Navigation apps need to know your location to help you find your way around. But you'd be shocked to find out how much information they keep on you. And for super long periods. I'll show you how to regain some of your privacy by changing one simple setting in Google Maps.

A proper smart home is a lot like a symphony: Many moving parts come together to make sweet, sweet music. But, as with any tech, products from different manufacturers don’t always play nice with one another. Compatibility issues and glitches can make your smart home seem more like a dumb one.

But IFTTT aims to fix this. Short for “If This Then That,” this website helps you streamline your various internet-of-things enabled gadgets with clear workflows that help them behave properly. It can also make your virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa even smarter as they piggyback off the chain of command.

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Gone are the days of pretending that what we post, search for, or look at online is private. The internet is forever, and that includes your Google searches. If that makes you uncomfortable, we have good news. You can keep what you look for to yourself by taking a few steps.

Your Microsoft Word documents start off looking like a boring piece of blank paper. But they don't have to. We've rounded up sites that offer free templates to make your documents look stunning from the start.

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