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Android updates always pose the same question: when will my phone get it? Here’s what we know about the most popular handsets and their current status for Android Oreo. Google Google’s Pixel line is the flagship Android phone lineup at this point—if you want Android at its purest, then you have to get it straight from the source. That source, of course, is Google, and the Pixel lineup is the company’s in-house phone, designed to show what Android can do best....

You’ll Kill Your Neck Prior to mounting our 70-inch TV set on the wall, it sat on a large TV stand that took up a good portion of potential sitting space in the room. We wanted to free that up. I had a heavy-duty TV mount I had bought many years before and never used, and there was plenty of free space above the fireplace, so I put two and two together, and the next thing I knew, we had a monster TV mounted above the fireplace....

So what’s the difference between standard HDMI, Mini HDMI, and Micro HDMI? What Is HDMI? To understand the different varieties of HDMI cables in use, it’s a good idea to get a basic understanding of what HDMI is. HDMI stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface. It’s a digital standard designed to transport video and audio from a source (like a Blu-Ray player or game console) to a display or recorder....

It’s easy to add an image to your document in Google Docs, but including a caption is another story. Until Google adds a caption feature to Docs, here are a few ways you can create and add captions to your photos. Depending on your preference, the number of images, and whether you want to caption each image uniquely, there are four ways to make it happen. You can add inline text, create a drawing, use a table, or try an add-on....

Android may have a more open platform than Apple, but with that comes the potential for malware. Google is trying to take steps to correct it with things like Google Play Protect, but it’s still out there. WIth a little bit of care, though, it’s pretty easy to keep your phone safe and malware-free. What Is Android Malware? I’m sure you’ve heard the term “malware” before—it’s a shortened version of “malicious software....

Look, we all get annoying text messages from time to time. Maybe it’s spam, maybe it’s from someone you don’t want to talk to, maybe it’s some other third thing. The point is, you don’t want to get them. So let’s block ’em. RELATED: The Best Texting Apps for Android So here’s the thing: there are a lot of Android phones out there, from a lot of different manufacturers. And it seems that almost all of them have their own SMS app, making it really hard to tell you how to do it on your particular phone....

Do you have yesterday’s laundry piled behind you? Worried about your cluttered office space? No problem. You can easily blur your surroundings during your Zoom meetings with the background blur option on desktop and mobile. Blur Your Background in Zoom’s Desktop App In Zoom’s desktop app, you can blur the background before a meeting and during a meeting. Here’s how to do both. Before Joining a Meeting To ensure your Zoom background is blurred before your next meeting starts, launch the Zoom app on your computer....

One of the most valuable features of Google Wifi for me is the ability to watch my network activity on a per-device level. The thing is, a lot of devices don’t correctly report themselves to the router, so it’s hard to tell what is what. Here’s how to figure it out, then change the name. RELATED: How to View Your Network’s Data Usage on Google WiFi First things first: you need to find a list of all the devices on your network....

Your Echo Show is a device for the whole family to share, which means you’ll want to make sure everyone can both see and hear it. Here’s how to adjust the brightness settings, disable adaptive brightness, and change the volume of your alarms. Change the Brightness Changing the brightness on the Echo Show is the simplest. Swipe down from the top of the screen to see a collection of quick shortcuts....

Knowing your device’s battery health can be crucial for gauging battery life and longevity. If you’re a Chromebook user, you have a couple of useful tools for finding this info—especially if you want to track it over time. Check Battery Stats with Crosh If you’re looking for a simple way to get more information about your battery, using the Chrome Shell—or CROSH—is the easiest way to do it. To open a Crosh window, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open a terminal window....

If you’ve used Snapchat, you’ll probably have noticed that some of your friends have a cartoon profile picture that they can also include in different Snaps. This is a “Bitmoji”. Lets look at how to set one up to use with Snapchat. For this to work, you need to have the Bitmoji app installed on your phone as well as Snapchat. It’s available in the iPhone App Store and the Google Play Store....

Microsoft Word lets you easily create and format multilevel lists in your documents. You can choose from a variety of formatting options, including bulleted, numbered, or alphabetized lists. Let’s take a look. How to Create a Multilevel List in Microsoft Word Creating a multilevel list in Word is dead simple. Start by typing out one or more lines of your list, with each item of your list on a different line....

YouTube remembers every video you’ve ever watched, assuming you’re signed in with your Google account. YouTube uses this history for recommendations, and even encourages you to re-watch old videos. Here’s how to clean up your watch history—or stop collecting it. The watch and search histories are only stored if you’re signed into YouTube with your Google account while watching. Remove Items From Your Watch History (and Search History) YouTube’s Android app has an Incognito Mode you can enable to temporarily prevent it from collecting history....

Upgrade Your SSD The most radical option to expand your MacBook’s storage is to upgrade its SSD. Unfortunately, you can’t upgrade all MacBooks because Apple changed the manufacturing process on its newest models. However, you can upgrade the following models: MacBook Pro non-Retina up to late 2016 MacBook Pro Retina up to 2015 MacBook Air up to 2017 MacBook up to 2010 If you’re unsure which model you have, our guide on how to upgrade your Mac includes a section on how to find out and more....

If there’s a program lingering on your Windows “Add or Remove Programs” list that doesn’t belong, there are two easy tricks you and use to purge it from the list and tidy things up. The “Add or Remove Programs” list shows all the installed software on your Windows computer. In a perfect world, only applications that are currently installed would be displayed there, but sometimes a phantom listing persists even after a program is gone....

Much of the time, opening the Command Prompt as a regular user is all you need. Sometimes, though, you’ll need to open the Command Prompt as an administrator so that you can run commands that require administrative privileges. Windows offers a lot of different ways to open the Command Prompt, and with a lot of those methods, you can also open the Command Prompt with admin privileges. We’ve shown you previously how to do this in Windows 7 and Vista, so here we’re going to focus on three quick ways you can open the Command Prompt with admin privileges in Windows 8 and 10....

Your computer is fast. Unbelievably fast, at least compared to the PC you had ten or twenty years ago. But it could always be a little bit faster. If that statement stirs a bit of tech-flavored longing in your soul, you might want to look into overclocking your processor. Overclocking, the act of boosting your CPU’s core clock beyond its factory setting, has been around for almost as long as personal computers have....

So you have a Chromecast. Did you know that you can do more than just stream movies, music, and videos with it? You can also play simple games that were actually designed for use on the Chromecast. We’re not talking about any AAA titles here, but there are definitely some fun little multiplayer games for when you have a group of people together. RELATED: So You Just Got a Chromecast....

Files, Text, and Idioms Each programming language has a set of idioms. These are the standard, no-frills ways to accomplish a set of common tasks. They’re the elementary or default way to use one of the features of the language the programmer is working with. They become part of a programmer’s toolkit of mental blueprints. Actions like reading data from files, working with loops, and swapping the values of two variables are good examples....

Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update includes a new Windows Defender feature designed to protect your files from ransomware. It’s named “Controlled Folder Access”, and it’s disabled by default. You’ll need to enable it yourself if you want to try it out. RELATED: What’s the Best Way to Back Up My Computer? This feature is no substitute for good backups, which can help you recover your files in case a piece of ransomware makes it past your security software....