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YouTube Lean Back incorporates a new feed or “stream” of videos that is generated using your Favorites, Subscriptions, Recently Viewed, Friend Shares, Related Videos, and other content introduced on YouTube. From these sources, YouTube creates an endless flow of videos for hours of entertainment. Below is a screenshot example of what a feed might look like, you’ll also notice that there are category buttons below the stream where you can select a particular genre of video that meets your current mood....

Find Installed Apps on Windows 8.1 Note that this article has been updated to show how to find all installed apps on Windows 8.1, which is a much easier process. While the instruction for Windows 8 is still the same, since Microsoft update the OS to Windows 8.1, finding all of your apps has become much easier. From the Modern Start screen, simply click the down arrow button, or if you’re on a touch screen, swipe from the bottom up....

Download Prime Videos for Offline Viewing You Can Stop Auto-Play One of the biggest annoyances of any video service is auto-play. When you’re at the end of an episode or movie, you’ll see a “Next Up” window, and it will automatically start playing the next show. Or, in the case of movies, it will start playing something that its algorithm thinks you’ll like. If you’re not a fan of the option, you can turn it off....

Bluehost Hover Keeping it simple, Hover just does domain registration. It has an interface that’s dead simple to use and it supports all of the features a webmaster needs. While a bit pricey, it offers a better deal for customers who transfer domains in. Name.com Domain hosting is name.com’s specialty, but it also provides web hosting. Efficient in every area, it provides a friendly and competent service. HostGator I recently visited Florida, and while I didn’t see many real alligators, HostGator caught my eye....

A few days ago something very odd started to happen on all my WordPress sites. The site itself was lightning fast (as normal) however all the admin pages were taking over 30 seconds to display as shown below: The first thing I did was take a look at the SQL side and discovered the WordPress’s queries were just sitting there sleeping for 30 seconds: Having made no configuration changes, I figured it had to be a Plugin gone wrong, so one at a time I began to Deactivate my WordPress Plugins....

Today is the day geeks and nerds celebrate the mathematical constant Pi which is observed every year on March 14th which gives you the 3.14 which are the first three digits of Pi in decimal form. This year it’s especially cool because it’s 3.14.15 which corresponds to the first five numbers in the sequence. A Year of Xbox Music Pass On the Cheap I’m not a mathematician, but one thing I do know, is today you can get one hell of a deal for a year of Xbox Music Pass....

The drawing application runs entirely inside your browser and honestly works similar to if not better than the familiar MSPaint. Google has implemented a grid system which acts as a snap guide to help you draw straight and accurate lines, and the drawings you can create are entirely custom. To access the drawing application inside of Google Docs, all you have to do is Click the Insert menu and then on the drop menu Click Drawing...

Text-to-Speech is newly available for these additional languages: What is eSpeak? eSpeak is an open source project that offers a compact downloadable text to voice synthesizer. Additionally, it allows customization of nearly all aspects of a voice so that it can be tuned to fit many different dialects. It might not sound like a high-quality human voice, but it get’s the job done better than nearly any other software out there....

You can check it out for yourself by clicking this link. New developer features in Chrome Web Store [via Chromium blog] Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

This morning I logged into my Google Music Beta account and discovered I had 8 invites I could send out. This is a great sign because just a few weeks ago I had only 2 (and those went quickly…). Now, since I know these invites are going to go quickly I thought I would start-up another donation thread asking all you groovyReaders out there to help me spread the invite love....

Most people know how to fill down in Google Sheets using the simplest fill down approach. However, there are many tricks you can use to do this more efficiently and making sure the data that fills the cells contains the values you want. In this article, you’ll learn all of the ways to available to fill down in Google Sheets quickly and accurately. How to Fill Down in Google Sheets The approach you take to filling down a column in Google Sheets depends on what you’re trying to do....

This is what the Most Used section looks like on the Windows 10 Start menu: Hide Most Used Apps from Windows 10 Start To get started the first thing you want to do is open Settings. You can do that from the Start menu itself or if you practice keyboard kung fu, hit the Windows Key + I keyboard combo. When the Settings app opens up select Personalization from the list....

Open the document you want to add Drop Cap to and click on Insert tab. Under Text section, click on Drop Cap button and it will open a drop down menu with types of drop caps you can add to your document. Select the type of drop cap you want to add and it will automatically add it to the selected paragraph. It’s not necessary that you have to add it to the first paragraph, you can add it in any paragraph you want....

Manage Microsoft Edge Favorites Launch Microsoft Edge and navigate to a web page you want to add to your favorites. Then click on the Favorites button (Star icon at the left side of the address bar). When you click the Star or Favorites icon, you are presented with some options. You can give the shortcut a custom name or no name at all and see only the bookmark icon. And choose the folder (if you have folders on the Favorites bar) to put the new favorite into....

First, log in to your Gmail account and enable IMAP in your Gmail settings. Next, open Outlook – here I’m running it on a fresh install of Windows 8. Select the Outlook 2013 tile from the Metro Start screen. Since this is my first time running Outlook 2013, I’m presented with the setup wizard. Select Yes to connect a POP, IMAP or Exchange Active Sync email account. Click Next....

On dual-boot systems, you truly have 2 separate installations of Windows on 1 computer and at Boot time, you decide which OS you want to boot into. Normally users will create a Dual Boot system when they are deciding if they want to install the latest version of windows, do some testing OR they want to upgrade however an older application is not supported under the new Microsoft OS. Anyway, let’s get back to the article....

There are many alternative DNS services out there like OpenDNS or Google Public DNS. And just last year Cloudflare launched its 1.1.1.1 DNS service. In fact, there’s even a Cloudflare DNS app. It allows you to change your DNS service on iOS or Android devices with a touch of a button. But if you want to change the DNS service on your Apple TV you need to go in and do it manually....

The changes made will take effect immediately. As you can see from the screenshot below, I’m now displaying the temperature in Fahrenheit. The US just likes to be different….. Thnx for the feedback. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

In my case, I tend to do a lot of system restarts while testing out new software, so I’m going to change my power button to Restart. Look groovy? It’s easy to do and will only take about 5 seconds once you know where to look. Here’s a brief tutorial on it. How To Change The Functionality Of the Start Menu Power Button In Windows 7 Right-Click the Windows Start Menu Orb and Select Properties....

Backup your Phone Apps with Titanium Backup Note: Titanium backup requires root access, if your phone is not rooted you will not be able to use this app. Step 1 Download Titanium Backup from the Android market. I’ve linked the free version but there is also a paid version with a few extra features. For all intended purposes, the free version is what most people use. The first time you launch Titanium Backup, it will likely request Superuser (root) permission....