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Do you wish you could control when your children can use their mobile phones and which apps they can use at what times, even when you aren’t with them?
Well, thanks to a great app called DinnertTime Plus, you can. Simpy install the app on both your child’s phone and your own phone, then link the two phones via a text message. [Read more…]
Does your WiFi network seem slower than it should be?
Do you struggle with poor, unstable connections?
Are you unable to use your devices at all in a distant room?
Many wireless networking issues can be fixed simply by making a tweak or two to your router, but the trick is knowing exactly what’s causing the issue and what you need to tweak.
Our friends at Netgear have developed an awesome free app for your Android devices that can help take some of the guesswork out of diagnosing and fixing many WiFi networking issues. [Read more…]
Microsoft dramatically changed the Windows user interface when they released Windows 8, and most users (myself included) didn’t like many of the changes.
To their credit, the folks up in Redmond listened to our feedback and made Windows 10 look and feel more like Windows 7.
Most importantly, they brought back the beloved Start Menu.
The Windows 10 Start Menu is still a bit different from the Start Menu in Windows 7, but I actually like it better. That said, we all have different tastes so it’s not a bit surprising that some folks prefer the Start Menu from Windows 7.
Every week I receive at least a couple of emails from folks asking if there’s a way to force Windows 10 to use a Windows 7 style Start Menu.
Well, the answer to that question is yes, thanks to a fantastic free utility called Classic Shell. Just follow the steps below to install it on your PC: [Read more…]
Most Windows users know that pressing the Print Screen key will create an exact image of everything on the current screen and place it on the Windows clipboard, thereby creating a “screenshot” image.
I’ve tried several third-part screenshot utilities over the years, but my favorite by far is a nifty little free program called Greenshot. In fact, I think it’s the best thing since that $50 bill that I found laying on the riverbank back when I was a kid!
There are so many things to love about Greenshot, but there are two in particular that make it extremely useful: [Read more…]
If you love taking lots of photos at special events such as birthday parties, weddings and such, you know how time-consuming renaming all of those image files can be.
Digital cameras typically name the photos they take sequentially, and that can be a hassle when it comes time to organize the image files.
For example, a simple task like renaming dozens of photos with sequential names like 170-3827.jpg, 170-3828.jpg and 170-3829.jpg to more descriptive names like toms52nd-bday-3827.jpg and toms52nd-bday-3828.jpg can take forever! [Read more…]