Sprint has announced that it will only be selling the LTE iPad Mini in select stores, and it won’t be available online as quantities are limited. The cool thing about these is the LTE data plans don’t require a contract: Here’s what the prices come in at for for the iPad Mini with LTE: 16 GB: $459.9932 GB: $559.9964 GB: $ 659.99 Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....
Tap Tap Screenshot on Android To get started download and install the Tap Tap app from XDA Developers. Note that you will need to sideload it to work since this isn’t coming from the Google Play Store. It’s also worth noting that the Tap, Tap app is still in beta and it might not work with every Android phone. For best results use a Pixel 3 or higher device. But I was able to get it to work without any problems on a OnePlus 6T....
This week host Josh Windisch is joined by groovyPost founder Steve Krause and founding editor Austin Krause. This week the groovyPost crew covers the following. Microsoft Surface Tablet for Windows 8Xbox 360 in Your Living RoomXbox 720, Kinect 2 and Kinect Glasses LeakedWindows 8 How To CentralKeyboard Shortcuts for Windows 8Storage Spaces – First LookApple’s WWDC 2012 HighlightsMacBook Pro Difficult to RepairGoogle Two Factor Authentication And a lot more! Thanks for joining us for the Tech Groove Podcast....
Let’s face it: a lot of people have suspected their significant other of various activities that they might be hiding. And what better place to start the snooping around process than said person’s smartphone. But the suspicion is a two-way street; how do you find out if your girlfriend doesn’t trust you and she’s trying to unlock your phone? It couldn’t be easier, really; just install Third Eye and never suspect anything else again....
In most “ethical hacks”, only a snippet of the compromised information is posted online as a warning or to embarrass the service provider. What’s unfortunate about this Twitter security event is that all of the information was posted online. Five posts worth of information (mainly because it has a storage limit per file of 512 Kb) was made available on May 7th for the world to access. In case you’re curious, the first post is here....
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Control Center Your Mac’s most important controls are found in System Preferences. Unfortunately, because of the vast size of the location, finding these controls has never been easy until now. The new Control Center on macOS Big Sur is where you can access all of your most important controls, including Wi-Fi, Music, and Display. You can also add controls and drag favorites to customize it to match your preferences. Located directly off the Mac menu bar, Control Center remains a work in process....
Note: For this article, I am using a OnePlus Android phone. The menus vary slightly from manufacturer to manufacturer but this will give you an idea of what to look for. Disable All Sensors on Android The first thing you need to do is enable Developer Options. It’s a set of tools that are for app makers. But there is nothing to worry about as this is allowed and won’t void your warranty....
Summify was started in Romania, then moved to Vancouver a couple of years ago. It offers users the ability to organize their life better in the age of social networking. It sends users, via e-mail, mobile or web, a summary of the most relevant news from their social networking accounts. Or I should say “it delivered”, since the deal means no more new user registrations and some features removed. E-mail summaries will be kept for existing users, but the service will be shut down completely sometime in the future....
After speaking with Verizon for ~5 hours and talking with dozens of techs and managers (half of whom didn’t even know what a computer was), I discovered that IF you want incoming Port 80 opened, you need to buy a static IP on a Business account. For me, that would have been ~ $135.00 a month. Being that I only use my home web servers for Family Galleries (lots and lots of photos and movies which I don’t want to pay hosting fees for), I definitely didn’t need it....
What is YMMV? The Urban Dictionary contends YMMV stands for “your mileage may vary” and is based on the small print included in some automobile ads at the time. These types of ads continued into the 1980s. Since then, the term has gotten a new lease on life on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and communication tools like email and texting. The Cambridge Dictionary contains on those platforms, YMMV has largely morphed into meaning that “you understand people may have a different opinion or experience than you....
Setting Up Apple Cash To use Apple Cash you must first set it up and verify your identity. Before you begin, make sure your Apple software on your device is up-to-date. From there: Verifying Your Identity To use Apple Cash, you need to verify your identity using one or more sources. Without verification, you cannot send and receive money with Apple Pay. To verify: At this point, you must capture your driver’s license or state ID following the on-screen instructions....
You probably noticed things were a little light this week here at groovyPost. You see, after a long winter in Seattle, MrsGroove decided it was time to get OUT of Seattle sooo… last Saturday we boarded a cruise ship and headed south to Mexico for seven days. We’ve never been on a cruise ship before so I didn’t know what to expect. Overall, it was nice. We’re on our last day today and unlike most vacations, I’m not ready to go home yet, so I’m glad we have one day left....
If you haven’t already heard all the details, it’s best to get started with Adobe’s own video of its magic show. If you want to skip directly to the trickery, it begins at 5:35 into the video. Before that mark, the video shows another “mind-blowing Photoshop Sneak”–one that’s real. It corrects blurring caused by camera movement, a major blessing for any photographer who doesn’t have anti-shake built into his camera....
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 11082 Microsoft exec Gabe Aul notes that there aren’t any big noticeable changes in this build. But, the team is focused on product improvements based on user feedback from the most recent November Update Version 1151 build 105864. Also, expect faster build releases but lots more bugs in it. Insiders often complained about the droughts that occurred when a new build wasn’t released for months....
Windows Phone Update This update brings developer enhancements and is not a new build. It’s the same build, but with some improvements for app developers. If you’re running Windows 10 Mobile preview on your Windows Phone or other devices (especially if you’re a dev). You will need to have Developer Mode enabled, then head to Settings > Update and Security > Phone Update. Also, note that your phone’s battery will need to be at least 40% before it will update....
Update: Groove Music Pass was killed off, and Microsoft now recommends you use Spotify. If you want to stream music from your Windows 10 device in the living room, you might think you need to purchase an Xbox One or 360. But if you have no interest in gaming or spending hundreds of dollars, you can spend much less and get a Chromecast. We looked at how to stream Spotify to the new Chromecast a few weeks ago, and now we’ll take a look at doing the same thing with Groove Music in Windows 10....
Click Start then Documents to open Windows Explorer. In the right panel you’ll find the list of Libraries. Click on Libraries to open the default Libraries in Windows 7. Next, click on New Library. Name the new Library Dropbox. Now right-click on the Library you just created and select Properties. In the Dropbox Properties window click Include a Folder. Browse to your Dropbox folder. Highlight it and click Include Folder....
It might sound strange for some of you, but Microsoft has decided to launch the Consumer Preview of the new OS during Mobile World Congress, the most important mobile telecom event of the year. Considering the fact that the new operating system is also aimed at tablets, it’s not that strange, really. This keeps Microsoft on track for an October release. It’s also a good opportunity for users to test it out and see what it’s capable of....
Hack XP for Five Years of Patches The hack is easy enough to implement by changing a value in the Registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady. Quite simply, this hack tricks Microsoft Update in XP to continue to providing updates for it. I am not going to get into actually actually doing the hack for a couple of reasons. First, you can find it all over by doing a simple Google search. And secondly, according to Microsoft, it might not be all it’s cracked up to be, and the company warns against it....
