Add Webpage Shortcuts iPhone, iPad, iPod touch While on the page you want to save, tap the Options button then Add to Home Screen. Give the icon a name and tap Add or Enter on the keyboard. The page displays as an icon on your Home Screen. Tap it like you do any app to open the page directly in Safari. If you have several pages – put them in a folder....
Adobe Emergency Patch for Flash Player Adobe released a security advisory on Thursday which states the following: If you’re running Windows or Mac, you should be running version 21.0.0.182 and for Linux version 11.2.202.577, and the extended support Flash Player release is updated to 18.0.0.133. Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2016-1010 is being used in limited, targeted attacks. To check the version of Flash that’s running on your computer, go to the About Flash Player page....
Here are five fixes for when your Alexa sounds muffled. 1. Update Your Echo Device To update an Echo device: 2. Change the Equalizer Settings For Your Alexa Device If your Alexa sounds muffled when playing music, then you can change the equalizer settings for your device to try to improve things. You can change these settings either through the app or by voice command. Note that changing the equalizer settings has no effect on Alexa’s voice, so if your problem is muffled speech, this fix won’t help....
Now your Android phone or tablet is all set up for using the Android AppStore. So, with that done we’ll take a look at actually making use of it. The app should automatically start downloading. Once the download is finish, it will automatically ask you if you would like to install the app. The rest works just like any other app on your phone! Conclusion Comment Name * Email *...
The retail giant offers “Black Friday-like” deals for 48 hours. In fact, the company typically offers up “early bird” discounts on a lot of items. We’ll have more on that as the date looms closer. And if you’re looking for ways to save during the sale, check out our piece on how to get the most value out of Prime Day.
With Show Mode and Hands-Free Alexa, you’ll have full-screen visuals to compliment Alexa responses for things like weather, setting timers, movie showtimes, trending news, seeing recipes, and more. You can, of course, use it to make video and voice calls to other friends with other Echo and Alexa devices. While the dock makes it convenient to use hands-free as a Show, you can also just pick it up and bring it with you to use it as a tablet like you normally would....
It grows twice as fast as Apple’s store, and I can see why some developers would rather develop Android apps. The chance to reach a large number of customers being that the is much larger, as the number of devices you can reach is also much bigger. Android App Store, at the current growth rate, will get to 425,000 apps by August. At the end of April it was at 295,000....
Apple announced the iPhone 4S just a few hours ago. Big deal or not? We’ll know when we see it — but here are the specs. Update 10/06/2011: Added Sprint to the iPhone 4 column, since Sprint will begin carrying the 8 GB iPhone 4 starting October 14. Update 10/07/2011: I’m changing the iPhone 4S RAM to 512 MB, since my original source could have been incorrect. A confirmation will be made once a tear down is performed....
FX NOW is the streaming app for 21st Century Fox’s network cable channels FX, FXX, and FXM – it’s been available on iOS, Xbox One and Windows 8 for a while now. The FX Now app has already been available for iOS devices like iPhone and iPad. The channel offers content from FX, FXX, and FXM networks. FX is known for the popular TV shows Sons of Anarchy, American Horror Story, Fargo, and more, including the Simpsons....
I had a lot of good and not so good times with XP. When it first came out I had horrendous driver issues and not to mention multiple Blue Screen’s of Death. Service Pack 1 addressed some of the issues, but there were still a lot of holes and vulnerabilities. Service Pack 2 did a good job of shoring things up at the time, however at that point I had already switched my browser to Firefox…I had actually switched to it before it even reached version 1....
First download Miro for Windows, Linux or OS X if you don’t have it already. Miro Installation Installation is easy, just run the installer and click next a few times. But, keep an eye out for an optional sponsored software install it tires to install. When I ran it, the installer tried to put AVG Security Toolbar on my computer, and that’s NOT okay. This is another occasion when good software comes bundled with crapware to help the company stay profitable....
Update: This Extension No Longer Works This extension for Chrome is no longer valid and doesn’t work with the browser. If you want to disable extensions on certain sites you can disable them manually. Just go to Chrome Web Store and install the Extension Automation for Google Chrome. For the extension to work properly, you need to let it access installed extensions, apps and themes. Once installed, click its icon and select what you want to do with any extension....
To start, make sure to download and install the latest version of Dropbox, which at the time of this writing is 2.4.1. Upload and Share Screenshots with Dropbox After installation and setting it up, hit the PrtScn button on Windows or Command+Shift+3 on Mac you’ll see the following dialog box. Confirm you want to enable the feature. Then when you go to your Dropbox account online, you’ll see a new Screenshots folder has been added....
According to Microsoft’s official post on the matter, here are some known problems the new update is causing: If you’ve installed this update, their advice is to uninstall it immediately. How to Remove Update KB2412171 Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.
What is TinEye? TinEye uses facial recognition type software to identify images based solely on looks so the only thing I need is the image itself. It might sound shallow but it sure works. When you submit an image to be searched, TinEye creates a unique and compact digital signature or ‘fingerprint’ for it, then compares this fingerprint to every other image in our index to retrieve matches. TinEye can even find a partial fingerprint match....
BLUETTI April Discounts From April 7th, you can pick up a great deal on a number of BLUETTI products. To help you get started, we’ve picked out some of the best BLUETTI deals available this April below. BLUETTI AC300 Power Station & B300 Battery Pack Combo You don’t need to be connected to the grid for power with a portable power station on hand. If you need one, the BLUETTI AC300 is a great option....
While Edge has been improved in this edition and finally supports extensions, you might not want it as the default. Or maybe you have your browser of choice already set up how you like it and don’t care to take the time to set up Edge. Here’s how to set it back. Set Default Browser Windows 10 Anniversary Update Hit the Windows key and type: default browser and select the Choose a default web browser option at the top....
Install the free Clueful app from the Google Play Store – you can get it here. After it’s installed, the app will give you a privacy score, based on apps you have installed. You’ll notice that apps are split into three risk categories. Clicking each one will send you to a list where you can get details for the respective apps. You’ll also get an uninstall link, so that you can get rid of a dangerous app right away....
Things like this have happened lately to other Internet giants, like Yahoo and Twitter, but they were much more serious than it is in Dropbox’s case. Still, the company has decided to take more security measures before something more serious happens. It looks like everyone’s favorite cloud storage service has escaped almost unscathed. According to a post on the Dropbox blog, the company’s users started sending emails to customer service reps, letting them know that they were getting spam emails on addresses they were only using with Dropbox....
DropCanvas for File Sharing Like with any service that is hosting your data, be sure to read the Terms and Conditions first. DropCanvas T&C seem pretty standard, but watch out for this line: I’m not a lawyer that can translate all of the legal jargon, so if anything in the Terms & Conditions bothers you be sure to read up on it before uploading your family photos to the service....
