Instagram is primarily used on smartphones, but you can also use it in a desktop browser on Windows or Mac. For years that meant only viewing your feed and messages, but it can also be used to upload photos too. In October of 2021, Instagram added the long-awaited ability to post to Instagram from the website. You get nearly all of the same filters and editing tools that you can find in the iPhone and Android app, too....
While the ability to actually vote online is still just a dream, most states in the U.S. do at least offer you the ability to register online. Here’s a state-by-state breakdown of where (and how) to get it done. How Online Voter Registration Works Traditionally, registering to vote requires that you fill out a paper registration form that you get from election officials (or the internet). You then deliver your printed form in person or by mail to those officials, who process it and then send you your voter ID card....
The dictation button on the iOS keyboard is in just about the worst place you can imagine. On the iPhone in particular, it’s hard to hit the spacebar without accidentally starting up dictation. If you don’t use dictation, you can remove the microphone button by disabling dictation entirely. RELATED: Use Voice Dictation to Save Time on Android, iPhone, and iPad Voice dictation on your iPhone can certainly be handy, and that microphone isn’t so bad on an iPad since you have a lot more screen real estate to play with....
If you use iMessage, you’ve probably been roped into a group chat or two. It can often become confusing, so what can you do if you have a number of them going at once and can’t tell them apart? Thankfully, Apple thought of this problem, so iOS allows you to customize the group name to keep your messaging application neat and tidy. The only drawback is that all participants need to be using iMessage....
After you’ve had your iDevice for a while, you’ll end up with a home screen completely confused and littered with apps and folders and you can’t find anything. Here’s how to reset to the default iOS screen so you can start over. Note: This will not delete any applications that you’ve installed. It’s just going to move the icons around. Reset the iOS Home Screen to the Default Layout Open up the Settings panel, go to General, and then scroll down to the bottom to find the Reset item....
If you’ve created a post but you’d like to publish it sometime in the future, you can schedule your post using Facebook’s scheduling options. Here’s how to do that on your desktop and mobile phone. RELATED: How to Schedule Tweets on the Twitter Website Can You Schedule a Post on Facebook? On Facebook, you can only schedule posts for your groups and pages. You can’t yet schedule posts in your personal account....
By default, the Windows File Explorer’s sidebar is divided into big categories like Quick Access, This PC, Network, and so on. But a quick setting change can make your navigation pane look a bit more like the traditional tree you’d see in an Open/Save As dialog box, with a few normally hidden folders–like the Control Panel and Recycle Bin–to the view as a bonus. In File Explorer, right-click in any open space in the sidebar and choose “Show all folders” from the context menu that appears....
One of the new features in Office 2016 is “Ink Equation”. This feature allows you to insert equations into Word, Excel, and PowerPoint by handwriting them. Ink Equation is designed to be used with a tablet pen on a tablet PC. However, you can use Ink Equation with other input devices, including a mouse, and we’ll show you how to use Ink Equation with a mouse to insert an equation into Word....
When you need to wake up without disturbing everyone around you a silent vibration-based alarm clock is just the ticket. Many smart watches and fitness trackers have just such a feature built in and you can easily take advantage of it with just a few settings tweaks. Why Do I Want To Do This? There are two practical reasons for switching to (or at least complimenting your traditional alarm) with a silent alarm....
Android devices include a suite of accessibility tools you may not know about. One of those tools is called “Magnification.” It’s a gesture/shortcut that lets you zoom in when there’s something you need help seeing. It’s only there when you need it. RELATED: How to Change the Size of Text, Icons, and More in Android To get started, swipe down once or twice—depending on your phone—to reveal the Quick Settings menu....
I got my Apple Watch gold plated… for Science! Can you really get a gold Apple Watch on the cheap instead of paying the crazy $17,000 that Apple is charging? Would it look terrible? Would it even still work? I had to find out. Of course, Apple now offers a cheaper aluminum “gold” Watch option that has the same matte gold color as the gold iPhone. It doesn’t look like real gold, but it doesn’t look bad either....
APT, the Advanced Package Tool from the Debian project, is for managing packages by using a lot of separate tools to accomplish various tasks. In the past, users needed to know multiple command structures like apt-get, apt-cache, apt-config, and many more to utilize the full feature-set of APT. APT was created originally to solve a lot of package management problems like putting an end to the dependency hell that so many people experienced in the early days of Linux-based operating systems....
Samsung offers some exciting deals on the phone if you’re looking to buy it directly. You can get $100 instant Samsung Credit to use on accessories, a free set of Galaxy Buds Live, or Galaxy Buds Pro for $29.99 with the purchase of the new phone. So while you won’t get any money off the $699 phone, you will get some extra goodies to go with it. Many of the major carriers are offering deals on the Galaxy S21 FE 5G, as well....
What Is an LTPO Display? LTPO stands for low-temperature polycrystalline oxide and it refers to a particular type of backplane technology seen in OLED displays. OLED stands for organic light-emitting diode, a unique type of self-emissive display found in everything from smartwatches to smartphones and larger consumer displays. OLED displays typically use low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) for the thin film transistors (TFTs) that make up the backplane of the display. By leveraging both LTPS and Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO), Apple can use a combination of LTPS and LTPO technology to offer new benefits while keeping production viable....
At some point or another, you might lose your phone. It’s always good to know what to do when that happens, but there’s another side to that story: what if you’re the person who finds a lost phone? You’d be surprised at how many people don’t know what to do when they find someone else’s phone—and really, there isn’t a single “right” answer. But there are a few things to keep in mind to make it easier for that person to get their phone back....
With the increased prevalence of fast solid-state hard drives, why do we still have system hibernation? 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. The Question SuperUser reader Moses wants to know why he should use hibernate on a desktop machine: Quite a few people use hibernate, so what is Moses missing in the big picture?...
What is Live Text? Live Text is a bit of Apple branding for what amounts to a modern take on OCR (optical character recognition). The feature relies on machine learning to identify words in an image that are then converted to plain text. This allows you to copy the text and do whatever you want with it: paste it into a note, quote it in a Word document, or share it in a Facebook post....
What Is Apple’s Polishing Cloth? Apple’s $19 Polishing Cloth first debuted with the Pro Display XDR in 2019. For the $5,999 price, Apple included the cloth as an extra. The cloth is made of “soft, nonabrasive material” according to Apple, which makes it ideal for cleaning nano-texture glass like on the Pro Display XDR. As a separate product, Apple touts it as the best way to clean your devices, citing “compatibility” with as many as 88 different Apple products....
That’s why directors love setting every type of film genre in space. A regular horror movie becomes a space horror with no oxygen, a romantic comedy becomes a space romance where there’s no alternative to commitment, and a Western becomes a movie about an advanced planet-killing weapon that can be disabled by blowing up an old wooden shack in a field. One can almost hear the screenwriter adapting their previously rejected pitches to a studio head....
Mozilla Firefox is due for some big changes soon. By the end of 2015, Firefox will move to a more Chrome-like multi-process design. And, in a year to a year and a half, Firefox will abandon its current add-on system for one largely compatible with Chrome extensions. These aren’t necessarily bad changes — in fact, they’re arguably big improvements. But Firefox seems to be abandoning its big advantage and becoming even more Chrome-like....
