Make your Independence Day that much better with one of these Fourth-friendly hacks. We're talking food hacks, simple summertime DIY, better fireworks pics, mosquito and other pest prevention tips, and, yes, a few sun safety suggestions. [Lifehacker]

You can locate your lost or stolen smartphone on a map using an app like Find My iPhone for iOS, but you can also set your Android phone to dial for help when it's been stolen. Here's how. [Lifehacker]

GoDaddy generated a storm of controversy recently after the company's CEO, Bob Parsons, posted this horrific video online. But the company's also turned people off with its TV commercials and famously crappy service. Here's how to leave GoDaddy behind. [Lifehacker]

You probably use your cellphone as your primary phone line, and since it's with you all the time, that's extremely convenient. It turns into a problem, however, when you're stuck with crappy reception. [Lifehacker]

For many of us, Facebook is home to a lot of our online communications-including our most private. Keep other people from getting into your account with these new Facebook features. [Lifehacker]

You're fat, in debt, bite your nails, live in a filthy hovel you call an apartment, can't find a decent job, and your life sucks. Here are our top 10 solutions to life's most annoying and troubling problems. [Lifehacker]

Vendors and credit card companies want to make it as easy as possible for you to buy things with your credit card. These tricks will help you fight back against the psychology and stick to cash purchases only. [Lifehacker]

Like computers, coffee is complex, easy to sink money into, and attracts a vast swath of opinions. And like computers, there's a wise middle path you can walk to get top-notch coffee without spending MacBook-like money on brewing gear. [Lifehacker]

In the northern parts of this country, it's already been a long, wild winter. That makes it the time of year when those of us in freezing cities fantasize about which tropical locations we'd move to. Let's contemplate the options.

Facebook finally provided a way to keep any random jerk in the café from hijacking your account. But you have to go out of your way to enable this protection, and you might have to wait. Still: Jump on this.

Facebook is being overrun by scam surveys, fake applications and bum links, according a new report by an Internet security firm. And it's getting worse by the day as scammers figure out clever new ways to trick unsuspecting users.

As of today, you can no longer avoid Facebook's new profile design; the social network is forcing everyone to upgrade. This means, in many cases, that others can put embarrassing pictures on top of your profile unless you change things.

Every January 1, everyone wakes up with the best intentions of improving themselves and living a better life. By March 12, all those ideals are out the window. Not this year! Here's how to make your resolution last all year.

No human relationship can withstand complete transparency. Facebook gives you plenty of opportunities to commit social faux pas in the name of "connecting," but there's no feature to help you keep necessary secrets. You have to get tricky about it.

Going to nightclubs would be a lot more enjoyable if people knew how to behave properly. Follow these seven simple yet important rules and you'll make life easier for everyone.

Choosing a Facebook profile photo is very serious business. It's the visual that will greet high school acquaintances, jealous exes, and your parents' friends when they search you out. The image you project is entirely determined by your photo choice.

Your filthy iPad is an excellent vector for transmitting influenza and other viruses, scientists say. In fact, if it's anywhere near as bacteria infested as a cell phone, you should be fairly disgusted to share the Apple tablet without sterilization.

Facebook's new groups can help enhance your privacy, but they're also a ridiculously easy way to spam other users on the social network. It's only a matter of time before the bad guys figure this out and start wrecking inboxes.

You may already be aware of the practice of "card skimming," wherein thieves use hidden cameras and magnetic strip-readers to steal ATM customers' PIN number and card information. Here's a fascinating video taken from one of those hidden cameras.