How to install a Chrome extension to your desktop from your smartphone

chrome-logo-100437066-largeSometimes it’s stunning how handy Google makes it to use its software—it really, really is. If you have a smartphone you can now remotely install Google Chrome extensions to your desktop PC. This is similar to the way you can remotely install Android apps to your phone from your PC (just in reverse). Check out this article in PCWorld.com

Can a family plan finally make Google’s bargain wireless service Project Fi relevant?

project-fi-nexus-primary-blurred-100631026-largeProject Fi may finally let you bundle multiple friends and family members into one group wireless plan. More of this article from PCWorld.com

How to Stop Checking Your Phone by Replacing It With Your Computer

Isn’t it annoying that when you’re on your computer, you always have one eye and one ear glued to your phone to check for incoming beeps, rings, and pings? Check out how on this article in MakeUseOf.com

8 Effective Ways to Boost Your Cellphone Signal

We’ve all been there. You need to make a call but you can’t find a signal, or you can’t have a proper conversation because it keeps cutting out. While our cellphones mean that we’re all more in touch than ever before, the devices and the network they use don’t always work as well as they should. What can you do to improve things? Check this article from MakeUseOf.com

A Surface all-in-one PC may lead a Microsoft hardware refresh in October

intel-surface-aio-prototype-100681600-largeTalk of a Microsoft Surface all-in-one has… resurfaced, with claims the device, code-named “Cardinal,” could launch at the end of October. Check out this article in PCWorld.com

Odds that Apple brings back the iPhone’s headphone jack? History says pretty slim

earpods-100681242-largeIf you’re deciding whether to upgrade to the iPhone 7, the possibility of Apple bringing back the headphone jack in future phones probably shouldn’t factor in. More of this article in PCWorld.com

Is OpenOffice Shutting Down? 4 Great Free Office Suite Alternatives

Back in the year 2002, we got a taste of what it would be like to not pay for Microsoft Office. Sun Microsystems released OpenOffice, a completely free office suite, which rivaled Microsoft Office’s offerings. But the sun might be setting on that legendary software. Get to know more of this article in MakeUseOf.com