It’s not unusual for devices to stop working as they should. In many of these situations, a simple restart will solve the problem. If you have a Google TV streaming device, you can restart it. Here’s how. The process for restarting a Google TV device, such as the Chromecast with Google TV, is similar to Android TV devices. This isn’t guaranteed to solve all your problems, but it’s a good first step....

Most of us receive a lot of email and important messages may get overlooked in our long list of messages. If you’re sending a message that requires attention in a timely manner, you can set the priority for the message, allowing the recipient to find it quickly. To send a high priority email message, make sure the “Home” tab is active and click “New Email”. Enter the recipient’s email address, subject line, and body of the message....

To change your slo-mo videos’ speed, you’ll use your iPhone’s built-in Photos app. To increase a regular video’s speed, use the free iMovie app on your phone. RELATED: How to Speed Up YouTube’s Playback Speed (or Slow It Down) Speed Up Slo-Mo Videos on iPhone To bring your slo-mo video to regular speed, use the editing options found within the stock Photos app on your iPhone. Start the process by opening Photos on your iPhone....

Switching from an iPhone to an Android phone is not as difficult as you might think. The most tedious part is transferring all your personal stuff. We’ll show you how to move your iPhone SMS messages to Android, including iMessages. Along with photos and videos, text messages are probably one of the things you care about the most when switching phones. Nobody wants to lose all of their conversations—some of which may be very important....

Before you can unlock your Chromebook with your Android phone, you’ll first have to pair both devices. Do note, though, that this functionality is only available for phones running Android 5.1 or higher and for Chromebooks with at least the Chrome OS 71 update. For this to work, you’ll also need to make sure that both your Chromebook and Android phone are signed in with the same primary Google account....

Before you start, be aware that this feature requires you to have an Apple TV 4K and the original HomePod. It doesn’t work with older Apple TV models. If you have HomePod minis, you will need two of Apple’s smart speakers to create a stereo pair. RELATED: How to Use Two HomePods as a Stereo Pair With the Apple TV To set up the HomePod as the default speaker for your Apple TV 4K, first, you need to make sure that both of the devices are assigned to the same room in the Home app....

You didn’t need Google’s own Stadia controller to use the service. It was only required if you’re playing Stadia on a Chromecast Ultra. The controller could be purchased separately, or you could get it with the Premiere Edition subscription. If you happen to have the Stadia controller, you might be interested in getting more use out of it. Unfortunately, the controller can only be used wirelessly for Stadia. The controller’s built-in Bluetooth connection is only used when you’re setting up Stadia....

If you’re experiencing slow performance while browsing the web with Microsoft Edge, you can use Edge’s built-in Browser Task Manager to identify which sites or extensions might be bogging down your system with heavy resource usage. Here’s how to use it. First, open “Microsoft Edge.” Click the ellipses button (three dots) in the upper-right corner of any Edge browser window. In the menu that pops up, select “More tools,” then “Browser task manager....

A keylogger is a piece of software — or, even scarier, a hardware device — that logs every key you press on your keyboard. It can capture personal messages, passwords, credit card numbers, and everything else you type. Keyloggers are generally installed by malware, but they may also be installed by protective parents, jealous spouses, or employers who want to monitor their employees. Hardware keyloggers are perfect for corporate espionage....

Faster computer parts is always an exciting prospect, but for now, we’re mostly talking about noticeable increases in speed for M.2 NVMe “gum stick” SSDs. Graphics cards with PCIe 4.0 support are arriving in summer 2019, but gamers don’t need the extra bandwidth they offer just yet. The debut comes two years after the PCIe 4.0 standard was published in mid-2017. Complicating matters is that by the time gamers are clamoring for more bandwidth, we may be talking about a different version of PCIe altogether....

The console wars. A test of will, strength, and perseverance almost as old as gaming itself. Over the past few decades companies from every corner of the technosphere have thrown their hat into the ring with one wacky system or another, with only a select few fighting through the fold to make their way to the top of the heap. These days, however, only three major manufacturers have survived to tell the tale: Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony....

