Launch iTunes on Mac or PC and go to Store » View My Account. You’ll be prompted to log into your iTunes account if you’re not already. Then scroll down to the iTunes in the Cloud section. Click the Turn Off Auto Renew button TappIn is a client of mine, and you can learn more about their music streaming capabilities at http://www.tappin.com/stream-your-music. Brian, hope you don’t mind me expanding on your article :) Comment Name * Email *...

Pixar Studios Dug Days Disney says, “In honor of International Dog Day, Disney+ has released a new trailer and key art for Pixar Animation Studios’ “Dug Days,” a new series of five shorts that follows the humorous misadventures of Dug, the lovable dog from Disney and Pixar’s Oscar®-winning feature film “Up” whose high-tech collar translates his thoughts into speech.” The company continues: Subscribe to Disney Plus Remember that it’s never too late to subscribe to Disney Plus....

The Google Web Fonts project is a huge cache of 501 different font families. Each font can be added to your own personal collection that’s linked to your Google account. From there, you can directly download fonts in your collection or get the code to use them on your site. To download your selected fonts, use the download button, and then you’ll receive them in a compressed zip archive. At that point, all you have to do is extract them, and they are ready for use....

With Gplus.to, users can create short URLs for their Google+ profile in a few simple clicks. To get started, copy your Google+ profile ID. If you don’t know how to find it, just open your Google+ profile and copy the number. Next, navigate to Gplus.to in your browser and choose the nick name you want to use for your Google+ profile. Paste in your profile ID and click the Add button and you should be golden....

It’s that time of year again where hospitals, clinics, and stores start advertising flu vaccines. As we transition into the winter flu season, no doubt you “health minded” groovyReaders would like to know the Flu Trends in your area. Google Flu Trends was launched November 2008 as a collaboration of searches related to “the flu” and the location and geographic area they originated. Over the past year they have upped the game, and Thursday morning 16 additional countries have been added to the flu tracking program which now covers a whopping 37 languages....

Facebook seems to understand that it’s all about apps these days, so the company has been launching them one after the other, for all possible platforms. Android has a Facebook app, that got revamped a little while ago, as well as a standalone chat app, called Facebook Messenger. Chat works well from the main app, too. So does managing Facebook pages, but Facebook has probably realized that it’s much easier for the user to have a specific app for a specific task....

In today’s broadband and mobile Internet age, 90% of the work you do on a computer involves the Internet. This fact makes using different browsers sometimes necessary since there is always a browser that is better at one thing and worse at another. When hearing “Browser” or “Internet” what do you think of first? My guess would be Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari or Firefox. But what about the less popular browsers that don’t have the user base to make such an impression and reach the top 5?...

Google data centers aren’t open to public tours, and before today there was little information published by Google regarding them. As you’ll see in the video, Google takes data security very seriously; both on a physical and server level. To top it all off, the data centers are eco-friendly. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

Well, like all things, Twitter has apparently determined that to stay relevant in the modern era of Snapchat, Instagram, and Animoji, it must evolve or die. So, effective immediately, Twitter has increased the tweet character limit to 280 characters. Twitter Doubles Tweet Character Limit The web interface at Twitter.com has already implemented the new 280 character limit, however, you will need to update the app on your various mobile device(s) and apps to get the change....

I’ve worked in Information Security at the Corporate level for a number of years and what I’ve found is people tend to say some very inappropriate things in chat vs. email. Normally this is because many employees view email as being very formal and chat as transitory, kind of like a phone call. After all, no one is listening to those chat conversation right? Wrong. As I’ve explained, Google Chat records those IM chat conversations by default which makes them all easily discoverable should your company be served with a data discovery subpoena....

Google Reader is a web-based RSS feed reader has been around for a while and it’s been appreciated, and used a lot by bloggers and journalists. The good news is that you can use Google Takeout to export your data, which includes an XML file of your subscriptions, plus JSON files containing people you follow, people that follow you, things you’ve starred and shared. One the Takeout page, just click Create Archive....

The New To-Do When we took a look at the Microsoft To-Do preview, only the web version was available. Now, you can download Microsoft To-Do app from the Microsoft Store or access it on the web. It’s also available for iOS and Android. There are a few apps and programs out there that allow you to create digital to-do lists. One that is quite popular is Wunderlist, and if you’ve used it before then Microsoft To-Do will look familiar to you....

Here’s a look at what these new features are and how to use them on your new Apple TV. Update Your Apple TV to tvOS 9.2 Of course, to get these new features you’ll need to grab the latest update. If you don’t have automatic system updates enabled, you’ll need to go to Settings > System > Software Updates > Update Software. To learn more about Apple TV updates and setting them to install automatically, read our article on how to get the latest updates for your new Apple TV....

The Philips Hue Sync app lets you transform your smart lights into a truly immersive entertainment experience. Whether you’re listening to music, watching movies, or just using your computer, your Philips Hue lights can transform your room into part of that world. This is what the Internet of Things is all about! In this article, you’ll learn how to set up Philips Hue Sync and how to set up entertainment modes for everything you do....

Update 3/2/2010: Article updated to include Outlook 2010 Steps at the bottom of Tutorial. Update 10/13/2015: If you’re using the latest versions of Outlook, here’s a list of our Tutorials for Outlook 2013 and 2016. Add Week Numbers to Outlook 2013 CalendarAdd Week Numbers to Outlook 2016 Calendar Below is a SIMPLE step-by-step for adding week numbers to your Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 calendar. If you’re looking for the Outlook 2010 instructions, scroll to the bottom....

Open Outlook 2011 and Click Outlook, Preferences. Click Calendar. Check the box Show week numbers. The week number will be displayed at the header of each of your calendar pages. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

Not all presentations are suitable for these types of effects. And some people may view them as distracting. However, if you’re creating a slideshow for your students, club members, or teammates, then take a look at how you can make it more interesting and entertaining with transitions and animations in Google Slides. Add a Slide Transition A transition is an effect you see when moving from one slide to the next....

CCleaner is a free tool that can help accomplish these tasks and more. If you’re using a computer that you share with others, you can have CCleaner automatically run and clean each account when users log in to Windows. We’ll show you how. Before setting up CCleaner to run automatically, you should open CCleaner and choose what you want to clean. Then, when CCleaner automatically starts, it will clean what you set it to clean....

I previously wrote up an article while using the Developer Preview version of Windows 8 that required a lot of Command Line geekery to enable Safe Mode. But now with the final version of Windows 8, it’s already enabled and there’s a couple of ways to get to it. Boot Windows 8 Advanced Boot Options The easiest way to get into Safe Mode is to hit Windows Key + I to bring up the Settings bar....

How To Change The Display Style Of the System Day In The Windows 7 System Tray Click the Clock in your Windows 7 system tray and then select Change date and time settings Click Change date and time Click Change calendar settings From here, you can change your date and time display using the preset Windows 7 format. Select one from the drop-down lists, but if you want something more customized, click Additional settings....