It was just the other day that a friend of mine noticed all of his Picasa albums were set to public. We went in to try and make them private, but it turns out that each album had to be done individually. And, when you have 87 albums it makes it nothing short of a long and annoying afternoon; after marking the first 10, we gave up with doing it manually....

Let me reiterate: this is not a review of Waze, the social GPS app that may put TomTom out of business and get the traffic reporter from your local news channel laid off. This is a public service announcement (PSA), urging you to please, please, do not download Waze for free and use it to not only get you from point A to point B faster, but also have fun while doing it....

Rachio 3 The Rachio 3 unit is very unassuming. It’s much smaller than the old-fashioned type controllers, and there’s just an unobtrusive dial on the left side, and color LED across the middle. While you can manually control some functions from the unit, that’s not the purpose of the system. The Rachio 3 unit replaces your current controller, which is probably the old-fashioned type that uses a dial and buttons with a small LCD....

Immediately after that announcement, Apple launched the U2 album and it was put into everyone’s cloud-based iTunes account, whether you asked for it or not. Even if you didn’t download it, the album showed up in your Purchased music list. That means the album shows up on all of your iOS devices and in iTunes for Mac and PC. Today Apple launched a webpage that allows you to remove the album you didn’t want in the first place....

Why Root? Two reasons. The first is that you can run certain apps that require root to offer full functionality. A good example of this is Avast! Mobile Security, which requires root for half of it’s security features to work. The second reason to root, is that you can install the Google Play market and get all of your content from there onto your Kindle. This includes other Google Apps as well, such as Gmail and Talk....

Last week, we went over the essentials for building your home studio. This week, we are going to go over the stuff you need, but can probably go without if you can’t afford it right away. There’s a few other things you may want, but you can get away with not having it for a while. I’m not saying ignore these things. I’m just saying that you can go a while without it if you already have the basics....

So Many Electronics On the next page, you’ll need to rate your item: What’s an Instant Payment? Checking the Order Status What about the Gift Card? Swappa, by contrast, attempts to match buyers and sellers. In doing so, you’ll likely get more for your device than you would through another outlet. Under this scenario, however, you don’t receive a quote. Instead, you must list your item on the Swappa website. Before doing so, Swappa suggests a price based on current market conditions....

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This week join host Josh Windisch and Brian Burgess as they talk about Apple’s stock tumble, and what we’d like to see from Apple next. While there are plenty of iPhone 5S rumors, we’re more interested to see what Apple does with the next version of iOS. We check out the Tobi Rex device that allows you to control Windows 8 with your eyes. Is there any practical use for this, or is it just a gimmick?...

Migrate Files and Apps from macOS to Windows 10 Microsoft is stepping up its game, both in the operating system and the hardware departments. This makes a Windows PC more attractive than ever. Apple’s polarizing MacBook updates over the past few years and lack of competitive desktop machine offerings are probably helping that, too. The Windows 10 PC has never been better, not only because it’s more affordable but very powerful....

Steve Jobs described the iPhone as a collection of products: a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet communications device. It really wasn’t fully understood at the time. Apple struck up a strategic partnership with Cingular Wireless which was later acquired by AT&T; making the telecom giant the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the US for several years to come. The rest is history I guess you could say....

This could very well be the best case I’ve ever had for my iPod Touch so far. I’ve had an iPod Touch since the very first was released, then upgraded to the 2nd gen, 3rd gen, and now the 4G. Through the course of my iPod history, I’ve tried out a half dozen different cases –but none of them quite cut it. Today, after much fuss with ordering through amazon, I received my touch Duo 4G case....

First go to Settings»General and tap on Keyboard. Tap Dictation to enable the feature. Now whenever the keyboard shows up on the new iPad, you’ll also have the option to dictate what you want typed. Simply tap the microphone key and say what you want to type. When finished, tap the microphone again and your text will show up on the screen. As you can see, words which the iPad isn’t 100% sure about will be underlined in blue and suggest an alternative when tapped on....

Topguest is a new web startup that acts as the middleman between FourSquare or Facebook and some of the brand names consumers love. It’s really simple, you just tell a company where you are using their services and they reward you with air miles, %10 discounts, and other goodies. Sounds great, I love free stuff! Honestly, who doesn’t… When you’re trying to decide between two similar brands to book your travel plans with, the one that offers the extra reward points or discount on your bill is going to make the decision for you....

Setting Up the Contacts App The information contained in the Contacts app comes directly from your email account. For most iPhone users, this is iCloud, although it could also be Gmail, Microsoft Exchange, or many others. To add your email account to iPhone: Turn on Contacts You must now confirm the activation of contacts for your email account on the iPhone. Set Up Default Account It would help if you kept your contacts centrally located, regardless of how many email accounts you have....

As someone who spent two years working for a private investigation firm, I can confirm that it’s fairly easy to build a reasonable profile of a person without breaking the law or having a badge—even more so now that your most intimate details are shared on social networking sites. If I had to compare the information I learned about people by reading the court documents from their divorce case versus what some of you people put on your Facebook walls, I’d be hard-pressed to say which is more revealing and/or humiliating....

There was a Flappy Bird-type game in Android 5.0 Lollipop and a similar type of game in Android 6.0 Marshmallow with different graphics. Then Android 7.0 Nougat had the secret cat collecting game which is referred to as Neko Android. It’s the one Easter Egg that I used regularly during my Nougat run before upgrading to Oreo. The Neko Android cat dish still shows up in my shade since upgrading, but it doesn’t work anymore....

If you own a high-end Windows Phone, Microsoft wrote in its blog post that you’ll be getting the tech preview soon. But what if you’re an Android or iPhone user and just want to check out what a Windows Phone is all about? Even if you’ve never owned a Windows Phone in your life, and are honest about checking it out, the easiest way to do it is pick up a Lumia 635 which is only $49 dollars now....

Launch iTunes and play the video podcast, movie or TV show you want to watch. Right click on the screen and select Play Video in Separate Windows. The video will pop out in its own window. Now you’re able to browse the rest of iTunes while the video plays. To put the video back into iTunes, right click on the video screen and select Play Video in iTunes Window....

If you’re like me, you probably haven’t bothered to install Adobe Flash Player on your computer. After all, Flash is mostly used to display online advertisements, and who wants to see those? And, if you do need to use Flash just load up Chrome; Chrome has Flash built-in. I know, I know. That still leaves your other browsers lacking one very important Flash feature –videos. But, that might not be for much longer....