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Signing up for free travel planner TripIt has a magic feeling to it, as the service instantly understands and organizes your flight, car rental, and hotel confirmation emails. Now TripIt can monitor your Gmail and automatically compile itinerary information for upcoming trips. More »


TripIt Adds Automatic Itinerary Importing from Your Gmail Inbox [Travel] from Lifehacker: top

Just because you’ve earned a free ticket through an airlines’ rewards program doesn’t mean you can actually use it. One consulting firm checked how often free ticket seats were available across 60,000 flights this year and charted the sometimes surprising results. More »


The Best Airlines for Getting a Frequent Flyer Seat [Charts] from Lifehacker: top

Android 2.2: Google’s taken its voice-to-text obsession even further with Voice Actions for Android. Rather than just searching or calling, you can send texts, pull up music or web pages and maps, or even set an alarm—all with your voice. More »


Google Voice Actions Controls Your Android Phone with Plain Speech [Downloads] from Lifehacker: top

Need to do some serious scrubbing but have no use for the karate-boosting power that hours of waxing on and off will get you? Reader isaacws demonstrates how he does some intense cleaning by connecting a bathroom brush to power tools. More »


DIY Power Brush Marries Cleaning with Power Tools [MacGyver Tip] from Lifehacker: top

In a regular day, most of us type the same things over and over again, wasting an enormous amount of time in the process. Why not let your computer do some of that work for you? That’s where text expansion comes in. More »


How to Use Text Expansion to Save Yourself Hours of Typing Every Week [Text Substitution] from Lifehacker: top

Handbrake is an amazing tool for ripping your DVDs and converting your video files, but figuring out the right settings can be a challenge. Let our Handbrake Video Bitrate calculator do the work for you. More »


Calculate the Perfect Handbrake Video Encoding Settings for Your Device [Video Conversion] from Lifehacker: top

ITA Software’s Matrix is the software that powers Orbitz, Kayak, CheapTickets, and lots of airlines and travel agents’ tools. But you can skip all their ads and come-ons and search Matrix itself for the no-nonsense scoop on flying cheap. More »


Matrix Is the No-Nonsense Flight Pricing Engine that Powers the Others [Air Travel] from Lifehacker: top

iPhone users can pay $99 per year for a tool to find their lost iPhone. On Android, just under $6.50 (once) lets you build your own GPS-locating, SMS-triggered tracker for your lost-or-stolen Precious. Here’s how to do it. More »


How to Roll Your Own "Find My iPhone" for Android [Step-by-Step] from Lifehacker: top

We’re all going to die someday, but where you live can play an important role in when and how it’ll happen. Here’s a look into geomedicine—the study of location-based health factors—and how you can stay healthy in your locale.
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The Non-Alarmist Guide to Avoiding Your Environmental Health Risks [Geomedicine] from Lifehacker: top

Hit the undo shortcut (Ctrl+z/Cmd+z) in Firefox’s address bar to move through your recent history via keyboard and find tabs you’ve closed—sort of like a lightweight version of the Undo Closed Tab feature. More »


Hit Undo in Firefox’s Address Bar to Browse Your Recent History [Timesavers] from Lifehacker: top