The moon is a tricky subject to photograph. When you step outside on the night of a full moon, it looks huge, dominating the sky. But then you take a quick photo and…it’s a small indistinct white blob. There are a few things you need to do to take photos of the moon, so let’s break it down. What Makes a Good Moon Photo Before taking a photo of the moon, you need to know two things: the moon is very very bright, and it’s very very far away....
You’ve got a shiny new iPad, and an old one that’s about to start gathering dust. Don’t let it languish in a drawer—turn it into the ultimate kid’s tablet by cleaning it up, locking it down, and installing kid-friendly apps. Old Hardware Is the Best Hardware for Kids RELATED: How to Turn an Android or Fire Tablet Into a Kid-Friendly Device with FreeTime One big catch, however, is that an iPad is essentially a wide open portal to the greater internet (and world) so you can’t just hand it to a little tyke and hope for the best....
Cloud storage is now so commonplace that there are not many people that do not take advantage of storing files online. There are a huge number of services to choose from, including Google Drive and Dropbox, and Cloudy is a free extension for Chrome that makes it possible to attach cloud-based files to emails. This not only helps to avoid the need to re-download files you do not have local copies of just so you can attach them to a message, but it also helps to overcome another problem....
If you love your iOS device but you’re not a fan of iTunes, there’s a way to manage your device without it. Read on as we show you how to spend less time syncing files and dinking around with iTunes and more time enjoying your device. Why Do I Want to Do This? We’re huge fans of the iOS stable of devices, especially the iPad, but we’re not such big fans of iTunes....
What Is Alexa Guard? Beyond listening for trouble, Guard can take some basic preventative actions. If you have smart lights tied to the Alexa platform, Guard can turn them on and off at random intervals to give the appearance that you’re home. You choose which smart lights are automated, so your basement light isn’t turning on and off pointlessly. Once enabled, you arm Guard by telling Alexa “I’m leaving” and disarm by saying “I’m home....
Sometimes you need to work on hardware components, like a motherboard, outside of the computer case, but is it safe to do so with the hardware in question powered up? Today’s SuperUser Q&A posts looks at precautions one should take with an endeavor like this. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. Photo courtesy of machu (Flickr)....
Lenovo Smart Privacy Services Lenovo is releasing a new subscription service that’s designed to help manage your online privacy. It comes with a bunch of tools and features that enhance your safety while on the internet. First, it lets you choose what data is shared across websites, anti-tracking, VPN features, and a privacy scanner. RELATED: How to Block Cookies (Except for Sites You Use) in Any Browser The subscription will also notify you when it detects that your accounts have been leaked in data breaches, found on select public search sites, or in unwanted email lists....
PC Decrapifier PC Decrapifier requires no installation…just double-click the exe file to get things started. The first screen introduces you to the program and gives you the opportunity to check for a new release. Click “Next” when ready… The second screen has the EULA. The third screen provides a warning to be careful regarding software that you may have purchased and installed yourself. You definitely do not want to accidentally remove the good stuff....
We’ve shown you the cheapest ways to stream (almost) every NFL game this season. Now we’re back to do the same service for college ball…with one really big caveat. You see, the NFL’s agreements with the various broadcast and cable networks are complicated. But thanks to the fractured nature of NCAA conferences and teams, the college football broadcast world makes pro football look like a playground shoving match. College football is a Gordian Knot of conference agreements, broadcasting rights, scheduling, and generally huge amounts of money being made....
The “Send to” menu has been around since Windows 95; so long a lot of users might have forgotten about it. You may not know it, but you can use “Send to” to smartly transfer files to your Android device. What do we mean by “smartly”? When you use “Send to” to put files on your Android phone or tablet, they won’t simply be placed in your storage’s root folder....
In 2005, Linus Torvalds said, “I don’t use GNOME, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply doesn’t do what I need it to do.” GNOME’s developers have continued removing options. Ubuntu uses many of GNOME’s settings dialogs, so it’s losing these options along the way. For example, disabling Caps Lock used to take a few clicks — on Ubuntu 14.04, it now requires terminal commands....
If you are preparing to replace hardware in your computer or build one of your own, then some of the supported memory types shown for motherboards may be a bit confusing. What does the “+” that is sometimes shown for DDR4 RAM really mean? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a confused reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....
First launched in 2020, BeReal was developed by Alexis Barreyat, a former employee of GoPro. However, it didn’t start catching on until early 2022. As of August 2022, it has over 10 million active daily users. Let’s take a look at why people like it so much. How Does BeReal Work? BeReal is a social media app for iPhone and Android that’s focused on authenticity. The way that happens is through sharing photos, but it’s very different than other photo-sharing apps, such as Instagram....
We’re always on the lookout for the simplest and easiest solution to perform a task, preferably while using the least amount of system resources. Here’s how to minimize to the system tray with a tiny little application helper. The tool we’re using is called RBTray, and it weighs in at a truly massive 101 KB zipped up, including both 32 and 64-bit versions and the source code—and there’s no installation required....
Many extensions in the Chrome Web Store want to “read and change all your data on the websites you visit”. That sounds a little dangerous—and it can be—but many extensions just need that permission to do their jobs. Chrome Has a Permission System, But Firefox and Internet Explorer Don’t This may seem alarming, especially coming from something like Firefox. But you only see this warning because Chrome has a permission system for its extensions, while Firefox and Internet Explorer don’t....
In a world where fancy, hyper-connected, note-taking apps litter the landscape, one app stands alone in its lightweight simplicity: Windows Notepad. Here’s why it’s still a great choice for taking notes. The Benefits of Notepad The humble Windows Notepad has been with us for 35 years now, tucked into every version of Windows since Windows 1.0. It has a simple job: To easily view, create, and edit text files, which are one of the most fundamental building blocks of modern computing....
Have you been receiving a lot of spam on Signal recently? Don’t worry, it’s not just you. Online spammers are among some of the most persistent troublemakers on the internet, and they’ve set their sights on a new target. Where Did Signal Spam Come from? Signal uses your real mobile number in order to identify you. If you want to contact another user on Signal, you can try looking them up by their phone number....
If you’re a big fan of TikTok and you want to watch it on your big-screen television, you can do it now on an Android TV device, as well as Samsung and LG smart TVs in the United States. Sure, the videos are still vertical, but at least they’re bigger on a TV screen. For smart TVs, Samsung says displays from 2018 to 2021 can download the new TikTok application....
Undo Typing With a Gesture You probably undo typing with the Ctrl/Command+Z shortcut on your PC a lot. The iPhone also has a nifty undo gesture. Did you know Samsung Galaxy phones have one too? The default Samsung Keyboard has an undo gesture if you turn off swipe typing. In this context, “Undo” will remove the last few words you typed, not the individual characters. Simply swipe two fingers across the keyboard in either direction to undo or redo....
Once, people seemed to love netbooks and were buying them in droves. Today, people love to hate netbooks. Netbooks sit unused and gathering dust in drawers and closets. But the core ideas behind netbooks lives on today. Netbooks are like many other technologies before their time, like Microsoft’s Windows XP tablets and Windows mobile smartphones. The core ideas behind netbooks lives on today — Microsoft is even trying to push small, cheap $199 laptops with Windows 8....
