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How To: Spell and grammar check text in Firefox and Chrome
Why invest time and energy proofreading everything you write when your web browser can do it for you (and quite competently at that)? With Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome (and the After the Deadline browser extension), setting up automatic spell and grammar checking is an easy task. This home-computing how-to from Tekzilla will walk you through the process. Avoid careless mistakes and needless embarrassment with this how-to.
How To: Sign up for Blogger account
logger is a free blog publishing tool from Google for easily sharing your thoughts with the world. Blogger makes it simple to post text, photos and video onto your personal or team blog. This video tutorial will walk you through the Blogger signup process. For more information, and to get started creating your own blog, watch this video guide.
HowTo: Skip the Wait, Upgrade NOW to iPhone 4
Attention all iPhone users. Engadget posts a helpful tip on possibly avoiding that painfully long iPhone 4 upgrade wait:
Brief Reality: Industries Are Flocking to Augmented Reality
While the technology continues to mature, businesses from various industries continue to adopt augmented reality to improve the efficiency of business processes. In this edition of Brief Reality, as conference season continues, we see examples of augmented reality applied to logistics processes and marketing of industrial supplies, as well as the topic of discussion at another trade show.
How To: Protect your Gmail account from unauthorized access
Protect your email account from would-be hackers and crackers with this free video tutorial from the folks at MacMost. If you have a Gmail, HotMail, Yahoo! Mail or other web-based email account, this video is much recommended. For more information, and to secure your own online free email account, watch this helpful guide.
How To: Speed up Opera
This video explains how to speed up Opera to browse the Internet at fast speeds.
How To: Make an OLED demonstration cell with blue glow stick juice
Glow sticks are one of the few things used commonly by ravers and military personnel, but their uses extend far beyond dancing and illuminating. The juice contained in blue glow sticks can be used to make an organic LED (OLED) test board, and this video will show you how to do it.
News: Lack of Resources Could Force Apple to Delay the iPhone SE 2
Earlier this year, rumors began to swirl regarding Apple's upcoming iPhone SE 2. They predicted an A10 processor and a glass back for wireless charging, all at a price point at least $150 cheaper than the iPhone 7. While it wasn't poised to turn heads like the iPhone X, it would have been a reasonable upgrade for many users looking for a more budget-oriented Apple device.
Instagram 101: Get Notifications When Your Favorite Influencers Post
If you are obsessed with anyone on Instagram to the point where you never want to miss another post again, then Instagram has got you covered. Built within the app, there's a neat little trick to turn on notifications everytime someone you like posts.
News: See & Feel a Supercar in Augmented Reality with Ultrahaptics on the Meta 2
With today's augmented reality experiences, we can see and hear virtual content, but Ultrahaptics wants you to be able to feel those experiences, too.
News: New Patent Application Adds Fuel to Rumors About Augmented Reality Glasses for Apple
Apple has sprung a massive AR following since the announcement of their ARKit, with users waiting to see what exactly the tech giant will do next.
How To: Turn on accessibility on Android handsets
Access accessibility features on an Android 2.0+ 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 enable your Android phone's KickBack, SoundBack, and TalkBack features.
News: Come Build an Awesome Virtual or Mixed Reality Experience with Us!
We're on the verge of an amazing evolution of technology where we can work and play in virtual worlds that merge with our own—or let us escape into our imaginations entirely. But creating virtual, mixed, and augmented reality experiences requires resources and hardware that not everyone has access to. If you want to build something awesome with the Microsoft HoloLens (or one of the other awesome platforms), we want to help you do just that.
How To: Make your first iPhone app with Xcode
In this video from XcodeMod we learn how to make an iPhone app with Xcode. Open up XCode and go to File...New Project. Pick what kind of app you'd like to save it as and come up with a name to save it as and save it to your desktop. Open the Classes folder and go into the AppDelegate.H. In the space above @end, type - (IBAction) buttonTapped to create a button. Save that, copy that line and paste it where you want the button in your appdelegate.M. Now in Resources folder open the Mainwindow.x...
