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Android and Linux Integration KDE Connect is a slick and richly featured piece of software that integrates your Android handset right into your KDE desktop environment. It provides many features such as two-way notifications between your phone and computer, wireless transfer of files in both directions, and the sending of SMS texts from your computer. KDE Connect is an integral part of the KDE desktop environment. GSConnect is a version of the software developed for the GNOME desktop environment....

Microsoft is killing My People, as predicted. The “My People” feature on the taskbar is still here for now, but Microsoft has revealed it’s “no longer being developed” and “may be removed in a future update.” This information was revealed in a list of Windows 10 features Microsoft is no longer developing as of Windows 10’s November 2019 Update, which just arrived with a few small changes. This feature is now “deprecated”—it’s not gone yet, but expect it to vanish in an upcoming update....

More than a decade after its release, Windows 7 support ends on January 14, 2020. Let’s look back at what made Windows 7 so awesome and why it’s a great operating system we’ll remember for the rest of our lives. A Worthy Upgrade from Windows XP Windows 7 arrived on October 22, 2009, eight years after Microsoft released Windows XP. Sure, Windows Vista was released between the two, but many people didn’t upgrade to Windows Vista....

The 2nd Generation of Apple’s AirPods Pro is outfitted with the proprietary H2 chip for enhanced audio performance. These earbuds go beyond basic music and sound reproduction with a computed algorithm that improves all aspects of the listening experience to deliver higher-fidelity, precise audio. A custom-built driver will immerse you in whatever you’re listening to with deeper bass, a more balanced treble, and reduced distortion at all volume levels....

Chrome didn’t just take over the web—it took over native apps, too. Many of the applications you run on Windows, Mac, and even Linux consist of outdated pieces of Chromium, the engine that forms the basis for Google Chrome. Which Apps Are Built From Chromium? There are several ways for a developer to construct an application using the Chromium browser engine. Electron is the most well-known, but many other applications use something called CEF, the Chromium Embedded Framework....

RELATED: The Best Comedy Movies on Netflix in 2022 13 Going on 30 Play Video Romantic comedy 13 Going on 30 is a top-tier entry in the body-swap subgenre, starring Jennifer Garner as a 13-year-old girl who makes a birthday wish and wakes up in the body of her 30-year-old self. Garner’s Jenna is thrust ahead 17 years in time, forced to face adult responsibilities but also face her friend Matt, who’s grown into a handsome, charming man played by Mark Ruffalo....

Convenience and ease of use are the first factors you’ll want to consider. You want a sprinkler controller that’s easy to set up and control. You shouldn’t have to spend hours reading the manual or rearranging your yard just to get it to work. The best controllers will be user-friendly and intuitive. Just as importantly, look for controllers that allow you to access its features in a way that’s best for you....

If your television’s picture is looking a little dim, you might be inclined to head into the settings and bump up the “brightness”. But that’s actually the wrong setting to mess with. RELATED: The How-To Geek Guide to Buying an HDTV Televisions have an awful lot of confusing settings. Not only do you have to watch out for settings that affect things like overscan and the soap opera effect, but you also have settings like “sharpness”, “tint”, and “color” that probably don’t make a whole lot of sense if you’re not sure what to look for....

Do you have WinRAR installed on your Windows PC? Then you’re probably vulnerable to attack. RARLab patched a dangerous security bug at the end of February 2019, but WinRAR doesn’t automatically update itself. Most WinRAR installations are still vulnerable. What’s the Danger? WinRAR contains a flaw that would let a .RAR file you download automatically extract an .exe file to your Startup folder. That .exe file would automatically be started the next time you sign into your PC, and it could infect your PC with malware....

The Preview app included with Mac OS X is much more powerful than its humble name implies. In addition to simply viewing PDFs, it contains the basic PDF features an average user might need. This is the kind of thing that would require obnoxious freeware on Windows. Even the heavy Adobe Reader PDF software doesn’t include many of these editing features because Adobe would rather push their paid Adobe Acrobat product....

Sell It, Donate It, or Recycle It Even if you don’t usually sell your old electronics, you should consider selling your old iPhone. They retain considerably more value than their Android counterparts. Thanks to the allure of the Apple ecosystem, solid construction, and Apple’s continued commitment to old devices through iOS updates, an old iPhone is a great choice for many consumers. You could also give your iPhone to a friend or relative you think would appreciate it....

More Pixels Than HD or Full-HD The resolution is an integral part of any display. Apart from the screen type and size, it determines how sharp or detailed an image or text will look on a display. For those unfamiliar with the term, it defines the dimensions of a display in terms of pixels. It is usually quoted as width x height. For example, high definition (HD) resolution is 1280 x 720 pixels....

New Devices from Vivo, Meizu, Oppo, and Motorola New devices are often the name of the game for Android—new stuff pops up all the time. This week there were four: a couple of oddities from Vivo and Meizu, a midrange device with a popup camera from Oppo, as well as a new staple from Motorola for Google Fi. Vivo IQOO for Gamers Vivo isn’t all that well known here in the states, but this Chinese company is well known for bringing insane concepts to the mobile scene....

Twitch has been the undisputed king of online video streaming for a long time. YouTube has now started to catch up, with their live system becoming fully realized and working quite well. So what’s the difference between streaming with Twitch and YouTube? How Viewers Find Your Content On Twitch, viewers find channels mostly by browsing for games they want to watch. If you’re playing that game, they might see you....

If you’ve ever tried to print photos from your computer, there’s a good chance you’ve been surprised—if not, disappointed—by how they came out. Let’s look at where you might be going wrong and why photos often look different when you print them. What Photos Are You Printing? The first place you might be going wrong is with the very photos you’re trying to print. To get good results you need to use high resolution, original files....

iMessage Uses End-to-End Encryption to Send and Receive Messages Apple’s iMessage for iPhone, iPad, and Mac always uses end-to-end encryption. Only the sender and receiver of the messages can see their contents. Photos, videos, and other file attachments are also encrypted. What’s more, Apple’s FaceTime service also uses end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls, too. This means that Apple and its employees cannot see the contents of the iMessages you’re sending and receiving—even if they wanted to....

Apple just announced the updated iPad Mini and new Air at the beginning of the week, but the reviews are already starting to roll out. We take a look at those and more in today’s news briefing for March 21, 2019. Apple News Apple has announced a new product per day for the first three days of the week, but not today. Instead, we got a handful of reviews for the new iPads....

If you’ve forgotten your router’s password, acquired a used router, or are just helping out a friend with their setup, you can reset the router’s password to its factory default. Routers protect their web interfaces — where you can configure their networking, parental control, and port forwarding settings — with a default username and password. You can change these default passwords to something a bit more secure, but then it’s on you to remember the credentials you’ve used....

Word provides built-in styles for several different levels of headings and subheads—Heading 1, Heading 2, and so on. The styles define the font family, size, color, and more. While you can create your own styles and use those as headings, or adjust the formatting of headings look on the fly, you can also change the default styles if you want. How to Customize a Heading Style On the “Home” tab in Word, you’ll find some built-in styles in the “Styles” group, including the Heading 1 and Heading 2 styles....

By default, Microsoft Word uses white as the default page color for all documents. If you’d like to use a custom color for your page, you can change page colors in Word. We’ll show you how. In Word, you can use any color as the background color for your pages. You can even get Word to print this background color (which it does not by default) by configuring an option in the app....