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• How to recover your hacked Instagram account

  Now, Instagram is rolling out new measures to help you get your hacked account back. It'll confirm your email ID and phone ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• How to make one of those 'Best of' Instagram collages

  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. So you, like most everyone out there, love posting on Instagram. Selfies, food shots, travel photos... you do it all, and your followers love ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• How to read a scientific research paper

  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. One of the most important skills any discerning media consumer can have is the ability to comprehend a scientific research paper. Reading a ...

  • Tristan Greene

• How to create a simple RSS feed reader on iOS

  A handy shortcut to create a simple RSS reader on iOS using Apple Shortcuts, the app it acquired in 2017.

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Everything you need to know about your MacBook’s trackpad gestures

  You can do a lot of stuff if know the MacBook trackpad shortcuts on the top of your mind. But with so many gestures, it can ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• How to mute noisy conversations (and accounts) on Twitter, Gmail, Slack, and more!

  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Smartphone apps have seemingly combined forces, each seeking to hijack our attention and leave us longing for a way to roll back the clock. ...

  • Bryan Clark

• How to sync non-Amazon ebooks across multiple Kindles and apps

  Did you know you can add non-Amazon ebooks to Kindle apps and devices? AND you can read that same ebook in sync across multiple ...

  • Callum Booth

• This app makes it easy to compare Uber and Lyft fares in real-time

  Don't pay more than you have to.

  • Matthew Hughes

• How to access Android's hidden developer options

  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, ...

  • Napier Lopez

• How to adjust the brightness of your iPhone flashlight

  Ever wanted your iPhone flashlight to be brighter, or dimmer? Here's how you can access the menu to adjust the brightness ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• How to find the best servers on Discord

  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• How to set a monthly budget for your Google Play purchases on Android

  Google has updated its Play Store with a handy new feature that lets you set a monthly budget to help keep your app and digital ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal