For a good diagnosis, you need to understand what the lights on the ATA mean. The lights help you figure out what’s going on. If they all work as they should, the problem is probably not with the ATA. In this case, check your phone, internet router or modem, connection, and computer configuration. Problem: No Response From ATA Check the lights on the adapter. If all the lights are off, the adapter is not powered....

Twitter is the drive-by of social platforms. You drop in for a quick hit, maybe fire off an ill-considered and, frankly, quite rude reply, then get the heck out. If you come across a link to something with a little more depth or context, you might save it to read later. But what Twitter is not is a place to get deep into something without distractions. It’s like settling in to watch a Paul Thomas Anderson movie in a McDonald’s bathroom....

External hard drives are useful tools for photo, movie, and file storage, but they’re also an excellent way to get extra storage for gaming consoles like Xbox One or PS4. The U32 Shadow USB-C HDD is supposed to be designed for just that purpose—saving your Xbox and PlayStation console titles so you can bring your drive to a friend’s house and play your games on-the-go, while also reserving storage space on your actual console....

The Advantages of Masks and How They Work When a mask is applied to a layer, the mask makes parts of the layer transparent so that any layers below show through. This can be an effective way to combine two or more photos to produce a final image that combines elements of each of them. However, it can also open up the ability to edit areas of a single image in different ways to produce a final image that looks much more striking than if the same image adjustments had been applied universally to the whole picture....

Open-Source Software: Overlooked and Underestimated The recent article here on Lifewire entitled “Mix and Match Software” was a case in point – even at the very end of the article where both inexpensive and free software options were listed, the most powerful, professional-grade, and free tools for photo editing, word processing, layout, and press-ready PDF generation were completely omitted. Which is why I’m writing this article! A Boon for Small Budgets When I started my own small publishing company two years ago, the budget was a shoestring combined with peanuts....

The other 5G offering from Verizon, which launched on April 3, 2019, is for mobile devices, meaning that 5G service works wherever there’s 5G tower coverage. Given that 5G is still in its early stages, FWA coverage isn’t nearly as widespread as 4G. In fact, only a small handful of US cities have access to Verizon’s 5G broadband service. However, Verizon has made it clear that it plans to expand coverage of 5G Home and their mobile 5G service throughout 2022....

Packet sniffers come in several forms. Some packet sniffers used by network technicians are single-purpose hardware solutions. In contrast, other packet sniffers are software applications that run on standard consumer-grade computers, using the network hardware provided on the host device to perform packet capture and injection tasks. How Packet Sniffers Work Packet sniffers work by intercepting and logging network traffic via the wired or wireless network interface on its host computer....

If you dare to take the plunge, find out what you need to get that immersive 3D viewing experience. 3D-Enabled TV or 3D-Enabled Video Projector As your starting point, you need a TV or video projector that meets approved 3D specifications. These include some LED/LCD, OLED, Plasma (Plasma TVs were discontinued in late 2014, early 2015, but there are many still in use) and DLP or LCD-type video projectors. All 3D-enabled TVs and most 3D-enabled Video Projectors work with the 3D standards approved for Blu-ray, cable/satellite, and streaming sources....

If you’re used to gasoline-powered vehicles, these terms might seem like a lot to take in, but understanding an EV battery’s miles-per-kWh, MPGe, and kWh/100 miles numbers and what they mean isn’t hard once you get used to the terms. When you do, you’ll quickly see how they will help you understand how efficient an EV is, and how to compare EVs and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in a meaningful way....

Despite the cries of some industry experts, the contrast ratio is an important specification to understand because it deals with light, which is what televisions emit. What is TV Contrast Ratio? A television’s contrast ratio refers to the difference in light between the brightest whites and the darkest blacks that a display can produce. Imagine you’re in a store looking at a row of HDTV displays. Each one is displaying footage with a mixture of light and dark images—like that of the sky from the perspective of a cave interior....

What Is Do Not Disturb Mode, and Why Does It Exist? Do Not Disturb is used to silence notifications, but does so without changing a device’s volume. Only notifications are silenced. In most cases, notifications also won’t appear on the device’s lock screen or activate the display. Devices with a Do Not Disturb mode have a toggle found in a notification or shortcuts panel. Most also support scheduling, which turns the mode on or off at specific times (such as when you’re asleep)....

The Changing Phone-Company Landscape It was only a few years ago that all of the major phone companies subsidized the cost of a new iPhone in exchange for customers signing up for a two-year contract. That meant that you could get an iPhone for a big discount off its full retail price if you just agreed to use that company for a few years. These days, though, phone-company subsidies and long-term contracts are mostly gone....

How Do Digital Business Cards Work? A digital business card is a simple way to share your contact information. There are different products to use to create a digital business card. You likely already have most of the data for a digital business card in your contacts program (i.e., the Contacts program on the iPhone or a Mac). Why Do You Need a Digital Business Card? The point of a digital business card is to have one set of information available to share with others....

What Are LinkedIn Profiles Used For? User profiles are a big component of many social networks, including LinkedIn. But what makes LinkedIn profiles any different? LinkedIn profiles are used to showcase your professional experience, achievements, praise and more. Depending on users’ privacy settings, their profile information may be viewable only to people they’ve connected with or it may be viewable to anyone. Although it shares many similarities with other social networking profiles—such as Facebook profiles—its layout and content sections are optimized for featuring content related to a user’s professional career and interests....

What Is a RAR File? A RAR file (short for a Roshal Archive Compressed file) is a compressed file, or data container, that holds one or more other files and folders inside of it. Think of a RAR file like a regular folder on your computer, where there are sometimes many other files and folders inside of it for the purpose of organizing them. However, unlike a normal folder, a RAR file needs special software (more on this below) to open and “extract” out the contents....

If your vision of a robot is a somewhat human-looking device that carries out orders on command, then you’re thinking of one type of device that most people recognize as a robot. It’s not a common one and not practical yet, but it makes a great character in science fiction literature and movies. Robots in other, more common guises are much more common than many people think, and you likely encounter them every day....

What Is an XLSX File? A file with the XLSX file extension is a Microsoft Excel Open XML Format Spreadsheet file. It’s a ZIP-compressed, XML-based spreadsheet file created by Microsoft Excel version 2007 and later. XLSX files organize data in cells that are stored in worksheets, which are in turn stored in workbooks (files that contain multiple worksheets). The cells of a spreadsheet are positioned by rows and columns and can contain styles, formatting, math functions, and more....

You can share files over a local network in an office or at home, or you can share files over the internet. Here are several file-sharing methods that you can use for any reason. Types of File Sharing There are two ways to share files over a network: directly between two computers or between a computer and a server. When a file is shared between a computer and a server, the computer uploads the file to a storage area on the server where you can share it with others....

The number system that we use in daily life is called the decimal, or base-10 system, and uses the 10 symbols from 0 through 9 to represent a value. Where and Why Is Hexadecimal Used? Most error codes and other values used inside a computer are represented in the hexadecimal format. For example, error codes called STOP codes, that display on a Blue Screen of Death, are always in hexadecimal format....

An Intro to Instagram Similar to Facebook or Twitter, everyone who creates an Instagram account has a profile and a news feed. When you post a photo or video on Instagram, it displays on your profile. Other users who follow you see your posts in their feed. Likewise, you see posts from other users you follow. Instagram is like a simplified version of Facebook with an emphasis on mobile use and visual sharing....