Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET The developer states it’s the first and only app in the Mac App Store that lets you upload photos to Instagram from your Mac. It’s certainly the first third-party app I’ve encountered that does such a thing. Other Mac apps, like Instastack and PhotoDesk let you view your Instagram feed and …
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET If your workday has you spending large amounts of time working and collaborating online, then Chrome extension Todoed can help you stay on task. Or, more accurately stated, create tasks. With Todoed, you can turn snippets from a productive chat with a coworker — and nearly any text you encounter in Chrome — into to-do list …
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Just what we needed, an easier way to enter the YouTube vortex where you arrive innocently with the intent to watch a video or two for a quick break only to find yourself an hour later jumping from one related video to the next. YouTube has added an autoplay feature that automatically begins a new video …
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Matt Elliott/CNET The Carrot app people have returned with their ridiculous talking robot with Carrot Weather, joining previous efforts that include Carrot Alarm, Carrot Fit and Carrot To-Do. The robot voice in Carrot Weather will greet you with its favorite term of affection, meatbag, while delivering an accurate if snarky forecast. With more than 2,000 lines of dialogue and more …
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Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET I believe it was once said, “With great annotations comes great responsibility.” YouTube’s annotations are a powerful tool for engaging viewers, but they can quickly spiral out of control and become more of a distraction than an interaction. Thankfully, you have ways to combat incessant speech bubbles, from eradicating them one by one to erasing their …
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YouTube YouTube this week introduced interactive cards, which will eventually replace the interactive annotations you see pop up on some videos. Think of cards as a reined-in form of annotations, which can get out of hand at times with pop-up windows and speech bubbles disrupting and obfuscating the actual video playing behind them. Cards are accessed from a small “i” …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Spending idle time on your iPhone just got easier. After an aborted effort two years ago, Imgur has again released an iPhone app, letting you browse its assorted collection of GIFs and viral images while you are away from your computer. Because no one should go without lolcats for too long. The Imgur app is free and designed …
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Matt Elliott/CNET I sometimes catch myself attempting to swipe or tap on the screen of my MacBook. When I’m driving, I’ve caught myself reaching for the radio to skip back 15 seconds as if I had somehow DVR’d NPR. With the abundance of technology in our lives, it can be difficult to keep track of what can do what. If …
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Matt Elliott/CNET I spend an increasing amount of time browsing the Web from my iPhone or iPad and less time doing so on my MacBook. I occasionally come across a ZIP, PDF or another file that I’d like to download but can’t on my current device. In such instances, I either make a mental note to double back to the …
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Matt Elliott/CNET Perhaps the current and ongoing winter we are experiencing in the Northeast inspired the title of Weather Underground’s new iOS app, Storm. The app is free and universal, though it’ll cost you $1.99 | £1.49 | AU$2.49 a year to get rid of the banner ads that run along the top. Storm puts radar front and center and …
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