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Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better. As a writer and an information-hungry air sign with too many thoughts spinning around in my brain, I ...

The S Pen makes the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 unique among Android flagship phones and the S Note app combines the power of the S Pen with a useful note taking app. However, the app does more than take ...

Apple Notes allows you to secure your notes with a password or biometrics to prevent unauthorized access. As such, you need to either enter your password or authenticate yourself with Touch ID/Face ID ...

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information management system developed by Microsoft that allows users to send and receive email messages, manage their calendars, store names and numbers of contacts, ...

If you’re an Android user, try Google Keep—it’s preinstalled on your phone, and features just about the best mix of simplicity and functionality of any notes app. Easily tap open a new note, or use ...

In a graduate-level educational psychology course at Florida State University, my professor didn’t allow students to take notes. He reasoned that taking notes prevented students from reflecting on the ...