How to Use SimpleExtManager in Chrome You can install the SimpleExtManager for Chrome from the Chrome Web Store. No restart is required during the process, so you can begin using your new super-charged extension manager right away. Click the SimpleExtManager icon in the toolbar. This will open your new extension manager for you. From here, you can enable, disable, head directly to extension settings and even uninstall extensions, apps and themes from Chrome....

Most of the tips covered here will be applicable to Intel Macs too – after all, the first couple of iterations of Intel Macs are now beginning to look underpowered, but whichever your model of Mac, you may be able to get many more years use from it still. What’s The Difference Between PowerPC And Intel? While newer Macs sport an Intel-powered chip as their CPU, Apple have not always chosen this engine to drive their machines....

The notification system has been designed to be non intrusive and as such, does not require user intervention at all. All notifications are on the screen for a pre-defined period of time and after that just disappear without the user having to do anything. The Ubuntu team has done a very good job of modifying the various system applications to use the new framework but until now I haven’t seen any email notification application using this framework....

How to Find and Set Up Add-Ons in Docs Fortunately, Google Docs Add-Ons require minimal setup to get up and running. Once you open Google Docs, all you need to do is click “Add-ons” in the Toolbar and then select “Get add-ons.” Doing so will bring you to this screen where you can select from various Add-ons made for Google Docs. Using the drop-down menu on the top-left of this window you can also browse categories of add-ons....

What Is Battery Health? Batteries are harder to measure than you might expect. Even something routine – measuring the battery’s current charge – produces significant errors and inaccuracies. Battery health is a rough approximation at best. Phones can only measure your battery capacity precisely to a point. Worse still, the battery’s organic chemical makeup introduces organic errors that cannot be overcome. Your battery’s capacity might vary by a couple percentage points each time you charge it, sometimes as much as 10 percent....

Dubai happens to take online bullying really seriously. A British woman attended the funeral of her ex-husband in Dubai, and her statements on Facebook from a few years prior when he remarried have come into question, when she appeared to wish him dead and called his new wife a “horse.” This is something she could now go to jail for. How should online bullying be punished? Our Opinion After first stipulating that stories of Dubai make him leery to leave the airport, Andrew said he believes the default attitude should be “not legally punishable,” with exceptions in cases of provably harmful activity....

Good to know: you can automate your spreadsheets, too, with formulas. Add a Drop-Down List in Google Sheets There are multiple ways to create your list of values for your drop-down list in Google Sheets. Some users prefer to create a hidden column with the values in their existing sheet or in another sheet in the same file. Others prefer adding the items later in the process. Any of these options work just as well for creating your list....

Fortunately, if you do find yourself in a position where you need a signature on a Google Doc and want something a little more professional than just typing your name, there are a few ways you can add one. Using the Built-in Drawing Tools This is a good option if you have a drawing tablet or touchscreen. It’s also quite useful if you only have a mouse but may not look as good as a regular signature would....

For Ubuntu Karmic users who are using Empathy rather than Pidgin, some of you might have difficulties connecting to the FB Chat network. The most common seen problem is the Authentication Failed message. Here’s the fix: Open your Empathy. Go to Edit -> Accounts. In the new window, click Add. Select Jabber in the dropdown field and check the box “Reuse an existing account“. (Do not select “Create a new account”....

If you’re an avid gamer who cares about having all your games in a single software such as Steam where you can have ease of access, you can use this guide to add non-Steam games to your Steam library. What to Expect When Importing Non-Steam Games to Steam Compatibility-wise, you won’t have any issues launching your game through the Steam client. Importing games to Steam means you can launch them through the software client just like you’d normally launch games you’ve purchased from the Steam store....

By enabling auto-start for your Crouton installation, you completely remove the need to start ChromeOS, open a terminal and enter two or so commands to get into your Linux installation. Preparation Before you’ll be able to automatically start up your Crouton Chroot, you’ll first need to enable read-write access to ChromeOS’s file system. Do this by pressing “Ctrl + Alt + T” on your keyboard. This will open the terminal....

CleverConnectivity is an Android application that can auto-toggle the Internet connection when your screen is OFF. What makes it different from other battery saving apps is that it can cleverly detect if there is any task (that requires Internet access) running in the background and keep your Internet connection until the task is completed. It can also wake up at certain interval to check for emails, receive incoming messages or notification....

To be “demonetized” means your video will not earn money – no matter how many millions of views it might gain. Because some Youtube members make a living exclusively via the website, their fear is understandable. Even so, there’s no reason to panic. Just follow a few simple steps and demonetization will never be a worry for you! Step 1: Learn YouTube’s Community Guidelines How often do you stop to read a website’s terms of service before joining it?...

BOINC (or the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) is a software system designed to coordinate CPU sharing over the Internet. There are BOINC client programs that allow you to donate your unused processor power to a variety of purposes, largely non-profit projects and organisations. It’s important to note exactly what I mean by unused processor power. Believe it or not, most of the CPU power in your average home computer is wasted....

1. Delete Temporary Files Manually removing temporary files in Windows gives the most immediate results to clean up the C drive and regain space. Below, we show you some tricks that clean out your various temporary files automatically, but those methods (like Storage Sense and Disk Clean-up) won’t do a complete job of clearing out temporary files, and there’s a good chance that the biggest, most hard-drive-hogging temporary files will remain in your Temp folder for a bit longer....

In Windows Open Windows Explorer and paste the following line to the folder address bar: Replace “USERNAME” with your Windows login username. Note that this folder is hidden by default, so you have to use the direct link to reach the cache folder. (Alternatively, you can go into the Settings and turn on “Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives.”) Delete all the files in this folder. In Mac Open a terminal and type: Replace “USERNAME” with your login username....

As such, several developers have taken advantage of this to introduce alternative user interfaces for Windows Mobile devices. Given that the platform (while under supported in recent years) is the most versatile of all the flavours of mobile available, this shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Key among these developers is Spb Software, who over the last few years have released a succession of mobile shells for Windows Mobile....

If you have a Sony Playstation 4, you can use the DualShock 4 controller with your Mac. This is especially useful since Steam now offers full DualShock 4 support across Mac and PC. This means you won’t have to mess with any additional settings when playing a controller-supported Steam game. Sound good? Let’s see how it all works! Connect Your Dualshock 4 Controller to Your Mac Wirelessly Once upon a time, Sony manufactured and sold an official PC adapter for the DualShock 4 controller....

There are several methods to link MailChimp to WordPress. I will show you two different methods where the first one is using a powerful plugin and the second one is to manually add the opt-in code from MailChimp. Note: before proceeding any further, I assume you’ve already signed up for MailChimp. If not, you can signup for a free account on the official website. Once you have signed up for MailChimp, create a new list by clickinng on the “Create List” button on the dashboard....

HEIC files are usually automatically converted to JPEG files when uploaded to social media networks such as Facebook, etc., but you may want to easily convert them on your Mac to use with different apps. Preview is the easiest tool for you to convert any HEIC / HEIF to a JPEG file, and it comes pre-installed in all Macs. Open the HEIC file in Preview on your Mac. From the top menu, navigate to “File -> Export....