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HoloLens Dev 101: The Unity Editor Basics
With any continuously active software, it can start to become fairly complex after a few years of updates. New features and revisions both get layered into a thick mesh of menu systems and controls that even pro users can get bewildered by. If you are new to a certain application after it has been around for many years, it can be downright intimidating to know where to begin.
How To: Disable automatic page translation
Learn how to turn off automatic page translation when you visit pages in other languages. Click the toolbars Wrench icon.
How To: Post to Multiple Social Networks at the Same Time on Android
Since the days of Friendster and MySpace, social media platforms have taken leaps forward, revolutionizing how we live our lives by changing the way we communicate with others. Not only has social media become a catalyst for major uprisings around the world, but on a personal level, it connects people together in ways that were unimaginable even 10 year ago—no one was taking pictures of their brunch to share with the world in 2004.
News: Vuzix Confirms New, Smaller Smartglasses Model with Fashion-Friendly Design
The recent industry whispers in augmented reality are mostly about Apple and its rumored fashion-friendly smartglasses, but one company isn't waiting for the iPhone heavyweight to enter the fray.
How To: Make money online using 5 different methods
The internet has been a massive financial windfall for millions of people around the world, and it can be for you as well! There are a lot of ways to make money on your couch by using the internet, and this video will show you five great ways to do it! These include making websites and forums, advertising, and gambling. If you're hard up for cash, give it a whirl!
Quick Tip: Avoid Craigslist Scams with a Reverse Image Search
As I begin my move across the country, I find myself dodging all kinds of Craigslist scams, particularly in the apartments and housing classifieds. Fortunately, I've discovered a little trick that will tip me off to a scam before I lose $1,000 in a fake security deposit.
How To: Repel Mosquitos, Dogs, & Annoying Friends with High-Frequency Tones on Android
There are few sounds that actually make me cringe whenever I hear them: silverware scraping on a plate, nails scratching on a chalkboard, and piercing high-frequency tones. While the former two terrors require some physical hardware, sending out high-frequency sounds is as easy as downloading an app.
How To: Download the iPhone theme and others on your LG Vu
This two-part video tutorial shows you how you can add different themes to your LG Vu, inlcuding the iPhone theme.
How To: Hack an iPhone headphone adaptor
Watch this video to learn an easy and inexpensive way to make an iPhone headphone adaptor. Once you make the adaptor, you can use any set of headphones or even a car input jack.
How To: Install Nintendo on iPhone 1.0.2
Learn how to install NES on your iphone. Before you update your iphone to firmware 1.1.1, have some fun with playing Nintendo on your phone. This tutorial includes installing the ROMs folder to the right place. Enjoy.
News: The World of Horror Just Got Real with the Augmented Reality Game 'Night Terrors'
Augmented reality allows for all kinds of experiences to happen just about anywhere, and that creates some incredible potential for entertainment. While games like Pokémon GO take you out into the world, one crowd-funded game wants to keep you inside—to scare the crap out of you in your own home.
How To: Use an Arduino to make a proximity-sensing Jack-o'-Lantern with LED lights
The Arduino Ethernet Shield is a wonderful device for DIY electronics projects, and this project is really creative and awesome. In this video you will learn how to use an Arduino, a promixity sensor, and some LED lights to make a proximity-sensing, LED-lit, evil Jack-o'-Lantern that will terrorize your neighborhood and probably get stolen if you don't watch it like a hawk.
How To: Start a Fitness Competition Among Friends with Samsung Health
When you're trying to get fit, friendly competition can go a long way towards keeping you motivated. Samsung Health has a great feature for just that, letting you challenge your friends or even complete strangers to bring some excitement to an otherwise routine workout experience.
How To: Solder an XLR connector to an audio mic cable
This how-to video shows, close-up, the steps to soldering an XLR connector onto an Audio cable. You will need a knife, wire strippers, a soldering iron, in addition to whatever is being soldered. Watch this video circuitry tutorial and learn how to solder an XLR connector to an audio mic cable.
