Chrome’s Instant Search Open up Chrome and click the Wrench » Settings option. Scroll down the settings page and click or unclick the Enable Instant for Faster Searching (omnibox input may be logged). If you’re enabling instant search, Chrome will display an extra confirmation window. This window asserts that your data may be logged if your current default search engine supports this feature. If you agree with it, click OK....
A Browser Focused On Privacy Epic Privacy Browser is based on Chromium (which also powers Google Chrome, be it beta or stable), and is designed to protect your personal data/privacy by blocking tracking cookies and scripts which might collect personal data about you while browsing websites or doing searches on Bing or Google. For example, Do Not Track is enabled at all times and Epic will notify you each time it blocks tracking software from a website (normally advertising cookies, etc…)....
Microsoft usually releases a trial version of its software. Office 2013 (Office 365) is no exception and comes with a 30 day preview. However, Microsoft also included a tool that resets the trial time, it can be ran a total of 6 times. This gives us 6 x 30 days = 180 days of free Office 2013. Not too bad for the price! It doesn’t matter when you do the re-arm, so if you aren’t going to be using Office 2013 for a while just wait until you need it....
Find Apps on Windows 10 Start Menu by First Letter Open the Start menu by clicking the Start button or pressing the Windows key on your keyboard. When the Start menu opens you’ll find a long list of the apps you have installed listed alphabetically in the left column. To narrow down what you’re looking for, select any letter from the list. That brings up a full menu of all the letters in the alphabet....
Find Classic System Tools in Windows 10 You still find many of the traditional system tools by bringing up the classic Control Panel, you used to be able to access it by hitting Windows Key + X to bring up the so-called power user menu, but Microsoft removed it. Still, listed within that menu are several classic system utilities like Disk Management, Event Viewer, and Device Manager. But when it comes to the classic Control Panel, you can get to it by simply hitting the Windows Key and type: cpl and hit Enter or choose the Control Panel option from the top results....
If you’re not already familiar with Flipboard, it allows you to create your own magazine about any subject that’s available on the web. It will continuously be updated, and is a good way to keep up with the latest news about, well, anything throughout the day on your mobile device. Flipboard is a lot like an RSS reader like Feedly, but has a more stylish interface that’s easy to customize....
The problem with combination wrist watch/calculators has always been that their keypads are two small to be usable by a normal sized human being. Punching no fewer than two keys at the same time was all but impossible. Now, however–and just in time for Christmas–we have a watch with keys big enough… Hold it! Wait just a darn minute. It’s…. Those…. It turns out that the Keypad made by Click isn’t a calculator at all, no matter how inviting those big, soft keys may be....
Bit.ly has been dominating the short-link business for a while now thanks to Twitter and friends. In the mean time other contenders have appeared such as is.gd and su.pr. Now Google has officially jumped on the band wagon. Google’s URL shortener has been around for a while now, but previously it was only available using the Google Toolbar or Feedburner. Today they launched the site goo.gl and it integrates with the rest of Google’s services seamlessly....
Google recently announced they are shutting down their Video service. Since then they have received a few complaints from people that wanted an easy way to transfer videos over to YouTube. Google listened, and now there is an easy to find button available that will automatically upload your Google Videos to YouTube. Along with adding a transfer button, Google has also done away with the April 29th deadline. Instead, if you don’t transfer them yourself, Google will eventually migrate them over to YouTube for you....
The MGM deal falls on the heals of the Paramount Pictures deal Google announced just few weeks back and of course the Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks deal back in November. All in, YouTube has signed five of the six major studios (Fox is still the holdout) which puts it on pace to bring my prediction to fruition that YouTube will soon make NetFlix irrelevant in the long-term, at least in regards to its online streaming business....
The Priority Inbox serves as your own personal E-Mail secretary – It decides what kind of priority to assign to each E-mail ad then brings the important email to your attention while buring things its learned is not as important (to you). To try out the Beta version of the service, all you need to do is click the Priority Inbox button at the top right after signing in your Gmail account....
You can check it out for yourself by clicking this link. New developer features in Chrome Web Store [via Chromium blog] Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.
Stop Documents from Saving to OneDrive by Default Office 2013 is set to upload your documents to OneDrive by default, but you might prefer that they don’t and would rather they stay on your local drive instead. If that’s the case for you, read our article on how to make Office 2013 save documents to your PC by default – not OneDrive. Add Pictures from OneDrive or Online to Document Finding the right image to insert in to Word and PowerPoint document can sometimes be challenging....
What Can the Mac Markup Do? Markup is a useful tool in macOS that makes it possible to write or sign, draw on, crop, and rotate supported files. You can find the Mac Markup using Quick Look on your Mac or when using Quick Actions. The tool is also available with objects within certain apps, including Mail, Notes, and Photos. The features shown in Markup will vary, depending on the type of file....
On iPhone and iPad Not surprisingly, most of this year’s Maps changes are found on the iPhone, Apple’s top-selling product. New Features Cyclists, take note. You can now find bike paths and lanes and bike-friendly roads in the Maps app. Before starting a ride, Apple highlights the expected elevation, offers current traffic conditions, and suggests routes to avoid steep inclines or stairs. There’s also customized voice guidance available throughout your ride and specialized navigation on Apple Watch....
As part of its move towards being a mobile-first application, however, Venmo has expanded its reach to include many of the same locations that accept PayPal. The payment option available to millions of businesses in more than 200 countries around the world. PayPal and Venmo are both services of PayPal, Inc. What You Can Do At Venmo.com If you have a Venmo account, you can still use the Venmo website to check your balances, settings, and statements....
Here, we’ll explain how to add a file upload question to your form along with customizations you can make and settings you can adjust. Types of Forms for File Uploads You may already have a form in mind that would benefit from a file upload option. But if not or you’re unsure, here are some examples. Job application for an applicant to upload a resume.Product support form for a respondent to upload a photo or screenshot....
Open the Excel worksheet in that you want to add a Header/Footer to and click on Insert tab. Then click on Header and Footer button in the Text section. It will shift from Normal to Page Layout view with a cell selected where you can add Header. Type whatever you want in the header section and click on any other cell. Not only can you add text as a header, but also images, page numbers, file path and more....
And it’s even better on the iPad. The two biggest things holding Pulse back in the past were (1) the fact that it wasn’t free and (2) the unsatisfying list of default sources. Thanks to a huge injection of venture capital, the first issue has been cleared up—Pulse is now free, though ads are expected in the future. The second downside can easily be remedied by adding sources to Pulse....
What is Night Mode? When the camera on your iPhone, iPhone 11 Pro, or iPhone 11 Pro Max detects a low-light situation, it analyzes the available amount of light. It automatically determines the number of frames it needs to create an image. When you tap the shutter button on your iPhone, the camera then takes a series of images. The combination of longer and shorter exposures times allows the camera to select the best parts of a scene from various images, thereby creating the best image possible....
