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Last month during the Apple Watch event, CEO Tim Cook also announced the Apple TV’s price was cut $30, down to $69. It was also announced that HBO, in partnership with Apple, is launching a standalone streaming app called HBO Now. The HBO service is exclusive to Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch for the first 90 days, and will cost $14.99/month. It provides instant access to every episode of all HBO original programs, sports, documentaries, etc....

If you want to feel like Prince William on his wedding day, you can see the whole route in 3D on Google Earth, starting at Westminster Abbey and going along fabulous London landmarks, like the Houses of Parliament and 10 Downing Street, the residence of the British prime minister. A lot of other important London buildings are now available in 3D on Google Earth, too. Google is most certainly set to get a whole lot of promotion for its Google Earth service in England, because you can imagine how many news sites will use it to show the wedding route....

According to this post by Google Plus Product VP Bradley Horowitz, Google has decided to adjust the naming policy on the service just a bit. You’ll be able to add nicknames, maiden names, or names in another script, along with your real name. Here’s how to add one of these to your profile. Just remember that if you change your name on Google+, it will also be changed on all of the other Google services you use....

Old article… Grammarly is now available for Microsoft Edge on the Windows Store. Microsoft added support for Edge Extensions in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in 2016. Since then, the collection of available extensions have slowly been added to the new browser. Unfortunately, it’s still not enough to match Firefox or Chrome, but enough to make you give Microsoft’s next-generation web browser a second look. In this article, we look at how to find, download and set up Grammarly in Microsoft Edge....

Hello again groovyReaders and groovyPhotoshoppers! Today, we’ve got a very easy and cool motion effect you can do for yourself in even the earliest versions of Photoshop. All you need is a good image to get started with and you can get going right away: Step 1 – Separating your object from its background If you are using a photo, make sure to separate it onto its own layer first....

Kinect functions with a camera that beams out thousands of individual dots of light via an IR generator, and to the naked eye they are completely invisible. That is, until you pull out a pair of Nightvision goggles or a camera equipped with the feature. YOUTUBE VIDEO BELOW: The thousands of beams of light illuminate the user and the built-in software is able to determine exactly which beam of light is hitting the user and how long it took for it to do so....

How To Enable Microsoft Office 2010 For Multiple Languages Using a Microsoft Office program (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) then Click File and then Click Options. 2. In the Options window, Click the Language tab. 3. In the language preferences window, Click the Add additional editing languages drop-menu. Once you’ve Selected your language, Click Add. 4. If the language you need isn’t English or Spanish, then next thing we need to do is install the language pack for Microsoft Office 2010....

Open the Windows Home Server Console and click User Accounts. Then click Add in the left corner. The Add User Account wizard starts. Type in the user’s first and last name as well as their logon name. Check the box if you want the user to have remote access. Then select the folders they’re able to access. Click Next. Now type in a strong password for the user twice. If you get two green check marks under Password Requirements, you’re good to go....

Step 1 Click the Start Menu Orb and Type regedit into the search box. Press Enter, or Click the Regedit program link. Step 2 Browse to the following registry key: Step 3 Once you’ve Selected the Run key, Right-Click anywhere in the right-pane and Select New > String Value. Name the new string: CCleaner Step 4 Now either Double-Click or Right-Click the CCleaner entry we just made and Modify it. In the Value data box Type in the following*: *If you are using 64-bit Windows you the directory will need to include “Program Files (x86)” in the place of Program Files....

Disable Explicit Content in Pandora First, login to Pandora from a Web Browser and click the down arrow on the top right to access account settings. From the Account tab, click the radio button: No. Do not allow explicit content. And that’s all there is to it! You’re done. Pretty simple and straight forward if you know the option exists. Optionally you can also set a recovery pin and email address however this is fairly redundant since you can just re-enable explicit content via settings in the future if needed....

Old Original Article… Have you ever visited a website with absolutely no helpful information, or was it just so riddled with ads that you couldn’t even use it? I could make a list of some of the high-ranking websites out there that are culprits of this, but I’ll save that for another article… In the meantime, I’ll show you how to block useless websites from your Google search results, so you don’t have to deal with them....

When installing Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP for the first time, you should have been prompted to enter an Owner Name and Organization/Company name. Normally there’s never a need to change these settings. However, what if there’s a typo, or what if you’re not the original owner and you want to modify this information? For instance, if you open up pretty much any application that comes with Windows and Click Help, About you will see the Registered Owner and Organization Name....

Changing your Windows 8 account profile picture or photo is simple if you know where to look. It’s also nice customization that can personalize your Windows 8.1 Installation. It’s also a nice touch if you have multiple users on the same computer. Change Account Picture From the Start screen, right-click your current photo and then click “Change account picture.” You can also change your Account Picture under the PC Settings, where you can also customize your Start screen and Lock screen....

How to Add Your Sources in Google Docs Google Docs offers a handy way to include a list of citations. You can use this list to cite sources directly in your document or simply include them in the bibliography. Continue the same process to add your remaining citations. You’ll see them listed in the Citations sidebar. To cite a source within your document, place your cursor where you want the citation and click Cite for the source in the list....

This can make a Word document look messy, unprofessional, and difficult to read. If this happens to you, the best thing to do is to clear all of the applied formatting and start again. Removing the formatting this way could be time consuming at first, but will save you time once you come to edit your document. To clear formatting from a Word document, here’s what you’ll need to do....

Create a Picture Password in Windows 8 On a PC use the Keyboard Shortcut Windows Key + I then click Change PC Settings. Or on a touch screen, you can get there by swiping from the right side of the screen to bring up the Charms bar and then Settings. Now select User and under Sign-in Options select Create a Picture Password. Next, verify your account password and click OK....

What are Zip Files? Zip files, or ZIP, is an archive file form that supports lossless data compression. It typically contains one or more files or directories that you can compress for easier storage and sharing. Both Microsoft with Windows and Apple with macOS has offered built-in support for ZIP for many years. The ability to create, ZIP, and extract these files on mobile devices hasn’t also been nearly as simple until now....

If you want some of your text to stand out against the rest, however, you may want to add special effects. WordArt is one way to do this, allowing you to curve some of your text in Word. If you want to know how to curve text in Word, here’s what you’ll need to do. Adding Curves to Text in Word There are a couple of ways you can add curves to text in Word....

Or maybe it’s not about the policy change and you’ve just decided to use a different app such as Telegram or the privacy-focused Signal. Either way, deleting your account is easy. Here’s how. Why Cancel WhatsApp? WhatsApp has recently announced some changes to its privacy policy. These changes, the company says, concern the app sharing data with its owner, Facebook, so companies can communicate with users in a simpler fashion....

One thing to keep in mind about disabling geo-location in Firefox is that this doesn’t block websites from obtaining your IP-based location. The short explanation is that whenever you visit a website, that site receives your IP (internet protocol) address upon making the connection. Your IP address has some vague location information based off of the servers that your Internet Service Provider connects you through. Any website you visit use this information to display a location-based ad, though these ads are usually inaccurate by several dozen miles (or more)....