To set up a Bluetooth file transfer between smartphones, tablets, and PCs, enable Bluetooth (and visibility). You can set up (or pair) the mobile device with a desktop or laptop. Send Files from Smartphones and Tablets To transfer files from a smartphone or tablet to a PC: Send Files from Computers While macOS supports Bluetooth, file transfers with that system are managed by AirDrop. Windows PCs are able to send files to a mobile device (and vice versa)....

Use Google Home Hub as a Photo Display It’s easy to turn your Google Home Hub display into a continuous slideshow photo frame. Before you get started, create a photo album in Google Photos to be your slideshow’s source. Then name it something like Google Home Hub Slideshow to identify it easily. Create a Live Album Slideshow Display Take your Google Home Hub slideshow to the next level by creating a Live Album....

Does the iPhone 7 Have a Headphone Jack? No. The iPhone 7 series was the first that did not have a headphone jack. Neither the iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus had a headphone jack. All iPhone models since then have also left out the headphone jack. When Apple introduced these models, it removed the headphone jack to allow the iPhone 7 to be slimmer than previous models. With the iPhone 7 series, users have three options for connecting headphones: Wireless headphones like AirPods, the Apple wired headphones included with the iPhone 7 and plug into the Lightning port, or an adapter for headphones with a standard jack....

How to Use Picture-in-Picture on iPad Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode puts video in a floating, resizable window that you can use while multi-tasking other apps. Unfortunately, there’s no master list of all compatible apps, which will continue to grow over time. To use PiP on an iPad, open a compatible app and once the video is playing, press the Home button. If your iPad isn’t equipped with a Home button, use the swipe up gesture (swipe up from the bottom of the screen) to go to your home screen....

Chkdsk also marks any damaged or malfunctioning sectors on the hard drive or disk as “bad” and recovers any information still intact. Chkdsk Command Availability The chkdsk command is available from the Command Prompt in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP operating systems. The chkdsk command is also available via Command Prompt in Advanced Startup Options and System Recovery Options. It also works from within the Recovery Console in Windows 2000 and Windows XP....

How to Set up Google Sync This feature lets you sync all of your Google services, including Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, and yes, Chrome. You can access your web browsing history and important bookmarks across all your devices. Once Google Sync is active, and you’re signed in, you’ll also sign in automatically to all of your other Google products. When you turn on Google Sync, you can: Access your bookmarks from any device....

How to Use the Windows App Store There are a couple of ways to access the Microsoft Store. Once there, begin browsing, searching, and installing the apps of your choice. Here’s how to use the Windows App Store on your PC: Search for an App Browsing is fun and is a great way to find new apps to try out, but if you’ve got something specific in mind, there’s a faster way to get what you want....

But before you can take advantage of all of these benefits, you’ll need to know the following tips and tricks so you can set everything up the way you prefer. To turn these off, open the Samsung Health app, select Settings, and scroll to and tap Inactive time alert and disable it. Go back to the previous menu, scroll to Workout detection, and tap it to turn that notification off as well....

1Password’s newest update allows the web browser extension to save your login credentials even when said credentials belong to a whole separate account. So it will not only remember your various passwords but also whether you signed in using a specific account (Facebook, Google, Apple, etc.). When you sign into (or sign up for) an account using a different service, 1Password will ask if you want it to remember the details....

Select a Range to Be Sorted in Excel Before data can be sorted, Excel needs to know the exact range to sort. Excel can automatically include related data in a range so long as there are no blank rows or columns within the selected area. Blank rows and columns between areas of related data are okay. Excel then determines if the data area has field names and excludes those rows from the records to be sorted....

Some estimates forecast that by 2025, we’ll reach 3.6 billion 5G connections, a number expected to grow to 4.4 billion by 2027. North America 5G North Americans have been seeing 5G networks pop up in sporadic places for a few years now, limited in scope mostly due to the elemental challenges of 5G networks. Estimates say that by 2023, up to 32 percent of North American mobile connections will be on a 5G network....

What Is a Desktop PC? A desktop PC is a computer that’s designed to stay in one place. Desktops usually require an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Before you buy a new desktop computer, it’s essential to understand how factors such as the CPU and RAM affect system performance. 8 Factors to Consider Before Buying a Desktop PC Here are the main things to look at when purchasing a desktop computer:...

How They Work Laser printers put images on a piece of paper by melting plastic toner powder onto paper. Here’s how it works: Inside the printer is a rotating drum that static electricity gives a positive charge to attract toner powder to it. As the printer pulls the paper through, the paper receives a negative static-electricity charge. The paper slides across the drum, pulling the toner off the drum and onto the paper....

Design: Slim and space-saving You probably don’t think of desktops as portable, but the Aspire C27 is surprisingly easy to move around at will since it weighs less than 9 pounds. Despite being so lightweight, this all-in-one doesn’t give the impression of fragility. The single-piece base matches the slim profile of the main body and offers enough stability without overwhelming your desk. The accompanying fully wireless keyboard and mouse are relatively small as well and get the job done if you’d rather not shop around for these accessories....

Acer officially unveiled its newest laptops and monitors on Thursday. The announcement included several new devices, both running Windows and Chrome OS. Alongside the new laptop reveals, Acer also shared news that it had joined the RE100 initiative and pledged to achieve 100% renewable energy use by 2035. This pledge is important because it also marked the reveal of the Aspire Vero, Acer’s first sustainability-focused laptop, which will feature post-consumer recycled plastic throughout the keycaps and chassis....

Creating an Auto Text Entry Several default Auto Text entries ship with Word. Your default Auto Text entries support the assignment of hotkeys. Follow these steps to create an AutoText entry: Applying a Shortcut to the Auto Text Entry Keyboard shortcuts apply to Word overall and not just to Auto Text entries. To create a new shortcut, open Word Options then select the Customize Ribbon tab. Select the Customize button at the bottom of the dialog box....

MIT researchers have developed a technique that teaches AI to capture actions shared between video and audio. For example, their method can understand that the act of a baby crying in a video is related to the spoken word “crying” in a sound clip. It’s part of an effort to teach AI how to understand concepts that humans have no trouble learning, but that computers find hard to grasp. “The prevalent learning paradigm, supervised learning, works well when you have datasets that are well described and complete,” AI expert Phil Winder told Lifewire in an email interview....

Toyota is developing a system called Guardian that uses a dashboard camera to check to see if a driver falls asleep. It’s part of a growing movement to increase automation in vehicles, but some experts say we’re a long way off from cars that are safe enough to fully drive themselves. “I’ve been a bit of a skeptic of full automation in terms of the timelines,” MIT professor John Leonard, who is working on Guardian, said at a recent MIT Mobility Forum, according to the news release....

In an effort to shield our conversations from snoopers, Columbia University researchers have developed a Neural Voice Camouflage method that disrupts automatic speech recognition systems in real-time without inconveniencing people. “With the invasion of [smart voice-activated devices] into our lives, the idea of privacy starts to evaporate as these listening devices are always on and monitoring what’s being said,” Charles Everette, Director of Cyber Advocacy, Deep Instinct, told Lifewire via email....

Tethering isn’t iPhone-only; it’s available on many smartphones. As long as users have the right software and a data plan from a cellphone company that includes it, users can wirelessly connect their devices to a smartphone and use the phone’s cellular internet connection. How iPhone Tethering Works Tethering works by creating a short-range wireless network using the iPhone as its hub. In this case, the iPhone functions like a traditional Wi-Fi router....