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Smart Lighting Showdown: Bluetooth Smart vs. Wi-Fi vs. ZigBee

It seems everyone is selling smart lighting products — from big box and specialty stores to local food markets. And that’s to say nothing about the many online stores out there! With so many vendors selling these products, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that more manufacturers are getting in on the fun. In doing… read more »

How to Sideload Apps Onto Your Amazon Fire TV Stick

With its compact size and ultra-affordable price, the Fire TV Stick is one of the best Amazon devices you can buy. It comes with a small app store of entertainment and news apps, plus a few casual games. But you can add more too. The Fire Stick runs Android, so in theory, you can sideload… read more »

Coding Boot Camp for Beginners: Should You Take One?

Programming offers a bevy of career opportunities. From web development to app development and even DevOps, coding is a useful skill. With the rise in popularity of coding, boot camps spawned as a quick means to learn programming fundamentals. These comprehensive courses provide an entry into the coding space. Find out what a coding boot… read more »

10 Free Ringtones That Sound Like Real Phones

Changing your ringtone is one of the best ways to personalize your phone, but many people don’t bother to swap out the default ringtone on their devices. How many times have you heard this in public and mistakenly thought it was yours? Thankfully, you have thousands of possibilities for a better ringtone. We’ve previously shown you… read more »

Sarahah and Other Yik Yak Alternatives for Honest Anonymous Feedback

Anonymity is one of the internet’s greatest offerings. You can easily mask your identity online, while still getting to do and say what you want to. This anonymity lends itself to more honesty, since there aren’t repercussions. A new social network has gone viral, which promises to let you get honest feedback. Now that anonymous… read more »

Microsoft Claims “Bing Is Bigger Than You Think”

Do you use Bing? Do you know anyone else who uses Bing? We’re guessing the answer to both of those questions is “No”. However, it turns out, according to market share statistics released by Microsoft, that plenty of people actually do use Bing. Which means some of you are lying to us. Bing has been… read more »

10 Apps You Didn’t Know Were in the Windows Store

Finally. Almost a decade after Apple launched its App Store and more than five years after the Windows Store first became available to the public in February 2012, Microsoft has, at last, managed to forge an app store worth spending time in. Maybe I’m being harsh. The horror of the Windows 8 version, which was… read more »

You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free!

No, Windows 10 is not worse than XP. No, it’s not slower than Windows 7. And no, it’s not buggier than Windows 8. Windows 10 is the cleanest, fastest, and most advanced Windows operating system of its line. Anybody who tells you otherwise is either lying, in denial, or wearing rose-tinted glasses. Also can't wait… read more »

How to Create Professional Reports and Documents in Microsoft Word

If Microsoft Office had been a country, it would have been the third most populous country in the world. 1.2 billion people using a single suite of apps is mind-boggling. And, they “speak” 107 languages! But right now, you and I are speaking in English and we are going to talk about the most popular tool… read more »

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