You can now improve the security of your Amazon account by enabling two-step authentication, instead of relying on just username and password.

If you're using an Android smartphone and running low on space, a handy Assistant app from Google will free up space on your phone with two taps by backing up your photos and videos to Google Photos.

If you're using Chrome as your browser, here are ten tips for getting more out of it.

Speaking of Chrome, the Chromebit—a joint venture of Google and Asus—is a full Chrome OS-based computer on an HDMI stick. Plug it into any HDMI-capable television or monitor—and you have a computer.

Apple's new Find My Friends app (iOS or online) shows you a map of your friends who have opted in to sharing your location with them.

Although brain training games have not been found to improve brain activity of youngsters, games that challenge memory and reasoning are, apparently, beneficial for the over-50s, a large scale study concludes. [h/t BBC News]

Capitalising on many young children's obsession with Minecraft, Code.org, in collaboration with Microsoft, has launched a coding instruction programme based on that game, for children 6 and up and adults.

With hiku, you can either add a voice reminder or scan the barcode of an item that needs replenishing, to generate a grocery list next time you shop. The accompanying app is available for free [h/t Gizmodo]

The tstand is a tablet stand designed to fit any iPad or tablet from 7" to 13", on a table or on your chest as you're lying down. After a successful crowdfunding campaign, "post preorders" are now available.

A mix of vodka and water in the crust means that there will be less gluten formed in the final crust—i.e., it is flakier. But there are even better alternatives, apparently.

The August Smart Lock replaces the deadbolt of your door lock, allowing you and other family members to open the door with a smartphone.

When you buy a ticket to an event on SeatGeek, and your tickets are delivered through the app, giving you a mobile barcode that will be scanned when you reach the venue. You can also sell your tickets on SeatGeek: upload your tickets, add a price, and get paid. [h/t TechCrunch]

Mogees is a special vibration sensor you can program with your smartphone to emulate almost any musical instrument.

Quotle allows you to use your phone’s camera to capture inspiring pieces of text from books you read, convert it into electronic text, save quotes and share them with friends. [h/t TechCrunch]

Using metadata about the thousands of orbiting satellites, LineOfSight by Patricio Gonzalez monitors satellites as they criss-cross the globe, allowing you to track specific spacecraft or learn when and where you should look to see those passing over your house.