Using Google Voice from your iPhone is a very simple process thanks to Google’s vision of moving all applications to the Web. Good news, since Apple decided to block the Google Voice App from the Apple App Store. Whatever their reasons, thanks to Google and the Google Voice Mobile Site/Client, we won’t need to wait for Google and Apple to battle it out in court. We can start using Google Voice on the iPhone immediately....

Available for Windows and Mac, VideoProc Vlogger is a solution for anyone who has either been unwilling to spend a fortune for video-edit software or has grown frustrated by the steady stream of freemium options that add watermarks and limit features. Although it’s designed for everyone, the software is primarily geared towards beginners, hobbyists, and, as its name suggests, Vloggers. What is VideoProc Vlogger? Developed by Digiarty Software, VideoProc Vlogger is designed with the Dewey principle in mind: learn by doing....

I’m sure that the Australia LifeInsuranceFinder.com didn’t have me in mind when they created the animation “Digital Death — What Happens Online When You Die.” I have no intention of dying, but in an academic sense, I found the cartoon informative and funny. (Actuaries always crack me up.) Are you worried about any dirty laundry you stashed on the Internet? You should be. When you die–emphasis on “you”– if you have a lot of your personal information in a cloud, it becomes the property of whoever runs the cloud....

What is Face ID? As its name suggests, Face ID uses your face to unlock your device using biometric authentication. The tool can also be used to make digital payments, access sensitive data, and provide detailed facial expression tracking for Apple Animoji. In terms of hardware, Face ID uses a built-in sensor that includes three modules. The first of these, the dot projector, uses 30,000 invisible infrared dots that are digitally placed onto a users’ face....

How it works When you accessed this article, your web browser was using TLS. Let’s look into what is happening behind the scenes. TLS helps to protect your information during transit, and attackers capturing data will see only garbage because they don’t have the session key that is needed to decrypt and read the data. TLS History Pre-versions of TLS were named SSL (versions 1.0/2.0/3.0), Secure Socket Layer, which was developed by a company called Netscape year 1994....

Awhile back, I covered PDFelement, a cost-effective Adobe or Bluebeam alternative that lets you create, modify, and edit PDFs as if they were Word files. I reviewed PDFexlement 5 and liked it because it was full-featured, yet lightweight. It’s perfect for splicing together PDFs, rotating pages, etc., but it can also do much more, like apply markups, perform OCR, and encrypt PDFs. Since my last review, Wondershare has released PDFelement 6....

So, how worried should you be? And what should you do to protect yourself? Let’s take a look at the details and I’ll tell you my opinion. Facebook has not been hacked This is the first and most important thing you should note. No one has gained access to Facebook’s servers or leaked data directly from Facebook. The source of the compromise is a malicious browser extension. No one from Facebook or any of the browser developers have identified which extension is the culprit, however....

Sure, there are plenty of Google Maps alternatives, but they’re rarely as accurate or filled with as many features as Google Maps offers. Instead, work through some of the solutions below to see if it resolves the slowness issues you’re experiencing. These solutions include steps for either mobile or your browser, depending on where you’re experiencing these issues. Google Maps Slow on Mobile If Google Maps is slow on your mobile device, there are a number of things that can cause it....

I use my wireless Wi-Fi network to stream media and provide Internet connections to my smartphone, tablets, and laptops around the house. My home network includes a router which is 802.11n compatible, meaning that it supports the current fastest available consumer-grade Wi-Fi protocol. But I know that my Internet provider (Comcast) provides much faster connections to my wired desktop computers, and I’d love the benefits of faster speeds on my Wi-Fi connected devices....

Windows 10 RAM Limits The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 10. The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 8. The memory limits between client and server are starting to compete; leaving an awkward gap with some editions in the Windows Server 2012 family-like Foundation and Essentials at 64 GB. High-end editions such as Standard and Datacenter have a memory limit of 4 TB....

