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Apple iOS 5 devices like the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch now get software updates directly on the device via iTunes. But you don’t have to. Here’s how to get iOS updates more directly — it’s easy to update your mobile smartphone, player or tablet via Apple iCloud instead. From your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, launch Settings. Now navigate to General » Software Update. If an update is available, the system will prompt you to download the update....

Backup With Karen’s Replicator First, download and install Karen’s Replicator on your Windows system. Open the program. Here you’ll notice a backup I already have running called FreeNasBackup. Click Edit Settings. Click New Job. You’ll see a blank configuration screen with a few default settings. Now, give the job a name – since you may have multiple jobs, I recommend using a descriptive name to distinguish backups. Enter the source location....

What Is It? At first, I couldn’t figure out the game. It had no instructions, no settings. Just a colored circle and a picture of a finger. At that point, I lost interest. For the sake of writing the article, I found the official site and guide. This game reminds me of a cross between Fruit Ninja and Snake. You swipe with your finger to create a line to go through a series of colored dots....

The announcement comes ahead of the CES 2023 convention, which features the world’s most influential annual tech event. CES 2023 starts at the beginning of next year and runs from January 5th – 8th in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES 2023 Innovation Award Nominee for BLUETTI AC500 Solar Generator The CES awards program is an annual competition that honors outstanding design and engineering in 28 technology product categories. The nominee with the highest rating receives the “Best of Innovation” distinction....

Here’s everything you need to know about the BLUETTI EB70, including ordering information and how you can save $100 at launch for a limited time. What is the BLUETTI EB70? With 716Wh, the EB70 uses ultra-durable and safe LiFePO4 battery cells that provide more than 2500 charging cycles. You can fast-charge the first 80% capacity using BLUETTI’s SP200 solar panel in just three hours. The EB70 offers impressive specs, making it ideal for campers and anyone else who needs power in the great outdoors....

These new features are said to be coming in the coming weeks. But until they’re actually rolled out, and even after they do, here’s a look at a couple of troubleshooting tips you can use that you might be aware of – rebooting or resetting your Chromecast to factory settings. Reboot Chromecast from App The other day I was having problems connecting to my Chromecast using my favorite app for streaming local videos to it, Videostream Premium, as well as other apps from my Nexus 7....

This announcement comes on the heels of Netflix announcing 200 million subscribers in January. This milestone places Disney Plus at around half the size of Netflix after launching just 16 months ago. Disney Passes 100 Million Subscribers According to the statement from Disney: Disney Plus is available in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and European countries. It has also been expanding its global reach by recently launching in Latin America and Singapore....

The Chromium security rewards program was launched at the start of 2009, and over the past 2 it had many contributors. Out of all of them, Sergey Glazunov has earned the most with a total over $20,000. In each update Google adds the bugs fixed to the release notes, along with them are credits to the volunteer that found them, along with the cash prize they earned for it....

Facebook Safety Check Apparently the idea for this came from a disaster message board that Facebook engineers created in after the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in 2011. According to Facebook, once you activate Safety Check: “We’ll determine your location by looking at the city you have listed in your profile, your last location if you’ve opted in to the Nearby Friends product, and the city where you are using the internet....

Previously, when you were sent a friend request by someone you had two options; confirm or ignore. Now, instead of the ignore button you will see the “Not Now” button. Pressing this button will send the would-be-friend into friend purgatory, the place where they are only half your friend. We’ll call people in this category “Half-Friends.” Why are they called a Facebook “Half-Friend?” As mentioned above, these are the people in limbo mode....

I use Fast Reboot. I use it on both my Android smartphone and tablet as I hate waiting for my devices to reboot. With Fast Reboot, I rarely have to perform an actual reboot and they’re quickly back to their peak performance. This doesn’t require you to root your device. It’s much faster than a physical reboot, clears memory and keeps your Android device running smooth. Comment Name * Email *...

Svchost Viewer is an open source application developed on codexplex.com. When opened it will list every single dynamic link library that svchost.exe is hosting. Along with the name of each service, it will also give you the following details: Data activity (amount read/written)Start mode (Does it automatically start with Windows?)Detailed but brief description If you ask me, the best part of the app is that it is able to tell you what each process is used for based upon what each description says....

Pocket Pocket, formerly known as Read it Later, the extension allows you to save the webpages, articles, and so that they can be viewed offline. The application is available for majority of platforms and syncs automatically among your computers and mobile devices. Sign up for your Pocket account, right click a web page, and select Save it to Pocket for clutter free viewing. You save items from Twitter and Google Reader as well....

Right click an empty area of your desktop and select New > Shortcut. Then type in the following path in the location field. Click the Next button, give the shortcut a name that allows you to easily identify it and click Finish. %systemroot%\system32\msdt.exe -id MaintenanceDiagnostic Now you can take your shortcut and pin it to the Taskbar, leave it on your desktop, or other convenient location. When you launch it, it will start up System Maintenance....

Old Original Article… Need a quick way to translate your Office documents into another language? DocTranslator not only works with most file types but also works without destroying the layout. DocTranslator is a web app that directly uses the Google Translate API to translate Microsoft Office documents and other files. See the official compatibility chart to be sure, but here’s a quick summary of what works with it. File Types Supported: Using DocTranslator To Translate Documents The front page of the DocTranslator site might not look like much but hey, it’s free, and it works....

For example, if you want to update Windows 10 manually, you go to Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update. We’ve shown you how to save disk space by removing temp files and previous versions of Windows after an update using the traditional Disk Cleanup option. Here’s a look at getting the same thing done using the Windows 10 Settings app. Free Up Disk Space Using Windows 10 Settings App Open the Settings app and go to Start > System > Storage and from there select This PC (which is typically (C:) and is your local drive)....

This gag has been around for years, but if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth a download. It’s created by Sysinternals co-founder and Microsoft software architect Mark Russinovich. If you don’t know his name, you’ve probably used one of his free Windows utilities at some point. A couple examples are Autoruns, Coreinfo and one of my personal favorites — Disk2VHD. Install BlueScreen Download the BlueScreen Screen Saver, created by Mark Russinovich (link below) and extract the zip file to a convenient location on your system....

Android Notifications in Windows 10 The first thing to do is download the Cortana app from the Google Play Store. It’s worth noting that Cortana is only available to U.S. users. However, if you live outside the U.S. you can use the APK Mirror to get it (and yes, it’s safe). After you have the app downloaded, launch it, and you’ll be required to sign-in with your Microsoft Account. Then, select Settings and Sync notifications as shown below....

There’s actually two ways to do this. The first one involves Dropbox and is, in my opinion, easier to use and allows you to access your books on more devices. Use Project Gutenberg and Dropbox Project Gutenberg recently announced that it has implemented Dropbox support, so make sure you have the Dropbox app installed on your Android device if you don’t already. Now, just go to the Project Gutenberg website on your computer and find the book you want....

First reported by The Verge, developer Mario Guzman’s new widget is a replica of the iTunes widget that was part of Mac OS X Tiger. Widgets were stored on the Mac Dashboard at the time. Guzman’s solution, an “early beta version,” isn’t actually a widget like the ones in macOS Big Sur. Instead, it’s a full-featured app that you download and place in your Applications folder. https://twitter.com/MarioGuzman/status/1408876166165893122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1408876166165893122%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2Ftldr%2F2021%2F6%2F30%2F22557991%2Fmusic-widget-mac-os-x-itunes-player-control-tiger-dashboard iTunes Widget: Retro Once installed, the replica iTunes media player works just like the original....