We’re a few months into the year and you’re starting to enjoy that new laptop or desktop. Your new computer glides like a dream, but in a few months it’s going to slow down; after all, there are only three things certain in life: death, taxes, and sluggish computers after hours of Internet browsing. Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com
If you’re looking to get rid of your Android phone, or just start with a clean slate, you’ll want to perform what is called a “factory reset”. It’s so-called because it restores your phone to the state it was in when it left the factory; it’s a “fresh from the box” software reset. As with every other smartphone operating system, Android gives you the option to wipe your phone or tablet within the settings menu. Check out how on this article on Greenbot.com
Do you know what attachments are buried in your inbox? Probably not. The generous storage limits email services have bestowed upon us have turned our inboxes into de facto repositories for all the files we’re sent daily. With no easy way to locate a file we need. A new mobile app called Dittach aims to solve this problem. Check out this article from PCWorld.com
Google’s Inbox app is about to get cozier with Drive.
The version 1.18 update tucks in some hints about integration to directly share a Drive file right from Inbox without the need to pop over to the Drive app and hunt for it. According to an APK teardown by Android Police, the code indicates a new permission model that lets the file’s owner grant access to others by tapping into Drive’s sharing features. More from this article in PCWorld.com
Windows 10 is constantly receiving updates, some big and some small, usually without a hitch. But problems can happen: the download getting stuck, the update refusing to install, or the system being caught up in a restart loop. Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com
Years ago, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that 92 percent of phones tested had bacteria on them. It sounds frightening, but that’s par for the course for being a bunch of evolved animals with gadgets in hand. That’s also why I sought to find out how the heck to properly clean a smartphone. Here’s a couple of tips I learned along the way. Get some tips from this article in Greenbot.com
Voice recognition used to be horribly inaccurate. It only worked for a handful of people a handful of the times. But now it’s actually rather good, thanks to the combined efforts of Nuance, Microsoft, Apple, and Google, who have thrown countless resources at actually improving it. Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com