Dubbed Live Location, the feature doesn’t need the app to be open to transmit your location, but it does require a two-way friendship. Snap Inc. states that privacy is an important factor to Live Location and has enacted several security features to ensure user safety. Sharing your location has been a feature on Snap Map since 2017, but it was never real-time and only gave a general area instead of an exact place....
The company refers to this form factor as an “open ring design” and is meant to let in more ambient sound without sacrificing the LinkBuds’ audio output. According to Sony, the LinkBuds also have several features that ensure high sound quality and spatial perception. It appears the purpose of the ring is to maintain environmental awareness by letting in sound from the outside world. Sony mentions it designed the LinkBuds with a focus on people who work from home and those who play AR games so they can pay attention to what’s going on around them....
Case in point? Google just announced that Chromebooks will receive a full-featured video editing and movie creation software suite as part of a major refresh to Google Photos and ChromeOS. Not bad for a tiny, light, and inexpensive line of computers. The movie editor is designed for regular users looking to make a quick clip, though it offers some robust features for more advanced applications. For newbies, the software emphasizes ease of use, with themes, filters, music, and title cards all available with just a few taps or clicks....
The company states that the in-store repairs will be done by “industry-certified experts” coming from insurance provider Assurant, the same company T-Mobile works with to provide Protection 360. The in-store device repair will only be available at 500 stores located in major cities. T-Mobile has 7,500 retail locations across the United States, but the company states that it plans on extending this service to additional locations. Protection 360 is T-Mobile’s insurance plan for customers who want an extra layer of support in case they ever break or lose their phone....
This Santa app features a built-in smartphone feature that allows children to call Santa’s voicemail, leave a message, check what he’s up to, and find out if he thinks they’re naughty or nice. No real phone calls are made, but the app looks and works well enough that it will entertain younger true believers who want to call Santa in real life. Some of the audio changes depending on the time of day a call is made....
The app has incredible reviews all around and is even used by some tattoo artists to help give their clients a better idea of what they can expect. Download For: Like InkHunter, this is another app that has stellar reviews from its users. In terms of tattoo discovery, this is truly one of the best apps out there. Download For: Like Tattoodo, Inksquad is based around creating a community for both artists and tattoo lovers—providing you with a platform to connect directly with a suitable artist who can help you design your tattoo and even book an appointment....
As first reported by MacRumors, local police in the York Region of Ontario, Canada, put out a public warning on Thursday about a string of car thefts using Apple AirTags. According to the release, suspects place AirTags on high-end vehicles to track them, locate them later, and steal them when the owner is not around. Since September, York Regional Police said they had investigated five AirTag-related car theft incidents. The suspects have placed the AirTags in out-of-sight areas of a car, such as a gas fuel cap or tow hitch, while a vehicle is parked in a public parking lot....
If you’re familiar with Facebook, you’ve probably seen a friend share a post that was originally created or shared by someone else. On Twitter, this concept is called “retweeting.” Like hashtags, retweets are a community-driven phenomenon that helps make the service better by allowing people to quickly spread discussions across Twitter. How to Retweet To retweet your own post or someone else’s: The post automatically embeds in your Twitter feed, and the original poster receives a notification that you’ve retweeted their post....
How to Easily Unsubscribe to Emails in Gmail Gmail offers a handy shortcut for unsubscribing from mailing lists, newsletters, and other recurring, subscription-based messages. You can unsubscribe to emails in Gmail with a link that automatically replies to the message with a notification to cancel. Some emails don’t support that type of unsubscription, in which case Gmail auto-detects the unsubscribe link offered by the email sender and directs you to a page to manually unsubscribe....
How to Star an Email The simplest way to let Yahoo know that a message is important is to manually star it using the Star icon next to the subject. How to Find Important Yahoo Mail Emails Use the Sort filters to find email messages. For example, sort to see unread messages and hide emails that you opened. Or, find an email with an attachment you need. Yahoo Mail’s Starred Category Yahoo Mail also has a dedicated Starred category....
