How to Add Giphy to Slack GIFs can lighten up the mood during serious online conversations, which makes them especially popular in virtual workspaces like Slack. Here’s how to add Giphy to Slack to share GIFs with colleagues. Anyone can send GIFs after the Giphy app is added to your workspace. To enable Giphy in Slack: How to Send a GIF on Slack To post a GIF in Slack, type /giphy followed by a word or phrase and press Enter or Return....
How to Turn On Dark Mode for Google Docs The process for turning on Dark Mode in Google Docs is different depending on whether you’re using the mobile app on your phone or tablet or the web version in your browser. The mobile app has a native Dark Mode you can toggle on and off, but the web app doesn’t. Use an Browser Extension to Enable Dark Mode on the Web To enable Dark Mode on the Google Docs website, you need to install a web browser extension for your browser....
How to Use Steps Recorder The primary reason to use Steps Recorder is to document a process that leads to an error, which can then be shown to a tech expert for assistance. Here’s how to get started: What to Do With Your New Steps Recorder File The only thing left to do is get the file you saved to the person or group helping you out with your problem. The tool will make screenshots of what’s on your computer screen and include those in the recording you save and then send off for support....
How to Use the ISBLANK Function in Excel There are a number of different ways you can use ISBLANK for all sorts of ends, but a simple example situation is to find whether a range of cells are empty or filled. This can be very useful if you need a database to be complete, but combing through it by hand would take a while. In this example we’ll be using a sample data set that includes a range of Data that could represent anything in reality....
Apple adapted the iOS version of Safari from the desktop version that has come with Macs for many years. However, the mobile version of Safari is different in many ways. How to Use Safari in iPhone and iOS Devices To control Safari, you use the same gestures as found elsewhere on the iPhone. Swipe to scroll web pages and tap links to open web pages. But Safari also has some special features that might not have counterparts in other apps you use....
What Is the STDEV Function in Excel? In Microsoft Excel, the STDEV function and the STDEV.S function are both tools to help you estimate the standard deviation based on a set of sample data. A standard deviation is a statistical tool that tells you roughly how far each number in a list of data values varies from the average value or arithmetic mean of the list itself. In Excel 2010 and later, the STDEV....
What Is the Mac Universal Clipboard? Universal Clipboard is a feature that Apple has built into the macOS and iOS that makes a copy and paste clipboard accessible to all of your compatible devices. Think of it this way: When you copy something on one of your Apple devices, it’s actually copied to all of your Apple devices, giving each of them temporary ability to paste that item. With Universal Clipboard, you can copy and paste from a Macbook Air to an iPad, from an iPhone to an iMac, from an iPhone to an iPad, and from a Mac Pro to a Macbook (or any other combination you can come up with)....
Multitask With Picture in Picture When you want to take notes while on a Facetime call or monitor your email as you watch a video, Picture in Picture is ready. Scale down a FaceTime screen or video by pressing the Home button (on models that have them) or the reduce screen size icon. The video scales down to a corner of the iPad screen. You can see the Home screen and open any other app....
Apple products are often reliable. The company also has excellent customer support. An old, used Mac likely won’t have a warranty remaining, but you can visit an Apple store for help and pay for repairs if necessary. Still, you should be cautious. This list will help you avoid common problems. You’ll want at least 4GB of RAM. It’s enough for everyday tasks like web browsing, document editing, basic games, and streaming video....
A benefit to using a 2.1 channel home theater system is that it is great for enjoying movies and music without the need for surround or center channel speakers. You can also enjoy less clutter from running additional wires. On top of all that, 2.1 channel systems are a step up from the basic sound produced by the small speakers built into most televisions. 2.1 vs. 5.1 Channel Sound Most TV shows and DVD or Blu-ray movies are produced in surround sound, intended to be enjoyed on a 5....
Piriform provides both installable and portable versions of their free registry cleaner. If you’re set on using an automated tool to fix an issue you have that’s caused by a registry problem, we highly recommend you use Piriform’s CCleaner freeware registry cleaner tool. We tested CCleaner v6 in Windows 11 using both their portable and installable versions. It can also clean the registry in Windows 10, 8, and 7. Some big pluses for Wise’s free registry cleaner include fast registry scans, scheduled scans, in place updates, and a clear separation between normal issues and those that are “unsafe,” a feature we loved....
If you like the sound of an anonymous app to use just for fun, or if you’re looking for apps similar to the now-defunct Yik Yak, here are a few social networking apps that allow you to interact with others and share your thoughts and feelings without the pressure of having your identity revealed. Anomo’s location-based functionality lets you chat with people nearby just like you can do with similar apps, or you can use the Mingle feature to find people based on your interests....
Tosh often asks questions to his fans and retweets their answers on air. Be sure you want your answer on television before you converse with him. While you’re looking at Swift’s Twitter profile, she may be looking at yours. Swift has always been interactive with her fans, and this includes Twitter. She’s even invited fans to her private home for a screening of her CD. If you ever see a Tweet like this, ask him any question you want....
Unfortunately, it’s very much not a straightforward process. You can’t format the C drive like you can format another drive in Windows because you’re within Windows when you perform it. To do it from within Windows would be like lifting a chair in the air while sitting on it—you just can’t. The solution is to format C from outside of Windows, meaning you need a way to do it from somewhere other than your Windows installation....
It’s not free, and it’s a little more expensive than the average app, but it’s well worth it. With Plume, you can also manage multiple accounts, view inline photo previews, edit your profile, see what’s trending, and so much more. It has all the powerful features of Twitter’s own app with a completely different interface. You get a totally moveable menu bar that lets you show/hide all necessary functions, like UberTabs, that let you compose tweets with one tap and a media-rich timeline with all links intact....
There are lots of error messages you could see while connected to the internet, but below are some of the more common ones most people run into. You might see them when your device isn’t connected to the internet at all, or if a web page is down or not responding properly. Use this list to decipher what’s going on, and be sure to follow the links to the full troubleshooting guides for more information....
We also keep a list of HTTP status code errors (4xx and 5xx) along with some tips on how to fix them. HTTP Status Code Categories As you can see below, HTTP status codes are three-digit integers. The very first digit is used to identify the code within a specific category—one of these five: 1XX: Informational—the request was accepted or the process is continuing. 2XX: Confirms that the action completed successfully or was understood....
Plastic gets a bad rap, and often for a good reason. But it is also superior to metal and glass in many ways. According to a report from the absurdly well-sourced Apple journalist Mark Gurman, Apple was considering a plastic iPad with a matching keyboard for under $500 but abandoned the idea. The draw here, for Apple, was presumably price. But anyone who has suffered a crack in their glass-backed Phone or had an iPhone Pro drag their summer shorts down will know that metals and glass aren’t always best....
A startup called Spectrum Labs provides artificial intelligence technology to platform providers to detect and shut down toxic exchanges in real-time. But experts say that AI monitoring also raises privacy issues. “AI monitoring often requires looking at patterns over time, which necessitates retaining the data,” David Moody, a senior associate at Schellman, a security and privacy compliance assessment company, told Lifewire in an email interview. “This data may include data that laws have flagged as privacy data (personally identifiable information or PII)....
Overall Findings Choosing between passive polarized and active shutter mostly comes down to how much you’re willing to spend. Passive polarized glasses are fairly low-tech; they look and feel like cheap sunglasses and don’t require a power source. Active shutter glasses are pricier and more high-tech, requiring batteries and a transmitter that syncs with on-screen refresh rates. Still, they provide a crisper, higher-resolution image. Image Quality: Active Shutters Win Out Active shutter glasses provide a crisper, higher-resolution image....
