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New Refreshed Apple TV App with iOS 12.3 The emphasis of the new design is on curation and includes support for premium channels. “With the free iOS 12.3 and tvOS 12.3 software update, customers around the world can now subscribe to Apple TV channels within the Apple TV app — paying for only the ones they want — and watch on demand directly in the app. In the US, Apple TV channels include popular services such as HBO, Starz, SHOWTIME, Smithsonian Channel, EPIX, Tastemade and new services like MTV Hits, with more to be added over time,” Apple writes in today’s announcement....

Launch iTunes on your Windows or Mac system. Make sure you have Home Sharing enabled on both your computer and Apple TV. Next, go to Advanced » Choose Photos to Share. Then browse to the folder that has the pictures you want to use. Click Apply. If you’re on a Mac, it lets you select photo libraries from iPhoto. From the main menu go to Settings » Screen Saver....

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The AC500 takes everything that made the AC300 such as success and adds even more power, making it BLUETTI’s most powerful inverter yet. The Indiegogo release will give you the option to be one of the first to get your hands on this next generation of solar power station and take advantage of early bird pricing. BLUETTI AC500 Specs at a Glance The BLUETTI AC500 builds on the success of the popular BLUETTI AC300 3,000W pure sine wave inverter and adds even more power....

The BLUETTI AC500 is an upgrade to the already robust AC300 and includes several improvements that set it apart in the competitive solar generator market. Here is a look at the high-performance features of BLUETTI AC500: Additional BLUETTI AC500 Features In addition to the stats above, there’s more under the hood of the BLUETTI AC500. For example, the system adopts a selected LiFePO4 battery for long-term durability. It also includes 3,500+ charging cycles up to 80 percent of its original capacity....

BLUETTI AC300 Details and Specs The BLUETTI AC300 is a rectangular power box with two sturdy handles on the top of each side for lifting the unit. The AC300 doesn’t come with a built-in battery pack. Instead, with its modular design, you can connect the separate heavy-duty B300 battery. With this modular design, the AC300’s weight is reduced significantly, making it easier to carry when the unit and the battery module are separated....

Busy day for Google Today. Along with Revision for Spreadsheets, Google released a slew of other updates to their services which I figured I’d spend a few minutes to cover. Google Maps 5.0 for Android To start, Google kicked off the day releasing the Next Generation of Mobile Maps, Google Maps 5.0 for Android. Now that Google Maps for Mobile has over 100 million users, Google is pouring in the features with Google Maps 5....

Hover Zoom in Action As an extension, there’s no real interface for Hover Zoom. After installing it from the Google Chrome Web Store, it begins working right away. Just let your mouse linger over an image or link and—hooray! Here it is on some other websites: Reddit: On Google+: Settings and Options Once Hover Zoom is installed, you’ll forget it’s even there. But there are some worthwhile options that you can access by Right-clicking the Hover Zoom icon in your omnibar and choosing Options....

Update: Microsoft is killing off Internet Explorer 11 next year. Its main purpose now on Windows 10 is to get old-school sites to work in modern browsers. If you’re looking for it for some reason, here is how to find IE 11. But instead, use Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome for the best online experience. Clear Internet Explorer Browser History and Temp Files First, launch IE 7, and click Tools > Delete Browsing History....

During the week of the giveaway we received some great comments and even a video so it’s now my pleasure to announce the winners! The top two winners were handpicked for their groovy comments on the giveaway page, the other 3 were chosen at random from the Twitter/Facebook/Comments feed. Winners from our Comments! Winners from our Twitter and Facebook Feed! We had a lot of really great comments, stories and tweets but unfortunately, I only have 5 licenses to give away this time....

When you’re busy getting things done, chances are you’re not constantly keeping your eyes on the battery level on the taskbar. Here’s how to get a low battery alert when you need it. Create Custom Low Battery Alert Go to Control Panel > Power Options and Change Plan Settings for the plan you want to tweak, and then click Change advanced power settings. Or to get there easier in Windows 7, 8....

Install the FB Refresh Extension for the Chrome Web Store. After that, open the Facebook homepage and you’ill notice a new background and customized login page. It provides several options for customizing your own background by going to Tools » Extensions and select FB Refresh Options. Here you can create your own custom theme from an image on your hard drive or from the web. Then change up the Facebook logo, font sizes and appearance....

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Here are all the details on the new series from Lucasfilm per Disney’s press release: The new series is set to air on Disney Plus starting in 2021. “Giving new and existing fans the final chapter of ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ has been our honor at Disney+, and we are overjoyed by the global response to this landmark series,” said Agnes Chu, senior vice president, Content, Disney+....

Outlook 2007 To-Do In a busy world, forgetting about an appointment or task is becoming easier and easier. Microsoft Outlook 2007 has a feature called the To-Do Bar, which I use daily to map out my day/week. It’s very configurable, includes a Calendar, my upcoming Meetings, and my Active Tasks. Although enabled by default, I like to make a few customizations to optimize fully. So here are a few tips I think you might find helpful....

At any rate, it’s good practice to guard your email address almost as carefully as you guard your Social Security number. Many savvy web users go to great lengths, such as opening up alternate email accounts for email lists and newsletters or creating disposable email addresses using services like Spam Gourmet. But if you’re a Gmail user, there’s an easier and more flexible way to control the flow of spam and tenuously opt-in junk email into your inbox....

The drawing application runs entirely inside your browser and honestly works similar to if not better than the familiar MSPaint. Google has implemented a grid system which acts as a snap guide to help you draw straight and accurate lines, and the drawings you can create are entirely custom. To access the drawing application inside of Google Docs, all you have to do is Click the Insert menu and then on the drop menu Click Drawing...

Most people know how to fill down in Google Sheets using the simplest fill down approach. However, there are many tricks you can use to do this more efficiently and making sure the data that fills the cells contains the values you want. In this article, you’ll learn all of the ways to available to fill down in Google Sheets quickly and accurately. How to Fill Down in Google Sheets The approach you take to filling down a column in Google Sheets depends on what you’re trying to do....

Facebook has always had somewhat shady policies, but some of the latest terms of service don’t exactly make one feel comfortable about sharing their personal information anymore. The result? Well, just take a look at the Google Trends chart below. Searches for deleting your Facebook are on the rise, and it’s a steep hill. The chart also shows the spikes for “facebook privacy” searches which coincide near perfectly with each new policy update from Facebook....

This will happen on April 30 (basically in a month + a few days), and, as interesting an idea it seemed at first, I can’t say that I’ll miss it. It could have been a really useful collaborative tool, but it never caught on so it’s going into internet limbo. It’s already read-only, so you can’t create any new waves. Still, you can (until April 30) export your existing Waves to PDF or HTML....

Roku devices have a fairly simple interface without too many settings to tweak. However, pressing a series of buttons on your Roku remote will open a Roku secret menu that provides additional information and settings that aren’t normally accessible. There are a number of these secret menus which offer channel information, Wi-Fi details, and more. Here’s how to access the Roku secret menus. How to Access the Roku Wireless Secret Menu The Wireless secret menu lets you see information about the Wi-Fi connection to your Roku device....