Ubuntu Kylin is the official Chinese Ubuntu distro and it comes with features targeted at the Chinese market. China would probably be its biggest market, but any Chinese in the World will be able to use it, and love it too. The History of Kylin The Kylin OS was formerly developed by academics at the National University of Defense Technology in China. It was based on FreeBSD and was intended for use by the Chinese military and other government organizations....

BlackBox is a third party app that allows you to convert your media files to iPhone ringtone simply by drag and drop. No hacking required and it just works. Other than ringtone, it also supports conversion of audio to mp3 file and video to iDevice compatible format. Usage Download and install the BlackBox app here. Open the BlackBox app from your Applications folder. You should see a simple square window as shown below:...

In addition, GPM allows you to upload your own music to Google’s cloud servers to listen to and stream on any device. Long before I ever decided to take the plunge for Play Music’s premium model, it was my favorite music service for that reason. However, it doesn’t come without its downsides. On weaker computers multitasking with GPM in the background can be a problem since you’re typically required to run Chrome or another fully-fledged browser to access your music on your desktop....

Here’s a run-down of the features that AirDroid 3 brings for its users. Windows and Mac Clients Up until now, you had to use one of the browsers on your Windows PC or Mac to be able to communicate with your Android device. With the launch of AirDroid 3, you now have native clients for both Windows and Mac. Just go and get one of these clients installed on your computer, and you should be good to go....

Save the file as “.inputrc” (don’t forget to include the dot at the beginning) in your Home folder. Now open your terminal. You can type a few characters and use the Up/Down arrow to search the history that begin with the typed character. For example, if you type “cd /” and press the Up arrow button, it will search your history for commands that start with “cd /“. Note: If you are using zsh, this feature is already included and you can use it without any modification....

Introduction The iPhone SE 2022 is Apple’s most affordable 5G device, sitting below the iPhone 14 range. This is a phone aimed at people who are still using a previous generation iPhone SE, or anything older than an iPhone 8, and it offers notable upgrades on those ageing devices in multiple areas. With an A15 Bionic chipset similar to the one you’ll find in the iPhone 14, an array of excellent camera features and handy extras often missed at this price like wireless charging and water resistance, the iPhone SE 2022 could be seen as a bargain....

What Is a CPU? The CPU, also called the processor or central processing unit, is the most essential component of any computer. It is responsible for running all the programs and performing the complex calculations involved in computing. It controls all of the other components of a computer and tells them what to do and in what order to perform their tasks. A CPU is excellent at handling multiple tasks at once, making it a jack-of-all-trades....

Tour Wrist Tour Wrist is a favorite of Macworld 2012. The application allows you to view panoramic views of various locations, all on your iPad and iPhone. From a hotel tour to being atop the Grand Canyon, Tour Wrist is a very fun application that shows a lot of potential as well. You can also add to Tour Wrist with your own content, making it an ever-evolving app with fresh information and panoramic views....

Many consider arcades to be a relic of a bygone era. However, it doesn’t have to be. You can bring home your very own arcade cabinet today. And even if you don’t have the space to recreate an 80s arcade at home, just looking at some of these machines is a fond trip down nostalgia lane. Here are some of the best arcade cabinets out there today. 1. AtGames Legends Ultimate If you want the biggest bang for your buck, when it comes to licensed games, packed into a single arcade cabinet, then you can’t go wrong with AtGames Legends Ultimate (no longer available)....

Smart speakers combine great audio with smart technology, meaning that you can ask the likes of Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant anything that’s on your mind and integrate them with certain smart ecosystems that are already set up in your home. Some devices belong to their own ecosystem while some can be integrated with other brands. Deciding on which ecosystem you want to invest in is important as it can provide you with multi-room functionality, allowing users to connect a chain of speakers so they can listen to music anywhere in the house....

How Mining Scripts Work The best example of mining script usage comes from the time when The Pirate Bay – a popular destination for software and media piracy – has been caught with a script that mined Monero from visitors’ computers. Many users found themselves unknowingly giving the site the revenue it needs to keep running (and then some) by using their computer power to mine a cryptocurrency. The owners of the website did this to avoid displaying ads....

As much as the digital age of technology is supposed to make it easier for us and bring us closer, somehow it seems to have gotten away from that. With “an app for everything,” we have several for different functions of both calendars and reminders. We’re so busy planning on our devices that it’s driving us apart. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Calio solves those problems for us....

How Monitors Vary In Safety First of all, let’s explain why people are concerned: Monitors, like any other electronic device, emit non-ionizing radiation. While most of this type of radiation (we’ll call it “NI” radiation) isn’t going to give you instant cancer, long-term consistent exposure to some forms of it will damage your retina and might even go so far as to damage neurons. Of course, I would be a little bit too optimistic by saying that no monitor will emit ionizing radiation....

Attempting to police the Internet is no longer a phenomenon that occurs in a country far away from the North American/European bubble. While many consider these actions the diminution of an individual’s freedom of expression, this is a discussion best held in another context at another time. The question I am setting out to answer is whether it is practical to attempt to police speech on the Internet, whatever form this kind of action may take....

Web Apps vs. Native Apps You bound to have plenty of apps installed on your desktop computer. The only question here is whether the web apps are sufficient (or capable enough) to replace the desktop apps fully. The Chrome Web Store is filled with web apps replicating functionality previously performed by native applications. Artists can turn to Vector Paint. Amateur photographers can check out BeFunky Photo Editorand iPiccy Photo Editor. Video editors can use WeVideo, which all allow you to access video files directly from Google Drive....

1. What Is Linux? Many people know “Linux” as an operating system, but the term “Linux” is actually referring to the Linux kernel. The kernel is the core of an operating system that controls and facilitates interactions between hardware and software components. When packaged with different desktop environments and software, it becomes an operating system, just like Windows or macOS. More accurately, it should be called a “Linux distribution” instead of “Linux....

Video file formats can be a bit confusing as there is more to a video file than just the video data. A file format like MP4 is actually made up of several components. There is the file format itself; this is known as the container. It in turn contains (holds) the video, audio and subtitles (if present). Some file formats can hold almost any type of video and audio regardless of how it is encoded....

To create a simple proof sheet, call “montage” with a list of the images to include plus one final filename for the output. For example: This will create a montage called “mymontage.jpg” composed of the files img1.jpg, img2.jpg and img3.jpg. You can also use wildcards to include all the pictures in a directory or just those matching the wildcard (e.g. “holiday*.jpg”). Here is how to use all the JPEG images in the current directory: By default, the “montage” command will try to fit each image into a 120 x 120 thumbnail and then arrange the images (tile them) in the most optimal way....

If you don’t like this new feature though, you can easily disable it and go back to the way things used to be. Here’s how to disable the always display external images feature. Log into your Gmail account. Click the gear icon (top right corner) and go to “Settings.” Under the “General” tab (you’ll already be there once you click on Settings), look for the “Images” section. Select the box next to “Ask before displaying external images....

As we have gone through this evolution of browsers, technology has gone through a similar evolution. We don’t necessarily use our computers in the same way we did before. We don’t even use the Internet in the same way we did before. It’s no longer just a place to Google for information. Now we have social networks, favorite blogs, and favorite places to go for help, such as Make Tech Easier....