Out of all your online accounts, there’s a good chance that Google holds most of your information. Think about it: if you use Gmail for email, Chrome for web browsing, and Android for your mobile OS, then you’re already using Google for almost everything you do. Now that you’re thinking about how much of your stuff is stored and saved by Google, think about how secure that account is. What if someone got access to your Google account?...
We recently showed you how to set the user information in Word. Word also stores several additional advanced properties related to your documents. Some of these are displayed on the “Info” screen and you can change these properties. NOTE: We used Word 2013 to illustrate this feature. To access the dialog box that allows you to change the properties for the currently open document, click the “File” tab. By default, the “Info” screen should display....
Chances are you lead a very busy life, and things are very time intensive. If you’re one of those people who likes to set your clocks forward so you can run ahead of schedule, then the Apple Watch will let you do that. Setting the time forward is one of those old tricks a lot of people use to fool themselves into thinking they’re operating ahead of schedule. Normally, all you would do is wind the minute hand ahead — so instead of leaving for work at 8 AM you’re out the door at “8:10”....
The Apple Watch is one of the more feature-complete smartwatches on the market these days and with the inclusion of Siri, can perform tasks many other smartwatches cannot. That said, if you want to turn off the “Hey Siri” function, here is how. The Apple Watch comes complete with a whole host of Siri functionality. You can use it to navigate, text people, make calls, check the time in other locales, and much more....
Sometimes you need to get stuff from your computer to your phone—pictures, files, links, text, etc. And most of the time, that’s way more of a pain than it should be. If you’re tired of uploading files to Dropbox or Drive, emailing links to yourself, or—worst of all—plugging your phone into your computer just to get your stuff from point A to B, stop. There’s an easier way. In fact, we’ve got three easier ways....
It’s amazing it’s taken this long, but Android 7.0 Nougat finally has the ability to run two apps on the screen at the same time. Sure, the ability to use two apps at the same time on Android isn’t a new idea—in fact, Samsung and LG have been doing it for quite some time. The thing is, the third-party options are generally limited to a handful of apps that have been modified to forcefully work with split-screen....
Android 6.0’s big hallmark feature is Google Now on Tap. Part of Google Now, Now on Tap allows Google to scan the screen whenever you open it, automatically guessing what you want to search for and providing you with more information. Aside from user-manageable app permissions — something Apple has offered from day one with the iPhone — this is the most important and interesting new feature in Android 6....
Warning: Don’t Use FTP Over the Internet Let’s make this clear right from the outset: The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) dates back to the early 1970s and was written without any regard to security. It does not use encryption for anything. Login credentials like your username and password, as well as the data you download or upload, are transferred in clear text. Anyone along the way can view your secrets. However, FTP still has its uses....
How to Stream UFC 271 Live in the United States Play Video The main card for UFC 271 will stream exclusively on ESPN+ in the United States. Existing subscribers to ESPN+ ($6.99 per month or $69.99 per year) or the Disney bundle (featuring Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu for $13.99+ per month) can order UFC 271 for an additional $74.99. New subscribers can get UFC 271 plus a year of ESPN+ for $99....
One note before we begin: modern CPUs are orders of magnitude more complex than what we’re outlining here. It’s nearly impossible for one person to understand every nuance of a chip with over a billion transistors. However, the basic principles of how it all fits together remain the same, and understanding the basics will give you a better understanding of modern systems. Starting Small Computers operate in binary. They only understand two states: on and off....
Sure, you can pair these with your phone, but they also include a dongle to easily use them with your PC with far lower latency. Want to game on your phone or tablet? They also feature a low-latency Bluetooth game mode to make audio feel more in line with the gameplay. That’s not the most unique feature of the Logitech G Fits, however. These earbuds use a technology Logitech calls Lightform to shape the earbuds to your ears, giving you a custom fit....
If you’ve been using a Mac since OS X Mountain Lion, you might have noticed that some documents can be renamed directly from the title bar. This has actually gotten more powerful with successive OS X releases. RELATED: How to Make Mac Finder Tags Work for You The first thing we need to point out is that you can’t do this from every application. You typically have to use an application included with your Mac, such as TextEdit and Preview, or iWork documents (Pages, Keynote, and Numbers)....
Google announced on March 22, 2016 that the Chrome App Launcher–which provides quick access to all your offline Chrome apps–will be retired (except in Chrome OS). It’s being phased out over time and will be completely gone in July 2016. There will not be any official replacement for the Chrome App Launcher from Google, but don’t worry–Chrome apps are not going away. You will just need to access them in some other way....
Adding a subwoofer to your home theater setup makes movies and music feel more impactful because of the way our bodies respond to these lower frequencies. Adding a powerful subwoofer to your home audio setup makes a much bigger difference than turning up the bass on your A/V receiver or soundbar. Low frequencies are harder to reproduce than higher frequencies because of the size of the waveforms. This means you need a larger speaker to reproduce lower frequencies, so subwoofers often have speakers 12 inches or more in diameter....
What Is Reddit Karma? Next to every Reddit post or comment are upvote and downvote buttons. By clicking one of these, you are giving either positive or negative karma to the post. Positive karma increases the number of points a post has, while negative karma decreases that number. Reddit uses karma as a way of showing the best possible content to users. Upvoted comments and posts with a ton of points end up at the top of the page, which leads to even more people seeing and upvoting them....
Microsoft has announced Windows 10 Pro for Workstations. This is a higher-end version of Windows 10 Professional for expensive PCs with powerful hardware. The included features are already available on Windows Server, but are being brought over to a desktop version of Windows. Here are the features it includes, and why you would want them. ReFS (Resilient File System) RELATED: What Is ReFS (the Resilient File System) on Windows?...
Sometimes names and terms are pretty interchangeable and everyone understands what is being referred to without confusion, but then there are times when things are not so clear and leave you with more questions than answers. Today’s SuperUser Q&A post helps clarify things for a confused 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....
Microsoft is clashing with the PC gaming community again, with everyone from PC gamers to the CEO of Epic criticizing Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform. Microsoft doesn’t have a lot of goodwill left in the PC gaming community, thanks especially to the disastrous “Games for Windows LIVE” service from a few years back…and they’re worried history will repeat itself. RELATED: Why You Shouldn’t Buy Rise of the Tomb Raider (and Other PC Games) from the Windows Store...
The free Windows 10 upgrade offer may technically be over, but it isn’t 100% gone. Microsoft still provides a free Windows 10 upgrade to anyone who checks a box saying they use assistive technologies on their computer. RELATED: All the Ways You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free Update: The Assistive Technologies upgrade offer ended on January 16, 2018. Here are some other ways to get Windows 10 for free....
The free Windows 10 upgrade offer ends on July 29, 2016. After that, you’ll have to pay at least $119 if you ever want to upgrade to Windows 10 on your computer. You should seriously consider upgrading to Windows 10 before July 29, if you haven’t already done so. Microsoft has done a great job of tarnishing Windows 10’s name by being unnecessarily pushy with the upgrade offer, and they shouldn’t have done so....
