5 Useful Things You Can Do With Your Phone Even When It's Miles Away

5 Useful Things You Can Do With Your Phone Even When It's Miles Away: "An Android phone is such a powerful tool. You can use an Android tethered for access to the Internet or as a standalone wireless hotspot. You can use it to solve everyday problems, or to impress your friends. But did you know that your Android phone can be useful even when you don’t have it on you?"



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How to Generate a List with All the User Accounts Found in Windows

How to Generate a List with All the User Accounts Found in Windows: "Do you need a quick way of listing all the user accounts that exist on a Windows PC or device? A method that works on all versions of Windows? You can use a quick command in the Command Prompt and learn this information or store it into a text file. Here's how it is done:"



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How To Know Your Bandwidth Usage – Windows 8.x | Daves Computer Tips

How To Know Your Bandwidth Usage – Windows 8.x | Daves Computer Tips: "Our very own Dave Hartsock wrote an article back in 2011 that still makes a lot of sense to me. Some articles seem timeless and this is one of them. You can read “Do Broadband Caps Make Sense” to give you some food for thought.
If you happen to be one of many being served by any of the offending ISPs, then you are probably very conscious of just how much bandwidth you are actually using each month. Many of you may be using a third-party utility to monitor said usage."



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How to delete your Facebook search history | How To - CNET

How to delete your Facebook search history | How To - CNET: "Facebook keeps a record of everything you search for on its Web site. Check out this How To guide for cleaning up the list, or just limiting what information Facebook is storing about you."



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4 Takes On Netflix's Streaming Deal With Comcast : All Tech Considered : NPR

4 Takes On Netflix's Streaming Deal With Comcast : All Tech Considered : NPR: "If you are in the middle of a House of Cards binge, the news from Netflix over the weekend is good — video streaming quality will improve. After reports of declining performance in recent months, Netflix — which accounts for 30 percent of broadband traffic — cut a deal with Comcast to pay the cable provider for direct access to its systems."



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Are PCs Dying? Of Course Not, Here’s Why

Are PCs Dying? Of Course Not, Here’s Why: "Reports of the PC’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. We’ve all heard that everyone’s just buying tablets and throwing out their keyboards and mice. But, if you live in the real world, you see people using PCs every day.

The statistics show that PCs are still selling in large numbers and are used much more than tablets. But we don’t need statistics to see this — we all know that huge amounts of people still use and need PCs."



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How To Fix High CPU Usage In Windows

How To Fix High CPU Usage In Windows: "If your computer fans frequently hit top speeds, it’s a sign that your CPU is fully loaded. Simultaneously, your computer may slow down. That’s annoying, especially if you’re not actually doing anything.
The CPU (central processing unit), also known as processor, is the brain of your computer. Like your own noggin, it can become overwhelmed if bombarded with too many processes, or if a single task consumes undue attention. Just as you may find work difficult when overwhelmed, your processor can slow to a crawl if too much is asked of it at once."



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Mind Mapping On The iPad: Here Are Your Options

Mind Mapping On The iPad: Here Are Your Options: "Whether you’re studying or brainstorming: making mind maps can be an essential skill. Paper works fine in a pinch, but technology makes the whole process ten times easier.
Your iPad, in particular, is the ideal study companion and works wonders for creating mind maps. There are some incredible third party tools that make it especially fast and easy to create a wide variety of mind maps and other diagrams with your tablet."



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Apps that make you say “Wow!” - The Kim Komando Show

Apps that make you say “Wow!” - The Kim Komando Show: "Remember when we loved technology? I like it not just for all the great things it can help us do, but also for that ineffable feeling of wonder that a bright technological idea can sometimes give us. Remember when you first started to play with the Internet? The first time you Skyped with a loved one far away? The first text from someone who claimed all this digital stuff was too hard?"



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The Mobile App, Composing Mail, and Conversations — www.howtogeek.com

The Mobile App, Composing Mail, and Conversations — www.howtogeek.com: "In this lesson, we’ll continue our tour of Gmail interface by covering the Gmail app, specifically the Android version. Then we’ll finally get to the good stuff by showing you how to compose messages and how you can easily follow your messages with Gmail’s unique conversation view."



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