Improve your HDTV's picture - for free! | One Page | Komando.com

Improve your HDTV's picture - for free! | One Page | Komando.com: "You've thought long and hard about it and you've finally got your brand new HDTV. Congratulations! (Or, if you're in the market for a new HDTV, click here for my HDTV buying guide.) A current 1080p, 16x9 HD screen is light years beyond the typical 19-inch tube screen TV from just a few years ago, right? But regardless how great that screen looks at the TV store, many buyers are in for a rude surprise when they get home."



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AirDrop 101: Easily Send Content Between Nearby iPhones, iPads, and Macs

AirDrop 101: Easily Send Content Between Nearby iPhones, iPads, and Macs: "AirDrop allows you to quickly and easily send links, photos, files, and more content between nearby iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Just open up the Share panel and tap a nearby device."



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▶ Wi-Fi triage: 5 common solutions to your wireless woes | PCWorld

▶ Wi-Fi triage: 5 common solutions to your wireless woes | PCWorld: "Wi-Fi is the most wonderful home convenience—except for when it isn’t. That’s why it’s a good idea to have a mental checklist on hand for common issues that might be causing the problem when your Wi-Fi checks out.

Everybody has their own favorite way of handling Wi-Fi problems, but here’s mine."



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Find and Enjoy Netflix Content Faster with Flix Plus

Find and Enjoy Netflix Content Faster with Flix Plus: "If you watch a lot of Netflix, Flix Plus provides a veritable Swiss Army knife of improvements to the entire browsing and watching experience. Read on as we highlight the myriad of reasons why it’s foolish to watch Netflix without it."



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How to Delete Old Facebook Friend Requests

How to Delete Old Facebook Friend Requests: "If you’ve had a Facebook account for years, you might have sent out quite a few friend requests when you first opened your account. Not all of those requests were likely answered. That’s all right, because you can go through your pending requests and delete them."



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Net neutrality a reality: FCC votes to bring Internet under utility-style rules - CNET

Net neutrality a reality: FCC votes to bring Internet under utility-style rules - CNET: "In a 3-2 vote, the agency decides to apply the same rules that govern telephone service to broadband, with the hope that it ensures the fair and equal treatment of all traffic on the Internet."



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Internet Speed Test - CNET

Internet Speed Test - CNET:



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5 Things You Need to Know About Your iPhone’s Photos App

5 Things You Need to Know About Your iPhone’s Photos App: "Apple’s Photos app saw some changes in iOS 8, and more changes are coming when iCloud Photo Library launches soon. Did you know that your photos app keeps copies of photos you’ve deleted?"



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How You and Your Neighbors Are Making Each Other’s Wi-Fi Worse (and What You Can Do About It)

How You and Your Neighbors Are Making Each Other’s Wi-Fi Worse (and What You Can Do About It): "Wi-Fi networks interfere with each other. Older Wi-Fi standards are even worse about this, so your old Wi-Fi hardware isn’t just hurting your network — it’s interfering with your neighbors, too.

All that interference is bad for everyone’s network, even yours. Unless you live out in the country with no one else around, this is something you need to think about."



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Take Control of Your Smartphone’s Automatic Photo Uploads

Take Control of Your Smartphone’s Automatic Photo Uploads: "Modern smartphones and cloud photo services want to automatically upload every single photo you take to the cloud. But you don’t always want to save every photo forever on those remote servers."



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Uninstall (or Disable) Your Browser Plug-ins to Make Your Browser More Secure

Uninstall (or Disable) Your Browser Plug-ins to Make Your Browser More Secure: "Browser plug-ins are the biggest target on your computer. Java is a gaping security hole, but Flash has seen a stream of 0-day attacks recently. There’s even been an increase in attacks against Silverlight"



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ChargeTech promises to cut your smartphone's charge time in half

ChargeTech promises to cut your smartphone's charge time in half: "ChargeAll’s ChargeTech is a convenient adapter that promises to charge your gadgets significantly faster than stock alternatives. It’s small, allows you to power up two devices at once, and comes in a car charger variant. The company is also in the process of crowdfunding what it claims is the thinnest and lightest iPhone 6 battery case around."



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Netflix's Plans to Take Over the World | Motherboard

Netflix's Plans to Take Over the World | Motherboard: "Netflix’s end-of-quarter shareholder letter was releas​ed this week, detailing how the streaming leader fared at the end of 2014. Along with good financial news for the company’s investors—they ended the year with a posted revenue of $1.48 billion, compared to $1.18 billion during the same quarter in 2013—the letter offered some intriguing (and sometimes, candid) tidbits about the company’s secret to success and plans for world domination."



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