Your Internet service provider probably wants to sell you a faster Internet connection. Pay more money every month and you’ll get faster Internet speeds — sounds simple. But do you even need those speeds, and when would you notice them? Recently, Verizon representatives were caught lying to customers, promising that the fastest tiers of service would offer...Continue Reading
Batteries don’t last forever — they only have so many charge cycles. As you use your battery, it will degrade over time and you’ll get less and less battery life from it. Eventually, you’ll want to replace a device’s battery — or get a new device with a new battery. Even if you can’t access the...Continue Reading
Geeks often immediately reinstall Windows on their new PCs to get a completely clean system. Thanks to a change in Windows 10, you can get a fresh copy of Windows on any PC without downloading an ISO file and reinstalling Windows. Microsoft is changing the way Refresh and Reset works in Windows 10. Computer manufacturers won’t be...Continue Reading
Hibernate and sleep modes on Windows means you rarely have to shut down your system. There isn’t any real harm in letting it Hibernate through the night and every night all through the week. It comes with its advantages; you don’t have to wait for updates to install before the system shuts down, and you...Continue Reading
First, there’s Star Wars Day, then we’ve got Cinco de Mayo, and now if Intel gets its way, the first week of May could have it’s next big holiday — Password Day!The effort is being launched as part of a partnership between Intel Security, Microsoft, Asus, and the Cybersecurity Alliance. As more database hacks reveal...Continue Reading
Waking up is hard, and waking up with some sense of what not to knock over is harder. If you’re the regular adult with a job or just the average student trying to get through the semester two things are likely; you aren’t very well coordinated the second you wake up after staying up too...Continue Reading
With all the technology that’s packed inside it, you might think that the Apple Watch would be hard to repair. As it turns out, though, it’s one of Apple’s easiest gadgets to tinker with.That’s what iFixit found out when they headed to Australia to crack one open today. After performing their teardown, iFixit handed down...Continue Reading
Android Lollipop axed a few features of the OS that had been very popular in the past. Lock screen widgets are a good example but some other, more subtle changes made by Google include notifications no longer waking your screen up when it is locked. For people with newer devices this isn’t too much of...Continue Reading
On Tuesday, April 21, Google is making a major update to its mobile search algorithm that will change the order in which websites are ranked when users search for something from their phone. The algorithm will start favoring mobile-friendly websites (ones with large text, easy-to-click links, and that resize to fit whatever screen they're viewed...Continue Reading
Misplacing a phone is something we’ve all done. Some of us leave our phones at work, at home, at a restaurant, and then wonder where we might have lost it. Did we have it with us when we walked in and should we search the sofa before we announce a reward for anyone who has some...Continue Reading