How To: Use the Screen Share feature on a T-Mobile myTouch 4G
Use your myTouch 4G to beam videos and music to your DLNA-enabled devices! In this clip, you'll learn everything you need to know to use the Screen Share feature. Whether you're the proud owner of a T-Mobile myTouch 4G Google Android smartphone or are merely toying with the idea of picking one up sometime in the near future, you're sure to be well served by this brief, official video tutorial from the folks at T-Mobile. For complete instructions, watch the video!
How To: Log In to AT&T Online Account Management
AT&T Online Account Management portal for small business customers is a great place to manage a sea of information, BUT, it won't do you any good unless you know how to log in. This clear how-to shows you how to enter your AT&T username and password so you can manage your account online.
How To: Download ROMS to & play video games on your Droid
In this video, we learn how to download ROMS to & play video games on your Droid. First, go to the App Market and search for the ROM that you want. Install this, then go back and download Astro. From here, go to: www.freeroms.com on your phone and download Nesoid or Sega Master System. After this, exit out of the internet and click the download Astro from earlier. Then, extract this to your phone and delete the zip file from your computer. From here, you will be able to use the ROM on your ph...
News: Personal Computing Is Dead, Long Live Collaborative Computing
Those of us who are actively developing for the HoloLens, and for the other augmented and mixed reality devices and platforms that currently exist, are constantly looking for the next bit of news or press conference about the space. Our one hope is to find any information about the road ahead, to know that the hours we spend slaving away above our keyboards, with the weight of a head-mounted display on our neck, will lead to something as amazing as we picture it.
How To: Send SMS text messages on a Palm Treo 800w cell phone
The full QWERTY keyboard makes text messages quick to send. Sometimes, it's more convenient to type out an SMS message than to call them from your mobile phone. Watch this video cell phone tutorial and learn how to send SMS text messages on a Palm Treo 800w. Send SMS text messages on a Palm Treo 800w cell phone.
News: The OnePlus 5T's New Sandstone White Color Already Sold Out in the US
The OnePlus 5T is a great device. However, for those of us in the States, we're pretty limited when it comes to OnePlus color choices. While we can pick one of two different spec models, both come in the same Midnight Black. Thankfully, OnePlus has just changed that, releasing a brand new color to our region — but it just sold out.
News: The Washington Post to Start Using Augmented Reality to Tell Better Stories
The Washington Post believes augmented reality adds an extra layer to stories, and they're doubling down on that belief by adding in new AR features into their already popular "rainbow" news (iOS and Android) and Classic (iOS and Android) news apps.
How To: Get Instant Access to Your Favorite Media Apps on Android When You Connect Your Headphones
Samsung's Galaxy devices, for all the grief they get about supposed "bloatware", offer quite a few functional features that are not included in stock Android. From "Air Gestures" to a handy "Smart Alert" notification reminder, many of these features are more than just the latest gimmick to pitch in their ads.
How To: Change your email address on YouTube
This video shows how to change your YouTube email address. It may not work for users whose accounts were made before the Google update.
News: The Future of the Book Might Work Something Like This...
There are endless possibilities for eReaders, and lots of amazing things are already happening. But wow-worthy visual tricks aside, how can technology really change the way we consume books? In the video below design company IDEO presents three separate concepts for virtual consumption: Nelson, Coupland and Alice. IDEO groups their virtual experiences into three separate concepts: Nelson, Coupland and Alice. Core77 breaks down each concept:
How To: Install the SIM card and battery in a T-Mobile HTC HD7
Can't quite figure out how to insert the SIM card and/or battery into the HTC HD7? This clip will teach you how. Whether you're the proud owner of an HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7 smartphone or are merely toying with the idea of picking one up in the near future, you're sure to be well served by this official video guide from the folks at T-Mobile.
News: Apple Just Released iOS 13.4.5 Developer Beta 1 for iPhone, Includes New Apple Music Feature
Apple just released the first developer beta for iOS 13.4.5 on Tuesday, March 31. The update follows the previous week's stable release of iOS 13.4.
News: Magic Leap Previews New Way to Experience Music with Sigur Rós App
Last week, Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz teased his Twitter followers with some "fun and cool stuff" to share in the coming days. On Monday, he made good on that promise, sort of.
