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Did You Know? Only two U.S. states have elevation points below sea level, California (lowest elevation, -279 feet/-85 meters) and Louisiana (lowest elevation, -8 feet/-2.4 meters). Geek Trivia The Iconic Opening Music In 2001: A Space Odyssey Is From Which Of These Classical Compositions? Lux Aeterna → Also Sprach Zerathustra → Atmosphères → The Blue Danube → Advertisement Download Cloud Platform for Business Learn how using the proper platform for your business not only enables you to scale and grow efficiently, but also to pivot and adapt to changing conditions quicker than your competitors. This paper will show you how the intersections of business processes, cash management, and product/service innovation provide opportunities to differentiate your company and take advantage of changing business conditions. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? 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DirectX is part of the Windows operating system. So why does it seem like every PC game you install from Steam, Origin, or elsewhere installs its own copy of DirectX? Read This Article → Which Files Should You Back Up On Your Windows PC? Your PC’s hard drive could fail tomorrow, or a software bug could erase your files, so backups are critical. But you don’t need to back up all the files on your PC. That would just waste space and make your backups take longer to complete. Read This Article → How to Play Music on Multiple Amazon Echo Speakers (like a Sonos) Amazon is a little late to the whole-house audio party. Ecosystems like AirPlay and Sonos had them beat for a while, but Amazon has finally added the ability to play music on multiple Echos at once. Read on as we show you how to configure a whole-house system using your Echo speakers. Read This Article → Nest Thermostat E vs. Nest Thermostat: What’s the Difference? Nest has unveiled it’s latest addition to its smart thermostat lineup, known as the Nest Thermostat E. The original Nest Thermostat is still available and will continue to sell alongside the new model, but what does the Nest Thermostat E bring to the table? Here’s what you need to know. Read This Article → How to Change the Appearance of Netflix’s Subtitles Netflix has decent subtitles, but sometimes they can be hard to read if they appear over a light background, or if your eyesight isn’t what it used to be. Fortunately, you can customize those subtitles to make them look however you want. Here’s how to change their size, font, color, background, and more. Read This Article → Former Galaxy Note 7 Owners Can Get a Great Deal On a Note 8 The Galaxy Note 7 (no, I’m not going to call it the “Note7” no matter how many times the brand managers email me) was something of a disaster for Samsung. 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I recently finished my first playthrough and have spent a lot of time just thinking about what an incredible game it really is. Let’s talk about it. Read This Article → How to Remove a Post from a Facebook Group If someone is posting abusive messages in a Facebook Group you manage, you'll want to remove it. It's quick and simple to do, so here's how. Read This Article → How to Check Your iPhone’s Battery Health iOS includes several useful tools for displaying how much battery life your iPhone has left, as well as which apps are consuming the most of your battery. However, none of these tools actually tell you anything about your battery's long-term health, which is just as important. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Cloud Platform for Business Learn how using the proper platform for your business not only enables you to scale and grow efficiently, but also to pivot and adapt to changing conditions quicker than your competitors. 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Here’s How to Make It Private How to Find Old Versions of Your Favorite Desktop Programs How Android Oreo Changed Sideloading, and Why It’s a Good Thing How to Create a Facebook Group How to Get Free eBooks In Exchange for Online Reviews Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Groupware Groupware (a.k.a Collaborative Software) is a class of software that supports multiple users (work groups) working together on related tasks/activities in a local-area or remote network environment. 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. Control Your Entire Home Just by Playing Tunes Like Link From Zelda Who needs Alexa or Siri when you've got an ocarina? 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Read This Article → Tips for Horizon Zero Dawn I Learned from My First Playthrough Horizon Zero Dawn is the best PlayStation game of 2017. I recently finished my first playthrough and have spent a lot of time just thinking about what an incredible game it really is. Let’s talk about it. Read This Article → How to Remove a Post from a Facebook Group If someone is posting abusive messages in a Facebook Group you manage, you'll want to remove it. It's quick and simple to do, so here's how. Read This Article → How to Check Your iPhone’s Battery Health iOS includes several useful tools for displaying how much battery life your iPhone has left, as well as which apps are consuming the most of your battery. However, none of these tools actually tell you anything about your battery's long-term health, which is just as important. Read This Article → The Best Digital Tools for Dungeons and Dragons There are many Dungeon and Dragons purists who—even in the digital age—still rely on using old-fashioned tools from earlier decades. However, there are now a ton of digital resources that can enhance D&D greatly, both for players and dungeon masters alike. Read This Article → How to Screenshot and Share Snapchat Snaps Snapchat was built on the idea of vanishing photos. Whenever you sent one, the idea was that they'd disappear into the ether rather than being stored on a server or your friends phone forever. Read This Article → Your Amazon Wish List Is Public By Default. Here’s How to Make It Private Amazon’s lists are helpful for keeping track of all the many ways you need to give Jeff Bezos your money. However, by default, your basic wish list is public, and anyone with your email address can look it up. That seems like something worth fixing. Here’s how to change the privacy settings on your wish list. Read This Article → How to Find Old Versions of Your Favorite Desktop Programs Have you ever used one of your favorite programs on your desktop, only to find that in later updates, that program changes in ways you don’t particularly appreciate? It’s a common phenomenon: a single program, like a chat client, might break with your specific computer setup after a recent update. It’s easier (and less disruptive to your workflow) to switch to an older version of the program until the problem is resolved. Read This Article → How Android Oreo Changed Sideloading, and Why It’s a Good Thing In versions of Android as far back as the mind can remember, apps not found in the Play Store could be universally “sideloaded” by ticking one box in the device’s Security menu. With Oreo, that changes. Read This Article → How to Create a Facebook Group Facebook Groups are a great way for people with a common interest or who are members of the same club, society, or community to communicate. I'm in Groups for hobbies like Photography, but also for local things like the village I live in. Read This Article → How to Get Free eBooks In Exchange for Online Reviews There’s a not-very-well-kept secret in the online book world: reviews are extremely valuable. The good news is that it’s easy to get started reviewing books, especially if you’re willing to do so for the new crop of independently-published authors. The bad news is that you’ll be doing it for free…or more precisely, that you’ll be paid in books. Which isn’t all that bad if you love reading. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Dark Reading Report: Surviving the IT Security Skills Shortage Finding the right security talent to execute on an effective security strategy is a constant problem for organizations of all sizes. 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