They are now starting to ship laptops with fingerprint scanners that work in much the same way they do on mobile devices. But do we need such a thing on computers? We asked our writers, “Do you think it would be useful to have a fingerprint scanner on a laptop?” Our Opinion Jeffry explains that when it comes to functionality, you can’t deny how much “a fingerprint scanner could improve our laptop-using experience....
Saving online video to disc is not a new thing and many tools to help you do this are easily obtainable on the Web. 4K Video Downloader is exactly what it sounds like; it’s an easy to use tool which lets you grab videos from a variety of sources online and save them to your hard drive. The reasons you might want to do this rather than just view the video online are numerous....
Installation In Ubuntu, open a terminal and type: Usage The usage is very straightforward. Conky Manager depends on Conky. If you have not installed Conky, it will be installed together with Conky Manager. In the configuration window, there are three main tabs: Theme, Edit and Options. Theme The Theme tab comes with some of the popular Conky themes used by many other people. All you have to do is to select the theme and click the “Enable” button beside it....
In fact, it’s unfair to look at the distro in isolation. It’s part of a much broader ecosystem and it should be evaluated in that context. The distro was designed to ship with reconditioned computers assembled by humanitarian organizations from donated pieces of hardware. It owes its name to the French Emmaus charitable movement. Due to this, one of the main goals of the distro is to run on minimal hardware....
When sifting through apps in the Google Play Store recently, I came across a pretty neat home screen launcher. It’s called Everything Home. What Everything Home does is change the icons and look of your home screens based on your search terms. Pretty interesting huh? Let’s take a look at how it works. Starting out You will obviously need to download Everything Home from the Google Play Store. Once you download it and open it, you will be asked if you’d like to have it as your main home screen launcher....
How to Purchase Purchasing an iTunes gift card is incredibly easy and can be done almost anywhere gift cards are sold. The easiest method is to purchase it at the Apple Store online. You can choose to snail mail a purchase or digitally deliver a gift card via email. iTunes and App Store gift cards can also be purchased at thousands of online retailers, including big box staples like Best Buy, Target, Walmart and more....
Introduction ExpressVPN has always traded on its strong reputation for privacy and security. Since 2019, all ExpressVPN servers have used RAM disks – rather than hard disks – that are automatically wiped on reboot. Save 35% with ExpressVPN, now from just £5.43 per month for 12 months + 3 months free with a 30-day money-back guarantee. The company was bought in 2021 by Kape Technologies, which has also acquired a number of other VPN firms, including CyberGhost and Private Internet Access....
Finding Apple Pay Locations on iOS Assuming you are using iOS 13, all you need to do is open the Maps app on your iOS device. The same process works on both iPhone and iPad, but since you are more likely to pay with the iPhone, focus on that device. The Maps app has gone through several updates over the years and is now a more capable app than before. Once you open the Maps app, find any retail, restaurant or store you want to enter as your destination....
That may be about to change. The humble Chromebook has gotten a lot of upgrades, so let’s get ourselves up to speed on some things that just aren’t true anymore. 1. Chromebooks don’t work offline Early Chromebooks could do a few things offline, but small SSDs and a lack of substantive apps meant that without a connection it was generally a semi-functional slab of plastic. Fast-forward a few years, and there still isn’t a lot of storage, but just like a regular laptop, you can now install a ton of apps (Chrome OS and Android) that work offline, and your Google Drive, Google Docs, Gmail, etc....
Introduction The Garmin Marq 2 is Garmin’s latest attempt to prove it can make a luxury watch that people will want to pay the big bucks for. Costing considerably more than Garmin’s already pricey Fenix 7 series and Epix watches, the Marq 2 promises more high-grade materials, a colour display and more sports, outdoor and smartwatch features packed into an elegant design. Those new features include Garmin’s multi-band mode to deliver more accurate positioning tracking, software features like Training Readiness to assess your readiness to train and a jet lag advisor to help you adjust to a new time zone....
