Those of us with girlfriends understand that in order for the relationship to run smoothly, you have to keep your woman happy and let her know that you’re thinking of her—even when you’re not.

While hanging out with your bros, it can be easy to let your priorities, or your girlfriend, slip your mind, so don’t let that competitive game of beer pong inhibit you from being the best boyfriend you can be.

Take advantage of today’s technology by using your smartphone as your virtual relationship wingman. All you need, bro, is the BroApp from the development team at Factorial Products.
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At its core, the Chromecast is essentially a web browser on a stick. When you cast content from your computer or smartphone, all you’re really doing is telling the Chromecast which website to load.

So if you’re experiencing lag or issues casting content, the root cause is generally network related. But while there are many tools to help diagnose such issues on all of our other devices, the Chromecast has never had such a utility—until now, that is.

The development team at Yu Tao Software has created an Android app that will perform a network diagnostic test on your Chromecast. While this… more

My college days are long behind me, and while I don’t necessary miss them, I am jealous of all the countless resources available to students these days. Apps like PhotoMath are something I wish I had access to in my student days, making assignments less strenuous and easier to complete.

Now, thanks to PaperRater, students never need to have their papers proofread. I would have valued this tool highly back when I was in college because I never proofread anything before I submitted it to TurnItIn for a plagiarism check.

With PaperRater, you can skip the insecurity felt with having your work… more

Android automatically clears entries in your call log after 30 days. While this might be fine in most cases, sometimes you need to find a number that called you more than a month ago. Or perhaps you want to keep detailed records for business purposes, and 30 days just isn’t long enough.

Developer Robert Pérez created an app that will preserve your Android’s call history indefinitely. Unlike other similar mods that require root, this app needs no special permissions and even saves your SMS history. So if you like to keep detailed records, this one’s for you.
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Normally, if you want to close all of the open apps on your Mac, you’d have to either quit them all one by one or restart, shut down, or log out while making sure to deselect “Reopen windows when logging back in.” The latter option is great, but it doesn’t always work in Mac OS X, and what if you don’t want to restart, shut down, or log out?

Now, using Automator, you can create an application in just a few seconds that can be placed on your dock and clicked on just once to shut down all other open apps in just a few seconds.
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Even if you’ve put aside your percolator and have gone the way of the pod coffeemaker, there are still dozens of ways to use your leftover coffee filters. Incredibly cheap, absorbent, and shaped with a ruffle, coffee filters are useful in the kitchen, garden, and around the house.

#1. Easy Sectional Bowl

Two or three coffee filters will easily transform a larger bowl into a snack tray or sectional dish. #2. Tea Bags/Strainers

This is closer to their original purpose than anything else, but a coffee filter makes an excellent tea strainer. Simple place one on top of your mug and secure it… more

The AMOLED display on the Nexus 6 wastes no power to show black pixels. This is because pixels on such a screen emit their own light, and black can be easily achieved by simply not lighting any given pixel.

But with Android Lollipop’s bright and colorful motif, black pixels are few and far between. So in hopes of squeezing a few more milliamp hours out of the battery, developer Jermaine151 created a mod that will turn several lighter elements black.

This mod themes the stock launcher on the Nexus 6, from the app drawer background to the Google Now interface. As an added bonus, it even themes… more

Reddit is a force to be reckoned with. What started out as link aggregator has become one of the world’s most popular websites, with over 170 million unique visitors and 6 billion monthly pageviews. Whether you’re into cute animals, crazy conspiracy theories, sports, or Taylor Swift’s armpit, Reddit definitely has something for every taste, interest, and morbid curiosity.

Regardless if you’re at work, out with friends, or just looking to kill a little time, you can now get a seamless, up-to-date experience by using developer Andrew Farquharson’s free Reddit widget, called Quick Red, on your… more

Want to make your own doughnut? You just need a large skillet, some frying oil, and some basic cooking ingredients that can easily be obtained in your cupboard or the local supermarket.

Simply mix all the ingredients together in the sequence described below to create the dough. Roll the dough out on a floured surface, cut out doughnut shapes with a doughnut cutter, let sit for ten minutes, and fry the doughnut dough in a large skillet of hot oil.

Once the doughnuts are golden brown and have been flipped over once in the hot oil, remove from skillet and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle over… more

Dating can sometimes be a cruel and embarrassing game. You could be having a great time with someone, only for the situation to turn awkward and uncomfortable when a little bit of information is released, especially when that information is your use of medicinal or recreational marijuana.

If you’re looking to meet people with the same pot-smoking interests as you, try out High There!, a new Android app from a Colorado-based startup of the same name. It’s like Tinder, but for all the lonely stoners out there. And just like with Tinder, users can create a profile filled with photos and a short… more