Firefox? What is that? Browser? Browse what? … In MakeTechEasier, we understand how you feel, because we have been teaching people to do simple stuffs on their computers day in and out and we know how frustrating it can be. Apparently, what appears simple to us is actually an arduous task for many. In Windows 7, there is this small and simple application that could make your life much easier....

Just purchased an Android TV? Here are some of the best apps to try on your smart TV. Aren’t All Android TV Boxes the Same? While all of the TV boxes on this list run Android TV, their components are what sets them apart. How powerful an Android TV box is, is going to largely determine its function. For example, you may be after something inexpensive that can stream Netflix....

I have looked through the WordPress repository to find six of the best free form plugins that can serve as great alternatives if you do not want to spend money on Gravity Forms. 1. Contact Form 7 Contact Form 7 is easily the most popular form plugin on the WordPress repository with over 1 million active installs largely due to its simplicity and ease of use. It’s completely free, so you can install and set up multiple forms on your website within seconds....

Obviously, there is a lot more to Blender, but this simple 101 type introduction will enable you to get a grasp of the basics, and you will be able to at the very least build a simple object in this bafflingly complex software. Puzzling Interface If you have no 3D graphics experience, then opening Blender can be daunting. There is a cube, a camera and a light. That’s it. Around this elementary view is a LOT of controls and numbers, looking less like a graphics program and more like the flight deck of an Airbus....

If you’re interested in blocking these requests or you want to simply see who’s tracking you when you load a website, Disconnect for Google Chrome can show you the requests that occur when you load a website and block them accordingly. How It Works Once installed from the Google Web store, it’ll sit on your Chrome addon bar with an icon that looks like a stylised “D.” If you click it, a small menu appears....

For small teams, sharing information is now easier than ever with web-based apps and tools. These tools make tasks like meetings and brainstorming sessions possible even with team members that are spread around the globe. Bookmarking may not be an initially collaborative activity, but what if you want it to be? A suite of web apps from Studioapps offers Bookmarks, a tool that organizes and shares bookmarks with other members of a team....

The most popular action cameras are those by GoPro, but sadly, not everyone has the money for one – or even other top brands. If you’re looking for a viable option that is affordable and doesn’t skimp on features or quality, you’ll definitely want to take a closer look at the Bopower 4K Action Camera. What’s in the Case The Bopower 4K Action Camera comes in a hard shell storage case that conveniently houses the camera along with various accessories....

Download the Business Card Reader (market link, cost US$4.99) Open the app. You should see the main screen of Business Card Reader. Tap on the option “Take Photo”. Your camera will load and you will be prompted to take a picture of the business card. Once you have taken the photo, it will scan the business card for contact info. The parsed data will be displayed and you can check if the information are correct....

Before the feature does go global, or if you would like to help protect your privacy if it is already available to you, there are a number of settings that you should check to ensure that you are not inadvertently sharing your private data with the rest of the world. The data that could be unearthed using Graph Search is quite terrifying, so it’s well worth making sure that your account is locked down....

A few days ago, Facebook announced that they have opened their chat system to XMPP, which is an open standard for chat communication. It is famous for the many Jabber chat systems that exist on the Internet and also for its adoption by Google as their protocol for Google Talk. Now, any client that can connect to XMPP will be able to connect to Facebook. This is particularly good news for mobile devices that might have supported XMPP but did not have Facebook support....

Podcastomatic allows the users to convert any blog post into a podcast and listen to it in their browser. There is nothing much you need to do to get it working. All you have to do is provide the URL of the article you want to listen and it will convert them into podcasts. You can also download the podcast as well. The Easiest Way to Convert A Blog to Podcasts Visit Podcastomatic homepage and enter the URL of the blog you want to listen to....

Introduction The Coros Apex 2 is a high-end dedicated exercise watch and one of the key rivals to a Garmin from the Forerunner or Fenix series. So, should you buy the Apex 2 instead of a Garmin? There’s a compelling list of reasons to do just that. The Apex 2 is priced similarly to the Forerunner 255, but it has a higher-end build, mapping features completely absent from more affordable Garmins and more refined haptics than on any Garmin watch out there....

Aspects of a CPU Core Count One of the first things you’ll see when looking up a CPU is how many cores it has. This means the number of simultaneous things it can do at once. Each processing core can handle a task – meaning the more cores you have, the more you can do at once. Most CPUs will now have at least four cores, but those are generally only suited to very basic home and office use....

YUMI, stands for “Your Universal Multiboot Installer”, is a nifty multiboot Linux USB creator for Windows that allows you to install multiple distros onto a USB drive. When you boot it up, you will be able to select which distro you want to boot into. YUMI is provided by PenDriveLinux and is functionally similar to the Universal USB Installer that we reviewed earlier. To get started, simply download the exe file from PendriveLinux....

What’s required For this project, you need a pair of HiFi speakers that you can connect to an old unused Android phone with the Auxiliary (AUX) audio cable. I have three sets of such speakers over my house – in the living room, in the bedroom and in the kitchen. You also need the free version of the BubbleUPnP app from the Google Play store on all the mobile phones connected to the speakers....

Thanks to the Quest’s all-in-one design and affordable price (at least compared to other VR headsets), it’s become the most popular VR headset by a sizable margin. Steam’s hardware survey suggests that a whopping 41% of VR players were using a Meta Quest 2 to access SteamVR during November 2022. And when you consider that most Meta Quest owners probably won’t bother connecting the headset to a PC to use SteamVR, it shows the extent to which Meta is dominating the VR market....

Deepin First Impressions One of the first things I was struck by while using Deepin is how visual it is. It takes many really great design elements from around the Linux ecosystem and combines them into one Desktop Environment. It’s a little of this, a little of that, and is a really unique experience to use. It feels complete, like something that someone would customize a KDE Plasma install to look like....

The installation is pretty straightforward. Go to Desura’s homepage and click the “Download Desura” button. Depending on your OS, it will download either an .exe or a tar file. For Linux, you just have to extract the tar file and double-click the Desura file. The installer will start and download the module from the server. Once the installation is completed, you will be able to login to Desura. If you do not have an account with Desura, this is the time to create it....

To get started, grab the free app that is now in the Google Play store. Upon first launch you will have the option to log in with Facebook, but it isn’t necessary – you can simply click “no thanks” and move on into the app. What You Get Torch opens to what is a rather cluttered looking screen, especially if you are using a smartphone, though it isn’t much better on my Nexus 7 either....

This will work in both Linux and Mac OS X. The default “cal” command will show the calendar for the current month. If you want it to show other month, say January 2012, just type: If you want it to show a yearly calendar instead, use the command: