When you’re done streaming, you’ll want to be able to quickly disconnect. Thankfully, turning off AirPlay is as simple as turning it on in the first place. Here’s how to turn off AirPlay on your Apple devices. How to Turn Off AirPlay Screen Sharing on Mac Using AirPlay for video on a Mac offers a number of benefits. It’s a quick and easy way to mirror your entire desktop to another device, such as an Apple TV....
Enable Google Assistant on Chromebook To start things off, you will need to enable a Flag that’s “under-the-hood,” so to speak. Launch the Chrome browser and enter the following path into the search box, and hit Enter. That highlights the “Enable Google Assistant” flag. Click the dropdown menu and choose Enabled. Then scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Restart Now button to restart your system for the changes to take effect....
CCleaner has supported the ability to uninstall desktop applications for quite a while already. But this update allows you to remove universal apps. If you haven’t upgraded to Windows 10 yet, no worries, it works with Windows 8.1 apps, too. Uninstall Windows 10 Apps with CCleaner You don’t need CCleaner to uninstall Windows 10 universal apps. In fact, for more on how to uninstall and manage universal apps in Windows 10, read our article: Install, Uninstall, Update and Manage Windows 10 Apps....
You’ll see these visual effects when you move from one slide to the next. Using the proper slide transitions can help create a more professional and enjoyable slideshow overall. Microsoft PowerPoint offers a healthy selection of slide transitions. From simple and subtle to fun and whimsical, you can pick the exact type of transition that best fits your presentation’s tone and message. If you want to use slide transitions in PowerPoint, here’s what you’ll need to do....
To use and enjoy Spatial Audio, you need to be rocking modern AirPods. This includes first or second-generation AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, or 3rd-generation AirPods (classic). Unfortunately, anything earlier will not provide the Spatial Audio effect. If you have a pair of one of those modern AirPods or AirPods Pro, you’ll be able to use Spatial Audio on Apple AirPods. Using Spatial Audio on Apple AirPods When you’re ready to use the Spatial Audio effect, you can use it along with Dolby Atmos and Lossless audio in Apple Music....
There are plenty of other rumors and speculation on what else Apple will announce tomorrow, too. Personally, I am hoping for a new updated Apple TV box to compliment the other announcements. But if you want to watch the event live and find out for yourself, here’s how. How to Watch the Apple iPhone 11 Event Catching all or part of the event tomorrow should be easy for most people as it will be available on various platforms....
Unlike with its Bundles and weekly sales the Humble Store does not allow you to customize where your money will go. Instead it goes into a pre-determined split giving the developer 75%, charity 10%, and the Humble Store itself takes a 15% cut. The Humble Tip remains the same at 15% as the Bundle’s default split has always suggested, but this structure denotes a 10% decrease in what portion is given to charity and will instead be going to the game developers compared to the default suggest split (65% to developers, 20% to charity, 15% Humble Tip)....
While using your computer, files are constantly being accessed, modified, and moved. This action causes your system to place files in non-sequential order. When your system is fragmented, and you install new software, the software gets copied in small chunks and often not in the correct order. This process can increase the number of head-disk seek spins when reading files, as well as impair how many bits per second can be accessed....
Dragging Tabs Out of Windows You can easily convert tabs into windows by dragging them out of their current window. If you do this while maximized, the new window will also fill the screen. Do it restored, and the new window will be the exact same size as the first one. Snapping Left and Right to Compare If you’re on the web hunting for a new phone or gadget, you’ll need to compare specs very often....
Later today, as part of Windows Updates, the IE 10 Flash Whitelist will be a Blacklist, and virtually every Flash site will work automatically (except sites that have known compatibility issues). According to the MSDN IE Blog: This is definitely welcome news for users of the Surface RT, as IE 10 is the main browser used. And it gets annoying when certain Flash-enabled sites don’t work, even with the work-around....
If you’re not in line now, chances are you won’t get the new tablet. Currently on Apple’s website if you order one now, it won’t be delivered for 2-3 weeks. Here’s a few videos of the coverage going on with the new iPad (3rd Generation) Frenzy. Starting with Apple co-founder — Steve Wozniak as he waits in line — via Associated Press. Here’s coverage of the iPad release in from UK’s The Telegraph....
The app let users consult a database of celebrities and public figures to see if they are Jewish or not. In his description of the French version of the app, its inventor, Johann Levy boasted, “Listed for you, thousands of Jewish personalities (through their mother), half-Jewish (through their father), or converts.” The app had sold for a few euro cents in France, but Apple in September removed it from its French online App Store after anti-racism groups initially complained about it....
“Are you guys coming?” “Yes?” “We’re ready to order.” “…I thought it was at 5:30 PM.” “No, 5:00 PM.” So, we frantically check the calendar. Yep, it says 5:30 PM. According to the calendar, we were right on time. But it just so happened our calendar was wrong. My first instinct was to blame it on some time-space continuum wormhole. Maybe we had entered into an alternate reality where all appointments had shifted a half-hour earlier....
If you own or are looking for a particular business that provides services outside of a storefront location, then this Google Maps update will likely receive a warm welcome. Last Tuesday Google rolled out the area of service maps as part of their newly revamped Google Places program. The idea is that now people will be able to see how local the business is and if they do indeed offer service outside of their office....
I noticed this being a problem back when I first got my Surface RT (first gen). While its display resolution isn’t high by today’s standards, and apps look great on it, using the desktop via touch was a painful experience. For more on that, you can read our article on making the Surface RT desktop more touch-friendly. If you have a laptop screen with a resolution of 1920×1080 or higher and having a hard time seeing the desktop programs follow these steps....
Microsoft App Launcher The new app launcher is at the top left corner of the header and gives you access to Outlook.com, People, Calendar, OneDrive, and Online Office apps. The app launcher is available across all of the online services and makes switching between services much easier. This is a small visual change, but sometimes it’s the little things that make a big difference. It’s actually similar to the Google Apps Launcher as seen below....
Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 8.0 According to Microsoft, the company maintains several tiers for a product’s support lifecycle starting from general availability. When Microsoft releases a Service Pack, in this case, Windows 8.1, you need to upgrade to it within 24 months to maintain mainstream support. Windows 8.1 was launched a year after Windows 8.0, toning down many of the earlier design choices in the operating system. Although Windows 8....
When things like this happen it’s good to know when patches become available. Apparently Microsoft is working fast on getting things fixed and today the company released a patch to fix a part of the bug for IE 10 in Windows 8 and IE 11 for Windows 8.1. There are patches now available for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 that you should download now. The patch is KB2961887 and according to Microsoft: If you’re running Windows 8, 8....
New Windows 11 Ad from Microsoft According to Microsoft: “Microsoft launched an international ad campaign on Thursday to raise awareness and excitement around Windows 11. The campaign is centered on the 60-second ad you can watch below.” The new version of Windows 11 features a new elegant UI with rounded corners. As well as new features — including a revamped user interface, a new Start menu, Taskbar, Snap Layouts for Windows management, new Widgets feature Microsoft Teams Chat, new Virtual Desktops, and a lot more....
— Dona Sarkar (@donasarkar) October 3, 2017 Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Build 16299.15 As with all the recent Insider builds, there are not any new features to report, and no specific issues are addressed. This update looks to be testing out its servicing with cumulative updates that are familiar to all stable releases of Windows 10. “We have released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16299.15 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring....
