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Listen to Albums Instead of Just Songs In most of our music listening, we’ve stopped listening to entire albums of songs the way people used to. While being able to instantly call up your favorite song or hear a playlist of potential favorites is nice, it can rip songs from their intended context, weakening them as a result. With a vinyl record, it’s possible to skip to a song by locating the right groove on the record, but it certainly isn’t easy....

See When an App Uses Your Microphone or Camera Whenever an app uses your microphone or camera, you’ll see a small orange or green dot in the status bar at the top. It will appear right above the cell-signal strength indicator. If the app you’re currently using is listening to or watching you, the dot will be green. An orange dot means a background process is using your microphone or camera....

The Pixel A-series is Google’s lineup of budget smartphones, with similar cameras and software as the regular Pixel models paired with a cheaper System-on-a-Chip (SoC) and a lower price. This year, Google is shaking up the formula: the Pixel 6a is much closer to the top-of-the-line Pixel. Play Video The Pixel 6a looks nearly identical to the Pixel 6 series, with the same visor-like camera module stretching across the back and a two-tone color design....

Apple’s App Store is full of apps with in-app subscriptions. That’s great news for developers, and it’s great for users who don’t want apps to go away. But if you don’t use an app, why not cancel your subscription? Canceling a subscription to an iPhone or iPad app hasn’t always been the easiest thing to do, because Apple hasn’t always made the process obvious. Even if you did know. the chances are good that you do it so infrequently that you have forgotten, and there’s always the chance that Apple changed something in a recent iOS update....

If you don’t use Discord Nitro‘s extra perks, and the free version works just fine for you, it’s a good idea to cancel your Nitro subscription and save money. Here’s how to do just that on your desktop, mobile, and the web. RELATED: What Is Discord Nitro, and Is It Worth Paying For? Cancel Your Discord Nitro Subscription on Desktop In Discord, open “User Settings” Select the “Subscriptions” or “Manage Subscription” tab....

Change the My Eyes Only Passcode on Snapchat Start the password change process by launching the Snapchat app on your iPhone or Android phone. In Snapchat, access “Memories” by swiping up on the camera screen. On the “Memories” page, in the tabs list at the top, tap the “My Eyes Only” tab. On the “My Eyes Only” tab, in the lower-right corner, tap “Options.” You will see an “Options” menu. To change your password, tap the “Change Passcode” option....

Your Zoom account’s personal meeting ID (PMI) should only be used for private meetings. If it’s shared enough, uninvited people could Zoombomb your personal Zoom calls by using the said ID. Here’s how to change your PMI in Zoom. What’s a Zoom Personal Meeting ID (PMI)? Every Zoom user has their own unique PMI, a 10-digit number assigned to you when you create your account. Essentially, this is your own private Zoom room....

Cleaning and Disinfecting Are Two Different Things Prior to the coronavirus, companies like Apple advised consumers not to use anything harsher than a damp cloth and some elbow grease to clean their gadgets. Unfortunately, that won’t kill bacteria or viruses, including the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. In light of the recent outbreak, Apple has changed its tune when it comes to disinfecting your iPhone: Many of the instructions for cleaning gadgets prior to this announcement still stand, as well, though....

Chromebooks are geared toward storing files in the cloud, but that doesn’t mean they can’t handle local files. If there’s something on your Chromebook that you’d like to move with a USB flash drive, we’ll show you how. Google’s original pitch with Chromebooks was to push “cloud computing.” The idea was the storage of your files wouldn’t be reliant on hardware. However, as Chromebooks are used more and more like “regular” computers, local storage becomes more important....

How to Count Steps in the Health App on iPhone Your iPhone has a sophisticated built-in step counter. It uses the accelerometer to calculate the steps you take. All this data is stored in the Health app, which you can back up and sync to iCloud, as well. Oddly, Apple doesn’t really advertise this feature. If you’ve never used the Health app, you might not know about it. To view your step count of the day, open the Health app....

Google Forms is a powerful tool used to create free surveys and quizzes online. However, that’s not all it does. With this guide, you can create a contact form which can be embedded directly into your website. Creating a contact form on Google Forms is super simple. Google even has a template already made for you to use, which makes your job that much easier. All you need to do is load the template—customize it if you want—then embed the form directly into your website....

RELATED: How to Make Your Venmo Transactions Private Know This Before Closing a Venmo Account Before you delete your Venmo account, download a copy of all your transactions for your records. You won’t be able to access these details once your account is removed. Secondly, transfer any available funds in your Venmo account to your bank account. If you don’t do this, you will then have to contact Venmo to get your funds....

Start by visiting Instagram’s website on your Windows 10 PC, Mac, or Linux desktop computer and logging in to your account. Unfortunately, you can’t delete your contacts from the Instagram mobile app for Android or iPhone. Next, click your profile picture’s icon in the top-right corner. From the dropdown menu, select “Settings.” Head into “Manage Contacts” from the sidebar. On this page, you’ll be able to browse a list of all the contacts you’ve provided to Instagram....

Chrome now lets you create links directly to text on a web page. Chrome’s “scroll to text fragment” feature is a bit complicated to use, but Googler Paul Kinlan made an easy-to-use bookmarklet that lets you take easy advantage of it. If you’re not familiar with Scroll to Text Fragment, it’s a feature that only works in Google Chrome as of June 2020. It lets you create a special link that tells Google Chrome to scroll to and highlight a specific section of text on a web page....

iCloud Keychain is the default password manager on iPhone and iPad, and it pops up every time you sign up for or try to log in to a new website. It’s the iCloud Keychain feature that suggests that you create strong passwords. Disabling iCloud Keychain will disable all of the pop-ups and prompts related to passwords on your iPhone and iPad. You can disable the iCloud Keychain feature from the Settings app....

Keeping track of your Pinterest pins for ideas, hobbies, or visual references has never been easier. Since February 2021, you can now embed Pinterest pins in OneNote notebooks or online Word documents. Here’s how. Pinterest in OneNote and Word Availability Maybe you have a notebook full of design ideas, recipes, or craft projects, or perhaps you have a document where referencing a visual is the perfect fit. You can now embed those pins from Pinterest quickly and easily into select OneNote and Word versions....

Windows 8 has a new Start Screen, but there’s no Start Button anymore–and that might be too much for some people to deal with. Here’s how to get a Start button that opens up the new Metro-style Start menu. Note: If you want to get back the Windows 7 style Start Menu, you can do that too. Head over to this page to get your free copy of Start8. You will need to enter your email address and hit the Sign Up button....

If you work with SVG files frequently, you might get frustrated by Windows 10’s lack of SVG thumbnail capability. Luckily, with PowerToys, you can see thumbnails in File Explorer with no problem. Here’s how to set it u Install PowerToys To see SVG thumbnails in File Explorer, you’ll need help from Microsoft’s free PowerToys utility, which you can download for free from GitHub. The latest version is usually listed toward the top of the download page....

Facebook has a lot of uses. For some, it’s just a social network, but for others, it’s a piece of professional branding. If you’re in the latter category, it helps to keep your Timeline tidy and free of irrelevant information. RELATED: How to Delete a Facebook Post While it’s simple delete a Facebook post, this isn’t always the best solution. If, for example, you change your profile picture, you can’t just delete the post....

Google Chrome is a very popular web browser, but people have one common complaint—it uses a lot of RAM. It’s hard to fix the problem completely, but there are some things you can do to reduce Chrome’s memory usage. Why Does Chrome Use So Much RAM? You may not believe it, but Google Chrome actually has gotten less RAM hungry over the years. Still, it’s something people notice, and it can be a problem....