There are two common ways of squeezing large files into smaller sizes: ZIP and RAR. The ZIP format is much more common, but there are times when RAR works better, especially when the file is ...

I am sure most of you reading this are download freaks. Many of you would often download a movie or a song or an ebook. And more often than not, the stuff you download will be in compressed form, like ...

If you need to send a set of files to another user via email or attach a link to a cloud drive, you might have to compress the folder containing files to send it. This is to save internet data, time, ...

Want to compress multiple files on your Chromebook or open an archive you recently downloaded? It’s easy, as Chrome OS includes an integrated tool to pack and unpack ZIP-based archives. There’s no ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about fitness, health and wearable tech Zip files are incredibly useful for sharing data over email, cloud storage and on ...