Apple Support Online The Apple site features a Support page where you can get many of your questions answered. It features several different sources, including Video Tutorials, Manuals, and Communities. Apple doesn’t waste the trees to ship manuals with their products; they let you either access them online or download and print them out on your own and let you waste the trees yourselves. Communities, a message board for users, can many times provide some great solutions....
The LG OLED65C2 has been discounted by the online retailer to £1699, a saving of £400. Considering when we reviewed it in June of 2022, it was priced at £2699, in total since its release it has been reduced by around £1000. For a 65-inch OLED of this quality, that’s a terrific price. The LG C2 OLED is one of our favourite TVs of 2022 so far. It boasts a redesigned look, with a better integrated stand that can support a soundbar without wires getting in the way....
GhostBSD First Impressions One of the things that always strikes me when trying out a BSD OS is how similar they often feel. I know that Linux and BSD are both “Unix-like” operating systems, but it’s easy to forget that because the source code for things like GNOME, or in GhostBSD’s case MATE, are free and open, they’re easily ported to other operating systems like GhostBSD. It helps me focus on the changes that are meaningful, like how GhostBSD works under the hood and the choices the project made to accomplish the mission of providing a simple desktop OS for general use....
The “about:labs” page has been around for the Linux build for quite some time, but unlike the Windows version, nothing was available. In the latest update of Google Chrome, the “about:labs” now comes with several features like Tabbed Settings, Remoting, Page Info Bubble, Disable outdated plug-ins, XSS Auditor and Background WebApps. Here’s a short breakdown of what each feature does: Tabbed Settings Instead of a new window, the Chrome Settings is now opened in a new tab....
User Interface (UI) Both Google Translate and Apple Translate avoid icon clutter and mental load, aiming for an immediately readable and accessible design. Nonetheless, the Apple Translate app has a more accentuated space design. Its two buttons, each representing one side of the language translation, show right away which languages are selected. In contrast, Google Translate doesn’t have buttons and has a menu instead. It’s not a huge deal by any means but something to be improved upon....
Message Management One of GMail’s strengths is its ability to handle large volumes of email while allowing you to keep things organized. Wave built on GMail’s experience and has also included some useful features for keeping things in order. For starters, you’ve got Folders which work like GMail’s labels and everything else’s… well… folders. You can drag and drop waves into these folders and they will not show up in your inbox....
Seeing as I couldn’t outright get rid of the Live Tiles (or rather, I couldn’t be bothered to right-click and “Unpin from Start” every single tile in order to make the section disappear completely), I decided to customize them and make them work for me. Here are a few hacks to make Live Tiles useful for people – like me – who usually find them useless. Turn Your Favorite Websites into Live Tiles The bookmarks bar in your browser is all well and good, but wouldn’t it be so much better if you could access your favorite sites right from the Start menu?...
Luckily, a Firefox add-on called Wired Marker can help you permanently mark text and other website content so you don’t have to do anything else. Even after closing the browser, the add-on will “remember” what you highlighted in a specific website and will be visible the next time you visit. After installing the add-on, you will notice a new button, “Wired Marker,” in the browser’s Menu bar. This is a drop-down menu to access all options and controls for the add-on....
While the system isn’t fully rolled out yet, it will likely be ubiquitous on iOS apps by April 2020, which is the deadline Apple has set for many app developers to implement the new system alongside their other sign-in options. It can also work across the Web and on Android devices, but for the time being, its use is limited to those with Apple devices. What makes Apple’s sign-in different?...
For Kindle device Once you have registered an account, go to “Manage your Kindle” page and click the “Country Setting” at the left bottom corner. Register your credit card detail. It doesn’t have to be a US-based credit card, as long as it is valid. For Android devices Once you have downloaded and install the app, you can follow the steps above to purchase ebooks from the Kindle store. For iOS devices The only restriction here is your iTunes account....
