T9 App Search AppDialer caters to those who are used to a physical keyboard and provides a simple way to find what you need quickly. First install the free version from the Google Play Store. A paid version is also available which includes extra features — you can get it here. You’ll notice a phone dial pad, but the difference is that, once you hit one of the keys, it will search for an app that has the letters on said key in its name....
Windows 10 Technical Preview If your test computer is already running Windows 8.1, you should be fine using it with Windows 10 tech preview. It’s also worth noting that two preview versions are available, the Technical Preview and the Technical Preview for Enterprise. The latter has business features like Windows To Go, AppLocker, and other features for business. Unless you’re an IT pro or just an uber-geek, you need the regular version....
Bing Snake To play the classic Snake game, type: bing snake into search and hit Enter. Then you will get the game at the top of the results. Use your arrow keys to maneuver your snake. Bing Pong For a quick Pong game, type: bing pong into the search engine and hit Enter. Again, the top result will be the classic Pong game and you can control your paddle via your mouse....
Warning: Serious problems might occur with your system if you modify the registry incorrectly. Make sure to back it up first. Registry background The Windows Registry became widely known around the time Windows 95 was released. It is a hierarchical database that stores settings for Windows and any program. Pre-registry these settings were stored in multiple so-called “textbased ini-files” which made it hard to get a good overview. Windows Registry stores all in one visible place instead of having to look into multiple places....
CBS All Access Available on Apple TV App The CBS All Access streaming service includes a catalog of its network TV shows and movies and exclusive original shows that you can’t get over the air. Popular examples are shows like The Twilight Zone, Star Trek Discovery, and Star Trek: Picard. Like other premium streaming services, you get a one-week free trial, and the plan is $9.99/month for commercial-free viewing. That’s important to note as you can get a cheaper subscription for $5....
When you spend as much time in front of the computer as we do, it’s nice to add a little variety to your system. One way to do this is by changing your Windows 7 Theme. A theme is a combination of photos, colors, and sounds combined to create rotating desktop backgrounds, screen savers, and a sound scheme. Some even include new desktop icons and mouse pointers. So, being that it’s Friday, let’s change the scenery up a bit by applying some new free Windows 7 themes....
Find out if Your Facebook Account was Hacked To find out if your account was one of the nearly 30 million that were breached, you need to head to the Facebook Help Center. Log in if you aren’t already and you will see a notice at the bottom that will explain if your account was affected. If it was, the message will also tell you what information was taken. Luckily in the shot below it appears my account wasn’t affected, at least not this time....
Ok – History lesson over however let’s not forget the lesson. It’s all about the Apps – Period. This decade Apple demonstrated they wouldn’t lose this battle twice and launched the amazingly successful Apple App-Store for their mobile platform the iPhone. A billion downloads later… yeah… Google – Yeah, it was only a matter of time before we started seeing App Stores pop-up from everyone. Jack took a look at the Google Chrome Web Store back in December and it has been growing like crazy since so we thought we would dig a little deeper and show ya how-to spice up your Chrome install a bit AND, this time around were going to kick things off with a groovyVideo!...
Connecting to Networks in Windows 10 Connecting to the Internet: Wireless & Ethernet There are many ways to connect to the Internet. Using a wireless network is one of the common ways. Most Wi-Fi networks are secured, meaning you need to have a password to join. Some networks might be unsecured (open) and allow anyone to connect to them (like at a Coffee Shop.) But for secured networks, you’ll need to contact the Network Admin, or at a coffee shop or hotel, the person at the desk – to give you a password....
Neevia PDF Converter First off select the format that you want the document to come out in. I want to turn my PDF into images so I chose JPEG as the format. PNG or GiF also work, and possibly better.Next, select the file to upload.Finally choose whether to wait for the conversion to finish on the web page, or to have neevia send you an email link to the files once the job complete....
