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How Much Bandwidth Do You Use with Video Calling? Measuring exactly how much data is being used on a video call depends on many different factors, which is probably why most programs release “minimum” and “recommended” numbers rather than usage estimates. However, converting Mbps to MB/s and using the “recommended” bandwidth to measure minutes and hours is a pretty safe way to estimate your traffic. However, you then have to multiply by two to account for both the upload and download traffic....

In your browser history, you are going to find information such as: Browsing & Download History Form & Search Bar History – What you have looked for in Firefox’s search bar and the information you have entered into the forms of the sites you have visited. Cookies Site Preferences – These are the preferences that you have saved on a site such as zoom levels, site permissions, and character encoding....

Download the Chrome extension. A blue disk icon should appear on the top right corner of the browser. When clicking this for the first time, it will require you to log in or sign up. You can sign up for a free AllMyApps account, or log in using your Facebook credentials. Once you’re logged in, a new tab will generate all web apps you have accessed recently. The web apps appear in thumbnail view, with their names and logos indicated below....

A Few Things of Note Unfortunately, Samsung is closing down its Gallery Sync (photo storage) and Drive storage (similar to Google Drive) functions. For this reason, we won’t talk too much about them. For those of you who may already be making use of these features, have no fear. Starting in October 2020, your user data is being transferred to Microsoft OneDrive. Premium storage subscription plans will also be discontinued. These services will be completely shut down by June 30th, 2021....

Even though this process is safe if you follow the instructions, it’s worth backing up the registry first in case you slip up along the way. With that out of the way, we can begin. Open Registry Editor by hitting the Start key and typing regedit. In the Registry Editor, navigate to: Under the “shell” folder, right-click and create a new key called “Open with Notepad.” Then, within that, create a key called “command”....

Here we’re going to show you how to use the Chrome omnibox to take a shortcut straight to the “Add Calendar Event” screen. Want Gmail access from your Windows 10 desktop? Here’s how to create your own Gmail app There are two things you can type into the Chrome omnibox that will take you to a new calendar event. They are: cal.new meeting.new Typing either of these then hitting Enter will take you straight to the “Add Calendar Event” screen....

Night mode is an option in various pieces of software that turns bright whites and creams into darker blacks and greys. It’s a good option to have when you’re in a dimly-lit environment and the screen’s light is particularly harsh. Even better, sometimes software in night mode just plain looks better than the default choice, meaning people will change to it regardless of eye strain! Unfortunately, if you want either Chrome or Firefox to go into night mode, you’ll discover there’s no officially-implemented solution....

Arch Linux AUR Package If you are an Arch Linux user interested in using Open Steamworks on your machine, someone has taken it upon themselves to make this awesome plugin available in the Arch Linux User Repository. If you want to use it, all you have to do is point your favorite Arch User Repository client at this package to install it. Do you not have an AUR client? You might want to check out some of these....

It was great to read about Google Now on Tap, Case-by-Case App Permission, Fingerprint Support, Doze, USB Type-C and other great features. It may have taken us a while to take in all the new features Marshmallow is going to bring us, but now we have to also make room for the hidden options we are going to find. By unlocking the system UI tuner, you are going to be able to tweak the interface and set things up the way you want....

Getting Started First of all, head over to Chrome Web Store and install Cloudy for Google Chrome. If you are logged in to your Gmail account, refresh the page and click on the Compose button. You should see a new Cloud icon. Click on the cloud icon and it will open a small popup with the list of all the services it supports. Just select the service and connect your desired cloud storage account with it....

Some people don’t really use the Start screen. And some rely on it heavily. Either way, there’s quite a bit of chance that you’ve spent some time customizing it properly to your liking. The problem is, whenever you reinstall Windows in the future, you will have to customize it again. This can also happen if your Start screen gets rearranged accidentally. We’ve narrated how to back up your Windows 8/8....

You have to search the vendors website for the latest drivers, which can be tiring enough. Some of the drivers are hard to find and you may not remember the exact set of drivers which is required by your system. In such situations, it’s a good idea to first backup all the installed drivers in your hard drive or a DVD and then carry on with the system format. When the format is complete, you can use the driver backups and do not have to search and download the latest versions from the internet....

While there are applications offered at a low price, most of them are offered for free. Even though you can access those free apps anytime you like, it will take much of your time reinstalling all of them should your iPhone fails. The point is, why should you spend a day of two trying to remember and figure out what the apps you previously used when you can have them back in few clicks?...

In a relatively fast 10-minute test, Cinebench uses a unique image-rendering process that maxes out all your CPU cores, giving you the perfect picture of the power inside your PC. Its tests give you a far more accurate “real-world” benchmark reading than most other benchmarks which tend to be more synthetic. Cinebench R15, R20 or R23 If you look into Cinebench, you may find there are a few different versions floating around....

However, there are a few key differences. In onion routing, the data passes through intermediary nodes which are peeled back one at a time much like an onion. Also, Tor uses bidirectional tunnels to ensure more efficient memory usage, low bandwidth overheads and centralized controls. What Is Garlic Routing? Garlic routing is an extension of the onion concept where multiple messages are bundled and encrypted together, similar to garlic cloves....

Here we’ll show you how to take more control over where you store the files for your various apps. The Basics Naturally, the first thing you’ll want to try is the simplest option, which is to use Android’s built-in feature to move apps over from your internal storage to your SD card. For smaller apps this should do the trick, but remember that larger apps like games or apps that store additional files like podcasts or recordings will automatically store those files in your internal storage....

About:Addons-memory is a very handy addon for Mozilla Firefox that allows users to find out which particular addon is causing problem for the browser. After the installation (no restart required), all you have to do is to open a new tab and type “about:addons-memory” (without the quote) in the address bar. It will show you the summary of all the installed addons and their memory consumption. The Memory column shows the memory consumption of the specific addons (in MBs) followed by the addons column that shows the memory consumption in percentage....

If you want to create a bootable drive, you need to create an ISO file from the extracted content. There are several free tools that do all this for you with just a few clicks. In this article we’ll show you how to convert ESD to ISO in Windows 10. Convert ESD to ISO Using ESD Toolkit (Command Line) ESD Toolkit is a free and portable command-line tool, though, it does everything for you automatically, e....

The team behind Peppermint OS were some of the first visionaries who realized this was the destination we were heading to and equipped their Ubuntu variant with a specialized application for the task. Ice, as it’s called, can create SSBs from any site, with any of four different browser technologies as their beating heart. The Ice app, which you will most often come across as ice-ssb, is preinstalled by default on Peppermint Linux and can be found in the distribution’s main menu....

Transferring Files Wirelessly with AirDroid AirDroid, despite the name, works on iPhones, iPads, Macs and Windows PCs. You can use it to access your files, but not in the total-freedom way of a USB. You’ll still have some restrictions in place, but it’s far more controllable than random background file sync controls. Download AirDroid on your iPhone from the App Store. Create a user account by clicking “Sign Up” at the bottom of the tutorial screen....