You need to be the system administrator and use your account to purchase apps. So for instance, if you’re the parent and creating accounts for your kids. Add a User Account to Windows 8 Before you configure app sharing options, you need to add a user if you haven’t already. You can set them up with their Microsoft Account, or you can create a Local Account. If it’s your kid’s account, you might want to check the option to turn on Family Safety....

A New Way to Translate Words The official Translation app, released with iOS 14, was primarily designed for two people to communicate side-by-side with a mobile device between them. With a touch of a microphone button, one person said something into the device with their primary language. From there, the app automatically translates the word or sentence into the other person’s language, and back and forth they go. The app translates words in 11 different languages, including French, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, English (US and UK), German, Italy, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish....

Turn on Windows Sonic for Headphones To turn it on, right-click the speaker icon on the taskbar and select Spatial sound > Windows Sonic for Headphones from the menu. You can also find it in the Settings app. Head to Settings > System > Sound and click the Device Properties link under the Output section. Then choose “Windows Sonic for Headphones” from the menu under the Spatial Sound section. Alternately, you can hit the Windows key and type: control panel and open the classic Control Panel....

Say Hello to Building Blocks Located in the Microsoft Word Quick Part Gallery, these building blocks take many forms, including preformatted headers, footers, text boxes, cover pages, page numbers, quick tables, watermarks, table of contents, bibliographies, and equations. The often-used AutoText feature in Microsoft Word is a common type of building block. In fact, the feature grew out of AutoText in previous versions of Word. Theme-enabled, building block content automatically changes with the many available styles....

Google Meet Video Conferencing Google Meet was initially only part of G Suite, about which you can find out more here. Meet is a simple and effective video conferencing tool and it’s both a web-based service and an app. Google has decided to make Google Meet available to everyone, on the simple condition that they have a Google Account. The only caveat is that private users have their conferences restricted to 60 minutes....

iPhone as a Medical ID Do you remember the days when people with certain health complications would wear medical alert bracelets? This feature is the digital equivalent and allows you to include a lot more information about your health. To access it, launch the Health app, tap Medical ID at the bottom right, and then select Create medical ID. You can put in things like allergies, medical conditions, blood type, medication you’re currently taking, emergency contacts, previous hospitalizations…and more....

We at groovyPost.com just recently conducted a reader poll to find out what you thought about the Netflix price hike in July and spin-off of its DVD mailing service into its new Quikster subsidiary. The results? You were all dead on — and that’s bad news for Netflix. The majority of readers polled said they will either cut one or both services from their Netflix subscription. Now we don’t make a habit of reporting stock prices here at groovyPost (we’re geeks, not Wall Street reporters), check out how the Netflix stock performance is right in line with our readers poll....

The main difference is it has a new minimal cleaner interface with easier navigation options. Windows users will need to restart your system to complete the installation – which comes in at 89 MB. Here’s a look at everything that’s new according to Apple. What do you think of the new version of iTunes? Leave a comment and let us know! With how good streaming services like MOG are, I barely have kept up with my music collection this past year....

MX Keys Wireless Keyboard Logitech’s MX Keys is a full-sized matte keyboard that includes a number pad on the side. It’s essentially a stripped-down version of the Logitech CRAFT keyboard which includes a programmable creators dial. It’s a full-size keyboard (including a number pad) that’s built on a single metal plate. The dimensions are Height x Width x Depth: 20.5 mm (0.81 in) x 430.2 mm (16.94 in) x 131.63 mm (5....

We dropped a few Marvel Pinball screenshots of the tables available via in-app purchase. These include the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Venom, and many more Marvel heroes and villains from Marvel and Zen Studios. If you have Pinball Fever, Marvell Pinball is a mighty Cure! From Marvel: Feel free to check out the Marvel site for more info on the game. Overall, it’s pretty straightforward for Pinball fans out there....

