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what's going on guys your average consumer now there are all kinds of life hacks out there but here are 10 tech life hacks I think you need to know so let's get this lets started with an oldie but goodie if you're like me and it's hard for you to wake up in the morning then you'll like this here's an even better reason to use the familiar phone in the cup speaker trick keep a cup at your bedside and throw your phone in it at night and this will amplify the phone alarm and hopefully force you out of bed in the morning and if you want to go nuts you could even spice it up a bit with two cups are you addicted to emojis but think you're limited to using them on your phone actually if you have an Apple computer simply press ctrl command and spacebar and the emoji keyboard will pop right up now you can include all of your favorite emojis whenever you post something online instead of having to resort to the old-school keyboard emoticons and sorry PC users I don't know if any cool keyboard shortcuts that you could use but I'll have some options that you can use down below and this next hack you already know if you're a fan of my gadget backpack series or my room tours I use ziplock bags to organize all of my various cables that I store and while it's not the most attractive it does the trick it keeps my cords from getting tangled and it's super easy to grab the cord that I need since the bag is transparent this is clutch when I'm searching through my drawers for a particular cable a bottle to squeeze out the last bit of juice on your phone battery well if your phone is on its last leg you can speed up the charging process by throwing it in airplane mode now this means won't be able to use your phone wallet charges but it's a nice way to get a boost in juice when you're in a hitch this works especially well if you don't plan on using your phone while it's charging now this one might sound like a no-brainer but it's interesting how little we take advantage of airplane mode tired of guessing which earbud goes in which ear we all know that looking for that tiny little L&R can definitely be a pain but fear not here's a cool little way to jazz up your earbuds while knowing on site which should go where and all you've got to do is change up one of the colors of the ear tips and you're good to go and again for my Mac users who've ever had to take a screenshot of something you know the struggle of taking a screenshot and then having to go back and deleted off your desktop well here's a quick shortcut that will eliminate that last step simply press command control shift 4 and select exactly what you want to be screenshotted the image will be copied without leaving a trace on your desktop and you can simply paste it to wherever you want and boom you're done and because I love shortcuts here's another one especially if you're a YouTube addict press J on your keyboard to rewind the video easily and L to quickly fast forward tap either key for short jumps or hold them down for longer scrubs through the video k is your pause button and what's especially cool about these keys is that you can be anywhere on the screen and these shortcuts will work you might be wondering why use these over the spacebar or the arrow keys but like I said they'll work no matter where you are on the page because we all know sometimes hitting that spacebar just doesn't work if you're on a desktop click anywhere on this page and try it out now this tech life hack is especially useful if you're one of those people who often runs out of cache or miss places your wallet simply take a $20 bill and store it in your phone case for emergencies phone cases can do this without adding any extra bulk or changing the fit of your phone and if you're not ballin throw one in there cuz something is better than nothing and trust me you'll be happy you have it there when you need it if you've ever bought a plane ticket online then you probably notice the price is always changing and it's usually in the wrong direction airline websites usually track cookies that will often alter your search results and show a higher price for your search than what they might have been for someone who hasn't been searching for that particular trip as much as you have and they do this to make you buy sooner rather than later but you can get around this by using private browsing or using incognito mode this go if you save a couple of bucks on your upcoming spring break trip and for one of my Instagram or Twitter followers then you've heard about my recent tragedy this is the current state of my MacBook after my beloved fs7 fell on it if you're accident prone or have people around you who are clumsy then you know my pain re luckily there's a much cheaper solution than having to get it repaired slick wrap saw this catastrophe and hit me up with some options while it doesn't fix the ding it'll cover it up perfectly so out of sight out of it also adds a little flair to your device broken or not and as you can see I'm rocking the brand-new bamboo design that they just came out with and if you guys are trying to cover up some of your own dents I'll have links down below in the description so you guys can check them out and I couldn't make this video without throwing in a bonus Tek life hack I'm usually everyone's personal IT guy whenever I go home and I found that 90% of the problems can be solved by one simple trick restart your phone computer tablet or app before you call the Geek Squad trust me it usually works if you have any other tech life hacks you want to add to the list then drop a comment down below letting me know if you found this video useful and you know someone who could use these tips be sure to share it and be the cool guy or girl that gives this video thumbs up and I'll catch you guys in the next video until then it's your average consumer base