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How to Mute Sites With Autoplaying Videos

Browsers have made it easy to mute sites on individual tabs that autoplay video or audio content the minute you load the page. If you find yourself visiting a lot of pages with intrusive autoplaying videos and simply want to put a stop to it, these tools can lend a helping hand. Chrome Silent Site Sound… read more »

Instagram Stories Makes Its Way to the Mobile Web

Instagram Stories are finally coming to your desktop and the mobile web — without the aid of a browser extension. The Snapchat feature-clone, now used more frequently that Snapchat itself, will initially allow users to view simply view Stories. You’ll have to grab your smartphone and head back to the main Instagram app to actually… read more »

How Useful Is the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro?

Apple’s refreshed MacBook Pros from last year received a fair share of flak from Mac loyalists. Major complaints included removal of the SD card slot, using futuristic-but-mostly-incompatible-today USB Type-C ports, and flaky real-world battery life. Power users sighed at Apple’s focus on a thinner design instead of drastically better performance (the maximum RAM capacity is… read more »

Using Linux With Wayland? Here’s What You Should Know

You might have heard about Wayland, a new(ish) protocol that aims to replace the Xorg display server in the distant future. If you’re thinking this won’t affect you, think again — Fedora 25 and above uses it by default. Clearly, it’s something that’s here to stay and will grow. The fact you can use it… read more »

How to Close Unresponsive Chromebook Apps

Have a frozen app that’s locking up your Chromebook? Thankfully, it’s not difficult to close it and move on. This is one of the basic skills that every Chromebook owner should know. Thanks to Chrome’s built-in task manager, it’s easy to force close any misbehaving processes: Open the Chrome browser and select the three-dot Menu… read more »

9 Great Safari Browser Alternatives for Mac Users

On the Mac, there are many browsers beyond Safari: some common, some more obscure. It is not that Safari is a bad browser, or that it has a limited feature set. Safari is Apple’s vision of the web browser and targeted at general users. Not to mention most of its feature releases tie into releases… read more »

Google Maps Now Helps You Find a Parking Space

Google Maps is introducing new tools to help you park your car. As anyone who lives in, or commutes into, a city, knows, parking can be a stressful endeavor. And if you’re driving into somewhere you’re not familiar with, you may not even be aware how difficult it is to find a parking space. Google… read more »

Confused by Home Automation Jargon? Study This Smart Home A-Z!

One of the most challenging aspects of embracing new technology is getting your head around all the unfamiliar lingo. For most people, there are still some terms we don’t understand about the apps and software we use every day (how many non-geeks know what HTTP stands for, or what a MAC address is?). If you’re… read more »

Amazon Echo Now Supports Multi-Room Music Streaming

Amazon is introducing multi-room music streaming. This means you can now stream music to multiple Echo speakers positioned in different rooms of your house. This is great news for those who host raucous house parties, but bad news for your neighbors. And my neighbors too for that matter. The Amazon Echo can do lots of… read more »

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