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Did You Know? The phrases “on Broadway” and “off Broadway” don’t refer to the geographic location of a performance, but the capacity of the theater in which it is performed; “on Broadway” venues can seat 500+ viewers whereas “off Broadway” venues seat 100-499 viewers (the rarely used “off off Broadway” refers to venues with less than 100 seats). Geek Trivia Which Cartoon Character Was Recolored At The Urging Of Cartoon Censors? Donald Duck → Tweety → Bugs Bunny → Mickey Mouse → Advertisement Download Free eBook: Linux Networking Cookbook Move beyond the basics of how a Linux machine works and gain a better understanding of Linux networks and their configuration. This is a hands-on solution guide to building, maintaining, and securing a network using Linux. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. 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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. Bill Gates switches to Android phone Just in case you needed any more confirmation that Windows Phone is dead. [BBC News] A new way of propelling spacecraft may open up the asteroid belt Solar sails could make travel to the asteroid belt and back a lot cheaper. [The Economist] Twitter just doubled the character limit for tweets to 280 Yesterday saw the world's first 280 character tweets, which Twitter is calling a test. [The Verge] How to Overhaul macOS' Spotlight Search Using Alfred Spotlight Search on macOS has gotten a lot better over the last few years, but there’s still so much potential that’s missing. Enter Alfred, which is similar to Spotlight Search, but on some major steroids. Read This Article → How to Take Screenshots on an Android Phone or Tablet Sometimes it’s necessary to grab a still image of what’s happening on your device’s screen—that’s called a screenshot. While this used to be a hassle on Android (many moons ago), all modern handsets include the capability. Here’s how to do it. Read This Article → How to Save Original Photos With Instagram Instagram, as well as being a fun social network, is now a pretty decent editing app. You're no longer just slapping over-the-top filters on low resolution images; now you can actually make considered edits. Instagram only posts photos with a max resolution of 1080x1080px, though. The photos most smartphones take are much higher quality than that. If you want the original photo resolution with your Instagram edits applied, you need to save them elsewhere. Here's how. Read This Article → What’s the Difference Between OLED and Samsung’s QLED TVs? Organic light-emitting diodes, abbreviated as OLED, are all the rage for high-end HD televisions. The technology has jumped from phones and tablets to larger screens, and its vibrant colors and “perfect” black levels make for amazing picture quality. But it isn’t the only player in town. Read This Article → How to Stop Uber from Tracking Your iPhone’s Location When You Aren’t Using the App Most iOS apps that require your location give you a choice: you can “Always” grant it access, or only grant it access “While Using the App”. Uber, however, only gave you an “Always” or “Never” choice, which means it could track you after your ride ends and you stop using the app. And they did just that. Read This Article → How to Upgrade Your Mac to High Sierra Curious about the new features in High Sierra, but not sure how to actually update your operating system? Don’t worry: it’s easy. Read This Article → How to Hide the “Creation Club News” Spam in Fallout 4 A long time ago in the far-off year of 2015, Bethesda tried to copy the incredible variety of user mods for its big RPG franchises, and make money off of them. It was a bad idea, so they stopped doing that. In 2017, Bethesda had the exact same idea, and it’s still bad, but this time they don’t seem to be listening to anyone. Read This Article → How to View Notifications You’ve Dismissed on Android Android’s notification system is arguably one of its strongest features, but it can also be annoying if you accidentally dismiss those notifications. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to view all the notifications that have hit your phone. Read This Article → How to Turn Off Comments on Your Instagram Posts Instagram, for the most part, is a pretty lovely social network. People tend to post the good things that are happening in their lives, rather than rants about everything that's wrong with the world. It keeps things positive. Read This Article → Cord-Cutting Is Losing Its Luster Remember a few years ago, when online services were going to slay the anti-consumer demons of DirecTV, Time Warner, and Comcast? Here in 2017, the market for cord-cutting, streaming TV looks a lot more bleak. And thanks to confusing and expensive channel lineups, weird sports restrictions, and more and more exclusive content, the situation isn’t going to get better any time soon. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Free eBook: Linux Networking Cookbook Move beyond the basics of how a Linux machine works and gain a better understanding of Linux networks and their configuration. This is a hands-on solution guide to building, maintaining, and securing a network using Linux. Click here to download