We showed you how to turn off the suggested app ads in the Start menu, but another place you’ll find these “suggestions” is on the Lock Screen. Here’s how to opt-out and turn them off. Turn Off Windows 10 Lock Screen Ads To turn them off head to Settings > Personalization > Lock Screen. Make sure your Background is set to Picture or Slideshow. If you have it set to Spotlight, the option to turn off ads won’t show up....

Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise Using Easy Upgrade Feature During the free upgrade offer, Microsoft made it known Windows 10 will be free to every PC or device running a genuine version of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. Your system was upgraded to the logical edition. For example, Windows 7 Home Basic or Premium upgraded to Windows 10 Home. But you might want or need some of the richer capabilities available in the Pro version....

Built upon the company’s previous Do Not Disturb feature, Focus makes it possible to adjust notifications based on the time of day or what you’re doing. Here’s how to use Focus mode on your Mac. What is Focus Mode on Mac? As the name suggests, the new Focus feature allows you to stay in the moment to either concentrate or spend time away from your devices. You can adjust it, allowing you to choose which apps and people you’ll receive alerts from, or decide which ones will get saved for later....

You can use Clipchamp on Windows to create exciting new videos for work, social media, or to capture important events. We’ll show you how to get started using Clipchamp on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. How to Install and Use Clipchamp on Windows The Clipchamp app doesn’t come pre-installed on Windows yet, though that is a plan for that in the future. In the meantime, you’ll need to download and install Clipchamp first....

Add Pocket to Internet Explorer Head over to the Pocket on Your Desktop Page. Then drag the +Pocket button to the Favorites bar in IE. After it’s added, when you find a page you want to “pocket” to read later, just click the bookmarklet and it will be added. The icon isn’t as glamorous as in Firefox or Chrome, but it works, and syncs anything you “pocket” to all of your other devices and browsers that have Pocket enabled....

That was a convoluted way to get files back, and not everyone you’re collaborating on documents with has that set up. Microsoft added a Recycle Bin to the SkyDrive service this week so you can recover files easily, without complication. Here I’m going to delete one of the folders in my SkyDrive via the web interface called Apps. To delete a file or folder, right click and select Delete....

The good news is that it’s fairly easy to insert subscripts into Excel, although the methods you will use will vary depending on whether you’re working with text or with numbers. As with most things in Excel, you also have a choice of methods to achieve your goals. Learn more about how to use superscript in Excel. How to Apply Superscript to Text in Excel The methods you will use to apply a superscript in Excel will differ depending on whether the cells you are applying it to contain text or numbers....

With a recent update to Google Calendar online, you can use a handy Google Maps sidebar. This makes getting the location for your event a breeze. And what’s better is that you can add a travel time event to your calendar too. Let’s take a look at how to use Google Calendar with the Google Maps “Quick Access Panel,” as it’s called, so that you can take advantage of the feature....

So, if you are in the market for a new notebook or 2 in 1, be sure to check if it has a Microsoft-supported Precision Touchpad. The Windows 10 Creators Update includes several improvements users can look forward to when using the touchpad. Luckily, I have a supported device, so I decided to check them out and see what’s new. Using the New Precision Touchpad Gestures in Windows 10 Creators Update You can find the new touchpad options in Start > Settings > Devices > Touchpad....

The term performance monitor (also commonly known as “perfmon”) sounds like an advanced IT tool, but it’s very accessible even for a regular computer user. In this article, you’ll learn more about the “performance counters” that give you insights into every aspect of your computer. You’ll also learn how to graph the relevant counters so you can identify where any problems might be. What’s a Performance Counter? You can think of a performance counter like a sensor inside your computer that constantly measures the health of different systems and processes....

View Saved Password in Safari on iPhone To get started go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Website & App Passwords. After that, you will be asked for your password authentication. You can use Touch ID, Face ID, or your passcode to verify it’s you want access. After authentication, you will see a list of the saved account info. It is listed alphabetically by the website name. You can scroll through to find the site you need or use the search bar to find the site you are looking for....

Remember the HTC J Butterfly I covered a few weeks ago? At the time we were hoping that HTC would use the display in smartphones that would be available somewhere else than just Japan. HTC has done just that, in the form of the Droid DNA that’s already available at Verizon. It has a quad-core CPU – 1.5 GHz Snapdragon, 2 GB RAM and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. What makes this phone stand out is the Full HD 5 inch screen – 440 ppi (compare that to the iPhone 5’s Retina display only has 326 ppi)....

According to the Associate Press, quoting “a person familiar with the matter”, says the parties are in talks to make the deal. It’s interesting that Beats, mostly owned by HTC, is considering buying another company. But I think it would be a good move for HTC. The Beats acquisition was a serious mission statement — it says that HTC is targeting music lovers, by offering them one of the best music experiences on a smartphone....

While using your computer, files are constantly being accessed, modified, and moved. This action causes your system to place files in non-sequential order. When your system is fragmented, and you install new software, the software gets copied in small chunks and often not in the correct order. This process can increase the number of head-disk seek spins when reading files, as well as impair how many bits per second can be accessed....

What do you do when Instagram music isn’t working? You may find that you’re not able to add music to your Instagram posts. This could be for a number of different reasons, from your location to the type of account that you’re using. If your Instagram music isn’t working, we’ll explore some fixes you can try below. 1. Update Your Instagram App If you’re struggling to add music to your Instagram posts, it may be because you’re running an outdated version of Instagram....

Hyperlapse, according to Instagram, is a “built-in stabilization technology that lets you create moving, handheld time lapses that result in a cinematic look, quality and feel—a feat that has previously only been possible with expensive equipment.” In a nutshell, you can record videos even with jittery hands in Hyperlapse and transform it into smooth time lapse pieces that have a “cinematic” feel. Unfortunately, Hyperlapse won’t be available for Android anytime soon....

Here are a few tips to help make iOS 8 run faster – even on a shiny new iPhone 6, but you probably don’t need to use them. Disable Spotlight Search While Spotlight Search is one of the niceties of iOS, it’s constantly indexing a lot of your files, apps, and other system-wide content in the background. Spotlight is doing a lot of work by gathering data from internet sources as well....

What Is It? This puzzle game reminds me of dominos. Place the puzzle pieces one at a time in the right order to form the pattern. When you form the pattern, you move to the next level. The developer touted this game’s minimalism as a feature: no instructions, hints, or settings. You jump into the game and figure it out as you go. The app gives you some auditory feedback as you move pieces, but no soundtrack....

Mac Troubleshooting Guide: No Power Unofficially (at least by this writer) called “the Monday problem,” this is an issue that sometimes crops up for absolutely no reason: there’s no power. Luckily, the solutions are relatively pain-free. MacBooks If your MacBook Air or MacBook Pro isn’t starting, the odds are pretty good the battery has drained on your computer. Therefore, a simple fix is to hook it up to a power source and try again....

Make Your Echo Smarter with Skills Launch the Echo app (available on Android, iOS, and Kindle Fire devices) or the Echo web interface. Then in the left column click on Skills. At the time of this writing, you’ll notice there are three cool features. StubHub which will tell you what events are going on in your area. Math Puzzles provides a series of numbers, and you have to guess what the next on in the sequence is....