For this review, we’re taking a look at the Bouncie GPS Tracker, a 3G tracker that plugs directly into your vehicle’s OBD-II port and helps keep track of both your habits and location with the help of an accompanying smartphone app. I’ve spent more than 60 hours of driving testing this unit and have summarized my thoughts in the sections below. Design: Pretty typical The Bouncie is fairly standard as far as the design goes....
What Are CBR and CBZ Files? CDisplay Archived Comic Book files hold comic book pages in image formats like PNG, JPEG, BMP, and GIF. The images are stored in a compressed archive format so that all of them can be viewed, sequentially, from within a comic book reader program or app. Comic Book files can exist in a RAR, ZIP, TAR, 7Z, or ACE-compressed file. Each format, then, goes by a different name, like CDisplay RAR Archived Comic Book (CBR) if the images are stored in RAR format, or CDisplay ZIP Archived Comic Book (CBZ) if the file uses the ZIP format....
From unique wearables to high-tech pillows and a holistic garden, experts say wellness tech that will debut at CES 2021 showcases a broader trend in the industry that is moving towards personalizing our habits through technology. “Wellness tech is so important for this year and beyond because it allows us to more easily engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors that help prolong our lives without disease,” wrote Michael D. Ham, co-founder and COO of Pure365, in an email to Lifewire....
Chrome 90’s new link to highlight feature lets you link to any chunk of text on a web page, not just the page itself. This simple change could change the way we use the web, how we search, and more. It could even be enough to wrest users away from Safari and Firefox unless they follow along. “For people writing blog posts, they can now link directly to a specific phrase that they are trying to reference,” marketing consultant Phil Johnston told Lifewire via email....
Creating a Form in Access Before you can use access to make a report from a form, you must create a form. A form is a database object that you can use to make a user interface. The simplest way to make a form is by using the Form Wizard. Converting a Form for Printing The process for converting a form so you can print it as a report is relatively easy....
The Corsair One Pro is a gaming desktop PC that combines a clever water cooling setup with a custom tower design to deliver high performance in a surprisingly small form factor. It uses a solid, premium-looking custom aluminum and steel case to accomplish this, along with a tailor-made cooling solution that doesn’t waste an inch of internal real estate. Corsair has been a venerated mainstay in the PC components world for a long time now, offering popular CPU coolers, power supplies, cases, memory, and a whole lot more....
When Are the Dates for DesignCon 2023? DesignCon 2023 will occur in person from January 31 to February 2, 2023. It will be at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. How to Register to Attend Registration has not yet opened for 2023. Check the DesignCon website for more details. What Kinds of Topics Are Covered at DesignCon? DesignCon is a highly technical event involving technical paper sessions, panels, tutorials, and boot camps....
A photograph where the camera doesn’t measure the light properly will end up overexposed (too much light in the photo) or underexposed (too little light). With an overexposed photo, you can end up losing details in the scene, as you’ll have bright white spots in the image. With an underexposed photo, the scene will be too dark to pick out details, leaving an undesirable result. Automatic Exposure Explained With most digital cameras, you don’t really have to do anything special or change any specific settings to have the camera make use of automatic exposure....
When it comes to setting up a home theater, your decision should be based predominantly on the size of your room, its acoustics, the number of listeners, and your listening preferences. Direct-Radiating Speakers A direct-radiating speaker (sometimes referred to as a monopole) is a forward-firing speaker that outputs sound directly into the room toward the listeners. Surround sound effects in movies, music, and games are most noticeable with direct speakers....
What the FCC and FAA Say About In-Flight Phone Usage In the United States, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has outlawed using a phone while the plane is off the ground, regardless of the airline. This restriction is set by the FCC to circumvent possible issues with cell towers. The FCC regulation reads as follows: However, a separate law administered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), does allow for the use of wireless devices while flying: This means that one airline may allow in-flight calls for all or certain flights, while another may ban all phone usage during the entire length of the flight or just during takeoff....
