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What to do if your MacBook battery dies before your latte is finished
Is your Mac’s battery still running at full capacity or has it depleted since you bought it a few years ago? Constant charging and depleting of your battery is going to have an effect on its capacity over the years, but by how much is the real question. We cover how you can check the ...
Google Keyboard for Android gets major update: One-handed mode, adjustable keyboard heights, more
Google has released a major update to its Google Keyboard for Android with the inclusion of a variety of new features. Version 5.0 includes one-handed mode, adjustable keyboard heights, quick access to numbers and emojis, cursor control gesture, and more. The Google Keyboard update comes just a week after Microsoft released its Word Flow keyboard ...
How to disable Find My iPhone on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Whether you have left your iPhone at a restaurant, it’s been stolen or you have merely misplaced it in your home, the Find My iPhone feature is a great way to locate your device, remote erase it or simply make it play a sound so you can locate it. When you activate Find My iPhone ...
HP ‘reinvents the Chromebook for the office’: Is the HP Chromebook 13 the best for work?
On Thursday, HP Inc. and Google jointly unveiled the HP Chromebook 13, an all-metal, 12.9 millimeters thin laptop running Google’s ChromeOS. The HP Chromebook 13 is available is three configurations, all at different price points. For $499, you get a 1080p screen, a Skylake-based Pentium chip, and 4GB of RAM. For a $100 more, you ...
Google OnHub adds support for IFTTT: Recipes to automate your life, where to buy
Google introduced its OnHub smart wireless router — a router that delivers fast Wi-Fi, easy setup, and software that regularly updates itself — in August last year . In addition, OnHub provides support for over 100 devices at one time, including lights, thermostats, speakers, etc. In the months that followed, OnHub was updated with Guest Wi-Fi, automatic ...
7 Google Keep tips to better organize your notes (and life)
Over the last few months, Google has been adding more and more features to Google Keep, its cross-platform note-taking app. With apps for Android, iOS, Chrome and the web, Google Keep has a variety of features, including note and list taking with your voice, sharing notes with others and recovering deleted notes. Make sure you ...
Sharing your iPhone? Use Guided Access to keep others in check
Touted by Apple as a feature to help you stay on task when using your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, Guided Access on iOS can be a useful feature in more practical situations as well. Why use Guided Access on your iPhone, iPad? With Guided Access, you can restrict your device to a single app, ...
Free OneDrive storage decreases to 5GB in July, what are your options?
In November last year, Microsoft announced that it would be shrinking free OneDrive storage from 15 GB to 5 GB. Microsoft tried to soften the blow a month later when they allowed users to keep their 15 GB of free OneDrive storage, but they had to claim it by January 31. If you are a ...
You can finally turn off all Facebook Live notifications in one fell swoop
Facebook Live has proven incredibly popular in its short lifespan, since launching for iPhone users at the end of January and Android users at the start of March. The feature allows users to instantly share a special moment in their life so that friends and family can enjoy the moment live with the individual. Facebook Live ...
9 tips to help you become a pro iPhone photographer
Over the years, the iPhone camera has improved dramatically and any iPhone user is able to take stunning photos without the need for learned photography skills. With each new iteration of the iPhone, the camera gets better and better, like the ability to take 4K videos on the iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, and SE. If, like most ...