A website that lets you track your flight is helpful for many reasons: stay up to date on your flight’s schedule, including delays and weather, see where you are in the air in real-time, and for some flight trackers, you can even find parking deals for when you arrive. You can also use an online flight tracker to trace another person’s flight or even to just view all the air traffic in your area or monitor a specific airport’s congestion....

These free movie sites have featured lots of comedies over the years, including Charlie Bartlett, Bruno, American Pie Presents: The Book Of Love, Shaun of the Dead, Beverly Hills Ninja, Click, and RV, among many more. If you’re looking for something more classic, there are some older comedy movies including Some Like It Hot, Blondie on a Budget, Navy Blues, Smart Alecks, and Chasing Trouble. You might also stumble across titles you’ve never heard of, that may just turn out to be the unique and hilarious movie you’ve been looking for....

Here’s what to look for in an e-reader. Screen Type When choosing an e-reader, decide if you prefer an unlit, paper-like display like E Ink or a typical LCD screen like the one on your phone. Each has advantages and disadvantages. E Ink tends to reduce eye strain and improve battery life. An LCD screen can display color and typically comes with touchscreen capabilities. There are also hybrid readers such as the newer E Ink Kindle and the Barnes & Noble NOOK....

App is most often used in reference to a mobile app or a small piece of software that runs on a website. Another word for application is a program (although using the word program might make you sound dated). Types of Apps Apps typically run locally on your device but can also run through a web browser. You can find apps on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other electronic devices, including smart TVs and smartwatches....

Opera Mobile is designed for smartphones, tablets, and PDAs. It is a strong browser with plenty of features and supports secure websites. Opera Mini is a pared down version of the Opera Mobile browser, but it does have some advantages over Opera Mobile, and some users prefer it. Performance: Mini Means Speed Opera Mini works by sending a request to the Opera Servers which, in turn, downloads the page, compresses it, and sends it back to the browser....

In a recent study, an international team of researchers has used artificial intelligence (AI) to translate pig grunts into emotions. Using more than 7000 audio recordings of pigs, the researchers designed an algorithm that can decode whether an individual pig is experiencing a positive feeling, a negative one, or somewhere in between. “With a very large data set like we had of calls produced in known contexts, we could thus train such network and reach a high accuracy, which can then inform us about the emotion of the pigs (so ’translate’ pig calls to humans if you want),” associate professor Elodie Floriane Mandel-Briefer of the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Biology, who co-led the study, told Lifewire in an email interview....

About AirPlay Technology Apple prefers to do things wirelessly, and one area where it has excellent wireless features is media. AirPlay is a technology invented by Apple and used to broadcast audio, video, photos, and the contents of device screens to compatible, Wi-Fi-connected devices. For example, if you want to stream music from an iPhone X to a Wi-Fi compatible speaker, use Airplay. AirPlay Availability AirPlay is available on every device sold by Apple....

The social stigma alluded to in the WSJ article stems from the fact that iMessage shows texts from Android users inside a green bubble instead of the standard blue one, making them stand out. Sharing the article on Twitter, Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google’s Senior VP for Android, first lashed out at what he called Apple’s iMessage lock-in strategy before inviting the iPhone-maker to support the industry standard for messaging. “We’re not asking Apple to make iMessage available on Android....

The purpose of aptX (previously spelled apt-X) is to provide audio equipment the means for better sound quality than what other codecs can offer. Devices that might use it include headphones, smartphones, tablets, car stereos, or other types of Bluetooth speakers. aptX can perform better sound transfers by reducing the audio’s file size before transmission without affecting its sound quality. In other words, given the same bandwidth pipeline used by other codecs, it can squeeze more data through to the listening device, resulting in better quality sound....

How to Test for Dolby Atmos Sound Testing for Dolby Atmos can be a bit difficult as supported media will automatically upmix to 7.1 or 5.1 surround when a Dolby Atmos setup isn’t detected. Upmixing can give the impression of Atmos working when it isn’t, as it will still output a degree of surround sound through the various speakers. Here are the best ways to test if you’re getting Dolby Atmos....

