It's hardly a revelation that we're living in an era of distraction and smartphone addiction. Our phones interrupt us, hijack ...

I'm a big proponent of using focus hacks when you need to buckle down and get work done and most of those rely on some route to going distraction-free and engaging in what's known as deep work. When ...

August 19, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Focus Friend is a Pomodoro timer app that gives you a cute little bean to look at. The app comes with custom ...

TickTick is a robust productivity app that got its start in 2013, and it's built to be used with the Pomodoro and Eisenhower Matrix techniques. If you're tired of messy lists and feeling like you're ...

Microsoft is betting that a little Spotify streaming could help sharpen your mind. The Verge reports that product chief Panos Panay has previewed a Focus Sessions feature in Windows 11 that uses ...

A few days ago, Microsoft hype man Panos Panay tweeted an interesting new feature coming to Windows 11 that wasn’t part of the official announcement (nor was it present in any of the preview builds so ...

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...

Time tracking is not just for businesses to micromanage employees. In fact, logging time can be an excellent way to understand your daily habits and help you improve in areas you did not even know ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to do more with your consumer gadgets. Working from home is an exercise in control. All those things that you ...

Spend any time working and you're likely to get interrupted with notifications—whether it's incoming emails, system updates, new alerts, a pop-up about the next track on your playlist, or all of them ...

Much of the world’s workforce drowns itself daily in futile tasks. The top ones include neurotically checking and responding to emails and engaging with social media feeds. These actions can cause ...

If the apps, alerts and action on your smartphone are taking up too much of your attention, turn on Focus mode to mute the distractions. By J. D. Biersdorfer Sometimes, you just need to get stuff done ...