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Pastefire Makes Sharing Text Desktop-to-iPhone a Breeze [Downloads]

iPhone only: Anyone with a smartphone has been there: You’re browsing on your computer but want to transfer a bit of info to your phone. You could email it to yourself, or you could try Pastefire, a clever desktop-to-iPhone sharing tool.

Once you’ve downloaded it to your desktop, head to the Copy Zone, enter in any bit of text along with a username and password (doing this once will create an account for you—the ..read more

Readability 2 Makes Web Pages Even More Minimalist

If you loved Readability, the previously reviewed bookmarklet that cuts the extras out of sites for easy reading, but wanted an even more minimalist experience, you’ll definitely want to try out Readability2.

Readability2 is based on Readability, but goes even further in the stream lining process, removing absolutely everything—logos, print buttons, etc.—and leaving only the actual images from the article you’re reading, plus the text, of course. One of the nifty features is that ..read more

The Best Way to Search for an Old Post on Lifehacker

We frequently get emails from readers having trouble finding an old post on Lifehacker. They’ve tried the site’s search box but still aren’t having any luck. It’s not you, it’s us. There’s a better way.

Unfortunately Lifehacker’s search doesn’t always do the job of turning up content as well as it should, so when you’re having trouble finding what you’re looking for, turn your query over to the people who do ..read more

PBTweet Enhances Your Twitter Experience

PBTweet is a Twitter-enhancement available as a bookmarklet, GreaseKit script, and GreaseMonkey script, which allows you to enhance and tweak Twitter in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox.

What are some of the enhancements provided by PBTweet? You can thread conversations, PBTweet puts quick-response buttons directly under each tweet so you can translate the text, re-tweet, and use a via @ tag.

URLs shortened using tinyurl.com, bit.ly, ff.im, twurl.il and is.gd can be expanded with a mouse-over. Pictures shared with ..read more