Windows 10 PCs can now send files, links, photos, and more to nearby PCs over Bluetooth. This “Nearby Sharing” or “Near Share” feature works a lot like Apple’s AirDrop, and it’s new in the April 2018 Update. How to Enable Nearby Sharing RELATED: Everything New in Windows 10’s April 2018 Update, Available Now For now, Nearby Sharing only works between two Windows 10 PCs that have the feature enabled. You can’t yet share from mobile or other operating systems....

If the weather is really nice out and you decide to open up windows, it’s easy to forget to turn off the A/C so that you don’t waste energy. However, with a smart thermostat (like the Ecobee3) and SmartThings, you can automatically turn off your thermostat when you open a window. RELATED: How to Set Up the SmartThings Home Monitoring Kit SmartThings is a smarthome product line from Samsung that provides a user-friendly way for homeowners and renters to keep tabs on their house while they’re away from home....

We all love our calendars. They help us stay organized, plan for important upcoming events, and coordinate with friends and family on the best time to meet up for that next barbecue in the park. But did you know that Google’s Calendar now features a new, unique Reminder system that you can use to be sure that nothing slips through the cracks unnoticed? Added to both the iOS and Android Google Calendar apps this month, the Reminders feature is an easy and quick way to be sure you don’t forget the bread at the grocery store and always remember to give your dad a call the next time Father’s Day rolls around....

The mobile web doesn’t need Flash. iPads, iPhones, and modern Android devices don’t support Flash, and web developers offer HTML5 videos to serve those devices. But desktop browsers won’t always get these by default, even if you uninstall Flash. Uninstalling Flash isn’t for everyone, but most of the web now works without it. If you don’t want to uninstall Flash, be sure to at least enable click-to-play plug-ins. Using an anti-exploit program can also help block nasty Flash zero-day exploits....

You’ve seen some of our reviews about smart bulbs, you’ve heard chatter about smart home technology in the news, and you’re curious if it’s worth it. Read on as we review the GE Link Starter Kit and show you how to get started for a mere $25. What Is The GE Link Starter Kit? General Electric’s entry into the smart bulb market is their stylish looking GE Link light bulb and the GE Link Starter Kit is their economically priced smart bulb starter kit that packages two of their Link smart bulbs with a Link smarthome bridge for an all-in-one package that will have you up and running with smarthome lighting in under ten minutes....

Perhaps you have drafts of old messages you didn’t have time to finish, or maybe you use draft messages as templates so you don’t have to type things over and over again. However you use drafts, here’s a quicker way to access them in the iOS Mail app instead of browsing around for your Drafts folder. When viewing any folder in, just tap and hold the Compose button. The Mail app will pop open a list of all your draft messages....

Skype is more than just voice and video chat: it contains text chat, too. Unfortunately, it’s incredibly unreliable, and only getting worse. None of my friends use it anymore–everyone’s switched to Telegram, which always works properly. Microsoft has wasted its time by rewriting the Skype client over and over instead of fixing the core problem. Skype Can’t Reliably Send, Receive, Sync, or Notify Me About Messages When Microsoft purchased Skype, it shut down Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger), and encouraged people to instead use Skype for basic text chatting....

RELATED: The 10 Best Movies on Netflix in 2023 American Factory Play Video One of the best documentaries on Netflix, the Oscar-winning American Factory chronicles the attempt by Chinese auto-glass company Fuyao to bring jobs back to a depressed Ohio town. What starts out as an example of mutual benefit between the corporation and the local residents gets bogged down in culture clashes and labor disputes. The filmmakers stand back and observe the complex dynamics at work, never judging either side, only offering a look at the modern global corporate machine in action....

If you need to pay someone back for dinner, send rent money to a roommate, or send someone cash when they need it, you can do it all easily from your smartphone. We’ve rounded up the best mobile payment apps that help you send money easily. We should note right upfront that you should never send money online to anybody without verifying that you are really sending to the right person, and that the person actually asked you for it (preferably with a phone or video call)....

Energy-efficient light bulbs are a great way to save money on your energy bill, not to mention keep your bulbs lasting longer. But there are multiple kinds of light bulbs out there, and multiple kinds that are energy efficient. Here’s what you should know about the different types of light bulbs and which ones are worth buying. RELATED: PSA: You Can Save Lots of Money on LED Light Bulbs with Utility Rebates...

When you are in the process of learning how to fully use the Linux shell, you may find yourself curious about how much you can manipulate strings in order to get the best results. With that in mind, 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....

An Introduction to Amplification At the most basic level, a traditional amplifier is a signal booster. Give it an input signal, and it uses electricity and various gain stages to increase the amplitude until you end up with a much higher signal than the one that came in. The end result: a louder signal than the input signal. There are multiple types of amplifiers like class A, class B, and class AB....

Adobe recently added a browser extension to its Adobe Acrobat Reader DC software. Adobe tries to automatically install the extension in Google Chrome, but Chrome asks your permission before enabling it. At the moment, this extension is only offered on Windows, and only for Google Chrome. Adobe may enable it on other browsers and operating systems in the future. It Offers Features You Don’t Need, That Are Already Part of Chrome RELATED: The Best PDF Readers for Windows...

Enclosing text in quotation marks is fairly standard practice on the command line, especially when dealing with files that have spaces in the names, but how do you know whether to use single or double quotes? Let’s take a look at the difference, and when you should use one vs the other. The general rule is that double quotes still allow expansion of variables within the quotes, and single quotes don’t....

With the constant increase in the usage of mobile devices, what is it that helps keep mobile broadband working as smoothly as it does? 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. Photo courtesy of rust.bucket (Flickr). The Question SuperUser reader Hooli wants to know what stops mobile broadband from experiencing “interference” problems:...

If you are curious and learning more about how Windows operates under the hood, then you may find yourself wondering which “account” active processes are running under when no one is logged into Windows. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has answers for a curious 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....

The GeForce Now app first launched on LG TVs in beta in 2021, but now everyone with a supported LG TV can go ahead and download the app and stream high-quality PC games from the streaming service’s library. LG has a list of TVs that support GeForce Now game streaming, and there are quite a few. However, it seems that only 2021 LG TV models with webOS 6.0 will work....

Macs include a built-in way to remotely access your Mac’s files and its screen from anywhere in the world. The “Back to My Mac” feature is free but only works between Macs. While Microsoft discontinued the similar features offered by Windows Live Mesh and left Windows users with basic OneDrive syncing, Apple still supports the old Back to My Mac service and rolled it into iCloud. Enable Back to My Mac Back to My Mac is part of iCloud....

Why Mix and Match? Why even consider mixing and matching? Maybe you found a good sale, a friend is upgrading and willing to hand-me-down some network gear to you, or you just want to extend coverage a little and would like to buy some less expensive hardware to get the job done. Or, perhaps, your older system has some software features, like easy-to-use parental controls, you don’t want to lose....

The trash folder (or recycle bin) has been a staple of desktop computing for decades, as a place for deleted files to stay before they are truly gone forever. It took a while, but Chromebooks now have a trash folder of their own. Google started rolling out Chrome 108 last week, and now the accompanying Chrome OS update for Chromebooks has arrived. It adds the ability to scan multi-page documents in the Camera app, new wallpapers for Native American History Month, a much-improved experience for connecting to captive Wi-Fi networks, and a better virtual keyboard....