iPad Widgets You’re not mistaken. Yes, there were already widgets on iPad with iPadOS 14. However, those were only Today View widgets that sat on the first page of the Home screen. Apple has unleashed the widgets in iPadOS 15, and now they look very similar to what you’d find on the iPhone. On iPad, widgets come in different sizes and styles and are available for native and third-party apps. Not every app has a set of widgets....
Zoom or Magnify Screen Items in Windows 10 You are probably familiar with zooming in; you’ve done it many times in applications such as Edge or Microsoft Word. But, you can also do it anywhere on the desktop, too. In Windows 10, it’s easy as pressing the Windows key and (+) key to activate the magnifier app. You can then zoom in or out by pressing either the plus or minus sign on the app or press Windows key and (-) or (+) on your keyboard....
Change Cache Settings To change the cache settings, search for “upload center” and open up the Office 2013 Upload Center program. In the Upload Center click the Settings button. Under cache settings, adjust the number of days to keep files in the Office Document Cache. Setting a low number will free up system space, however setting a higher number will help you avoid losing documents and data in the case of an upload failure or server error....
Save Web Images on Kindle Fire Open the Silk browser on your Kindle Fire. When you find an image you’d like to save, long-press it until you see the following menu. Tap Save Image. I noticed when long-pressing an image on site Home pages, you get a larger menu with more options. To save the picture, tap Save Image. You’ll find the images that you’ve saved in the Gallery app. Launch your Apps page, tap Device then tap Gallery....
Do you enjoy setting interesting and custom wallpapers for your Windows PC background? John’s Background Switcher (JBS) is a free application that works with Windows 98 and higher. It’s main purpose is to automatically rotate your desktop wallpaper at specific time intervals, and it does so amazingly well. The interface is fairly intuitive, and considering it’s free, it pulls up nicely against the competition. Rotate between local wallpapersRotate between locally stored network wallpapersPull photos from online sourcesCompletely customize wallpaper settings...
New Loki Trailer from Marvel Studios Unlike previous clips, this one shows an actual scene from the show that features the God of Mischief himself, Loki, and Mobius introducing himself to Loki. They travel down a corridor of the Time Variance Authority (TVA) headquarters. In case you missed it, you can check out the new trailer below. Loki appears to be recruited by the TVA leader, Mobius, to help fix the broken timeline....
Bing Desktop Beta First, download and install the Bing Desktop Beta from the Microsoft Download Center. It’s currently only available in the US, and you’ll need Windows 7. It doesn’t work on Windows 8 Consumer Preview. It installs in seconds. Before using it, you’ll have the option to set Bing as the default search engine in Internet Explorer and set your wallpaper to the Bing Image of the Day. Uncheck the options if you don’t want them....
Microsoft Homepage 8-bit Fun Simply head to microsoft.com and type the following sequence on your keyboard: That sequence is actually the way you could access a lot of different Easter Eggs in games on the old-school Nintendo controller. After using the sequence, you’ll see the 8-bit Ninja-Cat riding a T-rex and a coin slot. You will also see virtual quarters at the bottom of the page. Simply drag them to the coin slot and you will have access to some more fun stuff....
— Tavis Ormandy (@taviso) May 6, 2017 Microsoft Security Advisory 4022344 says: Check for Updates Two days after getting the news of the exploit Microsoft’s Security Response Center and Windows Defender developers deployed a fix that is now available via Windows Update. The versions of Windows affected by this bug are Windows 7, 8.1, RT, and Windows 10. It also affects other anti-malware software typically used by IT departments like Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint Service Pack 3, Windows Intune Endpoint Protection, and others....
Overall the install was very simple, and within about 30 seconds after downloading the tool I had the scanner running gathering information on the following areas: Network ConnectivityActive Directory Site ConfigurationActive Directory Subnet Configuration Active Directory ReplicationFile Replication and SYSVOL AdministrationDNS VerificationNetwork Adapter ConfigurationDomain Controller HealthNetwork Time Protocol ConfigurationExchange Server ConfigurationNetwork ConfigurationEvent Log Entries The Health Check runs about 100 separate checks and provides a detailed HTML report on its findings including Links to KB Articles on issues it finds....
