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How to Turn Your Amazon Fire TV Stick Into a Fire TV Box

December 30, 2017

Your Amazon Fire TV Stick is a great device, isn’t it? Ideal for watching Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, or installing Kodi! Then there’s apps like Plex for streaming video from a PC to your TV. But this HDMI TV stick isn’t so good for other things. For instance, you’re limited only to wireless networking. Also,… read more »

The 3 Best Free OCR Tools to Convert Your Files Back Into Editable Documents

October 27, 2017

Believe it or not, some people still print documents on physical pieces of paper. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software takes those printed documents and converts them right back into machine-readable text. We’ve found some of the best free OCR tools and compared them for you here. No OCR program is perfect, so you’ll have to check the… read more »

Cortana Is Listening Into Your Skype Conversations

October 11, 2017

Microsoft is adding Cortana to Skype, but to make use of the intelligent assistant you’ll have to let her listen in on your conversations. Those who are happy to do so will get the benefit of her knowledge, as she offers up useful information related to what you and your contacts are talking about. Cortana… read more »

Turn OneNote Into Your Personal Cliff Notes Collection

September 29, 2017

Making notes on a novel? Here’s why you need to do it in OneNote and create your own cliff notes collection. Book assignments are a staple of classrooms around the world, and the longer you study literature, the more in-depth you’re going to need to go. If you really want to delve deeply into an… read more »

Combine Your Email Accounts Into a Single Inbox: Here’s How

September 21, 2017

Juggling several email inboxes can be a hassle. Luckily, all the main email providers — Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo — let you combine your email accounts into one single inbox, to send and receive email all from one place on the web. This will come in particularly handy to those of you who don’t like… read more »

How to Turn Any Dumb Device Into a Smart Home Tool

June 21, 2017

When you think of smart devices, your first thought is likely about expensive learning thermostats or home security cameras. However, you don’t need to spend a lot of money to begin transforming your house into a smart home. Really, all it takes is a TP-Link Smart Plug or two, which sells for less than $ 30… read more »

You Now Have 7 Ways to Turn Your Smartphone Into a PC 

June 19, 2017

You left your laptop at work, and you have an urgent report that needs completing and emailing to your boss. And you’re just arriving at the hotel on the first night of your holidays. What should you do? Well, as long as your documents are stored in the cloud, you could finish off the report using your… read more »

Google’s New Tool Turns Data Into Professional Animated GIFs

June 6, 2017

As information gets more tangled by the day, data visualization has stepped in to make it less baffling. As the world’s chief information honcho, Google has taken note and launched an online tool that converts raw data into animated GIFs. The Data GIF Maker is a search trend analysis tool from Google News Lab and is… read more »

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