| Although identical twins share more than a few characteristics in common, they do not share fingerprints–your prints are not determined by genetics but by environmental stresses in the womb which are different for everyone, even those of us that shared the womb with an identical twin.  | |
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| Pocket Dialing (a.k.a. Pocket Calling and Butt Dialing) is a slang term for when an individual accidentally dials or calls a number while their mobile phone is in their purse, bag, or pocket. | |
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| Spots. Zits. Pimples. Acne. Everyone gets them at some point or another. No one, however, needs a permanent photographic reminder of the time they had a large spot on their nose. | |
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| You can’t run Windows apps on your iPad or iPhone, but if you have a Pro or Enterpise edition of Windows, you can remotely access your PC using Windows Remote Desktop. Here’s how to get it set up. | |
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| Windows 10 has a new “CompactOS” feature designed for PCs with a very small amount of storage, like tablets or laptops with only 16GB of space. It’s like full-disk NTFS compression, but smarter. Here’s how it works. | |
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| The first U.S. presidential debate airs this evening, and there’s no shortage of ways to view it–traditional broadcast TV, online streaming options galore, and you can even watch it in virtual reality. | |
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| There’s no doubt that a dash cam can really come in handy in your car–not just to record meteors and flying cars, but more practical events like collisions and aggressive driving. But instead of buying one, you can just use equipment you already have and a freely available app. | |
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| Backing up your text messages from your Android phone to your Gmail account is so simple, there's no reason to not back them up and make them search-friendly in the process. Read on to see how you can turn your Gmail account into an SMS vault. | |
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| Want something a little more ephemeral than iMessage’s “Invisible Ink” allows for? Confide helps you send self destructing messages that are viewed once and then gone forever. | |
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| If you’ve decided to get rid of your Ring Doorbell, here’s how to completely reset it to its factory settings. | |
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| A new version of the Apple’s desktop operating system is here, and with it comes a whole slew of interesting new features. Here are some of the best to watch out for. | |
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| If you have a Mac that’s always running low on space, macOS Sierra is a breath of fresh air. It includes a new tool that provides recommendations and helps free up space on your Mac. | |
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| Apple Pay, once the domain of iPhone and Watch users, has arrived on macOS Sierra. Here’s how to use it. | |
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| In addition to facial recognition and some other nice features introduced in iOS 10, your Photos app also now lets you search for specific objects–from trees to animals to facial expressions–in your photos. Here’s how it works. | |
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| iOS 10 made quite a few changes to notifications, and how you interact with them. Let’s take some time today to introduce and explore these changes. | |
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| macOS has a feature called “Gatekeeper” designed to lock down your Mac, forcing it to only run Apple-approved software by default. But a Mac is locked down in the same way Android is locked down–you’re still free to run any application you want. | |
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| Public transit is intimidating. Working out the schedules, stops, and the rest can feel like a big job, especially if you’re new to a city or just visiting for a week. But catching a ride doesn’t have to be complicated. With the right apps, you can look up directions, work out connections, and know when the next bus is coming, all at a glance. | |
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| Microsoft desperately wants you to use its Edge web browser and Bing search engine. In fact, Microsoft will literally pay you to use it. Microsoft pays in Amazon gift certificates, which are as good as cash if you’re a frequent Amazon shopper. | |
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