IE Flash Player Update Windows 10 9879 (KB3018943) Today’s patch is a security update for Internet Explorer Flash Player. You can get the security patch now by going to Windows Update. While it seems there are quite a few new patches and builds for Windows 10, this is something that should be expected for testers in the Windows Insider program. We try to cover each of these new patches and builds that are available for Windows 10, but I suggest following @GabeAul on Twitter as this is where several of the updates are first announced....
Windows 10 1809 October 2018 Update KB4493509 This latest round of cumulative updates will bump your build to 17763.437 and includes the following list of fixes and improvements: Addresses an issue that occurs when you enable per font end-user-defined characters (EUDC). The system will stop working and a blue screen will appear at startup. This is not a common setting in non-Asian regions.Addresses an issue that may cause applications that use MSXML6 to stop responding if an exception was thrown during node operations....
KB4580364 for Windows 10 Version 2004 and 20H2 After installing this update, it will bump your build to 19042.610 and 19041.610 respectively. Here is the list of highlights for these updates: Introducing Meet Now in the Windows 10 Taskbar Earlier this year we introduced Meet Now in Skype. Meet Now makes it easy to connect with anyone in as little as two clicks for free and each call can last up to 24 hours....
Windows 10 1809 KB4464330 If you installed the October 2018 Update before it was pulled due to personal files being deleted, there is an update for your version. You can get it via Windows Update on your PC or manually download it. This update will bump your build number to 17763.55. Here is what’s included: Addresses an issue where an incorrect timing calculation may prematurely delete user profiles on devices subject to the “Delete user profiles older than a specified number of day” group policy....
Windows 10 20H1 Build 18908 Your Phone app improvements. The Your Phone app includes new accessibility features, keyboard language, and layout. Users of the TalkBack feature on Android can now enable the Your Phone companion accessibility. Focus Tracking is also available. “You will now be able to interact with your Android phone’s apps at your preferred magnification while in the phone screen. Focus tracking will seamlessly follow your keyboard focus and mouse pointer input,” writes Dona Sarkar and Brandon LeBlanc....
Windows 10 Build 21359 The most notable change in this build is a Start Menu option that lets you restart apps after signing in when you reboot your device. You can find it under Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options > Restart apps. When it’s enabled you will see the following option in the Start menu. Here is the list of other changes and improvements: If you have your activity history synced across your devices through your Microsoft account (MSA), you’ll no longer have the option to upload new activity in Timeline....
Dona Sarkar notes, “As we mentioned in the blog post for our flight on Wednesday, we are now at the point of the development cycle for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update where our focus is now on stabilization for release to the world. This means that we intend to release new builds to Insiders more quickly and that these builds will include mostly bug fixes.” It’s also worth noting that “known issues” will no longer be documented in the release notes....
Sure it is, but why limit yourself and your creativity to one program? Many may say that Sway is the cooler and more modern version of PowerPoint, but Microsoft has designed these two products to fill two different niches. Despite the rumors that swirled when Sway was first announced, Sway is not a replacement for PowerPoint. Rather, it’s a more web-centric sidekick to PowerPoint that has a greater focus on collaboration, responsive design, and shareability....
eBook Store And it wasn’t rolled it out well, either. If you purchased an eBook from Microsoft the only place you could read it was on Windows 10 in Microsoft Edge. Not to mention the library was smaller than competitors and it lacked features like book preview and a lending library. Microsoft killed its eBook store on April 2nd, 2019. And customers who did purchase books were no longer available to read....
Widgets Keyboard Shortcut A new feature forced on Windows 10 users was the News and Interests Widget. Luckily you can remove it from the taskbar. On Windows 11, the feature is more complex and laid out better. Still, on Windows 11, you can remove the Widgets feature from the taskbar. But removing the button doesn’t completely disable the feature. You can still use its keyboard shortcut, which is Windows key + W....
