How to Set Up a Currency Conversion Rate in Google Sheets For the sake of this guide, let’s use a database where we are paid in US dollars to write articles. However, we live in the UK, so whatever we’re paid will convert to Great British Pounds when it hits our bank account. So how much will we earn in GBP when we’re paid at the end of the month? To answer this, we can invoke Google’s Finance feature....

Check the app release date All apps in the Google Play Store have 1 -2 dates associated with it: The original upload date or the latest update. This can be an indicator whether or not the app is new or reliable. The more updates an app has, the more stable the app is. You seldom find a malware app releasing updates or even stay in the Play Store for months....

For iPhone users, automatic backup of data to iCloud is available but only up to 5GB of data. (That’s how much storage each Apple ID receives for free.) This means you may lose your contacts, media files, and documents if you don’t have a premium iCloud plan. Here are a few different options you can use to back up your iPhone so that your data is safe even if it gets lost, replaced, or damaged....

If that sounds interesting and you would like to welcome Google’s 3D animals into your home yourself, continue reading below. How to Find 3D Animals with Google Google’s host of AR objects is incredibly easy to find and access. Before we give you the specifics, keep in mind that you will need a tablet or a phone that runs Android 7.0 Nougat or above with Google Play Store pre-installed for this to work....

Change the Default Search Engine in Chrome The popular Chrome browser works on all major platforms. While it’s preinstalled on Chromebook and Android OS, it can be downloaded from the other platforms. PC To change the default Chrome search engine on a PC, follow these steps. Pro Tip: click on the “Manage search engines and site search” option to add custom search engines in Google Chrome. Mobile Follow these steps to change the default search engine in Chrome on Android and iPhone:...

There are plenty of reasons why you might need to update your Netflix password. Perhaps your account has been compromised, you’ve given your login details to one too many people or you’ve simply forgotten which password you set in the first place. Whatever your reason, it’s a good idea to update your passwords regularly and we’ve created this guide to show you how to do it. One thing to bear in mind here is that you’ll need to change your password in your web browser, as Netflix won’t let you change the password through the iOS or Android app....

With this information in mind, in this tutorial, we show you the basics of checking your system’s CPU frequency in Ubuntu. We also highlight how you can control the base frequency to either boost your machine’s performance or extend its battery life. How to Check Your System’s CPU Frequency The first step in controlling your machine’s CPU frequency is to find out how fast your computer is currently running. You can use any of the methods we cover here....

Last Boot First, if you want to check when your computer last booted up, you can use the who command with the -b flag to get an exact date and time in your terminal. You don’t need root privileges, so go ahead and check. Reboots With the last command you can list every time your system has rebooted. These aren’t necessarily times when the system has used the reboot command or that you’ve rebooted from your desktop....

What Is Windows 10 Kiosk Mode? The kiosk mode in Windows 10 is an Administrator implementation that forces your Windows PC to run one or more Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, putting everything else off limits to guest users. As a Windows user, you may have come across many UWP examples: Groove MusicMailMicrosoft EdgeOffice 365SkypeSnip & Sketch These apps have been designed to provide a consistent and identical user experience on any device: PC, laptop, tablet, Xbox One, or smartphone....

Copy and Paste Text If you just want to copy a piece of text in the terminal, all you need to do is highlight it with your mouse, then press Ctrl + Shift + C to copy. To paste it where the cursor is, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + V. The Paste shortcut also applies when you copy a section of text from a Word document (or any other application) and want to paste it in the terminal....

Despite that, it is still possible to create your own BBS server using Linux. There are numerous projects, such as EnigmaBBS, that use modern languages and technologies to recreate the BBS experience of the 90s. What Is a BBS and EnigmaBBS? At its core, a BBS is a suite of programs that allow multiple users to access a computer over a remote network. These computers, in turn, often contain programs that a system operator made to highlight a feature of their BBS....

For now, instead of paying for a logo, you can design a simple logo yourself for free using Google Drawings. We show you how to do that and the prep work you need to do. Where to Begin Before you set off on your logo design venture and fire up Google Drawings, you need a bit of groundwork as described here. How to Create a Logo in Google Drawings It’s time to bring your logo to life with Google Drawings....

In this tutorial, we will go through the way to create a Snow Leopard USB installer disk. Requirement An existing Mac with functional DVD-ROM Snow leopard installer DVD (upgrade set or box set) A USB thumb drive of at least 8GB in size Creating a USB installer disk Plug in your USB drive. Backup all the data in the USB drive. Insert your Snow Leopard Installer DVD into the DVD-ROM....

Sharing your internet connection on your Mac basically pipes your connection from one interface to the other. The most common way this works is piping an Ethernet connection to a Wi-Fi hotspot, but it can theoretically work in other ways. You could, for example, pipe the Internet from your USB-connected iPhone to an Ethernet port. When would you need to? Who knows! That’s the point of plentiful options. The important thing to remember is that the incoming connection and the outgoing connection must be different....

However, there are some scenarios where you may desire to modify the capabilities that each role can perform or even add new roles with custom capabilities as you see fit. This can be achieved using the Capability Manager Enhanced Plugin. Installation You can install Capability Manager Enhanced straight from your WordPress dashboard by navigating to “Plugins -> Add New” and entering “Capability Manager Enhanced” as your search query. Alternatively, you can download the zip file from the WordPress repository and upload it to the appropriate folder on your website using FTP....

Most people won’t need swap. Some will. Though the operating system doesn’t need a lot of memory to run, it’s not exactly ideal for moderate to heavy use. For example: using a Chromebook with only 2GB of RAM may result in some lag. Luckily, there’s a pretty quick way to solve the memory issue. It’s called swap. If you’re a Linux user, chances are you’ve heard of swap. Google’s ChromeOS is based on Linux, so adding extra memory is very possible and extremely handy....

/usr/share/xsessions The list is populated by looking at the contents of the /usr/share/xsessions directory. In here you’ll find files with the .desktop extension (extension hidden in some file managers). As these files are in a system folder, you will need root privileges to change or delete them. These .desktop files contain basic information on what this menu item will launch. Removing (or renaming) one of these files will take it off the Sessions list....

There are already several visual components of the K desktop environment that are already integrated. Among them are: desktop wallpaper, Plasma themes, KDM themes, KSplash, color schemes, icon themes, emoticons, and widgets (plasmoid scripts). What this means is that a user can open the dialog to change one of these elements, download new themes, and apply them without ever having to leave the window. Installing themes For example, to install a new wallpaper for your desktop, follow these simple steps:...

If you think you don’t need the most used apps feature, then you can stop Windows from tracking your app launches. This article will show you how. Disable App Launch Tracking from Settings App The easiest way to disable app launch tracking is to use the options provided in the Settings app. This enables you to quickly enable or disable the feature as and when needed. To start, search for “Settings” in the start menu and open it....

Still, as cool as it is to get this technology into more and more hands, it comes at a price. More and more malware attacks are targeting users’ webcams in an effort to steal information about them – credit card information, personal details, etc., anything they can use to gain access to closely guarded accounts. For the most part this malware has been happening to Mac and Windows users. Linux users need not be so worried – or should they?...