don't look quite that good. But that's me.

• 05 April 2013

• Opinion: Free Game Friday: Play as Tim Schafer

  This week's collection of free games lets you play your city as a video game, pilot a swarm of bees and even lets you live a day in the life of Double Fine founder Tim Schafer. Truly, games make whatever you can imagine possible. Sorry, did that sound sarcastic enough?

• Opinion: A week with Feedly: A Google Reader junkie's journey

  Like many RSS junkies, I reacted with shock, anger, and anxiety to the news that Google will kill Google Reader on July 1 of this year.

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