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Google Play Movies & TV launched in 2012 as a store for buying and renting, you guessed it, movies and TV shows. If you look for the app nowadays, you’ll find it has been renamed to “Google TV.” What happened? When Google rebranded the Android Market as the Google Play Store, it brought all of…

If your Windows PC feels mysteriously sluggish or refuses to load more programs, it may have run out of working memory. When that happens, PCs often fall back to using virtual memory, which can be much slower. Here’s how to see which programs are eating up all your memory. It’s worth clarifying that we’re only…

There are many ways to store data in Azure, but utilizing Storage Accounts to consolidate the management of Blobs (containers), File Shares, Tables, and Queues makes for easy and efficient management of some of the most useful file storage methods. Out of the four available options, when would you use each of these methods? Blobs…

Microsoft Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 3 is well-regarded for its high-quality hardware in a good looking package. But at a starting price of $1,000, it’s relatively expensive. The new Surface Laptop Go aims to solve that problem, thanks to its affordable starting price of $549. Microsoft also unveiled a new Surface Pro X option, with a…

A Google Docs document typically has a white background for each page. If you want to customize the page color in Google Docs, you can do so in your page settings menu. Here’s how. To start, open an existing Google Docs document or create a new file to edit. In the open document, click File > Page…

App Engine is a fully managed serverless compute service from Google Cloud Platform that makes managing a backend of microservices a lot simpler. It’s built around high scalability without having to manage your own servers. What Is App Engine? App Engine is in essence a set of microservices. Traditional applications are usually monolithic, meaning that…

Nintendo Can you feel the spooky chill in the air? Do you sense a distinct lack of pumpkin in your island décor? Get ready for Halloween with the Animal Crossing: New Horizons October 2020 update featuring a pumpkin patch of your own! Pumpkin Patches September 2020 in Animal Crossing: New Horizons brought acorns and pine cones…

Aukey What’s more convenient than wireless charging? Wireless charging you can take with you—no wall plug necessary. Aukey’s Wireless Portable Charger promises to do that, thanks to its 10W QI wireless charging capability married to a 20,000mAh battery. And you get it for about $10 less than usual right now, bringing the cost down to…

Sony Anyone can appreciate a good set of over-ear headphones, especially music fans, students, and couples who are stuck working at home. But shopping for cans is pretty overwhelming thanks to fancy new features like Bluetooth and ANC. Worry not—we’ll explain the features that matter and help you buy a set of over-ear headphones. Headphone…

Leika Production/Shutterstock Literature lovers are notoriously hard to shop for. Unlike film aficionados and comic book fans, there’s rarely much merch to go with a favorite read. Before you default to that bookstore gift card, though, we have some suggestions! Sure, the obvious gift for a bookworm is, y’know, a book! But it’s hard to…

GitHub has a feature called GitHub Actions that run automatic builds, tests, and other scripts whenever you make changes to a repository. One handy use case of this is automatically building and pushing Docker containers to a container registry. GitHub’s New Container Registry GitHub’s new container registry, called GitHub Container Registry, is a bit different…

Joe Fedewa Part of owning a gadget is making sure it’s up to date with the latest firmware. Samsung Galaxy smartwatches run software called “One UI” and “Tizen,” and receives fairly regular updates. Here’s how to check which version your watch is running. There are actually two ways that you can find the One UI…

Sometimes, you need to protect your iPhone or iPad photos from prying eyes that might also have access to your device. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t provide an obvious, secure way to do this. However, there’s a work-around thanks to the Notes app. How Does It Work? You probably already know about the “Hidden Photos” folder in…

GitHub recently released the GitHub Docker Container Registry, a competitor to the default Docker Hub that allows you to privately store Docker images in the cloud. It functions as an extension of GitHub packages, and integrates with their existing CI/CD tooling. What Is GitHub Container Registry? Docker container registries store built versions of Docker containers.…

Romolo Tavani/Shutterstock.com Watching horror movies is a fun Autumn activity, and an absolute must for Halloween enthusiasts. We rounded up 31 of the most exciting and outrageous horror movies (with plenty of classics and a few newer picks) to give you something thrilling to watch every day in October. Many of these movies are available…