Jumat, 21 April 2017

Android Customization, HDTV Reception, and Replacing Your Laptop's Keyboard

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How to Replace Your Laptop’s Keyboard or Touchpad

Barring any kind of accidental damage, your laptop’s keyboard and touchpad are the parts that start to show wear as soon as you use them. Not only are they some of the only moving parts left in modern laptop design, they’re the ones that are constantly being touched by us fleshy humans, absorbing tiny amounts of skin oil and wearing away the legends on the keys. After a year or so, the keyboard deck can start to look noticeably aged.

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How to Automatically Turn Your Wi-Fi Back On in Windows 10

You may want to turn your Wi-Fi off to save battery power on an airplane or somewhere else where there’s no Wi-Fi available. With Windows 10’s Creators Update, you can now have your PC automatically re-enable your Wi-Fi so you don’t have to remember to do so later.

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How to Add Paragraphs to Your Instagram Captions on iOS

Instagram is a pretty well designed app. The majority of features are where you'd expect them to be, though some of them are a little hidden. One feature that's inexplicably hard to find is how to add line breaks or paragraphs to your Instagram captions on iOS. Luckily for Android fans, things are normal: just press Return.

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Five Useful Xposed Modules for Customizing Your Rooted Android Phone

Modding Android is far from a new idea, and when it comes to bending the OS to your will, Xposed is one of the most powerful tools out there. While there are dozens of Xposed modules available, we’ve picked a handful of our favorites to help you step your Android game to the next level.

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How to Improve Your HDTV Antenna Reception

If you’re lucky, you can place your TV antenna wherever you want and get crystal-clear HD channels over the air for free. However, most of the time you need to go through a little trial and error to get everything working properly.

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How to Stop Gmail From Adding Events to Google Calendar

If the receipt for a flight or hotel is sent to your Gmail account, an appointment is automatically added to Google Calendar. Some people find this useful; some people find it annoying; some people find it downright creepy. If you’re more in the second or third camp than the first, good news: you can disable this feature entirely.

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How to Create Custom Voice Commands for Alexa and Google Home With Android and Tasker

Tasker is one of the most powerful automation tools on Android. Plugins like AutoVoice let you expand Tasker’s core functionality to do even more cool things…like create custom voice commands for your Amazon Echo or Google Home. Here’s how to make your own voice commands.

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The Best Retro Game Controllers for Your PC or Raspberry Pi Emulators

Nintendo is apparently allergic to money. After creating an instant and profitable hit with the NES Classic, the company decided to end production of the cheap little emulation machine just a few months after its introduction. No matter: tech savvy Nintendo fans who couldn’t get a hold of one (or didn’t want to line the pockets of scalpers) have other options.

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How to Customize Google Calendar’s Notifications on the Web

Google Calendar is undoubtedly a powerful tool for managing everything from appointments to schedules to reminders (and everything in between). As good as it is by default, there are things you can do to make its notification system even better.

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How to Import Images from Your Camera to Lightroom

Lightroom is almost essential for serious amateur and professional photographers. It's a filing system for all your photos, a RAW developer, and much more. Lightroom is best when used to manage every step of your post-processing workflow, including the very first step: importing photos to your computer from your camera.

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What Do Windows 10’s Basic and Full Telemetry Settings Actually Do?

Windows 10 includes a telemetry service that automatically sends diagnostic and usage data about your computer to Microsoft. These settings have caused a lot of controversy since Windows 10’s release, but what do they actually do?

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