With more and more security breaches and leaked usernames and passwords for major online services like Twitter, PlayStation Network and LinkedIn, two-step verification (2SV) is a must. Choosing a stronger password certainly helps, and not using the same password twice is even better. But two-step verification adds an additional layer of security that makes breaking …

Last month, it was rumored that official Android support would be coming to the Raspberry Pi after an empty directory for the $35 computer was discovered in Google’s Android Open Source Project repository. Having official Android support on such a device would be useful, and could bring with it better touch support, countless Internet of Things applications and official streaming …

If you feel any of your older tweets didn’t get enough attention the first time around, you can now retweet or quote yourself. Previously, the button was hidden or unavailable on your own tweets and timeline. But today, Twitter announced that users are now able to retweet or quote their existing tweets. When you click the retweet button on one …

Late last month, Spotify changed the pricing for its family plans to match those of Apple Music and Google Play Music. Before the pricing change, each additional user would cost you $5 per month, with a maximum of four additional users. This means Spotify for a family of five was $29.99 per month. The base Premium account pricing for Spotify …

These days, there’s a menu bar application for just about anything you can imagine — checking Product Hunt, locking yourself out of all the distracting applications on your computer and even time tracking for work. When you need to quickly tweak settings or check the status of your Mac, the menu bar is usually the best place to do it. …

If you’re working with a bunch of files on a Mac and you find yourself needing to uniquely name each and every one of them, you don’t have to rename them one by one. You don’t need to buy or download an app to do it either. Every Mac comes preloaded with at least two options for batch renaming files. …

Now playing: Watch this: Raspberry Pi projects 2:43 When I purchased my first Raspberry Pi, I assumed the Android development community had already pounced on the famed $35 computer, that they had taken the affordable hardware under their wing and turned it into the ultimate dev kit for Android. Taylor Martin/CNET I wasn’t entirely wrong. You can easily find references …

Most cables get plugged in and left alone for years at a time. All those power and HDMI cables connecting your home entertainment system together rarely get touched. The cables meticulously organized at your work desk may as well be cemented in place. But the cables we use everyday — the computer and smartphone chargers — go through hell. They …

Among the new features announced with the current version of Android last year was Google Now on Tap, an extension of Google Now and Google search to practically every possible screen on your smartphone. While the feature was received with quite a bit of fanfare, it’s not always as practical as Google would have you believe. It’s very hit or …

The newest device from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, comes with both built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1. Like with most things Raspberry Pi, it doesn’t come working out of the box, though. Even after you install NOOBS or Raspbian, you still have to do some work to get Bluetooth up and running. Fortunately, it’s not very …