HOW TO: Tips on how to take care of your turntable
Keeping your device tuned and clean will ensure that it will give the best sound quality and a long cartridge life.
HOW TO: Clean out your PS4 console
I give my PS4 quite a hard time with long sessions of gaming, and more recently playing it for hours in the often over 30ºC … Read more…
Tech Miser: Bye bye Evernote, maybe
If you’re like me and have been using Evernote Basic for years, you may have gotten the same email I did on June 30th from … Read more…
Facebook Synced Photos Are Being Deleted, Try Google Photos Instead
After writing a personal post yesterday and getting a TON of questions about Facebook and Google Photos I’m back to give you a “how to” … Read more…
HOW TO: Tech Security: Part 7 – App Permissions, Location Services
Hopefully, this series has awakened some to the need to adjust security settings, without launching into full blown paranoia. We do need a wake up … Read more…
HOW TO: Tech Security: Part 6 — More on Encryption
Last time in this series we talked about encryption, viruses and malware, and now we’re going to continue that conversation and talk more about encryption. Point A … Read more…
HOW TO: Tech Security: Part 5 — Encryption And Malware
Last time we talked about two factor authentication, passcodes, and using the cloud. We’re not quite done yet as there are still a couple of places … Read more…
HOW TO: Tech Security: Part 4 — Authentication, Password Managers, And The Cloud
Last time in our how to avoid tech security and privacy risks, we talked about the lockscreen and passcodes. As we continue investigating how we … Read more…
HOW TO: Tech Security: Part 3 — It’s a Lock
So far, we’ve dealt with social engineering as a threat and scanners for the credit cards in your wallet. In both cases, thieves and scammers … Read more…
Amazon Shows You How To Make Your Own Amazon Echo
As many of us, including myself struggle to find a reason to drop $180 on Amazon’s Echo, plenty of people have already done so and most … Read more…
HOW TO: Tech Security: Part 2 — In Your Pocket
Last time, we talked about Facebook — not to warn about how bad Facebook is, but to highlight that we’re our own weakest link in … Read more…
HOW TO: Tech Security: Part 1 — Facebook
We all like to keep our info private and secure and our devices working the way we expect them to. And there are a whole … Read more…
Shop Safe Online For The Holidays (And Every Day)
Not a week, and sometimes not a day, goes by without you hearing about some sort of data breach that may have compromised consumer’s credit … Read more…
HOW TO: Save iCloud Storage Space Using Google Photos
Let’s face it, iCloud storage space is a premium commodity and Apple charges you for every bit of it. iCloud saves your entire iDevice backup, … Read more…
HOW TO: Set Up And Use Microsoft Family Settings With Windows 10
Online safety and time constraints when it comes to tablet and computer use for kids is a big deal for parents. I recently had the … Read more…
HOW TO: Copy Xbox One external hard drives
So you have that fancy 500GB Xbox One and are running out of room. You bought a 1TB hard drive thinking it’d be plenty… except … Read more…
HOW TO: Enable Google Photos’ New People Naming And Merge Features
Yesterday Google started rolling out an updated version of their Google Photos app with a few new features including Chromecast support, sharing to WhatsApp, and … Read more…
HOW TO: Windows 10 Upgrade Guide
So it’s been a month since Windows 10 was released and you haven’t received your update notification, or you’re tired of waiting for your update … Read more…
HOW TO: Configure Windows 10 Privacy Settings
Quite a few articles have made mention of the Windows 10 privacy settings and how many of them are enabled by default in order to … Read more…
HOW TO: Enable The “Group Similar Faces” People Function in Google Photos
If you’ve looked in the settings of your Google Photos app, or on the Google Photos website and don’t see the “Group similar faces” option, … Read more…
Google+ Collections: A Better Way To Share, Here’s How To Use Them
The great thing about Google+, and other social networks, is the ability to find interesting content based on your interests – and in the process … Read more…
HOW TO: Watch HBO Now On ANY Device
One of the wonderful things in this digital age is there’s almost always a workaround, and luckily for non-iDevice users that holds true for Apple’s three-month … Read more…
HOW TO: Enable New Experimental Transparent YouTube Interface In Chrome
A few weeks ago, we were teased a peak at a slick new YouTube interface that did away with the solid bars for a transparent … Read more…
HOW TO: Factory Reset Windows Phone
Whether you’re having issues with your Windows Phone or are selling it because you’ve upgrade to the latest device, you’ll need to factory reset your … Read more…
VPN Not Working In OS X Yosemite Beta? Try This Workaround
So you’ve decided to give OS X Yosemite Beta a go and so far you’re loving it but there’s one minor problem: your VPN no … Read more…
Manga 101: How to start reading manga
Manga has risen in popularity in America and the West in recent years, becoming one of the top exports of Japan.
HOW TO: Disable Your Android’s PIN Code at Home with Tasker (Android)
In our first Tasker article, we covered how to automate turning your Android smartphone’s wifi radio on and off based on your proximity to certain … Read more…
HOW TO: Automate Wifi with Tasker (Android)
I don’t know about you, but I hate having to turn my wifi connection on and off every time I walk into or out of the … Read more…
