New year, same you. And that’s OK! You don’t need to makeover your entire life to have a good 2024.

But I can tell you firsthand it’s totally worth it to spend a few minutes cleaning up your tech life. Keep reading for steps to banish junk mail, make your phone less annoying and improve your cybersecurity. You got this!

Click here to read full story.

It’s surprisingly easy to ruin your expensive devices’ screens and internal workings. Here’s my cheat sheet for cleaning electronics. (Hint: Put down the paper towels!)

Don’t forget the TV remote, the hidden germ carrier everyone touches.

Click here to read full story.

Video meetings are practically unavoidable — and missing a call is just as bad as not attending an in-person meeting. Since they’re virtual, though, they’re easy to forget. Those days are over with this secret setting: Google Calendar daily agenda feature.

You can get an automatic rundown of your daily schedule whenever you log in for work. You don’t even have to open Google Calendar to use this free tool. Tap or click here for 12 more Google Calendar tricks.

Click here to read full story.

Sick of wasting time on repetitive tasks? You don’t have to go it alone. Automation can streamline lead generators, customer service and other business needs. We’ll show you how in our step-by-step guide to small business automation.

What can you automate in your small business?

So you want to be more productive. Here are four ways Google Keep can help. Aside from that, you can also automate daily tasks like data entry, appointment scheduling, follow-up emails or even social media posting. This will free up time to focus on more pressing tasks.

Click here to read full story.

As fun as it is to take more than five pics of every cute animal, life event, or meal, your phone has a limit. For every beautiful shot, you’re probably saving a bunch of junk. Are you getting that “storage full” message? It’s a pain.

On an iPhone, do this one thing to get storage space back in an instant.

Click here to read full story.

Running multiple small businesses can be overwhelming. You have to juggle scheduling, accounting and countless other duties. Talk about stressful.

Luckily, you can streamline your operations with a small business scheduling app like Google Calendar, Calendly or Acuity Scheduling.

Click here to read full story.

Moment of honesty. When was the last time you cleaned up your digital life? Maybe you dusted your monitor, cleared your inbox and sanitized your devices a couple of months ago. 

Good for you! And for the rest of us, it’s time for a fresh start.

Click here to read full story.

Everyone seems to own laptops, smartphones, desktop computers, Internet of Things devices and so much more. It’s great to be connected, but what isn’t great is all those tangled cords.

Thankfully, there are tons of organizing tools to choose from. Whether you want to hide those cables swinging from your TV or move the wires out of your way on your computer desk, we’ve got the right organizers for you.

Click here to read full story.

We’re at the threshold of the new year, and it’s not too early to get a head start on getting your home in order. We’re not talking about scrubbing your floors and dusting the blinds. Tap or click here for seven tools to get your digital life in shape.

Is your inbox full of unread messages and spam? Do you feel guilty every time you unlock your phone and see triple or even quadruple digits over your email icon? You’ll get to it later, right? Probably not.

Click here to read full story.

So you decided to be on top of your paperwork and organize your business records. That’s a great start for small business owners, freelance workers and anyone with a side hustle. Over time, though, all those records can pile up, cluttering your file cabinet or digital cloud.

On the bright side, you don’t have to keep all of your papers around forever. You can afford to eliminate them after a certain period, which helps if they’re eating up your computer’s memory. Tap or click here for a few ways to tidy up your computer’s storage.

Click here to read full story.

So you want to stop seeing someone’s emails in your inbox but don’t want to block them. Maybe a coworker is hounding you, and you’d rather get to their emails later so you can focus on more pressing issues. In that case, you should know how to mute people in Gmail.

With this trick, you can mute email threads and conversations. When you mute a conversation, you send future messages to the “All Mail” label. This way, they’re out of your inbox, even if someone responds to the muted conversation later. Tap or click for more ways to control your inbox.

Click here to read full story.

Let’s say you have a folder full of files with nonsensical names. You can manually change them one at a time, which can take an hour, depending on the folder size. Or you can batch rename them in a few easy steps.

