What Does Google Analytics Do? On the surface, Google Analytics simply provides you a way to track your website metrics. If you want to know how many users you have this week compared to last week, you can do that. If you want to know how long users spent looking at a particular page, it can do that too. It tracks most kinds of data around sessions and clicks. Analytics also allow you to make better business decisions....
When you make a new shortcut in Windows, it automatically adds “- Shortcut” to the end of the shortcut’s file name. This doesn’t seem like a big deal, but they can be bothersome. Sure, you can remove the text yourself when you create the shortcut, but why not stop it from happening in the first place? RELATED: How to Remove (or Change) Arrows on Shortcut Icons in Windows 7, 8, and 10...
With the Nintendo Switch, you can dock your console and go straight from handheld to TV in seconds. It’s a great feature, but if you just want to dock your console to charge it, it will interrupt anyone who’s watching TV. Here’s how to stop that from happening. RELATED: How to Enable HDMI-CEC on Your TV, and Why You Should The Switch uses a feature called HDMI-CEC to take over your TV when you dock it....
Google Chrome comes with a built-in password manager that helps you save and sync all your website logins. But if you use a dedicated password manager, the insistent “Save Password” prompts in Chrome can be annoying. Here’s how to disable them. Every time you log in to a new website, the web browser will automatically load a pop-up message asking whether you want to save the username and password to Chrome....
Emoji have been taking the texting world by storm for the last couple of years, but if you’re just now seeing the light, here’s how to use emoji on your iPhone to send your friends smiley faces and virtual kisses. Enable the Emoji Keyboard The first thing you’ll need to do before you go crazy is to enable the emoji keyboard on your iPhone, which isn’t enabled by default. So if you’re looking around your keyboard wondering where the emoji are, don’t worry–you aren’t crazy....
ABC ABC will stream the Oscars live on April 25, 2021, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on the ABC website, which is accessible with a TV provider login. See whether show producers Stacey Sher, Jesse Collins, and Steven Soderbergh can pull off the unique broadcast they’ve promised. Soderbergh, the filmmaker behind movies such as Ocean’s Eleven, Erin Brockovich, and Traffic, has said that he intends for the show to have the look and feel of a movie....
The “Retina” Resolution Problem The term “Retina” was coined by Apple to describe displays that have a pixel density that makes individual pixels invisible at normal viewing distances. In other words, increasing pixel densities beyond the “retina” level increases perceived image detail because your eyes can’t resolve those additional pixels. Every display becomes “Retina” as your distance from it increases, but typically the ergonomic advice for computer displays is to have them no closer than 20 inches from your eyes....
Sometimes it is fun to dig a bit deeper into how things work just to satisfy your curiosity while learning something new, like PermitRootLogin, for example. Does it check the UID or the user name? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post digs in to find 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....
Microsoft Outlook has a new Search box, which we quite like. The only downside is the Search tab is now hidden until you click in the Search box. Fortunately, there’s a way you can make that tab stay put permanently. If you use Microsoft 365 (M365) or Office 365 (O365), you should have the new Search box. In previous versions of Outlook, the “Search” tab was always visible on the ribbon....
The reports of the MP3 file format’s death have been greatly exaggerated. This past week, news sites around the internet ran stories claiming that the MP3 is dead. This seems to come from a misunderstanding of a press release, and then others trying to play copycat for clicks. So what’s the deal with MP3, and why do people think it died? A Brief History of the MP3 There are lots of algorithms and techniques to compress and decompress data, which can be confusing for consumers....
How Does DALL-E 2 Work? DALL-E 2 is so impressive it almost seems like magic, but the broad details of how it creates such stunning, realistic images aren’t that hard to understand. There are two main components to DALL-E 2. The first is GPT-3, which is arguably the most advanced natural language machine learning algorithm in the wild today. DALL-E 2 also uses another OpenAI model known as CLIP (Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training)....
The company announced today that most free Spotify accounts can now try three months of the Individual Premium plan (as opposed to a family plan). The offer is available for people in “135 Spotify markets around the world” who have never signed up for Premium before. If you have used Premium before, Spotify will still give you three months of access for $9.99 — the normal price for one month....
Keyboard shortcuts may seem complex and hard to remember, but once you start using them, you’ll wonder how you ever lived doing everything with the mouse. Here are the best keyboard shortcuts on macOS everyone should know. RELATED: How to Customize Your OS X Keyboard and Add Shortcuts As with most of the shortcuts throughout this article, there’s usually a menu bar equivalent. In other words, you could click on the menu and mouse to the function you want, but it’s always faster to use the keyboard....
If you’re new to the world of PC gaming, it can all seem a bit complicated. Consoles don’t have upgradable hardware, desktop software running in the background, or graphics settings that must be tweaked for ideal performance. We’ll walk you through what you need to know to take advantage of the most powerful gaming platform on the planet and get the best FPS you can, whether you’re new to PC gaming or just want a refresher course....
On some volumes, you may see a new folder called FOUND.000 with a file in it using the .CHK extension. Here’s where those come from, and what they’re for. These Are Fragments of Corrupted Files RELATED: Do You Really Need to Safely Remove USB Flash Drives? Windows’ built-in chkdsk tool, short for “Check Disk”, creates this folder and file. Windows automatically runs Check Disk when it notices a problem with a file system....
In a world full of augmented reality snowboard goggles and Google Glass, it seems only fair that our cars get to enjoy some of the same treatment. Heads-up displays, or “HUDs” as they’re better known, are a new type of add-on for consumer cars that are designed to help keep driver’s eyes where they belong: on the road, and focused forward. What is a HUD? To put it simply, a HUD is a digital transparent image that is projected onto the windshield of a car, displaying the same information you would get from the dashboard....
Network Addressing Network and internet Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol connections are made from one IP address to another. For convenience, we may use a website name like cloudsavvyit.com, but it’s the underlying IP address that is used to route your connection to the appropriate webserver. The same thing works in reverse, too. The network traffic that arrives at your computer has been directed towards its IP address. Your computer will have lots of programs and services running inside it....
The Windows Registry is a database where Windows and many programs store their configuration settings. You can edit the registry yourself to enable hidden features and tweak specific options. These tweaks are often called “registry hacks.” What is the Windows Registry, and How Does It Work? The Windows registry is a collection of several databases. There are system-wide registry settings that apply to all users, and each Windows user account also has its own user-specific settings....
Adding an M.2 SSD to PS5 The September PlayStation 5 update is scheduled to release on September 15, 2021, and it’s a really nice update for console owners. The update’s highlight is support for M.2 SSD expansion, allowing PS5 owners to get up to 4TB of storage on their consoles. You’ll be able to install the larger SSDs on both the PS5 console or PS5 Digital Edition console. Once you install the SSD, it’ll work just like the factory-installed drive....
FreeSync Is AMD’s Variable Refresh Rate Technology FreeSync is an AMD technology, designed primarily to work with AMD GPUs like the Radeon range. This is AMD’s implementation of variable refresh rate (VRR) technology, which allows the GPU and the monitor to sync up for a smoother gaming experience. Check out AMD’s promotional video for FreeSync to see how they advertise it. The main benefit of VRR is the ability to eliminate screen tearing....
