AirPlay and Mirroring The Apple AirPlay technology streams music from your iOS device over Wi-Fi to any compatible device or speaker. Not only does this allow you to ​create a wireless home audio system, but it also means that your music isn’t confined to your iPhone or iPad. You can go to a friend’s house and play your music over their speakers if those speakers are connected to Wi-Fi. At first, AirPlay only supported audio streaming....

How to Use Alexa as an Alarm Clock to Wake From a Nap If you need a one-off alarm for your nap, ask Alexa for one. If you need to wake in four hours, say, “Alexa, set a sleep timer for four hours,” and the alarm goes off four hours from the time of your request. How to Set a Daily Alarm With Alexa If you get up at the same time every day, you can set your alarm right now....

How to Set up Audacity for Recording Podcasts Audacity is a fairly complicated piece of software, but you don’t really need a deep knowledge of how it works under the hood to start using it. If you want to try recording a podcast with it, we walk you through all of the initial settings, the basic editing options you need to know, and also how to export into a format that you can upload to your podcast hosting....

How Do I Turn on Focus Assist? The fastest way to get into focus mode is to select the battery, network, or volume icon to the left of the clock on the taskbar—or use WIN+A—and then choose Focus assist. Select it once for Priority only, or twice for Alarms only. Focus assist will start automatically if you duplicate your display, when you’re playing a game, or when you’re using an app in full screen mode....

Setting Up IFTTT on Google Home Setting up IFTTT with Google Home begins with creating an IFTTT account and getting the official app. Follow the steps below and you’ll be ready to go in no time. Why Use IFTTT With Google Home? If you’re comfortable automating some of your connected devices with Google Home and feel like you’re ready to take your smart home to the next level, Google Home’s integration with IFTTT offers a great way to do just that....

Shop With Brands in Your Instagram Feed Instagram has expanded its shopping features, making it seamless for businesses to set up Instagram Shops and easier for Instagram users to find and buy the products they want without leaving the app. While scrolling through your Instagram feed, you’ll come across posts from brands you follow. You’ll also see “sponsored” posts that appear in your feed based on past purchases or other posts you liked....

How to Put Your iPhone into DFU Mode Putting a device into DFU mode is similar to Recovery Mode. Here’s what to do: What Is DFU Mode, Anyway? The iPhone Device Firmware Update (DFU) Mode makes low-level changes to the software running the device. While it is related to ​Recovery Mode, it’s more comprehensive, and you can use it to solve more difficult problems.​​​​ If the device won’t turn off, continue to hold the Power button and Home button after the slider appears....

How to Enable Lockdown Mode on iPhone Lockdown Mode is disabled by default, but you can turn it on in your iPhone’s privacy settings. When you turn it on, you will be presented with a list of things that this feature locks down or disables. If you still wish to continue, your phone will ultimately need to reboot to enable the feature. Here’s how to enable Lockdown Mode on iPhone:...

Microsoft used to let you open slideshows without PowerPoint with their free viewer tool, but it was restricted to viewing only and is no longer available from their website. What you can use now is either their web-based version or mobile app. Microsoft PowerPoint Online PowerPoint Online is the web version of PowerPoint. It doesn’t have all the features as the desktop edition but it still lets you edit existing files, create new ones, share presentations with others, and print off presentations....

How to Use Outlook Search Operators To search for emails in Outlook precisely using search operators, enter your search keywords in the Search box. The Search box in Outlook Online is at the top of the page, in the header. The Search box in Outlook desktop apps is above the Message List. Employ the following search operators to construct a query: subject: — Searches the Subject of all emails for a specified word....

How to Start a Huddle in Slack in a Browser Beginning a new huddle is very simple, as are inviting people and sharing your screen. How to Start a Huddle in Slack on Mobile Slack huddles are also fairly easy to use on a mobile device, though the steps are slightly different compared to using a web browser. Most of the same huddle features from the browser version of Slack will work on mobile, but you won’t be able to change your video background or set a huddle theme....

Options for entering the function include manually typing in the entire function =TRUNC(A4,2), or using the function’s dialog box – as outlined below: In these instances, the function removes all decimal values and, depending on the value of Num_digits, rounds the number down to that many digits. For example, when Num_digits is: Equal to -1, the number is rounded down to the nearest value of 10. Shown in row seven....

How to Open the Google Docs Outline Tool To open the Outline Tool, follow these steps: Desktop/Web The steps for opening the outline tool differs slightly depending on which version of Google Docs you’re using. Follow these steps if you’re on a desktop. Android/iOS To enable the document outline on an Android or iOS device, tap More (the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner), and choose Document Outline. The outline will appear at the bottom of the screen....

How to Use the Clone Stamp Tool in Photoshop The Photoshop Clone Stamp tool copies one area of an image onto another area of an image. Photographers and designers often use the Clone Stamp tool to remove unwanted elements from a photograph. For example, it can be used to cover blemishes on people’s faces by copying from another part of the skin or to remove trees from a mountain view by copying parts of the sky over them....

How to Set up the Built-In Authenticator in iOS 15 You can set up the two-factor authenticator in iOS 15 for any website or app that supports this feature. Here’s how to set up the built-in two-factor authenticator in iOS 15: How to Remove an Entry From the Built-In Authenticator in iOS 15 If you don’t want to use two-factor authentication for a particular site anymore, or you prefer to use a different authenticator app, you can remove a site from the built-in iOS 15 tool at any time....

How to Use Voicemail Transcription on iPhone Voicemail to text, also known as voicemail transcription or visual voicemail, is available on many iPhone and Android devices. These services create a written version of voicemail messages on your smartphone. Although the transcription may not always be 100 percent accurate, it usually gives you a good sense of what a message is about. Here’s how to use voicemail to text on an iPhone....

Decide Whether You Want a Public or Private Profile Twitter is an open and public social network where anyone can see your posts and interact with you. By default, your profile is public. However, you can make your Twitter activity private so that only people who follow you (which requires your approval first) can interact with you. Observe How Users Interact on Twitter Before you jump into tweeting, consider checking out other user profiles to see how they use Twitter....

Updated 2018: 2Do has drastically changed its pricing. After raising the price to $14.99 in 2016, the developer has now made the app free, but with in-app purchases that unlock pro features such as sending to-dos to the app via email, syncing content with Dropbox and the iOS Reminders app, time- and location-based alerts, and more. The app also offers an Apple Watch app and an iPad app. Download 2Do Any....

Internet connectivity on mobile devices is now more necessity than luxury, but even the 4G standard is not without its downsides. In this article, we take a look at the pros and cons of 4G mobile networks. Pros of 4G Mobile Networks The most obvious advantage of the 4G mobile network is its amazing speed. Increased bandwidth leads to much faster data transfer speed, which is especially advantageous for mobile devices....

Each of those three important improvements listed above might not seem world-changing in and of themselves, but together they will make possible major shifts in just about every industry. Wide availability of 5G may even create some new industries. From super-ultra-fast broadband to smart and autonomous cars, to enormous networks of Internet of Things (IoT), 5G could be the catalyst that brings about a much smarter and more connected planet....