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5 must-have apps for your next business trip

Get organized, outsource your luggage, overcome obstacles, and stay in shape with these handy apps and services.

5 must-have apps for your next business trip

Tracking expenses is a pain. These 5 free and simple apps can help

Straight from the exciting world of expense reporting: the cheapest and easiest ways to scan receipts, track mileage, convert PDFs, and more.

Tracking expenses is a pain. These 5 free and simple apps can help

Fill dead time with these 5 free boredom-busting apps, games, and sites

Revisit the classics, learn some new tricks, and pass the time like a champ with these monotony-mauling options.

Fill dead time with these 5 free boredom-busting apps, games, and sites

5 tips that will make you love PowerPoint—no, seriously

Prerecord your entire presentation, juggle images like a pro, master file formats, and much more.

5 tips that will make you love PowerPoint—no, seriously

5 must-have free apps for every road warrior

Plot efficient routes, listen to free audiobooks, see cool stuff along the way, and more.

5 must-have free apps for every road warrior

5 free sites and services for drumming up some extra business

Tighten up your online presence, use social more efficiently, get the word out, and more.

5 free sites and services for drumming up some extra business

I create videos for a living. These tools make it easy and affordable

Find free music and footage, record better sound, work with editing software, and more.

I create videos for a living. These tools make it easy and affordable

5 Google Maps tricks to make your travels more efficient, fast, and fun

Retrace your steps, keep your friends informed, conquer your commute, and more.

5 Google Maps tricks to make your travels more efficient, fast, and fun

These 5 great alternative search engines do what Google can’t

Whether you’re privacy conscious or just on the hunt for the perfect grilled-cheese sandwich, the best search engine for you might not be Google.

These 5 great alternative search engines do what Google can’t

5 free apps for getting your morning started

Wake up! And then get ready for the day ahead.

5 free apps for getting your morning started

These 5 free apps will make your next meeting way more productive

From finding a time that works for everyone to capturing the proceedings, these cool tools take the pain out of meetings.

These 5 free apps will make your next meeting way more productive

Six free email apps to help you reach Inbox Zero—and stay there

Blast through the messages larding your inbox—or, better yet, prevent junk from ever reaching you in the first place.

Six free email apps to help you reach Inbox Zero—and stay there

These five Google pro tips are a short course in power searching

Search with precision, find additional sites of interest, and more.

These five Google pro tips are a short course in power searching

The ultimate focus secret: Turn your smartphone into a dumb phone

Modern phones can do just about anything, and that can be a problem. Here’s how to get back to the basics: phone calls and text messages.

The ultimate focus secret: Turn your smartphone into a dumb phone

These 5 free apps make it easy to improve your writing

Polish your grammar, rate your readability, train yourself to write every day, and more.

These 5 free apps make it easy to improve your writing

5 free apps to supercharge your memory

To forget is human. But the good news is that your phone and computer are really good at helping you remember stuff.

5 free apps to supercharge your memory

These 5 free apps make your commute productive, not dead time

Choose the right route, take audio notes, manage your to-dos, and more.

These 5 free apps make your commute productive, not dead time

Get your Gmail under control with these essential time-savers

Speed through your inbox with keyboard shortcuts, spam fighters, and more.

Get your Gmail under control with these essential time-savers

Five apps to help you master the art of making small talk

Remember factoids about passing acquaintances, stay on top of the news, and more.

Five apps to help you master the art of making small talk

These 5 apps can help you find your next big idea, faster

From initial brainstorming onwards, these cool tools will help you be brilliant–in the most efficient manner possible.

These 5 apps can help you find your next big idea, faster

Impact

How to get buses to run on schedule? Restrict other traffic

Encouraging pride—not guilt—could be a key to saving the planet

This kit of parts is designed to build cheaper, faster affordable housing on small urban lots

Creativity

This new Skittles Halloween ad is a metaphor for our weird relationship with brands

The internet’s kangaroo court has sentenced Matt Gaetz to be mocked for his Captain Kangaroo zinger

Watch out, AI is coming for your playlist next

Co.Design

Is designing for Instagram hurting design?

Trump’s old lawyers really, really love Comic Sans

This home goods startup wants to be an eco-friendlier Proctor & Gamble

Work Life

Why you need to accept that ‘doing your best’ looks different every day

How to encourage mental toughness in anyone

Advice from female entrepreneurs who hired their former bosses