Circle Home with Disney The Circle device is a small white cube that you plug into a power outlet via a micro USB charging cable. The device also has an Ethernet port that shouldn’t need unless you are directed by customer support to fix an issue. Once the light on top of the Circle is blinking, it’s ready to be paired up with your network. Note that only works with the 2....
Roadtrip Mixtape First of all, you must know that Rdio and Spotify are used with Roadtrip Mixtape but you can, after all, use it without them, too (it’s just not as much fun). Start by going to the website of the project, which can be found here. On the top left side, input the start and end points of your trip. I suggest that you are logged in to Spotify and/or Rdio before you do....
Create a Shortcut to System Control Panel To get started right-click on an empty area on your desktop and select New > Shortcut. Then in the Create Shortcut window type or paste the following in the “Type the location of the item” field: Click Next. Then on the next screen type in a familiar name for the “Type a name for this shortcut” field. Something like “Classic System” or something similar....
From the Windows 8 Start screen launch Xbox music. Scroll to the left and select My Music. Next click Playlists from the My Music menu. Now select New Playlist, type in a name for it and click Save. From here you can create as many playlists you want. From your music library, right click an album or individual song. From the menu that pops up from the bottom of the screen select Add to Playlist....
After this feature was turned on, a lot of users found their Google Calendar’s to be cluttered up with several Event Invitations. If you don’t need to see all of these Event invite notifications — disable it. Open your Google Calendar and click the Options (gear) menu and select Settings. Scroll down to Automatically Add Invitations to My Calendar and select No, Only Show Invitations to Which I Have Responded....
When I wanted to show my wife areas in Seattle where I’d like to live, I wanted to do it on a real-time web map. UMapper is a free online mapping application that made this possible using several different mapping sites like Google, Bing and a host of other map providers. UMapper works from the cloud and it doesn’t require any special software to function, just your web browser. It’s relatively simple, but packs powerful features like tags that can make maps search engine friendly....
How to Automatically Map Your Contacts’ Addresses in Outlook 1. Open your Microsoft Outlook address book and Open one of your Contacts (be sure to pick one with a valid address.) 2. At the top of the contact window Click Map. 3. Bing maps will appear in your web browser and automatically map your contact’s address. From here you can easily get directions or even look up more information, such as reviews (if available....
First of all, if you don’t have Google Earth installed, know that you can get it for free from here. Old Maps of a Location Want to know what old maps of a certain location you’re visiting on Google Earth looked like? Or do you want to see the changes that have happened to the area you live in over time? Well, there’s a very easy way to do that in Google Earth....
To reiterate, when you usually try to load a DOS program in Windows 7, you’ll see a message like the one in the screenshot below saying, “The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you’re running.” Also, if you try to run the DOS program from the command prompt (CMD) in Windows, you’ll run into another “unsupported 16-bit application” error message. We’re going to fix that....
GFI recently advertised FreeWare products on the cover of the July Issues of TechNet Magazine kicking off it’s We Care imitative. I’ve always been a fan of GFI and even more so now after reviewing the advertised link! GFI actually is giving away three great products (only two are available at the time of this writing 7/1/09.) The first product is their Popular GFI LANguard. GFI LANguard is a popular Network Security Scanner and Vulnerability Management Tool capable of not only SCANNING but REMEDIATING issues (IE: Patching vulnerable Windows systems....
Google Docs has gone mobile. Well, not yet – but they’ve said we’re only days away. Yup, this week is just full of mobile surprises from Google (apparently it is also a good week to own an iPhone.) Soon you’ll be to edit Google Docs on your iOS, or Android device. But, don’t let me spoil all the fun – check out the groovy video Google made for the announcement after the jump....
Here is a quick look at how to use it if you own an iPhone 6S or 6S Plus. Just force touch the Google Drive icon on your home screen. Tap Upload Photos, choose from one of your albums and then select a photo. Then upload and that’s it. Nice and simple! Apple launched the latest version of its mobile operating system in September 2015. iOS 9 includes new features such as Proactivity which anticipates user request and activities, an improved Notes application with support for media such as photos and videos and a news application called Newsstand with support from news sources such as CNN, Thew New York Times, and ESPN....
By default, wp-config.php sits in the same folder as your WordPress blog. So, if the homepage of your blog is at mysite.com/blog, so is your wp-config.php. That’s not as reckless as it seems since .php files are server-side scripts that are processed by the server. When you are looking at a .php file, you are actually looking at the output of the file. The same goes for when you view the source....
Set Up HBO NOW on Fire TV If you haven’t used you Fire TV or Stick in a while, and it hasn’t had the chance to update, you might be met with a screen telling you a device software update is needed, the first time you launch HBO NOW. Click OK to close out of this message. The go back to the Home screen and head to Settings > System >About > Install System Update....
Yes, I know you love your Firefox or your Chrome with their amazing extensions. But how about keeping that location information away from hackers so they can’t order 500 pizzas with your credit card and have them delivered to your home address? The Myth Versus Reality Some people may have a narrow-minded view of Tor (Dark Web, only for criminals, etc). This is definitely not true. There are also many worthy legitimate uses....
Using GIFs in your PowerPoint presentations can add some interest to break up the text, as well as giving you the opportunity to throw in a few pop culture references, or just to add a bit of humor. Adding GIFs to your presentations is also incredibly easy to do—here’s how. Add a GIF From a Saved File To add a saved GIF to your PowerPoint presentation, open your presentation, then navigate to the slide and position where you’re looking to insert the GIF....
You need to install plenty of apps to get things done on your iPhone or iPad. But have you thought about using a website as an app on your device? Most apps provide extra features and abilities that a website can’t. But if you need the basic features that the web version offers or want to check a favorite webpage, add it to the home screen. For example, I just need to check my PayPal balance on my iPhone and maybe move some money around....
Add Extra Time Zone to Outlook Note: If you are running a modern version of Microsoft Outlook — 2016 or Microsoft 365 (formerly O365), check out our new and updated article for this. I’ve demonstrated adding multiple time zones in the past for Outlook 2007; however, the UI changed with Outlook 2010/2013, so here’s a quick refresher. Open Outlook and Click File > Options. Click the Calendar Tab. Scroll down to the Time Zones section....
How To Enable Microsoft Office 2010 For Multiple Languages Using a Microsoft Office program (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) then Click File and then Click Options. 2. In the Options window, Click the Language tab. 3. In the language preferences window, Click the Add additional editing languages drop-menu. Once you’ve Selected your language, Click Add. 4. If the language you need isn’t English or Spanish, then next thing we need to do is install the language pack for Microsoft Office 2010....
This will allow you to quickly open up the sites you visit the most, but you’ll need to use a Chrome extension to make it work. If you want to assign a keyboard shortcut for Chrome bookmarks, here’s what you’ll need to do. Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts to Google Chrome Bookmarks Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to assign a keyboard shortcut to a Chrome bookmark directly. The only built-in Google Chrome bookmarks shortcut is Ctrl + Shift + O, which opens the Chrome bookmarks manager, but you still need to click each bookmark to open it....
