The Pixel 5a Is All About Value Not everyone needs a $1,000 smartphone. For most users, a solid, mid-range phone is more than enough to meet their needs. When it comes to mid-range smartphones with high-end features, nothing out there rivals the Pixel A-series of phones from Google. The newly announced Pixel 5a is no exception, as it packs many of the same features as the Pixel 5 but with a lower $449 price tag....
Traffic reports in Google Maps allow you to quickly determine if the route you’re taking is busy or not. If you’re a passenger on the road, you can update Google Maps by adding your own traffic reports. Here’s how. These instructions will work for all mobile users with the Google Maps app on Android and iPhone. It’s important, however, to only attempt this if it is safe to do so, or you may put other road users at risk....
Android TV and Google TV are different, but they do share some features. One such feature is the “Watchlist.” This is your personal list of content that you want to watch. Here’s how it works on Android TV. The Watchlist is as simple as it sounds. It’s just a place for you to save movies and TV shows that you want to watch or be able to easily find. The Watchlist is connected to your Google account, so it can sync across your Android TV and Google TV devices....
When you open an application on Windows 11, it opens with standard permissions by default. If you find yourself constantly opening an app as an admin, you can skip those extra steps by making it always open with admin rights. How to Run an App as Admin by Default on Windows 11 First, you’ll need to locate the executable file of the app you want to always open with elevated privileges....
Have you ever been tasked with combining spreadsheet data? Maybe you have your team’s expense sheets or sales counts that need to be consolidated into one. Here, we’ll show you how to combine data from spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel. Consolidate Spreadsheet Data in Excel Microsoft Excel offers a Consolidate feature that can tackle this task. It allows you to combine data from different sheets into one spreadsheet. Plus, you can choose the function you want to use from options like SUM, AVERAGE, PRODUCT, and COUNT....
Not all presentations have to be made in PowerPoint. If your presentation’s content is in a Word document (DOCX file), there are a couple of ways to turn your document into a PowerPoint presentation (PPTX file). The Easy Way: Do It on the Web You can easily convert a Word document to a PowerPoint file on the web. It’s an easy process, but you do have to upload your document to Microsoft’s web app....
When you’re heading out the door for the office, school, or a trip, do you like that one last check to make sure you have everything? With the Task Tracker blueprint, just ask Alexa to run through your list. You don’t have to be a programmer or install a third-party skill to have Alexa do awesome things like this. Select the blueprint, add items to your list, and customize it....
Download Music from Spotify on Mobile Spotify allows you to download music on almost every screen in its mobile apps, but the option is curiously different depending on where you are. While you can download any song or album as long as you have Spotify Premium, let’s start with the most obvious, your Liked Songs playlist. RELATED: How to Cancel Spotify Premium To do this, open the Spotify app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device and then navigate to the “Your Library” tab....
If you’ve gotten sick of the ringtones that come with your Android phone or iPhone, it’s easy enough to buy new ones. But before you do that, there are a number of sites where you can get free ringtones. We’ve rounded up some of the best. Will My Phone Support All Ringtones? If you own an Android device, things are simple. You can download ringtones to your Android phone directly, since it supports MP3 files as ringtones....
It used to be so simple. If you liked a video, and wanted to see more videos like it, you’d click the “Subscribe” button. The next time that channel put out a video, you’d see it on the homepage. But in 2017, there’s probably a few channels you love that you haven’t seen lately, and more than a few channels you hate-watched at some point showing up on your homepage constantly....
What the “Significant Memory” Warning Really Means Your computer uses physical memory, or RAM (random access memory), to store data that needs to be rapidly accessed by the system. The more memory you have, the longer you can go before running out. To make the most of available memory, the solid-state drive is used as a temporary location to “swap” data in and out as required, which is why a Mac with twice as much memory isn’t necessarily twice as capable....
The Ring Doorbell ($200) looks just like any other doorbell for the most part, but it comes with an integrated video camera so that you can see who’s at the door–from your smartphone–even when you’re not home. Here’s how to install and set up the Ring Doorbell quickly and easily. The Ring Doorbell isn’t like a normal doorbell–it doesn’t need to be wired to your existing system (though it can be)....
There are a few ways that you can limit your child’s screen time, but the best method is Google’s Family Link. This will allow you to monitor and control nearly everything on your child’s device from your own, including screen time limits. RELATED: Google Family Link’s New Update Gives Parents Better Control of App Time Limits First, open the “Family Link for Parents” app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device....
If you remove File Explorer from the taskbar in Windows 11, you might not know how to get it back. Here’s how to open File Explorer and pin it to the taskbar again. To place the File Explorer icon on the taskbar, you have to run it first. To do so quickly, press Windows+e on your keyboard. Or, you can open Start, type “file explorer,” and then click the File Explorer icon or hit Enter....
Hollywood’s answer to this is UltraViolet, a piss-poor scifi action movie web-based system that lets Blu-ray and DVD buyers collect digital copies of their physical movies. Unfortunately, the system isn’t as well-integrated as some of its digital-only competitors. Different production houses and studios use different sites, you can’t get the movies on every digital platform, and things in general are less smooth than they should be. Here’s how to use those freebie codes to build up a library in the smoothest way possible....
Like other modern web browsers, Chrome lets you quickly reopen tabs and windows you’ve recently closed. Google moved this option a bit in 2019 when it rolled out Chrome 78, but it’s still easy to find if you know where to look. Where’s the “Reopen Closed Tab” Option in Chrome? To reopen a closed tab in Chrome after updating, right-click on an empty space in the tab bar and select “Reopen Closed Tab....
To capture an image of what you see on your iPhone 13‘s screen, it’s easy to take a screenshot. We’ll show you how with instructions that also work for the iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max. How to Take an iPhone 13 Screenshot The easiest way to take a screenshot on an iPhone 13 is by using two buttons on either side of the phone....
What Is Focus Mode? “Focus”—commonly called “Focus Mode”—was introduced in iOS 15 and it builds upon the existing “Do Not Disturb” features. In short, Focus Mode is specialized Do Not Disturb modes for specific situations. Rather than have one Do Not Disturb mode for everything—which is still included, by the way—you can create modes for things like work, fitness, gaming, reading, and more. It provides more fine-tuning to match those specific activities....
Gmail automatically saves the recipient’s email address in your contacts when you send, reply or forward an email. If you don’t want to see them in your contacts list, here’s how to disable the function and delete auto-added contacts. Gmail wants to make managing contacts as convenient as possible, so it automates contact creation and auto-completes email addresses when you’re composing. It also includes these contacts whenever you export contacts in Gmail and sync to your phone....
In fact, Apple’s iTunes software doesn’t even have a built-in way to copy photos from your iPhone to your PC. It does have a photo sync feature, but that’s just for copying photos from your PC to your iPhone. Use File Explorer or Windows Explorer Connect your iPhone or iPad to your computer using the included Lightning-to-USB cable to get started. This is the same cable you use for charging your phone....
