Microsoft's powerful new add-on can launch all your most important apps at once — and organize their windows, too. Ah, the morning ritual: Once you’ve booted up your computer, it’s time to open all ...

Do you want your Android phone to automatically launch your favorite music or podcast app when you plug in your headphones? If so, you have two easy ways to set that ...

On Windows 11, if you have a few apps you open immediately every time you sign into your account, you can configure them to launch automatically to save extra steps and get to them faster. You have at ...

In macOS Sequoia, Apple has added another stumbling block to launching software that has not gone through Apple’s baseline vetting process for apps. Generally, this can be a good thing, preventing ...

Pie Launcher combines an option wheel with quick gestures to launch apps in one smooth motion. By default, it displays a completely icon-free screen, but the circular pie menu pops up when you touch ...

For instance, you can have the gesture open the Calculator app, an authenticator app, or a password manager for easy access. Some apps also have specific actions you can assign; the Clock app can open ...

If Windows is your OS of choice, consider these open-source apps. There are tons of open-source apps for just about any task. These are all free to install and use on Windows. I've been using ...