WhatsApp Is Now Letting All iOS And Android Users Message Themselves

OnePlus may be wandering into Samsung's tablet territory with the OnePlus Pad, but it faces some stiff competition against it and Apple's fantastic slates.

The useful Hide My Email service from Apple is obviously exclusive to iPhone/Mac users, but there are alternatives for Android users to take advantage of.

Sandboxing is designed to keep your device secure and your sensitive data private, and Privacy Dashboard offers a detailed overview of Android permissions.

If the default Google Chrome tab page is looking a bit bland, you can change the background to the image of your choice, add themes, and customize the look.

You can log into your Netflix account anywhere you want, including your hotel, Airbnb, and more, but it can turn into a problem if you don't log out.

Ashish Kalsi wrote on LinkedIn he has a two-year-old daughter and was working at Google on an immigrant visa: "The dreaded H-1B countdown has begun."

Adobe Photoshop is the industry-leading photo editing application with a ton of powerful features. However, it can be expensive and overwhelming if you only need basic photo editing capabilities. So if you're looking for alternatives that are more affordable, user-friendly, and offer unique features of their own, you're in luck. In this article, we present a list of the 11 best alternatives to Photoshop that provide a solution for various needs. From powerful editing tools to free and mobile options, these alternatives will not only potentially save you money but also help you create professional-looking images without necessarily having to master photo editing.

Almost completely gone are the days of the landline — in the current smartphone era, you'd be hard pressed to find young people who even know what a landline is. For most, having one mobile phone should be enough, but depending on your communication needs, you may need more than one phone number. If you prefer to have a personal communication line for only family and close contacts to hit you up on, and have a separate one for business or general public use, then you need to consider signing up for a cloud-based telephone service.

While the Nintendo Switch is basically an internet tablet, it does not come equipped with a web browsing app. The system does have a hidden browser, though.

Twitter says that it will dole out "less severe actions" against accounts that break its rules, but not in a way that it considers a severe violation. That's according to a new tweet thread published by the Twitter Safety account, which points back to a previous tweet that had been published in mid-December 2022. In that latter tweet, the same Twitter Safety account had said that it was reinstating some permanently banned accounts that were given the ban hammer under "several policies where permanent suspension was a disproportionate action" for the rules that were broken.

When Microsoft first launched the Windows operating system, installing it was only a matter of copying the program onto a disk. You didn't have to verify your copy of Windows. Starting with Windows XP, however, Microsoft introduced a system to combat piracy, Windows Activation, which ensures that you have a valid license ,and it's not installed on more devices than authorized (via Microsoft).

Apple's iOS hides much of its functionality for iPads under contextual menus that users access by tapping and holding icons, menus, and other elements.

When someone calls you on your Samsung phone, you're presented with a default background that works well with the overall color theme of your phone. This could be something you've adjusted yourself, or just the scheme that your phone came with out of the box. However, it's possible to adjust your call screen background to anything you want, and this can be done for all calls, or separately for each contact. You can customize this yourself in a few quick steps.

Just about everyone has a Wi-Fi network at home, and it's all but guaranteed that any given network you come across will be protected by a password. The days of unprotected wireless networks may be long gone, but that doesn't matter, as it has become a common social convention to offer guests your Wi-Fi password so they don't have to depend on their cellular data while visiting.

If you own an iPhone, you can share your location with other people using a bunch of popular apps, including Find My and Google Maps, among others.

Smartphone enthusiasts around the world would almost certainly recall the time when modular smartphones were touted as the next big thing. With several big names in the space — including Google, Motorola, and LG — backing the modular form factor, a large segment of consumers and tech enthusiasts deduced that modular smartphones were, indeed, the future. And why not? The idea of a smartphone that could be customized by the user and upgraded when the time came was downright revolutionary and seemed a recipe for runaway success.

Whether you're gearing up for your first Twitch or YouTube livestream, you're going to need your stream key. Here's how to find and connect it to your stream.

From annoying to enraging, your Windows 11 experience could probably use a few easy adjustments. These Windows 11 PC settings might be ruining your experience.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Coming across random numerical errors on video streaming services is rather vexing, but the woe is a commonplace issue to which Amazon's Prime Video service is no stranger. From playback issues and app update woes to bandwidth shortage hassles and authentication mishaps, there's a whole bunch of problems that raise their head through error codes. On some occasions, you may not see an error code at all.

Whether you prefer the deeper, more personal sound of playing video games or want to keep the audio from bothering anyone around you, the Switch can connect to wireless headsets and earbuds fairly quickly. The trick is knowing how to get the two devices to sync up in the first place. The same is true for AirPods, which may seem like they're intended for use within Apple's own meticulously crafted infrastructure but they work just fine as a pair of Bluetooth earbuds in most instances.