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My “Pick” for today is this pair of fantastic Anker Soundcore P20i True Wireless Earbuds.
I’ve had these for almost two years and they still sound amazing (and the price is pretty hard to beat).
Click here to check out the Anker Soundcore P20i True Wireless Earbuds at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features a common buckeye, one of nature’s most distinctive looking butterflies. I hope you like it.
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August’s winner will receive this fantastic Aura Carver 10.1 Inch HD WiFi Digital Picture Frame.
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One of the most irritating things about using a Windows PC is having to wait for it to boot up into a usable state after we turn it on.
To their credit, Microsoft has tweaked newer versions of Windows to reduce average boot times, but in my opinion it still takes longer for them to start up than it should.
Luckily, there are several things you can do to make your own PC boot up a lot faster than it does right now, even if your computer is brand new. Do as many or as few of them as you wish, then enjoy the fruits of your labor. [Read more…]
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Question from Elliot: A year and a half ago I bought a wireless keyboard/mouse combo to make it easier to use my laptop. I hate those trackpads and small keyboards!
I was typing an email this morning and all of a sudden the keyboard just stopped working. I figured the batteries needed to be replaced, but new ones didn’t fix the problem.
The mouse still works fine and a wired keyboard I plugged in works too. I rebooted the laptop but that didn’t help.
What do you think might be the problem? [Read more…]
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Did you know YouTube has a handy ‘Picture-In-Picture’ feature that allows you to watch a video in the corner of the screen while you’re doing other things with your machine?
For example, let’s say you’re busy catching up on your email but you also want to keep up with what’s happening at an event that’s being livestreamed via YouTube.
Or maybe you simply want to watch a regular pre-recorded YouTube video while you’re working.
Either way, you can easily watch the video in the corner of your screen with YouTube’s handy ‘Picture-In-Picture’ feature. Just follow the steps below: [Read more…]