What Is 5G, and How Fast Will It Be?

Did You Know? The shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963, is the first known instance of a murder being broadcast on live television. Geek Trivia In British Culture, An “Agony Aunt” Dispenses? Vaccinations → Bill Notices → Death Certificates → Advice → Advertisement Manage Your Credit Score for $9.95/month Get Credit Monitoring for ONLY $9.95/month Sign Up Now and Get a Free 3-Bureau Report and Scores! 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. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles How to Add Sideheads and Pull Quotes to Microsoft Word Documents How to Play Android Games on Your TV with a Chromecast What Is Apple's W1 Chip? What Is 5G, and How Fast Will It Be? 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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. The Google Lunar X Prize's Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won. Google offered a $20 million prize to the first private company to land on the moon, but no one did it. [The New York Times] In security update, Apple backports Meltdown fix to older macOS versions Sierra and El Capiton will both get patches for the infamous processor flaws. [ZDNet] 'Never get high on your own supply' - why social media bosses don't use social media "For all the industry's focus on "eating your own dog food", the most diehard users of social media are rarely those sitting in a position of power." [The Guardian] How to Add Sideheads and Pull Quotes to Microsoft Word Documents Sideheads (where a document’s subheads appear out to the side of the text) and pull quotes are really just two specific uses for text boxes in Microsoft Word. Here’s how to set them up. Read This Article → How to Play Android Games on Your TV with a Chromecast The Google Chromecast is a fantastic little piece of tech that you can do a surprising amount of stuff with given its relatively low price tag. While there are dedicated games made for Chromecast, you can actually play your regular Android games on it pretty easily too. Read This Article → What Is Apple's W1 Chip? It's taken a while, but Bluetooth headphones and earbuds are finally good. Manufacturers have solved most of the problems associated with them, like bad battery life, poor audio, and Bluetooth's (notorious) connection problems—and Apple’s W1 chip improves Bluetooth even more. Read This Article → What Is 5G, and How Fast Will It Be? You couldn’t escape the 5G hype at CES 2018. Everyone—from Samsung and Intel to cellular carriers and smartphone companies—wants you to know how amazing 5G will be. Samsung called it “wireless fiber”, promising super-fast low latency internet everywhere. 5G is supposed to be faster than a typical home cable internet connection today…and it’s wireless, too. Read This Article → Don’t Worry, Amazon Echo Alarms Still Work Without Internet The Amazon Echo works great as a bedside alarm clock, especially if you have an Echo Spot (which is pretty much targeted for that very purpose). However, if you’re worried that your alarm won’t go off when the Wi-Fi goes down, there’s actually nothing to worry about. Read This Article → How to Find Your Android Device’s Info for Correct APK Downloads If you’ve ever tried to download an app for sideloading on your Android phone, then you know how confusing it can be. Often there are several versions of the same app designed for various device specs—so how do you know which one is the right one? Read This Article → Is Now a Good Time to Buy a New NVIDIA or AMD Graphics Card? A few years ago, people were predicting the death of PC gaming as we know it. Those people are feasting on an abundance of humble pie, as PC games remain a cornerstone of the industry: digital delivery gives us more variety than ever before, and even the relatively niche market of performance gaming hardware has never been more healthy. But even the most humble of PC gamers needs a graphics card (well, sort of), and it’s one of the most frequent upgrades gamers make. But is now a good time to buy one? Read This Article → How to Mute Individual Browser Tabs in Chrome, Safari, and Firefox Modern desktop web browsers—Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari—all allow you to mute individual browser tabs in just a few clicks. Even Microsoft Edge allows you to mute browser tabs, although Microsoft could make this a lot easier. Read This Article → What Are the Photoshop Express, Fix, Mix, and Sketch Mobile Apps? Adobe's approach to mobile apps seems to be "The More, The Better". Right now, there are five Photoshop branded apps available for iOS and Android. Read This Article → It’s Time to Stop Buying Phones from OnePlus OnePlus hasn’t been making Android phones for a very long time, but over its four years in existence it has made numerous screw ups. This all finally led up to last week’s massive credit card breach. It’s time we stop trusting a company with such clearly low standards. Read This Article → Advertisement Manage Your Credit Score for $9.95/month Get Credit Monitoring for ONLY $9.95/month Sign Up Now and Get a Free 3-Bureau Report and Scores!