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Aquarius Studio/Shutterstock Did you get a shiny new Wi-Fi router to help with all your stay-at-home internet activities? You’re likely not alone, thanks to the rise in video conferencing, streaming, and other internet-related activities across the home. But the worst part is upd…
Read moreA media player for every format VLC media player is a versatile, robust software that plays almost every type of video, sound, and image file on your PC or stored in extractable devices. It can stream from webcams and Internet sites like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and Gaia. It accep…
Read moreIPTV is a flexible service which can be watched on a variety of devices. One the simplest way is to watch IPTV on personal computers or laptops. There are many free software and apps which can be used to play IPTV on your Microsoft Windows, Linux or Macintosh-based OS such as VLC…
Read moreThe Chromecast with Google TV blends the concepts of Chromecast dongles and Android TV devices. That means they have both “Ambient Mode” and screen savers. We’ll show you how to use both, which requires some digging. In order to merge Chromecast and Android TV, Google shifted a l…
Read moreKhamosh Pathak How to Change the Safari Background Image on Mac: You might have spent years looking at the same bland gray background in Safari’s start page on Mac, but it doesn’t have to be that way. You can spice things up by adding a custom background. Here’s how! Mac users wh…
Read moreGirts Ragelis/Shutterstock.com Apple’s ARM Macs include a machine translation solution named Rosetta 2. This lets those Macs run existing software designed for Intel Macs. But it’s not perfect. Here’s how to check whether your software is compatible before buying an Apple Silicon…
Read moretmcphotos/Shutterstock The initialism “SMH” has been around for a while, and you’ll often encounter it in chat rooms and on social media websites. But what does SMH mean? Who came up with it, and how do you use it? “Shake My Head” or “Shaking My Head” SMH is an internet initialis…
Read moreVann Vicente What does it mean when someone comments “ITT” on a message board, and what exactly is a thread? We’ll answer all your questions about this online forum acronym here. In This Thread ITT is an initialism that stands for “in this thread.” It’s typically used on online f…
Read moreSMS, or Short Messaging Service, has been around for a long time, but soon it will be replaced by RCS, a newer and much better standard for sending messages. But what’s RCS all about? Here’s how it works. RCS is also known as Rich Communication Service, and it is the future of “t…
Read moreIf you use extensions with Mozilla Firefox and would like to add or remove extension icons from the toolbar, it’s as easy as drag-and-drop using Mozilla’s Customize Firefox function. Or you can quickly remove an icon with a right-click. Here’s how to do it. First, open “Firefox.”…
Read moreMicrosoft Word makes it easy to add the same text to multiple documents. This is especially handy for text with special formatting, the kind of text that often breaks when pasting it into a new document. The time you find yourself changing the same details in a dozen documents, t…
Read moreKhamosh Pathak The Apple Watch Series 6 and newer come with blood oxygen monitoring. It even records blood oxygen levels in the background. Do you not use the feature and want to save battery life? Here’s how to disable blood oxygen monitoring on your Apple Watch. How to Disable …
Read moreHadrian/Shutterstock Do you install the latest macOS upgrade on day one? Keeping your machine up to date is important, but there are some good reasons to delay a big upgrade, especially on your “daily driver” Mac. What’s the Difference Between an Upgrade and an Update? An update …
Read moreAirDrop lets you quickly transfer files wirelessly between iPhones, iPads, and Macs. When you share a document, the recipient will see the name of the sending device. If you’d like to change your AirDrop name, it only takes a few steps. Here’s how to do it. Before we begin, it’s …
Read moreblackzheep/Shutterstock If you own a Mac powered by Apple Silicon (such as the M1 processor), you no longer need to take out your iPhone or iPad to run some of your favorite mobile apps. As long as you’re running macOS 11Big Sur or newer, you can download and install iPhone and i…
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