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How to Enable Facebook Secret Conversations Before you can send encrypted messages, make sure the Facebook Secret Conversations option is turned on. How to Start a Secret Conversation in Facebook Messenger Follow these steps when you want to send a secret message on Facebook Messenger: How to Verify Facebook Secret Conversations All Facebook secret conversations are encrypted. Facebook also gives you the option to verify the end-to-end encryption by comparing device keys....

How to Record Videos With the Chromebook Camera App All Chromebooks come pre-loaded with the Camera app. If you have an older device, you may need to download the latest version from the Google Play Store. To start recording videos with your Chromebook: How to Find Saved Videos on a Chromebook Videos save to the Download folder by default. To access your files: Renaming Videos on Chromebook Your saved videos have names in a specific format indicating the date and time you created the file....

How to Turn off Xbox Series X or S Auto-Renewal If you’re ready to turn off auto-renewal for your Xbox Live Gold subscription or any other Xbox Series X or S subscription service, you need to do it through the Microsoft website, which you can do it directly on your Xbox Series X or S. When you navigate to subscription settings on your Xbox Series X or S, the console automatically opens the Microsoft website in a web browser with your account already logged in....

How to Turn Off Your GoPro The steps for turn offing off a GoPro manually and automatically vary by model. HERO7 Black, Silver, and White; HERO6, and HERO5 Black The instructions for the HERO7 series and the HERO6 and HERO5 are the same. GoPro Fusion The GoPro Fusion has a different process from the rest of the camera lines. QuikCapture The Fusion GoPro has a mode called QuikCapture, in which the camera is only powered on when capturing photos or videos....

How to Uninstall Games on Xbox Series X or S If your local storage is full, and you want to download a new game, it’s time to uninstall something you aren’t using anymore. Here’s how to get the job done: How to Reinstall an Xbox Series X or S Game If you decide that you weren’t done with a game, or you end up getting the lightning-fast expansion drive that’s capable of storing and playing Xbox Series X|S games, reinstalling is just as easy as the initial removal process....

Unlocking the Background Layer To convert the background to a new layer that isn’t locked: Duplicating the Locked Layer Rather than unlocking the background layer, many pros duplicate the locked layer and perform their edits on the duplicate. That way, if they make a mistake, they can toss out the new layer while preserving the original. To duplicate the background, right-click the Background layer and select Duplicate Layer. Once you’re satisfied with your edits, merge the two layers by selecting the Menu icon in the top-right corner of the Layers palette and choosing Merge Visible....

How to Manually Update Android Tablets By Version The following steps will help you manually update your Samsung, Google Nexus, LG, and Acer tablets, among many others. They are slightly different depending on your Android version, which we’ve outlined below. Tablets Running Android Pie or Later Here’s how to update tablets running Android Pie (version 9.0), Android 10, and Android 11. Tablets With Nougat or Oreo Android Nougat (7.0 - 7....

Can You Use Alexa to Move Music to Another Device? How Do I Use Alexa to Move Music Between Echo Devices? With Echo speakers throughout your house, you can have Alexa move your music from one device to another with a voice command. This setup is nice if you’re moving from one room to another, but you want to keep listening to the same music. Here’s how to use Alexa to move music from one Echo speaker to another:...

How Does the HDMI Switch Work? Because some TVs have a limited amount of HDMI inputs, you can find yourself unable to attach a new gaming system or streaming device because all the inputs are in use. However, with an HDMI switch, you can use a single input on your TV and attach multiple devices to the HDMI switch. Then, you can press a button to select which input you’d like to use on the HDMI switch....

Can an iPhone 13 Use Apple Pay? Like all iPhone models since the iPhone 6 series, the iPhone 13 can use Apple Pay at stores that accept it and that have compatible payment terminals. To use Apple Pay on the iPhone 13, you need to have: A debit or credit from a bank that supports Apple Pay. Set up Apple Pay with your debit or credit card. Set up Face ID on your iPhone 13....

How to Use Dual Sight Here’s how to record a bothie on the Nokia 8: What is the Nokia Dual Sight Mode? The Nokia 8 features two 13MP + 13MP primary cameras from Zeiss, alongside a 13MP selfie camera. With Dual Sight, you can use all three cameras at the same time to capture split-screen images and videos with you and your subject simultaneously in the frame. Nokia isn’t the first smartphone company to do this....

How to Post to Instagram on a Desktop You can access Instagram on your PC or Mac using a web browser to review your feed, like and comment on posts, view your profile, and follow or unfollow people. Instagram also recently added the ability to send and receive direct messages. You can also post photos or videos. Use the Instagram for Windows Desktop App The Instagram for Windows desktop app works the same as the web version....

Important Syntax Rules Before you type commands into Spotify’s search box, it’s useful to know these syntax rules: Quotes must surround any search term that has a space. For example, the command “ambient pop” would search for the Ambient Pop genre. When using Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), type in uppercase or Spotify will think you’re searching for those words. The default search parameter is AND, meaning that if you typed Swift Dragons, you’d find everything that includes both the words Swift and Dragons....

How to Use the Equation Editor in Google Docs Writing equations in Google Docs is easy with the built-in equation toolbar. Teachers can use it when producing worksheets, and students have all the symbols they need to show their work. You can write Greek letters like pi and mu, relations such as inequalities and the ’not equal’ sign, arrows, and symbols like divide, integral, square root, union, and sum. Tips When Writing Equations Shortcuts are supported....

How to set screen time and video restrictions limits on a TikTok account directly on a child’s phone.How to connect your account to your child’s account and use Family Pairing to remotely control a child’s TikTik account restrictions.How to unlink Family Pairing. How to Quickly Set TikTok Screen Time Limits You can limit your child’s daily screen time on TikTok to 60 minutes just by accessing the child’s account directly. On the child’s phone, follow these steps to set that limit:...

Several new sharing features are bound for Instagram, and you should be able to start using one of them very soon. Notes act as brief (60 characters or less) temporary messages you can share with friends and follow-backs that will hang around their inbox for 24 hours. Instagram says, “Notes give people a casual and spontaneous way to express themselves and connect with each other.” A couple of other new features are also in the works for Instagram Stories....

These resources help you teach your students programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access, and Publisher within the context of real-life scenarios. Lesson plans for elementary, middle grade, or high school students. Some may even be appropriate for basic computer classes at the college level. Best of all, most of these are free! Some school districts even post free resources online, so you can take a look and perhaps even download resources....

Six laptops (plus a monitor) are on LG’s docket from today’s announcement, all part of its ultra-light gram series. Lifewire’s Jonno Hill was impressed with LG’s previous gram 17 model from 2020, and according to LG, the 2022 series pushes the hardware even further. The lineup includes the LG gram 17, gram 16, gram 15, gram 14, gram 2-in-1 in both 16 and 14-inch, and the new gram +view portable monitor....

The announcement was made on the company’s Xbox Wire news blog, which gave details about the features of Night Mode, as well as information on the fixes that are coming. According to the post, Night Mode allows players to dim and filter their screen, and control the level of brightness on the console and controller LED. HDR also can be blocked. HDR influences the level of brightness of a display by enhancing the level of detail and contrast shown....

That’s what helps make a good image a great image. Check out the shadows that the sun makes on subjects. Notice the reflective light off buildings. Practice during the ‘golden hour,’ the period shortly after sunrise or just before sunset. Watch how the light from a window falls inside a room at different moments. A smartphone is not the greatest in low-light situations. It’s best to capitalize on lighting conditions under which your device best functions....