Our Opinion Trevor explains that he actually paid extra to NOT have a 2-in-1 for his main laptop. He notes “the touchsceen is nice, but I’m not interested in having a laptop that’s better at yoga than I am,” although he does note that for his small Chromebook, “it’s handy.” Damien agrees, as he, too, will take extra care to not get a 2-in-1. “The battery life sucks, and I have no use for a touchscreen....

The following apps on the list are free, so if they are not what you expected, you only have to uninstall them. The apps have various options that will give your animated text various features such as a movie intro typestyle. 1. Animated Text Animated Text is on the top of the list. It’s an easy-to-use app with good animation options. When you first open the app, a text is added for you to test the app with....

In the previous update, Microsoft made some changes, and now all the active window title bars will either have a color of your choice or Windows picks it for you based on your wallpaper. You can change the title bar color by opening the “All Settings” window, then navigating to “Personalization” and then to “Colors.” However, all the non-active window title bars are still white, and while there is no straightforward way to change the title bar color for non-active windows, here is how to enable colored title bars on non-active windows in Windows 10....

Although many of the popular online storage services offer end-to-end encryption, the reality is that it’s not enough to guarantee absolute security and privacy, as only the transfer between you and the servers is encrypted. A better solution is to have your stuff encrypted (with a pass-phrase of your choice) before it is transmitted, making it nearly impossible for the service provider to decrypt the hosted data. In this article we will discuss one such tool – Cryptomator – that lets you apply client-side encryption to your data....

What are file systems? Imagine every file on a computer as a book in a library. When a library puts a book somewhere, it records information about the book – name, author, date, etc. – and enters it into an index that tells people where they have to go to find the book later. Being able to search a single list is much more efficient than checking every book in the library from top to bottom....

You may have noticed that Macs have a reputation for not needing as much maintenance as Windows computers. Yes, you may not need to completely wipe and reinstall the operating system every few months like you needed to with old versions of Windows. Still, Macs do benefit from some regular maintenance. Files can build up, claiming valuable space on your hard drive or SSD. Applications you forget you installed can run in the background, using up memory....

1. Getting phone calls from Microsoft and Apple We have heard of cases where victims receive a call from a person who pretends to be a Microsoft (or a Security Vendor) representative and claims to have found some weird activities on your computer or online accounts. Once their trust is gained, they are asked to download and install a particular software, and this is how your computer gets hacked. 2. Your password has been changed Well, this is very obvious....

Requirements Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server with Open SSH installed. Getting started: Update the system Keeping the system up to date is necessary after installing any operating system. This will reduce known vulnerabilities that are in your system. For Ubuntu 14.04 run the following: Enable automatic security updates Enabling automatic updates can be very important to secure your server. To install the “unattended-upgrades,” run To enable it, run the following command: This will create the “/etc/apt/apt....

We put this question to a few of our writers and asked them, “Have you ever rented your technology hardware?” Our Opinion For the most part our writers aren’t into renting their equipment either just out of preference, or for some their location doesn’t allow it. Trevor reports that for things like modems and routers, he would prefer to buy them outright rather than rent them from his ISP or cable company....

Think of a motherboard as the headquarters of a large company. Without the headquarters, who is supposed to delegate tasks to the remaining employees? And that’s exactly what the motherboard is for. It is the central hub of a computer that connects everything together. Here’s an in-depth look at what a motherboard is and how it functions. What Is a Motherboard? A motherboard is a circuit board with various components that work in unison to make a computer function....

How Kids Bypass Screen Time on iOS If your child has an iPad or iPhone, then chances are you use Screen Time, a part of the iOS interface, to monitor their app list and average time online. With the built-in Content and Privacy Restrictions, you can also block specific apps and features or restrict purchases, downloads, and privacy permissions on your child’s device. Family Sharing also lets you tap into your child’s device from your own, meaning you can make changes to permissions and apps at any time based on the reports about your child’s usage....

fbcmd is a little PHP software that allows you to access your Facebook account from the command line. Except for a few missing features, fbcmd is incredibly complete. Installation There are no packages available yet for your distribution (except for Arch) so you will have to install the program manually. You will then have to download fbcmd with that: Initialize the installation: And finally install it: The whole process is explained in the official wiki, you can also visit the troubleshooting page in case of problem, or even leave a comment....

In your Android, go to the market and install HomePipe Free. Similarly, in your iPhone/iPod Touch, go to the app store and search and install the HomePipe Free app. Launch your HomePipe app on your mobile device. Sign up for a new account. On your computer (Windows or Mac), check your email and click on the confirmation link. This will bring you to the installation page where you can download the HomePipe desktop agent for your computer....

At the moment, there are three ways to turn on Dark Mode, giving you plenty of flexibility in how to enable and use Dark Mode. 1. Enable Dark Mode via the Settings App It doesn’t come as a surprise to know that you can activate Dark Mode through the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. Here’s what you need to do. Using your iPhone or iPad, navigate to the Settings app....

The following instructions will show you how to add a chart to your Google Slides presentation. Insert Graph as an Image If you have already created your chart or graph, and you know that data will never need to be updated, you can insert it as a simple image. Save your chart or graph as an image file. Create a new Slides document by clicking the New button. Choose Slides....

I’m sure I’m not the only one who wants Windows to greet me with a nice jingle, so this tutorial will show you how to bring back a startup sound to Windows 11 (or Windows 10) and (if you so wish) replace it with quite possibly the best OS startup sound of them all. Switch Off Fast Boot You’ve probably noticed by now that when you shut down your Windows 11 PC, you can magically turn it on again by pressing any key on your keyboard instead of the Power button on your machine....

In Ubuntu Oneiric, the default desktop session is the Unity Desktop (or Unity 2D depend on your hardware capabilities). If you have set the computer to auto-login to your desktop whenever you boot up, it will always login to the Unity desktop, even though you have installed Gnome-shell or classic Gnome. It doesn’t matter which desktop session (Gnome shell, classic gnome or Unity) you are using before you shut down, because on the next boot up, it will automatically login to the Unity desktop again....

How to Forward Texts to Email/Cloud Automatically There are many uses of forwarding SMS to email/cloud automatically. Maybe you’re at work and you can’t have your phone near you. Or, for whatever reason, you wish to give people the impression that a phone number is active even though you’re not using it temporarily? Now you can. In order to forward messages from an Android phone, you need access to a secondary smartphone or a desktop browser....

What Is File History? File History is a tool introduced in Windows 8.1 and available also in Windows 10. Its purpose is for simple and automated data backups. This tool works with a number of devices in backing up your data. Other than its ease in setting up, it has an ability to store multiple versions of your files and allows for recovery in any desired backup. Enabling File History First, connect an external drive to your computer, and then under your Startup menu open Settings and navigate to “Update & Security -> Backup....

The bulk of twDocs‘s functionality is all available on the home page. When you hop over to the website, you are presented with options to export your latest tweets, tweets from people you follow, favorited tweets, and mentions. You are also able to export direct messages and tweets unrelated to your personal account entirely. You can do all of this without having to register with the service. If you want to export your latest tweets, twDocs will ask you to input the number of tweets you would like to have stored....