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“Microsoft 365″ is the new name for Microsoft’s Office 365 subscription service. It includes everything Office 365 included—and more. Subscribe for access to Microsoft Office applications like Word, 1TB of storage in OneDrive, minutes for calling phones from Skype, and more. A Rebranded Office 365 (With More Features) If you’re familiar with Office 365, you already know what Microsoft 365 is. It’s a subscription plan that costs $100 per year of up to six people or $70 per year for one person....

Random Number Generator A random number generator (RNG) is an algorithm that produces random numbers. In video games, these random numbers are used to determine random events, like your chance at landing a critical hit or picking up a rare item. Random number generation, or RNG, is a defining factor in many modern games. They’re the reason why you always meet unique Pokemon, why items in Mario Kart are different each time you pick them up, and why you randomly find super cool treasure (or not) in Diablo....

Samsung had its massive Galaxy Unpacked event where the company announced new foldable phones, earbuds, and watches. Mixed in with all of that excitement, Samsung announced that WhatsApp users would be able to transfer data from iPhones to either the Galaxy Z Fold 3 or the Galaxy Z Flip 3. — Will Cathcart (@wcathcart) August 11, 2021 After the initial period of exclusivity for the new phones, Samsung also said that the transfer feature would come to other Samsung devices “in the coming weeks....

This vacuum works on both hard and carpeted floors, so it’ll keep your house clean no matter what type of floors you have. It’s also designed to deal with pet hair, so if you have a dog or a cat who loves shedding all over the place, this robot vacuum can handle it. It also has an automatic docking and charging feature, so you can just set the vacuum to clean and forget about it while it keeps itself fully charged....

RELATED: Windows 11’s App Store Will Actually Be Useful “As of today, Firefox desktop is the first major browser to become available in the Windows Store for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users,” said Mozilla in a blog post. Before this, if you wanted to download Firefox on Windows, you needed to use an existing web browser to go to Firefox’s website. Mozilla called this a “clunky process from Microsoft,” but thankfully, you won’t have to deal with that anymore....

Switch Between Devices Automatically (or Don’t) Once you’ve paired your AirPods with one of your devices, they’ll be linked to your Apple ID. Any other devices that use the same Apple ID should “just work” without needing to be paired again, including the iPad, other iPhones, or your Mac. On top of this, AirPods will attempt to follow you around and switch between devices automatically. This isn’t always a handy feature, which is why you can modify its behavior....

Reading through the cartoonishly long list of existing Linux distros, the sundry flavors and the off-shoots of off-shoots all start to blur together. To remedy that, we’ve gathered a few distros that truly stand out from the crowd. These aren’t necessarily the most popular distros, but they serve special purposes or appeal to niche demographics within the Linux community. These are also all distros that, as of this writing in July 2021, see active development....

What Is AirDrop? AirDrop is Apple’s proprietary method of sending files or data locally between two devices. The devices initially connect over Bluetooth, with Wi-Fi doing much of the heavy lifting when it comes to file transfers. The feature was first introduced on Macs in 2008. It expanded to iOS devices with the rollout of iOS 7 in 2013. AirDrop is excellent when it works, but if you have older hardware, you’re more likely to experience issues....

Balance is an app designed to help with meditation and sleep, which is especially helpful with the current state of things. The app’s description says, “Improve your stress, sleep, and more with the world’s first personalized meditation program, now free for your first year.” It has over 3,500 ratings on Google Play and a solid 4.7 rating, so it’s not surprising that Google gave it the highest honor this year....

Kindle e-readers, however, feature “e-ink” displays, some of which also support touch. These displays only show black and white colors, making them ideal for reading. There’s no app store or anything like that. It’s a device made entirely for reading books. Once you’re in a book, tap the center of the display to bring up the menu. Select the “Aa” icon to adjust the text. If you also own a Kindle e-reader, your progress in books will be synced across devices....

One of the biggest game-changers for Apple computers has been the Retina display. That beautiful 4K resolution has made using them a far more enjoyable experience. Whether you’re doing video editing, photo manipulation, creating music, or just kicking back and watching videos, the display will look incredible. Outside of the gorgeous screen, this iMac comes with a 3.0GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM, and a fast 256GB SSD....

Google Drive is already a fantastic cloud storage service. It’s about to get better because Google is adding a new feature that’ll let you put labels on your files. With this feature, you’ll be able to keep your stuff organized, which will make finding the files you want easier. Currently, Google Drive labels are beta. Administrators can apply for the Drive labels beta program if they’re signed up in Google Workspace under the Business Standard and Plus; Enterprise; Education Standard and Plus; G Suite Business; Essentials editions....

Sharing links through Instagram Stories is easy, and available to all users. Instagram offers a simple tool to include hyperlinks to websites or articles in Stories, and we’ll explain how you can do it. Along with photos and videos in an Instagram Story, you can add a link directly instead of the Swipe Up feature. The new “Links” feature is one of the “stickers” that you can include in a Story....

Windows 10 has a couple of screens that prevent you from going directly to the desktop when you boot. First, you need to dismiss the lock screen and then log in. We’ll show you how to streamline the process. The Windows 10 lock screen is similar to a lock screen on a phone. It doesn’t really serve any purpose beyond being an extra barrier before the log-in screen. The log-in screen is important, but you may not need it....

Starting with macOS Catalina, you can change a specific app’s language without changing your Mac’s system language. We’ll show you how to do this for various apps on your Mac. Why Change Languages for Specific Apps? It’s possible that you prefer using an app in a language that doesn’t happen to be your Mac system’s language. With this macOS feature, you can quickly change the language for just that app without affecting any other apps or system options on your Mac....

Whether your job title has changed or you’d like to update your phone number, Microsoft Outlook makes it super easy to change your email signature’s contents. We’ll show you how to edit your signature in Outlook’s desktop, web, and mobile versions. Remember that changing the email signature on one device doesn’t affect your other devices. For example, if you update your signature on your mobile, it won’t change your signature on your desktop, and vice versa....

Normally, your iPhone 13 keep apps running smoothly in the foreground (or suspended in the background, ready to resume when needed). But if an iOS app misbehaves, it’s easy to force the app to close. Here’s how. Only Close Apps if They Malfunction Before we start, it’s important to know that iPhone 13’s operating system, Apple’s iOS, does a great job at automatically handling system resources. So you don’t need to manually force an app to close unless the app becomes unresponsive or glitchy....

Windows 10 still lets you create desktop shortcuts to applications, files, folders, and even websites. Desktop icons may a little out of fashion, but they’re still useful as part of a nicely organized desktop. How to Create a Shortcut to an Application To do this the easy way, open Windows 10’s Start menu. Look for the application you want to use by scrolling through the Apps list at the left side of the menu....

Windows temp files, as the name implies, are temporary files created by certain programs when in use on your Windows 10 device. These files can quickly add up and consume valuable storage space, so you may want to delete them. Use Disk Cleanup Disk Cleanup is a program in Windows 10 that lets you quickly delete files that are no longer necessary, including temp files. To launch Disk Cleanup, type “Disk Cleanup” in the Windows Search bar and then click the “Disk Cleanup” app in the search results....

You can use your iPhone or iPad as a keyboard to type text on an Apple TV. This functionality is implemented via a push notification, which appears each time the Apple TV waits for keyboard input. If you don’t want this notification appearing on a device, here’s how to disable it. Disabling the Apple TV Keyboard Notification The Apple TV keyboard notification will only show up on devices linked to the same Apple ID that’s in use on your Apple TV....