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Akshata Shanbhag

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About Akshata Shanbhag

Akshata trained in manual testing, animation, and UX design before focusing on technology and writing. This brought together two of her favorite activities — making sense of systems and simplifying jargon.

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13 Best Chrome Extensions and Apps to Work Offline

No Internet on the go? Don't worry, you can still have a productive day on your Chromebook or other laptop if you do a little prep work. Here's how.

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Use Both Windows and a Mac? Use These Tweaks and Work Smarter

If you're always switching back and forth between platforms, consider making some basic tweaks to your Mac's setup so that its behavior mirrors that of your Windows PC.

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10 Awesome Google Hangouts Tricks You Should Definitely Check Out

Google Hangouts has several useful hidden features that promise to make chatting and video calling smoother and more fun for you. We'll show you what you can do with them.

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Swipe Right for Jobs, Food, Email & More with These iPhone Apps

Tinder has also started a craze for apps that turn decision making into a simple yes-or-no affair, as these iPhone apps demonstrate.

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9 Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do in Safari

Safari is a good browser — uncluttered, pleasing, and smart. Yes, it might be missing a few features, but it has several other useful ones that'll make browsing easier for you.

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11 Quick Fixes for Common Mac Problems and Quirks

Did you know many of the common Mac issues and quirks that users report can be fixed simply by changing a few settings?

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6 Impressive Gmail Tools You Might Have Missed

These are the smartest Gmail tools around. Gmail has been around for more than a decade. It's already good, but there are plenty of tools to make email even better for you.

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32 Keyboard Shortcuts to Speed up Your Workflow in Any Browser

Browsing faster is not an elusive goal, nor does it need drastic changes to your workflow. Adopting a few simple new habits like keyboard shortcuts should do the trick. Here's how.

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Your Mac Has Built In Tools For These 10 Everyday Tasks

Want to dictate notes, look up words, and merge PDFs? Your Mac has in-built tools for these tasks and more!

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9 Tips For a Minimalist & More Efficient Mac Experience

Your Mac's interface is clean and beautiful as it is, but with a few tweaks here and there, you can polish it up some more for a more pleasant desktop experience.

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8 Tips to Stop Your Bookmarks Folder from Overflowing

Buried in bookmarks? I have been there, too. Never again though, because I now have a fail-safe system to tackle bookmarks. I'll teach you how to regain control over your bookmarks.

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Solid Tips to Master Slack & Be the Most Effective Employee Ever

Don't have a strategy for managing Slack? It's time you got one. You can't let Slack do all the work for you. Try these tips to make effective use of Slack.

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The Best Ways to Learn All the Keyboard Shortcuts You Will Ever Need

There are many keyboard shortcuts you aren't using. We bring you all the right resources to teach you everything you need to know about keyboard shortcuts. Memorize keyboard shortcuts for instant productivity.

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8 Lesser-Known Chrome Extensions You Probably Didn't Know You Needed

You just don't know you need certain extensions until someone recommends them to you. Then you wonder how you got by without them and ask why someone didn't come up with them sooner.

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How to Use Evernote as a Bullet Journal

The bullet journal is a simple productivity system that really works. Here's how to turn Evernote into a bullet journal!

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Bought Your First Mac? Install These 15 Apps Right Away

After you’re done admiring its sleek, shiny exterior, it’s time to get down to the business of installing applications on your brand new Mac.

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The Top Google Updates in 2016 You'll Want to Know About

Google has introduced quite a few changes to many of its products over the last 4-5 months. We decided to round up some of the more useful ones that you might want to know about.

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Improve Your Safari Experience with These 10 Tips

Don’t you wish you could fix a few Safari quirks here, speed up a few things there? A good mix of in-built features and extensions is all it takes.

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10 Creative Ways to Manage Your Life with a Trello Calendar

To-do list items are easier to work on and tick off your list if you schedule them into your calendar. The calendar display of Trello is an awesome feature for managing your life.

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8 Everyday Things That You Can Track with Text Files

Storing data in text files is a shortcut to a simpler workflow. Let's use the humble text file to track everyday data with these tips and improve our productivity.

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