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Under normal circumstances, the Kwikset Kevo relies on your phone in order to know whether it should unlock your door. However, if you’d rather use a dedicated key fob for that (or as a backup when you forget your phone), here’s how to set up the Kwikset Kevo Fob to give your phone a break. RELATED: How to Install and Set Up the Kwikset Kevo Smart Lock The fob is a direct replacement for your phone, and for just $25, it’s not that bad of an investment if you don’t have your phone’s Bluetooth on all the time....

RELATED: How to Shuffle or Repeat Songs on iPhone or iPad How to Turn On Shuffle in Spotify on iPhone and Android In Spotify’s mobile app, you turn on music shuffling the same way you do on your desktop. Launch Spotify and start playing your favorite playlist or album. Then, in the app’s bottom bar, tap the Now Playing bar. In the music control area, tap the Shuffle icon (two interwoven arrows)....

LibreOffice Writer can handle some of the very basic tools that are part of Calc (the LibreOffice version of Microsoft Excel) with its Table function. For example, to sum up the contents of multiple cells and place the total in a new cell, you use the exact same formula, “=sum<[cellstart]:[cellfinish]>. But what if you’re using multiple tables, and you need to insert mathematical formulas with inputs from one table and results from another?...

Apple’s transfer service can bring a copy of your iCloud photos and videos over to your Google Photos account. There are some things that can’t be transferred, however. They include shared albums, smart albums, stream content, live photos, and some metadata. RELATED: Google Photos Loses Its Free Storage: What You Need to Know The setup process is simple, but the actual transfer can take up to a week if you have a particularly large library....

Excited about High Sierra, but don’t want to wait until autumn? The public beta is now available to try; here’s how to install it. RELATED: What’s New in macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Available Now We’ve shown you the new features in High Sierra, coming fall 2017. Highlights include a new filesystem, a new version of Photos, and all sorts of useful tweaks to Safari. You can try the new Safari features in Safari Technology Preview right now, without upgrading your operating system, so if that’s most of what interests consider doing that instead....

For example, if you have a lot of devices that you plan to connect to your router, then MU-MIMO is a core feature you’ll want to have. Another one is Quality of Service (QoS), which allows you to set bandwidth priorities for different devices and is incredibly useful in a busy household. Alternatively, if you have a single gaming PC or 4k TV, then Wi-Fi 6 and beamforming technology can help reach speeds and stability that serve both those needs....

When determining a color type, know there are generally three main options for smart LED strips: daylight white, warm white, and RGB. In working spaces or other areas requiring focus or attention, daylight white is the best choice. Warm white is the way to go in rooms geared more toward relaxation. For any scenario that could use some mood lighting—say, behind a bar, computer monitor, or sound system—RGB would be the best choice....

Whether you are making a Christmas card to send out for your holidays or making a fun collage to text your friends, you’ll need an image editing software. A few years ago, you’d had to download and install a dedicated software to edit images. But thanks to the advancement in web technology, it’s now possible to edit images right in the browser. Let’s take a look at few of the best online photo editors available....

In versions of Android as far back as the mind can remember, apps not found in the Play Store could be universally “sideloaded” by ticking one box in the device’s Security menu. With Oreo, that changes. How Sideloading Worked Before In previous versions of Android, if you wanted to install an application not found in the Play Store—an act called “sideloading”—you had to jump into the Settings > Security menu and enable a feature called “Unknown Sources....

The Five, Nine, and Fourteen Eyes The Five, Nine, and Fourteen Eyes are agreements between the surveillance agencies (the “eyes”) of several countries. The original group is the Five Eyes (abbreviated as FVEY)—consisting of the U.S., the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—which shortly after the second world war signed a deal (the UKUSA pact) to share intelligence among each other. Over the years, four other countries informally joined the original five (the Netherlands, France, Denmark, and Norway), making nine....

