You can create playlists based on mood, activities, or anything you want really. While creating a playlist by yourself is great, you might want to make a collaborative playlist on Spotify with your friends. You can share a Spotify playlist and collaborate with others to create the perfect list of songs. Perhaps you and a friend want to add new music to the playlist to listen to together. If you haven’t created a collaborative playlist on Spotify before, we’ll show you how to do it on the desktop or mobile app below....

Apple’s new version of its mobile platform, iOS version 11, is a significant update with lots of feature improvements throughout for iPad and iPhone. This article shows you some of the best ones you should try after upgrading. New Features in iOS 11 You Should Check Out Lock Screen Now with Integrated Notifications iOS 11 changes the behavior of Notifications and the Lock Screen. Instead of separate gestures to call up, it’s now one screen; even when you are within an app or on the Home screen....

Mac or PC? Doesn’t matter these days.Laptop or desktop. Laptop, it’s portable and not much more expensive.How much RAM, what kind of CPU? Doesn’t matter, anything off the shelf will have more than enough power to handle academic tasks.What about netbooks? Cheap, portable, but with no optical drive. But there’s always the computer lab when you need it.Should I buy a printer? Sure, they are only like $50. But campuses always offer cheap student printing....

Or, if you want to be sure no one uses your credit card for purchases, turn the feature off, which you can do from here, too. Then verify they want to join the household. Once they’ve joined, you can say: “Alexa, switch accounts” to switch between them. You can also say: “Alexa, which account is this?” That allows you to know which one is currently in use. Now, each person can listen to what they’re interested in with a simple voice command....

In addition to the improved 1920×1200 1080p display with over 2 million pixels, the company says the new tablet will be 30% faster. It has a new 1.8 GHz quad-core processor with 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage. It also includes a micro-SD slot that allows you to expand storage up to 256 GB. The company is touting 10 hours of battery life, too. Another new addition to the OS is a new personalized page called “For You” that can be accessed from the home screen....

The iPad Mini Not to be outdone by the Kindle Fire and Google Nexus 7, Apple is attempting to enter into the 7-inch category of tablets. However, it faces quite a few challenges, including a higher price tag. The iPad Mini starts at $330 for the 16GB version and only goes up from there. This brings it close to twice the cost of its Android counterparts after tax. The Mini also doesn’t feature any other new tech, as it is comprised mostly of the same parts found in the old iPad 2....

First, on the iPhone go to Settings » Messages » Receive At. This shows the addresses you receive iMessages at on your iPhone. By default this will be your iPhone’s number and your Apple ID. Add the email addresses that you’d like people to use to send you iMessages. The great thing about this is you can have coworkers, friends, and family all send you iMessages at separate email addresses....

Note: iOS 6 lets you set up what’s essentially a “white list” of calls that will come in when you’re in Do not Disturb mode. But this is a whole new feature that will let you block callers anytime! Block Unwanted Calls in iOS 7 Step by Step If you have unwanted calls from crazy exes or bill collectors that just won’t stop with those harassing phone calls, here’s what you do to stop them — when you update to iOS 7....

In this article, you’ll learn more about iCloud Keychain, how to use it, and its best uses. What is iCloud Keychain? Apple’s iCloud Keychain offers one secure location to save personal information. Perhaps most importantly, it remembers this information so you can auto-fill content across the web and apps such as usernames/passwords, credit cards, and social log-ins. You can use iCloud Keychain to store Wi-Fi passwords and credit card information....

It seems Apple’s supply of the iPhone 5 is finally keeping up with the demand — or demand is lower due to the Android competition. And now you can get the phone without the hassles of a carrier contract. To get one, go to iPhone’s 5’s page on the Apple Store and choose a color — black or white. Then scroll past the prices for the smartphone with a wireless service plan and click “Or get iPhone unlocked and contract-free”....

Of course everyone has a different ISP’s like the popular Comcast, Time Warner, Google Fiber (if you’re lucky), or lesser known local or municipal providers. There are a lot of different services online that will test and show you your upload and download speeds, but for this, we’d like everyone to use the popular SpeedTest.net. It allows you to test your speeds from your location to various parts of the country and even the world....

The Week Before: Eat Down the Fridge Right about now, you need to start emptying your fridge. The more you can cook in advance, the less work you’ll have to do on the big day. Now’s the time to eat what you’ve got in the fridge and pitch the stuff that’s expired. I like doing this because it also makes sure that we have what we need. The Outdoor Grill That grill is designed to cook food after all....

If RIM BlackBerry launches a new music service and nobody listens, did it really launch at all? It’s a trick question, actually. It isn’t possible to listen to the new BBM music service over the deafening sound of RIM’s stock crashing. All the way down below its book value. Now get ready for something you don’t hear journalists say too often: I had no real idea what that meant. I looked it up....

Starting at $2,799 for the EP500 and $3,799 for the EP500 Pro, throughout the Kickstarter campaign, enjoy early bird savings of up to 30% off. Compared with the Tesla Powerwall or the Sonnencore, these plug-and-play units are more versatile and much more affordable. Delivery times for the EP500 are August 2021 (shipping in may) and October 2021 for the EP500 Pro model. Additional details, along with rewards and delivery times, can be found on the EP500 Kickstarter page....

Click on the battery icon in system tray and select More Power Options. Click on Change Plan Settings right next to the power plan you are using. Under the plan settings window, click Change Advanced Power Settings. Under the Advanced Settings window, scroll down and find Power Buttons and Lid, expand the menu and expand lid close action. From there, you’ll be able to change the laptop lid close settings (when the laptop is charging or if its on battery), and set it to either sleep, hibernate, shutdown or do nothing....

Note: This article covers the differences between the standalone Chromecast and Roku and not the Chromecast with Google TV which does include its own remote and operating system called Google TV. Chromecast: Pros and Cons The Chromecast device currently sits at a price of $29.99. The device comes in a simple package with only a plug-and-go device inside. The device is very portable and can be unplugged and set up on a different screen easily....

What is Carbon Copy Cloner 6? Created by Bombich, Carbon Copy Cloner 6 has two purposes. It allows you to create a one-time clone of your complete Mac and perform regular backups. Along the way, you’ll discover various features Bombich says, “you wish Time Machine did (and more!).” These include: Flexible backup options make it possible to create a backup on your external drive or another Mac, or simply an individual folder or an entire external hard drive....

When a bundle of free software boasts features beyond what the Windows 7 System Image tool can do, I’m typically doubtful. However, in the case of the free product Comodo Time Machine, they deliver. While not exactly allowing you to traverse the space-time continuum, it can create system snapshots efficiently and protect you from unwanted system changes. Comodo Time Machine is available on nearly every modern version of Windows, and it runs amazingly light using both low memory and disk space* and, it’s free as mentioned earlier....

While that’s behind us, last week’s controlled reveal of the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws, which were originally thought to have affected only Intel processors, have expanded in reach to even Apple’s A-series CPUs. Today, Apple released a major update with a fix for all supported iOS devices affected by the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Apple Releases Critical iOS 11.2.2 Update with Fixes for Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities While iOS updates are known for the usual bug fixes, performance and feature improvements, this release is one you probably want to do your utmost best to download as soon as possible....

To access the theme, hit the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + R and type: C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero then hit Enter or click OK. Now copy aerolite.msstyles. Then paste it to the Themes folder (the parent file one level up). You’ll get the following message about admin permissions – just click Continue. After that copy aero.theme to the Clipboard. Then paste it to the desktop (so you have the ability to edit it)....