| The removal of in-flight magazines has saved airlines big money—American Airlines saved approximately $350,000 annually in fuel costs via reduced weight when they ditched the ubiquitous SkyMall catalogs from their planes.  | |
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| An Analog Telephone Adapter is a device that allows traditional analog telephones to be connected to, and used with a voice over IP (VoIP) service via a broadband cable or DSL network. | |
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| If you’re an Android user, Google is ubiquitous throughout the operating system. You can access Google Now on Tap from pretty much anywhere by long-pressing the home button, jump into Google Now directly from the launcher, or say “OK Google” to use your voice from pretty much anywhere in the OS. But each time you do one of those things, it creates a new search entry in your Google History. | |
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| On some volumes, you may see a new folder called FOUND.000 with a file in it using the .CHK extension. Here’s where those come from, and what they’re for. | |
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| People often worry about keeping their computers, smartphones, and tablets secure from hackers and malware. But what about your smarthome devices? They can be just as susceptible as any other device on your network, even if it doesn’t seem like it. | |
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| Big home appliances definitely aren’t cheap, but they can last for a really long time if you take care of them and perform the proper maintenance at regular intervals. | |
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| Remember the days when Facebook videos only played when you clicked on them? If you want to return to that far finer age, all you need to do is toggle a few tucked-away settings to stop the auto-play madness. | |
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| You know that thing where you copy something important, forget to paste it anywhere, then copy something else? It sucks, because the important thing you copied first is gone. | |
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| A new spam scourge has descended upon unsuspecting Apple Calendar users, and boy is it annoying. Today we’re going to explain how to safely remove it, so hopefully you’re not bothered by it again. | |
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| Deleting your Amazon account is the only way to completely erase your purchase history. If you want to delete your account for good, here’s how to give yourself a clean slate. | |
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| Most of our browser data isn't too important—cookies expire, and histories eventually get cleared. Bookmarks are different, though, which is why browsers allow you to import and export your bookmarks—ideal for creating backups and migrating between browsers. | |
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| If you find yourself frequently accessing the Windows Control Panel, why not put it where you can get to it the quickest? Right on the context menu. | |
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| Web apps have been replacing desktop apps for everything from email and document-editing to playing videos and music. You don't have to keep your web apps confined to a browser window—they can become first-class citizens on your desktop. | |
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