What Is It? This app is unlike most of the recent iTunes App of the week. It only works in iMessage on the iPhone and iPad which I initially found a bit odd. Both players need to be running iOS 10 in order to play against each other, however, beyond that, the game is basic chess. You can change the background color of the board, but that’s about it. Since this runs in iMessage, you can pick up the game on your mobile devices....

Now, if you’re using Gmail and Google Chrome, you can get the best of inserting images and the drag and drop feature. That’s right, insert images by dragging and dropping them from an outside source directly into Gmail. While this may not be the biggest news ever, it has been a feature I’ve long looked forward to and wish it was available in all browsers. According to Google Software Engineer Michael Davidson, that is going to change: Thoughts, questions?...

Next up on the horizon in terms of tech-trending-to-the-mainstream: VPNs. A virtual private network, or VPN, is basically a proxy that prevents others from tracking which sites and services you access on the internet. And the reason we are talking about VPNs right now is because of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution signed in April 2017 that rolled back a privacy rule created by the FCC last year. The FCC rule was supposed to regulate the ability of ISPs to collect your internet browsing data and sell it for marketing purposes....

Find Battery Draining Apps on Windows 10 To get started, make sure your laptop is unplugged and head to Settings > System > Battery Saver to see the overview of current battery life and other options. Under the Overview section, click the “See which apps are affecting your battery life” link. On the next screen, you can scroll down the list and see which apps use the most battery power. You can select to show the battery use history of the past six or 24 hours or the past week....

Windows updates can take a while to download and install, but after a while, it’s time to investigate. Unfortunately, the Getting Windows Ready stuck error often occurs when an update glitch happens—seemingly out of nowhere. If you don’t know how to fix this problem, here are some troubleshooting tips you can try. Disconnect your Internet Connection You can often run into the error while the finalization process on an update occurs....

Open Google Play store, tap on the menu button and tap on Settings. Under User Controls section, tab on Content Filtering. It will show you the app ratings. Select according to your needs and tap OK. Content filtering will not prevent anyone from buying apps so it’s better to password protect your purchases. To set the security pin for new app purchases from the Play store, tap on Set or Change Pin option....

How to Enable Camera Upload to Dropbox on iPhone and iPad Devices Open Dropbox on your iPhone/iPad. Tap Settings, Camera Upload. Tap Camera Upload to enable it. Background Uploading should also be enabled so you won’t need to open Dropbox to back up your files. Starting out, you might want to keep Use Cellular Data disabled, so Dropbox will only upload photos when you are connected to Wi-Fi. However, if you don’t mind burning data on your mobile plan, feel free to enable the Use Cellular Data option as I did below....

We’ll walk you through how to block someone on Google Drive, unblock them later if you wish, and what you need to know about using this feature. About Blocking Users on Google Drive The best place to begin is with what you should know about blocking users from sharing with you on Google Drive. Once blocked, items owned by that user will not be viewable when you browse your Google Drive....

Calibrate a Windows 10 Touch Screen To get started, open the Control Panel and select Tablet PC Settings. Or, hit the Windows key and type: calibrate and select the “Calibrate the screen for pen or touch input” result at the top. It will have two tabs if you only have a touch screen, but you will have three tabs if you have configured a pen device. So in the following example, I only have a touch screen – select the Calibrate button under the Display tab....

NAT (or Network Address Translation) isn’t intended to impact your network performance. Its main purpose is to provide a method to convert local IP addresses to wider internet addresses. Thanks to NAT, one internet IP is used by multiple local devices on a single local network. NAT isn’t a one-size-fits-all thing, however. There are a few different NAT types that you can choose from, with differences in speed and network security....

Click or tap a notification, and it will open the app to what the app is referring to. For example, Outlook will display new emails. Clicking it will launch Outlook and show the exact message. Or clicking a notification of an app that was installed opens it so you can start using it. Turn Windows 8 Notifications On of Off First, open PC Settings. From the Charms bar, select Settings, then Change PC Settings....

Windows Live Writer Backup If you use Windows Live Writer then you probably know what a pain it can be to set it up on a new or extra computer. Further, downloading the site theme is even bigger pain. To pull the site’s theme Live Writer has to publish a temporary post and then delete it. The problem is that the temporary post isn’t exactly temporary on your site’s RSS feed, so it’s best practice to avoid it....

With an Outlook business card signature (aka a vCard or .vcf file), your contact information is delivered along with your email in a tidy package that populates address book contacts more precisely and more completely. Plus, they give a professional look and feel to your business emails and win your points with any Outlook junkies that you’ll be corresponding with. In this groovy How-to, I’ll show you how to create professional-looking business card signatures in Outlook 2010 in just a few minutes....

Disable the Touchscreen on Devices Running Windows 10 To disable the touchscreen on your device, you’ll need to go into the old-school Control Panel. The easiest way to get there is to hit the Windows key and type: devmgr.msc and hit Enter. Or, choose the Best match result at the top of the search list. It’s also worth noting that you can open Device Manager by typing it into the search field in the Settings app, and it will open right up....

Use JDownloader To Download Nearly Anything Online JDownloader is a stand-alone application; you can download the setup package from http://jdownloader.org/download/index We’ve seen it before — packaged crapware. It’s a necessary evil that sometimes is needed to help fund projects like JDownloader, but at least it’s optional to install. During the installation be sure to check the No Thanks button when prompted to install Kikin. Kikin is crapware that tracks everything you do online, and it’s a shame it’s packaged in the installer....

Gmail lets you download an attachment to your computer or, if you’re running out of space, save it to Google Drive instead. For specific image types, you can even save them right to Google Photos. If you aren’t familiar with downloading attachments in Gmail, we’ll walk you through it below. How to Download an Attachment From Your Gmail Inbox If you use the Default density for your inbox, rather than Compact or Comfortable, you should see attachments with the emails in your inbox....

One such error is the Err_Address_Unreachable error in Chrome. This error indicates that you can’t reach the site you want to visit. Often, the error appears when you visit a non-existent site. However, it can pop up when trying to load a known valid site. If you can’t get to a site you frequent, you’ll want to fix Err_Address_Unreachable in Chrome. We’ll explain how to below. Reboot Your Router One of the first steps you can take is rebooting your router....

However, like other Microsoft apps, it can stop working correctly. It might take the shop but doesn’t give you the annotated screen or doesn’t display notifications after taking a screenshot. If you’re having problems, we’ll show you how to fix Snip and Sketch not working on Windows below. The steps should work for both Windows 10 and Windows 11 users. Reset the Snip & Sketch Tool If the Snip & Sketch tool isn’t working correctly, there are several things you can do to get it working again....

Checkboxes don’t need much introduction—a tick means yes (of some kind). If you want to insert a checkbox in Microsoft Excel, however, you’ll need to look into how. There isn’t a straightforward way to insert checkboxes in Excel because the feature is usually hidden. If you want to know how to insert a checkbox in Microsoft Excel, follow our steps below. How to Enable Developer Tools in Excel Before you can insert a checkbox in Excel, you need to enable the Developer tab....

Here’s how to install Android Apps on Windows 11. Prerequisites for Installing Android Apps on Windows 11 The first thing you’ll need to run Android apps on Windows 11 is to be in the Windows Insider Program. You’ll need to be in the Beta Channel and have the latest version of Windows 11 and the Microsoft Store. Check Windows Build Number You’ll also need to be running build 22000.282 or above....