A lot of people try their level best to avoid being online but truth be told, you end up online these days whether you like it or not. So if you are looking for someone, you just have to know the right online places to look. Social Media The first obvious port of call is obviously social media, in the form of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Twitter is very limited in what they can tell you about a person (apart from their photo and location – if they enter that information)....

Yet there’s one nifty little-known trick that will change your Spotify user experience for good. Not a lot of users know that you can upload your own music to Spotify. Learn how to play local files from your computer in Spotify and why you might want to do it. Why Upload Music To Spotify? Spotify’s library is huge. The app has over 50 million tracks to offer. Still you can run across tracks that you won’t find on Spotify....

The Shape Builder tool was added to Illustrator in version CS5, and all versions since then have included it. We used Adobe Illustrator CC, but as long as you’re using Illustrator CS5 or later, these instructions should work. How to Merge Shapes With the Shape Builder Tool We’ll start by merging vector shapes. All of the shape tools in Illustrator create vector shapes. That means they can be scaled to any size....

The Personal Safety app has features like car crash detection and location sharing with your emergency contacts. You can also get crisis alerts about nearby natural disasters or public emergencies. We’ll walk you through how to install or activate the app on your Google Pixel device and how to use it to enhance your personal safety. Apple iPhone users should follow our guide on how to set up emergency SOS calling and emergency contacts in iOS....

As it turns out, sunlight is a driving factor in our moods, as it provides us with vitamin D, which can help increase the mood-boosting chemical serotonin in our brains. Light itself also helps our bodies maintain the circadian rhythm, which tells our bodies when to wake up and when to fall asleep. For those suffering from SAD, researchers found that light therapy can be immensely helpful in elevating mood....

The last thing you want to do is draw attention to it by blurting it out in a busy chat. What do you do? Whisper them. There are numerous ways to whisper a user on Twitch, but the good news is that all of them are easy. How to Whisper a Twitch User in the Browser Whispering to someone from the browser is a bit different than whispering to someone on mobile....

Well, there are actually a couple of ways to insert an Excel spreadsheet into Word: linking, embedding and creating a new one. Whether you embed or link, the inserted Excel spreadsheet will not automatically get updated unless you specifically create the link between the two files. Once linked, however, then the data in the embedded or linked spreadsheet will update whenever changes are detected in the originating Excel spreadsheet. In addition to inserting an existing Excel spreadsheet, you can also insert a new Excel object into Word, which basically runs Excel inside of Word itself....

What’s even better is that you can now use a Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 product key to install Windows 10 on a machine too. So if you have a Windows 7 or 8.1 PC and you want to perform a clean install, you can now download the Windows 10 ISO image and use your current product key to activate Windows 10 after it is installed. The only restriction that Microsoft is still maintaining is that you must install Windows 10 on the same PC where Windows 7 or Windows 8....

This feature actively alerts LinkedIn recruiters that you’re job hunting. You should understand the benefits, as well as the downsides, of this LinkedIn feature and take the time to optimize your profile. What Is “Open to Work?” LinkedIn’s Open to Work is a relatively new feature that allows you to let your entire network know that you’re in the job market. There are two options to choose from: How to Enable OpenToWork It’s easy to show recruiters that you’re open to opportunities....

Just like how your address and password are unique to your email account, IMAP and POP server settings are unique to every email provider. Gmail’s IMAP server settings, for example, are different from Yahoo’s, and both company’s IMAP settings are different from their own POP server settings. So, you have two options, but which one do you need? What is the difference between IMAP and POP? Is IMAP better than POP?...

Often the problem lies in Windows settings or some issue with the Razer Synapse software. Once you track it down, a few clicks could have your headphones functioning normally. Razer Kraken There are a few different versions of the Razer Kraken. For example, here are the most recent models and their features. The Razer Kraken X is the only Kraken without a detachable mic. Unlike the others, it also runs on 7....

Visiting the Overwatch page initially loads up a regular screen, as shown in the image above. The title is something in binary code: 00110010 00110011 — but upon close inspection, it becomes clear that this is the work of our elusive Sombra. The topic posted by a user called Skycoder has a familiar message: La que tiene la informacion; Tiene el poder, which is a Spanish phrase, meaning — She who has the information, has the power....

Of course, all of this gets synced to any other device that can run Google Chrome, which includes Android and iOS phones, Chromebooks, or Mac/Linux machines. Up till now, this hasn’t existed in Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge as a built-in feature. With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update released earlier, Microsoft Edge now supports a couple of really useful features: one being extensions and the other being synchronization. As of now, you can only sync your bookmarks and reading list between devices, which isn’t terribly exciting, but it’s a start....

You can attempt to resolve this issue by switching to a better internet connection. If this isn’t enough to fix Teams not showing calendar, this article will guide you around this issue. Keep reading this article to get your Teams up and running again! Why is Teams Calendar Not Showing? How to Fix Teams Not Showing Calendar? There is a range of solutions you can try to fix this issue in Microsoft Teams....

All of these systems make almost none, or very small sacrifices to meet this price range, whilst still focusing on high quality security features. They are also great starting points for any future plans you may have for building upon it once you have the funds available. YI 4 piece Home Camera System with 24/7 Recording – $119 If you’re simply looking for camera surveillance, you can’t go wrong with the 4 piece system from YI....

If your installation of Firefox runs slow or freezes more than you’d care for, there are a lot of different ways to speed things up a bit. In this article, I’m going to go through all the tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years to keep Firefox fast and efficient. Depending on your operating system and system configuration, some tweaks might give you more of a boost than others....

Cookie Clicker may be one of the best-known idle games, but it’s a surprisingly in-depth game too. One of the most critical and challenging mechanics is the ascension mechanic. What is Ascension? Ascension in Cookie Clicker is like choosing to prestige in other games. You lose most of your progress, but you start over with specific beneficial bonuses. To ascend, click the “Legacy” button near the top of the screen....

What is a Heatsink? A heatsink is the part of a device designed to move heat away from the hottest areas on that device. For example, on a GPU, the heatsink helps move the heat away from the GPU chip that powers the card. Heatsinks work by increasing the surface area near the hot places on computer parts. Increased surface area helps move the heat away from the part generating it and to cooler parts, where the fans can help move the hot air out of the computer....

One of the most handy shortcuts in Windows is the Alt + Ctrl + Del hotkey, which lists a menu of different options. The good news is, this shortcut is also present in Mac, albeit it functions a little differently. What is Alt Control Delete on a Mac? The Alt + Ctrl + Del shortcut key in Mac is Command + Option + Esc key. The two hotkeys share similar keys in different operating systems, but their functions vary a little....

BIOS images can get corrupted due to a number of different reasons such as a failed BIOS upgrade, power outages, or even virus or rootkit attacks. In such an event, the system will attempt to recover the BIOS image stored either in a hidden partition or an external drive. BIOS auto recovery is an automatic recovery process that occurs when the BIOS image integrity has failed during booting. Auto-recovery from either the HDD or an external USB drive is carried out....