Chris Stobing
Contributing since May, 2015
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About Chris Stobing
Chris Stobing is a writer and blogger from the heart of Silicon Valley. Raised around tech from birth, he's had an interest in PC hardware and networking technology for years, and has come to How-To Geek to contribute his knowledge on both. You can follow him on Twitter here.
Latest Articles
The Best Ways to Send Money with Your Phone
If you need to pay someone back for dinner, send rent money to a roommate, or send someone cash when they need it, you can do it all easily from your smartphone.
Oculus Rift vs. HTC Vive: Which VR Headset Is Right for You?
The home virtual reality market might be a long way from mature, but the two main players on the PC side are firmly established: Facebook-owned Oculus and its Rift headset, and HTC's Vive platform partnered with Valve.
If You Haven't Tried a Mechanical Keyboard Yet, You're Missing Out
Mechanical keyboards are all the rage these days.
How to Rename Group Chats in iMessage
If you use iMessage, you've probably been roped into a group chat or two.
How to Configure Folder Options in Windows 10
There's a lot here that's recognizable from Window OS variants running all the way back to 95, but as with many of the other standard Windows features, 10 has taken an old horse and coded an array of new tricks stashed in its toolkit.
How (and Why) to Encrypt Your Text Messages
With the NSA peering into everyone's pockets without permission, and nosy siblings snooping through your message history while you're away, there has never been a better time to start encrypting your text messages than there is today.
What is a NUC PC, and Should You Get One?
A few years back, Intel noticed that less and less people were as interested in buying desktop and tower PCs as they were during the roaring 90's.
Why Do We Still Use Analog Audio Ports?
When leaks about what the chassis of the iPhone 7 might look like hit headlines earlier this week, technology columnists and industry analysts jumped on the chance to report that Apple's next device may finally ditch its 3.
How Do Movies Leak Before They Come Out on DVD and Blu-Ray?
At any given point, a large selection of recent movies show up on torrent sites, many of which haven't even been released yet.
How to Create Your Own Recipes Using IFTTT on the iPhone
If This Then That is a series of programs and quick hacks that help your mobile devices better understand not just simple commands one at a time, but broad strokes of linear patterns that can be programmed in depending on how you use a particular piece of technology in the real world.
Why iPhone Location Services Can Be More Helpful Than You Think
With companies like Facebook finding themselves in hot water over their constant usage of the GPS inside your smartphone, we decided it was time to give you a few extra reasons why location services aren't nearly as nefarious as they've been made out to be in the media.
How to Customize Your Xbox One's Privacy Settings
Microsoft is no stranger to controversy in the world of privacy, so it's not too surprising that its flagship Xbox One console comes with such an extensive range of customizable privacy features.
How to Restrict Access to Your Xbox One with a Passcode
Whether you've got kids in the house and want to keep them off certain streaming programs or roommates who have a bad habit of overwriting your progress in Fallout 4, creating a passkey for your Xbox One profile is a must for protecting your downloaded games, video app profiles, and game saves.
All About Ultrawide Monitors, the Latest Trend in Gaming and Productivity
You've probably seen co-workers or friends with a multi-screen setup before.
How to Prevent T-Mobile From Throttling Streaming Video
For a company that just announced a year-on-year increase of 8 million new customers, "cool uncle T-Mobile" is starting to look a little less perfect.
How to Install an External Wi-Fi Adapter On a Windows 10 Laptop
If your laptop's internal Wi-Fi adapter is dead, or just doesn't have enough power to get the kind of speed you were hoping for, you might want to look into installing a third-party adapter that can boost the signal.
How to Create Custom Start Menu Tiles for Your PC Games in Windows 10
Since its launch, the refreshed Start menu has been a divisive part of Windows 10.