First, we’ll assume you’ve already navigated to Settings > Cellular on your iPhone. If not, open the Settings app and tap “Cellular” in the list. Below a bank of options near the top of the “Cellular” settings page, you’ll see a section titled “Cellular Data.” At the top of that, you’ll see “Current Period” with a cumulative data count beside it. This is how much cellular data you’ve used in total during the current period....

It’s a Practical Joke If you see “FBI Surveillance Van,” “FBI Van,” “NSA Van,” or “Police Surveillance Van” on your list of Wi-Fi routers or access points, don’t worry: It’s just someone nearby playing a practical joke. This joke originated in the early days of Wi-Fi—in the 2000s—because it ties into a common fear that someone might be lurking nearby and watching you. Also, in the early days of Wi-Fi, some people used scary-sounding SSID names as a deterrent to keep people from connecting to their open (not password protected) Wi-Fi access points....

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) allows devices to connect to an internet access point without a password. Instead, you just have to press a button. This feature is not available on Android anymore, but it used to be. Why is that? Prior to the release of Android 9 Pie in 2018, Android included a WPS option in the network settings. This would be used in conjunction with pressing the WPS button on a router, allowing you to connect your phone to Wi-Fi without entering a password....

You’re playing a game and you Alt+Tab to use another program, but there’s a problem. The Alt+Tab process may be extremely slow, the game may crash or freeze, or you may see graphical corruption. If you’ve played games on Windows, this is probably familiar. Even when Alt+Tab works properly, it may take several seconds to move back and forth — something which can be frustrating if you want to quickly switch between applications....

SmartThings is a smarthome platform from Samsung that lets you set up sensors and other devices to automate certain tasks and secure your home. Here are some clever uses for those sensors that you may not have thought about. RELATED: How to Set Up the SmartThings Home Monitoring Kit There are a handful of different sensors that SmartThings offers, but the lineup’s most popular options are the open/close Multipurpose Sensor, Motion Sensor, and the Arrival Sensor....

You’re Taking Photos in Low Light Smartphone cameras have very small image sensors, which means they need quite a lot of light to take good photos. At night, in the evening, or even just indoors on a cloudy day, the amount of light available isn’t enough for your smartphone to easily take a decent photo. So, your phone starts to make compromises. The first thing it does is increase the ISO (basically, how sensitive the sensor is) so it needs less light to get a photo....

Lots of malware tries to bog down your browser, but Google Chrome isn’t defenseless—on Windows there’s a built-in scanner called Cleanup. This software runs in the background periodically, but you can manually run a scan right now by heading to the URL chrome://settings/cleanup in your browser, or by going to Settings > Reset and clean up > Clean up computer. Give it a shot, especially if your browser seems sluggish....

Handheld calculators don’t get as much love as they once did. That’s a damn shame, because they can be way more convenient than the calculator app on your computer. RELATED: How to Add a Calculator to Microsoft Word I frequently keep a hard look at my finances, and use quite a few spreadsheets to keep track of our budget and bank accounts. While you can tap in a lot of different formulas to automatically do the math for you, there are still many things I like to calculate manually—it makes me more aware of our spending habits....

“If Firefox is just a copy of Chrome now, why should I use it?” That question is being asked all across the web, but its premise is wrong. Firefox Quantum isn’t just a Chrome clone—it’s Firefox, modernized. Sure, Firefox has become more like Chrome in a few ways, but it’s still more powerful and customizable than Chrome is—which are integral to Firefox’s DNA. Firefox’s Extensions Are Still More Powerful Than Chrome’s RELATED: Why Firefox Had to Kill Your Favorite Extension...

How Long Does It Take a Tesla to Charge? The length of time for charging depends on several factors: Where you’re charging (at home or at a public station) What model of Tesla you’re driving How full the battery is when you charge Certain Tesla models have larger batteries and thus take longer to charge, just as a larger gas tank takes longer to fill. It’s also helpful to keep in mind that most EV charging doesn’t take place on an empty battery — drivers usually plug in at home after a regular day’s driving or top up at public charging stations throughout the day....