Here’s what you should do to ensure that your iPhone or iPad behaves appropriately when daylight saving time ends on Nov. 6 at 2:00 AM. Enabling Automatic Time Zone Settings in iOS By default, your iOS device picks up the time zone based on your geolocation. You may have disabled this by accident (or maybe on purpose, to extend your battery life.) Make sure to enable this setting by going to Settings > General > Date & Time....
This week Microsoft has two groovy deals going to help Mac fans jump onto the Microsoft Office boat. If you want to score on Office 2011 for Mac Business edition for a bargain, upgrade pricing is the way to go. Of course, you can also use it to get the Home & Student edition, but who would want that? The Home version doesn’t even have Outlook! But nonetheless the Home & Student has a special sale price this coming weekend....
Also today Google finally said sayonara to Google Buzz — one of several services, including Google Labs, officially axed in a Google so-called fall clean up today. And Apple looks to be cleaning up with its Apple iPhone 4S. Lines were long and product was moving. It’s appealing to 3G users who just need that better camera — more on that here. Finally, Microsoft quietly tied up its Skype purchase today....
Just recently Google released a free online in-browser games feature to their rapidly growing Google+ social network. In just a few days titles like “Edge World”, “Diamond Rush” and “Dragons of Atlantis” have been played thousands of times by thousands of people. To kick things off, Google also made a YouTube video advertising the new G+ feature in classic Google style: In addition to the titles you saw in the video, you will also get to play Angry Birds as well (that is, if you haven’t gotten bored from playing the Google Chrome Web Store version)....
The Google Apps user administration tool solves the problem by allowing you to suspend an account vs. deleting it. Once suspended, the account can no longer log into new email or calendar invites. It will all be blocked. Here’s how to suspend an account in Google Apps. Log in to the Google Apps Administration Dashboard and click the Organization & Users tab. Click the user you wish to suspend....
Windows users are well aware of the Task Manager that lets you monitor which tasks and programs are eating up system resources. But did you know there’s a task manager specifically in Google Chrome? Google Chrome Task Manager To find it, head to Settings > More Tools > Task Manager. Or if you prefer to use a keyboard shortcut, hit Shift+Esc. The Google Task Manager launches. Here you can monitor how much of your system’s memory, CPU cycles, and more is being used by tabs, apps, and extensions....
We’ve shown you ways to customize the New Tab page before, and here’s another quality extension to add that allows you to add a to-do list, notes, custom backgrounds, and more. Awesome New Tab page in Google Chrome To get started, install the Leoh New Tab extension to Chrome. This allows you to replace your current New Tab page with a customizable homepage with features like a clock, weather, bookmarks, notes, to-do lists, and a lot more....
At its developer conference last June, Apple announced the next version of macOS called High Sierra, will include a new version of Safari that blocks autoplaying videos. Google announced a similar change for Chrome in a blog post this week. It’s great to see more of these web browser developers are coming to their senses. Upcoming Chrome 63 Release Can Block Autoplaying Videos and Audio If it’s one thing I hate about the modern web is the onslaught of autoplaying videos and background audio....
The new file formats Google Docs Viewer can open are as follows: Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX)Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 / 2010 (.PPTX)Apple Pages (.PAGES)Adobe Illustrator (.AI)Adobe Photoshop (.PSD)Autodesk AutoCad (.DXF)Scalable Vector Graphics (.SVG)PostScript (.EPS, .PS)TrueType (.TTF)XML Paper Specification (.XPS) Remember that the Google Docs Viewer could already be used to open Microsoft Word documents (including the newer docx format), PDFs, presentations, and a few other formats. Basically, all of the essential Microsoft Office formats are now covered (I’m sure Microsoft is very happy :) ) Seeing PSD on the list makes me very happy as I always get photoshop files sent to me and it’s a pain since the viewer didn’t support the format....
By default, Gmail uses POP protocol, if you’ve changed it to IMAP, go into Gmail Settings and verify Pop is enabled and IMAP is disabled. Launch Outlook and click the File tab. Then click the Add Account button on the right. The Add Account wizard comes up. Enter in your name, email address and password twice, then click Next. Outlook will verify your settings and complete the process of setting up your account....
