Quick Links To our delight, Google is sticking with its formula for the Pixel 7. This new smartphone looks nearly identical to its predecessor, but its cameras are more powerful, accessible, and usable than ever before. Plus, the Pixel 7 Pro finally embraces Face Unlock! Pre-orders for the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro open today. Both devices ship on October 13th, and they retain the great prices of the Pixel 6 lineup....
Quick Links Excel’s PIVOTBY function and PivotTables both summarize and reorganize data, allowing for detailed analysis by grouping and aggregating your figures. However, despite their similar names, the methods for using them differ hugely. Using Excel’s PIVOTBY Function The PIVOTBY function is a dynamic array function in Excel that uses a formula to group rows and columns of data to generate tabular summaries of your data. Let’s look at some of its main features and characteristics....
There are some accessories for the PlayStation 5 that everyone can agree are useful—like the official DualSense Charging Station. Others are less popular, like the PlayStation VR 2, but it has a clear purpose. However, how many people do you know that have actually bought the PS5’s Media Remote? Well, count me among them now! Every PlayStation since the second one has had a media remote option, since all of these devices contain a drive that can play movies from a disc....
Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a puzzle game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4. Each group of words will be connected by some common idea or theme....
Quick Links Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4....
Quick Links Ever since the first smart people figured out how to digitize video on a computer, there’s been an ongoing effort to make video take up less space while still offering great image quality. There are many different approaches to this, which is why we have so many video formats. While you don’t have to know absolutely all of them, there are a few key types that are worth being aware of....
Quick Links Summary Flatpaks are a convenient, distribution-agnostic, way to install Linux applications. With application sandboxing and bundled dependencies, they also avoid dependency hell. Most distributions offer Flatpak support but on Ubuntu you’ll need to install the Flatpak framework first. Flatpaks are a distribution-agnostic way to install applications onto your Linux computer. But if your distribution already has a native way to install applications, why would you ever bother to use Flatpaks?...
Quick Links Summary Apple is largely credited with kicking off the smartphone boom in 2007 with the original iPhone. Of course, the iPhone was not the first smartphone—that came many years earlier, and it surprisingly didn’t bear the name of BlackBerry or Nokia. Let’s hop in the Wayback Machine. The First Mobile Phone Before we go back to the first smartphone, let’s travel a bit further back to the firstmobilephone. The first handheld cell phone was shown off in 1973 by John F....
Quick Links Apple now lets anyone download its earliest beta software, known as developer previews, free of charge. You no longer need a $99 Apple Developer membership to try bleeding-edge versions of iOS, macOS, and more. Despite this, you should probably pass on racing to download them. Here’s why. Installing developer and public beta versions of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS follows a very similar process. Let’s look at how to do so (and then discuss why most people should wait)....
Quick Links Summary It’s gut-wrenching to learn that someone has accessed one of your gaming accounts. Unfortunately, this is all too common. My accounts have been compromised several times, which is what inspired me to better safeguard my gaming accounts. Never Share Your Account Details One of the simplest ways a hacker can steal your account is by convincing you to share the login information willingly, for instance, in the form of aphishing attack....
Quick Links If you’ve got a new Android phone and are looking to install apps beyond the boring ones, I’ve got some interesting apps for you to check out. These apps are aimed at power users and help you do a lot more than the regular ones on your device. Shortcut Maker Shortcut Maker, as you can guess by the name, is an app that allows you to create shortcuts. These aren’t your regular app shortcuts;these are shortcuts to pretty much everything on your device....
Hybrid have been slowly but surely taking over the market the last couple of years, offering a pretty good blend of practicality, efficiency, and performance. However, if you’re looking for something a little more upscale, you may find new offerings a little too far out of your budget. Luckily, the used market is full of fantastic, affordable options. There are plenty of luxury hybrid vehicles that have been treated well by previous owners that can be had fora fraction of the pricethat they cost when new....
Quick Links Power Automate is a free app that allows you to automate many tasks on your Windows 11 PC. From automatically emptying Recycle Bin to archiving old files, you can do many things with this app. I’ll show you some useful flows to use with the app. Automatically Move Downloaded Files If you save all downloaded files inthe default Downloads folder, the folder is bound to get cluttered. you may get around that by automating the task of moving your downloaded files....
