In a statement to ZDNet, Chris Wolfe, Director of Product Management at SwiftKey, said that support for SwiftKey on iPhone and iPad will end on October 5th. On that date, the app will be pulled from the App Store. He also mentioned that Microsoft will “continue support for SwiftKey Android as well as the underlying technology that powers the Windows touch keyboard,” so the decision only impacts the long-abandoned iOS and iPadOS version....
Today marks the release of Microsoft Office 2016. We’ve tested some of the more notable, cool new features and enhancements, which we’ll show you here in our standard How-To Geek style screenshot tour with lots of pictures. The Office 2016 suite is free through the Windows Store, but that version is limited. The full Office desktop app suite is required to gain access to all the features and functionality. If you maintain an active subscription to Office 365, you’ll get the upgrade to Office 2016 at no charge....
Response time is the time it takes your monitor to shift from one color to another. Usually, this is measured in terms of going from black to white to black again, in terms of milliseconds. A typical LCD response time is under ten milliseconds (10 ms), with some being as fast as one millisecond. The exact method of measuring this statistic isn’t agreed upon: some manufacturers express it in terms of an LCD’s panel going black to white, or black to white to black, or more commonly “gray to gray....
What Does a Preamp Do? Like the name implies, the preamp or preamplifier sits before an amplifier in your audio signal chain. In most setups, the preamp is the very first stop on the road to your speakers after coming out of your playback device. For example, in a hi-fi setup with a digital audio player, the signal leaves the player and runs into the preamp. After the preamp, the signal runs out and into a power amplifier, which then sends the audio to your speakers....
Microsoft Outlook stores your emails, tasks, and appointments as either PST or OST files. These both do the same basic job. However, there are some differences that are important, depending on whether you want to backup, restore, or move your data. To explain the difference between PST and OST files, we have to explain a bit of technological history—specifically, the difference between the POP and IMAP email protocols. Here’s a quick overview....
Four months into its release, Windows 10 is doing alright, and despite some hiccups, we think it’s about time to upgrade. Here then are ten reasons you might consider making the leap, if you haven’t already. Windows 8, with its two disparate interfaces – the new-fangled Start Screen and the venerable desktop – caused great confusion, and all but the most determined users were ever able to find peace with it....
When I decided to try an iPhone for a while, I was prepared for most of the major differences. Things like the lack of customizability, a very different notification system, fewer options for “default” apps, and the significance of iMessage. However, what’s been more annoying is a handful of things I never even thought about. iPhone Keyboards Are Bad The iPhone gained support for third-party keyboards all the way back in 2014 with iOS 8....
Installing and Using MakeMKV Download and install MakeMKV (See download link below) If converting a DVD, place it into your optical drive. When you open MakeMKV you will be greeted by it’s minimalistic interface. Click on the DVD to hard drive button to open the DVD, or the folder icon on the top menu to browse for an ISO file. MakeMKV will open the disc or file. Once the disc or file is opened, you’ll see the titles listed in the window on the left....
Most of the time our favorite music CD playing software offers to download relevant information from an online database, but is that step really necessary? Do music CDs actually have all of the needed information on them already? 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....
You may have seen advice on how to share your Xbox One’s digital games with your friends. But Microsoft doesn’t intend for you to share your game library when you’re not there. Doing so puts you at risk. A Brief History of Xbox One Promises When Microsoft first announced the Xbox One, it came with the promise of next-generation features and would require a dedicated internet connection that allowed the console to phone home every 24 hours....
Online streaming services are usually considered an alternative to pricey cable subscriptions for cord cutters. But TV networks have been trying to change that for years, and they’ve released more and more services that give you free access to on-demand video if you have a cable subscription. If you have a cable subscription anyway, there’s a good chance you have access to many of these “TV Everywhere” services. But most people aren’t aware of them and don’t use them....
In pretty much every house where an outlet is close to a water source, you’ll usually find what’s called a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI). This is a type of outlet that’s meant to quickly shut off power at that outlet when it detects a short circuit or a ground fault. RELATED: The Different Kinds of Electrical Outlets You Can Install In Your House Warning: This is a project for a confident DIYer....
Windows users may not want for much, but when it comes to OS X, there are still some items one might put on their feature wish list. Among these is the ability to get a “quick look” at images, PDFs, and other documents by pressing the spacebar. OS X’s Quick Look feature is smooth and seamless. All you do is click on something, for example an image, and press the spacebar, and you get a simple window showing you a full-size preview without actually having to open an application to view it....
It’s easy to launch new instances from the EC2 Console, but sometimes you need to automate the task from a shell script. In that case, the AWS CLI has extensive commands for launching instances from the command line. What You’ll Need To start, you’ll need the AWS CLI installed and configured with an IAM user that has access to create new instances. Unless you want to automate the creation of them, you’ll need an existing security group with the rules already configured....
You might think that Outlook will display all of your mail (after all, why wouldn’t it) but by default, the Outlook client only keeps the last year of email on your computer. All of your mail still exists on the Microsoft Exchange server but it’s not visible on Outlook. Here’s why Microsoft sets this default and how to change it if you want. Note: The following information covers all versions of Outlook from 2013-2019, including Outlook 365....
Jump lists contain commands and recent files you see when you right-click an icon on the Windows Start menu or task bar. If you’d like to clear your recent items from a jump list, you can. The trick is finding the right file to delete. RELATED: How to Turn Off Recent Items and Frequent Places in Windows 10 You can turn off recent items and frequent places in jump lists, File Explorer, and the Quick Access pane with just a couple of toggle switches....
Don’t be in the dark about who is visiting what web sites on your LAN. Use our two-prong approach to lock in on who is browsing what on your home network. Whether you want to keep an eye on what your kids are doing, monitor the activities of people connecting to your Wi-Fi hotspot, or you’re just a little more curious than the average person, the following guide will help you monitor both the global URL requests originating from your network and the requests originating from individual users on the network....
Android 7.0 Nougat brings a lot of new features and refinements to the table, like the ability to customize Android’s Quick Settings panel with custom tile containing unique toggles and even app or web shortcuts. RELATED: The Best New Features in Android 7.0 “Nougat” The introduction of the new Quick Settings Tile API not only makes it possible for the panel to be customized, but also allows developers to create custom tools designed specifically for the Quick Settings area....
Word comes with some useful layouts for viewing your documents in different situations. These layouts include a print-friendly layout, a webpage layout, and a new layout as of Word 2013 called “Read Mode” that’s aimed at viewing documents on modern devices such as tablets. The “Read Mode” adjusts the document according to the screen size. This applies not only to the text, but also to content such as images, videos, tables, etc....
The Quick Access Toolbar is a small, customizable toolbar that exposes a set of commands that are specified by the application or selected by the user. It provides a lot of customization opportunities to help make the commands and actions you use most often in File Explorer quicker and easier to use. If you can’t remember all the keyboard shortcuts and want a better way to access your frequently accessed commands and options, then this article is for you....
