What Are Dual Band And Tri Band Routers

Many modern wireless routers are already dual-band, and now router companies are launching tri-band routers. But will they actually speed up your Wi-Fi? Dual-Band Routers Explained RELATED: Upgrade Your Wireless Router to Get Faster Speeds and More Reliable Wi-Fi Dual-band technology is fairly common when you start looking for modern 802.11ac routers. Modern 802.11ac Wi-Fi uses the faster and less-cluttered 5 GHz spectrum. Older Wi-Fi technologies like 802.11n and earlier use the slower and more-cluttered 2....

November 14, 2022 · 5 min · 937 words · Henry Nelson

What Is A Browser Cookie

We’ve recently been hearing about tracking cookies and laws in the European Union forcing websites to explain their use of cookies to their visitors. If you’re wondering what cookies are and what all the fuss is about, you’re not alone. Cookies are an important browser feature – if you disable cookies, you’ll find yourself unable to log into websites. While cookies have important, good uses, they also have more questionable uses....

November 14, 2022 · 4 min · 643 words · Keri Castro

What Is A Vesa Mount

The VESA Mount Standard Makes It Easy The Flat Display Mounting Interface (FDMI), also known as the VESA Mounting Interface Standard (MIS), is a standardized mounting format that makes it easier to buy the right mount for your TV or monitor. This allows you to mount the display on a wall so that it takes up less space, or on a movable arm for better ergonomics. The system was implemented by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) in 1997 and has evolved to keep up with the changing nature of displays....

November 14, 2022 · 3 min · 460 words · Luis Richards

What Is An Audio Interface And What Should You Look For In One

What Is an Audio Interface? The term “audio interface” may sound technical and intimidating, but it’s essentially an extra powerful version of a computer sound card. It has two main functions: record audio signals into your computer and play audio from your computer. Okay, it gets slightly more complicated, but this is effectively all an audio interface is. The vast majority of audio interfaces are external these days, connecting to your computer the same way you’d connect any other peripherals....

November 14, 2022 · 5 min · 1001 words · John Mason

What Is Apple Spatial Audio And How Does Head Tracking Improve It

So how do you use it and can it live up to the hype? What Is Spatial Audio? Spatial audio is a new way of experiencing audio that uses a combination of sensors and gyroscopes in your headphones alongside a source of surround sound audio to construct a virtual 3D space. If you move your head while listening to standard stereo audio, the sound moves with you. With spatial audio, the channels stay where they are as if you’re standing in a surround sound booth with speakers all around you....

November 14, 2022 · 7 min · 1403 words · Jacqueline Mattson

What Is Google Maps Lite Mode And Should I Use It

If you’ve noticed that Google Maps is running sluggish or crashing often on your computer, it might be time to test out Google’s own “Lite” version of the service to see if it’s a better match for your machine’s specs. The modification to the main Maps layout can be found in the bottom right-hand corner of your browser window, highlighted by a lightning icon. To turn Lite mode either on or off, simply flip this switch, and a prompt will confirm whether or not the process was successful....

November 14, 2022 · 4 min · 681 words · Ray Murray

What To Do Before Selling Giving Away Or Trading Your Iphone

A factory reset of your iPhone erases all of your content and settings, reverting it to a like-new state. However, there are a few extra steps you should take if you plan to get rid of your iPhone. What Does a Factory Reset Do? As the name implies, a factory reset wipes everything from your phone and takes it back to the way it was when you first got it—you know, like it’s straight from the factory....

November 14, 2022 · 3 min · 541 words · Roseanne Demetro

Which Streaming Service Has The Best Movies By The Numbers

Streaming services can easily stuff their libraries with junk to pump up their numbers. This is why it’s easy to get lost scrolling through titles looking for something worthwhile to watch. We wanted to find out which service has the best movies. RELATED: The Big 6 Streaming Video Services—What Does Each One Offer? The Research The first thing we need to do is decide how to determine what makes a movie “good....

November 14, 2022 · 2 min · 353 words · Manuel Mcfadden

Why Do I Have Ipv4 And Ipv6 Public Addresses Assigned To My Home Network

While you expect to have an IPv4 address assigned to your location, you may be surprised to find an IPv6 address assigned to you as well. Why would both types be assigned to you at the same time though? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....

November 14, 2022 · 3 min · 571 words · Leonard Butts

Your Roku Now Has Free Local News Channels Built In

The Roku Channel, which is freely accessible on all Roku devices (as well as Android and iPhone/iPad), already has many “live” channels — most of which are looping livestreams of a certain show or genre, like Hell’s Kitchen and Love Nature. There are a few news channels too, including ABC News Live and WeatherNation, and now Roku is partnering with NBCUniversal to add some local NBC stations to the list....

