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Spotify announced on Friday that the highly requested offline playback feature is now available to Premium Spotify subscribers who have an Apple Watch. The feature allows you to download playlists, albums, and podcasts directly to your Apple Watch. Spotify said the offline playback complements the existing feature of streaming music from your watch, only now you don’t need to have your phone with you at all. “It’s perfect for that next run, or for keeping both hands focused while you’re cooking,” Spotify wrote in its press release announcing the feature....

What Is a Supplemental Power Supply? A secondary power supply resides within a desktop computer case, adding additional power capacity to the entire system. These are typically designed to fit into a 5.25-inch drive bay. The incoming power cable is routed through an available card slot on the back of the system. Various component cables run from the supplemental power supply to the internal PC components. Because the most common use for these devices is to power the latest generation of energy-intensive graphics cards, these devices almost always have PCI-Express graphics 6-pin or 8-pin power connectors....

Here are some of the best news apps for iPhone users to try. You’ll also find trending stories from around the internet and a place for you to follow all of your favorite channels, topics, and stories. Although you must subscribe to Apple News+ for $9.99 a month to read magazines and newspapers, finding both global and local news fast is free using the app. Although you must sift to find the highest quality sources, SmartNews offers something for everyone....

The app has a library of premium images you can unlock with coins, or access everything by subscribing at $2.99 for one month or $4.99 for three months. Both subscription options have a three-day trial. Coloring gives you 50 coins to start, and you can buy more in blocks of 100 ($0.99), 250 ($1.99), and 600 ($3.99). You can also watch ads to earn coins. The Android app has five pen and brush options, and each has a color picker tool and size options....

What makes this site so good is that it offers narrations of several tours, provides closeups through interactive actions, and includes short chunks of written information that’s easy for kids of most ages to read. The tours are also fairly short, which makes these tours great for younger kids, but older kids will still enjoy the trip. Your child will love seeing amphibious vehicles, microcars, prototypes, and more. The tour is easy to click through and offers six angles to entertain viewers....

What’s more, you can add music to a queue and use the built-in controls to play your music through your account without downloading the files to your computer. When you first sign up for pCloud, you get 10 GB of free space for all file types, including music. If you verify your email and complete other basic tasks, you get up to 20 GB total for free. pCloud has free apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and other devices....

Still, websites that stream live sports for free and don’t violate copyright law are a little harder to come by. We looked at websites that offer free live sports streams and picked our favorites. Here’s what you need to know to access free live sports streams. What you won’t find on ESPN.com, however, is every game of every sport. ESPN streams only the games to which it has broadcast rights....

Here are eight of the best farm games to play offline on mobile and console. In Stardew Valley, players must manage their farm’s crops and animals all while building relationships with their neighbors and, potentially, even starting a family with one of them. This design decision makes the game much more approachable than its rivals yet doesn’t lack any of their functionality with the usual crops and animals tasks still being present in addition to a marketplace and even farm visitors to take care of....

In addition to photos and videos, you can also store audio and other files, such as PDFs, in the vault app. You can even set up a decoy password that sends users to decoy data to fool anyone who might be watching. Finally, you can also lock folders with a separate password for extra protection. The premium version has a three-day trial and includes break-in alerts, cloud backup, and takes away ads....

Anti-spam tools that run on your Mac can be useful, but if you have the chance, use the anti-spam features offered by your email provider. Not only does server-based filtering prove less taxing to your computer’s resources, but the anti-spam settings persist when you check your email on a different computer or mobile device. SpamSieve features include: Offers customizable safelist and blocklist Works with IMAP, Exchange, and POP mail accounts Color coding indicates how spammy each message is Runs on your Mac and keeps spam off your iPhone and iPad Integrates with macOS Contacts app Notifies you only when you receive non-spam emails...

Not all USB printers are compatible with Macs. Check the documentation to confirm your printer is compatible. If it is, it also connects to the Mac automatically, although the setup requires a couple of extra steps. Add an AirPrint-Compatible Printer to a Mac No setup is required if an AirPrint-compatible printer is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your Mac. To find out if your printer is connected to your Mac through AirPrint, turn on the printer, open a document on the Mac, and choose File > Print from the menu bar....

Some only post occasionally, while others basically use the app to document their entire lives — never going more than a couple of days without posting and often posting multiple times a day. Here are 10 celebrities who seem like they’re probably using the app all day, every day. Here profile picture never changes from the iconic stick figure drawing, but she loves flaunting her makeup brand and fashion photoshoots all over her feed....

Tethering apps are helpful if you don’t want to pay for a tethering plan from your carrier or if your phone doesn’t support tethering out of the box. This Android tethering app is also said to be the fastest tethering option for Android, and it doesn’t require you to root your phone. However, only the full version works without interruptions; the free app disconnects you occasionally. See step-by-step instructions for using PdaNet+ if you need help....

Originally launched last June, voice tweets initially were available only to a small number of users on the platform during testing. In a blog post announcing the new audio feature at that time, staff product designer Maya Patterson and senior software engineer Remy Bourgoin wrote, “There’s a lot that can be left unsaid or uninterpreted using text, so we hope voice Tweeting will create a more human experience for listeners and storytellers alike....

Twitter Support announced the new login abilities through a tweet on Monday. Right now, you can use your Google account to log in to both the Twitter app and website. Unfortunately, you can only use your Apple ID to log in to the app for now, but Twitter said you’ll soon be able to use your Apple ID on the web, as well. Twitter Support noted that if you’re logging back into an already existing account, you can use these new login options so long as your account has the same email address as your Google ID or Apple ID....

Enter the Tutorial Data This tutorial uses the PMT function to calculate the monthly payments for a loan. After the loan payments are calculated, Goal Seek is used to lower the monthly payment by altering the loan period. To follow along with the tutorial, enter the following data into the cells indicated: Cell D1: Loan RepaymentCell D2: RateCell D3: # of PaymentsCell D4: PrincipalCell D5: PaymentCell E2: 6%Cell E3: 60Cell E4: 225,000Cell E5: Leave this cell blank....

According to the official announcement, the Stream TV Soundbar and the Soundbar Pro, retailing at $399.99 and $999.99, respectively, are exclusive to Verizon and feature the company’s new streaming platform. Both soundbars have built-in 4K HD streaming for movie theater-quality sound and display. The high-quality audio on the base Stream TV Soundbar is due to the five Bang & Olufsen speakers and Dolby Atmos virtual surround sound. The Soundbar Pro takes it even further with nine speakers on top of Dolby Atmos for an even better experience....

If you’ve been looking for a new set to make use of 4K broadcasts through the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 current standards, these new Hisense models might be for you. They’re not just for broadcast TV, of course, but working with ATSC 3.0 is their primary purpose. The first of the new models is the U7H Series, which spans 55- to 85-inch displays and comes with an integrated NextGen TV ATSC 3....

Web-Based Apps: More Than Just Websites The software for web apps runs through web servers. The difference between a basic website and browser-based software is that browser-based software provides desktop-style, back-end functionality through your web browser’s front end. Advantages of Browser-Based Applications One of the main benefits of browser-based applications is that they do not require you to purchase a large piece of software that you then install locally on your computer, as is the case with desktop applications....

To create a hashtag, type the pound sign (#) before the word or phrase and don’t use spaces or punctuation (even if you use multiple words in a phrase). So, #Dogs and #BorderColliePuppyTraining are the hashtag versions of these phrases. Twitter users put hashtags in their tweets to categorize them and make it easy for other users to find and follow tweets about a specific topic or theme. Twitter Hashtag Best Practices It’s great to use hashtags....