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It just “clicks”: If you’re in a document or on a webpage with text, double-clicking highlights a word. Triple-clicking highlights an entire paragraph. It works to highlight a word in a URL or the entire URL, too.

This is the U.S. Postal Service’s proposed new price for Forever stamps starting in July. It’s up 8% from the current price of 68 cents and 78% more than the initial 2007 price of 41 cents. I’d send more letters, but stamp-flation is out of control!

Free photo editor: Confession: I’ve never been patient enough to learn how to use Photoshop. When you need to do a quick crop, edit or resize, try Pixlr Editor. It works in your browser and runs on almost every operating system.

Ready, set, go! You need a timer, and you need it fast. Search Google for “timer,” and one will appear right there for you to use. There’s a stopwatch option, too.

Zooma-zoom-zoom: Free internet speed tests help determine whether you’re genuinely getting your advertised rates. A good one is Speedtest.net. (Note: Do not go to the one ending with .com.) It measures stats like ping time and the download and upload speeds of your connection.

That’s during the average American’s tax-paying life and is one-third of the average family’s lifetime earnings. Just a little tax season fact to keep filing fun. Ugh.

Your TV is full of dust: Grab a can of compressed air. Never shake the container and never stick the nozzle inside your TV ports. Hold the nozzle about an inch away and spray at an angle. If you don’t like the waste, try a rechargeable electronics duster.

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Let’s be quick about it: On iPhone, swipe down on your phone’s home screen to open quick settings like Bluetooth, Airplane mode and Do Not Disturb mode. Even better, you can customize what’s there. On iPhone: Settings > Control Center, and on Android, just hit the pencil icon.