What You Can Do With Your iPhone’s Health App

What You Can Do With Your iPhone’s Health App: "Apple’s Health app arrived in iOS 8, and it’s now on every up-to-date iPhone. This app appears simple at first glance, but it hides a lot of data and advanced functionality.

The Health app is in actually the user-visible face of HealthKit, Apple’s attempt at putting all your health data in one place."



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5 Cool Uses For An Old Smartphone - Digital Media Mom

5 Cool Uses For An Old Smartphone - Digital Media Mom: "Your old smartphone may be disconnected from your cell service / data plan account, but it’s still got plenty of functionality you can use. Remember: your old smartphone still has WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, so now that you’ve disconnected it from your cell plan it’s kind of like a really small tablet."



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10 Hidden Microsoft Word Features That Will Make Your Life Easier

10 Hidden Microsoft Word Features That Will Make Your Life Easier: "veryone knows Clippy. But are you friends with Pilcrow?
Stop there if you know what I am talking about. You know more about Microsoft Word than I do.
Okay. Let me test you a bit more by asking about “widow lines”. If you still got that, then do stop. If you didn’t, then welcome to this side of the line where we think we are proficient on Microsoft Word – but honestly aren’t."



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How Much RAM Do You Really Need?

How Much RAM Do You Really Need?: "Most people know that their computer has RAM — but fewer could tell you just what is it and what it does. Here’s how to gauge how much RAM you need, how much your computer has and how to get the most out of it."



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9 Hidden Facebook Features Only Power Users Know - Slideshow from PCMag.com

9 Hidden Facebook Features Only Power Users Know - Slideshow from PCMag.com: "Facebook is the principal digital public square of today. Well, it's the principal digital public square for those of a certain age (i.e. post-college, the young'ns aren't into it!) But Zuck & Co's site is still an extremely integral virtual venue and will continue to be for some time."



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Scientists create prototype quantum hard drive

Scientists create prototype quantum hard drive: "Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Otago in New Zealand have created a prototype quantum hard drive that may fundamentally alter the realm of secure, long-distance data encryption. Using atoms of the rare-earth element europium embedded in yttrium orthosilicate (YSO) crystals, the scientists have shattered previous records for quantum information retention by creating a storage device capable of holding quantum state information for up to six hours at a time."



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How to Tell Whether Your Windows PC is Using a Proxy Server

How to Tell Whether Your Windows PC is Using a Proxy Server: "While researching for our article about what happens when you install crapware from a really lousy download site, we noticed that some of the crapware and spyware will actually try to install a proxy server to spy on you. So how do you know if your PC is using a proxy?"



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Why Would You Want a Curved TV or Computer Monitor?

Why Would You Want a Curved TV or Computer Monitor?: "Curved TVs were everywhere at CES 2015. We’re not exaggerating: Almost all the TVs being shown off were curved instead of flat! But what’s the advantage of a curved TV, anyway?

It wasn’t all about TVs. Samsung was showing off curved computer monitors, too. 4K TVs will be useful someday, but we’re not so sure about curved TVs."



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What Are the Windows A: and B: Drives Used For?

What Are the Windows A: and B: Drives Used For?: "The C: drive is the default installation location for Windows, if you have a CD/DVD drive on your machine it’s likely the D: drive, and any additional drives fall in line after that. What about the A: and B: drives?"



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Here’s What Happens When You Install the Top 10 Download.com Apps

Here’s What Happens When You Install the Top 10 Download.com Apps: "We installed the top 10 apps from Download.com, and you’ll never believe what happened! Well… I guess maybe you might have a good guess. Awful things. Awful things are what happens. Join us for the fun!"



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