Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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How To Drop a Pin in Google Maps on Desktop and Mobile
Google Maps has long usurped sat nav providers to become one of the best map apps and journey planners for mobile and desktop devices, rivalling Apple Maps and Bing Maps along the way. You can use it to find a destination you know, but if you’re trying to find the address for a place you…
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The Best Camera Attachments for Smartphones
Smart phones today have cameras that rival all but the most high-end DSLR cameras. With a bit of practice, even an amateur photographer can take professional-grade pictures with just their camera. This becomes even easier when you think about the slew of attachable, portable camera lenses for phones. Many of these just snap on your…
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7 Best Screen Protectors for Android and iPhone
The sound of a phone dropping on the floor can be scary. Occasionally, the phone lands on its back, but the protective phone case keeps it from getting scratched or dented. Other times, the phone will fall face down and you’re not sure whether the screen is cracked or shattered. With a screen protector, you…
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How To Control Your Windows 10 PC With Your Voice
In the early days of voice recognition, you’d be lucky to get half your words recognized, even if you spoke slowly like a robot. These days every smartphone has a voice assistant of some sort that can quickly take down notes for you or perform tasks such as opening applications. However, if you have a…
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How To Stop iTunes From Automatically Opening When You Click On An iOS Link
If iTunes is opening automatically each time you click an iPhone or iPad app download link, then your browser is preset to open the program. You can stop iTunes from automatically opening App Store links by changing how your browser deals with those links. Why would you want to stop this from happening? While there…
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Amazon Music Gets X-Ray Features for Trivia and Song Credits
Amazon Music now uses X-Ray to show Genius-like annotations, trivia, and lyrics for songs. Amazon, Genius One of Amazon’s most popular features on Kindle and Prime Video is now available on its Music service. The company says that millions of songs in its catalog now feature trivia, annotations, song credits, and other neat perks. X-Ray…
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CrossOver Enables You to Run Windows Apps on Your M1-Powered Mac
LaXDragon While Apple’s M1-powered Macs are stupid-fast and efficient, there are some drawbacks to consider. Most notably, Apple’s Boot Camp didn’t make the jump. Not all is lost, though, as CrossOver, an app that enables you to run Windows apps on macOS, will work on your shiny new machine. The current version of CrossOver isn’t…
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How to Change a PowerPoint Show (PPSX) to a Work File (PPTX)
PowerPoint files come in two formats: PPTX files are editable PowerPoint presentations and PPSX files are a view-only format intended for presentations. You can edit a PPSX file, but you must first convert it back to a PPTX format. Changing the File Extension Before trying anything else, it’s always worth seeing if you can just…
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Amazon’s Alexa-Powered Smart Glasses Are Now Available to Everyone
Amazon Amazon now offers $250 preorders for its 2nd generation Echo Frames smart glasses. The new frames offer better sound quality and an improved battery life than their predecessor. They’re first Echo Frames available for regular people to purchase, as the first iteration Frames were only offered to select customers via email invite. While the…
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How to Bring Back Photoshop’s Old Free Transform Controls
Adobe recently changed how Free Transform works by default. It’s thrown a lot of users for a loop, but you can get the old Free Transform behavior back. Here’s how. How Free Transform Used to Work First, a quick recap: Free Transform is the tool that enables you to resize and reshape any layer, shape,…
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How to Use the App Library on iPhone
Mr.Mikla/Shutterstock The app library keeps your iPhone apps organized, even if you forget to. You can even remove apps from the Home screen entirely and access them solely via the App Library. Siri will also prioritize your most-used apps, so they’re always ready and waiting. How to Access the App Library You can find the…
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Intel’s White Box Laptop Will Hit Stores Under Smaller Brand Names
Intel Intel has a long history of making concept hardware and inviting vendors to build it: that’s where we get the term “ultrabook.” Its latest design is a bit more straightforward. The NUC M15 is in the same line as the Next Unit of Computing mini-PCs, and Intel’s going to farm the design out to…
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10 Movies You Should Watch This Thanksgiving
Alexander Raths/Shutterstock Thanksgiving may not be what first comes to mind when people think of holiday-themed movies, but there are quite a few films that have tackled the fall holiday over the years. Here are 10 Thanksgiving movies that you can stream at home. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving This beloved Peanuts special has been a…
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How to Expand Storage Space in Your ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Home
Nintendo Organize and clean up your island with more storage! As long as you’re running version 1.6.0 or higher of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you can increase the capacity of your home and upgrade your storage to accommodate more items. Just speak to Tom Nook at Resident Services. Upgrade Your Storage in Animal Crossing: New Horizons After…
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The Best Screenshot Software for Capturing Images and Video
Rawpixel.com Screenshots are something most of us create on a regular basis but probably don’t give much thought to. They’re handy to preserve a visual for reference or evidence, and they’re a quick way to share something funny or interesting. But if you’re underwhelmed by your device’s native screenshot program, you might want to upgrade…
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What Does “Yeet” Mean, and How Do You Use It?
