So you got a new phone, which means swapping your SIM card from the old to the new. While it sounds slightly daunting if you’ve never done it before, it’s quite easy. Here’s how. What is a SIM Card? In short, SIM stands for Subscriber Identification Module. It’s what connects a phone to a specific carrier and gives it unique identifiers like a phone number. In simpler terms, it’s a small card that allows your phone to get service from a carrier....

Cortana in Windows 10 is more than a simple search feature. It’s a personal assistant similar to Siri on iOS or OK Google on Android. Information entered into Cortana is stored on your PC and in your Bing account so results can be customized to you. RELATED: How to Use and Configure Cortana on Windows 10 Cortana can be useful, but if you don’t want Cortana’s search history to be stored, you can clear the information that Cortana stores about you....

If you don’t have the remote or would rather use your phone, there are a couple of options. First of all, as the name implies, the Chromecast with Google TV is a Chromecast device. You can “cast” videos and music to it from your phone or tablet. The Chromecast with Google TV is also an Android TV device at its core, which means it can be controlled by a “remote” app on your phone or tablet....

Both Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides are solid presentation creators. But maybe you prefer Google Slides. If you have a PowerPoint slideshow (a PPTX file) that you want to convert to Google Slides, we’ll show you three ways to do it. Convert a PowerPoint by Uploading to Google Slides You can upload a PowerPoint presentation directly to the Google Slides website. From there, open it in Slides, make your changes, and it will save automatically....

Requirements and First Steps When you take a screenshot on the Oculus Quest or Quest 2, your VR headset saves them as 1024×1024 JPEG image files in a special folder on your Quest device. You can copy them over using a similar method to the way you might copy files from an Android smartphone. Before you get started, make sure you have a USB-C cable that matches the type of USB port you have on your Mac or PC....

Google Docs can split a document up into columns, which is excellent for making newsletters, pamphlets, and brochures. Here’s how you can separate parts of your document up into two or three columns in Google Docs. How to Create Multiple Columns in Google Docs Adding multiple columns to your documents in Google Docs is still a relatively new feature that people have been demanding for a while. With this addition, Google Docs continues to inch closer to the capabilities of Microsoft Word....

Facebook recently introduced “Facebook Live”, a live video streaming function that allows Facebook users to broadcast events in real time to their friends and followers. It seems innocuous enough, but by default, it sends notifications to all of someone’s friends whenever they start a stream–which means you end up with a bunch of notifications you don’t want. Go to Settings -> Notifications Find “On Facebook” and click the Edit link Change the dropdown for “Live Videos” to Off...

Whether you’re having issues with it or just want to sell it, here’s how to factory reset the Google Home to erase all of its settings for a fresh start. RELATED: How to Set Up Google Home To reset the Google Home, press and hold down on the mute button for about 15 seconds. After the first few seconds, Google Assistant will tell you to keep holding it down if you want to reset the device....

Microsoft was working on a “Sets” feature that would bring tabs to File Explorer and other applications. Sets didn’t arrive in the October 2018 Update and now looks canceled. But you can get tabs in File Explorer today. Install Stardock’s Groupy Stardock offers an application named Groupy that adds a feature like Sets to Windows today. It’s a paid application that costs $10 alone, but Stardock offers a month-long free trial....

Most digital gaming storefronts have refund policies when you can’t run, mistakenly purchase, or just don’t like a game. The Epic Games Store is no different, giving you an easy form to request a refund. How to Request a Refund from the Epic Games Store Epic’s refund policy is similar to Steam’s. According to the policy, you can get a full refund for any reason as long as you’re returning the game within 14 days of purchase and with less than two hours of play time....

Requesting roadside assistance from Alexa depends on the connected third-party app or skill that you’re using. Our favorites are Urgent.ly, AAA, and Blink Roadside. RELATED: How to Get Navigation Directions (Even Offline) Without Buying a GPS How to Request Roadside Assistance with Urgent.ly Follow all of the prompts before tapping on “Save Permissions.” After granting permissions, call on emergency services by saying, “Alexa, open Urgent.ly.” Alexa will then say “Welcome to Urgent....

If you’re running a YouTube channel, you might want to clean up early uploads. Older YouTube videos may need to be hidden, unlisted, or even deleted to keep your channel up-to-date. Here’s how to hide, unlist, or delete a YouTube video. How to Hide or Unlist Videos on YouTube YouTube allows you to set videos you upload as private, allowing you to choose who has access to view it. You can also unlist videos, keeping them visible to users who have the link to it, while hiding it from your channel list and YouTube search results....

Windows Hello, a new feature in Windows 10, allows you to sign into your computer with your fingerprint, facial recognition, a USB key, or another companion advice. It now allows you to sign into apps and websites via Microsoft Edge, too. The Different Ways to Log In Using Windows Hello You’ll need compatible hardware to use Windows Hello. Some modern laptops and tablets have Windows Hello-compatible fingerprint readers and webcams, so it may just work out of the box (if that’s you, skip down to the next section)....

If you want to prevent users of a PC from changing the desktop wallpaper, it’s not too hard to do. Here’s how to make it happen. RELATED: How to Prevent Windows Users From Changing the Screen Saver Whether you have PCs in a home or small business setting, there are times you might not want users of the PC to change the desktop background. Maybe you want a specific background in place, or maybe you just want to make sure nothing inappropriate gets added....

The Wink smarthome hub lets you automate all sorts of different tasks around the house by setting up Wink “Robots”. But strangely, when it comes to scheduling your smart lights, that feature is set up differently. RELATED: How to Set Up the Wink Hub (and Start Adding Devices) Wink Robots consist of a trigger and an action, similar to how services like IFTTT work. So if you have a motion sensor connected to your Wink hub, you can set up a Robot to send you an alert whenever motion is detected....

What Happens When You Reset Your Network Settings? When you reset your Android phone’s network settings, Android erases all your saved Wi-Fi networks, removes paired Bluetooth devices, and deletes other network configurations. This can help resolve the issues caused by your current network settings. After you’ve reset the settings, you can reconnect to your Wi-Fi networks, pair your Bluetooth devices, and set up other network features on your device. RELATED: 10 Samsung Galaxy Features You Should Be Using...

Styles in Word allow you to easily apply a consistent look throughout your entire document, rather than formatting everything manually. If you want to review your formatting, you can display the styles applied to the paragraphs in the left margin for quick reference. Normally, to see which styles are applied to which paragraphs, you have to put the cursor in the paragraph and look at the Styles section of the Home tab....

It can be accessed across all types of devices, including the Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet, Kindle e-readers, and iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. For example, content for kids ages 3-5 carries popular titles from Sesame Street, Dr. Seuss, and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood series. Content for kids ages 6-8 skew towards Spongebob Squarepants, Angry Birds, and a suite of simplifies games, such as Motocross. Content for kids ages 9-12 features more mature, mainstream titles like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Sonic the Hedgehog....

You’ve invested a lot of energy gathering and curating so many great movies and TV shows in your Plex Media Server, wouldn’t it be great if you could share all that content with your friends? With a few small tweaks, you can–we’ll show you how. Why You Would Want to Do This If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably spent a lot of time building up your media center and carefully curating movies and shows you really love, complete with carefully picked fanart to go with it....

Using Microsoft Excel’s sorting feature, you can sort your cells that are either manually colored or conditionally colored by their color. This works for multiple colors and we’ll show you how to implement it in your spreadsheets. With your spreadsheet open, in the ribbon click Data > Sort. In the “Sort By” dropdown menu select the column you want the data sorted by. From the “Sort On” list, select “Cell Color,” then choose a color and location for sorting....