May 20, 2022

Did You Know?

In the world of trains and buses, you’ll find terminals and stations, but in the world of aviation, you’ll only find terminals. The reason for this is that terminals denote the end or start of a train or bus route and stations indicate stops along a route, but in air travel, every airport is considered “terminal” because it is the start or end of a particular aircraft’s route.

Happy Friday! Qualcomm announced two new mobile chips today, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. They’ll start appearing in Android phones and tablets within the next few months, and both of them are more power-efficient and faster than the previous generations.

– Corbin

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Adobe Flash powered most interactive content on the web throughout the 2000’s, but the introduction of the iPhone — and a directive from Apple CEO Steve Jobs — changed everything. Here’s how it happened. Read More »

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Microsoft Phone Link—formerly known as “Your Phone”—is an essential app for Windows 11 users with Android phones. It gives you access to your phone’s notifications, messages, and photos right on your PC. We’ll help you set it up. Read More »

Have a nasty habit of losing important things? Tile can help with that. Stick a Mate on your keychain and a Slim in your wallet, and you’ll be able to easily find them. Better yet, if you happen to have a Tile and you can’t find your phone, you can hit the button on the Tile and your phone will start playing a jingle at the loudest volume.

If you’re prone to losing other items around the house (like the remote), you can also pick up a Tile Sticker and stick it to whatever you need to find.

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While you’d expect allergens to run rampant outside your home during spring and summer, plenty of dust mites, pollen grains, pet dander, and other irritants also make it into your hallowed halls. Your home’s air filtration system gets a lot of these out of the air, but what about all the debris that gets left behind in your carpet? Roborock has the solution with its new Q series robot vacuums, which go on sale starting today. Read More »

Many of the best Android phones and tablets use a System-on-a-Chip (SoC) from Qualcomm, and now the company has revealed its fastest mobile chip yet: the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. There’s also a new Snapdragon 7 chip, intended for upper mid-range phones. Read More »

Placing text around an image brings a professional appearance to your presentation and makes the most of the space on your slide. Even though PowerPoint doesn’t offer the same feature as Word for wrapping your text, there are a couple of ways to make it happen. Read More »

Speakers have come a long way and can suit a variety of needs, which makes shopping for one a tricky process. Need a little help? Just take a look at a few of our favorites to get you pointed in the right direction. Read More »

DIY projects can be fun and rewarding, or they can be complete nightmares. Having the right tools for the job help ensure that a project doesn’t turn into a terrible time. Here are some tools you’ll probably need to run your own Ethernet cables. Read More »

Okay, I’m really doing this. Ahem. I prefer eReaders to real books. Now, before you report me to your local library for crimes against literature, let me explain. Maybe you’ll hear a new reason to give eReaders a chance. Read More »

Windows 11 ships with a simplified right-click context menu for File Explorer (and the desktop) that is different from the Windows 10 context menu. If you’d like to use the classic Windows 10 right-click menu instead, you can do so by modifying your registry with a few clicks. Here’s how. Read More »

As a child of the ’80s and ’90s, owning a pinball machine wasn’t something I could fathom when I was young. But if it had occurred to me, I would have loved it. With Arcade1Up’s pinball cabinets, the company tries to thread the needle between accessibility and realism. And it gets pretty darn close. Read More »

If you’ve been browsing cookware, you’ve seen all kinds of sets, from minimalist stainless-steel pots and pans to colorfully enameled cast iron. But do you really need to spring for the whole set at once? Read More »

If you have an old router lying around that you no longer need, you might be tempted to sell it or give it away. Fortunately, your old router is unlikely to give away any revealing information about you, but it’s a good idea to reset it before you ship it off. Read More »

WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging services in the world, but its owner Meta (formerly Facebook) hasn’t quite figured out how to make buckets of money from it. Now the company has a new feature that might change that. Read More »

If you’ve typed the wrong thing, deleted by mistake, or performed another accidental action in Windows, you’ll likely want to use Ctrl+Z at some point. Here’s what it does. Read More »

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