How To Make A Google Voice Conference Call Note: If you need to organize a larger conference call, I highly recommend you give join.me a try. It’s fast, simple, and can host 250 people at the same time. The bridge number is not toll-free, so I recommend using join.me with Google Voice or Gmail. For smaller conference call needs, however, Google Voice just works! Have you ever used Google Voice to set up a conference call?...

The News Feed on Facebook more often than not is filled with junk that you probably could care less about. Application updates, comments of comments, links, spam, you name it, but you probably don’t want to see it. Facebook does provide a solution, we can simply filter out all the junk and just see what our friends are saying, aka Status Updates. Ready to minimize spam? This tutorial is quick and easy, let’s get started....

Step 1 – Download WordPress for Android (it’s free!) Go to the Android Market from your device and search for “wordpress,” the top result should be WordPress by Automattic, Inc. Alternatively, you can use a barcode scanner on your device and scan the QR code to the right; this will take you directly to the app. Step 2 – Install the App Just tap Install Allow the app to have access to the needed systems by tapping OK...

Improve Kindle Fire HD Battery Life Turn the brightness all the way down Even at the lowest setting, the Kindle Fire HD has a brilliant screen that’s easily viewable under most conditions. This tip is especially useful in low-light situations on airplanes or in the bedroom. I’ve found that anything other than the lowest screen brightness causes eyestrain. Turning down the brightness to the lowest possible setting can lengthen battery life by several hours when using it for reading....

If you’re thinking about travelling somewhere new, but you’re unsure about the length of the journey, you can use Google Maps to measure the distance between two or more locations. This feature works for simple and complex routes alike. If you want to know how to measure distance between locations in Google Maps, here’s what you’ll need to do. Measuing the Distance Between Two Points in Google Maps Measuring the straight line distance between two points in Google Maps is simple to do if you’re using a PC or Mac....

Multiple tables can be a great way to organize and display data, but they can also be confusing for readers. Merging tables can help cut down on clutter and make your document more streamlined and easier to read. If you’re looking to merge tables in Google Docs, here’s what you need to do. How to Merge Tables in Google Docs Manually There isn’t a built-in table merging feature in Google Docs....

One fairly rare type of file (from a Windows point of view) is a TGZ file. This unusual file type isn’t one that Windows will know what to do with, so you’ll need to work around that to open it. If you want to know how to open a TGZ file on a Windows PC, follow the steps below. What is a TGZ File? A TGZ file, .tgz file, or tar....

Also, take a look at our article on how to clean install Windows 11. Step 1. Configuring your computer’s BIOS* Start by inserting your Windows 10 installation media into the PC — this can be a DVD or USB flash drive. If you haven’t created it yet, read our article on how to create a Windows 10 USB flash drive. Now restart the computer and enter the BIOS (F2, F9, F12, or Del on most PCs)....

Whatever the reason, it’s obvious some no longer trust the social giant, and I keep hearing the same question over and over again from my readers: “Is it possible to delete my Facebook account?” and “I managed to deactivate it, so it’s deleted right?” You would think the answer would be fairly straightforward. But it took a lot of digging to come up with the solution surrounding account and profile deactivation — and full-blown account removal from the service....

To start your day off right, we’ll show you how to personalize your Firefox Home page, which you can also use for new tabs you open. Make the most of this browser space with what’s the handiest for you! Personalize the Firefox Home Page on Desktop You have the same options for customizing your Firefox Home page on both Windows and Mac. So, open your settings to get started. Open the Firefox settings on Windows: Click the Menu button on the top right of the Firefox toolbar and select Options or click Tools > Options from the menu....

Do you have a handful of websites that you use often enough that it would be handy to have them as programs on your computer? You can get the next best thing by pinning them to your Taskbar as a webapp. We’ve showed you how to do this with Internet Explorer 9, and this time we’ll do the same thing but with Chrome! Step 1 First, Chrome needs to be on the page that you want to turn into an app on your taskbar....

First, download and install our favorite DVD ripping program DVDFab. It’s free for 30 days, then you need a license. But the DVD Decrypter feature is always free to use. Using DVDFab removes the copy protection on the DVD so you can rip the audio. Pop the concert DVD in your system’s DVD drive. DVDFab will analyze it. Then under DVD Ripper select Audio. Verify the source is the DVD and the target is a convenient location on your hard drive....

Earlier this week we looked at power management in Windows 7. This article will follow up on that same topic by checking in on the efficiency of your power settings. The report will help you isolate power hungry components and tell you where all of your energy is going. This knowledge is helpful for people running Windows 7 on laptops since battery life is always something on the mind. To ensure accurate results, make sure you don’t have any programs running that usually wouldn’t be running when your computer is just sitting idle....

The setup is fast and straightforward, so let’s begin. Step 1 – Getting Chrome Portable To start, you’ll need to download the Google Chrome Portable extractor. After downloading, plug in your flash drive and open the downloaded file. Once the little extraction window pops up, you’ll need to enter the location where you’d like to extract Chrome. Apparently, that would be your flash drive, so go ahead and navigate there (example below....

Run Linux Beta on a Chromebook The first thing you will need to do is run the Linux (beta) app on your Chromebook. Start by clicking the clock on the taskbar and choosing Settings (Gear icon). When Settings opens, you should see “Linux (Beta)” in the left panel. Click it and then click the Turn on button. Next, the Linux setup screen will display on your screen. Click the Install button....

Intended to help people keep daytime and evening hours straight anywhere in the world, time zones don’t really matter to a computer. It’s usually best to set your Linux time zone to match yours or the one most of your users observe. Fortunately, it’s easy to configure the time zone on Linux even after installation. Here’s how. Why Does the Time Zone Matter in Linux? There are a number of tasks that Linux handles according to a schedule....

Old Original Article… As a blogger, I was surprised when I couldn’t find a simple way to take screenshots on my new Android mobile phone especially since the process is so dead simple using an iPhone. Anyway, a lot of people have been asking about this including grooveDexter on his Samsung Galaxy S. Fortunately, after playing around all hope is lost! There actually IS a way to take screenshots on an Android and this groovy guide will show you how in our typical step-by-step process....

Shut Down Windows 11 from the Desktop If you’re familiar with Windows 10, shutting down Windows 11 from the desktop shouldn’t cause much of an issue. First of all, you can click the Start button and then click the Power button. That will give you two more options – shut down your PC or restart it. Another option you have is to right-click the Start button and then click on the “Shut down or sign out” menu....

In addition to adding a user with a Microsoft account, you can add a local user if you want. But regardless of the type of account, you’ll need to know how to switch between different user accounts on Windows 11. After creating multiple user accounts, you can use different methods to switch between them. Here’s how to do it. How to Use the Start Menu to Switch User Accounts on Windows 11 One of the most straightforward ways to switch user accounts on Windows 11 is by using the Start menu....

You can easily access a list of Chrome tabs open on each device and open any of those tabs on any of your devices. Today we’ll show you how to access open Chrome tabs in Windows, Mac, and Linux, and on iOS and Android devices. Set Up Chrome Sync To sync Chrome tabs across devices, you first need to set up Chrome sync and log in to the same Google account you used for Chrome sync on all devices....