https://www.pocket-lint.com Unearthing apps so good they'll make you wonder how you ever lived without them. Dive into our reviews, interviews, and guides to find your next digital obsession. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:52:24 GMT en-US hourly 60 https://www.pocket-lint.com/cant-listen-to-your-playlist-its-not-just-you-spotify-is-down/If you were looking to jump start your week with your favorite playlist only to have your morning jam interrupted by a technical problem you are not alone, as streaming giant Spotify has been experiencing issues all morning, with thousands users unable to play music at all.

]]>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:52:24 GMThttps://www.pocket-lint.com/cant-listen-to-your-playlist-its-not-just-you-spotify-is-down/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/yesims-esim-connectivity-makes-trips-easier-for-holiday-travelers/Whether it's for business or pleasure, travel often feels demanding, especially navigating crowded airports, keeping track of documents, and trying to avoid extra costs. Modern travel tech helps streamline these steps, offering simple tools that reduce stress and prepare you for the unexpected. Connectivity plays a major role here, as most travel apps rely on a steady data connection to work properly. This is where eSIM services come into play. They support instant mobile internet abroad without physical SIM cards or unpredictable roaming fees.

]]>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:00:29 GMThttps://www.pocket-lint.com/yesims-esim-connectivity-makes-trips-easier-for-holiday-travelers/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/use-picpick-for-screen-capture/I often take screenshots of webpages and the Windows apps I test for work, and sometimes need to record my screen for instructional videos. Until recently, the built-in Windows Snipping Tool was my go-to app because it's a useful Windows 11 feature that gets the job done with basic screen capture and recording.

]]>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 04:15:29 GMThttps://www.pocket-lint.com/use-picpick-for-screen-capture/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/i-tried-pdfgear-editor/Viewing PDF files in my browser or with Acrobat Reader is a piece of cake, but editing them is always an issue. I either have to pay for software I'll hardly use or scour the internet for sketchy PDF converter websites with questionable functionality.

]]>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:00:15 GMThttps://www.pocket-lint.com/i-tried-pdfgear-editor/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/ad-blocking-tools-windows/I'll be upfront here -- sites like Pocket-lint depend on ad revenue, so if you want technology news to continue, it's important that you allow ads on the sites that you enjoy. But I also acknowledge that web ads can get out of control, bombarding you when you're just trying to catch up on events or solve a problem. In the worst scenarios, ads can be scams or vectors for malware.

]]>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:00:16 GMThttps://www.pocket-lint.com/ad-blocking-tools-windows/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/google-maps-just-quietly-dropped-its-most-useful-update-yet/If you live in or near an urban area like I do, then you know that the parking struggle can get pretty real. Just a few weekends ago, I was at a local Japanese culture festival which was so packed I had to park nearly two miles away and walk across several roadways to get to the public venue the festival was being held in. I took a picture of where I parked, but completely forgot to add a pin to Google Maps, and ended up making a wrong turn on a cross street on the way back to my car, resulting in a ten-minute accidental detour, which was a literal pain for my already aching feet.

]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:47:53 GMThttps://www.pocket-lint.com/google-maps-just-quietly-dropped-its-most-useful-update-yet/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/free-windows-11-customization-app-got-better/I've been using Windows 11 every day since upgrading my desktop PC from Windows 10 in 2021. While I enjoy many of its features, such as the improved File Explorer and snap layouts for multitasking, I've always been frustrated by the limited customization options for the taskbar, Start menu, and desktop. For example, unlike Windows 10, you can't even make the taskbar vertical.

]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:14:01 GMThttps://www.pocket-lint.com/free-windows-11-customization-app-got-better/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/best-windows-11-holiday-wonderland-apps/The weather outside is frightful, Black Friday 2025 has been delightful, and Christmas music is saturating the airways, which can only mean one thing: the holidays are officially upon us once more.

]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:58:19 GMThttps://www.pocket-lint.com/best-windows-11-holiday-wonderland-apps/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/i-fixed-the-most-annoying-adobe-lightroom-issue-with-one-simple-trick/As a photographer, there's no Adobe product that I interact with more than Lightroom and its desktop counterpart, Lightroom Classic. If I'm not using it to edit photos from the racetrack, I use it to doctor pictures for us here at Pocket-Lint. However, I recently encountered one of the most annoying issues that Lightroom has ever put me through.

]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:00:15 GMThttps://www.pocket-lint.com/i-fixed-the-most-annoying-adobe-lightroom-issue-with-one-simple-trick/ https://www.pocket-lint.com/notebooklm-chat-style-changes/It all depends on who you are when it comes to what are the most effective ways for you to study. Some people have incredible discipline and will sit down and study whenever they need to. Others need a quiet room without their phone or other people to get even the slightest bit of studying done. Maybe they can sit and focus and don't mind having noise around them. Maybe their lack of attention is so severe, they need a specific kind of music to lock in.

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