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Off-Facebook Activity – What Is It? Facebook is not exactly the best place for you if you care about your privacy. That’s not much of a secret. However, the social network has tools that allow you to improve on this. Furthermore, giving your account the occasional privacy checkup is always a great idea. As a Facebook user, the mere fact that you’re not on the website doesn’t mean that you’re not producing data that gets shared with Facebook....

There are a few ways to take a photo with a timer. On most cameras, there is a setting on the mode dial that allows you to set a timer for 10 seconds or 2 seconds. If your camera doesn’t have that setting, you can also use the self-timer mode by pressing the shutter button halfway and then releasing it. This will start the timer. To set the timer on your phone to take a picture, open the camera app and tap the three dots in the top right corner....

How to Email Contact Groups or Distribution Lists as Email Attachments from Outlook 2010 Step 1 In Outlook 2010, compose a new E-mail. Step 2 In the new e-mail, click Attach Item from the Message ribbon and select Outlook Item. Step 3 From the list under the Outlook Data File, click Contacts. In the bottom pane, a list of your contact groups will appear, and you can select the ones you would like to attach to the email....

You can stick with default settings for creating new reminders or set up custom ones on the fly. Plus, if you use Google Keep on your mobile device, reminders based on your location are ideal. Here, we’ll show you how to create both time and location-based reminders along with how to change your default reminder settings. As a bonus, we’ll include steps for using Google Keep online and on your mobile device....

In this guide, we will tell you how to solve the issue of Microsoft Windows Update not working as intended. Software updates help in the smooth running of your PC/Laptop. The major advantage is security from the various vulnerabilities that experts discover every month. So, it should be a second nature to install the official upgrades when they are rolled out. Missing out may lead to a virus or malware situation....

Many times it happens that we have to stop the iOS updates downloading in your devices. It happens that once the iOS update starts downloading, there are no options in the device like “Cancel Update” or “Stop downloading update” button available to stop it. There is no proper process or method to stop the download but it can be done. There is no chance or method left once the update starts installing....

If you have a smartphone, you’ll probably have screenshots in it as well. You command Google to back up your camera pictures, but they just ignore you and back up many other irrelevant pictures on your smartphone. For instance, you need Google to back up the camera images to the cloud, but along with them, Google also lures in the screenshots. It’s annoying and itches you every damn time. But the digital world always has its contribution to see through the barriers!...

Last weekend was a big weekend for television with the Super Bowl and this weekend marks yet another one. This Sunday, James Corden will host the 2017 Grammys live from Los Angeles. The show will feature performances from a variety of artists and likely include some solid comedy from Corden. But how do you stream it on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac? Read on to find out… How to stream The Grammys on iOS, iPhone, Mac and Apple TV Streaming options are somewhat limited this year, but there are few things worth noting....

Fallout 76 is the latest addition to their Fallout series that is developed by Bethesda Softworks. The game was liked by many as well hated by some. The main reason for hate was the lack of storyline and the Non-Player Characters. But now it seems that the guys at Bethesda have to herd us and bought all the good things together in this package. Fallout 76 Wastelanders is a special mode in Fallout 76 that gets automatically activated when you reach Level 10....

AirPlay is Apple’s feature for casting or screen mirroring content from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to a TV. You can use AirPlay on Apple TV set-top boxes or compatible smart TVs like Samsung or LG. However, one frustration many people run into is that by default anyone nearby can connect to AirPlay. If you live in a dense area like an apartment block, this can be very annoying. The default AirPlay options let anyone that is in Wi-Fi range see your Apple TV and try to AirPlay to it....

That gives you two options which are available windows that are open (not minimized) that you can choose. Or, select Screen Clipping so you can grab a specific screenshot you want. Do note that you can’t take a shot of the application that you’re using to take the shot, though. If you select Screen Clipping, it works like the Snipping Tool, a utility built into previous versions of Windows. The screen grays out, and you can drag the cursor to select the area of your screen you want to capture....

We know Instagram as a social media platform where you can share photos and videos with your followers. But do you know that Instagram can also work as a marketing tool for your brand? Almost 130 million Instagramers are engaged with content related to shopping. Even you might have come across the pages that are selling clothes online. But how are they selling? It might sound like a tedious task to create one if you are new to this, but it’s not....

Gaming and streaming are going hand in hand these days by many passionate gamers. Twitch is the playground of these guys and also million of other viewers. When a content-providing platform becomes popular it will also gain the attraction of hackers. Besides, it is not new that we hear social media accounts getting hacked by these hackers. The best way to protect any social media site is to use the 2 Factor Authentication or 2FA....

After enabling guest mode, your Chromecast emits a Wi-Fi beacon that other devices use to find it. The feature is opt-in, and you can turn it off if you don’t want someone using it. The beacon is an audio tone that humans can’t hear containing the connection PIN to the other Android devices in the room. If the audio pairing fails for some reason, you can still manually enter in the PIN, which shows up in a couple of places....

Instagram is the latest of Facebook’s services to gain support for its new group video chat feature, Messenger Rooms. Follow along for a look at how it works… Facebook announced and rolled out Messenger Rooms as a Zoom and Group FaceTime competitor to a small group of users in April. Then last week Facebook opened it up to everyone with support for up to 50 people in a video chat....

If you’ve ever tried to store a Final Cut Pro X library on an external hard drive connected to your local network, or via an actual NAS from a company like Synology, then you’ve likely been greeted with an unsupported volume type error. This error is there to let you know that you must store a library on a local, SAN, or supported SMB location. However, it is possible to save a library on a NAS by properly wielding a disk image created via the macOS Disk Utility....

In this guide, I will explain to you how to upload your choice of the recipe on the Echo Show. While you cook, the virtual assistant on the gadget will read out the recipe neatly for you. So, you have your entire focus on cooking only. There is one option called Allrecipes that you have to enable. Then you can be able to put up custom recipes or any recipe and do your cooking....

Use Find My iPhone Using iOS 9 First, make sure you have some cellular data on the phone since you will need this for verification to make sure that it works.I would also recommend you have an iCloud account in advance, although you can do so from your Apple device when setting up Find My iPhone. On your iPhone, launch Settings then type Find My iPhone. Enter your iCloud credentials to verify your account....

I’m sure in most households there are kids that banter with the parents to buy them an iPhone. A smartphone, in general, is a very useful gadget. However, we see many adults are getting addicted to it. Apart from the good features, many aspects can keep a grown-up user addicted to their phones. Now, people are also getting aware of the smartphone addiction thing. So, in light of that most parents don’t find it ideal to provide an expensive and high-end device like iPhone to kids....

Users often use the Facebook event page to share detailed information about an upcoming event. It could be a watch party, fundraiser, or a privately hosted live event. For these events to be successful, you need attendees. So do you invite your friends one by one? Is there a single button that selects all friends? Initially, it was hard to send invites to all Facebook friends to an event with a single click....