Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Sometimes you need to copy and paste a chunk of text from a webpage, and your mouse is just not precise enough to grab the exact lines you want (especially if you happen to be using a touchpad). Luckily, there’s a built-in solution in Microsoft Edge: Caret browsing. Caret browsing, which also …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Microsoft’s new Edge browser is sleek and minimalist — so minimalist that it no longer features a home button on the default toolbar. For many users, this probably isn’t an issue — I don’t know about you, but I probably haven’t hit the home button on a browser’s toolbar in 15 years. But if you’re the type …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET According to the US Drought Monitor, 94.6 percent of California is currently facing severe to exceptional drought. Even if you happen to live in a state or country that’s blessed with abundant rainfall, it’s never too early to start conserving water. If you’re not sure where to start, I have good news for you — there are …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Not all apps are created equal. In fact, not all apps are available to you in the US. There are other-country-specific apps, as well as apps that are “soft launching” in smaller markets — but what if you want to download those apps? You can change your country in the App Store, but going back and forth …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Windows 10’s next-gen browser, Microsoft Edge, has several new features you’ll want to take a look at, including a distraction-free reading view and a fast, secure rendering engine (which was available as an experimental feature in Build 9926). But the coolest new feature is inking — the ability to draw, write on, and generally mark up Web …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Microsoft is upping its screenshot game in Windows 10 with a slight improvement to its Snipping tool. The Snipping tool now features a time-delay shutter option, which lets you take cropped and uncropped screenshots of previously un-snippable items, such as pop-up menus. In earlier versions of Windows, the Snipping tool can only be used to capture items …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET I get it — hitting the gym before or after a long workday is difficult. Difficult enough that you probably don’t do it nearly as often as you’d like (read: never). But if pure willpower can’t motivate you, what can? Money and shame, of course! Here’s how you can use technology to force yourself to get your …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Often, you have to choose: Would you rather save time, or money? Is saving $1 worth the extra 10 minutes of work? Well, what if you could save money automatically — but setting up IFTTT to perform money-saving tasks? IFTTT, or “If This, Then That,” is an automation tool that connects devices, apps, and social networks together …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Keeping up with social media — even if you use only the big three (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) — can be very hard. In fact, you might find yourself spending so much time liking people’s statuses, tweeting your every move and Instagramming your meals that your actual social life is hurting. And you might find yourself wondering, …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Keeping your Twitter followers happy is tough, especially since tweets come and go in the blink of an eye. You need to be on top of your Twitter account to grow your following, even if you’re not a social-media marketing manager or an Internet celebrity. Here’s a whole slew of IFTTT recipes you can use to track, …