You can shorten a URL by using an URL shortener website, which will shrink your URL for free. Popular link shorteners on the internet include Bitly, TinyURL, and Rebrandly. You'll need a premium ...

In the last few weeks, PayPal-owned Honey, which claims to find you the best coupon codes for a deal, has been at the center of controversy. Allegedly, the tool sneakily earned affiliate money by ...

A file with a .URL extension, aka website shortcut, is launched in a default browser when double-clicked. The .URL file can be created by quickly dragging the URL from the address bar to any empty ...

Spotify dominates the music industry. This becomes really obvious if you don't use Spotify: You end up being sent, and inevitably clicking on, Spotify links all the time. It happens on social media, ...

Today’s quick tip explains how to use special web protocols inside hypertext links to force web pages or files to open with particular browsers on Windows or iOS. To see for yourself how to force ...

The Tumblr blogging platform enables individuals, groups and companies to create free blogs based around seven different post types -- text, audio, video, chat, photo, quote and link. Tumblr includes ...

The macOS Photos app uses AI to detect details like addresses in images. Here's how to open the addresses in Apple Maps. If you've ever browsed maps online in a web browser, such as to use mapping ...

Skype users worldwide can invite anyone to join a Skype chat by sharing a unique Skype Meeting link via the Skype for Business Web App. No Skype account or app download is required for this purpose.

Phishing attacks are popular because they work. A bad actor sends you a phony link through a realistic text message or email, and you click it thinking you’re going to the official site. The fake URL ...

You prefer Apple Maps, but everybody else uses Google Maps. But, there are ways to open Google Maps links in Apple Maps — here's how. If you own an iPhone, you've almost certainly considered whether ...

The text from which Facebook pulls the title and description for Web content you attach to a post exists as the "meta" text within the HTML document for the page. Specifically, Facebook's looking for ...