Spotify offers two tiers—a free, ad-supported plan and a few different Premium plans. What are the differences between using Spotify for free and paying for it? Let’s take a look at what you get. What You Get With Spotify’s Free Tier Spotify’s free tier isn’t really free; it’s ad-supported. Companies are paying Spotify to make you listen to ads every few tracks. Spotify makes less money per-play from ads than they do from Premium subscribers, so to encourage people to upgrade, the free tier is limited in certain ways....

Before the rapid growth of the World Wide Web in the 1990s, a protocol called Gopher briefly made the internet easy to use by combining the world’s online resources. Here’s what made it special—and why it was quickly eclipsed by the web. What Is Gopher? Gopher is a client/server directory system that launched in 1991. It allowed people to quickly browse resources on the internet. When you used a Gopher client, you would see a hierarchical menu of links that either led to documents, telnet-based applications, FTP sites, or other Gopher servers....

“Thanks, I Hate It” TIHI stands for “Thanks, I Hate It.” It’s an acronym of a popular slang phrase on the internet, particularly on Reddit and other internet message boards. It’s used to respond to a photo, post, or story that makes the viewer uncomfortable because of its unnatural or unattractive nature. Often, TIHI images are heavily photoshopped to have strange, unpleasant details that will trigger a response. They can also be tweets or comments posted online....

A great thing about Android is its open nature. Any company can take Android’s open-source code and put it on a device. This doesn’t come without problems, though. Devices can be “uncertified” and lose access to some features. What does that mean? Android devices can look wildly different depending on the customizations that the manufacturer makes. However, as different as they may look, Google wants to ensure some level of consistency across devices, both in functionality and security....

Hard drives are like printers: the technology is so old and well-understood, there’s really nothing new happening. Besides, aren’t we all about NVMe and SATA SSDs these days? Mechanical Hard Drives Are Still Big Business While it’s true consumers have largely moved on, data centers are still looking for higher capacity hard drives. That’s why Western Digital (WD) developed new enterprise drives, which are packing what the company calls “ePMR” (energy-assisted perpendicular magnetic recording)....

Canonical released Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on April 23, 2020. This Long Term Support release includes a shiny new desktop theme and dark mode. Under the hood, you’ll find an upgraded Linux kernel and a new way of installing applications. Meet the Focal Fossa It’s Spring, so that means a new Ubuntu is in the air. This time it’s Ubuntu 20.04, code-named Focal Fossa after the cat-like critter from Madagascar. This is a Long Term Support (LTS) release, meaning it’ll be furnished with software patches and security fixes for the next 5 years....

You may have heard of Wolfram Alpha, which is a “computational knowledge engine.” That makes it sound a bit scary, but it’s a great tool once you can wrap your head around it. Apple’s Siri uses Wolfram Alpha for 25% of its searches. You can leverage that magic and put Wolfram Alpha to work for you — the empty search box on its homepage holds endless possibilities. Comparisons Enter two terms with a vs in between them and you’ll get a comparison....

Use Your iPad as a Secondary Display If you have a bigger monitor or a desktop workspace at your office, a MacBook screen can feel quite cramped when you first use it to work from home. Of course, you can connect your MacBook to an external display if you have one. If you don’t, though, consider using an iPad. If you’re using a modern MacBook (2016 or later) and have an iPad, you can simply connect it to your MacBook and use the Sidecar feature to use it as a second display....

Best Alternative for Sharing GIFs: Tenor When it comes to sharing GIFs, Tenor (iPhone, Android) is the next best thing. Tenor has a robust collection of GIFs. It also makes it easier to search, collect, and share GIFs, no matter which platform you’re using. While you can upload, browse, search, and share GIFs from Tenor’s website, your best bet is using Tenor’s GIF Keyboard. It’s a third-party keyboard that works on both iPhone and Android, and allows you to search and share GIFs, no matter which app you’re using....