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Bluehost Hover Keeping it simple, Hover just does domain registration. It has an interface that’s dead simple to use and it supports all of the features a webmaster needs. While a bit pricey, it offers a better deal for customers who transfer domains in. Name.com Domain hosting is name.com’s specialty, but it also provides web hosting. Efficient in every area, it provides a friendly and competent service. HostGator I recently visited Florida, and while I didn’t see many real alligators, HostGator caught my eye....

Reclaim Disk Space on Windows You probably have a lot of files sitting on your hard drive you no longer need. Temp files and browser cache ads up in a hurry too. Here are five free or built-in utilities that will help reclaim computer hard drive space. WinDirStat (Windows) Find out which files are taking up the most amount of hard drive space with WinDirStat. It’s a free utility that gives you a graphical view of which file types take up the most space on your hard drive....

When you run the installer, it will ask you if you want to install Foxit Reader Toolbar and set Ask.com as you default search engine and homepage. Make sure to uncheck these options, you don’t need them. Continue with the install wizard. When you launch Foxit Reader for the first time, it will ask you to select the layout and skin. It’s easiest to pick the default — you can change it later....

Are you a raving gaming addict? Then today let me tell you about an epic win. No, this isn’t my sordid approach at internet meme humor. “Epic Win” is an up and coming mobile phone app that will help you win at more than just video games. Yes indeed, it will help you accomplish things in the real world such as real adventures chores of your real life. Ready to start winning at real life?...

What Is It? I don’t know! It simulates a comical goat jumping around, licking everything, and knocking things over. The gameplay was very hard to figure out. You don’t really move the goat, but point it in the direction you want it to go. Then the goat acts silly. If you don’t like a goat, you can change to another animal, like a penguin. To me, the whole game seems like a joke taken too far....

Also today Google finally said sayonara to Google Buzz — one of several services, including Google Labs, officially axed in a Google so-called fall clean up today. And Apple looks to be cleaning up with its Apple iPhone 4S. Lines were long and product was moving. It’s appealing to 3G users who just need that better camera — more on that here. Finally, Microsoft quietly tied up its Skype purchase today....

I think everyone was expecting something like this to happen. As Google clears inventory to make room for the next generation of Nexus devices, it has dropped the price on the Nexus 4 by $100 in one day. Expected to be announced in September, the Nexus 5 is likely to blow its predecessor away in terms of performance and features seeing as its supposedly based on the LG G2, while simultaneously devaluing the 4 as well....

We’ve covered Google Docs in the past when they added Drawing mode and Translation, but this is a whole new ball game. It’s not anything huge like Skydrive, but it’s Google branded and works with anyone who has a GMAIL account (which is most people.) If we’re lucky, this could be the first step towards a “gDrive” or at least Google equivalent to Skydrive. It’s always been frustrating attempting to upload things to Google Docs, only to receive an “incompatible file type” message....

Google TV Out — Android TV In Existing Google TV products will continue to work, but they will no longer be getting updates, and the developer tools and libraries are no longer available. If you purchased an actual Google TV set or other set-top box powered by Google TV – the Vizio Co-star, for example – no worries, those devices and apps will continue to work. And don’t throw away your Google TV device yet....

In order to use +1, you’ll need to be logged in. From what we’ve seen, +1 hasn’t yet been added as a default feature. If you’d like to try +1 right now, you’ll also have to opt-in on Google’s experimental page. Note that if you clear your browser cookies the experimental feature will disabled and you will have to reactivate it. Once you have it set up, when you perform a Google search a +1 icon will appear next to each and every result....

Six years and 4000+ published articles later, groovyPost has become the thriving community I’d hoped it would become! We publish news, tips, reviews and how to tutorials each and every day for almost a million groovyReaders each month. More than anything however, it’s been an amazing journey and a real pleasure meeting and becoming close with so many different people from around the globe. Granted, it’s also been a lot of hard work but you the reader made each and every word worth it!...

Removed Windows 10 Features Here is the full list of features being removed from Windows 10 1809 and what you can use instead: Business Scanning, also called Distributed Scan Management (DSM): We’re removing this secure scanning and scanner management capability – there are no devices that support this feature.FontSmoothing setting in unattend.xml : The FontSmoothing setting lets you specify the font antialiasing strategy to use across the system. We’ve changed Windows 10 to use ClearType by default, so we’re removing this setting as it is no longer necessary....

Microsoft broke out it’s iOS 5 user base by device in the chart below. It’s interesting but not surprising to see the majority of the iOS 5 user base is using an iPhone 4 or 4S. Image Credit Windows Live Blog Microsoft re-emphasized the popularity of its webmail service on its 15th anniversary where it mentioned Microsoft’s continued investment into the service by introducing new features like Active Sync for Mobile devices including easy setup on the iOS devices, significant UI enhancement for Hotmail, HTTPS support, an Outlook 2010 connector and a significant performance update....

Oh yeah, Google Apps! Google has been beating the “Go Google” war drums for the last 2 years and after using the service myself for almost that long, I figure it’s probably about time I write a few groovyPost’s about the service explaining how it works and why you, a small to medium sized business might want to check it out before you hire that kid from the local college to maintain your IT department....

Your Facebook Legacy Social media is, whether we like it or not, an important part of our daily lives. This is why what happens with your Facebook profile after you’ve passed away is important as well. As you may know, Facebook profiles can be memorialized. The good news is that you can now also add a legacy contact (as long as you’re over 18). Think hard before you choose that person, though....

Whatever the case, Google Slides now allows you to add audio to your presentation. Here’s how to add audio to Google Slides. Add Audio to Google Slides It’s important to note that you can’t upload audio files directly from your computer. Google Slides also can’t record audio like PowerPoint. To get audio in Slides, you’ll need to record it separately (or have an MP3 file) and upload it to Google Drive....

Taking a fantastic photo with a blurred background and clear subject is easy for professionals with DSLR cameras with deep zoom and a fine-tuned focus ring. Using an expensive DSLR, this technique is standard practice for professional photographers. Getting such images with an iPhone is a bit more complicated. However, we have workarounds that allow you to do it. So here’s how to blur image backgrounds on iPhone. How to Blur Image Backgrounds on iPhone To blur image backgrounds on a modern iPhone (iPhone 7 Plus and above), you can use the built-in Portrait Mode to get a depth-of-field blur effect....

In fact, depending on the promotion, you can get up to three months of the service free. Another selling point is the ability to download games for offline use. However, after trying it for a few weeks, you might not play games as much as you thought. In that situation, you’ll want to cancel Apple Arcade. Here’s how to do it. How to Cancel Apple Arcade on iPhone or iPad You can cancel Apple Arcade from your handheld devices or directly from your Apple TV....

Step 1 (Optional) – Creating a New Library Although this works on the libraries built into windows too, you may want to create your own library, since the icons on the built-in libraries are pretty cool. Start off by opening Libraries. Now right-click and pick New > Library. Name your library whatever you want and press Enter. Step 2 – Finding an Appropriate Icon Now you need to find an appropriate icon for your library....

From one of the programs in the Office 2013 suite, click the File tab and then select Account. Under Product Information you’ll see if it’s activated and the which edition is installed. In this example it’s Office Professional Plus 2013. It also lists which programs are installed in the edition. To find out the specific version number of Office, click the About button. Here it will show the version of the program that’s installed as well as the version number of the entire suite....