If you’d like to show your PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5‘s activity in your Discord account, link both your Discord and PlayStation Network accounts together. Here’s how to do that on your desktop and mobile device. RELATED: How to Change Your PlayStation 5’s Privacy Settings Link Discord to PlayStation Network on Desktop On your desktop computer, you can use the Discord desktop app or Discord for the web to link your accounts....
Going remote with friends and family is helpful when you need to show them how to do something or fix a problem. Here’s how you can offer cross platform remote assistance using only Google Chrome and an extension. We have shown you how to go remote with friends and family before using Teamview, when your computer crashes, to your Ubuntu computers, and even to your Android devices. In most cases you need to install software or have a special service running in the background....
By default, you can control your music with your Mac’s Touch Bar only if you use iTunes. Players like Spotify and Vox aren’t supported as of this writing. And even iTunes doesn’t offer that much functionality on the Touch Bar. But we’ve got a fix for that. Muse is a simple application that changes the Touch Bar’s music support, adding a custom button to the Control Strip with album art and a timestamp....
Cortana can do a lot of stuff, but she’s not quite as powerful as more mature voice assistants like Alexa or Google Home. But Microsoft has finally added support for smarthome devices, so you can control Philips Hue, Samsung SmartThings, Nest, Insteon, and Wink devices right from your PC. RELATED: How to Turn On “Hey Cortana” in Windows 10 NOTE: At the time of this writing, this feature is likely still in the initial rollout stage, so if you don’t see it on your PC yet, check back soon—it should likely appear soon....
When you insert checkboxes in a spreadsheet, you may want to get a total count of those checked or unchecked. With a simple function and formula, you can tally your checkboxes in Google Sheets. You might have a list of tasks with checkboxes for completion and want to know how many are done. Or you may use the checkboxes for a form and need to see how many are unchecked....
Do you do a lot of searching in Windows Explorer? You can make it quicker and easier for yourself with a custom shortcut on your Desktop. We’ll show you how to create a shortcut that opens Windows Explorer ready for you to begin a search. Right-click in any empty space on the Desktop and select New | Shortcut from the popup menu. On the Create Shortcut dialog box, enter the following in the Type the location of the item edit box....
PowerPoint’s Slide Master lets you keep consistency throughout your presentation. If you want to customize a presentation’s fonts, headings, or colors in one place so that they apply to all your slides, then you’ll need to create a Slide Master. Creating a Slide Master in PowerPoint Open your presentation, head over to the “View” tab, and then click the “Slide Master” button. The Slide Master will appear in the left-hand pane....
The Mail app on iPhone and iPad includes Siri Intelligence technology which can automatically analyze a message on your device to find an appointment. This feature works with both natural language, and the traditional date and time structure. For example, if you get an email that says, “Let’s meet for lunch this Saturday at 1 p.m.,” the Mail app recognizes the day of the week, the date, and time....
We’ve taught you what bokeh is and how to create it with a physical camera, now let’s take a look at how we can create the gorgeous softness of bokeh as a nice colorful and light-dappled wallpaper for your computer and mobile devices. Why Do I Want to Do This? There are two big take-aways from today’s photo tutorial. First, you’ll get a chance to create a bokeh wallpaper (which is a really fun and colorful companion to the analog bokeh photographs we’ve previously shown you how to create)....
Don’t panic, you won’t have to beat the final boss standing on your head or anything ridiculous to unlock custom characters. It’s really rather simple. From the start of the game, you have two options: 1. Complete the first stage This is the simplest yet most time-consuming way to unlock custom characters. After beating the first stage, you’ll return to Dan the Man’s main menu, which you should be seeing for the first time....
Slack is a popular communication service primarily used in workplace environments. If you want to try it, you can create your own free Slack workspace and invite anyone you want. Here’s how to set it up. To set up your own Slack workspace, head to www.slack.com and click the “Get Started” button in the top-right corner. Click on the “Create a New Workspace” option. Enter your email address and click “Confirm....
While it’s not the main selling point of the HomePod, Siri capabilities allow you to control the speaker using your voice without having to pull out your phone every time. Here’s how to customize Siri on the HomePod (or just disable it entirely). RELATED: How to Set Up the Apple HomePod Before we get started, take note that every single one of the settings we talk about below is accessible through the Home app....
Every watch face has a different set of customization parameters. Most allow you to change the color of the dial, complications, or background. Some, like California and Typography, even allow you to change the symbols and style of the watch face, and transform it into something downright gorgeous. If you’re in the mood for something fun, you can try out the animated Memoji watch face. You can customize the look of the watch face from your Watch or iPhone....
If you ever forget to close your garage door at the end of the day, you can set up a specific time for your MyQ-enabled garage door to close automatically. Here’s how to set it up within the MyQ app. RELATED: How to Set Up MyQ to Open Your Garage Door from Your Smartphone To start, open up the MyQ app on your phone and tap on the menu button in the top-left corner of the screen....
Gmail isn’t just a typical webmail system — it’s a full-fledged email client that can consolidate all your email addresses in one place. Get all your emails in a single Gmail inbox and send emails from any address. Whether your other email accounts are also Gmail addresses or not, Gmail has you covered. Between email forwarding and Gmail’s Mail Fetcher and Send As features, Gmail is a capable email client....
If you have a large worksheet in an Excel workbook in which you need to combine text from multiple cells, you can breathe a sigh of relief because you don’t have to retype all that text. You can easily concatenate the text. Concatenate is simply a fancy way ot saying “to combine” or “to join together” and there is a special CONCATENATE function in Excel to do this. This function allows you to combine text from different cells into one cell....
You might already know that when sharing documents using Google’s own office apps you can leave comments to make collaboration easy. But did you know Google Drive offers the same comment feature for virtually any file, not just Google documents? You can comment on Microsoft Office files, PDFs, images, videos, and more without opening the file. This gives you a quick way to share your comment without taking the time to open the file....
You’ve probably been happily reading ebooks on your Kindle (or the Kindle app) for years, accruing a nice digital library full of interesting titles. But what if, for some reason, someone else needs to see that library of yours…and there are some items within that you’d rather they didn’t? Say, perhaps, one of those steamy romance novels that makes up a massive 34% of fiction sales in US? Removing Downloaded Books vs....
The Xbox Wireless Controller, which ships with Xbox Series X|S consoles, can also be used with Windows 10 PCs for gaming. Here’s how to connect the Xbox Wireless Controller to your PC. How to Connect an Xbox Wireless Controller to a PC Using a USB Cable The simplest way to use an Xbox Wireless Controller with your PC involves connecting it using a USB Type-C cable. Just plug one end of the cable into the controller and the other end into your PC’s USB port....
If you want to download an app not available in your country, connect to a company network on the road, or just stay safe on public Wi-Fi, you’ll need a VPN. Here’s how to connect to a VPN on your Android phone. RELATED: What Is a VPN, and Why Would I Need One? It’s worth noting that Nexus devices have a built-in VPN for staying safe on public Wi-Fi, and you can read more about that here....
