The wait is finally over. After months of watching Verizon install all the Fiber infrastructure in my neighborhood (bless the Orange cabling!!!), I checked the Verizon Website, and it confirmed that FIOS is now available at my home! My install date is February 8th. I went with the 15Megs Upload/15 Megs Download for $64.99 a month. I remember the day I first got DSL, $75.00 a month for 756k Up and Down....
Diagnostic Data Viewer The Diagnostic Data Viewer is a new tool that allows you to view, search, and filter through your PCs diagnostic and telemetry data that Microsoft collects. Head to Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & feedback to manage the diagnostic data. You can choose three different levels of data collection like Basic or Full. It also provides the ability to delete all the telemetry data that’s been collected. For more details on how to use it, read our article on how to use the new Diagnostic Data Viewer....
What is Microsoft Edge? One of the reasons techies have often chosen Chromium for browser development is also one of the initial goals of the original Chromium team. In 2009, it said it wanted to make a browser “feel lightweight (cognitively and physically) and fast.” On this point, Edge has already found great success. Reasons to Use Microsoft Edge There are various reasons for using Edge on both Windows 10 and macOS....
Highly rated because of its ease of use and no brokerage account minimums, Robinhood was one of the first brokers to offer free trades. However, this is no longer the case as larger firms such as JP Morgan Chase have jumped on the free trades bandwagon in recent years. Despite this, there are still plenty of reasons to consider Robinhood for your investing needs. Key Information About Robinhood Account minimum: $0 for brokerage account; $2,000 for a margin account....
Note: This article has been updated to show how to remove icons from the system tray. Shrink the Search Box or Hide it By default, the Search box on Windows 10 takes up a lot of space on the Taskbar. But the cool thing is you can make it smaller, just putting a button there, or remove it completely. To do that, right-click an empty area on the Taskbar and then go to Search....
The service pack will publicly be available on Tuesday (Microsoft’s notorious update day) February 22nd. SP1 will be distributed publicly via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download site for anyone with a genuine copy of Windows. The new build version is 7601.17514.101119-1850. According to the Microsoft Windows Server Team announcement, there are two new key features that you’ll find in SP1; Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX. Dynamic Memory is an upgrade for Hyper-V that improves virtual machine density without compromising security....
Windows 8 Explorer Ribbon (Toolbar) Hopefully by now you are accustomed to the infamous Microsoft Office ribbon, because it’s making the jump to a full-time position within Windows 8. We’re also seeing the return of a beloved old friend: the UP button. Windows 8 Minimized Explorer Toolbar If you’d prefer to ditch the ribbon and gain precious vertical screen real-estate, then the minimized mode offers you emancipation. This feature comes at the bequest of well, everyone… According to market research from Microsoft, 83% of Windows 7 PC users are on a 1366 x 768 screen resolution, a popular laptop resolution....
You’ll need Windows Live Writer, a website running WordPress and any web browser except for Google Chrome. First, install WLWDownloader developed by aovestdipaperino. Next, acquire the id number of the post you want to download. To view it, log in to the WordPress admin page and edit a post. Or hover over a post’s link. The id number is in the URL after “post=”. Now use the following URL exactly as it is typed, except with your own domain name and post id number....
Start in the registry. Most viruses launch when you log into Windows — they typically call an executable from the registry. In fact, that call will tell you exactly where the virus resides. Click Start. Click Run and type: regedit.exe Click OK. Registry Editor opens. Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Then expand Software. Next expand Microsoft. Now expand Windows. ‘ Then expand CurrentVersion. Click on the Run folder. Here you’ll find some of the programs that launch on startup....
Top 10 List on Netflix It’s always been difficult to decide what to watch on Netflix. And these lists will help you choose the most popular content. In its statement the company says: Soon you will be able to see a new row on Netflix with its own design that lets you see the most popular shows and movies in your country. Not only that, but the list will be updated daily....
The Good When you visit a restaurant or an online store, Google Related does tend to display the most relevant information on the left-most (always visible regardless of screen size) side of the toolbar. For restaurants, the 3 most valuable set of links are the reviews, map, and related places. Google didn’t bother to make sure reviews show up first, but no worries, the second set of related items stay visible until you go smaller than 750 pixels....
OneDrive finally has a feature many users have been waiting for – accessing your music collection via OneDrive. It’s now possible to stream your music from OneDrive via the Xbox Music app. Listen To Your Music from OneDrive All you need to do is add your music to the new “Music” folder in the updated OneDrive. Also, since Microsoft loves to give away OneDrive space, the company is giving you another 100 GB of storage space so you can load it up with your favorite songs....
First connect your device to your PC with the docking cable. Next, launch iTunes and select your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch under devices. At the top click Photos. Check Sync Photos from Choose Folder. Also check Selected Folders. Note: If you select My Pictures and All Folders, then everything will transfer over. I just want specific photos. Under Folders, check the one with the photos you want to transfer to your device....
Either download the app for your device or make sure to update it to the latest version if you haven’t already. In this example, I’m still using iOS 6 but the experience should be the same in iOS 7 as well. While your video is streaming to Apple TV you can use your remote to control playback or just control it from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Here’s a list of everything that’s new in version 2....
Did you find any good ones? Does anyone have games they recommend? Let us know in the comments. Unfortunately it requires EA Origin software to download and run. Oh well. Origin isn’t that bad and has improved vastly. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.
Understanding the Timeline The first step in conducting research using Google Insights for Search is understanding the timeline and drilling into it to get the search data your looking for. The totals in the right hand corner give you the big picture. Looks like iPhone is the clear winner here, with Android just about tied with Blackberry. The timeline reveals that Android has been just barely edging out Blackberry recently, though the story was different earlier in the year....
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First go to iCloud.com and sign in with your Apple ID. After signing in, click on Calendar. On the left hand side, you’ll see your calendars. Click the button next to the calendar name to display sharing options. Click to make your calendar accessible by anyone or privately with a select group. To share privately, type the name of a person in your address book you want to share it with....
First, open Settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Then navigate to General » Music. You’ll see the iTunes Match control at top. Turn it on. You’ll see the following message. Go into iTunes, though, and you’ll only see the service is “coming soon.” According to Apple’s Jobs at the WWDC, the service costs $24.99 a year. It will scan your iTunes music library — and match all your songs, even songs you didn’t get through iTunes, with the 20 million plus songs in the iTunes Music Store....
According to the update data the release contains improvements and bug fixes which include the following: Fixes an issue in iOS 8.0.1 that impacted cellular network connectivity and Touch ID on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 PlusFixes a bug so HealthKit apps can now be made available on the App StoreAddresses an issue where 3rd party keyboards could become deselected when a user enters their passcodeFixes an issue that prevented some apps from accessing photos from the Photo LibraryImproves the reliability of the Reachability feature on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 PlusFixes an issue that could cause unexpected cellular data usage when receiving SMS/MMS messagesBetter support of Ask To Buy for Family Sharing for In-App PurchasesFixes an issue where ringtones were sometimes not restored from iCloud backupsFixes a bug that prevented uploading photos and videos from Safari...
