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Browsers are adding features so fast that it’s hard to keep track of them. Internet Explorer offers live tile notifications and taskbar badges, Safari offers push notifications, Chrome has its own notification center, and Ubuntu offers web app notifications. All of the features below will only work on websites that have specifically implemented support for them. Notifications are another powerful new browser feature becoming more and more widespread. Internet Explorer Live Tiles RELATED: What You Need to Know About Windows 8....

Like any piece of technology, iPads aren’t completely obvious when you first pick them up. They have their own language of gestures, swipes, and button presses you should learn to become more comfortable using them. None of these gestures are complicated, but they’re also not immediately obvious. The four and five-finger multitasking gestures are particularly useful, but may take you some time to discover when you first sit down with an iPad....

Most computers ship with a single operating system, but you can have multiple operating systems installed on a single PC. Having two operating systems installed — and choosing between them at boot time — is known as “dual-booting.” Google and Microsoft ended Intel’s plans for dual-boot Windows and Android PCs, but you can install Windows 8.1 alongside Windows 7, have both Linux and Windows on the same computer, or install Windows or Linux alongside Mac OS X....

The design is little more than 2 carbon steel legs, a matching frame, and a 55 x 28-inch scratch and stain-resistant chipboard desktop, but the Pro Plus Standing Desk (E7) can be a game-changer. The durability and heavy-weight build aside, the 22.8-inch to 48.4-inch height adjustment turns this desk into a versatile, multi-use workstation that benefits you in several different ways. There are some minor improvements that could help with the E7’s aesthetics and functionality....

Although I maintain a fairly simplistic home in terms of interior decor, I enjoy the ways technology can improve the space. I also like adding splashes of color when I can without having to paint since I currently rent. Needless to say, when I first saw the Govee Glide Hexa Pro LED Light Panels, I knew they would fit the bill for a unique lighting option that also met my decor aspirations....

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. The Question SuperUser reader KCArpe wants to know how he can see which Chrome tab is using what system resources: Since looking in Task Manager just yields dozens of identical chrome.exe entries, how can he tell? Normally, I have a (ridiculously) large number of tabs open. If I need to free memory on my box, I would like to choose based on tab/process memory footprint....

If you use the Calendar feature in Outlook to keep track of your important meetings and events as well as birthdays and anniversaries for friends and family, you may want to add holidays to the calendar as well. Adding holidays for many countries and religions is easy. To start, click the File tab. Click Options in the menu list on the left side of the Account Information screen. On the Outlook Options dialog box, click Calendar in the menu list on the left....

What Setting Your Status to Offline Does Steam includes a variety of social functions, including chat and the ability to see what games your friends are playing. It’s handy, and it makes joining up with your friends in multiplayer games a breeze. RELATED: How to Find Steam Friend Codes (and Add Friend Codes) If you don’t want to participate, you can set your status to offline. Setting your status to offline completely disables all of the social functions Valve built into Steam — you will not be able to send or receive messages, use voice chat, join (or be joined by) your friends in multiplayer games using Steam, broadcast, or view your friends’ game-related stats....

Search engines are becoming ever-more integrated into mobile operating systems, but you can still change your default search engine on your smartphone or tablet. You don’t have to stick with the search engine the device manufacturer chose for you. As services are integrated more deeply into each operating system, changing your search engine is becoming more difficult. For example, there’s no way to change the default search engine used by Google Now, Apple’s Siri, or Microsoft’s Cortana....

If you’re using a third-party email client on your iPhone or iPad, you can change the default email app as long as you’re running iOS 14, iPadOS 14, or newer. But unless you’re looking for it, you might miss the setting. Here’s how to change your default email app. In order to switch your default email app, you must have a third-party email client installed from the App Store on your phone or tablet that has been updated to support the feature....

What Happens When Cache and Cookies are Deleted? When you visit a website, it will sometimes save (or remember) certain information. Cookies save a user’s browsing data (with their consent) and cache helps webpages load more quickly by remembering images, videos, and other parts of the webpage from the last visit instead of needing to re-render everything with each visit. RELATED: Clearing Your Cookies All the Time Makes the Web More Annoying...

We’ve previously written about how to convert Wikipedia articles (or collections of articles) to eBooks you can read on mobile devices. If you travel a lot, you may want to listen to Wikipedia articles. Pediaphon provides a way to do this. To create an MP3 file from a Wikipedia article, go to http://www.pediaphon.org/~bischoff/radiopedia/index_en.html. Enter the search term for the article you want to convert in the edit box below e....

The Control Center has proven to be a thoughtful and welcome addition to iOS, but it can be annoying sometimes if you’re playing a game or using an app, and you accidentally open it. Here’s how you can disable it in such situations. iOS’s Control Center first appeared in version 7 and compares well to its Android equivalent. You swipe up from the bottom edge of your device’s screen and a small control panel will let you pause/play multimedia, adjust volume, turn features on and off, change your brightness, and more....

Windows 8 installs applications to your C:\ drive by default, but you may want to change where Windows 8 stores these apps. For example, you could install them to an SD card or secondary hard drive. This works on both Windows 8 and Windows RT. It’s useful whether you are using a Microsoft Surface, another Windows 8 tablet, or just a computer with a small SSD and a larger secondary drive....

Heart rate sensors have been included in Samsung smartwatches since the Gear 2, which was released in 2014. Any modern Samsung Gear or Galaxy smartwatch will have the ability to measure your heart rate. It’s important to note, however, that smartwatches are not medical instruments and should not be used for a diagnosis. There are two methods in which you can measure your heart rate with a Samsung Galaxy Watch....

Whether you’re getting rid of a smarthome device in your house or just don’t want to use Alexa with it anymore, here’s how to remove a smarthome product from your Alexa account. This same method also works with disconnecting a device from your Echo Plus, which has its own built-in smarthome hub to connect devices directly to it, like Philips Hue bulbs. Start off by opening up the Alexa app on your phone and tapping on the menu button in the top-left corner of the screen....

If you’ve ever had the urge to zoom around your Minecraft world like it was a Google Earth map, Mapcrafter is for you. Read on as we show you how to use this powerful little program to take your entire Minecraft world and render it like 3D model. A Word on Mapcrafter Like previously reviewed tool AMIDST, Mapcrafter isn’t a tool for enhancing in-game play. Mapcrafter is a tool for enjoying and admiring your Minecraft creations outside of the actual game....

By default, any member can post anything they want in your Facebook Groups. This means they could post horribly offensive content, and while you can remove it, it might be a while before you get to it. If you want to play it safe, you can set your group so that every comment has to be approved by a moderator. Here’s how. Go to your Group, click on the three dots and select Edit Group Settings....

Like other apps, the Settings app can also sometimes malfunction. If this happens, resetting the app to the default settings may fix the problems you’re experiencing. There are a few quick ways to do it. When You Should Reset the Settings App You should reset the Settings app if it crashes too often or refuses to open, or if some functions in the app don’t work. Like with resetting any other app, when you reset the Settings app, it removes a variety of settings and brings them back to their default values....

When you sign up for Insider Preview builds, Windows warns that you “may” need to reinstall Windows to get back to the stable version of Windows. But this is a worst case scenario, and there are other ways to get off the Insider Preview track. Switch From Insider Preview Builds to a New Stable Build RELATED: Should You Use the Windows 10 Insider Previews? If you’ve been using the Insider Preview, you have the opportunity to leave the Insider Preview program and return to the stable version of Windows 10 when the build you’re testing becomes stable....