Google Chrome has a stronghold grip on Android users. It’s pre-installed on many Android devices, which gives it a clear advantage over the alternatives. One such alternative you’ve probably heard of is Firefox, and it deserves a try. Mozilla’s Firefox browser is certainly not new to the scene. It’s been around on Android for many years, but it’s also changed a lot in that time. If you’ve never tried Firefox—or it’s been a long time—we’ll give you a few reasons to try it again....

If you were one of the people worried that Windows 7 would be left behind with regard to Internet Explorer 11, then you will definitely feel better after today’s news. Microsoft has just released a developer preview of Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 32 and 64 bit operating systems. When you install the developer preview, it will check for and download any relevant updates (minor on our test system) needed before starting the installation process....

RELATED: How Much Does an Electric Car Really Cost? What It Costs to Replace an EV Battery Electric car battery replacement costs vary. If the battery is still under warranty, you could get it replaced for free. If not, the average cost as of 2020 was around $137 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of battery capacity, according to a Bloomberg report. So a vehicle like the Chevy Bolt, which has a 65 kWh battery pack, would cost around $8905 for a new one at the average price....

Headers and footers are useful tools for including information like the date, company name, or creator. This allows you to add extra details without distracting from your slideshow’s content. Here’s how to add a header or footer in Google Slides. Unlike Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides doesn’t offer a built-in header and footer feature. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. We’ll show you three ways to include a header or footer on your slides....

Fret not, wireless charging aficionados. Even though fewer phones support it out of the box, you do have options for adding wireless charging to your high-end phone—though admittedly, maybe not as many options as you’d like. For a few years, every single high-end smartphone (with one notable, iPhone-shaped exception) came with wireless charging included. That seems to have changed. The 2016 flagship phones from Google, HTC, Motorola, Lenovo, Sony, and even the fan-favorite OnePlus lack both Qi and PMA charging....

Apple just made one of Safari’s best features even better. Whether you’re using an iPhone or iPad with iOS 11 or Safari 11 on a Mac, you can now make Safari always open articles on any website in Reader Mode. This is perfect if there’s a site with content you love, but design choices you absolutely despise. Reader Mode is one reason why every Mac user should ditch Chrome for Safari....

When you’re rooting, flashing custom ROMs, and otherwise playing with Android’s system, there are a lot of things that can go wrong. Before you start, you should know how to back up and restore your phone with the TWRP recovery environment. If you’re here, you’ve probably already read our guides on how to unlock your bootloader and install TWRP recovery. If you haven’t, you’ll need to perform both of those tasks first–this is a guide on how to use TWRP once you have it up and running....

If you want to improve your language skills through immersive practice or add an additional language to Facebook, the social media platform provides in-depth language and region settings that are accessible with just a few clicks. How to Select Facebook’s Default Language To open the Language and Region Settings menu, navigate to the desktop Facebook website and then click the down arrow in the top-right of the screen. In this drop-down menu, select “Settings” or “Settings & Privacy....

Sometimes, you need to stick a landscape oriented page in the middle of a portrait-oriented Word document—a spreadsheet, graph, or wide image, maybe. Here’s how to do that, and how to keep your page numbering intact when you do. Create a Landscape Page in a Portrait-Oriented Word Document Word documents are portrait-oriented by default, which makes sense. Occasionally, you’ll want to include one or more landscape-orientated pages. Unfortunately, you can’t just tell Word to reorient the page....

Windows 10 now offers an optional case-sensitive file system, just like Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems. All Windows processes will handle case-sensitive files and folders properly if you enable this feature. In other words, they’ll see “file” and “File” as two separate files. How This Works This is an NTFS file system feature that you can enable on a per-directory basis. It doesn’t apply to your entire file system, so you can just enable case sensitivity for specific folders you use for development purposes....

Knowing the word count of your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation and speaker notes can give you a rough idea of how long it may take to present the slideshow and where you may need to cut back. Here’s how to find out. You can get the word count of your PowerPoint notes and slides—or just the speaker notes—on both Windows 10 and Mac. Unfortunately, you can’t currently get the word count on PowerPoint for the web....

With a market share of over 65% across mobile and desktop, Google Chrome is the most installed web browser used today. Here’s how you can make Chrome your device’s default browser whether it’s a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer. In this guide, we will show you how to set Chrome as the default web browser on Windows 10, Windows 11, Mac, Android, iPhone, and iPad. Make Google Chrome the Default Browser on Windows 10 Open up System settings by pressing Windows key+I, and then click on “Apps....

Facebook has become a must-use service for a lot of people. Unfortunately, Facebook has some annoying quirks, not the least of which is how it handles your news feed. Here’s how to make it better. There are many reasons to use Facebook that aren’t tied to the whole News Feed, article sharing, and Friend tagging stuff with which it’s most commonly associated. Lots of clubs use Facebook Groups to communicate with members....

Macros are basic bits of programming that let you hit a quick button or keyboard shortcut to trigger a pre-recorded action. Here’s how to make easy ones in Word. What Is a Macro? A macro is really just a recording of a series of button presses, clicks, and typing. When you record a macro, you just hit record, perform the steps you want to automate, stop the recording, let Word create the programming for you, and then assign the macro to a button or keyboard shortcut....

Before you start, remember that most Android malware doesn’t come with a warning banner. Knowing how to avoid malware on Android in the first place is your best form of defense. You can start by only installing apps from the Google Play store. Don’t take for granted that every app in the Google Play Store is safe to use, though. Suspicious apps will fall through the cracks from time to time....

Have you ever wondered which apps consume most of your time? Sure, you can assume what you use the most, but seeing exactly what you use (and how often) can be pretty telling. The best part is that finding this info is as simple as installing an app from the Play Store. To track app usage, we’re going to use an app called Quality Time. It’s a simple app that’s easy to use and provides a lot of good information in an intuitive interface—and it’s also free....

What Are PDF Presets? A PDF preset is a group of settings that are specific to the type of PDF you are creating, taking into consideration things like file size to output the best quality document. These settings range from layout, interactive elements, compression, marks and bleeds, output conditions, and much more. InDesign comes with a few default PDF presets to choose from. Each preset serves a specific purpose, such as creating a high-quality print or optimizing the PDF for the printing press....

As iPhones have become more powerful, Spotlight search has gotten a lot more useful. Now when you search for something, Spotlight also searches the contents of your apps (if the developer has the feature enabled). RELATED: How to Use Spotlight Search on Your iPhone or iPad While this can be useful, it might also mean that the contents of apps you’d sooner keep private might appear. I’ve searched “weather” on my iPhone and I’ve got one result from my writing app, Ulysses, which is useful, and three results from my journal, Day One, which is slightly terrifying....

Microsoft Outlook makes it easy to draw a line through your email text. On Outlook’s desktop app, you can use simple strikethrough as well as double strikethrough. On the web version, you only have the simple strikethrough option. RELATED: How to Draw a Line Through Words in Microsoft Word Strikethrough Text in Outlook’s Desktop App In Outlook’s desktop app, you can add both single and double lines crossing text in your emails....

If you spend a lot of time on Facebook, you can burn through your mobile data pretty quickly just scrolling past pictures and autoplaying videos. To limit the damage, turn on Facebook’s Data Saver tool. RELATED: How to Stop Facebook Videos from Auto-Playing Facebook’s Data Saver fills your feed with smaller, more compressed versions of images as you scroll, so each new post doesn’t consume as much data. Data Saver also prevents videos from autoplaying—which you can turn off separately if you prefer....