To get the most out of your Google TV streaming device, you’ll want to find and download some apps and games. Unfortunately, doing this on devices like the Chromecast with Google TV isn’t as easy as opening the Play Store, but we’ll walk you through it. Devices like the Chromecast with Google TV have access to Android apps made for televisions. However, you can’t actually open the Google Play Store directly, like you can with Android TV....
TeamViewer is a great free program, whether you want to access your computer from afar or help out friends and relatives with their computer. But its default settings are remarkably insecure, instead favoring ease of use. Here’s how to lock down TeamViewer so you can make use of its features without opening yourself up to attack. The Problem with TeamViewer RELATED: The Best Tools to Easily Perform Remote Tech Support...
While using Task Manager for keeping an eye on your Windows 10 PC, sometimes you end up using one tab (say, “Performance”) more than others. In that case, you can set that tab as one you see when you start Task Manager. Here’s how. First, launch “Task Manager.” In Windows 10, right-click the taskbar, and select “Task Manager” from the menu that pops up. If Task Manager launches with the simple interface, click “More Details” at the bottom of the window....
Ordering food through mobile apps has made life much easier. The only problem is, there are dozens of different apps you can use for it. Google Pay streamlines the process by putting it all into one interface. We hope you’re hungry. Google Pay received a major revamp in late 2020, and one of the new features was food ordering. Google combines several popular delivery services and pickup options into one app....
What Is an Oleophobic Coating? When you first unwrap a new smartphone, one of the most striking things is how new and shiny the screen looks. This has surprisingly little to do with the lack of scratches and more to do with the fresh coat of oleophobic treatment on it. From the first day you start using your smartphone, that coating starts to wear away. Using a screen protector is the only way you can really protect it....
Unfortunately, at the time of writing, Google doesn’t offer enhanced security options on its Drive app for Android or on the web. Enabling two-factor authentication on your Google account is your best bet for keeping people out of your cloud files. RELATED: Google Drive on iOS Now Supports Locking the App With Face ID and Touch ID Start by opening the “Drive” app on your iPhone or iPad. Use Apple’s built-in Spotlight Search if you can’t find it on your home screen....
Add Anything Using the Share Sheet The easiest way to add something to Apple Notes is by using the Notes extension in the Share sheet. This feature is available virtually everywhere. If you can see a share button, you can share the content with Apple Notes. It works in all default Apple apps, along with third-party apps. Using this method, you can add links, photos, videos, map locations, PDFs, and screenshots to the Notes app....
How to Use Reading List in Safari for iPhone and iPad Safari’s Reading List feature syncs all saved articles across all your devices, so you can save an article on your Mac and read it on your iPhone or iPad at your leisure. You can save both open articles and links to the Reading List. To get started, open the Safari app on your iPhone or iPad, and open the page that you want to save for later....
Windows 10 includes a number of handy ways to manage application windows. One of them is Task View, a built-in feature that shows thumbnails of all your open windows in one place. Here’s how to use it. While using Windows, it’s easy to quickly see thumbnails of all your open windows. To do so, click the “Task View” button on your taskbar, which is located just to the right of the Start button....
Chromecast is a receiver that streams media to your TV. It doesn’t include onboard apps like Apple TV or Roku. Instead, you just tap the Cast button in any supporting app on your iPhone, and Google streams that content to your Chromecast device. The Chromecast resembles a miniature UFO tethered to your TV by a short HDMI cable. The included power supply connects to the micro-USB port on the device....
If you like to keep an eye on CPU or GPU usage on your Mac, you can enable several little-known performance windows in Activity Monitor. These float above all other application windows, so you can check them at a glance. To enable these, press Command+Space or click the Magnifying Glass icon in the menu bar to open Spotlight search. Type “Activity Monitor,” and then press Enter. Click “Window” at the top....
Do you have multiple values in a single cell that you want to separate into multiple cells? If so, Microsoft Excel has two easy-to-use options to help you split your cells. We’ll show you how to use them. Split Cells in Excel With Flash Fill A quick way to split the values in your cells into multiple cells is by using Excel’s Flash Fill feature. This automatically extracts the values from your cells and puts them into separate multiple cells....
Google Chrome has a hidden feature tucked away inside Developer Tools that lets you take full-sized screenshots of any web page. This feature captures the entirety of a page, similar to a scrolling screenshot, without the use of a third-party extension. How to Take a Full-Sized Screenshot in Chrome To get started, open Chrome and head to the web page you want to capture. Once there, click the three dots, point to “More Tools,” then click on “Developer Tools....
How to Temporarily Disable Your Instagram Account Temporarily disabling your Instagram account erases your profile from the social network for the period of time that you want off the site. Your Instagram URL will become invalid, users won’t be able to find you in search, and they also won’t be able to contact you. These features will be restored when you reactivate your account. You can temporarily deactivate your Instagram account no matter if it’s a personal account, creator account, or a business account....
While 1Password is not a free service, its $2.99/month plan is pretty competitive with LastPass Premium which also costs $3/month. It comes with apps for all major platforms, support for two-factor authentication, and includes 1GB of encrypted document storage. There are a myriad of reasons why you might want to switch from LastPass to 1Password. So instead of delving into it here, we suggest you read Cam Summerson’s experience of switching from LastPass to 1Password at Review Geek, our sister site....
VLOOKUP is one of Excel’s most useful functions, and it’s also one of the least understood. In this article, we demystify VLOOKUP by way of a real-life example. We’ll create a usable Invoice Template for a fictitious company. VLOOKUP is an Excel function. This article will assume that the reader already has a passing understanding of Excel functions, and can use basic functions such as SUM, AVERAGE, and TODAY. In its most common usage, VLOOKUP is a database function, meaning that it works with database tables – or more simply, lists of things in an Excel worksheet....
Of the eight films nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards (taking place April 25, 2021), only one, the historical drama Judas and the Black Messiah, is unavailable to stream (at the time of writing). The Father Play Video Anthony Hopkins anchors this intense drama as the title character, a man suffering from dementia and overwhelmed by everyday life. Director Florian Zeller adapts his own stage play, which takes the unique approach of telling the story from Hopkins’ character’s perspective....
The first main factor to consider is storage capacity. Depending on how much space your system still has, you may want to get a higher capacity since a single modern game can take up to over 100GB of storage. Gaming SSDs usually range from 125GB to 4TB, but the price gets relatively more expensive per GB. However, with games increasing in size, you’ll want to consider getting at least 500GB or 1TB of storage, especially if you plan on downloading multiple games at once....
What Is a T2 Security Chip? The T2 is Apple’s second-generation “security chip.” It combines several hardware controllers into a custom piece of silicon. Such chips have been commonplace in smartphones for some time. However, the T2 isn’t just there for security purposes—it can make a big difference in terms of overall performance, too. So, why is it called a security chip? The main reason is the T2 is responsible for a secure boot....
One of our favorite password managers, 1Password, allows you to temporarily remove some account credentials from all of your devices. This feature is called “Travel Mode,” and it’s incredibly useful if you’re worried about unauthorized account access while traveling. Travel Mode allows you to quickly choose which passwords you want to keep on your devices when you’re out and about. Once you enable Travel Mode, 1Password will only keep the credentials you choose and remove everything else from all of your devices....
