Whatever it is, I have to point out that this current Make Tech Easier site (with url https://www.maketecheasier.com) has no affiliation with any of these companies or scams, nor do we call people up to ask for remote access to their computers. If you have received such a call or services from said companies, they were not initiated by us. This MakeTechEasier site that you are reading now is under Uqnic Network Pte Ltd, and its sole purpose is to provide technology tips and tricks on the site itself....

In this article we teach you how to put together virtual camera rigs for interesting camera work in your virtual 3D world. Making Moves Quite exotic camera moves can be achieved in Blender 3D with what are termed null objects (or so-called “empty objects” in Blender). If you bolt these together into a rig, you can create a virtual cameraman who can frame your shot perfectly and do complicated camera moves in your virtual world....

Busy Docs is a service that makes the move easier. Allowing you to edit documents locally and have the sync with your cloud storage will help ease your mind and still allow you to edit and house local copies. Where to start After you have downloaded Busy Docs and run the installer, you will be asked to select the Google or Google Apps account you would like to sync with....

Enter the World of Fake Reviews Despite attempts to quell fraudulent reviews, they will appear practically everywhere. The other day I was looking through reviews of 18650 batteries (those large lithium-ion ones found in various consumer electronics). One particular battery that caught my attention was an off-brand battery that didn’t have a single discharge test performed on it, but it had an uncanny amount of five-star reviews. They were all written in broken language....

CDMA stands for “Code Division Multiple Access,” and GSM stands for “Global System for Mobiles.” With GSM networks, your information is on a removable SIM card, and if you want to use another GSM phone, all you have to do is swap the card. Things are not as easy when you are using CDMA. Carriers that use CDMA rely on the network-based white list to detect their subscribers. With this network, you are not going to have the freedom you would have if you were on GSM because you can only use another phone with your carrier’s approval....

You can still access the apps you have installed by clicking the toolbar button, or you could even use a taskbar button. But you may prefer to have things back the way they used to be and here’s how you can do just that. Place your mouse cursor in the address bar, type chrome://flags/ and press Enter. Press Ctrl and F at the same time to bring up the search option....

The questionable add-ons weren’t really malicious – they weren’t going to compromise your system or steal your data. However, they were using hidden adware to make money off of you. This was first reported by blogger and developer Amit Agarwal, who wrote an extension for Feedly. He was contacted and offered a handsome sum of money to sell it and did so. Several weeks later, he noticed the extension had been updated with changes he wasn’t keen on....

CodySafe is a menu app for Portable Applications. This software tool turns any portable drive from a simple data carrier to a computer-on-stick. You can easily organize all your portable applications into a menu where you can access it quickly and easily. Configure CodySafe USB Drive Download the portable tool CodySafe. Its only 2.08 Mb in size and pretty light-weight too. Insert the drive in the USB port and double-click the application file, to install the app....

Few examples of the tons of features that Edu 2.0 offers are: massive resource of community contributed teaching and learning materials, mobile access, online quizzes, group discussion, and question banks. But the best part is: everything is accessible for free. If the thought of building a school is too grand for you, Edu 2.0 is also fit for those who only want to manage a small class, creating a short online course about a topic, or simply as a place to host a tutorial....

Defining hardware as “older” is tricky. Newer resource hungry software levering on the pace of hardware developments is rendering even relatively newer hardware obsolete. Examples of these relatively recent “older” hardware would be single-core or dual-core AMD Athlons and Intel Pentiums. Then there are also those that still have truly ancient peripherals that are no longer supported by the latest Kernel releases, such as dial-up modems. The good thing about the Linux community is that there’s no dearth of projects that bring together the various light-weight apps and package them in a distribution that uses the meagre hardware resources judiciously....

This is where “burner” phone numbers come in handy. These are temporary, disposable phone numbers that you can use for circumstances where you don’t want to share your “real” number such as online dating, Craigslist, and sales companies. We asked a few of our writers, “Do you think having a “burner” phone number is a good practice?” Our Opinion For the most part our writers definitely see the use for burner phone numbers....

What’s Google Wave? For those who have absolutely no idea what Google Wave is, it is mainly a web application and computing platform designed to bring together e-mail, instant messaging, wiki, and social networking, with a strong collaborative focus, mixed with spellchecker and translator extensions, which are able to work in concert, in real-time. To get a more detail understanding of what Google Wave is, check out our very own Google Wave guide (part 1 and part 2) Enough said....

This bite-sized gadget may not look like it can do much, but once you get it up and running, you’ll be impressed by its many features and how easy it is to use. What’s in the Box Inside the box, you’ll find the following: 1 x Eachine E55 Mini Nano Quadcopter1 x 3.7V 300MAH battery (to be charged before first use)1 x USB charger (works in any type of USB charging port)4 x extra propellers1 x user manual1 x transmitter (or controller, if you prefer)1 x phone holder (to be attached to transmitter)1 x screwdriver (to open battery door)...

Getting Started Getting started with Kdenlive depends on your distribution. Precompiled packages are available for Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Mandriva, OpenSUSE, FreeBSD, Fedora, and possibly others. Their web site also includes a builder wizard that builds the dependencies and main packages automatically for you. Once it is installed, you should be able to start editing videos right away, but you will want to go through the “Config Wizard” to make sure you have all of the components you will need....

1. Byrdle Calling all music nerds and former choir kids: all those years of learning musical terms and composers’ names just may pay off when you try to guess the daily word in this Wordle alternative. Named after the Renaissance composer William Byrd, Byrdle is a Wordle knockoff, in which each daily word is related to choral music in some way. The words can be anything from proper nouns to musical terms to selected non-English words – as long as it somehow ties in to choral music....

Mount First of all, you will need the super-user rights in order to mount anything on your computer. The general syntax is something like: After the parameter “t”, you should provide the type of the file system that you are trying to mount. If you do not write anything, the program will try to find by itself the type. The most common ones are vfat, iso9660, reiserfs, nfs, ramfs, smbfs, ext2, ext3, and ext4....

Flacon has the ability to extract single audio tracks with all relevant information from CD images and convert them into various file formats. Besides APE/CUE images, it supports other input formats such as WAV, FLAC, WavPack and True Audio (TTA). It can convert audio into all of these, plus MP3, AAC and OGG, making it a versatile and very useful music extractor/converter. Flacon does not really do the conversion itself but rather acts as a common front end for different external applications....

Let’s say you want to stay on the up-and-up, though, and are hoping to subscribe to three or four streaming platforms that can cover 80 to 100 percent of the things you want to watch. How do you figure out where all that content is living at any given time? 1. Untangle.tv Untangle doesn’t just tell you where you can find your favorite programs – it also gives you a breakdown of prices and tips on how to optimize costs....

As in all RPG hack and style game, the main character (Tehra) has to go around killing monsters, trolls, dragons in order to save the humankind. At the early stage of the game, you are limited to a simple hack and slash style and also a firebot magic. As you reach higher game level, you will pick up more armors and magical skill that grant you higher destroying power....

Some users don’t mind another extension icon if it means that the new tab is finally going to have some style. It probably already does have some style, but you may have come to the conclusion that the still wallpaper just isn’t cutting it. How to Get a Moving 360-Degree Photo When You Open a New Tab You’re absolutely going to love the Chrome extension that makes the moving 360-picture active....