The most common reason why your mouse keeps freezing is that the mouse driver has become corrupted. Other reasons include outdated drivers and software, faulty hardware, or even viruses. Fortunately, there are some things you can try that might resolve the issue and enable you to get back to work as we shall explore below. Note: The methods included in this article apply to Windows 10 and 11. Keyboard Shortcuts to Use if Your Mouse Freezes If your mouse isn’t working, there are keyboard shortcuts that can help you navigate around Windows as you try to figure out the problem....

When it comes down to it, Google Music is a very powerful service that a lot of people like. Still, not everyone is interested in using Google services. That’s understandable. Luckily, this type of streaming technology isn’t limited to Google. There are a few great alternatives, both paid and free. You’ll be able to upload 250 songs for free. This is obviously significantly lower than the 50,000 songs Google allows users to upload....

1. Pinpuff – Influence Metrics for Pinterest Being social is a necessity for you, what’s more important is what influence you have on your network. Enter Klout a tool to measure you social influence across popular social networks. Now gradually as the social aspect is changing and with the advent of Pinterest, new tools are emerging to measure your influence on Pinterest aka pinfluence. One such tool is Pinpuff. Just provide your Pinterest username and you will be provided with insights that reflect how you rank on the network....

If you expected dozens of plugins to check for broken links, you will be disappointed – there aren’t that many of them, free or paid. There are a few really good ones, but this is all you need. While all these plugins check for broken links, they are not exactly clones of each other. They do have different features, and in different situations you will need a different plugin....

1. Signal Arguably the most secure of all well-regarded messaging apps, Signal is the favorite of the European Commission, as well as newsrooms around the world. While Signal doesn’t disclose how many daily or monthly users the app has, Google’s Play Store says it has been installed more than 50 million times. While using Signal, each voice or video call connected through the app includes full end-to-end encryption. Signal takes an extra step by hiding message metadata so that the location of the original message is missing....

Here we examine the topmost ways to put your Windows Remote Desktop to good use. 1. Connect Remote Windows PCs The biggest and most common use of Microsoft Remote Desktop is to access your remote Windows PC or laptop from another Windows system. You should have minimum Windows 7 SP1, 8.1, 10, or Windows Server, and the 64-bit version of Windows installed on both ends. You need Windows 10 Professional or Enterprise editions to access the system....

In the past, you would compile all of that information in a word processor such as Microsoft Word and print it and deliver it to the people handling the applications for a given job. But, nowadays, it is important to have an “online presence,” which may be translated in a personal website or, if coding is not your thing, having your resume available online. Fortunately there are already many services out there that take the hassle out of creating and showcasing a CV on the web....

But you can find many alternatives for Apple’s Mail. Many of those can help you become more productive and safer on the Web. Here are five amazing suggestions for you! 1. Spark Spark is a free (in a limited form) and impressive desktop email client for Mac that not only allows you to organize inboxes automatically but also postpone emails and send one-click replies to your contacts. Its “Smart Inbox” sorting feature uses buckets like Personal, Newsletters, and Notifications to bubble important messages at the top....

Note: If you are not a Windows user, here are the best application launchers for Linux and Mac. 1. Launchy Lauchy might be a little old, but it’s well-respected, multi platform, and fully functional. Launchy is invoked via a keyboard shortcut which is bound to “Alt + Space” when the application is first installed. Outside of launching applications, Launchy comes with some plugins that expand its functionality. The default set of plugins can run quick calculator operations, execute web searches on a variety of search engines and sites, invoke shell commands, and more....

1. Remmina If you have been using the GNOME desktop environment, chances are you are already familiar with Remmina because it comes pre-installed on many Linux distros. Remmina is a GTK+ 3 application which consists of a main program and a bunch of plugins (RDP, VNC, NX, XDMCP, SSH, Telepathy). To connect to a remote computer you can either enter its address directly or choose it from the list of connection profiles....

1. Configure Start Menu Properties The main configuration options for the Windows 10 Start Menu are located in the Settings app. You can access Settings either from the Start Menu or by right-clicking on the Desktop and selecting “Personalize.” “Show more tiles” The default behavior for the Start Menu is to have three columns of medium-sized tiles within a tile group. If you want an extra column so that you can have two wide or large-sized tiles side by side in a group, then enable this option....

Here are five ways that you can improve your typing speed. 1. Use Good Typing Fundamentals If you don’t know them already, you should start with the basics. Familiarize yourself with the layout of your keyboard and learn the basics of touch typing – like where to position your hands and how to reach each of the keys from the home row. If you regularly enter large amounts of data, it may also be a good idea to learn the 10-key typing technique, which requires you to use the number pad on your keyboard to practice....

Windows 10 does come with its own search tool, so you can use it to find what you want. However, there are third party options developed to be more efficient than this default search option. Sometimes they give you more search options, sometimes they add more functionality to your searches, and sometimes they’re just plain faster. Whatever your searching needs are, here are five search tools you can use to hunt for files on your Windows 10 machine....

Samsung Gets FCC Approval for a 5G Home Router 3G and 4G routers have been a thing for a while now, including models designed for both home and travel usage. Now, even before 5G has properly reached customers’ phones, Samsung has managed to get the FCC’s approval to make a 5G home router. All this is early preparation for when Verizon wheels out their 5G plans which will include the home router as part of their lineup of mobile network devices....

SUSE Parodies Maroon 5’s “Sugar” Now, if you’re reading this article and made it this far, you’ve already planted yourself into one of two camps. Camp One, you think this is silly and ridiculous and already went off to go do something else. If that accurately describes you, you’re lying. You already left! So hopefully that means if you’re still reading you’re willing to bear with the bad tech jokes. Laugh and live a little – this next one’s a favorite of mine, and should be very educational for our laptop users out there....

Digital Blasphemy Digital blasphemy has a huge collection of high resolution, very colorful cover photos for your Facebook Timeline. If you’re not into the humorous or cute covers and haven’t found a site with a large artist type collection, you have to check out Digital Blasphemy. All of the images are free and can be used as wallpaper for your PC, and mobile devices. Just click on the device you plan to use the image for and it will open the image in a resolution for that device....

1. Sublime Text Venerable, powerful and customizable, Sublime Text checks just about all the boxes for a good text editor for programmers. It’s well-known and broadly recognized as one of the best available and for good reason. One of the coolest features is “multi-caret editing,” which is the ability to type the same thing in several places at once. This is perfect for tweaking your variable names or other pervasive info....

1. Add Multiple Stops to Your Route The feature that’s been a mainstay of the desktop version of Google Maps has finally made it to smartphones. Here’s how to set up multiple stops (or “via” points) on your route: On the main screen tap the blue directions icon at the bottom right, then enter your starting point and destination. Tap the three dots at the top right, “Add stop”, then enter the location you want to go through....

For readers looking to create a logo using a web app, I have collected 7 of the best web apps for the job. Check them all out below and see which ones suit your needs best. 1. LogoEase LogoEase is a free to use website that lets you create logos with ease. You start off by clicking the “Start Your Logo” icon in the site toolbar, choose a category that best suits your needs, select a logo type and logo icon....

1. Microsoft Forms If the end goal of your online form is data analysis, then you may prefer Microsoft Forms over Google Forms. Whether you’re polling your coworkers on the theme of your next company-wide party or looking for critical customer feedback to enhance your products, Microsoft Forms can help you execute this task quickly. Microsoft Excel makes data analysis easy, and you can import your Forms data into Excel with just a few clicks....