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Google released Android 13 on August 15, 2022, and the update will be rolling out to phones over the next few months. While it’s short on splashy, in-your-face changes, Android 13 is packed with useful features you need to know about. RELATED: Android 13 Is Out: What’s New, and When You’ll Get It Icons That Match Your Wallpaper Android 12 introduced a brand-new theming system called “Material You.” It grabs colors from your wallpaper and applies them throughout the phone....

Google’s phone app—technically called “Phone by Google“—comes pre-installed on Pixel phones. Many other Android devices, including Samsung Galaxy phones, can install it from the Play Store. The app has some handy features you may want to check out. RELATED: How to Change the Default Phone App on Android Flip to Silence Gone are the days of slamming your landline phone down to hang up with a satisfying thud. With the Google Phone app, you can recreate that by flipping your phone....

Sometimes we look for tips and features to do things faster. Then, there are other times when we just want to do them better. Here, we’ll look at several Google Docs features that can improve your documents. 1. Use Tables to Structure Text Some text belongs in a paragraph, items usually go into a list, and then there are details that look better in a table. You can insert a table easily in Google Docs and even check out one of the helpful templates....

Terminal Text-based input using a command prompt will never feel as user-friendly as your Mac’s graphical user interface (GUI), but that doesn’t mean you should avoid it altogether. You can use the Terminal app (found under Applications > Utilities) to do just about everything on your Mac, from basic file operations to blacklisting websites or changing system preferences for which there is no toggle. We’ve put together a list of 16 Terminal commands that every Mac user should know, which includes all the basics like navigating the file system, using flags (which modify how commands behave), and running commands as root (or super user)....

Click the beginning of the paragraph you want to emphasize. Then click the Insert tab on the Ribbon and choose Drop Cap. You can scroll to any of the three preset Drop Caps and the document will change with your choice. By default it will drop by three lines. However, us geeks are never satisfied with default settings. You will notice in the screen above there is a choice for Drop Cap Options....

Note: Backup To EMail is also known as Send To GMail. Setup Installation of Backup To EMail is simple and straightforward. Once you have finished with the installation process and have started the program up, this is the window that you will see. Clicking on the Advanced Button will show the following window. You can sign into your Gmail account here and also see details regarding a pro version if you would like to use other E-mail Service providers....

First open up My Computer and Right-click on the flash drive you want to encrypt and select Turn on BitLocker. After BitLocker initialized the flash drive you will need to enter in a password to unlock the drive. You can also set up a Smartcard which are usually used in a work environment so talk to you IT staff. Next you will be prompted to store the recovery key which is used in the event you lose your password or smartcard....

If you’re looking for a Linux distribution, you’ve likely seen recommendations for both Debian or Ubuntu. Their similarities, and the fact that Ubuntu is technically based on Debian, blur the lines between them. Let’s explore the important differences. Debian Has Lower System Requirements If the device you want to install Linux on is light on resources, you’ll want to note Debian and Ubuntu’s differing minimum requirements. A Debian 11 desktop install requires at least a 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM, and 10GB storage....

The problem is that anybody can walk up to your computer and change the options even though your computer is locked. So that’s why we want to disable it. How to Mess with Somebody’s Locked Computer When you click the button, you’ll normally see this dialog window, which somebody can use to annoy you if they felt like it by turning on some of the different options without you realizing....

iFixit provided PDF versions of its repair guides years ago, which could be ordered on DVDs for use in areas without a stable internet connection. However, that option was phased out as the number of guides increased. iFixit has now worked with Kiwix, a digital library of internet content optimized for offline access, to restore offline iFixit guide availability. iFixit contributor Benoit Beraud said in a blog post, “after weeks of coding, I am happy to announce that offline archives of iFixit are available for everyone to download in each of the 12 languages supported by iFixit....

OpenDNS is free with no software to install. It also has a bunch of features such as Phishing protection, Domain Blocking, Adult Site Blocking, Typo Correction, etc. If you are behind a router the easiest way to ensure every computer on your home network is using OpenDNS is to add it to your Router. Open your web browser and go to your router’s address. Usually it is 192.168.1.1 type in the user name and password to access administrator settings....

Of course I am always trying new ones as they come out and if I ever get time would like to create my own. How about everyone else? What are some of your favorite extensions and why? I look forward to your feedback.

Google Analytics is a wonderful free tool for webmasters to track stats. The only problem with it is that some of the most common tasks seem abnormally difficult to do, or are buried under a bunch of menu items with strange names. If you have a large number of articles, it’s often difficult to figure out which articles have been the most popular over time, or even for a particular time frame....

VPN Tunnels To explain how VPNs encrypt your connection, we need to first look at so-called VPN tunnels. Normally, when you visit a site, you connect to a server operated by your internet service provider (ISP), which redirects you to the site you want to visit. When you use a VPN, you’re rerouting your connection: instead of going from the ISP’s server to the site, you first go through a server operated by your VPN provider....

For this example I am burning the Office 2007 ISO image to DVD. Right click on the image and choose Burn disc image. This will open up the Windows Disc Image Burner dialog box where you choose the CD or DVD drive and I also check Verify disc after burning the click Burn. While the disc is being created there is a progress bar indicating how long until it is finished....

Whether you have a new email address, or you’d simply like to use a different one, it’s easy to change your email in your Spotify account. We’ll show you how to do that. RELATED: How to Change Your Apple ID Email Address Update Your Email Address on Spotify To start the email update process, open a web browser on your device and launch the Spotify site. Sign in to your account on the site....

When you insert checkboxes in a spreadsheet, you may want to get a total count of those checked or unchecked. With a simple function and formula, you can tally your checkboxes in Google Sheets. You might have a list of tasks with checkboxes for completion and want to know how many are done. Or you may use the checkboxes for a form and need to see how many are unchecked....

The seasonal Steam sales—especially the big Summer Sale—have been a great way to save money on games since they were introduced over a decade ago. But just like when you’re looking at a markdown price tag at your local department store, sometimes what looks like a great sale isn’t always a great sale—or even a sale at all. Let’s look at some simple strategies to ensure you’re not wasting your money....

Do you want to invite people to a new or existing event in your Microsoft Outlook calendar? If so, it’s easy to send out calendar invites on this service. You can use your desktop or mobile device to do the task. Here’s how. RELATED: How to Share your Outlook Calendar Send a Calendar Invite From Outlook on Desktop To send a calendar invite from your desktop computer, use the Outlook app....

When you add a video to your Microsoft PowerPoint slideshow, the first frame of the clip displays by default until you play it. However, if this isn’t the thumbnail you want on your slide, we’ll show you how to change it. RELATED: How to Add Multi-Color Text in PowerPoint Use a Certain Frame as the Preview Image for a Video Open your PowerPoint presentation, head to the slide containing the clip, and click the Play button on the video....