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By default, Fire Tablets have a row at the top of the “Home” tab for recommendations. “Continue” lists your recently-used apps, while “Discover” is essentially ads content and apps you may like. We can turn off both of these or keep “Continue.” First, open the “Settings” from the home screen. Next, go the “Apps & Notifications.” Finally, go to “Home Screens.” There are two toggles on this screen. Turning off “Recommendations” will remove the “Discover” section, but leave “Continue....

There comes a time in every smartphone user’s life when they just love two different wallpapers. It’s a tough bridge to cross—which one takes precedence? How can you decide? It’s rough, man. There’s a clear answer here: put one on the lock screen and one on the home screen. The thing is, if you’ve been using a stock Android device, that was a thing that couldn’t happen. You got one wallpaper, and that’s it....

Click-to-play plug-ins allowed you to prevent video plug-ins from starting as soon as you load a web page, but more and more websites are moving to HTML5 video. Thankfully, it’s still possible to prevent autoplay in many browsers. The tricks below will also prevent HTML5 audio from automatically playing. Any websites that use the and tags to play back multimedia will be affected. Unfortunately, only some web browsers allow you to do this....

Screenshots in Word 2010 To take a screenshot select the Insert tab on the ribbon, and in the Illustrations section click on Screenshot. You’ll be presented with Available Windows, which are the active ones on your desktop. Or you can get your own shot by clicking Screen Clipping. In this example we selected a picture Firefox that was open. The image is put directly into the document and the Picture Tools tab is opened to edit the image further if you want....

When you tap a key on the iOS keyboard, it will “pop up” so you know what key you’re pressing. This preview has long been a feature that you had to live with whether you liked it or not, but in iOS 9, you can disable it. To begin, tap “Settings” on the Home screen. Tap “General” on the Settings screen. On the “General” screen, tap “Keyboard”. In the “All Keyboards” section, tap the “Character Preview” slider button so it turns white instead of green....

It’s important to regularly update Microsoft Teams to get the best possible experience out of it. If you are not sure how to do that, we’ll show you how to update Teams on your Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. RELATED: How to Update Windows 11 Ways to Update Microsoft Teams On Windows and Mac, the Teams app updates automatically, so you do not have to do anything....

Ask any computer power user how much more efficient they are by using keyboard shortcuts, and the general consensus will likely be “a lot.” It’s no different for Chrome OS users, and Google baked-in a slew of useful keyboard shortcuts—including one that will show you all the others. Basically, if you’re ever in need of a definitive list of every Chrome OS keyboard shortcut available to you, just press Ctrl+Alt+/ on your keyboard....

Windows 10 isn’t just an improved desktop environment. It includes many “universal apps,” which often replace existing desktop apps. Unlike on Windows 8, these apps can run in windows on the desktop so you may actually want to use them. These apps are much more mature than the apps included with Windows 8. Some of Windows 8’s included apps — like the Reader PDF reader and Windows Scan scanner app — are no longer installed by default, but can be installed from the Windows Store...

By partnering with the search engine’s online advertising platform, you as a business owner can expect your ads to appear on Google whenever a user is looking for goods and services similar to your business. Reaching across the digital space not only leads to more website traffic for your online businesses, but it can also result in increased store visits if, in fact, there is a physical location to visit....

Can you transfer your Windows license between PCs? It depends–the answer isn’t so cut and dried. Microsoft makes this stuff confusing on purpose. Windows Activation has unclear rules to make piracy harder, while the System Builder license agreement forbids things real users do every day. Why You Might Want to Move a License RELATED: Can You Move a Windows Installation to Another Computer? Transferring a Windows license (aka product key) isn’t something the average PC user will ever need to do....

Thankfully, Google is pretty open about the timeline of Android 12 releases. It has a handy graphic—as seen below—that shows when different releases will be available. At the time of writing, Android 12 Beta 3 has been released. That only leaves Beta 4—which marks “Platform Stability”—before the final release. “Platform Stability” essentially means the version is final, just not officially final. You probably noticed that the “Final Release” marked on the timeline doesn’t have a month listed underneath....

Does YouTube stutter, heat up your laptop, kick your fans into gear, or just use a lot of CPU? Even if you’ve never noticed, YouTube in Chrome is almost certainly using more battery power than it needs to. Like Chrome’s other performance problems, this is probably worst on Macs. This is a result of the shift to HTML5 video and quirks with the video codecs used by YouTube in Chrome versus other browsers....

Installing software works differently on Linux. Instead of visiting a website, you’ll usually need to grab the software from your Linux distribution’s software repositories with its package manager. This sounds complicated, but is actually simpler than installing software on Windows. A typical Linux distribution’s software installation system has a lot in common with an app store. There’s one place you go to to install most of your software and software updates arrive in one consistent way....

Your Apple Watch relies on your iPhone to get notifications, view data, and even send messages and make calls. However, your Apple Watch is not completely useless without your iPhone. Here some things you can do on your watch when your phone is out of range. View Text Messages, Emails, and Recent Calls RELATED: How to Reply to Emails on Your Apple Watch When your Apple Watch is not connected to your iPhone, you won’t get new text messages or emails, nor will you get notified of calls coming in....

Android Authority first discovered that the Pixel 6 wasn’t achieving the full speed offered by its 30W charger. It found that the phone was drawing around 22W of power, which is certainly not what people were hoping to see from their brand new phones. Google addressed the issue in a Community Support post, and basically, the company says the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are designed to draw 21W and 23W of power, respectively....

Dealing with a lithium-ion battery that has gone bad and is swelling up is not a fun prospect, but what do you do if you are unable to properly dispose of it quickly? What is the best way to store it until you can get rid of it? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has some helpful advice for a concerned 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....

Although the majority of laptops—and even desktops—now come with Bluetooth support, some of us still need Bluetooth upgrades. If you’re rocking a device without Bluetooth support, don’t fret. Read on as we show you how to add Bluetooth support easily and cheaply to any computer. Why Would I Want To Do This? While you can get by just fine without Bluetooth support on your computer (especially if you’re using a desktop) there are tens of thousands of peripherals and accessories that require—or would be made more convenient by—Bluetooth....

Whenever you open a new Finder window in OS X, it will open “All My Files” by default. You may, however, prefer it open to your Documents or Dropbox folder instead. There’s an easy way to change the default Finder folder. That “All My Files” folder isn’t all that useful. After all, all your files are probably a lot more than you bargained for. More than likely, you tend to open Finder to access other locations, or one location specifically....

If you find yourself creating the same spreadsheet outline over and over again in Google Sheets, you can save yourself massive amounts of time if you create a template. We’ll walk you through the process step-by-step. Google Sheets has a wide selection of templates you can choose from, but it’s possible none of these will meet your specific requirements. If you want to create a custom template you can use whenever you need it, there’s a work-around you can use to get started....

I don’t know about you, but I really preferred having the My Computer icon right on the desktop. Seems like modern versions of windows don’t have it by default anymore. There are two different ways you can add the icon back. In Windows 10 the My Computer icon is called “This PC” and it’s pretty easy to add back. Keep reading for Windows 7, 8, and Vista instructions below....