This can be a game-changer if you have hundreds of files with confusing names. Maybe you transferred photos from your smartphone to your computer, so now they have names like IMG28091. Tap or click here for an easier way to transfer photos from your phone to PC.

Click here to read full story.

Nothing is as frustrating as a mess of cables running across your desk. Your phone charger, mouse cable and keyboard wire take up lots of desk real estate. That’s why cable conduits exist. These inexpensive add-ons make it fast and simple to organize your wires with clips and desk attachments. These are our top picks.

INCHOR white cable clips and conduit for desk

Have an office with Apple products and other off-white electronics? This cable conduit adds to the aesthetic while keeping your wires clipped and organized. You get two separate hubs in your purchase, each of which can hold up to five narrow cables without damaging them.

Click here to read full story.

It can be challenging to organize your belongings when you’ve got excessive stuff. Tap or click here to find out how much your coin collection is worth. Perhaps you want to keep records for insurance purposes or categorize a massive collection.

Whatever the case, you should look into getting a home inventory app if you’re looking to get organized. And we’ve got some excellent choices that can help you in no time.

Click here to read full story.

Ever roll over a headphone wire or completely forget where you put them, only to step on them or damage them later? Headphone stands are necessary for any desk and don’t have to be boring. These bright and colorful stands protect your headphones, serve as chargers and brighten your workspace. Check out our favorite inexpensive, multifunctional headphone stands.

KAFRI dual headphone desk stand with wireless charging

KAFRI lets you hang two pairs of headphones at once. Use your work headset during the day, then quickly transition to your gaming headset after you clock out. This stand includes a wireless charging mat built into the base that charges with speeds up to 10W. If your phone uses micro USB, 10W charges just about as fast as the average 12W peak you likely enjoy now.

Click here to read full story.

Is there anything worst than spending half of your afternoon painstakingly arranging and rearranging the windows on your computer screen? Having only one monitor makes it even more frustrating. Tap or click here for six folder tricks you’ll wish you knew sooner. So what’s the best solution?

FancyZones is more than just a wacky name. In fact, it’s one of the best ways to organize the screen in front of you, especially for anybody constantly juggling lots of different tabs, tasks and windows.

Click here to read full story.

Your backpack, laptop bag or suitcase is a complete mess with wires, charging bricks and adapters. It happens to the best of us. Thankfully, there’s a quick and inexpensive way to organize your wires, saving time and energy. Plus, packing just got a whole lot easier.

Twod electronic organizer for travel accessories

Twod makes an excellent and inexpensive carrying case that works for small electronics. Use the interior elastic and nylon bands to keep your charging cables, wall bricks and USB drives in place.

Click here to read full story.

We all clean our homes at least once a week, but spring cleaning is special. It’s that time of year when we bust out the big guns and clean more thoroughly than usual. You know by now that we recommend cleaning your tech gadgets as well as your furniture.

Tap or click here for seven useful tools for a quick and easy digital spring cleaning. But we here at Komando HQ have a proposition: What about fall cleaning? You should be doing a thorough cleanse more than once a year.

Click here to read full story.

The Internet of Things has made modern life incredibly convenient — but it has also made life super messy. Just take a peek under your workstation or around your TV. You probably have a ton of wires winding around your floors, cluttering up the place in a jumbled mess.

Looking at the tangled mess of cords, cables and wires can totally throw off your sense of feng shui. Luckily, there are a few organizing tools that can whip the eyesore into shape. If you want to hide the cables swinging from your desktop computer or move your charging cables from your desk, we’ve got you covered.

Click here to read full story.

Take a look at your kitchen counters, with all the small appliances and perhaps electronics taking up space. In my house, that includes a coffee maker, toaster oven, air fryer, stand mixer, smart speaker and a small TV.

We do our best to keep the power cords tidy and out of view, and it’s easy with the gadgets that always stay in the same spot, such as the air fryer. For others like the stand mixer, we regularly pull it to the front of the counter when using it and then it’s back to its corner.

Click here to read full story.