Why Consider a .edu Email Address? Why should someone use a .edu address over a single, personal address? There are a couple of reasons you might want to. It’s Required First, you’re required to have one, because you’re a current student of that particular school. These accounts are important for students because they’re one of the main ways to receive communications from the school regarding classes, registration, etc. Students are also likely to use this account to turn in assignments....

How the Military Discount Works The Verizon Wireless Military Discount offers a discount on monthly plans and up to 25 percent off the price for various phone accessories. There is also a military discount for FIOS users. The specific discount you’ll receive depends on how many unlimited plans you have and when you signed up for them. Deals available as of early 2021 range from $10 to $20 per account plus 10 to 25 percent off on specific accessories....

Six Ways to Get Alexa in Your Car Here are the six ways you can get Alexa in your car: Using Alexa in Factory Infotainment Systems If you’re in the market for a new vehicle, and you’re a fan of Alexa, then there are a number of vehicles that have Alexa built right in. Instead of tacking on additional hardware, Alexa is accessed through the same interface that you use for the radio, navigation, hands-free calling, and everything else....

How to Get Your First Axe in Animal Crossing: New Horizons The axe is one of the first tools you get in Animal Crossing, but there are a few things you need to do to get it. Follow these steps to get your first flimsy axe: How to Upgrade a Flimsy Axe in Animal Crossing: New Horizons The Flimsy Axe is an essential first step to getting better tools, furniture, and buildings on your island, but the name says it all—this axe is flimsy!...

Information in this article applies to Destiny 2 for all platforms, including PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X. You must also own the Forsaken expansion pack to complete the Essence of Greed quest. How to Find Ethereal Charms The Ethereal Charms are in the Temple of Crota on the Moon. How to Get to the Temple of Crota The entrance to the Temple of Crota is in an unmarked location on the Moon....

How to Download the Instagram iPhone App to Your iPad Although a specific Instagram app isn’t available for iPad, and the Instagram app in the App Store is tailored towards the iPhone or iPod Touch, you can still enjoy the complete IG experience on your iPad. How to Post to Instagram From Your iPad Since you’ve installed the Instagram app you’ll now be able to post to IG right from the iOS Photos app....

Use a Soft Brush A small, soft brush is the best tool for removing sand from your camera lens. Hold the camera so the lens is facing the ground. Brush the lens from the middle toward the edges. Then brush gently in a circular motion around the edges of the lens to dislodge any particles of sand. Using a gentle brushing motion is the key to prevent scratches on the lens....

First of All, What Are Snapchat Trophies? Snapchat trophies are emoji images that you unlock by achieving some sort of activity milestone. Some trophies are super easy to unlock while others take repetitive use of certain features. What Can You Do With Snapchat Trophies? Snapchat trophies are just for fun. At the time, there’s no real use for them other than enjoying the satisfaction that comes with the challenge of unlocking a new trophy....

What’s the Difference Between a TikTok Popular Creator and a Verified Account? There are two types of verified account statuses on TikTok. Both implement the same blue tick next to user account names but each has a different descriptor to the right of it. Here’s what each type of TikTok verified accounts is for. Popular creator: This is the easiest status to get as it’s awarded to TikTok users who are active, have a lot of followers, get a lot of engagement on their content, and abide by the social network guidelines....

Hide an Individual Post Your Facebook news feed is a great place to quickly scan for updates on the activities of friends and family. However, you may encounter shared articles or other posts that annoy or offend you. There’s no need to unfriend a Facebook connection if they’re posting things you don’t want to see. It’s easy to hide individual posts, snooze a friend for 30 days, or even unfollow someone if you don’t want to see their content on your news feed....

How to Type the Bullet Point Symbol on Any Keyboard Here’s how to type the bullet point symbol with just the keyboard in front of you. How to Type a Bullet Point on a Windows PC You can use Alt key codes to insert special characters and symbols with the keyboard on a Windows PC. Follow these steps to type bullet points on a PC with a numeric keypad. How to Type a Bullet Point on a Mac A MacBook follows a different combination of keys as a shortcut for bullet points....

How to Make a Private Story From the Snap Tab The Snap tab refers to the area of the app where your device’s camera is activated so you can take a photo or record a video. To locate it, tap the circle in the bottom center of any tab, or by swiping left or right from the Conversations tab or the Discover tab. How to Make a Private Story From Your Profile Alternatively, you can create a new Private Story from your profile page instead of the Snap tab....

How to Create a Tree in Photoshop How to Manipulate Your Photoshop Tree Now that you have a tree, what next? If your plan is to create a grove or even forest of trees, your next step is to convert your tree to a Smart Object. Base Tree Type: This selection lists 34 tree types you can choose from. Each item contains a small image of the tree. Choose Oak Tree....

Newsworthy content spreads quickly on Twitter, so the service is a natural tool for viral campaigns. If you have some great content you’d like to see go viral, here are a few tips on using Twiter to get the momentum going. Build an Authentic Following Focus your time and energy on attracting followers who are genuinely interested in your tweets. Concentrate on the quality of your followers rather than the quantity....

How to Set up Folders in Outlook.Com When you want to organize your email, move messages to folders that contain similar or related messages. For example, use folders to divide email into work and personal folders, or set up folders for each of your interests and responsibilities. You can set up one Hotmail folder for all the mail addressed to your Hotmail address to keep it separate from your Outlook mail or several Hotmail folders....

RAR Files The RAR format isn’t a video format. It’s a type of compression algorithm, much like ZIP files. To access a movie that’s archived in a RAR format, you must decompress it first. You’re unlikely to find a RAR file with a movie in it. This format supports chunking, so you’re more likely to encounter a series of files with sequentially numbered extensions, for example, R00, R01, R02, and so on....

If you have an e-book library with books purchased from the Nook, Kobo, or Google Books apps, and you’d like to access them on your Kindle Fire, you’re in luck. There are several workarounds that will allow you to read EPUB-format books on your Kindle Fire. Method 2: Sideloading Apps When you successfully sideload the Nook app, your Nook books won’t show up in the Kindle Fire carousel. You will, however, be able to see all your Nook books in the reader app as well as make in-app purchases to buy new books....

Remove Page Breaks in Word Using Show/Hide (Windows) This is probably the simplest way to find and remove a page break in Word. Word gives you a view revealing all of the hidden layout and markup elements that are added to your document (both manual and automatically-added elements). Once you’ve revealed them, they’re easy to remove. Using Find and Replace (Windows) Got a document full of a bunch of page breaks and want to remove them all at once?...

How to Replay a Snap in Snapchat Here’s how to replay a snap: Tell Your Friends to Set Their Snaps to No Limit or Loop Want to stop missing out on your friends’ snaps and having to replay snaps? Politely ask them to do one thing to help you out. Snapchat previously only allowed photo snaps to be viewed for a maximum of 10 seconds and video snaps to be watched in full once before they expired....

How Do I Reset My iPad to Factory Settings Without the Passcode? Apple added the requirement of entering the password used to activate the iPad as a security and anti-theft measure. While this is a great security feature (it really works well), it does mean there’s a problem when you don’t have the password. We can get you sorted out, but there’s one very important downside to be aware of: when you follow the instructions in this article, you’ll delete all data from the iPad....