HDR in the Google+ Photo Editor The new High Dynamic Range (HDR) features were announced a few days ago by Google’s Andre Meyer in this post on his Google+ profile. Just like the other Google+ photo editing tools, the HDR ones only work in Google Chrome. If you don’t have it installed, you can always download it from here. Start by logging in to your Google+ profiles and going to the Photos section as shown below....
For Google, the 1-800-GOOG-411 service was the first leap into developing and improving voice recognition technology. Through use of the voice data collected Google was able to develop many of the voice services you find presently on Android. Personally, I never tried GOOG-411, but I might give it a go before they permanently switch off the service on November 12, 2010. The Google 411 voice-recognition driven service might be shutting down, but Google is keeping their text message directory service alive and kicking....
Currently, the sitelinks have about 5 words / 40 characters of description after them, just like a full search result. Right now, hardly anyone’s is optimized for sitelinks, since the description text is brand new. So, you see a lot of stuff like this: These descriptions are massively cut off, not to mention a bit redundant since the link title is the same as the first line in the description....
Google Docs and Google Sheets When you start Google Drive on your device and try to edit a document or spreadsheet, you will get a notification like the one below, prompting you to get the new apps. This change is in place for both iOS and Android. If for some reason you didn’t get the notification, you can find Google Docs here and Google Sheets here for Android in the Google Play Store....
Today, we’ll show you how to add an email account in iOS 11, making it available in the default Mail app. This procedure works on both iPhones and iPad. NOTE: If you use a different email app, like Outlook, Airmail, or Spark, you must add your email accounts inside those apps. Access Email Accounts in Settings To add your email account to your iPhone, tap Settings on your Home screen....
You could start your own Discord server to do this, but you’ll need to invite your friends to join it. If you want to keep things separate, you could add your friends on Discord instead. This allows you to send messages and make voice or video calls directly. Here’s how. How to Add Friends on Discord Using the Website or Desktop App The interface for Discord is similar on almost all platforms....
Windows 11 offers pretty good default settings for adjusting to your display’s settings by default. However, that doesn’t mean your text and icon scaling is quite right—if it isn’t, you’ll want to change display scaling. Thankfully, you can change your display scale settings on Windows 11 by following this guide. How to Adjust Display Scale Settings on Windows 11 You can adjust the display scale setting by going to the Settings menu on Windows 11....
Thankfully, Microsoft Word comes with annotation tools built-in. These allow you to quickly and easily add notes to your document and keep track of changes. Adding Comments Annotations in Word are done by adding comments. This creates a highlighted area of text that you can hover over to read the attached comment. You can also view the comments in a panel at the side of the page. Each comment includes the author of the comment and the time it was created or edited....
Step 1 Download the Personal Blocklist Chrome extension from Google. You’ll need to be in Chrome, and the download button is really a small button that says “Install.” Step 2 When you see a Google search result that goes to a useless spam site you can now Click a Block link below the result. Once you block a site, it will never show up in your Google search results ever again....
You can use an existing image on your device or you can take a new image and add it afterward. If you want to change your Spotify playlist picture, here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Add a Playlist Picture in Spotify On PC or Mac If you’re using the Spotify desktop app, it’s a straightforward process to change a playlist picture on Spotify. This guide refers to the Windows version, but the steps are the same on macOS....
The first time you use one of the apps in the Microsoft 365 suite and go to save a document, you’ll be asked for the default location. Microsoft’s recommendation is to save files to your OneDrive location. That’s fine, and for anyone who wants to save files in one central location (online), it’s a great suggestion. However, you might want to save all of your Microsoft 365 files to your local drive....
Windows 7 comes packed with a lot of new and exciting backgrounds. However, Windows 7 fails to include an easy way to change the background you see every single time you log in to your computer. Perhaps you want a little flavor, or maybe you just don’t like the built-in background. Whatever the case may be, with this groovy trick you can change the background for both your Windows 7 login screen and the menu you see whenever you hit CTRL+ALT+DEL....
Old article about an old version of IE… This article is for Internet Explorer versions previous to 7.0 Problems: Internet Explorer may be having performance issues related to an over-abundance of related temporary files. You’re using a shared computer/device and need to maintain privacy. Solution: Open the application Internet Explorer Click the Tools option at the top of Internet Explorer. This will open a pull-down menu; next, click on Internet Options....
If you have an Android device, you might be thinking that AirPods can’t connect to it. That isn’t strictly true, but it isn’t a case of connect-and-go. If you want to connect AirPods to Android and use its hands-free features, you’ll need to follow these steps. Do AirPods Work With Android Devices? Android devices do support AirPods, but only in a fairly basic way. At its core, AirPods are simply wireless Bluetooth headphones, capable of outputting sounds from other Bluetooth-supported devices....
But when I finally got around to upgrading, I was like: Holy smokes! I can control the volume with this thing. And I can turn the TV on too! It’s the little things that matter to me. With the 4th Gen Apple TV and the forthcoming Apple TV 4K, your Siri Remote for Apple TV can be the one remote to rule them all. No more yelling at the kids to find “the other remote” if they want to watch their shows!...
Remote Control Roku from Apple Watch To get started just install the Roku Remote app to your Apple Watch. If you’re running watchOS 6 or higher installing apps has become much easier. For more on that, check out our article on how to use the App Store on Apple Watch. Since it has iPhone compatibility when you install the Roku Remote app on your Apple Watch it installs on your iPhone, too....
BTW – Although my screenshots and steps were from Outlook 2007, the process for Outlook 2003 is very similar and you should be able to follow along. How-To Create a .PST Using Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 1: From Outlook, Click File, New, Outlook Data File 2: Keep Default Setting – Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) and Click OK Note: In Step 3, you will need to decide where to SAVE the new ....
To prevent such social awkwardness, you may want to consider the Chat Undetected extension. Here’s a demo of it in action. Before you install Chat Undetected, your Facebook friends will see when you read their chat messages: But afterwards, you can read their messages and they’ll never know: The thing that I will warn you about the Chat Undetected extension is that, at least for Chrome, you’ll have to install it as an ....
Did you know that on most smartphones, whenever you take a picture there is location information stored in the image file? This is feature is called GeoTagging and it has been available since GPS was first built into personal cameras. The original purpose of GeoTagging was to allow photographers to automatically figure out exactly where they captured photos, but when you post your pictures online –other people can find that out too....
Accessing UAC is slightly different in Windows 7, 8, and 10. However, today we’ll show you a straightforward way that is common to all three Windows versions. We used Windows 10 in our example, but the procedure works the same way in Windows 7 and 8. Hit the Windows key and start typing “user account control.” Search results start to display as you type. When you see the Change User Account Control settings Control panel option under Best match, click on that....