How To: Change the ringtone on your Android phone
Looking for a guide on how to set a custom default ringtone on your Android smartphone? One of the salient advantages of a Google Android smartphone over, say, an Apple iPhone, is the inherent extendibility of the open-source Android mobile OS. There are a seemingly infinite number of settings to tweak and advanced features to discover and use. This free video tutorial, in particular, discusses how to tell your Android mobile phone to use a specified audio file as its default ringtone.
News: Hacked Kinect Captures 3D Video in Real Time
That Kinect you bought for your Xbox 360? More than just a game controller, it's a bonafide hologram generator! In the clip below, UC Davis researcher Dr. Oliver Kreylos demos the process. The fun stuff begins at the :44 mark. Kreylos explains, "By combining the color and the depth image captured by the Microsoft Kinect, one can project the color image back out into space and create a 'holographic' representation of the persons or objects that were captured."
How To: Turn Your Android Phone into the Ultimate Fitness Tracker
It seems like everyone is getting in shape these days (or at least trying to improve their fitness), and as a result, there's an endless supply of fitness trackers and smartwatches hitting the market. This is all very wonderful, unless of course, you're broke and can barely afford a decent pair of running shoes.
How To: 7 Cool Features iOS 14.5 Adds to Your iPhone's Music App — For Apple Music & Your Own Library
Apple's big iOS 14.5 update adds over 60 new features and changes to your iPhone, some of which are upgrades that audiophiles and even casual music listeners can appreciate. Whether you subscribe to the Apple Music streaming service or simply use the Music app for your own library of tunes, iOS 14.5 has a few things you should know about.
News: Warner Bros. Conjures 'The Nun' Snapchat AR Lens to Scare Up Ticket Sales
The latest sponsored augmented reality experience on Snapchat from a movie studio might be its scariest — and perhaps most popular — yet.
How To: Delete a Facebook account forever
Want to permanently delete your Facebook account? This clip will show you how it's done. Whether you're completely new to the Facebook's popular social networking site or simply require a small amount of clarification on how to perform a particular task on Facebook, you're sure to benefit from this helpful video guide. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Turn your electric air freshener into a bug killer
Learn how to make an automatic bug killing machine for under ten dollars. This works great and is really simple to make in just a few minutes! Those bugs will never bother you again.
How To: Edit Your iPhone Pics Using Third-Party Editing Tools in iOS 8's Stock Photos App
Extensibility is a feature that allows developers to integrate their apps into iOS 8 in different ways—that's how we have widgets in the Notification Center, more sharing options in the Photos app, the use of third-party keyboards such as SwiftKey, and more.
News: iOS 11 Adds OIS, Flash & HDR Support to Portrait Mode on the iPhone 7 Plus
Arguably the most impressive aspect of the iPhone 7 Plus is its dual-lens camera, or better yet, the Portrait mode that comes with it. This mode creates a dramatically shallow depth of field behind a subject, and was pretty impressive as is. Now, in iOS 11, Apple is making it even better with support for more camera options.
Nintendo Switch: How to Use the Nintendo Switch Online App to Play Splatoon 2 with Friends
So, Nintendo's never really been good at the whole online thing. Most of the time, we forgive them, because they are masters at creating games meant for solo play or local multiplayer. Sometimes, though, that doesn't fly. Take a game like Splatoon, for instance. Although it redefines the genre, it is still, at its core, a shooter. Shooters are meant to be played online, with your friends, yelling at each other over voice chat.
How To: Add words to the Swype database for faster texting
If there are words that you use often but Swype doesn't know them yet, you can easily add them to the database of your texting program. In this clip, learn all about adding uncommon or unique words to your Skype dictionary so that you can text even faster. You can even add web addresses, e-mails, nicknames and anything else you use often and don't want to tap out.
Pocket Camp 101: How to Build Up Supplies in Animal Crossing
For a friendly mobile game, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has an overwhelming number of items and collectibles — from fruit to fish to friends. Even though it can be difficult to keep up, this guide will be a great stepping stone to creating the campsite of your dreams without spending a dime.
How To: Change Emoji Colors on the Apple Watch
On the Apple Watch, along with the conventional emojis we've grown to love, there are new animated emojis that add a new dimension of fun for you and your friends. Unbeknownst to many, these animated faces also include a feature that allow you to change their color.