The new display, known as Project Spectrum, takes Eve’s 4K Spectrum and Quad HD Spectrum models and adds a layer of glossy coating over the screens to reduce glare and present a higher quality picture. The company states the glossy coating requires a lot of research and testing on the polarizer, which is the outer layer of the display. The coating can also only be added with special manufacturing tools, so Eve is working with LG, who has the right assembly line to make glossy monitors a reality....
The key hardware components of a wireless computer network include adapters, routers and access points, antennas, and repeaters. Wireless Network Adapters Wireless network adapters (also known as wireless NICs or wireless network cards) are required for each device on a wireless network. All laptop computers for more than ten years, tablets, and smartphones incorporate wireless capability as a built-in feature of these systems. Separate add-on adapters must be purchased for older laptop PCs and desktops....
What Is a FAT File? A file with the FAT file extension is a theme used by the Zinf audio player. Inside the file is a collection of images and an XML file that describes how the program should look. FAT files are really just renamed .ZIP files. You can download Zinf themes from their website. How to Open a FAT File Zinf (it stands for “Zinf Is Not FreeA*p”) is the program used to open a FAT file....
When Will the Foldable MacBook Be Released? It sort of makes sense, actually. You have the smaller iPhone and the larger iPad. Instead of an even bigger phone or tablet, why not throw macOS on it and call it a MacBook? That’s the idea if Ross Young’s foldable/rollable report is to be considered reliable. And it probably should, since he’s often a dependable source for early news like this. It’s still really early, though, so we’re not sure if it’ll be called a MacBook or something entirely different....
It’s like taking a horse and cart, and replacing the horse with a gas-powered-horse robot instead of inventing the car. Electric-powered cars need to be lightweight, and personal city vehicles don’t need four seats, 20 cup holders, or a 200-plus mph top speed. On the other hand, perhaps these extreme EVs will convince diehard petrolheads to go electric. “There is no longer an engine under the hood of an electric F-150....
A technology called LTE-Advanced improves on standard LTE by adding new wireless transmission capabilities. LTE-Advanced supports a theoretical maximum data rate more than three times that of standard LTE, up to 1 Gbps, allowing customers to enjoy downloads at 100 Mbps or better. While some marketing professionals and press have labeled LTE-Advanced as 5G, no widely-approved definition of 5G exists to justify the claim. Those living or traveling in rural areas are unlikely to find LTE service....
How to Set Up a Smartwatch Follow these steps to set up your smartwatch: Customizing a Smartwatch You can download a new watch face to add some more personality to your device. Watch faces are available from your watch’s mobile app, but you can also get them from third-party apps like Facer. You can find a variety of faces, from analog designs to faces that display the current weather in addition to the time....
Google Nest Hub and Google Assistant have been offering voice-controlled assistance for hotel guests across the US and the UK. Now Google is extending the hands-free hospitality service to Legoland hotels in California and New York. Convenience and safety are the two main factors with this match-up. Google wants visitors and their families to be able to enjoy themselves while feeling safer at a public resort like Legoland. While looking up nearby restaurants or park operation times is something you could do with just about any device, Google Assistant does offer some exclusive features....
What’s New: Family mode brings doodling and fun filters to your Duo calls, letting kids play while they stay in touch with people like grandparents. Hang up and mute buttons are hidden to help kids stay in the chat, too. Google also points out that calls with Family mode are still end-to-end encrypted for privacy. Moms matter: Google is in the process of adding fun filters to the regular, non-Family mode, too, like this first one for Mother’s Day....
Google is rolling out continuous scrolling for mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, according to a company blog post. The update will work for both standard web searches and on Google’s dedicated smartphone app across both major smartphone platforms—Android and iOS. Here’s how it works. Opening a Google search brings up a page of results, as usual, but instead of a “see more” prompt at the bottom of the page, new results will keep loading as you scroll down....
