How to Enable Siri on Mac When you first purchase a new Mac, you’ll be asked to enable Siri during set-up. However, if you skip that step, you’ll need to enable Siri before you can use it. How to Open and Use Ask Siri on Mac Now that Siri is enabled on your Mac, you should be able to see the Siri icon on the top right-hand side of your screen....
Get Turn-by-Turn Directions With Apple Maps The Maps app is used mostly for turn-by-turn directions. Because the Maps app takes into account traffic conditions, tolls, and other data, and because it speaks to you while you drive and tells you which turns and exits to take, it’s a great co-pilot. Here’s how to use it: Tips When Using Turn-by-Turn Directions The basics of using Apple Maps for directions are straightforward, but there’s more going on in the app....
Why Use the Apple News App? The modern informed citizen of the world must get their news from a variety of sources. Any curious reader will quickly be overwhelmed by the number of sites they’d like to visit regularly. It’s this inconvenience that popularized RSS feeds. However, reading RSS can be like trying to sip from a firehose. This is what Apple News aims to fix. Using a mix of human editors and article metrics, stories are sorted based on personal interest and subscribed feeds....
How to Enable Breakout Rooms in Zoom Before you can use your breakout rooms, you need to enable the feature, which is turned off by default. It can only be turned on via the web version of Zoom. How to Create Breakout Rooms in Zoom Only the host may create and assign members to breakout rooms, and you can create rooms any time you like, such as when the meeting first starts, or at any time during a meeting....
How to Watch the Stanley Cup Livestream NHL playoff games will air on at least four channels, including three cable ones and one major network. You can’t catch all the action if you rely on an antenna to watch TV. Even if you do have cable, check to make sure that your package includes the necessary channels. If you’re a cord-cutter, the best way to catch the entire Stanley Cup playoffs is through a live streaming TV service....
The massive shift to working from home over the past year probably will continue, says a new deep-dive report from Microsoft. This shift could change the shape of cities, remodel our lives, and change the relationships we have with our coworkers. Will we move out of the big city? Can remote work—and specifically hybrid work—be sustainable? “I think we will see more ‘flexible’ work become the norm,” Sukhi Jutla, the co-founder and chief operating officer of MarketOrders, told Lifewire via email....
In the latest versions of macOS and iOS, Apple has enabled encryption for almost everything in iCloud. Previously, while highly sensitive data like your password keychain and your health data was end-to-end encrypted, other things like your Photos and iCloud backups could be accessed by Apple. That gap has now been closed, but you might not want to jump in quite yet. “Similar to Lockdown Mode, the new Advanced Data Protection comes with trade-offs....
Until now, only holders of business and creator accounts have been able to tag products. If these users operate an Instagram shop, the tagged products are automatically added to that shop. It’s already a good way for sellers and marketers to track the efficacy of their Instagram marketing activity, but also a good way for you to quickly find that cool thing you saw in that photo. And it’s about to explode....
Minimum Speed Recommendations for Streaming Movies To have smooth standard definition video, a connection that is more than 2 Mb/s is recommended. For HD, 3D, or 4K, that speed is much higher. It’s also different depending on the service that streams the videos. Netflix These are the recommended internet connection speeds to stream movies and TV shows on Netflix: 0.5 Mb/s to view standard definition movies on a laptop computer. While you can stream Netflix at speeds of 0....
What Is an IPA File? A file with the IPA file extension is an iOS application. They function as containers (like ZIP) for holding the various pieces of data that make up an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch app; like for games, utilities, weather, social networking, news, and others. The structure of an IPA file is the same for every app; a PNG file (sometimes a JPEG) is used as the icon for the app, and the Payload folder contains all of the app’s data....
iPadOS 16 Release Date Apple released iPadOS 16 on Monday, October 24, 2022. If your device is compatible with this upgrade (see the supported devices list below), you’re prompted to install it directly on your device, or you can check for iPadOS updates manually via Settings > General > Software Update. iPadOS 16 Price iPadOS updates, assuming your iPad is supported are free. Now, not all iPads are compatible (see below), but for the ones that can install it, there’s no need to pay anything....
What Is an IPSW File? A file with the IPSW file extension is an Apple Device Software Update file used with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Apple TV. It’s an archive file format that stores encrypted DMG files and various others like PLISTs, BBFWs, and IM4Ps. IPSW files are released from Apple and are intended to add new features and fix security vulnerabilities in compatible devices. They can also be used to restore an Apple device back to its factory default settings....
It’s hard to say how important the Model D has been to the history of electronic music. It has been copied, built upon, knocked off, and even recreated (by Moog itself) as an iPad app. The Minimoog Model D comes in the same wood and aluminum case as the original and looks more like a historic musical instrument than a technological marvel. But fire it up, and its fifty-year-old design remains as modern as ever....
Most manufacturers regularly release driver updates for their hardware that are specifically designed for this version of Windows. Below is a list of information on Windows 8 drivers and general compatibility information for major hardware and computer system makers, including Acer, Dell, Sony, NVIDIA, AMD, and much more. Acer’s Upgrade Assistant tool can be used to see if your computer is a compatible model. Another helpful resource on Acer’s site is their Affected Model List, which categorizes their Windows 8 compatible PCs by any issues you might encounter when installing Windows 8....
This 14-inch model of the Lenovo Ideapad line has more than a few issues dogging its otherwise premium look and feel. On the one hand, the screen looks bright and passable, and the build quality is way above the price grade. On the other hand, due to a combination of less onboard RAM and the full Windows 10 Home OS, this laptop tends to choke up a little in the performance department....
For years, the iPad Pro has been Apple’s most impressive computer. The flat-sided model introduced in 2018 was not only the thinnest computer Apple makes but also had the best screen, ran silently and cool without fans, and barely sipped at its battery. By contrast, the top-of-the-line 16-inch MacBook Pro from 2019 would heat up to a lap-scalding, palm-sweating temperature at the slightest provocation before its noisy fans kicked in to join the party....
The 3-year-old tech company utilizes a patented matching process that requires interested singles to video chat before texting. But its exclusive iOS app isn’t just for any and everybody—it’s specifically for singles seeking to connect with professional Black women (initially in the Washington, DC area, with plans for eventual expansion to other cities), and there’s a membership process to even join the platform. “We want to be that space where if Barack and Michelle were online dating, they would have met on CarpeDM,” Shelley told Lifewire in a phone interview....
Researchers at the Microsoft Mixed Reality and AI Lab and ETH Zurich recently developed a new method that combines mixed reality and robotics. The term “mixed reality” (MR or MxR) refers to the merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments, and it’s part of a growing effort to find better ways to use robots remotely. “Current systems require training and practice for operators to learn the abstracted commands,” Todd Richmond, an IEEE member and director of the Tech + Narrative Lab at Pardee RAND Graduate School, told Lifewire in an email interview....
Portability, excellent first-party games, family-friendly features, and access to many classic games through Nintendo Switch Online all make the Switch a console that punches above its weight. Design: A tablet, a GameBoy and a home console in one Nintendo seems to have learned a lesson from the Wii U, which featured a boring white console that looked like a network hard drive and a bulky toy-like gamepad. The build quality of the Switch looks and feels excellent throughout, with a basic body that’s essentially a tablet-like device and two detachable “Joy-Con” controllers....
What Is Literati? Literati is a word game that is similar to Scrabble. Players use a set of seven letter tiles to construct intersecting words on a board, collecting points based on letter values and bonus squares. Literati vs. Scrabble The most noticeable differences between Literati and Scrabble are the game board and the tile values. Both boards are 15x15, but the bonus squares (or, in the case of Literati, intersections) are in different places....
