Or, maybe you have a second-hand computer from your work’s IT department, and it doesn’t work at all. Whatever the case, if you don’t want to carry around a hard-wired or wireless mouse all the time, since your phone is with your anyway, you might want to make it a mouse instead. Make Your Phone a Mouse, Keyboard or Touchpad Note that here we’re looking at Remote Mouse, which is versatile and works with Windows, OS X, Android, iOS, and Windows Phone....

Microsoft Launches New Windows Insider Program for Business Users Previously, Microsoft’s engagement with IT pros for feedback was exclusive to large organizations participating in the company’s Windows Technology Adoption Program (TAP). Opening up Windows 10 feedback to a much broader audience of technology professionals empowers organizations and individuals to gain insights and also have an impact on the direction of the product. Getting early access to enterprise technologies slated for upcoming Windows releases also lets IT pros identify and work out any bugs or compatibility issues ahead of time....

Gestures Beta App for Windows Phone Here’s a look at what you can do with the new app according to Microsoft: Answer a call by picking up your phone and putting it to you earMute your mic during a call by placing the phone on a flat surface with the display facing downPut the call on speaker by placing the phone on a flat surface with the display facing upSilence incoming call ringer by flipping phone display down...

As is generally the case with cumulative updates, there are no new features here. But there are a few security fixes and overall system improvements. In fact, this round of updates is relatively small. KB4530684 for Windows 10 1903 and 1909 Today’s update will bump your Windows 10 1903 build to 18362.535and version 1909 to 18363.535 and it includes the following fixes and improvements: Updates to improve security when Windows performs basic operations....

Big news over at Microsoft this afternoon. As announced by Steve Ballmer himself, Microsoft unveiled its flagship productivity suite — The New Office, formerly code-named “Office 15”. The New Office Suite can be downloaded from Office.com/Preview and includes new versions of the entire sure – Word 2013, Powerpoint 2013, Excel 2013, Outlook 2013, OneNote, Access, Publisher, Lync etc.. I’m still digesting all the information from the new release however be sure to check out our First Look Screenshot Tour and read below for a few of the key highlights from the release ceremony of the Preview....

Note: Mainstream support for Windows 10 version 1909 has ended. This is the last cumulative update this version will receive unless you’re on the LTSC or running the Enterprise or Education SKU. In the announcement, Microsoft exec John Cable notes: “Today, we are announcing that the Windows 10 November 2019 Update is now available for users on the most recent versions of Windows 10 who seek the new update via Windows Update....

Windows 10 Preview Build 19603 New in this week’s build is File Explorer integration in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Now you can open File Explorer and easily access your Linux files from the left-hand navigation pane. Here’s a look at the general changes and improvements in this release: Going forward, services that are implemented by binaries residing in the user profiles will be persisted on upgrades.Narrator will no longer automatically enable scan mode when interacting with the Ideas pane in Excel....

Windows 10 Preview Build 19645 Here’s a look at the general changes and improvements in today’s release: We changed the servicing model for the Linux kernel inside of Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 distributions. This build includes this change to remove the Linux kernel from the Windows image, and instead have it be serviced via Microsoft Update, the same way that 3rd party drivers (like graphics, or touchpad drivers) are installed and updated on your machine today....

Windows 10 Preview Build 17112 If you are using the Mixed Reality feature in this preview build, there are two issues impacting the usability and performance that you need to be aware of. In fact, you might want to hit the pause button and skip this build. In her article, Dona Sarkar writes, “Windows Mixed Reality runs at a very low frame rate (8-10fps) that could result in some physical discomfort....

Microsoft is at the point now where the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, set to be released October 17th, is in the stabilization phase. Insiders can expect builds to be released at a rapid pace. All of the builds released for the next few weeks will include mostly bug fixes and no notable new features. Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16299 Here is a list of the improvements and fixes you can expect in this most recent build according to Dona Sarkar’s announcement:...

CurrentlyDown As you would expect, you can easily check out whether a website is down or not. Just type its name into the box on the top left side of the CurrentlyDown homepage. You’ll get your result instantly. However, that’s not everything the service can do. The right side of the main page has sections which show Notable Outages and sites which have been Recently Down. The idea is that the service monitors the most important websites and keeps a history of their downtimes....

During a telephone call with analysts, Elop said that Nokia “must build, catalyze or join a competitive ecosystem”. Coming in a moment when Nokia has serious problems keeping up with Apple and phones running Android, this could only mean that the possibility of joining the Android revolution is as real as can be for the company. We’re talking about a company which has been doing increasingly worse in the American market (it has been even selected in a list of the most hated companies), where Android and Apple are currently looking very good....

The easiest method to display results in a new tab is to just press Alt + Enter when performing searches. This will work for both the Firefox address bar and the dedicated search box. You can also set Firefox to open a new tab for search queries from the search box. But this doesn’t apply to searches done in the main address bar (omnibar). Here’s how to make it work....

Signature Display When Forward or Reply in Outlook This article was originally written in 2012 but the concept is the same in modern Outlook 365. Click File > Options. Then click on Mail from the column on the left. On the right, click the Signatures button. Then, if you have multiple signatures for different accounts, select the signature you want to use for New Messages, Replies, and Forwards. Click OK....

Click the Desktop tile on the Metro Start or hit the Windows key to access the desktop. Now, right click any app, folder, file or document and select Pin to Start from the Context menu. Hit the Windows Key to toggle back to Metro and you’ll see the app you just pinned. To unpin an item from the Metro Start screen, right click on it. Then select Unpin from Start on the menu bar that pops up....

For all of you who want to take a break from Cat and baby videos, Google recently introduced a new feature to YouTube that includes a built-in missile command game. YouTube marketing is calling it an “Easter Egg” just like many of the hidden features you can find throughout its services. To access the missile command game, view any YouTube video page and type 1980 on your keyboard. The game will show up and integrate into the video....

What’s the Issue? Beginning in mid-2020, I began noticing problems with the keyboard on my 2018 MacBook Pro. Gradually, these hiccups took different forms from letters and characters repeating unexpectedly or not appearing while typing. The word “sticky” came to mind when describing the problem. Working in technology, I knew immediately what was causing these typing problems: the MacBook Pro’s butterfly keyboard. Butterfly Keyboard First introduced with the 12-inch MacBook in early 2015, the butterfly keyboard replaced the previous models’ traditional scissor mechanism....

Here’s the problem, the EarPods that came with my iPhone are hard plastic. They tend to get a bit slippery when I sweat. They aren’t exactly the most comfortable either. The hard plastic can start to bother smaller ears, and they aren’t particularly good at isolating sound, either. This means users have to turn them up a bit more if they want to hear their own tunes over the music pumping through the gym’s PA....

New Roku Devices for 2018 First off is the Roku Express and Express+ which are entry-level 4K-ready devices at a budget price starting at $39.99 for the Premiere and $49.99 for the Premiere+. Both will feature 4K Ultra HD and HDR picture quality. While they both provide the same high-level picture quality, the Premiere+ adds a voice remote with TV power and volume buttons. Roku Ultra 2018 While the company didn’t announce everything that was upgraded with its top streaming box, it does include 802....

This was tested using both a Galaxy Nexus and a Droid X. On both devices, I successfully got a USB Tether and WiFi Hot Spot to work without having to root, and without paying extra money on my phone bill. There are great developers over at June Fabrics that created PDaNet. When I first got my Transformer Prime, PdaNet had a tablet version that was in beta. This enabled you to use Bluetooth to tether a smartphone, the Galaxy Nexus, to a tablet, the Transformer Prime in my case....