By default it supports these video file formats – H.263 (.3gp, .mp4), H264 AVC (.3gp, .mp4), MPEG 4 SP/ASP (.3gp), VP8 (.webm). Add Your Videos to Kindle Fire Connect your Kindle Fire to your computer with a MicroUSB cable. When AutoPlay comes up on your screen, click Open Folder to View Files. If your system doesn’t automatically detect it, swipe the Lock Screen and enter the Lock Screen Password if you have one....
Toddler Keys is a independently developed program by a geeky dad who had the problem with his kids always opening his cd-rom tray and pushing random buttons on his keyboard. With Toddler Keys enabled the computer will no longer respond normally to random button pressing. Instead, the computer will now play different sounds and will show pictures on the screen. It’s brilliant really, the kids can mess around without actually doing anything, and it keeps them entertained so they don’t go after the other stuff in your office....
After doing so, all of your Google apps will transform to a theme that reflects the path you choose. Google also notes that more is coming and it has also hidden a few easter eggs as well. To start your journey, head to google.com/starwars and then choose the light or the dark path. After that, you’ll find some interesting themes in Gmail, X-wing fighters on Google Maps, and a lot more....
New Bing Logo The new logo has a modern design that the company says is “focused on simplicity, speed and visual appeal.” New Bing Features With this new release, the underlying code has been rewritten to improve search and includes two new features: Glance and Page Zero. Glance takes two existing features, Snapshot and the Sidebar that showed what friends from Twitter, Facebook and other social networks were saying about your search query....
With January 2016, less than a month away, users still using old versions of Internet Explorer will need to start accelerating their move to the latest version to maintain support. Microsoft had made it known as far back as August 2014 that it would be ending support for old versions that are still being actively used. The latest version, IE 11 comes built into Windows 8.1 and up. PC’s running Windows 7 can be updated to IE 11 as a manual download or through Windows Update....
Highlighted new features include: User Interface Refresh. “Refreshed”—that’s Microsoft’s language, as in the UI isn’t quite revamped, rather, it’s more like it got a good night’s rest and now looks a lot friendlier. For example, there are now three preset Window layouts—simple, diagnostic and developer—plus the option to customize the layout to suit your needs. They’ve also streamlined how Color Rules are handled, bringing them more upfront and making them more accessible....
Windows 10 Insider Build 20180 The main change you can expect out of today’s build is the Windows SDK is now flighting continuously with the Dev Channel. Also, per the announcement: “We are turning on much of the new features mentioned on July 1st in Build 20161 including theme-aware tiles on Start. The new pinned sites capability mentioned with last week’s flight of Build 20175 is still only available to a subset of Insiders....
Windows 10 Build 20251 Here is the list of fixes contained in today’s new release: We fixed an issue resulting in the background of some dialogs to unexpectedly appear grey instead of white in the last couple flights.We fixed an issue resulting in the taskbar occluding the Power button in the Start menu for some Insiders recently.We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders seeing a SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED bug check....
You should get the update automatically, but if you want to stay on top of things head to Settings > Update & security > Windows Update. After you the updates are downloaded, a restart is required to finish the update process. After the update hit the Windows key and type: winver and you will see your build number has been bumped up to 16299.64 for version 1709. Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4048955 The update includes quality improvements and no new features have been introduced....
This time, the apps getting a major update are Finance, Sports, News, Maps, and Travel. Some of the notable updates are walking and nearby categories to Maps, customizing RSS feeds in News, more in-depth coverage of leagues in the Sports app, personal finance tools in the Finance app, and Favorite and Nearby categories in the Travel app. If you don’t see the updates on your Windows 8 or Windows RT system, check out my article on how to update Windows Store Apps....
To view the version of Firefox that’s installed on your system, go to Help > About Firefox on the Menu bar. How to Get 64-bit Firefox for Windows If you’re running 64-bit Windows, there are two ways to get the 64-bit version of Firefox. The first way is to download a fresh copy of Firefox and install it. That will automatically give you the 64-bit version which is now the default....
By default it does check to make sure you’re still awake and watching periodically after a couple of episodes, too, by making you confirm you’re still watching. If you really want to binge out on your shows, just leave the setting how it is. But, if you want to disable the Post-Play feature, you can. Just head to your account settings on your PC or Mac and select Playback Settings....
This update provides improvements to the dashboard, new apps, and other enhancements. However, the biggest deal about this update is backward compatibility for Xbox 360 games via Hyper-V virtualization technology built into Windows 10. — Larry Hryb (@majornelson) November 12, 2015 New Xbox One Experience (NXOE) As we previously reported, new features include reduced lag time when switching between apps, settings, games, and other items. The Dashboard now has vertical scrolling that allows for faster navigation versus scrolling horizontally....
Use Layer Groups in Photoshop When dealing with complex projects in Photoshop, it’s important to keep everything well organized. Layer groups can help a lot when it comes to dealing with multiple versions of a PSD, or simply applying effects in a non-destructive way. Here’s an example PSD that I have created for the purpose of this tutorial. Let’s say I’d like to apply an effect to this image, but I want to keep all of its original layers in case I want to change them later on....
Sometimes Easter Eggs are difficult to access – certain video game ones for instance, but getting to this one is a simple affair. Google has always had Easter Eggs on its sites, for example, this simple one: Do a Barrel Roll. The “Android Flappy-bird” trick is much more complex than that and a lot more fun. Keep reading to find out how to pull it up. Hidden Android 5.0 Easter Egg Game On your Phone or Tablet running Android 5....
In celebration of the App Store’s 5th anniversary, Apple is giving away a handful of apps for free! Some of the apps available right now too. It’s very cool, because many of these usually cost a good amount of money. For instance, Traktor DJ, which we are in the process of reviewing, is 20 bucks. Also free right now are Barefoot World Atlas, Day One (a journal/diary app), How to Cook Everything, Over, Traktor DJ (normally $19....
Open any Office 2013 app that you want to change the settings in (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, etc.). Then click the File tab. From the File menu click the Options button. In Options, click the Save tab and then in the right pane check the box labeled Don’t Show the Backstage When Opening or Saving Files. Click OK to exit and save changes. Now when you click the Save button while working on a new document, presentation or spreadsheet, it will open the traditional Save As menu from Windows Explorer....
Below is a YouTube video demonstrating how it works. It’s fundamental. Just put two candles on top or lower than the television and then spread them out to about the sensor bar’s length apart. Voila! Instant Wii sensor bar replacement. So the next time you forget your sensor bar, or it breaks, you pick up some new infrared LED’s or, in a pinch, use candles – just don’t burn the television or house down....
I first read about RockMelt in my newspaper. No, not in an RSS feed–in my dead tree version of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, via an AP story announcing “Internet pioneer backs new way to surf.” The fact that I read about a new way to surf in the old media raised a flag for me. It meant either A) this revolution would be so freaking huge that the AP would be the one giving it heavy coverage (rather than say, TechCrunch or Arstechnica) or B) this was mainstream news targeted at a non-geeky mainstream audience....
The news comes from the Samsung Tomorrow blog (Google Translated version here), where some other details about the new tablet are also mentioned. It has LTE connectivity, as well as Voice over LTE. The ultra-fast network can also be used for high quality voice calls –- service is not yet available in the United States — but Verizon has promised last month that it would have the service available by the end of 2013 or early 2014....
