There was a time when Google Translate was everyone’s go-to app when it comes to translating any language. Now the situation has changed and Google Translate has a big competitorBing Microsoft Translator (also known as Bing Translate). The app’s functionality and the variety of languages it offers puts it very close to the top of the best online translators list. …
Wireless charging lets you charge up your gadgets without having to plug in a USB cable . It’s pretty neat, but how does it actually work? Why even bother? What are the downsides? We’ll tackle everything you need to know about how wireless charging works right here. Soon you’ll forget what all that wire clutter was like! A Matter Of…
The highest level of security for a computer is for it to be air-gapped. It’s the only way to reduce the chance of the computer being hacked to as close to zero as possible. Anything less and a dedicated hacker will get into it somehow. Why Would I Want To Air Gap a Computer? The average person doesn’t need to…
If you’re active online, keeping your Gmail address hidden is quite difficult. Someone’s going to add you to their email blast list, or they’ll start emailing you directly. There also might be a time when you don’t want to receive emails from someone you’ve previously talked to. While Gmail gives you an option to unsubscribe from newsletters, and it has…
Windows 10 has the Standard user account and the Administrator account, each with different privileges to use a device and applications. An administrator account offers complete system control with privileges such as access to all files on the device. You can also modify other user accounts and change them to Standard or Administrator, install software and hardware, change security settings,…
When you connect to a local network, the device you’re using is given an IP address, allowing other devices to find and communicate with it, as well as signifying that the device itself has correctly authenticated. The larger the network, the more IP addresses that will be in use, which can cause some allocation issues. In most cases, IP address…
You might be replacing a broken drive or thinking about upgrading to a faster solid state drive . Whatever you’re planning, it can often be an inconvenience when you’re switching from one hard drive to another, especially if it’s the drive that contains your operating system or important documents and media files. Rather than slowly and manually copying across your…
Older Windows operating systems relied heavily on the FAT32 file system for storage. This file system was developed with 32-bit operating systems in mind, limiting the maximum storage capacity of FAT32 drives to 2TB and file sizes to between 2 and 4GB (depending on your operating system). FAT32 is an old file system, however. NTFS has been the default file…
There are a lot of reasons you might want to create a partition from free space on your Windows drive. The most common reason is usually to install a different operating system (like Linux) so you can dual boot your PC. Other reasons may include creating a new hard drive separate from your C: drive that’s dedicated to only data.…
More and more people are turning away from social media, or at least Facebook. Whether you want to distance yourself from the “keeping up with the Jones” nature of social media or you are concerned about data privacy , sometimes it is good to step away and log out. If you have already deactivated your Facebook account, you might be…