How to hold Skype chats with people who aren’t Skype users

Recently, Microsoft added a new feature to Skype that lets anyone join a conversation even if you aren’t a Skype user. Personally, I’d be hard pressed to find someone I know without a Skype account. Nevertheless, it’s a good feature to have ready just in case. Check the tips from PCWorld.com

20 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with the Mac Option Key

The Command (cmd) key steals the limelight on your Mac’s keyboard, but it’s the Option (or alt) key that is the real hero. It works behind the scenes, providing you with fast access to a variety of functions and actions — and you probably never realised. More of this article from MakeUseOf.com

What Makes Apple’s Metal Graphics Technology So Special?

Earlier this year, Apple made a big announcement: Metal graphics would now be used in OS X, starting with the release of OS X 10.11 El Capitan. If you’d never heard of Metal graphics before this release, you might not have any idea what that announcement meant or why it was a big deal. Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com

15 powerful Microsoft Word shortcuts you need to know

Google Docs is great and all, but Microsoft Word is still the de facto standard when it comes to putting words to digital page. But how well do you know this decades-old program? Check this article from PCWorld.com

Google Keep update preps new drawing mode, image annotation

You may soon be able to scribble out a note or markup an image with Google Keep.

These new capabilities are hiding out in the code for the latest update, which Android Police uncovered in an APK teardown. In terms of visible day-to-day features the update is pretty minor, hence the small version bump from version 3.2.354 to 3.2.415. Check this latest article from PCWorld.com

How to Download Internet Explorer 6 (If You Really Need To)

For many, Internet Explorer 6 is nothing more than a faded memory from the Neolithic era of the Internet. Back in the dark days, before web standards, tabbed browsing, WebRTC and HTML5 were a thing. More of this article from MakeUseOf.com

6 Retired Windows Features We’d Rather Forget

Windows is a big operating system with a long history, and it has a feature set to match; even veteran users haven’t found all of its hidden features. In the interest of progress, sometimes classic Windows tools give way to new features.CCheck this article from MakeUseOf.com