The feature isn’t enabled by default, but to set it up, you need to launch the Alexa app on your mobile device or your web browser by heading to https://alexa.amazon.com. Go to Settings, select your Alexa device, and then under the General section you’ll see Follow-Up Mode – toggle the switch to On. With Follow-Up Mode enabled, Alexa will continue to listen for another command after the first one has completed....

The one thing that I always hear from people is that they don’t understand how to use Discord, or they don’t think they can get it on their device. I’m here to tell you that most devices do support Discord in one way or another. Your Discord dashboard can be accessed through a web browser as well. There’s nothing stopping you from using this amazing service to chat with others in communities that pique your interest....

Do Not Disturb on Mac Do you need to focus on an upcoming project or a specific task and don’t want to be disturbed? Are you tired of hearing notifications as they arrive on your Mac? Do Not Disturb on Mac is a great way to shut everything else out and focus. On iPhone, Do Not Disturb is ideally suited at night when you wish to relax or go to sleep....

The tool, available in iOS 15 on iPhone and iPadOS 15 on iPad, also includes a features called Visual Look Up. This tool makes it easier to identify objects found within photos. Here’s a look at both features and how they work. What is Live Text on iPhone? Live Text is an incredible new tool with various new features packed inside. Acting like a built-in OCR feature for your iPhone, it allows you to scan and copy text within your photos....

Luckily, as the service has evolved, more and more features are available directly via the Instagram website. This includes Stories, which you can now view from your web browser. If you follow friends, family, and celebrities, you might prefer to view their Stories on the web. If you’re unsure how to view Instagram Stories on your computer, follow the steps below. How to View Instagram Stories on Your Computer To access Stories on Instagram, you’ll need your own Instagram account....

If IE9 just isn’t cutting it for you, don’t worry –because Internet Explorer 10 is already on the construction line. Last week Microsoft released the first Platform Preview for IE10 and it brings vast improvements in CSS and layout support. While it isn’t much to look at just yet, the Platform Preview does give us a decent idea of what the IE developer team is focused on for the next version....

Find Bubble Level in iOS 7 Launch your Compass app in iOS. It will tell you to tilt the screen to roll the ball around the circle. This is to calibrate the compass. This takes about 15-20 seconds. The compass app will launch: However, you want to use the level. Just swipe Left. Now you have a level. When your object or surface is perfectly level, the screen until the display’s zero and becomes green....

iPhone 12 Series All four iPhone 12 handsets, including the least expensive iPhone 12 mini, includes many of the same internals. Specifically, each offers the all-new A14 Bionic chip with a next‑generation Neural Engine and a Super Retina XDR display. You’ll also find an HDR display, Face ID, water-resistance up to a maximum depth of six meters up to 30 minutes, 5G compatibility, True Tone, Wide Color (P3), Haptic Touch, and more....

I remember back when I was in school, every year the science fair would roll by and my class would walk through the aisles as the nerdy kids would attempt to impress us with bendable bones, exploding volcanoes, and sometimes stuff that was just plain weird. Then again, we never had an innovative sponsor for our fair, such as Google. This year Google is sponsoring their own science fair and some very groovy prizes are up for grabs!...

However, for the past few months, I’ve been using a groovy Firefox extension called Multifox. The Firefox Add-on not only solves this common problem but it also simplifies things. Let’s take a look! How To Open Multiple Gmail Accounts Using One Browser – Firefox Step 1 – Install the Multifox Firefox Add-on Download the extension from the Brazilian Mozilla developer site here: http://br.mozdev.org/multifox/ Click the “Install Extension” button to get started....

Rather than download and install them from my micro-SD card, it would be nice to find an easy way to snatch the apps I want. Now it’s possible with this easy to use Google Chrome extension. Windows Phone QR Beta Extension First install the Windows Phone QR Beta extension in your Google Chrome browser. Now any time you browse the Windows Phone Store for apps, a nice easy to scan QR code will be displayed so you can install apps more quickly....

Make Browser Show Website Icons Only That leads you to click the arrow icon on the right for a dropdown of the rest of them. You can edit the text for the bookmark to something shorter or make it display the icon only. Edit Icons on Chrome Bookmarks Bar If you use bookmarks in Chrome, chances are you have a lot of them saved already. To edit them or only display the site icon, right-click it and then select Edit....

Examples of Individual Cumulative Update For example, you might have multiple PCs, which, even for a large organization such as a school, having each machine connected to the internet can bring your network to a halt. Sure, there is a new way of using one PC on your network to share updates with other machines, but this feature can reduce the performance of your PC, as I’ve observed. Cumulative Updates can also help bring a fresh installation of Windows 10 up to date too....

Microsoft and LinkedIn Announces Acquisition of Professional Network Microsoft’s vision for both companies is to harness the value of LinkedIn’s professional social network to bring value to end-users using popular services such as Office 365. If approved later this year, LinkedIn would be Microsoft’s biggest acquisition to date. Microsoft has made some interesting purchases over the years. Recent acquisitions include the developers of smartphone keyboard, Swift, and Xarmin developer tools....

Microsoft Groove Music iOS If you don’t have automatic updates enabled for apps on your iOS device, just go launch the App Store and you’ll find the update. It works a lot like Xbox Music did, but with a huge additional feature. You can add your music files to your OneDrive — which is a feature Microsoft added to OneDrive earlier this year. Then those songs will appear as part of your collection, and you don’t need a Groove Music pass to use it....

If you haven’t received the update yet, head to Google Play and update the OneDrive app to version 3.2.0. Under the What’s New section you will see that the ability to cast photos and videos to Chromecast has been added. Stream Photos and Videos to Chromecast from OneDrive Casting your OneDrive content to Chromecast is straight forward. Launch the OneDrive app on your Android phone or tablet and browse to the photos or video you want to display on the big screen....

Late Monday night, Microsoft announced that MS Paint is here to stay. General Manager of Windows Experiences, Megan Saunders, wrote the following in a blog post: However, it is apparent that the company wants you to use its new Paint 3D app (also free), which first shipped with the Creators Update. Megan continues in her post writing, “Many of the MS Paint features people know and love like photo editing, line and curve tools, and 2D creation are in Paint 3D....

Windows 10 19H1 Preview Build 18312 This build includes Microsoft’s changes to managing disk space through “reserved storage,” for a smoother upgrade process. The company says, “Through reserved storage, some disk space will be set aside to be used by updates, apps, temporary files, and system caches. Our goal is to improve the day-to-day function of your PC by ensuring critical OS functions always have access to disk space.” To learn more about the technical details, make sure to read the company’s article on Technet about Windows 10 and Reserved Storage....

Windows 10 Insider Build 20180 The main change you can expect out of today’s build is the Windows SDK is now flighting continuously with the Dev Channel. Also, per the announcement: “We are turning on much of the new features mentioned on July 1st in Build 20161 including theme-aware tiles on Start. The new pinned sites capability mentioned with last week’s flight of Build 20175 is still only available to a subset of Insiders....

The important thing to note is that all existing users of SkyDrive or SkyDrive Pro won’t have to worry about changing anything, or see any service disruptions. The name and logo will just change. While it make take a bit of getting used to, the name OneDrive actually makes sense with Microsoft’s new focus on merging Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox, Office 365 and its other services together. Microsoft’s Ryan Galvin wrote about the name: If you’re heavily invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, this is how you’re already using SkyDrive OneDrive anyway....