Fortunately, it’s not hard to set up, if you have the right SMTP settings. We’ve listed the Zoho Mail SMTP server settings for sending mail through Zoho Mail from any email client below. Zoho Mail SMTP Settings: Zoho Mail SMTP server address: smtp.zoho.comZoho Mail SMTP port: 465 Zoho Mail SMTP TLS/SSL required: YesZoho Mail SMTP user name: Your Zoho Mail address (example@zoho.com or your email address if you use Zoho Mail with your own domain)Zoho Mail SMTP password: Your Zoho Mail password...
The Different Kinds of Twitter Timelines There are different types of Twitter timelines. The Home timeline is what every person sees by default. It’s a list or stream of tweets from all the people they follow, which gets updated in real-time. There are also timelines generated by Twitter lists. These display messages from users included in a list you follow. These messages can come from lists of users that were created by you or lists created by other people....
Devices that are commonly jailbroken are the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, but many people are now jailbreaking devices like the Roku stick, Fire TV, and Chromecast. Jailbreaking an Android device is normally called rooting. Why People Jailbreak Phones Probably the most common reason to jailbreak a phone is to install custom apps that you couldn’t otherwise use on the phone. Apple blocks some apps from being released on the App Store, but jailbroken iPhones support sideloading or adding an app outside the manufacturer’s app store....
Advantages and Disadvantages of a Tweetstorm A Tweetstorm is series of tweets from one person that starts with a number and a slash. The first number is the order in which the tweet appears in a line of tweets covering a single topic. The number after the slash is the number of tweets from the same author. A Tweetstorm lets readers know how many tweets to expect. On the surface, this seems like a great idea, but it has gained some controversy....
What You Can Use as an Alexa Preferred Speaker Here is a list (which continues to grow) of some of the devices that you can designate as your Alexa Preferred Speaker: Alexa Preferred Speaker Setup With the Alexa app Preferred Speaker feature, you can designate one of your Echo or another Alexa-compatible device as a “default” speaker. After setup, you say, “play music” or “play music from (artist or service)” and it plays that music automatically on the speaker you chose as your favorite for playing music, without any further identification....
The main purpose of Facebook Portal is to connect with Facebook contacts, primarily through video calling. When not being used for audio or video calls, it can play music, be used to watch videos, display photos, or used as an Echo device with Alexa assistant. Portal debuted with a price of $199, while Portal+ was priced at $349. Portal Features and Benefits 12MP camera with a 140-degree viewing angle. The Portal has a 720p display resolution (1200x800), while the Portal+ has a 1080p resolution (1920x1080)....
What Is Sibilance? Sibilance is a sound characterized by pronouncing consonants, syllables, or words with the letter S (and sometimes a T or Z). It often refers to vocals rather than other aspects of music, but it may also stem from pitchy instruments like high-hat cymbals. In audio reproduction, the letter S should sound clear and distinct, not smeared, exaggerated, or distorted as in sh or ch. If the letter S sounds like it’s being hissed instead of sung, then sibilance is most likely the culprit....
What Is Sppextcomobjpatcher.exe? Sppextcomobjpatcher in Windows 10 is a part of the Key Management Service (KMS) that’s involved in the licensing of Microsoft products. Its most typical usage is in managing your license for Windows 10–unless you use a lot of other Microsoft products that require a key. That said, sppextcomobhpatcher.exe is most commonly used by cracked or pirated versions of Windows to get around Microsoft’s licensing system. There is a chance that if you’ve come across it, it means your version of Windows is pirated....
Uber Ride Pass is available for a monthly fee of $24.99 in select cities. Here’s a look at how Uber Ride Pass works and its benefits so you can decide if it’s right for you. How Uber Ride Pass Works Uber Ride Pass is a monthly subscription that gives users a variety of discounts on Uber rides as well as flat-rate pricing without surges or surprises. Each pass is valid for a month and will renew automatically, but you can cancel anytime....
What Is the Mailer-Daemon? Email works like a virtual postal system. When you send a message, it first goes to a server called the mailer-daemon. That server passes the message on to other servers until the message is delivered to the recipient’s inbox. When delivery fails, a mailer-daemon error message is generated and sent back to the original sender. What Is Mailer-Daemon Spam? Mailer-daemons do not use the address in the From line to determine an email’s sender....
