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5 Things You Must Do After Installing Windows 10

Windows 10 is a behemoth. Even after you’ve gone through the tedious process of preparing your system to install Windows 10 and sitting through the long installation procedure, you still have more work to do: setting up the operating system how you like it. Here are some of the bare minimum things you’ll want to… read more »

Uber Stops Tracking You After Your Ride Ends

Uber is set to stop tracking riders after they have reached their destinations. This is the latest in a long line of changes Uber is making in order to improve its terrible reputation. And this one means riders will only need to share their location when actually using the Uber app. Which is fair. Uber… read more »

How to Motion Track Text in Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects is one of the premier pieces of software for editing videos. But before you can learn to edit video like a professional, you need to learn some basic skills. One of those skills is motion tracking. You’ve probably seen the effects of motion tracking — smoothly floating text, perfectly placed graphics — in professional videos…. read more »

Search Your Browser History Even After It’s Been Cleared

There are times when you would just like to look back into the past. That’s true about our browsing sessions as well. That forgotten life hack. The great website you failed to favorite. Or just a “tip of my tongue” bit of trivia that slipped away. And it’s even worse when you try to search… read more »

Google Finally Kills Google Talk After 12 Years

Google is retiring Google Talk, also known as Google Chat, after 12 long years of service. The company is urging Talk users to switch to Hangouts rather than the combination of Duo and Allo. Which suggests that Google still has one (or seven) too many messaging/chat apps on its books. Back in 2005, before WhatsApp,… read more »

The Microsoft Surface Isn’t Such a Joke After All

When Microsoft first unveiled the Surface, people laughed at this iPad-wannabe. And yet four years on, business is booming. The Surface still isn’t selling as well as the iPad, but it’s well on its way to becoming an integral part of Microsoft’s business. According to Microsoft’s latest financial results (via TechCrunch), the Surface brought in… read more »

How to Turn Cortana On/Off After the Anniversary Update

The Anniversary Update for Windows 10 brought a lot of cool features and improvements, such as the ability to sync notifications between your phone and your PC, but it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. A lot of users experienced all kinds of Anniversary Update issues and some of the new features weren’t welcome by everyone. For… read more »

What to Do When Spotify Keeps Pausing After Ads

A few weeks ago, I started noticing a weird bug with the Spotify desktop app for Windows: after an advertisement played, instead of resuming music playback the app would just pause, requiring me to manually hit Play again. After a bit of searching on the web, I realized I wasn’t the only one having this… read more »

After Using Project Fi for Three Weeks, This Is What I Found

Project Fi, unveiled last year, is Google’s attempt to make mobile phone service better. Instead of trying to compete with traditional phone carriers, Google has teamed up with giants Sprint and T-Mobile to provide cheap phone service that hopefully “just works.” I’ve been using Project Fi for about three weeks, and I’m ready to tell… read more »

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