The Audio-Technica ATH-M50x are quite possibly the best all-around headphones you can buy for the greatest number of applications. That may seem like a bold statement, but when you break it down based on the end use, it becomes clear just how diverse these headphones are. For starters, average listeners will like these headphones for their balanced, well-represented sound, comfortable fit and finish, and cool-looking design. However, AT has designed these headphones as DJ and studio monitor headphones first, which means that they also work great for mixing, mastering, and music creation....

Twitter’s Link Service The best URL shortener for Twitter is the one that’s built into Twitter. Unless you need to track URLs, you don’t need to go to an outside website to make a URL smaller. When you paste a URL into a tweet or direct message, Twitter automatically shortens it to a http://t.co link. Anyone who receives the t.co shortened link can use it to go to the destination URL....

Overall Findings Camcorders typically have a clear edge when it comes to video resolution, lenses, and storage options. Camera manufacturers have improved video recording features over the years. However, most digital cameras made for photography can’t compete with devices made specifically for recording video. There are some exceptions. The built-in iPhone camera is exceptionally powerful, and some directors use iPhones to film movies. Lens and Video Quality: Camcorders Capture Better Videos While some digital cameras shoot at a real 4K resolution, few compact devices can match the higher quality video recorded by mid-level camcorders....

Camera Raw is Adobe’s interpreter for raw camera files. These files are not pictures, but just a dump of the raw data from the camera’s sensor, which needs to be decoded and turned into an image before you can even view it (cameras create a small JPG thumbnail to show on their screens). Adobe uses the same raw engine inside Photoshop, Lightroom, and its desktop Camera Raw app, and soon it’ll be on the iPad, too....

It’s simple to arrange, but there are some important things you need to consider before using two hard drives in your computer. Here’s a look at what you need to know. What Are the Advantages of Multiple Hard Drives in One PC? There are some key reasons why it’s useful to have multiple hard drives in one PC. Let’s take a look at them. Extended storage space. The obvious advantage is you gain more storage space....

With the amount of data that Facebook collects on its users now out in the open, it is only natural for any of us to think that the company is well aware of who visits our pages and profiles, and when. And they do. However, just because Facebook has that data doesn’t mean it’s willing to share it with just anybody. In fact, Facebook considers this information to be strictly confidential and asks that you report any third-party apps or companies that claim to be able to provide that information....

What Is a CDDA File? A file with the CDDA file extension is an audio file. It’s normally seen only when audio files have been ripped from an audio CD that uses the CD Digital Audio specification (this is the standard for audio discs). How to Open a CDDA File CDDA files can be opened for free with Apple’s iTunes on Windows and macOS, and likely other multi-format media players as well....

ACCDB File Format Benefits Before its 2007 release, the Microsoft Access database file format was MDB. The ACCDB file format was introduced with Access 2007. While later releases continue to support MDB database files for backward compatibility purposes, the ACCDB file format is the recommended choice when working in Access. The new format supports functionality that isn’t available in Access 2003 and earlier. Specifically, the ACCDB format allows you to:...

The most important ports on computers are used for networking, for without them, the computer would be completely isolated and unable to communicate outside of itself. Physical Ports A port can be either physical or virtual. Physical network ports allow you to connect cables to computers, routers, modems, and other peripheral devices. Ports are physically connected in one way or another to the motherboard. Several types of physical ports available on computer network hardware include:...

At times, Facebook will extend an invitation to high-profile accounts—such as celebrities, activists, and journalists—to join its Facebook Protect program. This provides the chosen accounts with extra security measures and security monitoring to better protect them from hacking. It’s even going so far as to make 2FA a requirement for all Facebook Protect accounts, and while it’s not perfect, it does offer far more protection. So, if Facebook is beginning to make 2FA mandatory for high-profile accounts, is there a chance it will do the same for everyone else?...