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Most ISPs offer business internet plans that cost a bit more, but also offer great features like no throttling, no data caps, and even higher speeds. And the chances are that you can get business internet in your home, whether you actually have a business or not. What is “Business” Internet and How is It Different than “Home”? There are some key things that set business internet plans apart from home internet, and if you rely heavily on the internet in your everyday life, you may want to consider making the switch....

Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25252 to the Dev Channel, for people in the Windows Insider program. The build contains more experiments with the taskbar search, similar to what was being tested in July, but also adds something new: an indicator in the taskbar when a VPN connection is active. Microsoft said in a blog post, “we have added a glanceable VPN status into the system tray when connected to a recognized VPN profile....

You Want Freedom of Choice Windows is a hardware-agnostic operating system. It’s a platform that’s designed to run on as many systems as possible, from a wide range of manufacturers. It’s the mainstream operating system of choice for the vast majority of end users, hardware OEMs, and system integrators so it enjoys excellent support across the board. This gives you the ultimate choice in choosing what sort of computing experience you want....

If you’ve been using Microsoft Planner, then you will know there’s more to the application than meets the eye. Here are some features, tips, and tricks to help turn you from a Microsoft Planner novice to a Planner master. Add Emojis to Your Task Titles Words are great, but sometimes emojis are better. You can add emojis anywhere in a task, but for “at a glance” help, the best place is in the task title....

Moving Away from Physical Scanners Fingerprint scanning, like other forms of biometric recognition, is nothing new to computing devices. While scanners have been on laptops for several decades now, the first mobile phone to have one was the Pantech GI100 in 2004. They came back in a big way during the smartphone era, though, due to the ever-growing need to protect the data in our pockets. In 2013, the Apple iPhone 5S became the first major mobile device in the U....

Website addresses that end in “.onion” aren’t like normal domain names, and you can’t access them with a normal web browser. Addresses that end with “.onion” point to Tor hidden services on the “deep web”. What Is a .onion Site? RELATED: How to Browse Anonymously With Tor Tor–short for “the onion router”–is an anonymizing computer network. It’s partially funded by the US government, and is designed to help people in countries where Internet access may be censored or monitored....

Calendars are normally shared using the iCalendar standard, often referred to as “iCal.” Every modern calendaring program, including Outlook, can accept iCal links to show a shared calendar. So if you receive one, here’s what to do with it. What Is an iCalendar Link? An iCalendar link, often shortened to “an iCal”, is a link to another calendar. iCal is an open standard for exchanging calendar and scheduling information between users and computers; it has been around since the late 1990s....

Archiving emails helps you remove the non-important messages from your inbox. You can archive single as well as multiple emails in Microsoft Outlook’s desktop, web, and mobile versions. We’ll show you how to do that. Note that archiving an email doesn’t delete the email. Your email gets moved to a dedicated archive folder. Later, you can unarchive the email to bring it back to your inbox, as we’ll explain below....

Your iPhone (and iPad) automatically back up to iCloud by default, but local iTunes backups are still useful. You should create an iTunes backup when you’re switching to a new iPhone or installing iOS beta software on your current phone. Local iTunes backups are more complete and faster to restore than iCloud backups. iCloud backups are still useful because they happen wirelessly so they’ll always be up-to-date, but iTunes backups are ideal for a full restore operation....

Start by plugging your iPhone into your vehicle that includes CarPlay using a USB to Lightning cable (unless your car or truck supports wireless connections). Once CarPlay launches on your infotainment display, tap the App Grid button found in the bottom-left corner. This step is only necessary if viewing the overview screen or an open app. Next, select the “Settings” app. You might have to swipe between home screens to locate the application....

If you like to share your Spotify music tastes with your friends (or even throw a group listening party), you can make your account stand out by changing your profile picture. Here’s how. Change Your Spotify Profile Picture on Windows 10 or Mac If you’re trying to change your Spotify profile picture from a computer, you’ll need to use the desktop client for Windows or Mac. Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to customize your profile and change your picture using the Spotify web player at the time of writing....

Google launched the first-generation Chromecast back in 2013, and it’s still getting security updates—but that’s it. As Google confirmed to 9To5Google, this original Chromecast won’t get new features. It may be time to upgrade if you have an old one. Checking whether you have a first-generation Chromecast is simple. You can either look at the Chromecast hardware itself or pull up the Google Home app on your smartphone. Check Your Chromecast’s Generation By Looking at It If you don’t remember off the top of your head, just peek behind your TV and see which one is plugged into your TV’s HDMI port....

Reading requires you to expend cognitive energy, and your Microsoft Outlook calendar is no exception. However, if you color-code your calendar events, you can more easily differentiate between them at a glance, and save yourself some time and energy. Calendars are indispensable memory aides, but reading them can be a chore. Adding colors to your events makes it easier to pick out related calendar items and understand what they are, without having to read every word....

Perhaps you want to know your team’s opinion on something. Or, maybe you need your coworker to come to a majority decision and settle a (hopefully friendly) dispute. Whatever the reason, a poll within Microsoft Teams is usually the best way to get the answer. There is a quick and simple way to create a single-question poll in Microsoft Teams without using any third-party software. Even better, any member of the team can create a poll, and all members of the team can vote and see the results....

Outlook isn’t much use if you don’t have contacts. Sure, you can enter email addresses as you go, but that’s time-consuming and error-prone. It’s better to have your contacts already in Outlook, so you can dash off a quick message in just a few clicks. In a recent article, we discussed how to get started using Outlook, and today we want to extend that to include working with contacts. Your contacts will be the center of your Outlook experience, those with whom you correspond and how you use the application....

Private mode in Mozilla Firefox keeps your local browsing history private. But, by default, Firefox turns off extensions while browsing privately to prevent them from leaking data. If you’d like to use a trusted extension while browsing privately, it’s easy to turn it on. Here’s how. First, open “Firefox.” In any window, click the “Firefox” menu button (three horizontal lines) and select “Add-ons” from the menu. In a new tab called “Add-ons Manager,” you will see a list of all the Firefox extensions you have installed....

Note: Formatting a USB drive will destroy any data currently stored on it. If you think that your USB drive is already properly formatted, but Ubuntu just isn’t picking it up, try unplugging it and plugging it back in to a different USB slot, or restarting your machine with the device plugged in on start-up. Open a terminal by clicking on Applications in the top-left of the screen, then Accessories > Terminal....

Some emails are more important than others. Rather than getting alerts every time an email arrives, configure Microsoft Outlook to only alert you when the important stuff hits your inbox, rather than any old email that can wait until you check your inbox. If email alerts from Outlook are distracting you, the easiest thing to do is to turn them off. But what if you really need to know when an email arrives from your boss, a client, or someone else important to you?...

RELATED: How to Screenshot on a Mac When you’re taking a screenshot, simply hold the Control key. For example, if you’re taking a screenshot of a part of your Mac’s screen, first use the Command+Shift+4 keyboard combination to enter the screenshot mode. Then, press and hold the Cntl key while you select the part of the screen that you want to capture. The captured screenshot is now in your clipboard....

Feeling forgetful? With these three handy tips for iPhone and iPad, you can quickly add reminders without even launching the Reminders app. This way, you can remember to do important things (or check important websites) later. Add a Reminder Using a Widget One of the handiest ways to quickly add a reminder on an iPhone or iPad is by using the Reminders widget, which you can add to your Today View screen....