Apple AR: Play Beer Pong Anytime with Augmented Reality Game
Beer pong is a classic game created by college kids to drink and have a good time. However, the process of setting it up is messy and takes a while. Luckily, a demo has introduced an app coming soon where you can play an augmented reality version of beer pong using Apple's ARKit.
News: New York Times Leads Readers on an AR Journey Through the Cave That Trapped the Thai Soccer Team
One of the more compelling human interest stories of the summer has been the plight of the Thai Wild Boars soccer team, who were trapped in a cave for weeks.
News: Blippar Brings Facial Recognition AR Profiles to Mobile App
Mobile augmented reality developer Blippar has updated its mobile app for iOS and Android with an augmented reality face profiles feature based on the company's real-time facial recognition engine.
News: ARM Snapdragon Processors Running Windows 10 Is a Good Sign for Mixed Reality
At the WinHEC Shenzen 2016 Keynote, Microsoft showed off a system running Windows 10 smoothly on an ARM processor. This could be great news for developers of mixed reality software.
How To: Taking Screenshots Is the Fastest Way to Save Full Web Articles for Offline Reading on Your iPhone
With just a swipe and tap of a finger, we can access enormous libraries of information on our smartphones like never before. Whether we want more info about gluten sensitivity or just want to brush up on 18th century philosophers, there's an article somewhere in the vast ocean of the internet that can lend us a hand.
News: This Fancy New Android Comes with 2 Game-Changing Features Every Phone Should Have
Smartphones tend to struggle when it comes to recording video in low light situations. Danish phone manufacturer Lumigon included a good camera capable of shooting 4K video on its latest phone, The T3, but the real interest lies in the second camera, which is a dedicated night vision shooter.
How To: Make a heart on MySpace or Facebook
In this tutorial, learn how to make a heart on your computer for such social Internet sites as MySpace and Facebook. It's very simple! Show your friends you care about them with this decorative love bonus!
Brief Reality: Fictional Heroes, Historic Warriors & Infamous Rogues Featured in AR Experiences
This fall, DC Comics fans will be treated to an augmented reality experience promoting the Justice League movie. Likewise, history buffs will be able to enjoy their own augmented reality content by way of the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and an in-store promotion featuring famous convicts from 19 Crimes wines.
How To: Turn an MP3 to a ringtone for your Blackberry Curve
This video demonstrates how to turn your favorite songs into ringtones for your Blackberry Curve. You will need a USB cable to connect your Blackberry to your computer. After connecting your Blackberry, a message will ask you if you would like to turn on "Mass Storage Mode". Select yes. On your computer, open the Blackberry in a window, and then open "music". Then click-and-drag songs from your computer onto your Blackberry. You can transfer files to either music or ringtones (as long as its ...
How To: Turn off HTC Sense on a HTC Evo 4G Google Android smartphone
In this clip, you'll learn how to complete disable HTC Sense on an HTC Evo 4G Google Android smartphone. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started turning off HTC Sense on your own Evo 4G, take a look.
How To: Save battery life with the Battery Manager on the Motorola Droid 3
Is the battery on your Motorola Droid 3 getting drained fast? If you're tired of running out of battery life when using the Verizon Wireless smartphone, try out the Battery Manager located in the settings menu on the Android device. The utility features several different profiles including "maximum battery saver" and "nighttime saver." By changing a few options on your smartphone, you can drastically increase and improve the battery life of the device.
How To: Set up domain email with GoDaddy
Want to set up a custom email account for a domain hosted by GoDaddy? It's simple. So simple, in fact, that this free video guide can present a complete overview of the email address creation process in just over three and a half minutes' time. For complete instructions, and to start using your own custom email addresses, watch this helpful how-to.
How To: Beat level 3-10 of Plants vs Zombies HD for the iPad
Need help figuring out how to beat level 3-10 of PopCap Games' Plants vs. Zombies for the iPad? See how it's done with this gamer's guide, which presents a complete walkthrough of the process. With the right technique, the level is easy to beat. For more information, and to win stage 3-10 of this whimsical tower defense game yourself, watch this helpful video guide.