From the Windows Store Xbox Video app page: You should receive this update automatically in the background, unless you have auto app updates disabled for some reason, then you’ll need to manually update it. Xbox Video App Updated for MKV Support After you’ve verified your Xbox Video app is up-to-date, it’s time to test out the new feature. Find a MKV file on your computer or network location, right-click it, and select the Xbox Video icon to play it....

Full-screen modern apps are a thing of the past. In Windows 10, your Windows apps will float on the desktop as normal resizable windows. The schizophrenic IE behavior is now gone. You no longer need to worry about which version of IE will open, and IE is being replaced by a new browser codenamed: Project Spartan. The Charms bar is gone in Windows 10 and is replaced by a much more useful notification center that you can pull up when you want it....

Today Microsoft released almost a dozen updates to its various operating systems including Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Server 2008. The updates/fixes include everything from 100+ game fixes/performance improvements to an update for the Windows Activation Service and Windows Media Player. Here’s the most notable: Update for Windows 7 (KB976264) – Fixes for ~100+ Games and ApplicationsUpdate for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB977716) – Fix for Windows 7 Media CenterUpdate for Windows 7 (KB976662) – IE8 Update fixing JSON interoperabilityUpdate for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB978632) – Windows 7 Media Center UpdateUpdate for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB976422) – Adds compatibility to Windows 7 to use SD (Security Digital) cards larger than 32 Gigs)Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows 7 (KB977863)Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB978637) – Application Stability Update...

If you’re a YouTube junkie, you know about some of the annoyances on YouTube. Every user wishes they could change or disable, advertisements, autoplay options, and more. If you want to change it to your own preferences, give YouTube Options for Google Chrome a try. With YouTube Options for Chrome, you can disable advertisements, change screen resolution, disable comments, and much more. The extension also works with many other video hosting websites including Vimeo, DailyMotion, Metacafe, and others....

Microsoft Excel is the industry-standard spreadsheet application. Microsoft Excel 2016 is a vast cornucopia of tools that let you manipulate, organize, analyze, and format data in a spreadsheet. Although Excel has been the lifeblood of many a corporate office, research firm, and financial outfit, Excel can be equally as handy and powerful for everyday users. Whether you are a home user managing a household budget, a small business owner managing inventory or a school teacher taking daily attendance, Excel will make your life easier if you learn to use it....

These days recipes are mostly electronic, scattered across many different websites. So how do you keep all of your favorite recipes in all of these different forms organized? Using online recipe organizers of course! Why keep entire cookbooks when you only like a small batch of recipes in them? Why bookmark half a dozen websites when you can just export your favorites to your own personal digital recipe organizer? In this article, we’ll show you a list of cloud-based recipe organizers you can use to do just that....

Miss the days of Windows XP when you had easy access to the Run Line from the Start menu? Here’s a quick tip on how to get it on the Windows 7 Start Menu. First, right click the Start Menu and select Properties. Under the Start Menu Tab click Customize. Scroll down in the Customize window and check Run Command. Click the Start menu and you’ll see Run. Click on it to bring up the Run Line....

Choose Which Apps Send Notifications on Battery Power in Windows 10 If you want to continue receiving notifications while using Windows 10’s battery saver feature, you can. By default, the battery saver automatically disables background tasks prone to depleting battery life, such as fetching new mail, wallpaper slideshow themes, and notifications. But it doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Open Start > Settings > System > Battery and click Battery usage by app....

With the Picture Frame enabled, you can view a slide show of the photos on your iPad. Just click the icon in the lower right corner. The photo slideshow will start on your Lock Screen. Anyone can view them, even with the Passcode enabled. If you don’t want someone grabbing your device and viewing your private pictures, turn the Photo Frame feature off. Go to Settings » General » Passcode Lock....

Note: iOS 6 lets you set up what’s essentially a “white list” of calls that will come in when you’re in Do not Disturb mode. But this is a whole new feature that will let you block callers anytime! Block Unwanted Calls in iOS 7 Step by Step If you have unwanted calls from crazy exes or bill collectors that just won’t stop with those harassing phone calls, here’s what you do to stop them — when you update to iOS 7....