WandaVision on Disney Plus WandaVision, exclusively on Disney Plus, is said to be the Marvel universe’s most comic book show yet. It is a complex storyline, to say the least, and will be released on an episodic basis. It features two characters and a setting that will be virtually impenetrable to new viewers. So much so that Marvel Studios is producing a clip show recapping critical moments of the 23-odd Marvel films that precede it....

In its statement on TechNet blog, Microsoft says the delay is due to “a last minute issue” but the company is being quiet on what the issue is. Although, Mary Jo Foley from ZDNet did report that Microsoft was having problems with its patch build system. However, in a later update, Microsoft had no further comment other than what it posted on its blog post. This is a rare decision from Microsoft and it leaves organizations without a patch for a memory corruption bug in handling SMB traffic which could allow a remote DoS attack....

We’ve shown you Edge for iOS and Android before. Now, you can try it out for yourself. Microsoft Edge Web Browser Released for iOS and Android Microsoft Edge for iOS is a 66 MB download from the App Store and works on iPhone’s running iOS 9 or later. You can download the Android version from the Play Store here. There is no support for iPad or iPhone X at this time, but the company is working on an update to add support in a future release....

Use Your Phone to Sign Into Microsoft Services Users will need to have the free Microsoft Authenticator app for iOS or Android installed. If you already have an account set up in the app, then all you need to do is Enable Phone sign in. Setting up phone sign is straightforward, but you will likely need to use an alternative method to receive an authentication code; because enabling phone sign in will be part of the configuration process....

Windows 10 Build 17763.107 Today’s update – KB4464455 – is being released to Insiders in the Slow and Release Preview rings and addresses a couple more bugs. We fixed the issue where dragging (extracting) files from a .zip file in File Explorer to a write-protected location you don’t get a “Do you want to replace these files” prompt and the copy action fails silently.We fixed an issue causing roaming profiles to not work correctly....

Microsoft Ends Development of Cache Scrapbook App Cache was made available as a preview download for Windows 10, along with a preview for a iOS from Test Flight. I noticed last week, I wasn’t able to download the app on my iPhone from Test Flight, but thought it was probably a bug. Although I didn’t get around to testing the app fully, it seemed promising. Cache’s key feature was its ability to consume and organize media from a variety of sources, whether was a web page link, a screenshot, tweet, a picture saved or even Microsoft Office documents....

What will be the fate of Microsoft’s new brick & mortar strategy? Changing market trends show brick and mortar sales are down. Internet sales, on the other hand, are rising up and up. So why would a software giant want to set up retail shops? Digital distribution is growing, broadband and DSL are widely available, and several huge computer retail outlets recently went bankrupt. Honestly, to me, it makes absolutely no sense, but we don’t want Dr....

Ok, I know this isn’t a typical How-To article. However, I just couldn’t resist. It turns out Microsoft wants to BING your phone. This morning Microsoft released 3 three Bing-branded ringtones for your mobile phone. They are calling them BingTones. You can find the links here: Three Bing-branded ringtones for your mobile device (BineTones.zip)Three BingTones for your phone (BingTones-Internal.zip) Both are surprisingly the same 3 Ring Tones/BingTones, so my guess is the release manager made a mistake and released both on Microsoft Download....

Late yesterday, Microsoft released a new version of its Freeware SyncToy utility – version 2.1 (build 2.1.0.0) for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available for free download. The latest release includes significant upgrades which should be able to meet all your PC “sync” needs. I downloaded the tool and had it up and running and syncing a few of my folders in just a few minutes....

As usual, there are no new features but the update includes important security fixes that resolve vulnerabilities to different components of Windows 10. KB4528760 for Windows 10 Version 1903 and 1909 Today’s update will bump Windows 10 1903 to build 18362.592 and Windows 10 1909 to build 18363.592. Here’s what’s included: Older versions of Windows 10 are also getting a cumulative update today with the exception of version 1511. There are a few known issues with these updates which vary for each version....