Apple has released watchOS 9, the latest major update to the operating system that powers the Apple Watch series. It introduces four new watch faces — Lunar (a calendar view with the Moon), Playtime (an artistic design), Metropolitan (a face that changes style as the Digital Crown is turned), and Astronomy (with a star map and current cloud data). Apple has also updated many older watch faces with new background color options and support for modern complications, and Nike watch faces are now available on all Apple Watch models....

Open Outlook and start a new mail message. Make sure the cursor is in the body of the email so you can access the Format Text tab. From there click on the Zoom button. This opens the Zoom dialog box where you can choose the percent of increase the size of the text. As you can see above there is a preview window, but the best way to judge the size is to use it in an actual message....

PowerShell is quickly becoming the preferred scripting language and CLI of Power Users as well as IT Pros. It’s well worth learning a few commands to get you started, so we’ve got 5 useful cmdlets for you to learn today. Get-Command The Get-Command is one of the most useful cmdlets in the whole of PowerShell, as it will help you getting to grips with PowerShell by letting you search for certain cmdlets....

You will likely spend days earning Bells (in-game currency) in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and you’ve probably wondered what the easiest and quickest method is to make money. Whether this is your first time playing or you’re looking for new methods, here’s a quick list to help you along. The Sow Joan’s Stalk Market Every Sunday in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Daisy Mae will appear to sell turnips, continuing her grandmother’s Stalk Market tradition....

The Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 aren’t on sale yet, but the cheapest Fire 7 is now available at a discount. You can now get the cheapest model, with 16 GB of internal storage and advertisements on the lock screen, for $29.99. That’s a $20 discount (40%) from the usual price, though there have been a few “Lightning Deals” that brought the cost down. The Fire 7 isn’t the best tablet around, especially since it lacks the Google services you would normally find on most Android devices, but you can’t ask for a lot in a $30 tablet....

If you want or need to directly hook up a second computer to your primary one via Ethernet cable, what is the easiest way to find the IP address for the second one? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post provides some helpful 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. Photo courtesy of Keary O....

Most of us have contacts that we call or text often and scrolling or searching through your long list of contacts can take more time than you may have. You can solve this by adding a speed dial shortcut to your Home screen. We will show you how to do this on a Google device and on a Samsung device. Google Devices For this example, we used a Nexus 7 tablet....

In order to set up an Android device, you have to sign in with a Google account. But you can also add more than one Google account, like a work or second personal account. The good news is that adding a second (or third, fourth, etc.) Google account to your Android phone or tablet is a simple and streamlined process, regardless of which manufacturer’s handset you’re currently using. While I’ll be using a Nexus device running stock Android for this tutorial, you should be able to easily follow along on mostly any of the Android handsets out there today....

If you’re on vacation, the last thing you want is to find out that someone broke into your house. There’s really not much you can do about it if you’re halfway around the world, but if you have a trusted neighbor and a SmartThings setup, you can automatically notify them if someone tried to break into your home. RELATED: How to Set Up the SmartThings Home Monitoring Kit Using SmartThings’ Multipurpose open/close sensors, you can receive alerts whenever a door or window is opened....

If you need to work with another date format in Google Sheets, it’s easy to change your Sheet’s default format to match the standard in any location. Here’s how. Imagine you’re working with a Sheet from a U.K. client. The U.K. uses the “DD/MM/YYYY” format, meaning that the day value comes first, followed by the month and the year. But if you’re from North America, you likely use a different format, such as “MM/DD/YYYY....

It seems like over the past year, streaming services have become a dime a dozen, with big names like Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, and Tim Cook all trying their hand at dethroning the current king of “all-you-can-eat” music mayhem, Spotify. With so many sub-par streamers flooding the market, how can you know which will get you the best bang (and bandwidth) for your buck? Spotify When you think of music streaming, whether you’ve been following these apps for years or just jumping on board, the first service that probably comes to mind is Spotify....

It’s not too hard to browse through Windows’ settings to find what you need, but if there’s a setting you access frequently, why not make it a little easier on yourself? Windows exposes a number of useful settings through Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) that you can use to create a shortcut or context menu item for quick access to that setting. What Settings Are Available? The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) has full list of URIs that you can use, so be sure to browse through them and see what strikes your fancy....

Sometimes, all you need out of your Philips Hue lights is for them to just turn on and off when you want them to, but if you’re hosting a party or just want to entertain your kids, animating your lights is a great way to kick things up a notch. While the official Philips Hue app is okay for most users, it’s not as feature-packed as some other third-party Hue apps, and iConnectHue is one of our favorites....

OS X lacks little in aesthetic appeal, but sometimes you just want to change it up. Luckily, a free, open source application will let you tweak the Dock’s appearance to your heart’s content. cDock is a tiny, no-nonsense app, which doesn’t need to be installed and can be used to change your Dock in myriad ways. Take a look at the following screenshot, and you can see there’s quite a few really useful options at your disposal....

What Happens When You Delete Your Instagram Account When you delete your account, Instagram removes all your account data, including photos, videos, comments, likes, and followers. According to Instagram, your data becomes inaccessible to you or others the moment you delete your account, but the platform won’t actually start deleting the data internally until 30 days after your deletion request. Instagram adds that it may take up to 90 days for the full deletion of your account data....

Google recently unveiled the ability to download – as in save to your device – your entire search history. Now, in addition to being able to pause or purge it completely, you can have a physical copy of everything you’ve searched for over the years. Of course, there are a couple of catches. First, it’s not an instant download. You have to request an archive, after which Google sends you an email to alert you when it is ready....

If you want to root, flash a custom ROM, or otherwise dig into the innards of your Android phone, a custom recovery like TWRP is a great way to do so. Here’s how to flash it on your phone. RELATED: What is a Custom Recovery on Android, and Why Would I Want One? Your phone’s “recovery environment” is a piece of software that you rarely see. It’s what your phone uses to install Android updates, restore itself to factory settings, and perform other tasks....

If you’ve decided to get a wired security camera system instead of a Wi-Fi camera, the setup is a bit more involved, but you’ll end up with a better system in the end. Here’s how to install wired security cameras. RELATED: Wired Security Cameras vs. Wi-Fi Cams: Which Ones Should You Buy? For this guide, we’ll be installing an EZVIZ 1080p system, which comes with a DVR that locally records footage 24/7....

Word allows you to add custom dictionaries to use when checking spelling. When you run the spell checker or when Word automatically checks spelling as you type, the words in your document are compared to the main dictionary and any custom dictionaries you may have added. There may be times you only want Word to use the main dictionary when spell checking a document. Your custom dictionaries may include specialized terms that are not appropriate for the current document....

YouTube’s live streaming support has gotten much better and is now a solid competitor to Twitch. If you’re an aspiring content creator with an audience on YouTube, you might want to live stream on a platform where you’re already established instead of splitting your viewer base. Step One: Install OBS OBS is a streaming and recording program that’s popular with live streams. It captures your game’s output and then streams it to YouTube or Twitch....