How To
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Facebook privacy settings: How to control your ad preferences
Facebook targets ads based on your activity. You can check--and change--what it thinks your interests are in Ad Preferences.
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8 Android gestures that speed up everyday tasks
Navigating your way around a new Android device will get a lot easier once you’ve mastered a few handy touchscreen gestures. For example,...
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A new Chrome feature automatically mutes multiple tabs
One of my favorite features of Chrome—that has since landed on other browsers —is the volume icon that appears when a tab is playing...
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3 encryption tools for Linux that will keep your data safe
Encryption is an interesting thing. The first time I saw encryption in action was on a friend’s Gentoo Linux laptop that could only boot if...
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Everything you need to know about Windows 10 recovery drives
You never know when you’ll need a Windows recovery drive, so the time to make one is now—and it’s very easy to do. A recovery drive is...
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How to save your Vine videos right now
Short-form video creators everywhere were dumbstruck at the end of October when Twitter announced it was killing Vine . There’s still no...
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How to create Motion Paths in PowerPoint
The best thing about PowerPoint is the animation. Building motion into slideshows makes them come alive like no static images could ever hope...
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When your Windows 10 login password fails, you need a recovery drive
The Windows 10 login password went amiss for Albert Pye and about a dozen others who wrote to me saying they couldn't log into their PCs. In...
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The easy way to save Facebook videos
Mike wants to save a video from Facebook. Luckily if you’re using a desktop or laptop PC it’s quite easy. I can almost hear you saying,...
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How to download and save a Facebook video
Facebook doesn’t officially provide links to videos for you to save. But all you have to do is trick your browser into thinking you’re browsing...
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How to make Chrome warn you before closing
Personally, I don’t like browsers that throw up a warning dialog box when you try to close them with multiple tabs open. But I recently...
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3 handy apps for iOS-to-Android switchers
As smoothly as my recent switch from iOS to Android went, I still felt like I had unfinished business left on my old iPhone. For example, I...