Should I Leave My Laptop Plugged In All The Time?

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Which is good, because there are a few annoyances—like all that empty space on either side of the URL bar. Read This Article → How to Switch Your Android Phone to “Mono” (So You Can Wear One Earbud) When you listen to music as it’s intended, you generally hear two different things from each speaker—this is called “stereo” sound. However, there are legitimate reasons to want to hear everything combined in both speakers, which is called “mono.” On Android, this is easy. Read This Article → How to Take Screenshots and Videos on Your Nintendo Switch The Nintendo Switch has a dedicated button to take screenshots. It can now even record videos in some games, too. These screenshots and videos are saved to your Switch’s internal storage or a microSD card, and you can view them, move them around, and post them to Facebook or Twitter right from your Switch. Read This Article → Should I Leave My Laptop Plugged In All The Time? Should you leave your laptop plugged in and charging when you’re not on-the-go? What’s best for the battery? It’s a tough question, and there are quite a few contradictory recommendations out there. Read This Article → How to Automatically Turn On Your TV with the PlayStation 4 or Pro Using HDMI-CEC Call it petty, but there’s just something about eliminating the “turn on the TV” portion of firing up your PlayStation 4 that makes the whole process seem faster. And the good news is that getting this action on your setup is as easy and ticking a box. Read This Article → How to Create and Manage User Codes for the Schlage Connect Smart Lock The great thing about having a keypad lock like the Schlage Connect is that you don’t need physical keys at all. Instead, you just enter in a key code (aka user codes) and you’re off to the races. Here’s how to create and manage key codes for the Schlage Connect smart lock, both on the lock itself and on your phone. Read This Article → How to Disable Custom Ads and Tracking on Your Roku In 2017, TV watches you. At least, it does if you’re using a Roku device: that platform monitors everything you do on their devices. Data is shared with Neilson to supplement ratings, mostly it’s used for advertising purposes. Read This Article → How to Check Your BIOS Version and Update it You probably shouldn’t update your BIOS, but sometimes you need to. Here’s how to check what BIOS version your computer is using and flash that new BIOS version onto your motherboard as quickly and safely as possible. Read This Article → How to Make the Most of The Pixel 2’s Awesome Ambient Display Android phones with Ambient Display are nothing new, but it’s taken a really long time to perfect them. Google finally did that with the Pixel 2, provided you’re willing to make a few tweaks. Here’s how to make it work for you. Read This Article → How to See All the Apps You've Ever Downloaded on Your iPhone or iPad In the seven years I've been using an iPhone, I've downloaded hundreds of apps. I've deleted the vast majority of them off my iPhone, but iOS has kept a record. There's a way to see every app you've ever downloaded and re-download them. Here's how. Read This Article → How to Migrate All Your Data From Chrome to Firefox If you’re thinking about switching to Firefox Quantum—or at least trying to switch—Firefox makes it pretty easy. Firefox can import your bookmarks, saved passwords, browser history, and cookies directly from Google Chrome. Read This Article → Advertisement Dashlane - Never Forget Another Password Dashlane has a slick Web 2.0-type interface with a host of similar features--like syncing, password auditing, assisted automatic password changes, and alerts in case of security breaches. Dashlane has definitely led the pack in the good interface department Click here to download