If you’re looking for something larger to use for your home or home office, check out our list of the best home printers. For everyone else, our overview of the best mobile printers should serve your needs. Beyond printing, the OfficeJet 250 takes the portable printer feature set to another level with all-in-one features such as scanning and faxing in a package that’s just 6.5 pounds and 7.8 x 15 x 3....
It’s almost impossible to watch a Twitch stream without encountering a quirky emote or two. Whether you spot a few of them used in the middle of a conversation in a stream’s chat or catch a random flurry of images flying across the stream itself in an animated explosion of color and excitement, emotes are almost as much a part of the Twitch experience as the video games and streamers themselves....
A few companies even produce analog keyboards that replicate the response of a gamepad’s analog triggers. That means a light touch of the W key can send your character or vehicle moving forward at a leisurely pace, while a harder press makes it go faster, giving you finer control while playing an FPS (first-person shooter) or racing game. Unless you’re a hardcore gamer, our experts think you should buy the HyperX Alloy Origins....
We’ve done the research for you to find a full range of options in both categories, with a few niche picks as well. Here are the best USB headsets on the market. The plush foam cups feel great on your ear and provide a decent level of isolation (though not as much as if you were using over-ear headphones). The boom microphone connected in-line has been optimized specifically for video calls, and the sleek black construction looks professional and feels durable....
Your needs will largely determine what you need out of a laptop. If you want to replace your desktop computer, you’ll want more power in your device. If you travel often, you might prefer something lightweight and easy to carry. However, you can always enhance your laptop with accessories such as secondary monitors, keyboards, and external hard drives. Our experts have looked at dozens of laptops, and we’ve rounded up our favorites for productivity, gaming, and other essential tasks....
Smartwatch operating systems include Apple Watch OS, Samsung’s Tizen, Fitbit OS, and Google Wear. All of them offer a great set of features and can hit different price points, though if you’re more fitness-focused and want standalone LTE and GPS connectivity to track your runs, be sure to also take a look at our list of the best fitness trackers. Without further ado, read on to see the best smartwatches for women....
Many people like to extend their Wi-Fi range outside during warmer months of the year so they can enjoy the outdoors. For others, browsing speed might be slow inside the house, a particular room might be in a wireless dead zone, or they can’t stream movies without buffering. If any of these sound like you, try a combination of the suggestions here to increase signal strength and expand the Wi-Fi range to improve your connection....
For anyone paying attention to the crop of vehicles this year, this wasn’t a surprise. Actually, for anyone paying attention to the automotive world, this shouldn’t have been a shock. The current crop of EVs aren’t just good EVs, they’re great cars regardless of powertrain. In fact, according to over 100 journalists from around the best, they’re the best new cars on the road right now. First off, full disclosure: I’m a World Car Awards (WCA) juror....
The iPhone’s cameras get most of their superpowers from custom silicon running powerful software. The iPhone 13 is no exception, using raw computing power to create the fantastic Cinematic mode. But it also introduces hardware changes that improve all cameras, especially in the iPhone 13 Pro. But there are all kinds of reasons to upgrade or hold off. “The only reason I’m not as interested in the cinematic mode is that it looks like it’s built upon portrait mode, so it might not be as sharp as actually having a lens focus on a subject,” photographer and app developer Chris Hannah told Lifewire via direct message....
How to Use Samsung Apps Many Samsung TVs and Blu-ray disc players incorporate apps like those you might find on smartphones and tablets. However, it might not be immediately evident how to find and use Samsung apps on your new TV or Blu-ray disc player, and there is no Samsung apps button on the remote. Our Samsung apps tutorial covers how to access, set up, and download apps for Samsung smart devices....
Don’t Put Your Credit Card Info on Your System It’s tempting to put your credit card on your account so you can buy an Xbox Live Gold subscription or buy digital video games right on your Xbox 360, but we don’t recommend it. Buying Xbox Live Gold with a credit card linked to your profile on your system automatically sets you up for auto-renewal, and it’s incredibly hard to turn off....
This is the fabulous introductory cutscene to Tropico 6, released in 2019 by Kalypso Media and Limbik Entertainment. Admittedly, I’ve never played any of the previous Tropico games, which were developed in part with Haemimont Games instead of Limbik Entertainment. However, this introduction definitely raised my eyebrows—and my intrigue for this game. I spent 20 hours (and counting) trying out everything the game has to offer. Read on to see how it compares to others on our list of the best city-building games....
“I know online there’s a lot of negativity and darker stuff, and I want to try to bring more light and joy and just silliness to the internet,” she said during an interview with Lifewire. “Content creators…impacted my life a lot. They were always there to make me laugh and make me smile, so I’ve always wanted to pay it forward and bring that light into other people’s lives.” Ashley boasts her own creative platform, with over 100,000 followers strong across all social media categories....
Many of the features found in the iPhone and iPad versions of the Maps app are available to Mac users, including the ability to add your favorite locations. Using Favorites in Maps The Favorites feature lets you save a location anywhere in the world and quickly return to it. Identifying favorites in Maps is like using bookmarks in Safari. You can store frequently used locations in your Maps Favorites list to bring up a saved site quickly....
Can’t Post It is an app designed to give people a non-physical way to discourage being filmed—and to discourage the public sharing of the video they never wanted to be in. It works by activating a smartphone’s camera flash to create a strobe effect intended to disrupt filming on the visual end. Then, for the audio side of things, it plays a licensed music track that will probably get flagged for copyright if the video is posted online....
A Storyboard’s Role in the Animation Process A storyboard is pretty much what it sounds like — a board for your story. Serving as a visual representation of still pictures of your film, a storyboard marks each key moment of a film, drawn out and presented in order, similar to a picture book. It has key movements and events all laid out visually, as well as the camera angles and any camera movements....
What Is a Snapchat Score? According to Snapchat, your score is determined by a “special equation” that incorporates all the ways you use Snapchat, including: The number of snaps you send. The number of snaps you receive. The number of Snapchat stories you post. Other stuff, apparently — whatever that means! The more snaps you send and receive and the more stories you post, the higher your score will climb. It’s unclear how often Snapchat recalculates users’ scores, but it probably refreshes at least every week or so....
The high-range and mid-range (vocals, dialogue, wind, and most musical instruments) and bass frequencies (electric and acoustic bass, explosions, and earthquakes) need to be sent to the correct speakers and is referred to as bass management. Surround Sound and Bass Music (especially rock, pop, and rap) may contain low-frequency information that a subwoofer can take advantage of. When movies (and some TV shows) are mixed for DVD and Blu-ray Disc, sounds are assigned to each channel....
High latency can also cause high delays. For example, your video game might experience high latency, which causes the game to freeze at times and not deliver a live update of the other players. Fewer delays mean that the connection is experiencing lower latency. Network lag happens for a few reasons, namely distance and congestion. In some cases, you might be able to fix internet lag by changing how your device interacts with the network....
What Happens When You Reset Your Network Settings? Most devices and services will let you manually delete specific information relating to individual internet connections and paired devices. For example, you can delete a single Wi-Fi network you no longer use without affecting any of your other Wi-Fi connections. Choosing to reset network settings, on the other hand, will delete not just the login information for that Wi-Fi network but also all of the data for all of your other stored Wi-Fi connections, all of your Bluetooth device pairings, mobile network preferences, and stored VPN information....
