On an iPhone, photos are a huge potential privacy leak. They include not only visual information but also metadata that might reveal your location or when the photo was taken, among other facts. Luckily, it’s easy to see which apps have access to your photos and even revoke access if necessary. Here’s how. First, open “Settings” on your iPhone. In “Settings,” tap “Privacy.” In “Privacy,” scroll down the list and tap “Photos....
Whether you’re dictating with speech recognition or talking to a family member or gaming buddy over voice chat, speaking can be faster and clearer than typing. Luckily, setting up a microphone on Windows is simple and easy to do. Here’s how to set up and test your Microphone on Windows 10. Setting Up a Microphone One of the first things you’ll need to do before setting up your microphone is to plug it in–or connect it via Bluetooth– and install any drivers....
When you visit a news website, you’ll often see a pop-up asking you to subscribe to their latest posts. If you agree to this, you’ll get periodic notifications from the website via the Chrome app. Fortunately, you can disable the notifications for a website and the notification subscription pop-ups from the Settings menu. You can do this on the Chrome desktop app as well. RELATED: How to Stop Websites From Asking to Show Notifications...
Google Calendar integrates several other Google apps on the web. One is Google Maps, which is in the sidebar and opens when you select an address. If you don’t like this feature, though, you can disable it. If you click an address in an event, it will open a preview of the location in the right sidebar. To open the location on the Google Maps website, you click “Open in Maps....
Screen timeout prevents your phone’s screen from remaining on when you’re not using your device. However, there are times when you don’t want it to do this. Fortunately, you can disable it on your Android phone or tablet. The screen timeout simply determines how long the screen will stay on after you’re done using it. This is usually 30 seconds to 1 minute, by default. If you’re using your phone for something that doesn’t require touching the display, you might find the short screen timeout annoying....
If you have an old phone lying around, you can easily put it to good use by turning it into a mobile security camera. With the help of an app by Edward Snowden, it’s super simple. Here’s how. Your phone already has the components of a “real” security camera—namely, a camera lens and an Internet connection. You’ve been able to do this with an Android phone for years, but there’s a newer way that’s even more secure....
Your iPhone or iPad automatically installs app updates as long as the “App Updates” option is enabled from Settings > iTunes & App Stores. That’s why Apple made this option a bit harder to find—you don’t have to install app updates manually anymore. Update Apps in iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and Above Start by opening the App Store. If you can’t find the icon on your iPhone or iPad, swipe down on the home screen and utilize Spotlight search to find the app....
You may know that Google Assistant can understand many languages, but did you know it can be your interpreter, too? The “Interpreter Mode” feature is super cool and feels futuristic. We’ll show you how it works. As the name implies, Interpreter Mode is about more than translating phrases from one language to another. The feature aims to make it easier to have a conversation with someone who speaks a language you don’t understand....
There are a lot of note-taking apps out there. Google Keep may not be as powerful as services like Evernote, but its value is in its simplicity. Let’s talk about how to make the most of it. What Is Google Keep? Keep is a free-form note-taking app. When Keep was first announced back in 2013, there were a lot of conversations on whether or not we needed another note-taking app....
With Google Maps on your desktop computer, you can look at Street View and the top-down map simultaneously. But did you know you can do this on your Android phone, too? This is a simple feature, but it’s one that isn’t super clear when you’re using Google Maps on an Android device. If you have a big display, it’s nice to be able to see Street View and the map side by side....
Option 1: Email Another ProtonMail User If you are sending a message to another ProtonMail user, your email will be encrypted automatically. The recipient won’t need to do anything to decrypt the message and can simply click or tap on the email to read it. Every part of the process undergoes some sort of encryption. The connection between your computer and the server is encrypted, the contents of the email on the server are encrypted, and only the recipient has the correct key to be able to decrypt the message on the other end....
How to Access the App Library You can find the App Library on your iPhone’s very last Home screen. To get to it, unlock your iPhone and swipe left until you see the search bar and neatly organized stacks of apps. At the top left, you’ll see Siri’s “Suggestions.” Siri analyses your behavior and suggests apps that are relevant for that time of day. For example, if you often check the news in the morning, Siri will put your favorite news apps here at that time....
While playing Nintendo Switch, you’ll sometimes find a game with text or interface elements that are too small for you to comfortably see. Luckily, the Switch includes a system-wide Zoom feature that lets you set the magnification level on any game while playing. Here’s how to use it. First, we need to turn on the Zoom feature. Launch System Settings by tapping on the gear icon on the Switch Home screen....
What Is a QD-OLED Monitor? A QD-OLED monitor is simply a computer monitor that uses a QD-OLED panel, rather than a competing technology. The “QD” in QD-OLED stands for “Quantum Dots” and “OLED” stands for “Organic Light Emitting Diode”. QD-OLED is an evolution of existing OLED display technology which competes with standard LED-LCD. QD-OLED is a Samsung Display technology with all QD-OLED panels produced by this manufacturer. We’ve already covered the basics of QD-OLED technology in detail, but the key difference over standard OLED is the addition of a QD layer that is responsible for color reproduction....
An iPhone 11 Pro in an iPhone 8 Body Apple has done an impressive job of stuffing the components of the $999 iPhone 11 Pro into an iPhone 8 body and delivering the results for just $399. Before we go any further, though, let’s take a look at all the new features and benefits of the second-generation iPhone SE: A $399 price tag: Even with all the upgrades, Apple managed to keep the cost the same as the original iPhone SE....
Best Paid Option: Zety Zety is a website that offers complete resume making services. Apart from resumes, you can also create CVs and cover letters. The number of templates it offers is limited, but they are customizable, which means there are plenty of options from which to choose. After choosing a template, Zety then helps you build your resume step-by-step. The resume maker is pretty powerful and offers a great degree of control without being overwhelming....
The Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5i is on sale right now for $949.99, a savings of $270 from the original MSRP, but it has stayed at $1,000 for most of the past month. It’s a desktop gaming PC, with an Intel Core i5-12400 CPU (6 cores, 12 threads) and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card. You also get 16 GB RAM, a 512 GB SSD as the main system drive, and a 1 TB hard drive for additional (slower) storage)....
HBO Max’s Launch Titles Are Already Vanishing HBO Max had a star-studded launch at the end of May 2020. HBO promised—and delivered—movies like the entire Harry Potter series and a variety of Warner Bros movies, including many Batman movies and The Hobbit trilogy. It’s pretty nice to have all those movies available for streaming, right? Well, it would be. Warner Bros pulled all those movies from HBO Max on July 1, 2020, meaning you really only had the month of June to watch them....
If you want your Nest Cam to store video recordings in the cloud so that you can retrieve them later on, you have to sign up for the company’s Nest Aware subscription service. But is it worth buying in the long run? Update: We originally wrote this article in 2017. In May 2020, Google made Nest Aware less expensive. What Is Nest Aware? RELATED: How to Set Up the Nest Cam...
Docker uses two kinds of formats to represent running processes—images, and containers, and both store data on your computer’s drive. We’ll talk about the commands Docker provides for handling data, and how you can use them to access image and container files. The Difference Between Images and Containers Images are what you create when you run docker build; they’re stored in a container registry like the Docker Hub, and contain all the files and code to run an app....
