Well, we’re seeing a lot of temporary Apple Store closures today — stores in San Francisco, Seattle and other cities are temporarily blacking out and reopening just before, on or a day after Oct. 4. That’s the same day Apple invited media and analysts to its so-called “Let’s Talk iPhone” event at its Cupertino, CA headquarters at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. We expect newly appointed Apple CEO Tim Cook to make his onstage debut there, with the announcement of the long-awaited iPhone 5 in various iterations, as well a cheap $199 iPhone 4 as its entry-level phone....

Except none of this is true, at least not in the sincerest of terms. For Windows users, iTunes isn’t going anywhere– at least not anytime soon. For Mac users, the story is a little bit more confusing, but I’ll do my best to explain. If you’re in the latter category and don’t have the time to read further, be comfortable in knowing that the bottom line changes that are coming later this year aren’t nearly as substantial as some others might have lead you to believe....

One new features the update brings is called CarPlay. This helps you integrate maps, messaging, and music in select 2014 vehicles with built-in touch display’s. But you’ll need an iPhone 5, 5S, or 5C to use it. iOS 7.1 Update The iOS 7.1 update has some features you may or may not be able to use — depending on your device model. But the main reason you’ll want to grab this one is for the security patches under the hood....

From the main menu, go to Settings » General. Then scroll down and select Parental Controls. Now select Turn on Parental Controls. Next, set a four digit Passcode. This is where the the Remote app for an iDevice comes in handier than the physical remote. Verify your Passcode then select Done. Passcode is confirmed. Select OK. Now select the media services available on the Apple TV. Change the options between Ask, Show and Hide....

We recently covered how horrible CNET’s download.com has become to install software, as everything on the site is wrapped in vicious crapware. CNET’s site isn’t the only culprit though, essentially any software aggregation site has some type of bloatware associated with it. Sites like Filehippo, Softpedia, and brothersoft all have their own version of an “install manager” that contain malware that installs toolbars and hijacks your homepage and default search engine....

According to a recent report from market researcher IDC, global PC sales are set to fall by close to 8 percent this year. A few other considerations are that we keep getting increasing amounts of cloud storage, improved web services, powerful apps, and streaming music and video. So computers with tons of storage and CPU power just aren’t necessary these days. Of course, one can make the “what is a PC anymore?...

Backblaze Features Before Backblaze, I backed up my computers using custom scripts and external USB drives. I would take a backup every 30 days then store the USB drives in a fire “resistant” safe. The “plan” was that my data would be safe in the event of a burglary or fire. This got expensive and unrealistic, though, once my wife and I started having children. Can you say a million baby photos and long videos?...

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Over the last few weeks, I’ve been playing with a new Tool from OfficeLabs called Canvas for OneNote. Its main purpose in life is to allow you to Visually manage your Microsoft OneNote Notebooks. Update groovyReader Stew made a good point in the comments – Microsoft OneNote requires both Windows Vista and Office 2007. Sorry XP users. I’m also going to venture Windows 7 will run it; however, I’ve not tested it....

Over the last couple of days, I’ve been using the private beta of Chrometa for free and so far, I like it. Check out the review and screenshot tour below to see how it works. Introduction to Chrometa from JP Ren on Vimeo. Logging Activity Here’s how to log your activity using Chrometa: Step One Install Chrometa. That’s it. After that, Chrometa sits unobtrusively in your system tray, logging your activity and uploading it to your dashboard....

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could search your Gmail archive on the fly? Let’s say you’re in the middle of composing an email to a friend and you need to reference something from an archived email—such as a showtime, a confirmation number or account number. This happens to me all the time, and I end up having to pop open another window so I don’t have to abandon my draft....

However, if you’re a home user, running Outlook with a POP or IMAP email account i.e. Yahoo, Gmail, or Outlook.com, you can still create auto-replies, however, there is a bit more work involved. You’ll need to combine an Outlook email template and create a new rule to simulate an Exchange server-type solution. Just follow the steps below and you will be good to go. Create Auto Reply (Out of Office) in Outlook for POP or IMAP First, you need to create a message template....

Turn Off Visual Effects Click Start and type: advanced system settings and choose View advanced system settings from the results at the top or just hit Enter. Next, click Settings in the Performance section. Here is where you can uncheck different visual effects that take up extra resources. From the list, there are two things I always uncheck to make the UI more responsive. Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing Show window content while dragging...

Thanks to the Discord in-game overlay on Windows 10, you can access many of Discord’s core features, including changing channels, switching servers, and starting voice calls. If the Discord overlay is not working, however, you won’t be able to use these features. There are a number of reasons why Discord’s overlay might stop working. If you want to fix the problem, however, here’s what you’ll need to do. Make Sure the Discord Overlay Is Enabled Before you start changing settings or reinstalling Discord, you might want to check that the Discord overlay is enabled....

If you read groovyPost with any degree of regularity, you already know that we’re huge huge fans of Dropbox—we all use it personally and collaboratively and it works like a dream. So you can imagine my excitement this morning MrGroove shot me an email outlining his “discovery” that Dropbox is now offering Dropbox Teams for the business as an early access release. Update: This review is old! We’ve since taken another look at Dropbox for Teams new features, including more storage, Active Directory integration and phone support....

Make sure you have the latest version of Dropbox installed on your computer. Open your Dropbox folder and right-click the file you want to share, and click Share Dropbox link. A dialog box telling you that the link to the file has been copied to your clipboard will pop up. Now, you can just paste the link to Skype, Facebook, or other places for your contacts. Comment Name * Email *...

Outlook 2007 To-Do In a busy world, forgetting about an appointment or task is becoming easier and easier. Microsoft Outlook 2007 has a feature called the To-Do Bar, which I use daily to map out my day/week. It’s very configurable, includes a Calendar, my upcoming Meetings, and my Active Tasks. Although enabled by default, I like to make a few customizations to optimize fully. So here are a few tips I think you might find helpful....

Back on Aug. 23rd, Facebook announced it was adding some improvements to privacy and how you post updates and photos to your Facebook account. Amount the updates (as shown above) is the ability to Mark WHO is with you, WHERE you are and HOW you want to share your updates (and photos and videos). The sharing portion of the new update appears to be taken directly from the Google+ Service....

According to the report Facebook was the most visited website in 2010, accounting for 8.93% of all visits in the US (that’s for the time between January and November 2010, but it’s hard to imagine that December data could change things too much). Facebook was followed by Google.com with 7.19%, and Yahoo Mail – 3.52%. Yahoo was fourth, with 3.30% and YouTube was fifth – 2.65%. Could that mean that people have stopped searching for information and only want to look for other people’s vacation pictures?...

The installer is just 481 kilobytes and the installation is quick. After it’s done, you’ll be asked to sign in with your Facebook account. It takes you to the Facebook page in your default browser. This will annoy some users. Another annoyance is you have to log out of Messenger from Facebook’s account menu. I didn’t really care about this, since I keep Facebook open all the time in a in a tab in Firefox....