How To: Install Android 9.0 Pie Beta on Your Essential Phone
Earlier this year, we got our first taste of Android Pie in the form of Developer Preview 1. As with all past Android previews, DP1 was limited to Google devices — but at Google I/O 2018, Google announced that Developer Preview 2 would be accessible to other devices, including the Essential PH-1.
How To: You Can Finally Access Extra Control Center Features Without 3D Touch in iOS 11
3D Touch is only available on the 6s and 7 series iPhones right now, and likely future models, so those with older devices are missing out on all the cool "Quick Actions" available for app and settings icons. But the new iOS 11 is finally bringing some of those helpful shortcuts to iPhones without 3D Touch built in.
How To: Get CyanogenMod's Sleek Graphing Calculator & Widget on Your Samsung Galaxy S4 Without Rooting
It's that time of the year again when scores of students are flocking to stores for school supplies. Pens, pencils, books, and for math students, calculators.
How To: Optimize Firefox's performance to maximum efficiency
Learn how to streamline and optimize Firefox and improve its performance and efficiency with a few simple extensions and by adjusting your Firefox preferences.
How To: iOS 14.5 Updated Apple Podcasts with 16 Features & Changes You'll Definitely Use on Your iPhone
Spotify has caught up to Apple in monthly podcast listenership and is even forecast to surpass Apple soon, but Apple just made some serious changes to its Podcasts app for iOS and iPadOS that could keep Apple at the top.
How To: Improve Fingerprint Scanner Accuracy on Your LG V30
While other devices are moving away from fingerprint scanners (cough, iPhone X), for many, a fingerprint scanner provides the best balance between security and speed. Typically, the rear fingerprint scanner on the LG V30 is quick and accurate, but every so often the phone will not recognize a registered fingerprint.
How To: Complete the Registry of Foundables & Obtain Treasures in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
From the first moments of booting up Harry Potter: Wizards Unite to the hours of walking you're bound to experience, one thing is clear — encountering Foundables and defeating their Confoundables is a significant plot point of the AR game. While you receive rewards each time you retrieve a Foundable, the real treasure comes from completing parts of the Registry, called "Families."
Galaxy Oreo Update: Samsung Adds Screenshot Labeling Feature in Android 8.0
Samsung has kept us busy with their Android 8.0 Oreo beta testing program for the Galaxy S8, and most recently, the Galaxy Note 8. As the beta continues to receive new updates, stability has improved continuously, and new features keep on creeping in for both devices.
How To: How Much Does Your Smartphone Cost to Build?
Gizmodo's interactive breakdown of the iPhone 4, Blackberry Torch, Nokia N8, and Google's Nexus One examines the wholesale cost of hardware versus the end retail price, as well as how each company prioritizes each category below:
How To: Root a T-Mobile G2 Google Android smartphone
Root your G2 the easy way with an app you can download directly from the Android market! Unlock your mobile phone's hidden potential by running custom ROMs, overclocking it, and even turning it into a wireless hotspot with WiFI tethering. For all of the details, and to get started rooting your own G2 cell phone, take a look.
How To: Make a light bulb glow with an electrical circuit
One of the basics of electronics is knowing how an electrical current works. For this video, you will need a 1.2V battery, a lightbulb, and 2 copper wires. First, take the wires and attach one end of each wire to opposite sides of the battery. Have a friend hold the wires there, or tape the wires down. Then, take the unattached ends of the wires. Take one wire and touch it to the upper part of the base of the lightbulb. Take the other wire, and touch it to the bottom. The lightbulb should now...
How To: Use a motor to create a fan or speaker
Use a motor to make a fan and a speaker. People often take for granted the common items and devices they use in everyday life. Looks can be deceiving. It's not what things appear to be, it's what they can become.
How To: Set up an LG Secret (KF750) mobile phone
This is a setup video tutorial for your LG Secret KF750 mobile phone brought to you by The Human Manual. This video will guide you through the process of installing your SIM card into the cell phone, to inserting the SD memory card to powering up and using.