Whyd for iPhone Makes Your Favorite Songs from Around the Web Portable

iOS: Whyd, the song sharing social network that lets you save tracks you find on YouTube, SoundCloud, and elsewhere around the web, took the wraps off their iPhone app today. Whyd for iPhone brings everything great about the service to your mobile device.I've been testing out the mobile app for a while now (and yes, an Android app is on the way) and it works like a charm. If you have a Whyd profile like mine that's stuffed with songs you've found...

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Take the Doors Off Your Kitchen Cabinets for Sheer Convenience

Think about it for a minute: Do you really need doors for the cabinets in your kitchen? Apartment Envy's Kerra Huerta took them off and she's never going back.It seems like a silly idea at first glance, but it can be useful. Unless you have a major pest problem or dust problem, or have pets in the house, the contents of kitchen cabinets don't need robust protection. But you will use and access these items often, so why have one extra step to get...

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Piconka Syncs Web Clips with Google Drive (and Looks Good Doing It)

Chrome: Right now, Evernote is probably the best way to clip and save items on the web. But if you want something simple that works with your Google account, then Piconka is worth a look.Like Evernote, Piconka is a web clipper. The free Chrome extension is easy to use. Select text or an image with your mouse cursor and drag it to the center of your screen. A small green box with a "+" will appear. Drop your selected data in it and you're done.To...

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Check a Hotel's PCI Compliance Before Swiping Your Credit Card

When your credit card is charged at a hotel, are you sure your data is secure? Consumer Reports advocates asking for an "Attestation of Compliance" certificate from the hotel to be on the safe side.A survey found that several hotel managers were unaware that they needed to be PCI compliant—a standard of checks and measures that credit card companies require businesses to have. These include things like running an updated antivirus and firewall,...

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Eight Terminal Utilities Every OS X Command Line User Should Know

The OS X Terminal opens up a world of powerful UNIX utilities and scripts. If you're migrating from Linux, you'll find many familiar commands work the way you expect. But power users often aren't aware that OS X comes with a number of its own text-based utilities not found on any other operating system.Learning about these Mac-only programs can make you more productive on the command line and help you bridge the gap between UNIX and your Mac.This...

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The Ice Cream Rule Helps You Save Without Feeling Deprived

Putting away money for the future can be difficult. MoneyCrush suggests thinking of saving like sharing a bowl of ice cream with a friend.When we share ice cream, we rarely worry about the bite we didn't get:Most of us don't sit around thinking about how deprived we are because we gave a bite of ice cream to our friend. We don't think of that as "cutting back", and we don't go around talking about how we're "giving up a spoonful of ice cream" as...

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Tilt Your Head to Prevent Swimmer's Ear

Swimmer's ear can be a real pain. Literally. We've shared a few fixes for it, but Consumer Reports shares a technique for preventing it.When you get out of the water, tilt your head to one side and then pull on your earlobes. This helps get the water out of your ears. Then just gently dry your ears with a towel. Keeping your ears dry is smart because it's water in the ears that causes the infection.How to prevent swimmer's ear | Consumer ReportsPhoto...

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