How to Block Calls in Android, Manually and Automatically

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How to Find a Video’s Bitrate in Windows and macOS How to Check a Video’s Bitrate In VLC The Best Online Retailers for Cheap Imported Gadgets How to Check if Your Extensions Will Stop Working With Firefox 57 How to Take Good Photos of the Moon Geek Comic Today's Tech Term IDE IDE (short for Integrated Development Environment) is a set of programming tools (programming environment) that provides a GUI builder, text/”source code” editor, compiler/interpreter, and a debugger all built (combined) into a common user interface. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Scratching When You're Stressed Might Help Keep You Out of a Scrap Is there anything monkeys can't teach us? [Atlas Obscura] A look inside the new Steve Jobs Theater at Apple's spaceship campus The theater is exactly as Jobs would've wanted it—a striking work of design. [ArsTechnica] Playing games for the first time as an adult is harder than you think Turns out all that training in childhood makes you better equipped to navigate new games. [Polygon] What’s the Difference Between a Font, a Typeface, and a Font Family? Since the majority of written words are now produced in one digital form or another, fonts and typefaces have become much more important than they used to be. And to the chagrin of graphic designers and generally nerdy people everywhere, those terms are often used interchangeably. Read This Article → What Are “Silent” Notifications on Android? So here’s the scenario: you grab your phone and don’t see anything in the notification bar. But you pull the shade down, and there one is. It’s a mysterious little guy with no icon in the bar. Read This Article → How to Get Verified On Twitter (or At Least Try) Oh that sweet blue tick. Only a select few Twitter elite are awarded it—Justin Pot has one. The rest of us digital plebs are left go without, forever unverified. Or are we? Read This Article → How to Block Calls in Android, Manually and Automatically It's dinner time. You're just sitting down when you get a call. On the other line, a robotic voice says: "We have important information regarding your credit accounts. Please hold to speak to a representative." Read This Article → How Much Free Space Should You Leave on Your iPhone? It’s all too easy to fill your iPhone’s storage to the brim with apps, photos, and video, but just because you can doesn’t mean you should. How full is too full? We put our iOS devices through the paces to get to the bottom of things. Read This Article → Ecobee4 vs. Ecobee3 Lite: What Are the Differences? Ecobee sells two different smart thermostats, both of which offer different features at different prices. If you’re in the market for a smart thermostat and have narrowed it down to Ecobee, here are some things you should know about the Ecobee4 and the Ecobee3 Lite before you make an official purchase. Read This Article → How to Find a Video’s Bitrate in Windows and macOS The bitrate of a video governs how much detail a video can display. Even a high resolution video with a low bitrate will look blocky and distorted. Fortunately, it’s easy to find out the bitrate of any video on Windows or macOS. Read This Article → How to Check a Video’s Bitrate In VLC A video’s bitrate is a key piece of information in determining the quality of said video. Even if two videos have the same resolution, a lower bitrate is going to result in less detail and clarity. Here’s how to see the bitrate of any video you’re playing in real time with VLC. Read This Article → The Best Online Retailers for Cheap Imported Gadgets Unless you regularly peruse the less—ahem—mainstream portions of the web’s personal electronics sites, you might not be very familiar with the booming low-price gadget trade. Manufacturers in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea are more than willing to offer phones, tablets, music players, and even full PCs to buyers whose budgets won’t stretch to the big brand names. Read This Article → How to Check if Your Extensions Will Stop Working With Firefox 57 With Firefox 57, scheduled for release in November 14, 2017, Mozilla will end support for legacy extensions, and only support newer WebExtensions. Here’s how to check if your extensions will stop working—and how to keep using them after November, if you need to. Read This Article → How to Take Good Photos of the Moon The moon is a tricky subject to photograph. When you step outside on the night of a full moon, it looks huge, dominating the sky. 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