We’ve previously covered how to show your live Google Calendar in Outlook, but what if you just want to share a static snapshot of your calendar with someone? There’s a way to do that too. Sharing a static snapshot can be useful if you want to share your Google Calendar with a colleague—or with your own work calendar so you can see it—but your company policies don’t allow you to synchronize with a live, non-corporate calendar....
But while these can be useful, you probably don’t want all three of them at once. Maybe you’ve decided you don’t want notifications at all—the package will get there when it gets there. In that case, here’s how to disable each of those notifications. Disable any promotional emails you don’t want to receive under “Promotional Emails”. To no longer receive any promotional marketing emails, check the “Do not send me any marketing email for now” box and click “Update”....
How Does Sensorvault Work? According to a New York Times investigation, Sensorvault works using Location History. This is included on Android and is part of some Google apps for the iPhone. It’s not enabled by default, but there’s a good chance you’ve been asked to turn it on and have done so. If you have location history enabled, Google stores a timeline of your movements—using your smartphone’s GPS and/or location information from your computer—and makes it available to you as part of your Google account online....
Control WhatsApp Group Invites on Android Using a new privacy setting on Android, you can now stop everyone, or just people not in your contact book, from adding you to WhatsApp groups. In fact, a special option in Android enables you to add exceptions to this block list. On your Android phone, make sure you’ve updated to the latest version of WhatsApp. RELATED: How to Silence WhatsApp Group Notification Sounds...
RELATED: How to Stream Every Version of ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Play Video The first Rankin/Bass animated Christmas special is also still the most famous, with regular annual TV airings during the holiday season since its premiere on NBC in 1964 (making it the longest-running Christmas special in TV history). Inspired by the classic song and narrated in warm tones by Burl Ives, it tells the story of outcast reindeer Rudolph, whose glowing red nose eventually earns him a prominent place pulling Santa’s sleigh on Christmas....
How (and Why) to Tag Your Messages We recommend just archiving your email. It’s the best way to organize it. Don’t waste time moving messages into folders in your email client—put everything in one archive folder. For example, in Gmail, just click the Archive button. But, if you’ve got no folders, how do you arrange your messages for easy retrieval? The answer is simple: tagging. The single biggest benefit of using tags instead of folders is that you’re not forced to pigeonhole an email into just one folder....
There might be times when you need to capture a screenshot of an entire webpage, perhaps to share a recipe or a how-to from our website. Use Microsoft Edge’s built-in feature to capture full-page screenshots in JPEG format. Full-page screenshots captured in a JPEG format (as opposed to PDF) make it easy to store and share web pages, especially when you’re using messaging platforms like iMessage, Facebook Messenger, or WhatsApp....
To offer the translation service, Chrome utilizes Google Translate. You can turn translation on and off in Chrome, depending on whether you want to use it or not. RELATED: How to Turn Translation On or Off in Chrome Translate a Web Page in Chrome’s Desktop Version To translate a web page on your desktop, first, launch Chrome and access your web page. When the page loads, next to the address bar in Chrome, you’ll get a translation prompt....
When you receive a message on your iPhone, it will appear on your lock screen. You could unlock your iPhone and open Messages to reply, or you can just reply right there from the lock screen. But this means anyone else can reply to your messages right there from the lock screen, too. If you want to prevent anyone from pranking you and possibly causing a serious misunderstanding, you can turn this feature off....
To replace a string of text, numbers, or symbols, Microsoft Excel offers a function called SUBSTITUTE. This function replaces the specified string with your choice of string. We’ll show you how to use it in your spreadsheets. RELATED: How to Replace Any Character with Newlines in Notepad++ What to Know When Using the SUBSTITUTE Function When you use the SUBSTITUTE function, know that it’s case-sensitive and so you’ll have to use it accordingly....
Multiple monitors are awesome. With two screens side by side, you can more easily see all your windows at once, keeping you productive. Got an iPad? You can use it as a second display for your Mac or PC. RELATED: How to Use Multiple Monitors to Be More Productive An iPad can’t compete with a real monitor, of course, in terms of size or price. But if you already have an iPad, it can pull double duty as a second monitor at your desk, or even with your laptop when you’re out and about....
If You Do Have a Cable TV Login Fox is broadcasting all the games in the tournament, and if you have cable TV, you can watch the games on the Fox and FS1 channels. You can find the full schedule of games (and which Fox channel they air on) on the Fox website. You can also watch the games on your mobile device using the Fox Sports App. If You Don’t Have a Cable TV Login If you don’t have a cable TV login, you can stream the games online....
Forget buying a dedicated graphics card, pretty soon you’ll be gaming without one. At least, if you’re part of the 90% of people who still game at 1080p or less. Recent advancements from both Intel and AMD mean their integrated GPUs are about to tear up the low-end graphics card market. Why Are iGPUs So Slow in the First Place? There are two reasons: memory and die size. The memory part is easy to understand: faster memory equals better performance....
After some delays, Microsoft is finally going to kill Skype Classic on November 1. If you’re a Skype user, you’ll have to upgrade from Skype 7 to Skype 8 or stop using Skype. Here’s what’s different, and why people are upset. What is Skype Classic? Skype Classic is also known as Skype 7. It’s the latest version of the traditional Windows desktop version of Skype that was first released fifteen years ago....
Recently a group of researchers described a scenario wherein password recovery questions were used to break into Windows 10 PCs. This has led to some suggesting disabling the feature. But you don’t need to do this if you’re a home computer user. So, What’s Going on Here? As Ars Technica first reported, Windows 10 has added the option to set password recovery questions on local accounts in the past year....
So, what’s the difference between these spectrums? Why do they transfer data at different speeds, and why are they all critical to 5G’s success? How Do Electromagnetic Frequencies Transfer Data? Before we get too deep into low-band, mid-band, and mmWave, we need to understand how wireless data transmission works. Otherwise, we’ll have trouble wrapping our heads around the differences between these three spectrums. Radio waves and microwaves are invisible to the naked eye, but they look and behave like waves in a pool of water....
Discord has an extensive API and good support for bots on their platform. Because of this, there are tons of bots to go around. However, many of them just copy one another’s functionality. We’ve picked out the ones that do it right, and compiled them here. Moderation Bots Moderation bots aim to help make managing your community a little bit easier, often automating tasks like banning problem users, filtering spam and explicit content, and enforcing your rules....
To start, you’ll need to pick a form factor of headphones: Do you want a wired or wireless pair? You can find a good pair of wired ones in every price range and expect great sound quality overall. Wireless headphones offer you freedom from wires and the ability to use them seamlessly with different gadgets. Many of them now offer faster charging and also work over a wired connection. It really just depends on your preference and the devices you use at this point!...
The first thing you want to consider is compatibility. You want a smartwatch that works with your phone. For example, the Apple Watch only works with iPhones. So if you’re an Android user, Apple Watch doesn’t make sense for you. Secondly, if you are into fitness and sports, ensure that your smartwatch can track the activities and exercise you participate in. While most smartwatches offer basic fitness tracking, the number of exercises or workouts they can track varies....
While it might be tempting to put an AirTag on everything, there’s one thing you definitely shouldn’t track—and there are many reasons why that is the case. AirTags Are Designed to Track Objects The one thing that AirTags were not designed to track is people. There are naturally quite a few ethical and legal issues involved with tracking someone against their will, but that’s only half of the story....
