Installing Linux apps on your Chromebook

Google Search already lets you discover what music is playing nearby by listening to it with your Android device. What if there’s no source of music to listen to? Hum the tune yourself and, again, have Google discover it. Like this.

I hope it never happens. But if you lose your phone or it gets stolen, read this guide. It tells everything you need to do, from locating the device to wiping data.

Actually, there is something you can do: prepare in advance. The guide covers also how to set a passcode, turn on the device locator service, and note the information you’ll need if the phone is gone. Another thing you can do: bookmark the guide.

This tutorial covers the basics of installing Linux apps on your Chromebook. It presents 3 ways of doing it. Two ways using the built-in Debian package manager and the command line from a terminal, the other with a graphical package manager.

Although Google Photos is a mature product, it’s still evolving. It continuously adds features and tweaks existing ones, like the new photo editor on Android. This post explains what changed and walks you through the main image editing features and tools.

You probably know Gmail lets you undo sending a message within 30 seconds. What if it’s too late? Is it too late? Maybe not. You might still prevent the recipient from viewing the content of the mail, under the right circumstances. Here’s how.

An app for finding and observing the Starlink satellites by SpaceX. It predicts when you can view the satellites at any location, get reminders, and track the satellites in real-time. The app is simpler to use for beginners than similar ones. For example, it sorts pass predictions by visibility and tells where to look with respect to the compass points rather than with coordinates.

Do you publish code snippets or console output? Carbon is an easy tool to create and share images of your source code. You can pick a visual theme, select the programming language, personalize the colors, change frame mockups, and export the resulting images.

Carbon is great for adding illustrations of source code snippets to blog posts or tweets.