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My kids, though, are not as easily amused. When our Google Home converts grams to ounces in the kitchen, I’m like, “Amazing!” and they are like, “Great, what else can you do?” Fortunately, Google has packed a ton of kid-friendly easter eggs into the Google Home. Here are just a few. 1. OK, Google: Tell me a story. This launches your Google Home into a narrated, kid-friendly tale. When we tried this, we got an abbreviated version of Snow White....

Here’s a few screenshots so you know what to expect, although these could hardly prepare you for the journey that awaits. The soundtracks are what really make this title stand out, but the gameplay could change how you feel about gaming, forever. I don’t want to say much more, less I spoil it. Play Super PSTW Action RPG Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

Obviously “funny” and “interesting” are objective. What I find funny and interesting may not be your cup of tea. So if you know of anything better to follow on Twitter, please do let us know in the comments. Funny, Useful & Interesting Twitter Accounts You Should Follow We’ll start off with funny accounts, because who doesn’t need a laugh these days, with the state of the world? Funny @dog_rates — WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) September 5, 2018 This is actually a very cool startup business success story....

What is Bokeh Anyway? Well according to Wikipedia (the book of knowledge): No worries, everything will become more clear once you continue through my steps in this article. Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas.[3] However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus regions of the image....

However, the update may not be so obvious since you’ll have to enable the added features in the settings page. Here’s how. From your main Gmail screen, tap on your Menu key. Go to Settings » General Settings. To enable email content to fit your screen while allowing pinch-to-zoom, check the tick box beside “Auto-fit messages”. To enable swipe gestures, tap on Swiping conversation list to assign an action when swiping a message....

One of the most requested services for Apps customers is finally available, Google+. The Google apps flavor of the service is packing the same features as normal, but it also incorporates sharing on an organizational level. By default the service will be disabled for domains, but administrators can manually enabled it from the Apps domain control panel. However, convincing domains, businesses, or organizations to enable this service might seem a daunting after looking over several pages of fine print attached....

“Should I get the HTC EVO or the iPhone…?” “The Samsung Galaxy Epic 4g or the Droid X…?” Those are the famous last words that usually end in a bloody fist fight between fans of both sides. But, what about the facts? Have you seen the Smartphone Comparison chart in the groovyPost forum? When I was deciding what phone to buy that thing was a life saver! I think someone at Google picked up on the idea, because that is just about exactly what the new Google phone gallery is....

If you need to present your detailed spreadsheet data in a user-friendly way, create a Pivot Table. It’s not as hard as you think. Hammad Saleem shows you how. We had another great show this week on Attack of the Androids (AotA). The AotA crew discusses the Android news of the week. Attack of the Androids appears weekly here on groovyPost. We’re also in iTunes you can subscribe here. Speaking of Android, here’s a great tip for Kindle Fire owners....

To download GroupMe, I just clicked Get GroupMe now. My screen, below. The basics on GroupMe: It’s a group conference call system and group text messaging platform for Windows, Android, iOS and BlackBerry platforms. That isn’t clear at all from the invite you receive. Back to the process, the download is straightforward — I found it easily available via searching at the App Market. Signup is quick — just enter your name and email to get in Once in, I found the interface to be a bit inelegant and foggy on exactly what to do next....

Add a User to Your Apple TV Running tvOS 13 On your Apple TV head to Settings > Users and Accounts > Add New User. The next screen will provide a list of email addresses you have previously used on the TV. But since you’ll need to add the other person’s Apple ID address, choose “Enter New” at the bottom of the list. Then enter in that person’s Apple ID and password then hit the “Sign In” button....

Most of those images are for PCs running new versions of Windows or have died many years ago. When Microsoft released Windows Vista, it added a feature to select editions called Complete PC Backup that would later become known as a system image in Windows 7. Thankfully, when you create one, it stores your entire PC backup as a VHD file (Virtual Hard Disk). Since the release of Windows 7, Microsoft added native VHD support in File Explorer....

Cast Local Videos from Windows 10 to Chromecast Make sure you have the desktop version of VLC 3.0 or above installed on your PC — this also will work with Windows 7. Then load it up with the video or other supported media file (i.e., FLAC or APE) you want to play. From the VLC toolbar, go to Playback > Renderer and choose your Chromecast device. If you don’t see it listed in the menu, click Scan to find it....

What is the difference between an MBR and GPT partition style? A MBR (Master Boot Record) is the partition style that has been around since the early days of the PC. It can run a maximum of 4 partitions; each partition can have a maximum size of 2TB. GPT (globally-unique-identifier partition table) is the new-school partition style that can support up to near 9.5 billion terabytes on a single volume. Each GPT volume can be up to 256 TB in size with a total of 128 partitions, but this is because of limits set on it by the NTFS file structure....

Change the Microsoft Office Color Theme Launch any Office program and click the File tab and then Account. There under Office Theme, select the color you want from the drop-down menu. It’s also worth noting that this is where you can change the Office Background as well. Another way to modify the color and background is to go to File > Options, and under Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office, select the color you want from the drop-down list....

The steps are super simple so you might have already figured it out especially if you’ve changed the color scheme in the past on office 2007. If not, here are the simple steps. Click File, Options From the General Tab, click the down arrow under Color scheme and choose between Silver, Black, or Blue. Personally, I prefer Black but here are all three colors: Silver is a nice color. I get asked all the time how I changed the color....

Anyway, if you’re an iPhone user like me who will probably end up grabbing an iPhone 4 you probably want to know how much data you’re using each month on your existing iPhone 3G/3GS. Then you can figure out if you’re going to get screwed once you cut over to a new iPhone 4 or iPad which is limited to a measly 2GB a month. Fortunately, AT&T has made it pretty simple to figure out how much data you’re using....

Once enabled, this feature clears itself every time you restart your PC, excluding any items you’ve pinned to your clipboard for regular access. New items overwrite older items as you copy them to your clipboard, but this could mean they take time to clear. If you’re in the habit of copying personal details (such as passwords or bank details) to your clipboard, you might be putting your data security at risk....

With no home button, most actions on an iPhone 13 are performed using gestures. This may feel a little strange at first, but you’ll soon be using these gestures without even thinking. You can use a gesture to suspend an app that you’re using, but in some circumstances, you may want to close an app completely. You can learn how to close apps on iPhone 13 using the steps below....

If your PC or Mac is ever compromised, the feed from your camera could be recorded and used elsewhere. Rather than risk your privacy, you can completely disable the built-in webcam on Windows and macOS devices. Here’s how. Disabling the Camera on macOS There isn’t a built-in option to disable the camera on your Mac completely, but you can revoke access to it. To do this, click the Launchpad icon on your Mac Dock....

Click or tap a notification, and it will open the app to what the app is referring to. For example, Outlook will display new emails. Clicking it will launch Outlook and show the exact message. Or clicking a notification of an app that was installed opens it so you can start using it. Turn Windows 8 Notifications On of Off First, open PC Settings. From the Charms bar, select Settings, then Change PC Settings....