You may be scratching your head at the blurry pics your phone is suddenly producing, or you just can’t get the focus to work right in the viewfinder before you snap a picture of your cat doing something hilarious for social media. Try a few of these troubleshooting tips to clear up the issue. 1. Clean Your Camera Lens A dirty camera lens is the most obvious culprit for blurry photos on a phone....

As a standalone device it’s already worth every penny, but you can get more from your Switch by paying for a Nintendo Switch Online service subscription. Online Gameplay The main value proposition of the Nintendo Switch Online service subscription is of course the ability to play games online. Without the subscription you’ll be limited to only playing the single-player mode and for games that are only online in nature, you won’t be able to play at all!...

However, even the best tech can encounter hiccups like Oculus Quest controller issues. This guide will walk you through several troubleshooting tips to get your controllers (and you) back in action. Note: In this article, we’re referring to the Quest as the “Oculus” Quest since that’s still the brand most people are familiar with and is, in fact, written on the boxes of most Quests. However, the new official name for the product is the Meta Quest....

One of those features is the Table of Contents. Word has a great feature that allows you to create a great-looking table of contents automatically if you know what type of headings to use. The great thing is that even if you already have a Word document with a lot of content, it’s very easy to edit it so that you can generate the table of contents automatically. In this article, I’m going to walk you through the process of setting up your Word document with the correct headings and then talk about how to create the table of contents....

After reading this guide on how to search Outlook email by date, sender, keyword, and more, you’ll be able to find any email in Outlook too. We’re going to give you all the Outlook email search tips you can handle. Are Your Emails Indexed? For the best email search results, let’s make sure Outlook has indexed everything. What’s indexing? Just like the index of a book has all the topics listed and where to find them, Outlook indexing creates a database like that....

And in the office productivity suite market, there’s no denying that Google Workspace and Microsoft Office have taken the lion’s share due to their accessibility and wide range of services. However, if you’re looking for alternatives to these apps, whether it’s due to cost, accessibility, or other factors, there are similar productivity apps in the Android marketplace that you can consider. Below are some of the best free office suites for Android that you can download today, along with their strong and weak points to help you make the right call....

You could install any free music production software to get started, but you don’t have to download music sequencer software if you don’t want to. Choose one of the online tools from the list below. 1. Audiotool (Free) Audiotool is an audio production suite that’s free. It offers a simulated audio production environment with virtual replicas of many popular instruments and studio gadgets. Audiotool uses a modular design that lets you hook up its synthesizers and pedals to create the sound you want....

Before you install the app on your desktop PC, you should know that there are a few pros and cons to using this version. In this article we’ll go over all of the features that you’ll find in the desktop version of ToDoist, a few of the issues you may come across, and ways to make the best use of this version. Using The ToDoist Desktop App To get started, you can download and install ToDoist for your Mac or Windows PC from the ToDoist download page....

How to Change Your Gamerpic or PFP Using the Xbox Mobile App The easiest way to change your gamerpic to something that more accurately represents your personality is to use the Xbox app on your mobile device. As well as choosing from a selection of gamerpics, you can upload your own image directly from your phone’s camera roll. Here’s how to use the Xbox mobile app to change your gamerpic or Xbox PFP: Note: Avoid NSFW images and always make sure the image you’re uploading doesn’t violate Xbox Community Standards....

Prepaid phones, known as “Burners,” are a common feature in movies and TV shows like The Wire, which coined the term. Whether a crime drama or a spy thriller, a burner phone is the preferred solution whenever a character doesn’t want to be tracked but still wants to stay in touch. What Is a Burner Phone? The term “burner phone” usually refers to an inexpensive feature phone or “dumbphone” that does not connect to the internet and has no smartphone features....

Uhhh, wrong. Totally wrong. Unfortunately, there are many people who believe this and think buying a Mac or installing Ubuntu will protect them somehow. There is some truth to the fact that Linux is a bit more secure, but OS X and Linux both have their share of viruses. Also, since a lot of people don’t run anti-virus software on their Macs because it’s deemed not necessary, when a virus starts spreading on OS X, it spreads like wildfire and no one even realizes they have a virus....

If you want to visually highlight a complex process, consider making a Sankey chart. There are several websites where you can create a Sankey chart. While some rely on users having some programming knowledge, others are accessible to everyone. We’ll look at a few of each. What Is a Sankey chart? Sankey charts are named for Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey, an Irish engineer and captain in the Royal Engineers who made a diagram showing the energy efficiency of a steam engine....

Simply reading a label is not enough. To determine what the refresh rate of your monitor is in practice, you need to use a tool that checks this performance in real-time. Here are the five best online sites for doing this. What Is Refresh Rate And Why Do You Need to Test It? Visuals on a screen are created by displaying multiple still images in sequence. The faster these sequences pass by, the more convincing the illusion, making the video look smoother....

This list includes the best apps to make friends both online and in the real world. Many are free to use, but some require subscriptions to unlock unique features or perform specific actions. Best Friendship Apps in 2021 If you feel like you need to expand your circle of friends or rejuvenate some of that social flair, you may want to check out these apps: 1. Meetup Meetup is the perfect app for people who want to find groups in their local area with similar interests in activities like fitness events, book clubs, rowing clubs, etc....

Whether you’re looking for the maximum storage space, cheapest price, or good value for money, you’ll find the right option for you on our list of the best SSDs for gaming. 1. Samsung 970 EVO Plus – The Best Overall Samsung 970 EVO Plus is one of the fastest top performing drives on the market. If you’re looking for the best SSD for gaming that you can get right now, you should seriously consider getting the 970 EVO Plus....

Rather than relying on Google Maps street view and Instagram photos, you can use VR apps to travel the world. Here’s a look at some of the best options for VR apps for travel. Google Cardboard – The Cheap VR App The one thing that holds people back from the VR life is the expensive price tag associated with VR goggles. However, this doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all the hype....

What is Glide Apps? Glide Apps is a website, glideapps.com, that enables you to create your own app, from a Google Sheet, in as little as 5 minutes. That’s what they claim. Truly, it’s probably going to take more than 5 minutes, but it certainly won’t take as long as learning how to program an app. Maybe 10 minutes. What Do I Need to Build an App? All you need to build an app with Glide Apps is an account with them, a Google Drive account so you can use Google Sheets, and a little time....

These days you won’t really see as many images in BMP or Bitmap format because it’s not optimized for colored images that have blends or gradients. BMP is a really old format and was the default file format for Paint in Windows XP. In technical terms, it is lossless, but has pretty much no compression. Lossless means that an image can be made smaller, but without any loss of quality....

Let’s look at DEP and how to configure it, or turn DEP off, depending on your needs. What Is DEP & What Does It Do? According to Microsoft, DEP is : “…a set of hardware and software technologies that perform additional checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from running on a system.” Dell simplifies it a bit and tells us that DEP “…can help protect your computer by monitoring your programs to make sure that they use system memory safely....

This all rests, however, on whether your PC or Mac has a working microphone. If your Discord mic is not working, either from robotic voice issues or with no recorded input detected at all, you’ll need to troubleshoot the problem. Here are several ways you can fix a broken Discord mic issue. Check Discord Permissions (and Run as Administrator) All major operating systems, including Windows and macOS, make efforts to limit access to certain hardware like your microphone and webcam to help protect your privacy....