To restrict access to specific apps and games on Xbox One, you’ll first need to create a Microsoft Family Group. After you do this, you’ll be able to create a child account. You’ll then need to sign in to this account on your Xbox One. To get started, turn on your Xbox and press the Xbox button in the middle of your controller to open the guide. Navigate to your avatar in the top left to access the “Sign In” screen, and then select “Add New....
You can give a chat (group chat or individual chat) a custom wallpaper quite easily. You can select one of WhatsApp’s built-in options, or you can use your own photo. Unlike Instagram, WhatsApp’s custom wallpaper feature is not synced across all users. As such, both parties can have their own custom chat wallpaper for the same conversation. RELATED: How to Change the Theme and Accent Color of Instagram DMs...
Rulers in Word help you position text, graphics, tables, and other elements in your documents. To gain a bit of extra document space, you can hide both the horizontal and vertical rulers. If you are working on a small screen, you may want to temporarily hide parts of the Word window to maximize the space used for your document. If you’re not currently using the rulers, you can hide easily hide them and then show them again....
There are many reasons to enjoy the Apple ecosystem and iMessage is high up on the list. Instant messaging that ties directly into iOS, watchOS, and macOS is a compelling proposition. Group messaging is a key part of that, too. Being able to have all of your friends, colleagues, or family in one iMessage thread and instantly share photos, video, or other media can be great for productivity. Plus, it’s just plain fun—something that is easy to overlook when choosing a tool that we all use daily....
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Left-handers make up only 10% of the world population and face daily obstacles that right-handers might not think about. Using a right-handed mouse doesn’t have to be one of those problems. Here’s how to swap your mouse buttons on Windows 10. Swap the Mouse Buttons from the Control Panel Access the control panel by searching “Control Panel” in the Start menu and then selecting “Control Panel” from the search results....
If you’re jumping the Android ship to an iPhone, here are a few things to keep in mind. There’s an Official “Move to iOS” Helper Service When you first set up your new iPhone, you’ll be asked whether you want to set it up as a new phone, transfer contents from an old iPhone, or migrate from Android. The last option should get you up and running quickly. To migrate, download Apple’s Move to iOS app from Google Play on your Android device....
When you install Windows 7 on a new system, you traditionally have to go through a long process of downloading years of updates and constantly rebooting. Not anymore: Microsoft now offers a “Windows 7 SP1 Convenience Rollup” that essentially functions as Windows 7 Service Pack 2. With a single download, you can install the hundreds of updates at once. But there’s a catch. This update package, which combines updates dating all the way back to February 2011, isn’t being made available in Windows Update....
iMac: Everything in One Package The iMac is Apple’s flagship all-in-one. Available in 21- or 27-inch sizes, an iMac can be extensively customized to suit all kinds of budgets and scenarios. All but the cheapest 21-inch ($1,099) come with a Retina 4K (or 5K) display, which features the P3 wide color gamut. These impressive panels are one of iMac’s main draws. When you buy an iMac, you get everything you need to get going: a computer, display, and the requisite peripherals....
iPhone and iPad Apps Are Coming to the Mac Apple is already producing its own processors for the iPhone, iPad, and most of its non-Mac lineup (including the Apple TV, HomePod, and Apple Watch). These platforms run on ARM-based chips, commonly chosen for their superior battery life and thermals compared to the Intel chips in the Mac. The company is now moving ahead and transitioning the Mac lineup to ARM-based custom-designed processors....
What Is “Dreams”? Dreams is a game you can buy from the PlayStation Store ($40, at this writing), but it’s much more than that. From British developer, Media Molecule (known for games like LittleBigPlanet and Tearaway), Dreams is actually a set of creative tools for PlayStation 4. The concept was perhaps best summed up by John Beech, the game’s senior principal designer, as “YouTube, but for all digital entertainment.” The project was designed from the ground up to give wannabe game developers, artists, and curious creatives the tools they need to bring their ideas—or Dreams—to life on a console....
Windows 10 has a hidden emoji picker you can use to type emoji in any application, even desktop programs like Google Chrome. It’s accessible by pressing a keyboard shortcut combination. The emoji picker was added in Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update, and improved on in the April 2018 Update. How to Open the Emoji Picker To open the emoji picker, press Win+. or Win+; on your keyboard. In other words, hold the Windows key down and press either the period (....
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Over the past 35 years, Microsoft has released at least 30 major versions of the Windows operating system. But they weren’t all created equal, so we thought it would be fun to rank the 10 greatest desktop versions of this essential OS. The Ranking Criteria When someone says that something was the “greatest,” it suggests that it had a combination of legacy, impact, innovation, and capability for its time. That’s the recipe at play here in this ranking, which is not (and never could be) a definitive list to objectively prove which version of Windows is “the best....
RELATED: The 10 Best Movies on Netflix in 2023 The Willoughbys Play Video In The Willoughbys, four siblings come together to get rid of their selfish parents. They work together to become their own family, only to realize how much they need their parents. Watch as the four siblings try to survive in the world on their own until their parents come home. Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Play Video...
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If you’ve heard anything at all about Linux, you’ve probably heard of Linux distributions – often shortened to “Linux distros.” When deciding to use Linux – on a desktop computer or server – you’ll first need to choose a distro. For many people, Ubuntu has become synonymous with Linux. But Ubuntu is one of many distros, and you have a lot of choice when it comes to Linux. What Is a Linux Distro, Anyway?...
The Magic of Computational Photography Computational photography uses digital software to enhance the photos taken by a camera. It’s most prominently used in smartphones. In fact, computational photography does the heavy lifting to create the great-looking images you see in your smartphone photo gallery. The rapid improvement in smartphone cameras over the last few years can largely be attributed to improving software, rather than changes to the physical camera sensor. Some smartphone manufacturers, like Apple and Google, continuously improve the photo-taking capabilities of their devices year after year without ever drastically changing the physical camera sensors....
In the age of the digital classroom, it’s important to have virtual spaces for teachers, students, and the people supporting them. Google Classroom provides everyone involved with the learning process a centralized user-friendly hub for classwork collaboration. Google Classroom Is a Web App for Collaboration Google’s latest tool for the educational market is not really a digital space for sharing files or creating documents; that’s largely the job of Google Drive and Google Docs....
The Messages app on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac utilizes a special instant messaging service called iMessage, which is different from the SMS texting service supported by cell carriers. Here’s a look at what’s special about iMessage. The Origins of iMessage Apple introduced iMessage in 2011 with iOS 5 on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. iMessage came to Macs in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion in 2012 when the Messages app replaced iChat....
