Posts

HBO Is the Original TV Subscription Service Back when televised content came into the home via microwave antennas instead of internet tubes, HBO was founded as a paid service for the best content available in sports, comedy, films, and documentaries. Its first broadcast in November 1972 was an NHL game followed by a Paul Newman and Henry Fonda movie. Since its inception, HBO has thrived as a subscription-based television service throughout the satellite, digital, and streaming eras....

There was a time when unlimited data plans were truly unlimited. You paid a certain amount every month and you could use as much data as you wanted. However, as more of the world has adopted smartphones, these plans have gone away. RELATED: Should You Pay for an Unlimited Data Phone Plan? Throttled Speeds The biggest catch in most “unlimited” data plans is speed limits. It’s common practice for unlimited plans to only allow access to high-speed data for a set amount, such as 25GB....

It may be silly to assume that your alarm will still work if your phone is off, but a lot of phones actually used to work this way. In fact, some Android devices still do. Will My Alarm Work If My Phone Is Turned Off? Probably not. Some Android phones offer a feature that automatically turns your phone back on at a certain time if you shut it down before going to bed....

While there’s talk of Microsoft axing the Control Panel, it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Some important settings are only found in the classic Control Panel on Windows 10—they aren’t in the Settings app. Here are 13 ways you can open the Control Panel. Search the Start Menu You can search for any application on your PC with the Start menu’s search feature, which is also known as Windows Search....

You might think the biggest announcement of WWDC 2020 is Apple ditching Intel processors in favor of first-party silicon, but you’d be wrong. No, the big news is that iOS and iPadOS 14 will finally let you choose your default browser and email apps. What’s the Big Deal? In an all-digital WWDC 2020 held on June 22, 2020, Apple announced a new major version of the operating system that powers the iPhone and iPad: iOS 14 (or iPadOS 14 for tablets)....

Turn a Wikipedia Article Into a PDF Would you like to save a favorite Wikipedia article as a PDF to read offline or share with your friends? Sure, you could just print an article as PDF directly from your browser, but this will not turn out very nice looking. However, we can use new tools built into Wikipedia to automatically make a PDF copy of an article that looks more like a traditional book rather than just a web printout....

Starting September 28th, 2022, OpenAI has removed the waitlist for DALL-E beta. Anyone can sign up now and start using the tool to generate fascinating images with AI. There are already over 1.5 million people using DALL-E 2 to make art, and that’s sure to skyrocket now. RELATED: OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 AI Is Only Bad News for Some Artists You can sign up with an email address, Google account, or Microsoft account for free....

Adding line numbers to a Microsoft Word document can help you point others to exact positions within it, especially in documents with multiple pages. Here’s how to quickly add line numbers in Word. These instructions should work for recent Office versions (from 2010 onwards). Before you begin, note that Word will treat tables and text boxes as if they’re on a single line, regardless of how large they are....

Calculating the square root of numbers is common in mathematical equations. If you’d like to perform that calculation in Microsoft Excel, you have a couple of ways to do that. We’ll show you how. What Is a Square Root? The square root of a number is the value that you multiply by itself to get the original number. For example, the square root of 25 is 5. This is because if you multiply 5 by 5, you get 25....

Need to clear your Google Chrome browsing data quickly? Three’s no need to dig through menus—it’s as easily as a single keyboard shortcut and a few clicks. Here’s how to do it. First, open “Chrome.” In any window, press the following three-key shortcut combination depending on your platform. Windows or Linux: Press Ctrl+Shift+Delete Mac: Press Command+Shift+Backspace. (On a Mac, the backspace key is labeled “Delete. ” Note that pressing the Delete key beside the Home and Edit keys doesn’t work....

RELATED: How to Pair Bluetooth Headphones to Nintendo Switch It’s Going to Cost a Little Money Unfortunately, the Nintendo Switch doesn’t work with Bluetooth headphones out of the box. The Switch does have built-in speakers, but your neighbor on the train may not enjoy the Stardew Valley theme music as much as you do. You can also take advantage of the built-in headphone jack if you have a pair of wired headphones, but the wire can get very annoying very quickly....

How to Disable the Frequently Visited Section As the name suggests, the new Frequently Visited section in Safari’s start page lists websites that you visit frequently. If you already have those websites in the Favorites section, this new feature is redundant. You also might not want Safari to show these websites for privacy reasons. You can either hide a website from this section or disable the whole Frequently Visited section altogether....

We’ve all experienced the occasional error from Google Chrome, including “This site can’t be reached,” but what do you do if the error sticks around after restarting your browser? Here are some things you can try to fix the problem. What Causes “This Site Can’t Be Reached” and ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE? This error message from Google Chrome — like so many other error messages — is pretty ambiguous. It doesn’t point you to a specific problem, and it can have numerous causes....

Android’s status bar can get junky pretty fast—especially if you’re using a non-stock build of Android (like on Samsung or LG phones). Fortunately, with the right tools, you can clean this area up without losing any functionality. Let’s Define “Status Bar” First things first. Let’s talk about what the Status Bar is. The top of your Android phone’s main interface is separated into two defined areas: the Notification Bar and the Status Bar....

How to Hide or Show All Like Counts on Instagram You can access this Like count feature in your Instagram app’s Settings menu. If you use multiple profiles, you’ll have to repeat this process for all linked profiles in the app. After opening the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android smartphone, tap the Profile icon in the bottom-right corner of the toolbar. From your Profile page, tap the three-line menu button in the top-right corner of the page....

Traditional door locks work just fine, but if you want to add some smarts to the security of your home, a smart lock is a good way to go. Here’s how to install and set up the Kwikset Kevo smart lock. RELATED: How to Put Together Your First Smarthome (Without Getting Overwhelmed) Before you get started, make sure that replacing a deadbolt is something that you’re comfortable doing. It’s pretty easy for the most part, but it does involve removing the entire deadbolt mechanism and replacing it with an all-new one....

The three options are: Viewable to everyone, regardless of whether they have a Strava account or not Viewable to your followers Only viewable to you We suggest you follow our guide to locking down Strava’s privacy settings so that, at most, only your approved followers can see your activities. However, if you want to feature on Strava’s segment leaderboards, your activities (or at least your best ones) must be public....

Chrome 77 makes it easy to create your own Chrome browser theme in just a few clicks. Choose your favorite colors for Chrome’s browser toolbar and set a snazzy background image right from the New Tab page. How to Enable the New Customization Tools These features aren’t enabled by default in Chrome 77, but they’re still there: You just have to enable a few hidden flags. As always with flags, Chrome’s flags may change or be removed at any time....

It’s easy to manage two windows side-by-side Mac (macOS El Capitan [10.11] or later) using a feature called Split View. Using Split View, you can precisely snap two windows to halves of the screen and also adjust the proportion of the screen each one occupies. Here’s how. How to Use Split View on Mac First, open the two windows you would like to use with Split View and position them wherever you’d like on the screen....

Strangely, there is no way to “restart” a Chromebook in the traditional sense. Restarting usually means the device will power off and back on by itself, but Chrome OS doesn’t do that. This is likely due to how quickly Chromebooks can shut down and boot up. There are two ways to do it. RELATED: How to Force Restart an Android Phone When It’s Not Responding First, we’ll use the software controls....