Lifehacker
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Lifehacker is a weblog about life hacks and software that launched on 31 January 2005. The site was originally launched by Gawker Media and is owned by Ziff Davis. The blog posts cover a wide range of topics including Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Linux programs, iOS, and Android, as well as general life tips and tricks. The website is known for its fast-paced release schedule from its inception, with content being published every half hour all day long.
Key facts
- Website.logo
- Lifehacker-2023.svg
- Website.logo_size
- 200px
- Website.name
- Lifehacker
- Website.commercial
- Yes
- Website.language
- English, Japanese
- Website.type
- Blog
- Website.registration
- Optional, through OpenWeb
- Website.owner
- Ziff Davis
- Website.author
- Gina Trapani
- Website.editor
- Jordan Calhoun
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Accolades
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Lifehacker is a weblog about life hacks and software that launched on 31 January 2005. The site was originally launched by Gawker Media and is owned by Ziff Davis. The blog posts cover a wide range of topics including Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Linux programs, iOS, and Android, as well as general life tips and tricks. The website is known for its fast-paced release schedule from its inception, with content being published every half hour all day long.
Lifehacker has international editions: Lifehacker Australia ( owned by Pedestrian), Lifehacker Japan, and Lifehacker UK, which feature most posts from the U.S. edition along with extra content specific to local readers. Lifehacker UK folded on 9 September 2020 when its British publisher decided not to renew its license.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lifehacker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.