Notification Center Changes Like the rest of macOS Big Sur, Notification Center’s biggest change focuses on a redesign. In this case, there’s a single, dedicated column with notifications sorted by most recent. Today widgets have also been redesigned to make them easier to see at a glance. Further, notifications are now grouped by a thread or app, which you can disable if you want to see them individually. Some notifications are now interactive....

The keynote is expected to to last about two hours and will cover the future of Windows 10, Office, Xbox, Windows Phone, HoloLens, and much more. You can view the live streaming event on Channel9.msdn.com. Also, you might want to download the Build mobile app, which provides a list of sessions and schedules, speaker info, session videos, and more. The app is free and available on Windows Phone, iOS, and Android....

The graphics in Give Up, Robot aren’t anything complicated or special. None-the-less, they have an alluring value that sucks you in much like a 60’s disco party. The music that plays in the background is pretty similar, and the computer voice that plays when you complete, or fail, each level only adds further to the ambience. Each level is a basic puzzle, your goal is to get your robot character from one side of the screen to the other....

A blockchain is a chain of data blocks stored in a “database” on a peer-to-peer network of multiple “nodes”. These nodes are computers that verify and confirm every new transaction that gets added to the chain as an additional block. In order to understand the blockchain and the information that gets added to it, it’s important to know how the transactions work and how they’re verified. What is a Blockchain?...

Google Voice is a free service offered by Google that provides you with a cloud-based phone number you can use from anywhere. The service includes free phone calls, free voicemail, and integration with mobile devices. If you want to know more about Google Voice and how it works, here’s an overview of the service and how to get started using it. How Does Google Voice Work? Google Voice is very unique from most online calling services out there....

As previously noted, iCloud is Apple’s cloud storage and cloud computing service. The only difference until now between a free iCloud account that everyone gets when purchasing an Apple device and paid iCloud plans was cloud storage. However, with the introduction of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey, three new features have arrived for paying users. Besides the iCloud Private Relay, there’s Hide My Email, custom email domains, and HomeKit Secure Video for those with supported equipment....

If you take a look at the description of WWAHost.exe in Task Manager you’ll see it says “Microsoft WWA Host.” If you think that’s a bit vague, you’re right! Microsoft is saying that the WWAHost process is a WWA Host… OK… that explains it right! Sarcasm aside, here’s what it does. Windows 8 uses Javascript to execute some Metro apps, and WWAHost is the process that hosts this. Because any Metro apps are written in the same fashion as web apps, several of them need to run interchangeably within Internet Explorer....

Apple TV Primer The first Apple TV set-top box was released in 2007. Historically, the box was designed as a simple way for users to access iTunes content (owned and rented) on a television. Apple moved the product into different directions beginning in 2015 when it introduced third-party apps and games on the Apple TV HD, then later, the Apple TV 4K. It also launched a native TV app for the first time....

Important Note: It’s worth mentioning that there is a new head of the Windows Insider Program. Gabe Aul has stepped aside and his successor is Dona Sarkar. To find out more about our new leader of the Insider program, read Microsoft’s profile on Sarkar. Dona made her first announcement about this new mobile build on Twitter. — Dona Sarkar (@donasarkar) June 2, 2016 Windows 10 Mobile Preview 14356 Cortana Improvements include sending phone notifications to your PC, sending photos from your phone to the PC, and a new listening animation (which was new in the last Windows 10 PC Build 14352)....

Go to Start » All Programs and scroll down to the Startup folder. Right-click it and select Open. Now drag and drop shortcuts of the programs you want to launch when Windows starts. Close out of the Startup folder. The next time you restart your system, those programs will automatically run. Keep in mind this will make startup time slower. But it’s nice to have regularly used programs launch and ready to roll....

After clicking the Download Windows 8 Release Preview button, you’ll get a small program called the Windows 8 Release Preview Upgrade Assistant. Download the file and run it. The Upgrade Assistant will check your current system for compatible apps and devices. click on See Compatibility Details to see which apps or drivers you’ll need to reinstall after upgrading. Then Windows, acquires a Product Key. Click Next. Now the Upgrade Assistant will download Windows 8 Release Preview....

There’s several ways to customize your lock screen and make it personalized to see what matters to you. To start off, go to Settings and click Lock Screen. Now you’ll have a plethora of options in front of you. These options can be combined and mixed around so you can get the perfect screen. I’ll start with the most obvious thing – how about some more security, by adding a password to your lock screen....

So how do you make sure your photos and videos automatically get uploaded to SkyDrive with all that extra space? Windows Phone 8 allows you to automatically have them sent to SkyDrive after you take them, or you can do it manually. Make Photos and Videos Automatically Save to SkyDrive First, here’s a look at the easy “set it and forget it approach”. A one time settings, and your photos and videos will automatically be uploaded to SkyDrive....

Who? Well do you remember Chad Hurley and Steve Chen? No? Well they’re the guys who founded YouTube and sold it off to Google in 2006 becoming instant billionaires (are almost anyways after taxes…). So between the two of them they have founded a new startup company called AVOS which, if you take a look at the site, looks like it was founded specifically for this deal. Neither party will comment much on the figures of the sale, but it was “leaked” that the acquisition price was set at $5 million....

However, you may not be aware of VLC’s ability to move one frame at a time via a keyboard shortcut or button on the player. This allows you to review each frame of your video and, if necessary, remove or make changes to it. This article will explain moving a video in VLC frame-by-frame for a more effortless editing experience. How to Move a Video in VLC Frame-by-Frame One of the first things you need to do is ensure to install VLC Media Player on your PC or Mac....

If you haven’t connected your printer to your Windows 8 system, check out my article on how to set up a printer in Windows 8. Printing from a Metro App…wait, I mean Modern UI-Style Apps as they might be called…maybe, but I digress, that will be a topic for our podcast the TechGroove. While in one of these apps, use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + K to bring up the Devices menu....

On iOS 16 and later, there’s a better method for retrieving deleted messages on your iPhone, directly from the Messages app. If you want to know how to restore deleted messages on an iPhone, follow the steps below. How to Find Deleted Messages on iPhone Restoring deleted text messages is straightforward, but you’ll need to know where to look. Starting with iOS 16, deleted text messages can be found in the Messages app....

Recover Deleted Photos on iPhone or iPad To undelete your files, simply open your Photos app and tap Albums at the bottom of the screen. Next, scroll down and tap the album called Recently Deleted. It will have all photos and/or videos that you have deleted in the last 30 days. Then you can tap the Select button at the upper-right corner of the app. Then scroll through and tap on the photos you want to restore or recover that you deleted....

Note: This article has been updated to reflect the changes in the Google Play Store. If your list looks like the one in the image below and you’re not using all of those devices, you’ll want to shed the old ones. The process is easy. And even though you can’t remove a device altogether, you can at least remove it from the Play Store list. Remove Android Devices from Google Play Store List Log in to the Google Play Store and click Settings (gear icon) on the top right side of the page, or click this link to get where you need to be easily....

Once you save it, you can annotate it, share it, or tuck it away for reference. Here’s how to save a webpage as a PDF with Mozilla Firefox. How to Save a Webpage as a PDF in Firefox Luckily, it doesn’t matter if you use Firefox on Windows or Mac. The steps to save the page and (most of) the settings you can adjust are the same. With your webpage in view, open the Print settings one of two ways....