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This feature was introduced in the Windows 10 Creators Update and changed gaming for the better. Microsoft wants to turn your computer into a console, and with Game Mode it’s definitely on the right track. What Is Windows 10 Game Mode? Windows 10 Game Mode is a feature that will re-prioritize your computer’s resources. It will prioritize your computer’s CPU and GPU. This means that your computer will use less energy for background tasks, and its main priority will be your gaming experience....

Ultimately, Microsoft intends to have everyone hooked to their new email infrastructure and encourages everyone to move to Outlook.com or the Windows Mail app. In the mean time, users seeking Windows Live Mail help can still use the mail client, provided they make some changes. A 2016 report from Forbes quotes Microsoft as saying, “If you use Windows Live Mail 2012 today, you need to switch to the Mail app on Windows or start using Outlook....

There have been plenty of winners in tech this week, not least the being the public able to get some early Black Friday deals in the books and avoid some of the chaos. We got news Apple is bringing Emergency SOS to the UK iPhone 14 owners next month, while Samsung 2021 Smart TV owners can now access the Gaming Hub and the Xbox app. It wasn’t all good news for Microsoft though....

1.@nowtrendingbot If you like getting the latest news on what’s trending, then this is a bot you’re likely to use a lot. By just typing “@nowtrendingbot,” you’ll get the news of what everyone is talking about. 2. @whalebotalerts With Bitcoin going over 1 trillion dollars in market capitalization, crypto traders would do well to receive prompt alerts whenever an institutional investor (whale) makes a move. For a crypto invester, @whalebotalerts is probably the most useful Telegram bot....

1. Create a Digital Photoframe: If your PC is as good as junk, you can try turning it into a digital photoframe. Familiar is a free app that can help you accomplish the job. Other similar apps, such as Flickr slideshow or Picasa, are also handy for this. 2. An External Portable Storage When nothing but your hard drive from the old computer is working, you still have an option to turn that into a portable external storage with a little investment in a USB caddy that can be bought from Ebay....

Let me share my favorite and most-used AutoHotkey scripts, which make daily tasks a little bit easier, and that may help you too. Before starting, it’s assumed you already know how to install and configure AutoHotkey. Moreover, please note that the lines starting with ; are comments. 1. Adjusting Volume Even though it doesn’t have any multimedia keys, I love my keyboard, but the lack of volume control buttons is a bit uncomfortable for me....

Installation First of all, download the distribution’s image from the official website. The ISO is around 200 megabytes, so it should go fairly quickly. The image can then be used in multiple ways: you can perform a network boot, install the OS on the hard drive, use it as in a live session, or run network diagnostics or memory tests. I simply ran a live session as a test, but the other options are also straightforward....

What can you do? When there are many, many articles about how running multiple anti-virus programs concurrently can be detrimental to their performance, it is quite clear this is not the solution. However, it is the key to one. Various websites exist that allow you to upload files and have them scanned through numerous anti-virus programs. Best of all, they’re free to use; if you’ve ever been suspicious of a file or installer, these can be a convenient solution....

1. Browser’s Built-in Magnifier Let’s start with something simple. Almost all browsers come with a built-in magnifier to magnify text to a comfortable size. All you have to do is press and hold the “Ctrl” key and then press the “+” and “-” keys on your keyboard to zoom in and out. You can also hold the “Ctrl” key and use the scroll button on the mouse to easily zoom in and out....

This led to quite a stir when it was exposed that there are many fake apps designed to cheat users on their money and innocence. Of course, Microsoft took quick action and cleaned out some hundreds of fake apps and also enforced some tight rules to avoid future problems. Nevertheless, fake apps always exist. So here are the top 3 tips to avoid fake apps in Windows app store....

A common issue with microphones is that they start picking up the sounds coming from the headset. If you come across this situation, there’s no need to replace your headset or microphone right away. While that is a reliable fix, you can save money if you’re willing to try a few things first, such as the methods below. Why Does Your Microphone Pick Up Your Headset’s Audio? One reason is that the microphone isn’t set up properly....

Other Android camera applications offer some really cool features and effects to make your images really stand out on Facebook or wherever you share them. Vintage looking pictures seem to be the thing lately. I have always preferred black and white, it seems classy to me. 1. Camera ZOOM FX A popular paid camera is Camera ZOOM FX. While we normally do not talk about paid applications here, this is one worth the money....

Fortunately, the Internet has plenty of resources to help you learn new things. For the sake of this article, we’ll be exploring hobbies you can learn for free, at home, using the Internet, which doesn’t require additional material or equipment past a computer and a phone. 1. Learn a New Language Learning languages is equal parts brain stimulating and equal parts productive. If you find that one website or app that clicks with you, translating sentences feels like you’re solving puzzles while you learn an entirely new language....

Let’s explore how you can get all these done with only a few clicks of your mouse. Email Scheduling and Read-Later Capabilities Sometimes you get an email you’d rather not have at the moment. Say you receive a mail about a conference coming up in a month. You don’t need all the information in the email yet; you want it a week before the conference. You can snooze the mail and schedule it to come back when you need it....

If you’re simply curious to see what automation can do for you, this article explores four more straightforward options that can help you get started with automating actions on your Android device, without asking you to pay from the get-go. 1. MarcoDroid Price: Free / $5.49 MacroDroid is an automation app with a clean interface that accommodates a feature-rich experience. You can get started simply by clicking on the “Add Macro” button on the homepage and selecting triggers (events on your device that when detected cause the Macro or automation to run) and actions (something your device can do when a Macro runs)....

1. Deskapp for YouTube This Mac App offers a dark mode which blackens white areas of the display. This saves your eyes the ache of viewing content on a large display in an otherwise dark room. On top of this, because it is a standalone basic app, it does well with RAM management. It will be especially beneficial to those with 4GB or less of RAM. Start a video on your Mac but want to view the rest on your AppleTV?...

On this list we’ll be choosing Google Analytics apps for Android that are highly-rated and still receive developer support whenever necessary. The first three are simple apps, the fourth is a widget, but they’re all pretty useful, depending on your needs and what you’re looking for. 1. Google Analytics To the surprise of absolutely no one, Google themselves offers one of the best Google Analytics apps for Android. This one is the most used, most frequently updated, and is pretty much guaranteed to work with every facet of Google Analytics since it comes from the same people....

1. Math Kids Math Kids is a free learning math game app for Android designed to teach kids mathematics and numbers. The lessons include counting, addition, subtraction and much more for preschoolers, kindergarteners, toddlers and older kids. The lessons teach kids sorting and logical skills plus early math. There are several mini-games kids can play, and the more they play the better their math skills get. It also helps them identify numbers and use puzzles to start training with addition and subtraction....

1. iWatermark Pro Not only is iWatermark Pro available for Mac, but it’s present for iOS, Android, and Windows as well. It’s one of the best watermarking apps for Mac, and it supports over six types of watermarks – some of them being text, QR code, graphics, and so on. Once you install the app, you just need to drag and drop your images to be watermarked, set preferences, and your images will be ready with your chosen watermark on them....

If you’re looking for a way to use Linux that is bloat free, tiling window managers might just be what you’ve been looking for. 1. i3 i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager. It has clean and fully documented code that makes it real simple to modify and tinker with. It supports xinerama and makes use of libxcb instead of xlib. With extremely easy to remember keybindings, using i3 is extremely enjoyable, even without the need for a mouse....