November 14, 2022 · 2 min · 283 words · Marion Rucker

Gaming Consoles Aren T Plug And Play Anymore. They Re A Hassle Just Like Pcs

After more than a decade as a fervent PC gamer, I purchased a PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Wii U last year, eager to try the current crop of consoles. The last console I seriously used was a Nintendo 64. A lot has changed since then. One of the biggest arguments for consoles vs PCs is the “plug and play” nature of consoles. Unlike PCs, console gamers claim, you don’t have to spend a ton of time configuring the system and making sure everything is running properly–you just throw in the disc and play....

November 13, 2022 · 7 min · 1283 words · Orville Bolt

Get Early Access To New Features On The Galaxy S7 With Galaxy Labs

Trying new things is always fun, especially when it comes to tech. Getting hands and eyes on new features before they become mainstays is even more exciting. Not only that, but it also helps software builders gauge interest for new features before they make them permanent. Samsung gets this, so on the international versions of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, it included a new feature called “Galaxy Labs.”...

November 13, 2022 · 2 min · 405 words · Benjamin Meinzer

How Can A Battery Be Dead Even Though It Was Fully Charged The Day Before

When you have a rather new laptop, the last thing you want to experience is a problem with the battery. But what do you do if it happens? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post offers up some advice for a frustrated reader. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. Image courtesy of Intel Free Press (Flickr)....

November 13, 2022 · 2 min · 413 words · Carol Riley

How To Add Show And Remove Page And Section Breaks In Google Docs

When you create a document, do you consider its structure? Similar to Microsoft Word, Google Docs provides page and section breaks. These tools help you space out your content by inserting pages and creating sections. If you’re new to using page and section breaks in Google Docs, we’ll walk you through the basics. We’ll explain how to insert them, hide or show section breaks, and remove breaks that you no longer need....

November 13, 2022 · 3 min · 597 words · Alice Turnage

How To Add Fonts In Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word comes with a long list of fonts to choose from, but depending on what your goal with the document is, you may want to use a font that’s not on the list. Good news—installing fonts is easy. Download the Font Files Before you can add a font in Word, you’ll need to download the font file. When you download a font from an online resource, they’re usually downloaded as a ZIP file, which you’ll need to unzip....

November 13, 2022 · 3 min · 438 words · Bertie Baxter

How To Align Text After A Bullet In Powerpoint

Bulleted lists are standard fare in PowerPoint presentations, and sometimes you want to tweak those bullets to look just right. PowerPoint gives you a fair amount of control by letting you align and adjust the text after a bullet point. Here’s how. Aligning the Bulleted Text Horizontally in Its Text Box First, open your PowerPoint presentation and go to the slide that contains the bulleted text. Highlight the text on the bullet you want to adjust....

November 13, 2022 · 3 min · 479 words · Chanel Ayala

How To Archive And Better Manage Your Amazon Orders

To see your orders, open your account and view “Your Orders” from the proceeding screen. You can already see there are a couple of “Order Actions” on this screen, but you can see all your previous order history in one list by clicking the “Your Orders” button. You may have to sign in at the next screen. At the top of the “Your Orders” screen, you will see four categories, and you will be able to select the timeframe in which you view past orders....

November 13, 2022 · 2 min · 391 words · Teddy Perez

How To Back Up Ubuntu The Easy Way With D J Dup

Déjà Dup is a simple — yet powerful — backup tool included with Ubuntu. It offers the power of rsync with incremental backups, encryption, scheduling, and support for remote services. With Déjà Dup, you can quickly revert files to previous versions or restore missing files from a file manager window. It’s a graphical frontend to Duplicity, which itself uses rsync. It offers the power of rsync with a simple interface....

November 13, 2022 · 4 min · 789 words · Christopher Baydal

How To Change The Login Screen Background In Macos Sierra Yosemite And El Capitan

When you turn your Mac on, do you notice the blurred image behind the login screen? By default it’s a blurred version of Sierra’s iconic wallpaper, or a blurred version of your current wallpaper. Have you ever wished this image wasn’t blurred? Or that it was different than your default wallpaper? As it turns out, the user can control what shows up here, but it takes a few steps. Here’s how to configure this image to look exactly the way you want it to....

November 13, 2022 · 5 min · 882 words · Keith Matthews

How To Change Themes On Samsung Galaxy Devices

With its modern handsets, Samsung has done a lot to remove the “ugly” stigma that has been attached to its Touchwiz user interface since…well, the dawn of Touchwiz. But if you still don’t like it, you can change it. Touchwiz is generally cleaner and less intrusive across the board, but it still may not cater to everyone’s individual taste. That’s why the company introduced the Theme Store with the Galaxy S6 and has since brought it to the S6 Edge, Edge+, Note 5, S7, and S7 Edge....

November 13, 2022 · 3 min · 594 words · Ralph Strait