Which Option Is Right for You? There are three options you can choose from to successfully share your screen, view another person’s screen, or control a remote Mac. The built-in Screen Sharing feature on macOS is ideal for sharing your screen with another Mac over your local network. You can also use this method to take full control of a remote Mac, although it doesn’t natively work over the internet....
Pandora is one of the oldest and most popular streaming radio services, but if you’re a long-time user, you might notice a certain sameness in some of your custom stations. The Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down rating system tends to repeat the same 100 or so songs after a while, something I’ve certainly observed on some of the “evolving” stations I’ve been curating for years. If you’d like to freshen up your reliable old Pandora stations, or start fresh with a new one, there are a few techniques you can use to more precisely manage the kind of music you hear from it....
There are times when you want to take your music with you, but you may not want to bring along your phone—like when going for a jog. The good news is that you can transfer music to an Android Wear watch and leave the phone at home. RELATED: How to Set Up, Tweak, and Use Your Android Wear Watch Before we get into how to do this, however, it’s worth noting that this only works with Google Play Music—if you use something else (especially another streaming service) for your tunes, then you’re probably out of luck....
As smartphone apps get more and more features, things start to get buried behind taps, menus, swipes and other hard to find spots. Instagram is no exception. While it started out as a simple filters app, it’s now grown into a decent image editor and social network. So let’s look at a few of Instagram’s slightly more hidden features. Make More Tasteful Edits RELATED: How to Adjust the Strength of Your Instagram Filters to Make Them Less Overpowering...
Samsung is now rolling out its version of Android 13, known as One UI 5.0, to the Galaxy S22 series. The initial reports were mostly limited to Europe, but it has started rolling out in the United States as well. Verizon has started pushing the update to phones, and other carriers (and the unlocked versions) will likely follow soon. One UI 5 includes everything in Google’s regular Android 13 update, such as an improved taskbar for tablets, new media control widgets, upgraded security, and new functionality for app developers....
At the Moment ATM stands for “at the moment.” It’s used to let someone else know what they’re currently doing or feeling, or to tell others about their current availability for a conversation. People often say it as a response when asked a question such as, “What are you up to?” You could reply with, “I’m working atm.” This acronym is interchangeable with the word “currently.” It’s a widespread term in text messages and chatting apps....
The term is popping up more frequently in news articles, appearing in product manuals, and highlighted as a feature in tons of mobile applications, but what exactly is geofencing? Read on as we explain what it is, why it’s appearing in more productions and applications, and how you can benefit from using it. What Is Geofencing? Geofencing is the use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite network and/or local radio-frequency identifiers (such as Wi-Fi nodes or Bluetooth beacons) to create virtual boundaries around a location....
DNS stands for “Domain Name System”. DNS servers translate web addresses (like www.howtogeek.com) into their IP addresses (like 23.92.23.113) so users don’t have to remember strings of numbers for every website they want to visit.The Domain Name System (DNS) underpins the web we use every day. It works transparently in the background, converting human-readable website names into computer-readable numerical IP addresses. DNS does this by looking up that information on a system of linked DNS servers across the Internet....
Windows 10 S is “the soul of today’s Windows”, according to Microsoft. It’s a new version of Windows intended for school PCs, but available to everyone. It’s designed to be more simple and streamlined, so it only runs applications from the Windows Store—unless you spend another $50 to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. Microsoft announced that Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Samsung, and Toshiba will ship Windows 10 S education PCs starting at $189, beginning this summer....
Like Windows 10’s 21H1 update released in Spring 2021, this update is small and is focused on stability and polish. (In the future, Windows 10 will stop getting these big updates every six months. The last few haven’t been very big, anyway.) Update: There Are Very Few Changes We were originally tracking a variety of features, which Microsoft was working on for the 21H2 update. They have largely been moved to the Windows 11 release....
If you’ve been trained on Microsoft Word since you started using a computer, maybe you’ve never looked at those other writing options in Windows. Notepad and WordPad are both developed by Microsoft itself, and included in every copy of Windows. Don’t dismiss them out of hand—while neither are as powerful as paid software in the same niches, they might just do for you. Notepad and WordPad, despite their similar names, serve different purposes....
If you’re out and about shopping at your local Walmart or Target store, you’ve probably noticed a lot of products adorned with emoji, like the seemingly ubiquitous smiling pile of poo. Have you ever wondered if you can just make your own emoji merchandise? The simple answer to that question is “maybe,” but it depends on the emoji you want to use. Copyright, specifically in the United States, automatically applies when a work is created and then established in some clear and definite form....
In other news, iFixit thinks it found why Galaxy Folds are failing, Verizon wants you to buy YouTube TV, Apple started an Apple TV YouTube channel, and more. iFixit found the Galaxy Fold’s issue: As iFixit does, it tore down the Galaxy Fold. As you might expect, it’s not a simple issue; turns out it’s a combination of the display tech (OLED), Samsung’s testing process by using a machine to fold the Fold, and more....
If you have an iPhone and you send a text message to someone who also has an iPhone (or other Apple device), you’ll see a small bubble appear when the other person is typing out a message. RELATED: How to Prevent People from Knowing You’ve Read Their iMessage That little typing bubble is almost as annoying as knowing when a message was “read”—no one wants to enable that feature because they don’t want the other person knowing when they’re typing....
Snapdragon Sound: Lossless Audio Snapdragon Audio is a major marketing point for these earbuds, so let’s discuss what that is and how it plays into your listening experience. The Snapdragon Sound codec by Qualcomm provides lossless audio which is huge for wireless audio. When audio files are compressed, they normally lose some quality to reduce the file size. With lossless audio, the audio files are condensed, but not in a way that gets rid of any data....
Full-screen mode in Google Chrome offers a minimalistic approach that eliminates almost all distractions while you read an article or try to work online. Become the productivity guru you always wanted to be by removing tabs, navigation buttons, extensions dock, and Omnibox. RELATED: How to Show (or Hide) the Google Chrome Bookmarks Bar How to Activate Full-screen Mode Fire up Chrome, and then navigate to a web page that you want to visit in full-screen mode....
Have a prepaid card with a few dollars left on it? Just want to add enough to snag a deal later in the week without going overboard on spending? By default, Valve only lets you add funds in increments of $5 to your Steam account—but there are a few ways around that. You have two main options here: you can use a browser extension called Enhanced Steam, or if you’re feeling adventurous, jump into your browser’s JavaScript console....
Google Home is designed to be a shared device that everyone in the house can use. Now, Google has finally made it possible for it to recognize different people and give personalized info to everyone using their Google accounts. Here’s how to set it up. Google Home’s multi-user feature is designed to work with as minimal fuss as possible. It uses voice training to learn what your voice sounds like....
Annoying as they might be, it’s important to keep Windows updated…just ask the victims of the latest ransomware attack. If you haven’t used your PC for a while or you just want to make sure you’re updated with the latest software, it’s easy to manually check and make sure in Windows. Press the Windows button or Search button, and type “check for updates” in the box. Then, hit Enter or click on the first result....
Billions of images are on the internet—but not all of them are free to use. When you add licensed photos to PowerPoint documents, you’ll probably need to cite where it’s from and who made it. Here’s how. Before we begin, it’s important to remember that how you cite pictures may vary. Formal citation is required in an academic setting, where formal styles like APA are used for documents. Alternatively, copyright licensing may require you to cite images in a different way, depending on the license used....
