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Support for Adobe Flash Ending in Three Years Today, Adobe announced on its blog that it intends to sunset flash in favor of newer technologies like HTML5, WebGL, and WebAssembly. The plan is to drop support by 2020 officially. Microsoft also contributed details on its plans to remove support for Flash from Windows by 2020. Through the end of 2017 and into 2018, Microsoft Edge will continue to ask users for permission to run Flash on most sites the first time the site is visited, and will remember the user’s preference on subsequent visits....

I encountered this error message a couple of weeks ago while taking photos on my iPhone. Of course, this is good news for Apple, who would be more than happy to increase my monthly bill for more iCloud storage; but it’s bad news for me. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind giving Apple more cash if they had a more seamless web and Windows experience. Unfortunately, I find the entire Apple online ecosystem just way too clunky and confusing....

With services such as WordPress offering easy-to-use online editors and integration with desktop word processors such as Microsoft Word, Windows Live Writer continues to lack the development and updates that made it the go-to tool for preparing elegantly prepared blog posts featuring rich tools for adding media and layout of text. Thankfully, a group of third-party volunteers saw the benefits of Writer and decided to pick up where Microsoft left off....

Microsoft Outlook Vacation Mode You deserve it; you’ve dreamed of it, but now that your vacation is almost here, how do you make sure that you don’t have to tell every coworker that you’re on vacation when they call you to ask you about something and you’re on the beach? Well, here’s a unique way of doing it. Instead of using the Calendar Meeting feature to schedule another long boring meeting, use it to let them know you’re going to the beach....

With the Android web browser open, press the menu button and tap Settings. In the following selection screen, tap General. Under General, tap Set homepage. Now tap the bullet titled “Most visited sites.” The setting will be saved; just press the back button to out to your browser. When you open a new tab or browser window, it will show a list of your most visited sites. Not only is this a helpful page for quickly browsing multiple sites, but it also loads much faster compared to the slower-loading Google search page....

Sheets is Google’s answer to Microsoft Excel. There are two big things that set Sheets apart from Excel: Sheets is completely web browser-based, and it’s absolutely free to use. It also shares a lot of the collaborative and sharing functions that Docs has. Assuming you know nothing about Sheets already, let’s take a look under the hood at how it all works. Google Sheets – The Free Alternative to Microsoft Excel If you already have a good understanding of how Microsoft Excel works, then you will have absolutely no problem with Google Sheets....

The way to protect these devices is by configuring your entire home router to use a VPN. In this way, all the internet traffic that goes through your home will be protected by your VPN. In this article, I’ll show you how I set up Private Internet Access to protect my whole home by configuring it with my ASUS router. The steps may look different for you depending on your VPN provider and router, but they should be pretty close....

What Does “CU” Mean? The term means “see you,” and it’s typically seen in messaging apps like Messages, WhatsApp, Telegraph, and social networks like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. You might also see the term used in email. The abbreviation is more often than not used with family and friends, not in a professional environment. It doesn’t suggest an upcoming face-to-face meeting, although future communication is almost certain. In response, someone might ask, bwt, which means “but when though”....

What is TMI? Meaning “too much information,” TMI is typically used online or on social media as a reaction to what someone said sounded inappropriate about something personal. You could see it on Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, in a text conversation, and elsewhere. The comment served as an overload of information, a nugget of information you don’t want to hear about. Others, however, might use the term as a sarcastic response. In this case, it’s probably part of an online conversation between two good friends....

What is CTF Loader (ctfmon.exe) The CTF (Collaborative Translation Framework) Loader is an authentication service that delivers text support for alternate user input applications. It’s used for input methods like keyboard translation, speech recognition, and handwriting. In addition to alternative input methods, the platform activates the Microsoft Office Language Bar. The bar allows you to switch between different input languages seamlessly. So, the bottom line is it’s supposed to show up and isn’t a virus....

What is data roaming, exactly, and should you leave it on or off? How do you even turn it on or off on your phone? Keep reading for the answer to all of these questions, and more. What is Data Roaming? Data roaming is when your phone connects to a different network than your usual carrier. When you are unable to connect to your carrier because there is no coverage in that area, your phone can connect to other networks instead....

If you’re not a designer or creator, you might want to get rid of the folder, so the more important ones that you need are closer to the top of the hierarchical structure of the folder system. Remove the Windows 10 3D Objects Folder You can’t get rid of the folder by deleting it. Instead, you’ll need to do some work in the Registry. Hit the keyboard shortcut Windows key + R to open the run box and type: regedit and click OK or hit Enter....

It Started with Windows 8 But the Windows 10 app story is still going through a significant transition, which initially started with Windows 8. Universal apps are the future of Windows 10, but classic apps will be with us for some time. And those classic apps sometimes have classic problems. For instance, installing desktop apps can be problematic due to components such as the Visual C++ Redistributable. This article finds out what it is and how to get it installed, so your app will work on Windows 10....

We’ll explain what TikTok is, the features it offers, how to use the basics, where you can use it, and how much it costs. For everything you need to get started on TikTok or just to answer questions about it, let’s get to it! What is TikTok? Owned by Chinese company ByteDance, TikTok is a social video-sharing application available on mobile devices as well as the web. In China, the almost identical app is known as Douyin which launched in 2016....

After 21 years, it’s important to take a closer look at COPPA and decide whether it has proven successful. Unfortunately, the answer is largely a mixed bag — perhaps solely because of one single entity, YouTube. More About COPPA At the time of COPPA’s passage, very few websites had implemented privacy policies. At the same time, many of these same websites were beginning to collect personal information from their visitors....

Windows 10 Redstone 5 Preview Build 17728 The big news here is the Your Phone app. It was actually unveiled earlier this year at the Build developers conference in May and is now live in today’s Insider build. It’s meant to allow you to mirror content from your phone to a PC. Currently, it works with Android, so those users will be the first to test the new feature. You will be able to drag and drop photos directly from the phone into Office apps and other supported Windows apps....

The Windows Snipping Tool is a quality screenshot utility that takes up little disk space and is easy on system resources. You can launch it by hitting the Windows key + Shift + S keyboard shortcut. It’s not perfect, though; like any built-in Microsoft utility, it has flaws. If you experience an issue with the Windows Snipping Tool not working, here are five fixes you can use to get it working....

Only available for the iPad or iPhone, the offer is only good this week according to the post on the Angry Birds Facebook page, so you’d better fly over there now and grab it (sorry… couldn’t resist). Here’s the links: iPhone, and iPad. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

My Recommendations: I wanted to make sure the apps I tested allowed lots of custom routines. Many Apple Watch apps had pre-set routines you have to follow. I work with a trainer, so I wanted to add my custom program. Also, all the apps I mention below record your workouts to Health Kit, saving you time from having to log workouts through the Apple included workout app. Smart Gym Smart Gym isn’t free, but it also doesn’t come crippled....

You can easily uninstall apps from the Start menu. If you want to prevent users from uninstalling apps from the Start menu, you can. Here’s how to do it. Uninstall Apps from Windows 10 Start Menu Just like with all versions of Windows, there are several different ways you can uninstall apps on Windows 10. You can do it from the Apps & features section of the Settings menu or go more in-depth by completely uninstalling all traces of an app....