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A Brief History of Google One Before Google One, the company offered storage subscription plans through Google Drive. These plans gave you more storage not only in Drive but in any other Google services as well, including Gmail and Google Photos. Since Google Drive itself is a storage service, this was a little confusing. Many people mistakenly assumed that the plans were only for getting more Google Drive storage. In an attempt to simplify the plans and make their purpose more clear, Google One was launched in 2018....

Google is joining the ranks of Apple—and Samsung, to a lesser extent—as a phone maker that also produces its own processor. Typically, companies such as OnePlus, LG, and even Samsung, manufacture phones that use processors from Qualcomm or Mediatek. RELATED: The Best Android Phones of 2022 Following Apple’s Lead Apple has been making its own processors for iPhones since the very beginning. The company is even transitioning Mac computers to its own chips....

If you’re seeing application icons on your Mac with a crossed-out symbol on top of them, it means that macOS can’t run the application. While there could be several causes, the most likely is that you recently upgraded macOS, and it no longer supports 32-bit applications. Here’s why—and what you can do about it. First: The Other Reasons an App Won’t Run Fundamentally, a crossed-out application icon means that something is preventing macOS from running the application....

AirPlay lets you wirelessly stream video, audio, or your screen from an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Windows device running iTunes to an AirPlay receiver like an Apple TV, Mac, or smart TV. Sometimes, things don’t “just work” like they’re supposed to, so you’ll need to tweak a few things. What is AirPlay? AirPlay is a wireless streaming technology used by Apple devices like the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. You can use it to send video, audio, or mirror your display to an AirPlay receiver like a Mac or Apple TV....

What Do We Think Apple Will Announce on September 14? The biggest thing we expect to see at Apple’s next event is the iPhone 13. There’s been no shortage of rumors about the next iPhone, and those rumors should finally come to an end at Apple’s event. As far as what we expect from the phone, the rumor mill says it’ll come in the exact same sizes as the iPhone 12 but with high refresh rate displays, which are truly a game-changer for smartphone performance....

Slack and Discord let you collaborate and chat online with ease, and they’re both wildly popular. But which should you use to make your next chat server? Let’s compare the two services head-to-head. Group Chatting Giants Of the many group chatting services online, two stand out in popularity, features, and versatility: Slack and Discord. While Discord markets primarily to gamers and Slack markets to business users, the line has blurred in recent years....

“For the first time ever, fans will be able to stream some of their favorite Marvel titles in IMAX’s Expanded Aspect Ratio at home with IMAX Enhanced on Disney+, launching on November 12th as part of Disney’s company-wide Disney+ Day global celebration,” said Disney in a press release. It’s important to note that the Marvel movies aren’t going to be shown in the full IMAX aspect ratio of 1.43:1. Instead, you’ll get to watch movies in a 1....

There are two types of firewalls: hardware firewalls and software firewalls. Your router functions as a hardware firewall, while Windows includes a software firewall. There are other third-party firewalls you can install, too. In August 2003, if you connected an unpatched Windows XP system to the Internet without a firewall, it could be infected within minutes by the Blaster worm, which exploited vulnerabilities in network services that Windows XP exposed to the Internet....

Google Assistant Driving Mode Google Assistant driving mode is designed for anyone who uses an Android phone while in the car. Google is adding new features that’ll make it even more helpful. Now, you’ll be able to say, “Hey Google, let’s drive,” to open the new driving mode dashboard. It has large, tappable cards that make it easy to interact with your device quickly without being distracted. You can also say, “Hey Google, turn on auto-read” to have Assistant read your messages aloud as you drive....

Upon launching the Settings app in Windows 11, it’s obvious that Microsoft has put a big effort into streamlining: It’s sleeker and easier to use than its Windows 10 counterpart. Here’s a quick tour of Settings’ new features in Windows 11. Meet Windows 11 Settings When you launch Settings in Windows 11 (from the Quick Settings menu or Start menu, or by pressing Windows+i), you’re greeted with the System panel first....

If you have a chart where you’re plotting different types of data or the values vary, consider adding a second axis for easier viewing. We’ll show you how to painlessly create a two-axis chart in Excel. When to Use a Secondary Axis You may have a mixture of data series with currencies, percentages, decimals, or whole numbers. Or maybe the values you’re displaying vary by greater amounts than the chart can adequately show....

The sensors built into every pair of AirPods allow for some great features. For example, out of the box (and by default), Automatic Ear Detection means that AirPods will start the playback of audio when you put them in your ears. They go one step further by pausing that audio when you take them back out again, and both of those things can be great if you don’t want to fumble around with your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to stop your audio....

If you need to check your PC’s specifications—such as how much RAM or what type of CPU your machine has—while running Windows 11, it’s as easy as a trip to Settings. We’ll show you how to find these details. To see your PC’s specifications, you’ll first need to open Windows Settings. To do so, press Windows+i on your keyboard, or right-click the Start button and select “Settings” from the list....

Want to share an excerpt from something you read online? There are several ways you can do it, but Google Chrome has a cool method that turns quotes into stylish, shareable cards. We’ll show you how to do it. At the time of writing, this feature is available in Chrome Beta for Android. Once you’ve enabled the flag, you can share text as images with different fonts, colors, and backgrounds....

Instagram is owned by Facebook, a company that continues to divide opinion. That’s not likely to change any time soon, and if you don’t trust Facebook, you might distrust Instagram, too. Here’s how to delete your Instagram account. Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 for a cool billion dollars, a move that raised eyebrows at the time but seems like a bargain in the current social media climate. Instagram is one of the most influential social media platforms around, and despite its affinity with Facebook, it continues to grow....

See someone using cool art or a funny meme as their profile picture on Discord? While there’s no official way to download someone’s profile picture to your device, there are workarounds. We’ll show you what those workarounds are. RELATED: How to Change Your Discord Profile Picture Ways to Save a Discord Profile Picture On desktop, you can download someone’s profile picture by visiting their profile page in one of your web browsers, accessing the page’s source code, and finding and using the direct profile picture link....

Understanding External vs. Internal IP Address Before seeking out your IP address, it’s important to know which kind of IP address you’re trying to find. For our purposes, there are two main types of IP address: external and internal. Your external IP address (also known as your “wide area network” or WAN address) is the address that you present to the outside world while using the internet. It’s shared between all the devices on your local network....

Google Chrome can forcibly enable dark mode on every website you visit, putting an end to those blinding white backgrounds on your nice dark desktop. This is a Brute-Force Solution Google Chrome already has a built-in dark mode. Websites can automatically switch to dark mode if you’re using it, assuming the site supports this. But most websites don’t have automatic dark mode—or any dark mode. Rather than waiting for millions of websites to jump on the dark mode bandwagon, Chrome’s new “Force Dark Mode for Web Contents” option will turn all those bright websites dark....

Generally, you may need to force your iPhone to reboot when your phone has frozen up and it won’t respond to your taps, making it impossible to force-close apps. You can use a forced reboot to fix your phone’s software problems as well. RELATED: How to Fix Crashing Apps on an iPhone or iPad How to Force Your iPhone 11 to Restart If your iPhone 11 is responsive, make sure any unsaved work is saved or synced to the cloud before you reboot....

Data from Statista projects almost 550 million Wi-Fi hotspots by the year 2022. Unfortunately, while there may be a lot of them, many public Wi-Fi connections suck. And hotels can be among the worst. Here’s how to avoid the pitfalls of hotel Wi-Fi. How to Get Around Bad Hotel Wi-Fi You’ve mapped the route, bookmarked a bunch of tabs on Tripadvisor, and you’re ready to book a hotel. Make things easier on yourself and scope out the connection before you commit....