The Key to Apple’s Early Success In 2022, Apple is one of the largest, most successful companies on earth. That’s an immense achievement, and it all started back in 1976 when Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer, Inc. While the company released its first product (the Apple I) in 1976, it reached a very limited audience as a hobbyist machine. In contrast, 1977’s Apple II aimed for the mainstream from the start, and its popularity made Apple a wildly successful company by the standards at the time....

JBL Clip 4 For $49.95 ($30 Off) It’s one of the best Bluetooth speakers of 2022, and now it’s down to its best price of the year. The highly rated JBL Clip 4 is a tiny device that boasts rich audio and punchy bass packed into an IP67 waterproof and dustproof chassis. It’s so small, in fact, you can practically hook it onto your jeans or bag and take it anywhere you go....

What Is a BCI, or Brain-Computer Interface? The name “brain-computer interface” already tells you most of what you need to know, but in essence, it’s a direct path of communication between the neurons of your brain and a computer system. BCIs have been around for a long time and have been successfully used to allow, for example, paralyzed people to control robotic arms with just a thought. BCIs are distinct from devices that, for example, read the signals from your muscles or are connected to nerves outside of your brain, but those technologies are obviously related to BCIs....

Searching the web is one of the most common things people do in web browsers. Whether you use Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo, there are things you want to find. We’ll show you the fastest ways to do it in Chrome. There are a few ways to do web searches in Chrome without the tedious process of going directly to the search engine’s website. Some of these methods only work with Google, but others work with any search engine you can select....

TikTok is still a relatively new social network and there are a lot of people who don’t understand it. Maybe you think it’s just a rip-off of Vine (RIP) or the latest place where kids do stupid things for attention. There’s much more to TikTok than that, and it’s probably a more familiar experience than you realize. RELATED: Why Is TikTok So Popular? Why the Social Network Is Unique...

According to their website, “Opera Unite is a collaborative technology that uses a compact server inside the Opera desktop browser to share data and services.” Essentially what this service does is turn your computer into a server where you can share documents and photos, stream music, create a chat room, host your own website and a lot more. You can make files available to the public or with a password protected invite link and the really cool thing is the person accessing it can use any browser they want....

Anyway, since installing XP 64 I have been looking for 64 bit applications. One that I found is UltraDefrag v 1.3.4 which will run with 64 and 32 bit Operating Systems. This is an Open Source no frills application that gets the job done and done quickly. As with the native Windows defrag utility UltraDefrag has an analyzing feature. There is also a legend in the about section of UltraDefrag which explains the various colors on the cluster map....

In Windows XP, when you added more memory to your computer, you had to manually go and increase the size of your paging file to correctly match the amount of memory in your computer. Windows Vista does away with this by automatically setting the optimal size for the paging file, even after you add more memory to your computer. For instance, if you had a computer with 1GB of memory, your paging file would be roughly 1300mb, but if you add another 1GB of memory to your computer to make a total of 2GB, now when you look at the paging file, it will have automatically increased:...

A Quick Look at How it Works Here you can see the standard look for a website address in the Address Bar before installing Locationbar2. Once you have installed the extension, you can notice an immediate difference in how the website address is displayed. Notice that all parts of the address except for the domain name itself are grayed out. Options What if you would like to customize the appearance of the website address even more or add some additional functions?...

Organized Interests A “fandom” is an organized subculture of people who share a common interest. People who are members of fandom are often the most devoted and invested in the media franchise, with the fandom often going the extra mile by documenting small details, extensively speculating, and creating fan content. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the first known use of the term was in 1903. It was occasionally used throughout the 20th century for fan communities of franchises like Star Trek before eventually exploding in the 21st century as the internet made it significantly easier for fandoms to organize....

Who wants to go into task manager every time you log in to kill this process? I created a bat file to kill the process. Just type the following code into notepad. Then make sure and change the Save as type to All Files and have your file with the “.bat” extension. Now you have the familiar bat file icon saved where you like and just double click to kill the task....

This feature is a standard accessibility feature, which can actually be somewhat useful if you want to be notified when you accidentally press your caps lock key. Of course, it’s much simpler to just disable your caps lock key entirely if you don’t use it. Disable or Enable Toggle Keys in Vista Open up Control Panel and then navigate to the Ease of Access Center. You should see a link for “Make the keyboard easier to use”, which you will want to click....

Facebook is now testing a new sidebar on the left side of the mobile apps, which displays all the groups you have joined and recent activity (such as new posts and messages). You also have the option to ‘pin’ groups, which moves them to the top of the list. The sidebar looks a lot like what you’d see in Discord, Slack, and other group-based messaging services. That’s not all, though....

Update: Downloadable version also available. Here’s the quick registry hack to get this working. As usual, back up your registry just in case. You will want to browse down to this key: Once you are at that key, right click and choose the New Key option: Now you will double-click on the (Default) value and enter the following: Click OK and continue. If you want to enable Move To, you will repeat the same steps, except creating a new key named Move To, and using this value:...

The original idea to do this came from Kelly’s Korner, but her script doesn’t work right on Windows Vista, so I modified it and have provided it here for everybody. To get to this alternate User Accounts screen after installation, first select User Accounts in the Control Panel. Now you will see the new item named “User Accounts Admin (Alternate)”. For those of you unfamiliar, you can use this utility to manage saved network passwords or require Ctrl+Alt+Delete....

Android 13’s developer preview was shown in a detailed blog post by Google. It breaks down everything developers can experience if they install the early Android 13 preview on their devices. One feature that caught our attention is the new Photo picker, which gives you granular control over what photos and videos different apps can access. Instead of granting them access to all or none, you can pick and choose....

The official Apple 5W USB Power Adapter is still available in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and a few other countries. It has remained nearly identical since it was first included with the iPhone 3G in 2008, with a single USB Type-A port and a maximum charging speed of 5W. That’s much slower than the 15W charging speed that modern iPhones can handle. It’s priced at $19 in the United States....

Open Firefox and click on Tools Options and then the Privacy tab. Under Private Data check the box “Always clear my private data….” and uncheck “Ask me before clearing …” then click on the Setting button. In the Clear Private Data box check “Download History” and any other download add-on you might have which appears. For instance you can see I have Down Them All enabled, now click OK....

Holy Jumbled Notepad, Batman! Change Greasemonkey Script Editor Type about:config into the address bar, and then filter by the following: If the key does not exist, right-click in the empty area and create a new string, giving it the following values: Key Name: greasemonkey. editor Key Value: Full path to an editor that doesn’t suck as much as notepad. This tip should work for any operating system that supports Firefox....

Today I was wondering how I could quickly close a tab that I had opened. When using Google Reader, using the “v” hotkey will open up the currently selected item in a new tab. I wanted a simpler way to close the tab than having to hit Ctrl+F4, which is a little more difficult to use. Here’s the shortcut key to quickly close a tab in Firefox: This key combination is much easier to use....