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What is Google AMP, and How Do I Use It for My Website?
AMP is a framework for making fast mobile sites, and it currently powers over 43% of search results. Switching your site over to AMP can give you a huge boost in traffic. How does it work? What Is AMP? If you’ve ever opened a news article from Google search results on your phone, you’ve likely…
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How to Convert PowerPoint Presentations to Keynote
If someone sends you a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, but you’d rather use Apple’s presentation software, Keynote, you’re in luck! Apple’s done all the hard work for you. Here’s how to convert a PowerPoint presentation to Keynote. Apple created Keynote knowing that nearly everyone using it would be coming from PowerPoint. This is no surprise, as…
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The 7 Best Online Sources For Free Photoshop Filters
Adobe Photoshop is a great image modification tool and photo editor. Even with cheaper and free alternatives existing, people still choose it over other options. Mostly because when you know your way around Photoshop, there’s practically no limit to what you can do with your image to improve it. However, if you’re a beginner user…
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How to Sync Two Folders in Real Time in Windows
Ever wanted to keep two folders in two different locations synchronized in real-time? Maybe you have one folder on your desktop or laptop and you want to sync it with another PC in your home or to an external storage device like a USB hard disk or to a network attached storage device (NAS)? There…
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Windows 7 RAM Requirements – How Much Memory Do I Need?
Veteran computer users, or anyone that has owned PCs for several years now, may remember when 1GB of RAM was considered a lot. Not so long ago, a 1GB memory module could cost up to $100. Now, 1GB of RAM is considered low, and most desktop and laptop computers come stock with at least 2…
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How To Run Steam As Admin And Why You May Need To
If you’re a PC gamer, then you’re probably a Steam user too. Steam is still one of the best digital distribution platforms for PC games, with thousands of games and millions of users. It offers million-dollar AAA games and small, one-person indie games for users to play and enjoy. Like all PC apps, however, the…
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The 8 Best Gameboy Games
The Game Boy was Nintendo’s first entry into the Game Boy handheld lineup. First launched in 1989, the 8-bit system was weak by modern standards and featured a dot-matrix screen with only five buttons: a D-Pad, Start, Select, A, and B. It also had an adjustable contrast dial on the right side of the screen.…
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Peanut Butter Chex Is the Best Peanut Butter Cereal
Rating: 9/10 ? 1 – Absolute Hot Garbage 2 – Sorta Lukewarm Garbage 3 – Strongly Flawed Design 4 – Some Pros, Lots Of Cons 5 – Acceptably Imperfect 6 – Good Enough to Buy On Sale 7 – Great, But Not Best-In-Class 8 – Fantastic, with Some Footnotes 9 – Shut Up And Take…
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Apple Can Kick ‘Fortnite’ (But Not Unreal Engine) Off iOS During Court Fight
Are you tired of hearing about Apple versus Epic yet? Too bad. In the first major development of Epic’s court battle against Apple, a California District Court judge ruled that while Apple can boot Fortnite from the App Store for violation of its policies, it can’t do the same to Epic’s developer tools supporting the…
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How to Manually Reset a WordPress Password in the Database
If you’ve gotten locked out of your WordPress instance, you can always reset your password by manually editing the table that it uses to store passwords in, provided you have access to the MySQL database. Reset the Password from MySQL WordPress runs on PHP, and uses MySQL to store data about posts, configuration, and everything…
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Query S3 Data Like a Database with AWS Athena
Athena is an AWS service that can scan data stored in S3 and return results based on queries, using standard SQL statements that you would use for a traditional database. It’s particularly useful for extracting data out of CSV and large text files. How Much Does Athena Cost? Athena only has one charge: GB of…
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7 Ways Hiking Recharges Your Mind and Body
Syda Productions/Shutterstock Hiking along rocks and roots not only gets you out in nature, but it also exercises your body, while nurturing your mind and soul. Beyond health and happiness, there’s also a lot you can learn about yourself when you’re exposed to the breathtaking beauty only Mother Nature can provide. Here are seven reasons…
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7 Great Apps To Remotely Access a PC Or Mac From a Smartphone Or Tablet
