First, go to the Dropbox site and sign in to your account. Select a folder you want to share. Right click and select Invite to Folder. On the next sharing screen, instead of entering in a contact’s email address, click Invite Facebook Friends. Allow permission for Dropbox to access your Facebook account info. Next, when you invite others to share the folder, you’ll get email and Facebook contacts as you start typing in names....

Google Reader is an excellent way to keep up-to-date on the latest news and topics that interest you leveraging RSS feeds. When you’re feeling social, you can also use Google Reader to spread the word on articles that you feel are groovy enough to share on your favorite Social Media sites like FaceBook, Twitter, Stumbleupon and more! It’s simple using the Send To feature. You can now select a broad range of places to send your Google Reader entries....

The layout remains largely the same, however, with text covering the page from the left to right margins. If you want to split a Word document in half, you’ll need to change your Word document layout by adding columns or inserting tables. This guide will explain how. How to Add Columns to a Word Document The easiest way to split a Word document in half is to add columns. Columns allow you to split the text into two halves, making it easy to create newsletters, booklets, and similar documents....

Unfortunately, when you install Skype, it defaults to launching automatically with Windows 10 and running in the background. If you have a powerful enough computer, this may not be an issue. But if you find your system is bogging down or always seems to suffer from high CPU usage, you’ll want to look at stopping Skype from starting automatically when you launch Windows 10. Stop Skype from Starting Automatically with Windows Settings One way to prevent Skype from launching when you start up your computer is by disabling it as a background app on your system....

Disabling an account allows you to preserve the users’ settings and files if you need to restore access to it later. Windows 11 provides a few different ways to disable an account using the Settings app or the more technical Computer Management tool. If you want to temporarily disable an account on Windows 11, follow these steps. How to Temporarily Disable an Account on Windows 11 As we’ve mentioned, there are two methods for disabling an account on Windows 11 using the Settings or Computer Management tools....

Upload iTunes Songs to Google Music First you’ll need to download and install the Google Music Manager. After it’s installed go through the setup process. You’ll need to log in to your Google account, and if you have 2 Step Verification enabled – which I highly recommend – enter in your second verification code. Then from the music manager wizard select your iTunes music files. After it’s scanned you can have all of your songs and playlists uploaded, including podcasts, or select songs from specific playlists....

If you’re looking to clear out your recommendations, it may be time to transfer your preferred Spotify playlists over to a new account, allowing you to carry on listening to the songs you really enjoy. There are a couple of ways you can do this, from manually moving songs over to using online tools to transfer playlists instead. If you want to know how to transfer Spotify playlists to a new account, here’s what you’ll need to do....

We’ve all done it, and most email and social media services include the ability to recall or unsend the message. Luckily, if you’re running iOS 16 or above on your iPhone or iPad, you can unsend the message via the built-in Mail app. Whatever the reason you need to unsend a message, here’s a look at how to unsend emails on an iPhone or iPad. Setting Up Email on iPhone or iPad Before you begin learning how to use the feature, there are a few things to point out....

Let’s take a peek at the new look, where to find the controls you need, and how to make the most of the new Google Meet design. Google Meet Before and After While the previous Google Meet layout wasn’t challenging to use, the new design places all of your controls in the handiest spot, the bottom. Before, you only had a few controls across the bottom with meeting details tucked away....

Before we got an official Chrome extension, we showed you an extension from an independent developer called Timeline Support which allows you to get both Firefox and Chrome activity on Windows Timeline. But now we have an official extension from Microsoft. Here’s a look at how to get started and what you can expect. How to Use Windows 10 Timeline Chrome Extension Download the official Windows 10 Timeline Chrome extension which is called Web Activities from the Chrome Web Store....

View Windows 10 Update History To get started, click the Start button and click Settings. Or you can open Settings by using the keyboard shortcut Windows key + I. When the Settings app opens up, click on Update & Security from the menu. Update History Page On the “View update history” page, there will be a list of different types of updates. You will see the following: Feature Updates: These are the significant updates that typically happen twice a year....

Increase Windows Defender Cloud Protection Level for Windows 10 Home Just like with Windows 10 Pro and using Group Policy, the first thing you need to do is join Microsoft MAPS to allow collection of data about threats and definitions. To start, use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + R to bring up the Run dialog and type: regedit and hit Enter or click OK. Now navigate to the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Right-click on the Windows Defender key and select New > Key....

We’ve played around with and talked about the preview platform of Internet Explorer 9, but now it is time to take it a step further. Last Wednesday (9/15) Microsoft Released Internet Explorer version 9.0.7930.16406 beta. Now you can officially take it for a real test-drive and be one step closer to flushing IE8 down the toilet! Internet Explorer 9 Highlights Since it’s still a very early beta version, we aren’t going to go through and nitpick IE9, but let’s take a look at some of the things that stand-out....

According to currently listed pricing, Cricket is coming out ahead. Each phone on Virgin Mobile is going to cost an extra $150. Here’s the pricing details: *Note that the 8GB phone is an iPhone 4, not the 4S. Cricket and Virgin Mobile have a history of carrier-specific MEID numbers attached to their phones, so bringing in a third party CDMA friendly iPhone you already have might not work out....

The weeks following the announcement were agonizing. Suddenly my iPhone 4 looked like a piece of outdated crap, and I was incredibly impatient to get the new one. On launch day I was in line at an Apple store early in the morning, and less than half hour after the store opened, I was on my way out the door with a new Verizon 32GB black iPhone 5. Design Unboxing an Apple product is always an experience that still can’t be matched....

It scans your iTunes and Windows Media Player libraries automatically. This is nice so you don’t have to do any further work. Or if you want more control, stop the process and browse to the music you want to upload manually. Keep in mind Cloud Player only supports MP3 and AAC file types that are not protected by DRM. After the MP3 Uploader is done scanning your iTunes library, go through and check or uncheck the playlists and artists it finds....

These work with both Windows and Mac and are designed to take advantage of the company’s proprietary Logitech Flow software that allows you to control up to three devices with one mouse. Logitech Flow is free as part of Logitech Options software. Not only does it allow seamless control of multiple devices, it also lets you copy and paste content, images, and documents between three different computers. The Logitech MX Master 2S has a speed adaptive scroll wheel that auto-shifts from click-to-click to a hyper-fast scroll....

I’m (obviously) a big fan of stranger gadgets, but this is one that I could find quite useful. How many times have you spilled juice, soda, beer, food, ketchup or whatever else on your keyboard? Didn’t it annoy you because it was ruined or you could never clean it up properly and your keys would be forever sticky? Here’s your solution. The Logitech Washable Keyboard K310 has got you covered (unless you spill acid on it)....

The first thing you need to do is move your desktop tile to the very top-left. This is the first tile position, and placement here is important. Now the next time you sign in, hold the Enter key after typing in your password. Don’t click the arrow or use the tab to select the arrow. Just type in the password and then hold the Enter button. Holding enter during boot is a trick that will tell Windows 8 to launch the first tile/app from the Metro UI and skip the Metro UI altogether....

Just head to Harlem Shake for the Website. Type in your website or the site you want to do the Harlem Shake, and click Shake It. Then watch your website do its own Harlem Shuffle. Here’s an example of doing it for groovyPost (I purposely left out the nausea of the song), but you get the idea. Your site dances, and you get to hear the song as well....