indulgences into my geek side
Have you ever been at your device when the screen goes to sleep, only to be asked for your password even though you woke it up just a second later? Or have you ever wished you could have a separate timer for the screen sleeping and a longer delay for actually locking your device?
One of the more useful features of the new Edge built on Chromium is the profiles feature, which allows you to have separate browser user profiles that are entirely self contained. But it can be a pain to launch the profile you need.
Windows 10 now includes the option of using vector-drawn cursors of any color and size you choose. Here’s how to set it up.
If you’ve ever added a widget to your Android home screen, you’ve probably seen the frustrating experience of scrolling through hundreds of unrelated options to find the one you want. There’s a faster way.
Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 app has been around for months now; encrypting and speeding up DNS queries to make the web faster and safer. Today after an extended wait, the next iteration is finally live for everyone to use: Warp.
For more than a few versions now, Android has had what essentially amounts to a “right click” menu on app icons. But did you know you can also tear-off those comments to make more direct shortcuts for next time?
My, browsers come and go so quickly these days. Microsoft’s replacement for Internet Explorer is already shuttered now that they’ve joined the Chromium open-source project to produce Edge using that codebase. And as much as I’m all here for that, it can still be handy to have Internet Explorer–especially when you can control it programatically from PowerShell.
Maybe you’ve sometimes used a phone as a personal hotspot, but did you know you you can go the other way?
Until recently, Chrome’s create shortcut option in the ⋮ menu had an option to ‘open as window’. With this option now MIA, here are two alternative ways to create a chromeless Chrome window.
Alexa’s Alarms have recently been updated to include music and radio options, but you’ll find a much better experience by using Routines instead.
Users all over the net are wondering out loud, “why is my Startup tasks full of Google junk?” Here’s why, and a few easy ways to prevent it.
Have you ever wanted to see the seconds on your taskbar clock? You won’t find an option for this, but you can turn it on in Windows 10 with this trick.
Because of the lack of a backlight, OLED displays can be perceived as darker than their LED powered counterparts. To maintain a similar style and prevent the taskbar from appearing black, Windows will use a lighter transparency level on OLED screens, but you can also override this to adjust your taskbar opacity yourself.
Windows Spotlight is a lock screen feature that highlights photography from famous, historical, and natural landmarks. Being on the lock screen, these can only show while your device is unused and idle, but with this tip, you can enjoy a these daily images on your desktop wallpaper too.