Desktop computer sales have been in decline for years, with people favoring much more mobile solutions such as laptops. This means people are more likely to take their desktop experience with them, rather than leaving a big old machine idling away at home. However, people do leave their laptops at home, in the office or…
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The 6 Best Online Resume Builder Services
Do you dream of finding a job that’s just right for you? If you ever had to look for a job, you know it requires a lot of time and effort. Days, weeks, even months spent browsing job hunting sites hoping to come across what you need. But the hardest part is actually landing your…
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How to Search for Text Inside Multiple PDF Files at Once
PDF has been everyone’s favorite file format for sharing documents. It’s mostly because it retains all the text formatting and graphics inside it, and also the end-user doesn’t really need anything to open it except for a free PDF reader software. The only downside of the PDF format is that you can’t search for text…
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Fitbit Announces the Versa 3, Inspire 2, and Powerful New Sense Smartwatch
Fitbit Today, Fitbit took the wraps off its latest (and highly anticipated) fitness tracking devices. And while the Versa 3 and Inspire 2 are nice upgrades from the previous generation, the new Fitbit Sense is the star of the show. Fitbit Sense: A Powerful New “Health Watch” Fitbit Although it’s a smartwatch, Fitbit is positioning…
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How to Sync Fitness Data from Samsung Health to Google Fit
Samsung Galaxy smartwatches include the company’s fitness software. It works just fine, but what if you already have fitness data stored in Google Fit? Thankfully, you can sync Samsung Health to Google Fit, and keep all your data in one place. It’s not possible to install Google Fit on a Samsung Galaxy smartwatch, but you…
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PSA: Start Your Holiday Shopping In September to Get Your Gifts on Time
Ollyy/Shutterstock The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on supply chains, manufacturing processes, and shipping companies. And heading into the holiday season, things aren’t going to get any better. You should expect an influx of backordered items and delayed shipping at the very least. In order to avoid the worst of it, you should start…
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What Is React, and How Do You Get Started with It?
React is a web framework used to make interactive applications that depend on JavaScript for rendering dynamic content. It powers Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and many other online services. Here’s how to get started with it. How Does React Work? React makes developing interactive web applications very easy. It’s not the only one of its kind—there…
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Windows Task Manager: The Complete Guide
The Windows Task Manager is a powerful tool packed with useful information, from your system’s overall resource usage to detailed statistics about each process. This guide explains every feature and technical term in the Task Manager. This article focuses on Windows 10’s Task Manager, although much of this also applies to Windows 7. Microsoft has…
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What’s New in Chrome 85, Available Today
Chrome 85 arrives on the stable channel Aug. 25, 2020. The latest version of Chrome promises to reduce CPU usage on your computer and take advantage of more RAM on Android phones. Let’s look at what else you can expect. Background Tab Throttling to Save CPU A lot of open tabs is sometimes necessary for…
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How To Fake Paying Attention in Zoom Video Calls
Since social distancing guidelines became the norm, Zoom and Skype meetings have risen in popularity. Businesses use them to hold remote meetings with their employees, and many schools are conducting classes from afar. Of course, going to an all-digital world doesn’t change standard behavior. People still want to goof off while in meetings and in class,…
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How to Backup PS4 Data To The Cloud
In our almost all-digital world, the loss of data can be devastating, especially if that data happens to be a Skyrim save you’ve sunk hundreds of hours into. The good news is that cloud storage makes it possible to back your data up for any reason, whether you are wiping your console—or because you know…
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The Best 3D Printers to Buy in 2019
It might feel like consumer 3D printers are still an early-adopter technology, but the truth is very different. Just a few years ago your 3D printer would have arrived in a disassembled state, having been partly put together by some scruffy guys in a shed. Now the typical mainstream 3D printer product is as polished…