Update: This article has been updated to reflect changes in Windows 8.1 update 1. Shutdown, Restart, or Sleep Windows 8 I’ll start with the main thing, shutting down Windows 8, Restarting, or putting it to sleep. Bring up the Charms bar by hovering your mouse in the lower right corner, or simply use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + I. Or if you have a Surface RT or other touchscreen running Windows 8 or Windows RT, swipe from the right side of the screen to the left....

SEGA Classics for Fire TV There are several popular titles included in this collection including the Streets of Rage and Golden Axe trilogies as well as a few if the classic Sonic the Hedgehog titles which are remastered versions. There are also some helpful display options like choosing the standard 4:3 view or the “Pixel Perfect” mode that offers a crisper and sharper picture. Other options include the ability to rewind a game a few seconds to redo a tough jump or other action....

YouTube Capture is a new video application that gives users a nearly direct connection with YouTube as you can shoot video and publish it onto the service in as little as three steps. The application offers the ability to improve videos through in-app editing, color correction and image stabilization. YouTube Capture gives users the power to decide who sees your video through YouTube’s privacy options, which can be helpful for those videos you’d like to share with your friends, but sharing with your parents or family members wouldn’t be the best idea....

1. Is it Mac or Mobile? The biggest surprise of this year’s keynote address was the reinvention of macOS and Mac both in terms of software and hardware. On the software side, Apple left no one to doubt that a total merging of mobile and desktop is probably going to happen, perhaps sooner than anyone outside of the company could have imagined. The macOS Big Sur update, as it’s known, looks a lot like the newly announced iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 software updates for iPhone and iPad, respectively....

But what should I purchase? Currently, the new iPad is all over the news, and I carry an iPhone and know the ecosystem. Without doubt, the iPad is a nice machine. Our own Josh Windisch gave it a review with high praise after using it for a week. In fact Apple assures me that it’s brilliant (in its advertising). But what about my use case? Would I be well served with an iPad when I’m interested in both consumption and creation of content?...

However, sometimes you might need to wake up Alexa and tell her to give you your flash briefing, order an item, or just find out the temperature outside. If your Echo is in line of sight, you will see the rings around the top of the bezel light up, and that lets you know she is listening. But, if the Echo is not in your sight, you won’t know if she heard you or not, and that is where enabling a wake-up sound comes in handy....

There’s a few things worth mentioning here (aside from the features of the app). First off, the app is already available in the Windows Store here. Secondly it’s free, but we were expecting that. A great addition to Windows 8, indeed. Will you install it? Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

As you’ll see below, things are “take it or leave it” when it came to Android permissions in older versions. Of course, you could always know what an app can and can’t do, but you had two possible choices: Accept them all, even if either one of them sounded like a gross invasion of your privacy. Uninstall the app altogether if anything sounded too uncomfortable to you. Either way, a terrible choice....

It’s Two For Tuesday. Two tech problems and two workarounds we found for you. This week our focus is on iOS 5 and two common issues a lot of you might have to deal with. Join us for Two for Tuesday every week at Groovy. And send us your ideas and workarounds at gina@Groovypost.com. Do you get this error while trying to upgrade iOS 5 on some iPhone 4 devices?...

The iOS 10.3.2 update is available for download and installation for Apple devices including the iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, and iPod touch 6th generation. Summary of iOS 10.3.2? There are no user-facing changes, but the 177 MB update suggests there are numerous low-level updates included. In contrast, last month’s 10.3.1 was just 28 MBs, so, users might want to perform a quick backup just in case....

That said, iOS is the company’s crown jewel, and the latest version got a surprise 11.2 update over the weekend, fixing several bugs discovered in version 11.1.2 and adding new features and functionality such as Apple Pay Cash and faster wireless charging for the newer iPhone X and iPhone 8 devices. But, we always ask, should you upgrade? You might want to wait—read on to find out why. What’s New in the iOS 11....

Belarc doesn’t update programs automatically like Secunia PSI that I told you about recently. Actually, the two make a great team! No, Belarc does a wonderful job at telling you, in great detail, about the Windows Updates you’re missing. It also does a fine job at telling you what software is installed on the computer and the version. Further, it makes recommendations as to how you can better secure your system, such as disabling the guest account....

First of all, go to the Close All Tabs download page on the Chrome Web Store and click on Add To Chrome. Once installed, open the Google Chrome window with opened tabs, and click on the Close All Tabs extension icon next to the address bar. It will close all the opened tabs immediately with just one click. You can change the icon by going to the extension options. Right click on the extension icon and click on Options....

Note: These screenshots are from Windows 7, but the utility should still work on Windows 10. Utility Captures Snoopers First, download CommandCam to a Dropbox folder of your choice. After downloading the file to Dropbox, right-click CommandCam.exe and click Create Shortcut, so you can then move the shortcut to your startup folder. In Windows 7, you can find out how to move items to the Startup folder in this article....

Luckily, Conan O’ Brien has an alternative called the Apple Pocketwatch. Whether you’re an Apple fanboy or not, this is a great parody…and it’s good to have a good laugh once in a while. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

Popcornflix.com is a subsidiary of Screen Media Ventures and lets you watch free flicks on an iPad / iPhone, Roku and on its website. Here’s how to stream them to your Roku. Install the Popcornflix channel from the Channel Store on the Roku. After it’s installed, you can browse through the different categories of films available…similar to the interface for Netflix. A few of the more interesting categories are Bollywood (India’s version of Hollywood), Web Originals and Film-School-Originals....

X-Men: The Animated Series If it weren’t for this animated series, which ran for five seasons beginning in 1992, there would have never been the popular X-Men film series. Originally aired on Fox Kids Network, X-Men: The Animated Series was based on the X-Men comic book series published by Marvel Comics, which were created by artist/co-writer Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee. The series featured the now-familiar characters of Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Beast, and many more....

This announcement comes on the heels of Netflix announcing 200 million subscribers in January. This milestone places Disney Plus at around half the size of Netflix after launching just 16 months ago. Disney Passes 100 Million Subscribers According to the statement from Disney: Disney Plus is available in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and European countries. It has also been expanding its global reach by recently launching in Latin America and Singapore....

Today, in its quest to target the profitable business market, Dropbox announced several new updates for its iOS users, including Scanning Documents into Dropbox and Creating Microsoft Office Docs from Dropbox. The app also changes the requirements for its camera upload function, requiring users to install the desktop app or upgrade to a Pro account. Scan Documents into Dropbox From the new Dropbox app, tap the plus button, then tap Scan documents....

Google Docs is one of the cornerstones of Google’s Office offerings, and despite Google’s penchant for haphazardly shutting down its services, it has so far been one of the ones still left standing since it was bought by Google in 2006. Along with Spreadsheets, Slides, Forms, and Drawings, Google has built a huge and formidable productivity suite rival to Microsoft, which used to rule this corner of the IT industry with very little competition to speak of....