Find All Your Home's iOS Devices with Find-Only iCloud Accounts

Some homes, especially homes with teenagers, have more Apple devices than house keys. But you need to be signed into different iCloud accounts to track each device. One way around that: add a single-purpose iCloud account to each device you want to map and track.

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How One Task-Oriented User Worked Out Evernote's Kinks

Evernote user bluecockatoo did a lot of thinking about how Evernote could easily and reliably fit into his day-to-day workflow, much like our own editor. His publicly visible "EverMetaNotes" are a wealth of answers what-about-that Evernote questions.

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Learn from Roger Ebert's Career to Build Your Own Small Empire

Roger Ebert started at the Chicago Sun-Times in 1966 and worked there until his recent death—itself a pretty big feat. But looking at how Ebert made savvy but sincere moves to expand into manageable side projects, you can see him as an original multimedia brand manager.

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Set Up Automatic Bill Payments with Smart Caveats

Automatic bill payment saves you from paper clutter, fees for forgetfulness, and the drudgery of wading through payment sites every month. Yet they also open you up to blind overpayment and unseen fees and usage hikes. There is a middle path, however.

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The Airlines with the Most In-Flight Wi-Fi Planes

A few years back, in-flight Wi-Fi was something maybe available to the President of the United States. Now it's on every airline, but not quite every plane. Which airlines are most likely to give you the option?

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Facebook Home Brings a Friend-Focused Home and Lock Screen to Android

Facebook is not making its own phone, or a version of Android, because Facebook thinks Android works just fine. Their Facebook Home suite of apps, announced today, replaces the lock and home screens that normally hold your Android apps with updates, pictures, and messaging, all delivered through Facebook.

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