I've been cleaning my Windows desktop lately by hiding all my app icons and pinning only my most used apps on the taskbar. The result was clean and distraction-free, exactly what I wanted. But there ...

I’m a big fan of keyboard-based app launchers such as Launchy for Windows or Quicksilver for OS X. If you have a large number of apps installed on your computer, it’s often easier to pull up the ...

In the near future, using Google’s Chrome web browser on a PC will become a lot more like using a Chromebook. That’s because the app launcher, which has been a core part of the Chromebook experience, ...

The app lets you do lots of things on your computer just by typing a few characters. Now it’s coming to more platforms and devices. The app lets you do lots of things on your computer just by typing a ...

John is a writer at Pocket-lint. He is passionate about all things technology, and is always keeping up with the latest smartphone and PC releases. John has previously written at MobileSyrup. When ...