What Is Network Speed? You want your networks to run fast in all situations. In some cases, a network delay may last only a few milliseconds and have a negligible impact on what you’re doing. In other cases, network delays can cause severe slowdowns. Typical scenarios that are especially sensitive to network speed issues include time to establish a new connectiontime to load a web pagetime to download an app, operating system patch, or other filesability to stream video content for long periods without glitches...

The three basic types of wireless network connections — peer-to-peer, home router, and hotspot — each has its own specific setup and management considerations. Peer-to-Peer Wireless Connections Connecting two wireless devices directly to each other is a form of peer-to-peer networking. Peer-to-peer connections allow devices to share resources (files, a printer, or an Internet connection). They can be made using various wireless technologies, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi being the most popular choices....

Subnet Mask Perhaps the most recognizable aspect of subnetting is the subnet mask. Like IP addresses, a subnet mask contains four bytes (32 bits) and is often written using the same dotted-decimal notation. For example, here’s a common subnet mask in its binary representation: This subnet mask is typically shown in the equivalent, more readable form: Applying a Subnet Mask A subnet mask neither works as an IP address nor does it exist independently of IP addresses....

About Assisted GPS The iPhone 6 has a built-in GPS chip like its predecessors. You don’t need to set up the GPS chip on your phone, but you can turn it on or off. The phone uses the GPS chip in conjunction with Wi-Fi networks and nearby cellphone towers to calculate the phone’s location. This process of using several technologies to establish location is called assisted GPS. How GPS Works The Global Positioning System (GPS), which consists of 31 operational satellites in orbit, is maintained by the U....

How to Create a New Note in the iPhone Notes App To creating a basic note in the Notes app: By default, the note is assigned a filename that includes the date (or time) and the first few words of the note and is positioned at the top of the list of notes. How to Format Text in iPhone Notes To make the note visually appealing or better organized, add formatting to the text....

The iPod nano doesn’t offer a big screen or big storage capacity like the iPod touch, but it’s got more features than the Shuffle (and, unlike the Shuffle, it’s got a screen!). The nano started out as a lightweight, portable MP3 player, and over the years added features include video playback, video recording, and an FM radio. This has made the iPod nano much more like its competitors, but it’s still one of the best portable music devices of its kind....

You’ve probably never had an IPv4-related issue that stopped you from going online, so you might wonder why IPv6 is even a thing. What does an upgraded IP do? Is IPv6 better than IPv4? Let’s look at what these terms mean and how they’re different. What IPv4 and IPv6 Mean IPv4 stands for IP version 4. It started being used in 1983 and is still widely used today. You’ve probably seen an IPv4 address—they’re presented in dot-decimal notation like this, where there are four sections of numbers separated by periods: IPv6 stands for IP version 6....

The site has gone through some pretty rough times over the years, but believe it or not, lots of people still use it as one of their main social networks. Here’s a brief look at how Myspace started, when it began to decline, and how it’s attempting to make a comeback. The Most Visited Social Network From 2005 to 2008 Myspace launched in 2003. Friendster gave inspiration to the founders of Myspace, and the social network officially went live on the web in January 2004....

It can be difficult to tell whether Twitch is down or if the problem is on your end, but there are a number of ways to narrow it down and even get Twitch working again if it isn’t totally down for everyone. If You See a Twitch Error Message, That Can Help When Twitch fails to load, or you have trouble viewing live streams, you may see an error message....

Clean Your iPad Screen The best way to tell if an iPad gets a lot of use is to look at the fingerprints covering the screen. In normal light indoors, these fingerprints find ways to hide, but sunlight creates a glare. Infrequently used iPads pick up dust and should be cleaned regularly. Avoid window cleaner and other cleaning solutions, especially those containing ammonia. Instead, use a lint-free, scratch-resistant cloth like the ones used to clean eyeglasses....

Design: Almost pocket-sized, which is both good and bad The Kobo Clara HD is tiny. It resembles a small 4x6-inch notepad you might use at your desk and weighs just a little under 6 ounces, which is light and small enough to fit in a large jacket pocket and stow comfortably in even small bags without really noticing it’s there. Oddly enough, despite the featherweight design, I found this e-reader uncomfortable to hold for extended lengths of time....

A second round of credible rumors points to a new, cheaper film camera from Leica. These days, Leica is the camera equivalent of the Birkin bag: it might be a great tool, but it has an absurd price that, while part of the appeal, has very little to do with its practical value. But Leica used to be a workhorse brand, no less affordable than the top-of-the-line pro cameras of today....

For years, Macs were preferred in the design world, while PCs with the Windows operating system dominated the business world. When looking at the two for graphic design work, the focus is on the handling of graphics, color and type, the availability of software, and overall ease of use. Overall Findings If you have previous experience with either platform, you’re probably fine sticking with the one you use most. Both options provide the software and hardware power needed to create graphics....

Spreadsheets programs can also perform calculations on the data using formulas. To help make it easier to find and read the information in a worksheet, Excel has a number of formatting features that can be applied to individual cells, rows, columns, and entire tables of data. Since each worksheet in recent versions of Excel contains billions of cells per worksheet, each cell has an address known as a cell reference so that it can be referenced in formulas, charts, and other features of the program....

The Ticwatch Pro is a 4G/LTE-capable watch that actually presents a fair number of upgrades from the step-down Bluetooth model in the same line. As a brand Ticwatch has set its sights squarely on the budget level of the market, opting for good-enough smartwatch performance at a more-than-good-enough price. With the lesser models, you’ll pay a really low price point but make some sacrifices in functionality. With the Pro 4G model, there are no sacrifices to be seen from our perspective, but you’ll also be paying near-Apple prices....

Compressing Videos With MPEG Streamclip Perhaps the most useful function of MPEG Streamclip is its compression capabilities. Sometimes you want to share a video with a friend using Dropbox, a data DVD, or a video sharing website, but the file is too large and not compressed for the sharing method you prefer. MPEG Streamclip lets you adjust the codec, frame rate, bitrate, and aspect ratio. The Exporter Window The compression options you have depend on the file type you’re compressing to....

On the other hand, copying existing art to learn how it works has an honorable history, from art students sitting around sketching copies of paintings in galleries to YouTube videos breaking down hot songs and rebuilding them from scratch. But will iMovie’s new features help us learn, or will we just keep using the same old presets? “I agree that there is now a greater chance of seeing videos that are too similar to each other....

The idea that AI might be thinking similarly to humans was suddenly thrust into the spotlight after Google engineer Blake Lemoine said in an interview that he believes one of the company’s AI projects has achieved sentience. Lemoine has been put on paid leave from his job, and observers have been quick to criticize his observations. “I think what he means to say is that the chatbot has human-like intelligence,” Kentaro Toyama, a professor of community information at the University of Michigan who researches AI and the author of Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology, told Lifewire in an email interview....

It was a huge hit with everyone in my household. Supernatural and Beat Saber kept us all moving, and the ability to escape our tiny house into expansive worlds like Moss and Shadow Point made for a much nicer quarantine six months in. Then I found out about the Quest 2, only a month after I’d purchased the original Quest. It was supposed to be lighter, brighter, and have a higher resolution....

While it supports many basic functions such as spell check and custom font styles, Writer also includes advanced tools like macros, bookmarks, math functions, a built-in image gallery, and keyboard shortcuts. There’s also a portable version to use with a flash drive or disc if you’d rather not install the product. Download and Installation The official list of compatible operating systems include Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP (we’ve confirmed that it also works in Windows 11); macOS 10....