Set Up Quiet Hours in Windows 8.1 Bring up the Charms bar and select Settings > Change PC Settings. Then click Search and Apps from the left menu then Notifications. Then scroll down to Quiet Hours and turn the switch on. Then select the hours of the day when you don’t want app notifications bothering you during the day. To have even more control over app notifications, scroll further down and turn individual app notification on or off....

Your installed apps on Chromecast with Google TV are shown in a row under the “For You” and “Apps” tabs. Only 12 apps can be shown at a time without expanding the full list. Because of this, it’s a good idea to put your favorites at the front. Here’s how to move and arrange your apps on the home screen. Arrange App Icons on Google TV To start select the Apps tab at the top of the home screen....

Photo credit: Apple Apple chair and co-founder Steve Jobs died Wednesday. The industry Jobs helped transform reacted globally. “Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives,” Apple’s execs said in an official statement. “The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.” “There may be no greater tribute,” said U.S President Barack Obama, “to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented....

One of my favorite features in Adobe Photoshop is the ability to remove backgrounds from Images or Photographs. Photoshop is great because it provides you several different tools to remove backgrounds and depending on the image, it’s important you’re familiar with all of them. With this in mind, over the next week, I’ll be releasing the second article in this series looks at even more advanced ways to removing the background of your photos....

The news comes from the Samsung Tomorrow blog (Google Translated version here), where some other details about the new tablet are also mentioned. It has LTE connectivity, as well as Voice over LTE. The ultra-fast network can also be used for high quality voice calls –- service is not yet available in the United States — but Verizon has promised last month that it would have the service available by the end of 2013 or early 2014....

First, download and install the SkyDrive app on Vista and Windows 7. It’s included in Windows 8 as a default Metro feature, but you’ll need to install it on the desktop while using the Release Preview. The app is also available for iOS devices, Windows Phone and Mac OS X. Next, it’s a good idea to make a folder for each type of document you work in. For example, here I made a separate folder for Word, Excel and PowerPoint....

To use CamScanner, lay the paper/document on a flat surface and take a photo. The app automatically detects how to crop edges, but this can be adjusted using the dots connecting the crop lines. Once cropped, the image is then scanned and converted into a standard PDF file. There are different modes with which you can change how the document looks. The default is set to High enhance mode, but there are other options when you tap on the dropdown....

The idea behind RunPee is that every movie out there has a few scenes that aren’t valuable enough to hold off a bathroom break. However if you’ve never seen the movie before, you’ll never know when these are coming up. So before before going to the movie, or during the movie on your smartphone (shame on you; you annoying screen-glower), just log in to RunPee to get the lowdown on the best time to Run for Pee!...

LaterBro is an online webapp that allows you to plan your tweets ahead of time. You can pre-write a tweet, and then schedule it to be sent out whenever you like. LaterBro isn’t the only web service to offer this feature, but it is dead simple and that’s why I like it. Note: This app will also work for scheduling Facebook status updates! It’s simple, really simple. LaterBro uses the API (application programming interface) provided by Twitter and Facebook so that it will simply connect to your account on either service....

If you run into a situation of sound not working on Chromebook, fixing it can be as simple as unmuting it to completing a full system reset. Luckily, we have some solutions you can incorporate to get it working again. 1. Make Sure Chromebook Isn’t Muted One of the first things to check is the volume switch and ensure it’s not muted. Check your volume switch by doing the following:...

Facebook is filled up with this post. I decided to hide the specifics of the person posting it, because they should know better. But apparently they don’t. Several users have been dupped into believing that posting the message will stop them from being affected by some new Facebook guidelines that would allow Facebook to use And it could do so without being affected by any copyright whatsoever. Let’s clear this up, shall we?...

SugarSync, if you’re not familiar, is one of the top contenders to Dropbox and Box, and it has been steadily expanding the feature set for business class users. For the full scoop, you can read my article on what’s new with SugarSync that accompanied our SugarSync giveaway, or my comparison of Dropbox vs. SugarSync. You can sign up now at SugarSync.com/business. Other SugarSync features that might woo business users include: Those features are all part of SugarSync’s existing suite of business cloud storage features....

What Is It? This game is your typical puzzler with a few twists. The theme is retro, 8-bit style graphics. Your goal is to unite your character, the paint bucket, with a paintbrush. Matching portals move you through the game to get keys and unlock your companion. The puzzles are all about picking the right portal combinations so the bucket can avoid obstacles and get to the keys. t looks like a platformer, but it’s definitely a puzzle game....

There are, of course, workarounds for connecting a Bluetooth device or choosing what to listen to manually via TuneIn or Spotify from your PC. The cool thing is, a new third-party Skill has popped up called AnyPod that provides access to over 3,000 shows and provides much more functionality to podcast playback on Alexa enabled devices. Manage Podcast Listening with AnyPod Skill for Alexa To enable the Alex Skill AnyPod, open the Alexa app on your mobile device or head to alexa....

What Is It? We’ve covered another Toca kid’s game before, Toca Hair Salon 2. In this game, the player interacts with five different locations in a small town. In each setting, kids get to pick people and explore what stuff does. Tap a light and it turns on. This app reminds me of those Colorform sticker stories. It’s fun and silly. The game has no text and no instructions. It’s all about the adventure of what’s new....

Note: Your computer and Android device needs to be connected to the same Wifi network in order for this to work. You can use AirDroid on Mac, Linux and Windows via your favorite browser. How to Use AirDroid Open Google Play and install AirDroid on your device. Run the application and tap on Start to begin the connection process. After you open the application, it will show you two web addresses and a security code which will be used to connect your device to your computer....

When transferring photos from your phone to your PC, you can always plug your phone directly into your computer. Of course, there are other ways to do it, like using an automatic backup to OneDrive or Google Photos. But Microsoft has created an interesting new app called Photos Companion that is available for both Android and iOS. It allows you to transfer photos and videos on your phone over Wi-Fi directly into the Windows 10 Photos app....

Create a VHD of a Physical Computer First download Disk2vhd – currently version 1.63 and install it on the computer you want to make a VHD of. With Microsoft’s Volume Snapshot technology, you can make an VHD of the computer even while it’s powered on and running. Disk2vhd lets you create VHDs of physical systems running XP and newer. Extract the disk2vhd.exe file to a convenient location, launch it and agree to the EULA....

Android users should be familiar with Easter egg games like the hidden Flappy Bird clone that you can find in Android 6.0 Marshmallow. There is another version of that game waiting to be unlocked in Android Lollipop 5.0 as well. With the newest version of Android 7.0 Nougat comes with a new Easter egg called “Android Neko”. It’s not a game in the traditional sense like the Flappy Bird clone like the two previous versions of Android mentioned above....

Bugmenot used to be a pretty useful solution, as it provides usernames and passwords to a lot of websites. But it hasn’t seemed to be working for me lately. So, looking for an alternative, I discovered Share Your Pass. It has categories of sites you can find logins for. All you have to do is to search for the site you want to get a log in for. Once you’ve found it, click to see the username....