The problem with combination wrist watch/calculators has always been that their keypads are two small to be usable by a normal sized human being. Punching no fewer than two keys at the same time was all but impossible. Now, however–and just in time for Christmas–we have a watch with keys big enough… Hold it! Wait just a darn minute. It’s…. Those…. It turns out that the Keypad made by Click isn’t a calculator at all, no matter how inviting those big, soft keys may be....

Over the past few months, Google has been cutting over more and more of its services to HTML5. YouTube’s Mobile site, for instance, was cut over back in July and before that they added drag-‘n’-drop attachments to Gmail for Chrome and Firefox. Well, now Google has added Safari to the list to its GMAIL drag ‘n’ drop for attachments, further increasing its feature set and leveraging the new HTML5 capabilities....

To get started, install the Panic Button extension for Chrome. The PanicButton icon appears next to the Chrome address bar. To hide all tabs, click the PanicButton icon and it hides all the tabs and will turn green. It also displays the number of tabs hidden. Click on it again to reopen all of the tabs. It lets you assign shortcut keys to PanicButton as well. To do that, right click on PanicButton icon and click on Options....

Open Chrome and go to the QReader beta page in the Chrome Web Store. Click Add To Chrome. When the Confirmation box comes up, click Install. After installation is complete Chrome display a confirmation message. The extension add QReader to Options. When you find a QR Code online, right-click on it and it will read it. Try it out here. Install the QReader in Chrome and open this page. Right-click the image below and select Read QR Code from Image....

Yesterday Google updated Cloud Connect to include a new menu that will open Google Docs files directly from Microsoft Office. This means you don’t have to haphazardly download and scavenger hunt for the correct file to work on. Now, all of your stored Google Docs files are accessible from the Cloud Connect toolbar itself. Nice. The “Open from Google Docs” menu will automatically list all of your documents stored in Google Docs, and Google even cleverly included a search box to help you find documents should your list prove too long....

What did Google do, exactly? Well, according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, quoting a person familiar with the matter, Google used cookies that went over Safari’s tracking blocker preferences in order to track users between sites and deliver them targeted advertising. Google (of course) denied any wrongdoing in a statement, saying that the FTC’s focus was on a 2009 help center page, which has been changed since. It’s also said that it had taken measures to remove the ad cookies, and that the cookies didn’t collect personal information....

I’ve had a Google Music account since the service was in beta, but I started using it seriously just after I realized the possibilities it has. First of all, you need to know that Google Music is solely a cloud music service, one that allows you to store your music on Google’s servers and access it wherever you like. This is why you get free space for 20,000 songs on your computer (not including the ones you purchase from Google Music – they don’t count towards your storage quota)....

Google Recorder Availability Google Recorder is available to install from the Google Play Store if you have an eligible Pixel device. And it’s a useful app to have on your phone. The app was initially only available for users of Google’s Pixel 4 devices. After a little while, users of Pixel 2 and newer could start using it. There is no word yet on when other devices will get it, or if they ever will....

If you’re tweaked that this is the first you’re hearing about the Lifehacker data compromise, rest assured that the Gawker tech team is on it, and are currently resetting passwords and contacting affected users. So, if you haven’t heard from Gawker yet, you will soon. As for why Gawker was hacked, it appears that there has been a longstanding feud between Gawker and Gnosis and their ilk. In the torrent file description Gnosis taunts Gawker, saying: The script kids reference is likely an allusion to Gawker’s comments when a group of 4chan members attempted to bring Gawker down after the blog demonized the group for launching a concerted campaign of harassment on an 11-year old YouTube member....

You can customize things in Settings like adding a home button to the toolbar in Chrome, personalizing the Home page in Firefox, and making Edge open to a specific set of web pages on startup. However, there are even more settings you may not know about. We’ll show you how to access the hidden advanced settings in Chrome and Firefox. How to Access and Change Hidden Advanced Settings in Chrome To access the hidden advanced settings in Chrome, type: chrome://flags in the address bar and press Enter....

Anyway, I was most devastated when I lost my precious panel launchers. Similar to the Windows Quick Launch Bar, Gnome let you launch frequently used applications and documents from convenient icons along the top panel.With Unity, there is no such thing. Rather, all graphical shortcuts are confined to the vertical launcher bar, which runs the height of the left-hand side of the screen and auto-hides. While the Gnome panel was comparable to the Windows taskbar, the Unity launcher is more like the OS X dock....

You need to install plenty of apps to get things done on your iPhone or iPad. But have you thought about using a website as an app on your device? Most apps provide extra features and abilities that a website can’t. But if you need the basic features that the web version offers or want to check a favorite webpage, add it to the home screen. For example, I just need to check my PayPal balance on my iPhone and maybe move some money around....

Add Any Program to Context Menu Open the registry and navigate to the following path: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell then right-click on shell and select New > Key. Give the new key the name of the program you’re adding to the context menu. I’m going to add Internet Explorer for this example. After you’ve created the new program key, you need to add another key for it. So right-click on the program key you added and select New > Key....

Add Holidays to Outlook Calendar Launch Outlook and head to File > Options Calendar. Then under the Calendar Options section click on the Add Holidays button. Next, check the box for each country’s holidays that you would like Outlook to download and add to the Calendar. That’s all there is to it. Now the National Holidays for the countries you checked will show up in your Outlook Calendar. Apparently The calendars multiply if you repeat the procedure....

Microsoft saw the benefit in this too and added the weather to Outlook’s calendar on iPhone. This is great news for iPhone users who prefer Outlook for their mail and calendar. Now when you’re planning a cookout, picnic, bonfire, or even an outdoor birthday party or reception, you’ll know ahead of time if the weather is going to cooperate or rain on your parade. Adding Weather in Outlook on iPhone You currently have two easy ways to add the weather in your Outlook calendar on iPhone....

How To Change The Time Windows Startup Takes To Automatically Choose And Boot the Default Operating System Click the Start Menu Orb and then Type CMD into the search box. Next Right-Click the cmd.exe program link and Select Run as administrator. In the command prompt Type bcedit /timeout 180 and then Press Enter. Note: 180 represents the number of seconds that the Windows Boot Manager will wait before automatically booting into the default Operating System....

Cast Media from Microsoft Edge To get started, head to the page with the media you want to send over to the big screen or monitor. Then click the Menu button and choose More Tools > Cast Media to Device. That will add a “Cast” button to the upper right corner of the browser. If you’re an avid YouTube viewer, it will be familiar. The “Cast tab” will find all the Chromecast devices on your network....

Windows 7 and 8.1 Reach End of Long-Term Support This article is meant for older computers that were running Windows 7 or 8.1 — both of which are no longer supported by Microsoft. Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 7 TodayICYMI: Support for Windows 8.1 Has Ended Microsoft this week announced that the Windows 10 release date is July 29th, and it also pushed out the Windows 10 upgrade app to all Windows 7 and Windows 8....

That is, of course, as long as PowerPoint is available to use. If you want to share your slides more widely without relying on a PowerPoint installation, you’ll need to look at converting your PowerPoint file to other formats. One way to do this is to convert a PowerPoint to a video. You can share a video file with your audience directly or upload it to sites like YouTube for wider access....

In a nutshell, here’s how IssueBurner works. You can create tasks or issues by emailing issues@issueburner.com. When you do, IssueBurner automatically creates an issue associated with your email address and any email addresses listed as recipients in the To: or CC: field. You can start creating issues without signing up, but when you do create an account, you can view your open issues and comment on issues. There are some key benefits to this system, which I think are really going to work out for collaborative teams and customer support desks:...