When you use an app and don’t want to be distracted by others, you can block other apps so that they remain silent on your device until they will no longer be a distraction to you. Here’s how you can block apps on your device that you find to be distracting. Blocking Distracting Apps on Your Android Device In order to do this, you are going to use an app called ClearLock which is available for free on the Google Play store....
Read on to learn how to optimally calibrate your display with nothing more than your eyes and freely available calibration tools. Dialing in Your Display’s Settings First and foremost, you must figure out the native resolution of your monitor. Setting the computer’s resolution to that of the display is essential for accurate results. Dial the brightness setting of your display down to 35 percent. This number might seem arbitrary, but the optimal brightness setting (luminance value of approximately 120cd/m2 for a typical display) for most displays is around this mark....
Taking Screenshots with URL2JPEG Download and install URL2JPEG. Launch URL2JPEG after the installation. Enter the URL of the desired website and click “Go”. The website will appear in the window below the URL. You can amend settings of the image such as autoresize, remove scroll bars and change its initial size. For example, to remove scroll bars on the image, ensure the box is ticked. Once you have configured the settings, click “Capture Bitmap....
1. Wrap Carefully Every cable is made up of a series of twisted wires. Sometimes more wires, sometimes fewer, but even the simplest of cable contains a copper wire inside the plastic sheathing. Taking care of the cable means taking care of the copper inside the wire. And while the copper wire is flexible, it’s not impervious to damage. The thin copper strands that make up most wires will break over time, causing signal degradation and eventually failure....
The Process To properly switch your search provider, you will need to access the desktop. If you’re on a tablet that uses Windows RT, you can still perform this configuration with no problems by following the same exact steps as you would with a desktop machine. So, first of all, we need to access the desktop by either pressing “Win+D” on a keyboard or tapping the desktop icon in the Modern interface (if you’re using a touchscreen)....
Is It Possible to Change Activity Goals on Any Apple Watch? The ability to change your move, exercise, and stand goals is a recently-introduced feature. In other words, your Apple Watch must run watchOS 7. Sadly, earlier watchOS don’t have this option, so you’re out of luck. As a reminder, watch OS 7 requires an iPhone 6s or later with iOS 14 installed. Also, the latest watchOS version is available for an Apple Watch Series 3 and newer (and yes, this also includes the recently launched Apple Watch SE)....
How to Change Your Discord Username On Discord your username is made up of two components: the username per-se, the one you picked yourself when you first created your account on the network. Then, there’s your Discord tag which is a unique number indicator that shows up beside your username and ranges from 0001 and 9999. This discriminator is randomly generated and is separated from the username by a “#” character....
How to Identify Your Mac’s Silicon Architecture List of Current Apple Silicon Chips Apple M1Apple M1 ProApple M1 MaxApple M1 UltraApple M2 An Overview of App Types Alongside the introduction of Apple Silicon chips for Macs back in 2020, Apple announced a software translation layer called Rosetta 2. Built into macOS Big Sur and later, Rosetta 2 automatically converts code that has been optimized for Intel’s x86-64 chip architecture, allowing Macs with Apple’s ARM-based chips to emulate Intel applications....
1. What Do You Need the Distro for? The most important factor when choosing a Linux distro is what you need it for – e.g. work, fun, occasional browsing, enhanced security, multimedia, etc. There are distros for each of these purposes and many more. If you want to check which distros are available for a particular purpose, the place to do so is on DistroWatch. Navigate to the “Distribution Category” search filter....
Clear Recent Documents on Shutdown – Group Policy Method If you are using the Pro version of Windows, then the easiest way to clear recent documents when you shut down your system is to use the Windows Group Policy Editor. This method lets you quickly enable and disable the automatic action without messing around. To start, search for “gpedit.msc” in the Start menu and open it. This action will open the Windows Group Policy Editor....
Here we will discuss traditional and advanced mobile phishing attacks and the best ways to combat them. Traditional Phone Phishing Attacks 1. SMS Phishing SMS phishing attacks have been around for so many years. The methods haven’t changed much – they still focus on grabbing the target’s attention with incentives, fear or a snarky comment. Apart from bank account and credit card information, phishing criminals are after Apple ID logins, crypto-currency and PayPal accounts....
The tabbed inbox is not implemented by default. To activate it, you have to click the “Settings” (the wheel cog icon) and select “Configure Inbox” from the drop down. A popup window will show up. Other than the Primary tab that is checked, you can choose to enable Social, Promotions, Updates and Forums tab. As you hover above each section, it will show a snippet of the existing emails that will in fall in the respective section....
Using an SD card is a must If you aren’t already using an SD card with your device, what’s stopping you? An SD card is a powerful tool not just for Spotify but for our increasingly mobile lives. SD cards are dirt cheap at this point, and many phones and tablets come with them by default. If you have an SD card, Spotify will automatically detect it and directly downloaded playlists will store themselves there....
Starting your first Raspberry Pi project? Here’s how to quickly install Raspberry Pi OS on your device. What PWM Does to an LED PWM, or Pulse Width Modulation, is a method that artificially lowers the voltage output of the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) pins. It’s artificial, as you don’t really reduce the voltage and just turn it on and off so fast that the overall voltage becomes lower than the real voltage you’re applying to it....
Well, there’s a handy tool out there that lets you automatically create Odin flashable versions of image files. It has been developed by one of the talented developers over at XDA Forums. The tool takes your image file as input and generates the output that is ready to be flashed with Odin. Here’s the step-by-step guide for how you can create an Odin flashable out of a normal image file....
Create a List of File Names in a Folder The first and easiest way to create a list of file names in a folder is to use the command prompt. We can just use the DIR command to export a list of file names to a text document. To start, navigate to the folder with the files you want to create a list. Now, “Shift + right-click” in the folder, and then select the option “Open command prompt here....
But what if you don’t want to invest in a Chromecast? You can set up your Raspberry Pi to act as an inexpensive Chromecast-style streaming device. Although you can’t implement the same protocols as Chromecast, you can get very similar end-results. You’ll learn in this tutorial how to turn your Raspberry Pi into a Chromecast alternative, using the free Raspicast software and the Raspicast for Android mobile app. What you’ll need To complete this tutorial, you’ll need:...
What Are Instagram Avatars? Meta introduced avatars on Facebook Messenger back in 2019, and now they’ve made it Instagram as well. An avatar is your customizable persona that you can edit to look the way you want to be perceived online. In its final form, it might resemble you or have a different look altogether. The choice is yours. Instagram lets you customize everything about your avatar, from nose shape and eye color to expressions and face markings....
Selecting the Right Photo There’s nothing actually preventing you from using any photo you wish, but there are a few guidelines to follow if you want the effect to be somewhat realistic. Avoid clouds/sky as much as possible. A “miniature” cloud tends to ruin the illusion Keep distances simple. Too many objects floating in and out of the background will make the effect very difficult to achieve. If possible, avoid large people and animals....
If you are new to Windows 8 Start Screen but are used to the Start Menu in Windows 7, I must say it’s a better setup. The only problem people are having is that they are unable to make better use of it. Today we will discuss different aspects of it and how to make better use of it by making it the dashboard. Opening the Start Screen First of all, we will learn how to open the Start Screen using different methods....
