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With the Android web browser open, press the menu button and tap Settings. In the following selection screen, tap General. Under General, tap Set homepage. Now tap the bullet titled “Most visited sites.” The setting will be saved; just press the back button to out to your browser. When you open a new tab or browser window, it will show a list of your most visited sites. Not only is this a helpful page for quickly browsing multiple sites, but it also loads much faster compared to the slower-loading Google search page....

WebMD WebMD is a useful reference app for iOS devices that allows users to get health information about different medical conditions, symptoms, treatments, first aid information and more. With WebMD, you can even create and save your own custom lists of medications, physical ailments, and medical articles. Lose It! Are you really serious about losing weight and want to track your daily calorie intake? Lose It! is a simple and easy to use app that allows users to lose weight by staying in a strict calorie budget....

What Is It? Imagine Badland crossed with Fruit Ninja. The hero of this story is a bug (who looks like a Bad Robot) trying to protect the forest from monsters who somehow emerge from factory pipes. To advance in the game, you need to slice up the monsters and find the portal to the next level. The parallax forest background set the perfect scenery for this game. You’re encouraged to preserve the forest because it’s gorgeous....

The new version has a revamped interface, which scales better (and looks better) on tablets with larger screens. It also features support for Skype’s wideband audio codec, SILK, allowing better audio quality. The codec makes Skype audio quality as good as possible over various connection speeds — even slower ones. I’ve tried it on my Android smartphone and I have to admit the expereince was smooth and audio was better that what I’ve heard in the past....

The browser continues to run in the background and display notifications from Facebook or Google Hangouts, for example. While some users might find this a helpful feature, you might be annoyed by it. If you are not a fan of it, here is a look at how to stop Chrome from running in the background on your computer. Stop Chrome from Running the Background Open the Chrome browser and then click on its icon on the Taskbar....

Before we get started, it’s important to remember that improperly modifying the Windows registry can severely mess up your system. But this groovy guide should prevent that from happening! If you’d like to skip the steps below, just download this registry fix and apply it. How To Prevent Windows 7 From Doing An Automatic Reboot After Windows Updates Are Installed Click the Windows Start Orb and then in the search box Type Regedit....

There are a lot of reasons to buy a Wear OS smartwatch (some are listed here), one of them being a large number of devices available on the market. The Zepp E Series smartwatch, a smartwatch we’ve recently reviewed, is just one of these. However, one of the most important things to take into account when choosing Google’s smartwatch OS is the large number of apps available. While this list is by no means an extensive one, it will give you some ideas of useful things to install on your smartwatch....

This week join host Josh Windisch and Brian Burgess as they talk about Apple’s stock tumble, and what we’d like to see from Apple next. While there are plenty of iPhone 5S rumors, we’re more interested to see what Apple does with the next version of iOS. We check out the Tobi Rex device that allows you to control Windows 8 with your eyes. Is there any practical use for this, or is it just a gimmick?...

Sheets is Google’s answer to Microsoft Excel. There are two big things that set Sheets apart from Excel: Sheets is completely web browser-based, and it’s absolutely free to use. It also shares a lot of the collaborative and sharing functions that Docs has. Assuming you know nothing about Sheets already, let’s take a look under the hood at how it all works. Google Sheets – The Free Alternative to Microsoft Excel If you already have a good understanding of how Microsoft Excel works, then you will have absolutely no problem with Google Sheets....

What is Professional Monitoring? Many systems will warn you via an app if there’s an unexpected activity in your home from motion sensors, door sensors, and even smoke and CO alarms. With scripts from IFTTT and Zapier, you can also use those systems to notify others. However, these apps require your intervention when there’s a problem. These systems won’t call the police or fire department when an emergency happens. That’s your job when something goes wrong....

BIAB The term means “Back in a Bit.” It’s typically used on social networking sites like WhatsApp, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Messages, and Instagram. As it suggests, the person sending this internet slang tells the audience they’re coming back sooner rather than later. The quick leave could be to get some food or drink, answer the door, chat with someone else, and more. Similar cyber speak includes AFK (“Away from Keyboard”), BRB (“Be Right Back”), and BBL (“Be Back Later”)....

What is G2G? On the internet, the term G2G means “got to go” or “gotta go.“The line is left in instant messaging, email, or text messaging when a recipient needs to leave the conversation immediately. Using G2G stresses urgency and could mean the person is already late for an appointment or other event. The term is found on major social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram. In some cases, you might see the joint term online, GTG TTYL, which means “go to go, talk to you later....

Net neutrality is aptly named. It describes the effort to keep the internet neutral of bias, including corporate or political. A neutral internet is the opposite of totalitarian ones like China, where content and information on the internet is strictly controlled. A “net neutral” internet provides equal streaming bandwidth for all information. What Is Net Neutrality? The term “network neutrality” was coined in 2003 by law professor Tim Wu at Columbia University....

What is RuntimeBroker.exe Microsoft created the Runtime Broker process and is a core process of Windows 8 and Windows 10. It’s not a virus or another kind of malware. If you’ve just logged into Windows 8 or Windows 10 and haven’t run any apps yet, you probably won’t see RuntimeBroker.exe running yet. RuntimeBroker.exe gets triggered by Universal apps, and if the process ends, all currently open apps will immediately close. So what does it do?...

What exactly is wmpnetwk.exe? When Microsoft introduced Windows Media Player 10, they also introduced network media sharing. The process then lingered on and is included with Windows Media Center as well. This feature includes sharing videos and music to your Xbox 360, other computers, and some mobile devices. But, none of the network sharing will work without something to host it. This where wmpnetwk.exe comes in, it literally is the service that “Shares Windows Media Player libraries to other networked players and media devices using Universal Plug and Play....

Is a Phone a Necessity? The human race got to the 21st century without children having phones. Kids got lost in a mall or got lonely at camp, and they survived. I don’t mean to make light of these real problems, but it does need some perspective. Not every child needs a phone, no matter how much they protest. Each parent has their opinion, but I think most parents get their child a phone for three reasons: A dumbphone is the smarter choice if your goal is primarily emergency contact or general connection....

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update 1709 Build 16299.371 While there are no new features with this update, there an extensive list of improvements and new fixes: Provides support to control usage of Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier (IBPB) within some AMD processors (CPUs) for mitigating CVE-2017-5715, Spectre Variant 2 when switching from user context to kernel context (See AMD Architecture Guidelines around Indirect Branch Control and AMD Security Updates for more details)....

Windows 10 PC Preview Build 10586 is available now for members of the Windows Insider program in the fast ring. This build mainly contains bug fixes and general improvements to tighten things up across the board. — Gabriel Aul (@GabeAul) November 5, 2015 Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10586 This new build comes just a week after Insider build 10576 which featured a few new features as well as stability and performance enhancements....

Windows 10 Redstone 5 Preview Build 17728 The big news here is the Your Phone app. It was actually unveiled earlier this year at the Build developers conference in May and is now live in today’s Insider build. It’s meant to allow you to mirror content from your phone to a PC. Currently, it works with Android, so those users will be the first to test the new feature. You will be able to drag and drop photos directly from the phone into Office apps and other supported Windows apps....

The good news is you can still pin a site to Start or taskbar using Chrome. Here’s how it’s done. For more on using the built-in feature, read our article on how to pin websites from Edge to the Start menu in Windows 10. Pin Websites to Windows 10 Taskbar or Start from Chrome Make sure you have the most updated version of Chrome. Launch it, and then head to the website you want to pin....