Create Strong Password with Wolfram Alpha Head to Wolfram Alpha and type: generate password into the query field and click the Compute button. Then you’ll be given a random strong 8-character password, additional passwords, the phonetic form of it, and a lot of extra information that you probably care to know. To copy it, click the Copyable Plaintext icon and copy it to the Clipboard. If you want something stronger than 8-characters, change the number of characters you want....

This is one of the first third-party apps to come along since Google made the official Chromecast SDK available to developers. And surprisingly this one is created for Windows Phone. Tube Cast Streams YouTube to Chromecast Download TubeCast on your Windows Phone and launch it. The app should find you Chromecast(s) right away, if you have more than one just select the one you want to watch videos. Then you can start searching for videos on YouTube....

Spell Check Keyboard Shortcut for Microsoft Word Hit Alt + F7 on your keyboard, and it will start with the first misspelled word. If the first highlighted word at the top of the list is correct, just hit Enter. Or you can arrow to the correct one, ignore it, or Add to Dictionary. Hit Alt + F7 again, and it will go to the next misspelled word. If you practice keyboard Kung fu, this makes correcting spelling mistakes in Word much easier....

Screenshot with a Tap of the iPhone The new feature is part of the Accessibility options in iOS 14. It lets you tap the back of your phone to take a screenshot. And setting it up takes just a few moments. To get started head to Settings > Accessibility > Touch. Now under the Touch screen scroll down until you see “Back Tap” and select it. Then on the following screen tap either Double or Triple tap for the number of times you want to tap the back of your phone for the action to occur....

Paint 3D It’s called the Creators Update for a reason, and the new Paint 3D app is the most potent example of what the new version has to offer creatives. For students and teachers, in particular, Paint 3D is an excellent introduction to the industrial arts. My brother teaches the subject; he has been playing with Paint 3D for a few weeks now and is quite impressed with some of the features of the app....

New Light Theme One of the most visual new features you will find is a new “Light Theme” that gives Windows a clean and, well, light look and feel. However, turning on the new theme isn’t exactly where you’d think it is. To enable it, head to Settings > Personalization > Colors and choose “Light” from the dropdown menu under the “Choose your color” option. Windows Sandbox Sandbox is basically a lightweight version of a Virtual Machine (VM)....

One of the reasons why I have a tendency to use big keyboards is the noise they make. It simply doesn’t feel like typing if it’s too silent and the keys so sensitive. This is just the product if you’re looking for the ultimate old-school typing feeling. The USB typewriter has a huge compatibility list. It works with any Windows PC, Mac or Linux computer, any tablet with a USB host, plus quite a few other devices (including Motorola Xoom or Samsung Galaxy SII – and perhaps the Galaxy SIII)....

Dragon Mobile Assistant (Beta) Dragon Mobile Assistant allows voice commands and voice prompts with your Android device. Make a call, send a text message or get directions to a location by simply “talking” to your device. The app is in beta so don’t expect everything to be perfect. Still, something this cool is certainly worth a try. Daily Badge If you’re trying to establish a daily routine and track how well you’re doing, Daily Badge is the app for you....

Just like Twitter, Tinysong is easy to use and very minimalist in design. Visit http://www.tinysong.com/ and type in the song or artist that you want a song link for. Once you type in a song name and perform a search, you’ll see all of the available results. For example, a search for “Taylor Swift” will display all songs by her, but to see all of them you’ll need to click + More Results....

This is where WordPress plugins come in. Plugins can help you enhance the speed, security, and appearance of your site without any programming or technical knowledge. WordPress plugins are essentially plug-and-play components to enhance the platform. The following are 10 of the most important WordPress plugins that you should install on any WordPress site or blog that you’re running. We’ve also included a few of the most popular alternative plugins in each category....

Using Google Voice from your iPhone is a very simple process thanks to Google’s vision of moving all applications to the Web. Good news, since Apple decided to block the Google Voice App from the Apple App Store. Whatever their reasons, thanks to Google and the Google Voice Mobile Site/Client, we won’t need to wait for Google and Apple to battle it out in court. We can start using Google Voice on the iPhone immediately....

Available for Windows and Mac, VideoProc Vlogger is a solution for anyone who has either been unwilling to spend a fortune for video-edit software or has grown frustrated by the steady stream of freemium options that add watermarks and limit features. Although it’s designed for everyone, the software is primarily geared towards beginners, hobbyists, and, as its name suggests, Vloggers. What is VideoProc Vlogger? Developed by Digiarty Software, VideoProc Vlogger is designed with the Dewey principle in mind: learn by doing....

I’m sure that the Australia LifeInsuranceFinder.com didn’t have me in mind when they created the animation “Digital Death — What Happens Online When You Die.” I have no intention of dying, but in an academic sense, I found the cartoon informative and funny. (Actuaries always crack me up.) Are you worried about any dirty laundry you stashed on the Internet? You should be. When you die–emphasis on “you”– if you have a lot of your personal information in a cloud, it becomes the property of whoever runs the cloud....

How it works When you accessed this article, your web browser was using TLS. Let’s look into what is happening behind the scenes. TLS helps to protect your information during transit, and attackers capturing data will see only garbage because they don’t have the session key that is needed to decrypt and read the data. TLS History Pre-versions of TLS were named SSL (versions 1.0/2.0/3.0), Secure Socket Layer, which was developed by a company called Netscape year 1994....

Awhile back, I covered PDFelement, a cost-effective Adobe or Bluebeam alternative that lets you create, modify, and edit PDFs as if they were Word files. I reviewed PDFexlement 5 and liked it because it was full-featured, yet lightweight. It’s perfect for splicing together PDFs, rotating pages, etc., but it can also do much more, like apply markups, perform OCR, and encrypt PDFs. Since my last review, Wondershare has released PDFelement 6....

So, how worried should you be? And what should you do to protect yourself? Let’s take a look at the details and I’ll tell you my opinion. Facebook has not been hacked This is the first and most important thing you should note. No one has gained access to Facebook’s servers or leaked data directly from Facebook. The source of the compromise is a malicious browser extension. No one from Facebook or any of the browser developers have identified which extension is the culprit, however....

Sure, there are plenty of Google Maps alternatives, but they’re rarely as accurate or filled with as many features as Google Maps offers. Instead, work through some of the solutions below to see if it resolves the slowness issues you’re experiencing. These solutions include steps for either mobile or your browser, depending on where you’re experiencing these issues. Google Maps Slow on Mobile If Google Maps is slow on your mobile device, there are a number of things that can cause it....

I use my wireless Wi-Fi network to stream media and provide Internet connections to my smartphone, tablets, and laptops around the house. My home network includes a router which is 802.11n compatible, meaning that it supports the current fastest available consumer-grade Wi-Fi protocol. But I know that my Internet provider (Comcast) provides much faster connections to my wired desktop computers, and I’d love the benefits of faster speeds on my Wi-Fi connected devices....

Windows 10 RAM Limits The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 10. The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 8. The memory limits between client and server are starting to compete; leaving an awkward gap with some editions in the Windows Server 2012 family-like Foundation and Essentials at 64 GB. High-end editions such as Standard and Datacenter have a memory limit of 4 TB....

From the Windows Store Xbox Video app page: You should receive this update automatically in the background, unless you have auto app updates disabled for some reason, then you’ll need to manually update it. Xbox Video App Updated for MKV Support After you’ve verified your Xbox Video app is up-to-date, it’s time to test out the new feature. Find a MKV file on your computer or network location, right-click it, and select the Xbox Video icon to play it....