All you need is Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari, and your Android smartphone (it can be an older one, too, as the app runs on Android 2.2 and up.) You can even use it with an iPad or Kindle by accessing a URL — you can find links and extensions here. Send Text Messages via Gmail Note: This is how to do it using Google Chrome, but the process is similar to other browsers....
If you’re trying to take a selfie on Android, you’ll need to figure out the best post, the best app to use, judge the lighting, and more. It can be tricky to figure out what to do, especially if you’re a photo novice. To help you, here’s what you’ll need to know if you’re unsure how to take a selfie on Android. Tips for Taking Good Selfies on Android Before you start taking selfies on your Android device, you’ll want to consider a few things first....
However, there may be times when you want to manually back them up by putting them on a USB flash drive. From there, you can take the photos in your pocket to use on other computers or TVs with a USB port. We’ll show you how to transfer photos from Android to a USB drive below. How to Transfer Photos from Android to a USB Flash Drive When you take a photo on your Android phone, sometimes it doesn’t show up in Google Drive right away....
It’s also possible that your work or school administrators have switched Restricted Mode on for YouTube You might want to turn it off to watch the more mature podcasts and other content you are used to, however. If your organization has it enabled, you’ll need to contact the IT department to turn it off. If you’re the admin of your own device, you can turn off Restricted Mode on YouTube using these steps....
Say Hello to Building Blocks Located in the Microsoft Word Quick Part Gallery, these building blocks take many forms, including preformatted headers, footers, text boxes, cover pages, page numbers, quick tables, watermarks, table of contents, bibliographies, and equations. The often-used AutoText feature in Microsoft Word is a common type of building block. In fact, the feature grew out of AutoText in previous versions of Word. Theme-enabled, building block content automatically changes with the many available styles....
Dropbox for Android as a Notepad This issue happened to me at a conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and since the internet connection had also decided to die, I remembered this cool feature you can use in a pinch. This will work whether you’re connected to the internet or not. Open Dropbox for Android and choose the folder where you want to save the text file. For example, here I created a Notes folder in my Documents folder....
The good news is that it’s fairly easy to insert subscripts into Excel, although the methods you will use will vary depending on whether you’re working with text or with numbers. As with most things in Excel, you also have a choice of methods to achieve your goals. Learn more about how to use superscript in Excel. How to Apply Superscript to Text in Excel The methods you will use to apply a superscript in Excel will differ depending on whether the cells you are applying it to contain text or numbers....
New Scanner in OneDrive for iOS If you need to scan a receipt quickly or document that grabs your eye, there is not much to do once you have the OneDrive app installed. 1: Make sure OneDrive is updated. 2: Launch OneDrive, choose the Files tab, tap the Add button then tap Scan. 3: Place your camera over the document or image you want to scan then tap the Camera button....
View Saved Password in Safari on iPhone To get started go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Website & App Passwords. After that, you will be asked for your password authentication. You can use Touch ID, Face ID, or your passcode to verify it’s you want access. After authentication, you will see a list of the saved account info. It is listed alphabetically by the website name. You can scroll through to find the site you need or use the search bar to find the site you are looking for....
Certain Intel Atom Processors Will Not Support Future Revisions of Windows 10 So, what does this mean for you? Well, it means you won’t be able to run the Windows 10 Creators Update or the upcoming Fall Creators Update (1709). The good news is that the still solid Windows 10 Anniversary Update, launched in August of 2016, has many years left in it. The unfortunate part is that the ongoing refinements users look forward to in each Feature Update will be unavailable to these systems....
I noticed this being a problem back when I first got my Surface RT (first gen). While its display resolution isn’t high by today’s standards, and apps look great on it, using the desktop via touch was a painful experience. For more on that, you can read our article on making the Surface RT desktop more touch-friendly. If you have a laptop screen with a resolution of 1920×1080 or higher and having a hard time seeing the desktop programs follow these steps....
Microsoft Office Insider Program The Windows Insider program works so well that the company is offering something similar to Microsoft Office called the Office Insider program. Early this year, Microsoft launched a public preview program for the latest version of its productivity suite Office 365/Office 2016. It allowed users the opportunity to test run some of the new features included in the suite, such as Tell Me, Realtime Collaboration, Colorful Theme, Outlook Attachments and Groups, Skype for Business, and enhanced BI Tools....
Games from PortableApps Portable Apps is a popular suite of portable programs you can run from your USB flash drive. One of the categories is games, and there’s plenty of them. There are different styles of games like Adventure, Arcade, Action, Board, and Card games like Chess and Solitaire. Pen Drive Apps Another good source of games you can play from a USB flash drive is at pendriveapps.com. One of the cooler games is the first-person shooter, Urban Terror....
There are a number of reasons why Spotify might stop working properly. To help you, here are nine possible fixes you can try if Spotify keeps stopping on your PC, Mac, or mobile device. 1. Sign Out of All Devices Spotify is meant to work between multiple devices. If you logged into Spotify on too many, though, they could be conflicting. A simple solution is to log out of all devices and start over....
Extending your Mac’s (or PC’s) display to an iPad isn’t new. Programs like Air Display used to do it via Wi-Fi however I’ve found it drains the battery quickly and the performance is slow. Today however, Air Display version 3 and a newcomer, Duet Display, let you use your iPad as a second monitor through your 30-pin or Lightning cable. Let’s take a closer look at the details and compare the two products — “Air Display Vs....
What is Start.exe and Why is it Running? Sandboxie is security software that creates a virtualized “sandbox” environment for your Windows applications to run in. The program is free and is somewhat effective for circumventing malware that might infect your computer, particularly through a web browser. In Sandboxie, Start.exe is used to launch applications within the protected sandbox so that changes made within a program won’t affect the rest of your computer....
What’s included in Windows 10 Pro for Workstations? Features exclusive to Windows 10 Pro for Workstations include the Resilient File System (first introduced in Windows 8); persistent memory; faster file sharing through SMB Direct; and support for the latest high-end workstation processors from Intel and AMD. Here’s a summary from the Windows Blog: ReFS (Resilient file system): ReFS provides cloud-grade resiliency for data on fault-tolerant storage spaces and easily manages very large volumes....
Honestly, Microsoft has done a great job minimize reboots however they as well as 3rd party software publishers will normally error on the side of caution and prompt you for a reboot whether or not one is required from the software install. Many for instance during a software patch or upgrade like to do a full uninstall, get a clean reboot then re-install their software in order to prevent possible issues and calls to their support desk… Can’t say I blame them....
Windows 10 Redstone 4 Preview Build 17083 New Features for Fonts: If you use a lot of different types of fonts for your work, you will be happy to see there are new methods to manage them. There are new features in the Fonts control panel in Settings. It allows you to preview each font family that is designed for specific language settings. You can preview them in a new window that has a slider to change the size and width of the fonts....
In a recent bug fix, Facebook inadvertently revealed that it’s creating dossier-like profiles on its users based on third-party information. This applies even if you never signed up for a Facebook account. But what does that mean exactly? When someone “connects” to Facebook using their Gmail, Yahoo, Twitter, Outlook, or whatever account, Facebook will ask for permission to access your contacts to “find your friends on Facebook.” While Facebook may actually be trying to find their friend’s profiles on Facebook, Facebook is also harvesting all of that contact data and using it to create “shadow profiles” based on name and email address information....
