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You probably know about the mute switch on the side of your iPhone, and you may even know about the Do Not Disturb feature. These features may seem to do more or less the same thing–keep notifications from bugging you–but they have a few distinct differences. RELATED: How to Configure Do Not Disturb On Your iPhone and iPad The mute switch simply mutes the device’s audio. Turn it on, and you won’t hear incoming alerts, calls, and other notifications....

Just like music, surround sound platforms are available in multiple standards. The two big ones supported by most high-end home audio systems are Dolby Digital and DTS (short for the owner of the standard, originally named Digital Theater Systems). But what’s the difference between the two? What Are Dolby Digital and DTS? Both Dolby and DTS offer surround sound codecs for 5.1, 6.1 (rare), and 7.1 setups, where the first number indicates the number of small surround speakers and the “....

There are plenty of options for transportation when you need a ride. You can always opt for Lyft or Uber for a quick fix. But, what about carpooling services like Waze Carpool or UberPool? Here’s how to figure out which is best for you. What is Waze Carpool? Waze Carpool is for exactly what it sounds like: carpooling and being able to use the carpool lane. It isn’t a service meant for hailing rides....

Apple offers the iPad, iPad Air, iPad Mini, and three different sizes of iPad Pro—and there are different generations of each out there. Here’s how to tell which iPad you have your hands on. This information is important if you want to know whether your iPad will get new versions of Apple’s iOS operating system, for example. You’ll also want to know it when selling your iPad. How to Find the Model Number To check your iPad’s model number, head to Settings > General > About....

Prices Are Soaring and Availability Is Dropping Graphics processing units (GPUs) or graphics cards are an essential component for most people who use a desktop computer. They are responsible for creating the display output of your PC, allowing you to view multimedia content, and rendering the complex 3D graphics in modern video games. They’re also vital for creative professionals, as they allow computers to run tasks like graphic design, video editing, and 3D animation....

If you use Bing’s image search, you’re going to see the worst filth you can imagine. Bing suggests racist terms and shows horrifying images. Bing will even suggest you search for exploited children if you have SafeSearch disabled. We contacted Microsoft for comment, and Jeff Jones, Senior Director at Microsoft, gave us the following statement: Update: Since publication, Microsoft has been working on cleaning up the offensive Bing suggestions that we mentioned....

If you’ve purchased a new TV recently, the salesperson might have pitched you on the idea that you need the newest whiz-bang HDMI cables or auxiliary components to get the most out of that screen. But do you actually need all that new stuff to take advantage of new features? Possibly—so let’s look at when new cables or gear are called for. HDMI Cables Don’t Have Versions Either by word of mouth from a salesperson or looking at advertising online, you may have seen cables labeled as “HDMI 2....

Here’s How Fast Stadia Will Hit Your Data Cap According to Google, Stadia’s 4K quality stream uses 15.75 GB per hour. But, as Jarred Walton points out over at PC Gamer, that means Stadia will blast through 1 TB of data in 65 hours. That’s 16 hours of 4K gaming per week. Let’s set aside 4K. 1080p quality requires 9 GB per hour; that’s 111 hours of Stadia streaming for 1 TB of data....

How Did Emoji Start? Most people believe that emoji (sometimes pluralized as “emojis” instead) are a recent invention, but they go back quite far. The idea of single characters that represented faces or objects dates back to the late 90s to early 2000s in Japan, where mobile phones included smiley faces and icons directly in the font. Before this, people used emoticons such as “:-)” or “^_^” that use symbols to create faces....

Checkboxes are handy for all types of situations, even for data you add to a spreadsheet. In Google Sheets, you can add checkboxes for things like project tasks, answers to questions, or selecting product attributes. The nice thing about using a checkbox in Google Sheets is that you can also use data validation to assign custom values. So if you want to use conditional formatting, for example, you can use the checked or unchecked value to set up your rule....

The Explore feature in Google Sheets helps you gain insight from the data in your spreadsheets with the power of machine learning. Explore automatically analyzes everything in Sheets to make visualizing data easier. Explore for Sheets takes away a lot of the stress and guesswork when you deal with large data sets in your spreadsheet. Simply open it and choose a suggested chart, graph, or pivot table to insert into your spreadsheet....

Finding the average (also called the arithmetic mean) comes in handy in various calculations. Microsoft Excel makes it easy to calculate the average, and we’ll show you multiple ways to do that. RELATED: How to Find the Mean in Microsoft Excel What Is Average in Excel? The average for numerical values is calculated by adding all the numbers and dividing the sum of those numbers by the count of numbers....

If you just want to delete a user account from your system and aren’t concerned about ending any running processes and other cleanup tasks, follow the steps in the “Deleting the User Account” section below. You’ll need the deluser command on Debian-based distributions and the userdel command on other Linux distributions. User Accounts on Linux Ever since the first time-sharing systems appeared in the early 1960s and brought with them the capability for multiple users to work on a single computer, there’s been a need to isolate and compartmentalize the files and data of each user from all the other users....

Not happy with Facebook’s notification sounds? You can easily turn them off by heading to the menu button, clicking Account Settings, and then going to the Notifications section through the link on the left. You should then be able to change the “How you get notifications” setting and uncheck the “Play a sound” option.

If you’re creating a presentation in Google Slides, you might choose to include external images. Google Slides allows you to crop, recolor, and add effects like drop shadows and reflections with its built-in photo editor. Here’s how. Cropping Images in Google Slides While you’re more than welcome to continue cropping images in Photoshop or an alternative photo editor, you can perform this most basic of image edits in Google Slides itself....

Gmail is something most of us use every day, most of the time without any problems. Unfortunately, some users run into the error of not receiving emails. There are multiple things you can try to start receiving your emails again. You can get this error on your phone, computer, or even your tablet, so we’ll be writing solutions for all of these situations. General Troubleshooting First off, let’s start by going over some key troubleshooting practices....

You’ve undoubtedly bought music, movies, TV shows, and audiobooks off of iTunes before, but it was likely for yourself. If you’re wanting to buy something from the iTunes Store and gift it to someone else, here’s how to do it. RELATED: How to Remove DRM From iTunes Movies and TV Shows The process for gifting digital content in iTunes is surprisingly complicated, mostly because it’s not intuitive how to get there....

Creating a family tree is a fun and interesting activity to do on your own or with your family. It may even be homework for your child. Luckily, if you have Excel, you can make a family tree easily. We’ll explain how to create a family tree with Microsoft’s templates and show you a few third-party templates for larger or more detailed family trees. When you want to embrace your creative side, you’ll also learn how to make a family tree from scratch using Excel’s built-in tools....

Why You Should Show File Extensions Each file has a file extension that tells Windows what type of file that is. File extensions are usually three or four digits long, but can be longer. For example, Word documents have the .doc or .docx file extension. If you have a file named Example.docx, Windows knows it’s a Word document and will open it with Microsoft Word. There are many different file extensions....

Easy Transfer Used To Make Things Easy Microsoft introduced Windows Easy Transfer with Windows Vista and supported it in Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. It was a great free option to bring your settings and local user profiles from an old computer to a new computer. Starting with Windows 8, you could choose to sign in with a Microsoft account. Signing in with that same account on any device would transfer many of your settings....