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BigNazik/Shutterstock.com Once you follow a personal account or a page on Facebook, you start seeing that entity’s posts in your news feed. This is a great way to get updates from your favorite people or brands without being friends. RELATED: Do the People You Follow on Social Media Spark Joy? Following vs. Friending on Facebook To follow someone and to add someone as a friend are two different things on Facebook. When you follow someone, you don’t have to add them as a friend. You can see that entity’s posts and other content in your news feed while not becoming a part of their friends list. This option is usually used to follow celebrities and the pages that interest you on this social platform. The convention on Facebook is that when you add someone as a friend, it’s...

Since Windows 7, apps with multiple open windows are combined into a single taskbar button. Hovering over the button gives you a live thumbnail of every window and you can then click the window you want to work with. If you’re routinely switching between apps with open windows, that can get a little cumbersome. You can hold the Ctrl key down while clicking a taskbar button to view the last active window—and then keep clicking with Ctrl held to cycle through each of that app’s open windows — but that often just lets you view the window instead of making it active. If you’re willing to make a mild Registry edit, you make it so that clicking a taskbar button always opens the last active window — no Ctrl key needed. Note: This does not work on Windows 11 as of May 2022. However,...

Khamosh Pathak An iCloud account that comes with an Apple device grants you access to a unique email address. While you might be used to using this email account in the Mail app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you can actually access iCloud Mail from any web browser (including Chrome and Microsoft Edge). iCloud Mail is linked to your Apple ID, but only if your email ID ends with “@icloud.com”. If you’re using a third-party email like Gmail with your Apple ID, you’ll have to create a different iCloud email address, which will then be linked to your Apple ID. To get started, open any browser on your computer (Windows 10, Mac, or Linux), iPhone, iPad, or Android smartphone or tablet. Then, type the www.icloud.com/mail URL into your address bar. If you know your iCloud email addre...

Have you got unused and unwanted apps on your Amazon Fire TV Stick? If so, it’s easy to uninstall those apps and declutter your app library. You have two different ways to do that, and we’ll show you how to use them. Use the “Apps” Menu to Uninstall an App Your Fire TV Stick has a menu called “Apps” that lets you quickly view and launch your installed apps. You can use this menu to remove your apps as well. To start, on your Fire TV Stick’s remote, press and hold down the Home button. Then, in the menu that opens, choose “Apps.” On the “Your Apps & Games” page, highlight the app you want to delete. While your app is highlighted, on your Fire TV Stick remote, press the Menu button (the button with three horizontal lines on it). On the right pane, in ...

News @andrew_andrew__ Jun 11, 2022, 3:00 pm EDT | 1 min read AT&T Back in January, AT&T started offering crazy-fast 5-Gigabit fiber connections for select homes. But AT&T’s latest achievement makes 5-Gigabit internet look like child’s play—it’s the first company to reach 20-Gigabit symmetric speeds in a lab test. And it could offer 20-Gigabit service in 2023. It took several years for AT&T to create a strong fiber infrastructure. But now that a large number of people can access AT&T fiber, the company is ready to make massive technological strides. Multi-gig fiber was already impressive, but 20-Gigabit is just crazy. And these are symmetrical speeds, meaning that you could get 20Gbps downloads and uploads. For reference, fetching a game like Fortnite from the E...

Wachiwit/Shutterstock.com You can increase or decrease your Apple Watch Move goal to make it harder or easier to fill your Move ring each day. You can’t do this on your iPhone, you’ll need to do it on your Apple Watch directly. Change Your Move Goal You can change your Move goal using the Activity app on your Apple Watch. You’ll find this in the main menu by clicking the Digital Crown, launch it quickly by tapping on the activity rings complication on your Apple Watch face. With the Activity app open, make sure you’re on the “first page” where you can see your three rings: Move, Exercise, and Stand. Scroll down to the very bottom of the screen and tap on the “Change Goals” button. From here you can change your Move, Exercise, and Stand goals in sequence. By defaul...

Windows 8 and 10’s advanced startup tools function differently than the tools on previous versions of Windows. If your Windows 8 or 10 system can’t boot properly, the tools will appear automatically so you can fix the problem. We’ve covered several ways to access the advanced startup options if your PC is working properly, including through the PC settings application. You can also create a recovery drive to ensure you’ll always be able to access these options. Choose an Option Once you’ve accessed the advanced startup options, you’ll need to click (or tap) the Troubleshoot option to access the troubleshooting and repair options. The Continue and Turn off your PC options will continue booting to Windows (assuming there isn’t a problem) or power off your computer. ...

Firefox has respected Windows 10’s dark mode setting for a while now. But you can manually enable dark mode in Firefox, on any operating system, and without installing any third-party themes. This works on Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11, macOS, and Linux. To change your Firefox theme, click the menu button (three horizontal lines) in the top right, then click “Add-ons and themes” in the drop-down menu. RELATED: How to Enable Dark Mode in Windows 10 Click “Themes” at the left side of the add-ons page. There are a handful of pre-installed themes, including Dark, Light, and System Default. The System Default theme is a standard light theme that respects your Windows theme settings. The Dark theme is Firefox’s dark mode. Everything in Firefox — inc...

News @andrew_andrew__ Jun 10, 2022, 3:46 pm EDT | 1 min read Thunder Lotus Games We were dumbfounded when Spiritfarer launched in late 2020. The indie game, which is both a management simulator and an action sandbox, tugs at your heartstrings as you repeatedly pilot people toward the afterlife. And soon, Spiritfarer will come to mobile—but only if you have Netflix subscription. Much like the Stranger Things games, Spiritfarer is a Netflix exclusive on mobile devices. It arrives on the Netflix Gaming platform “soon” and will live alongside other titles in the Netflix mobile app. (Just tap the “gaming ” tab in the Netflix app to play these exclusives on iOS or Android.) To Netflix credit, Spiritfarer is an impressive catch. Players take the role of Stella, someo...

@xguntherc Jun 10, 2022, 3:28 pm EDT | 4 min read structuresxx/Shutterstock.com These days having reliable access to the internet is pretty essential, and that includes while you’re in a car. Thankfully, car Wi-Fi is becoming increasingly more common, but it’s not always clear how it works, how fast it is, or if you (and passengers) can use it when the car is off. Many new vehicles come with in-car Wi-Fi, but it’s usually only a free trial to show owners how great the feature is. Once that trial expires, you’ll have to decide if it’s worth keeping. Plus, most electric vehicles rely on that connection for software updates, fancy features, and more. It’s not just for streaming Netflix on a tablet for the kids. So, whether you’re considering enabling car Wi-Fi on ...