According to the FCC, US residents received almost 4 billion robocalls per month in 2020. That’s 48 billion per year. If people only spared a single second per call to glance at their phone, that’s still a whopping 1,522 years of cumulative wasted time. No one likes telemarketers, unknown numbers, or pesky exes. The good news is that you can fight back. Apple makes call blocking & identification easy on iOS....
Blocking users on social networks essentially erases them from your online space. They won’t be able to see your content , or interact with you in any way online, whether it’s messaging, sending you invites, commenting on your photos and videos, or viewing other details on your profile. It’s also a good way to declutter your feed when you feel that muting people on Facebook and Instagram isn’t enough anymore. There’s more than one reason why you might want to choose to block someone on Instagram or Facebook, and there are a few different ways to do that....
Depending on the device you use to join a Google Meet virtual call, you may be able to change or blur your background before or after the meeting starts. In this article, we’ll go through all the Google Meet background options so you can choose the visual effect you like the best. Like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, the Google Meet video conferencing app comes with virtual backgrounds and background effects—including a blur feature—that you can apply to obscure whatever is naturally behind you....
Although the Apple Watch is among the most accurate wrist-worn fitness tracking devices, it sometimes can give inaccurate readings. If you’re facing this problem, we’ll show you how to calibrate your Apple Watch for better fitness tracking. Update Health Data for the Apple Watch Sometimes, inaccurate Apple Watch fitness tracking is due to health data. If your health details such as height, weight, age, or gender are incorrect, you’re likely to see errors in fitness tracking....
A YouTube Premium subscription unlocks a number of must-have features for YouTube fans, including ad removal, offline video playback, and access to YouTube Premium Music with millions of available songs. These features come at a cost, however, with subscriptions starting at $11.99 a month after an initial 30-day trial. If the perks (or the price) are too much for you to handle, however, you might want to cancel your subscription. If you want to know how to cancel your YouTube subscription permanently, or you’re just looking to pause it for a limited period and then resume it later, you can do so by following these steps....
Minecraft is a popular sandbox game that allows players to build and explore virtual worlds. One aspect of the game that you can customize is the tick speed . Changing the tick speed can affect how random processes, such as crop growth and block updates, occur while you’re playing the game. By adjusting the tick speed, players can influence the game’s pace to suit their preferences. If you’re a Minecraft beginner , we’ll explain how to change the tick speed in Minecraft below....
SSID stands for Service Set Identifier and is the primary name of your WiFi network. If you tap on the WiFi icon on your phone or computer, it’ll pull up a list of available networks within a range that have different names consisting of letters and/or numbers. For example, you may see simple names like Airport WiFi or funny ones like FBI Surveillance Van 4 , which are SSIDs for those specific networks....
Apple devices come with a limited hardware warranty of one year from the date of purchase, coupled with 90 days of technical support. Additionally, AppleCare+ extends coverage for up to 24 or 36 months or beyond. Whether you’re troubleshooting an issue, planning for repairs, or just curious about your device’s protection, it’s essential to keep tabs on that information. Throughout this tutorial, we’ll walk you through multiple methods to check the coverage or warranty status of your iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch, and more....
We constantly touch and use our phones with dirty hands while eating, working, and even in the bathroom. Having dust or dirt in your iPhone’s speaker can cause low, muffled, or distorted sound output. This tutorial will show you how to clean your iPhone speaker for improved sound output. There are proper ways to clean your gadgets, and there are wrong ways to do it. Maybe you have already cleaned your iPhone with a lint-free cloth and isopropyl alcohol, as Apple suggests ....
Apple’s liquid retina displays give us beautiful pictures with vibrant and pleasing colors. Watching movies or viewing family pictures on the display is an enjoyable experience. But the occasional smudge or dirt can ruin that experience. Cleaning your MacBook display might be intimidating because it’s possible to ruin it if you use the wrong methods. In this article, we’ll teach you how to clean your MacBook screen the right way....
The Wii was one of the most popular home consoles of all time. It came out in 2008, and has AV connections available to connect the Wii console to a TV. However, newer TVs with many different connection types may cause you a lot of confusion if you want to play your Wii on it. Despite what type of TV you’re using, there is most likely a way to hook the Wii up to it....
While most hardcore gamers will give preference to a PC or a gaming console to play your games, let’s not forget that the recent Android and iOS devices also boast super gaming features. There’s a reason why a lot of PC-only and gaming consoles-only games have made their way to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store lately. If you’re someone who enjoys gaming on both consoles and your mobile phones, you’d be glad to know that your PS4 controller can now be used to play games on your mobile devices ....
If you own a GoPro, then you know that it’s critical to know how to connect that GoPro to your computer so you can transfer over your videos for editing. In this article, you’ll learn the three ways you can connect your GoPro to your Windows computer, including using a micro USB cable, a microSD card, Bluetooth or the GoPro mobile app. As a bonus, you’ll also learn how to transfer GoPro videos directly to the internet using the mobile app....
To use storage devices such as USB drives and hard drives in Linux, you need to also understand how to structure them when using Linux operating system. Storage devices are often split into separate portions called partitions. This enables you to create a file system by splitting your hard drive into multiple virtual parts. A Linux disk partition is like a boundary device that tells each file system how much space it can use....
The easiest way to visually review information that shows gains or losses over time is to use a waterfall chart. You can create a waterfall chart in Microsoft Excel using the built-in chart tools , but you can also create your own using a custom stacked bar chart. To create a waterfall chart in Excel, follow the steps below. What Is a Waterfall Chart? A waterfall chart is a chart that shows the progression of a value over time or through sequential stages....
Titles are an important aspect of any video whether they are needed for the introduction, credits, or other information. In Adobe Premiere Pro , you have many ways to add titles to any video, animate them, and make them look the way you want. At first, the process of creating title graphics in Adobe Premiere may seem confusing, and you might find you run into some roadblocks if you’re unsure of what to do....
When looking to remain anonymous while deep-diving through what the dark web has to offer , The Onion Router (Tor) , is your safest bet. The Tor browser is a powerful free tool used for browsing the Internet anonymously, where you can discover varying websites utilizing the onion domain. Anonymity is seemingly fading nowadays with ISPs watching your every move and big tech websites selling off your information data to the highest bidder....
SoundCloud is one of the best music streaming sites you can go on to get the latest music, and stay on top of upcoming and new artists. Not only do you get to listen to music, but you also get to upload your own songs, audio files and audiobooks to listen to for free . Plus, if you tell SoundCloud the music genres you like, it’ll display suggested new content on your account based on your tastes, and you can listen to podcasts too....
Before you install more programs and drivers on your newly installed Windows 7 PC, make sure you have System Protection enabled. System protection is a feature that regularly creates and saves information about your computer’s system files and registry. System protection also saves previous versions of files that you’ve modified. It saves these files in restore points, which are created just before significant system events, such as the installation of a program or device driver....
There are many reasons why you might want to export or download all the emails in a Gmail account. Perhaps you want to migrate the email account to a different email client, or maybe you just want a backup of all your email messages if the worst should occur. We’ll go through a few ways you can export or download Gmail emails. You can import them into apps like Outlook or Thunderbird or online email services like Yahoo or ProtonMail....
