An Amazon Prime subscription offers free two-day shipping and discounted rates on many Amazon products, while at the same time granting users access to Amazon’s Instant Video library. While this service normally runs $100 per year, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced today that the company will be offering a $28 discount on this price for one day only.

Discounted Prime Membership on Saturday, January 24th

If you’ve done the math, that means Amazon Prime will only cost $72 while this deal is on. That number is no coincidence, because Bezos and Co. are celebrating the fact that their new original… more

Leaving your computer unattended, whether at home, work, or a coffee shop, even for just a short while, is enough time for someone to steal it or look at your personal files. While there are ways to deter thieves, it’s a little harder to keep snoops away.

You could put your computer to sleep and require a password immediately afterward, but who remembers to do that every time? And who wants to keep inputting their password to get back in? Instead, just use your iPhone to automatically lock your MacBook down, and unlock it when you return.
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Among the many gifts that Italy has bestowed upon the world, culinary and otherwise, pesto stands alone. The exact birthplace of pesto, that herby sauce made of pine nuts and olive oil, is an area of Italy called Liguria, whose microclimate is particularly kind to basil, one pesto’s key ingredients.

What we love most about pesto is how easy it is to make. It’s a rare “no-cook” sauce that you can blend with a mortar and pestle or make in a food processor. Its ingredients are simple: basil, pine nuts, garlic, olive oil, and aged Italian cheese, usually Parmesan.
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When streaming services like Spotify or Pandora compete for customers, the main differentiating factor is the size of their libraries. While these and comparable services usually run somewhere around $10 per month, a completely free alternative may actually have the most expansive library out there.

I’m talking about YouTube here, of course. With content from media companies like BMG and VEVO as well as user uploads, YouTube boasts one of the largest music collections on the planet. But if you’ve ever tried to use Google’s video sharing site to stream music, you already know where the lone… more

Microsoft dropped a couple of huge bombs at their Windows 10 event Wednesday afternoon. Free operating systems and holographic glasses? This must be a Sci-Fi novel or a Hollywood blockbuster, because it reeks of fiction.

As it turns out, we are indeed living in a world where Microsoft plans to offer free Windows 10 upgrades to existing Windows users, and a set of augmented-reality glasses will actually be debuted by the Redmond-based company soon enough.
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Windows 10 Free Upgrade

For the first 12 months following the release of Windows 10 later this year, existing Windows 7 and… more

Widget toggles, or “power toggles” as they’re often called, have been around for quite a while. They serve their purpose nicely as an easy way to add switches to your home screen or notification area for functions that don’t come with the stock software on your device.

As functional as this may sound, such apps are limited by Android’s own permissions system. If a widget toggle app can’t request access to a certain function, it’s incapable of toggling this action. In the end, this means that only a few useful actions such as Wi-Fi or screen rotation can be toggled with a traditional widget… more

In a long-awaited move, the popular messaging platform WhatsApp has finally made its official web debut. Desktop and laptop owners will be happy to know that they can now message their favorite contacts directly from their computers, without the need to install additional apps.

For now, the new web interface requires that you’re using Google’s Chrome browser. Also, it’s not currently available for iOS users, but it is already live for Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone. Just make sure the app on your mobile device is up to date, then head to web.whatsapp.com on your computer to begin… more

I once had a collection of over 300 different wallpapers for my MacBook, set to randomly change every 30 minutes. Needless to say, my desktop never got boring. Wallpapers can facilitate a mood, imply a political stance, or just add aesthetic appeal, so having to manually change them on my iPhone is a bummer because of how many times I want a new home or lock screen look.

Luckily, there is a cool tweak for jailbroken iOS devices that changes the wallpaper automatically so that you have a fresh look all of the time. It’s called Wallmart, and you can have it either cycle through your entire… more

I have a weird fondness for the texture, if not the taste of Velveeta (and Kraft American cheese slices). No other cheese has quite the same amount of slip or smoothness and manages to stay that way, undoubtedly because Velveeta contains sodium alginate, an algae derivative that helps it stay so silky-smooth even as it heats up. It also contains a high level of protein-to-fat ratios, which is what makes it a champion melter.

Thanks to three different kinds of salt (sodium citrate, sodium caseinate, and sodium hexametaphosphate) that are commonly available to aspiring molecular gastronomists… more

Google Play Music is one of the best streaming services out there. It allows users to upload as many as 20,000 of their own songs for free, then stream them all to any device without ever paying a dime. If you upgrade to their All Access subscription, you get these features in addition to an expansive on-demand library of songs (and beta-access to YouTube Music Key).

And while Play Music’s Android and iOS apps offer a nice Material Design interface, the web player, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be desired. Whether you use the official Chrome app or just a browser tab, controlling… more