Yeet is one of the internet’s newest and least understood words. It’s used everywhere, seemingly without any form of context. But words have to mean something, and yeet does have a few precise meanings. Yeet Has Two Distinct Definitions At face value, yeet looks like a nonsense internet word that’s used without any concrete definition…
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The Best Jokes, Games, and Easter Eggs for Google Assistant
Google Assistant is a powerful tool that can make your life easier in many ways. However, it’s not just about productivity and practicality. Below are some fun things you can ask Google Assistant to hear jokes, play games, and find Easter eggs. How to Launch Google Assistant These commands will work on a variety of…
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How to Factory Reset Windows 10
Whether you want to start over after a malware infection, or clean up your computer to recycle or sell, knowing how to factory reset Windows 10 will help get it back to running like new. A factory reset is a last resort when your computer is acting up, running slow, or displaying worrying error messages…
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What We’re Watching: Who Is Ahsoka Tano, and What Does She Mean for the Child?
Disney Chances are, if you subscribe to Disney+, it’s primarily for one show—The Mandalorian. It’s a show that’s part space cowboy adventure, part bounty hunter drama, party Star Wars tale, and part … uh… Punky Brewster? If you’ve been following along, you know the Mandalorian’s next goal is to find Ahsoka Tano because she knows where the Jedi…
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Awesome Space Sim ‘Elite Dangerous’ is Free on the Epic Games Store Right Now
Frontier Developments The Epic Games Store has been giving away some seriously great PC games for a couple of years now. The latest is Elite Dangerous, one of the best games ever made about flying a spaceship around and doing stuff. It’s available for free until Thursday, November 26th. Elite Dangerous is the latest in…
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How to Draw Perfect Shapes on iPhone and iPad
Khamosh Pathak When you’re taking handwritten notes on your iPad, you might want to draw shapes. But what if you’re not good at drawing? Here’s how to draw perfect shapes on your iPhone or iPad using the Apple Notes app. The Shape Recognition feature is available in the Notes app on iPhone and iPad running…
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PSA: Turn Off RCS Before Switching to a New Phone
RCS is the upgraded version of SMS that’s available on many Android devices today. However, it’s still not universal, and that can cause some issues. If you’re switching phones, you may want to turn off RCS first. Like many things that have to do with Android, the RCS situation is a little messy. First, to…
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Send a Friend Some Food With DoorDash’s New Gift Feature
David Tonelson/Shutterstock.com Let’s be real. We’re all scrambling to get our holiday shopping in and DoorDash wants to help. It is adding a new “send as gift” option during checkout that’ll enable you send food as a present this holiday season. This new feature will allow you to select a card, add a personalized message,…
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6 Ways to Earn Cash Off a Spare Car
Got an extra car laying around in your garage? Well, why not earn some money off of it. The Internet has given rise to a ton of new startups that are changing the way we think about our homes, cars and gadgets. For example, if you haven’t heard of Airbnb, it’s a direct way to…
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