After Alexa gave users the ability to call other Echo owners, Google upped the ante with true phone calls. If you live in the U.S. or Canada, you can use your Google Home to place a call to anyone’s phone. You don’t need to limit yourself to other people who have a Google Home. Here’s how to get started making phone calls. If you already have a Google Home, you don’t need to do any setup....
It’s every little kid’s dream: getting someone to pay you to play the games you already enjoy. And like most dreams, the reality is somewhat underwhelming. A career as a game tester boils down to being an elaborate quality control worker. But there are other ways you can make extra money by gaming at home. Here are a few. Trade In-Game Items for Cash In just about any multiplayer online game, the best gear and weaponry is also the hardest to obtain....
Redstone can be used to create a variety of different devices in Minecraft Xbox 360. For example, it can be used to create a piston that can be activated by a button, or a door that opens when a lever is pulled. To make stuff out of redstone in Minecraft, you need to place the redstone in a crafting grid. To make a redstone block in Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition, you need to have a redstone torch in your inventory....
Admin on Instagram refers to having full control over the account, including the ability to add new followers, change the username and password, and post images and videos. It’s typically given to someone who is responsible for managing the account on behalf of a company or organization. Yes, you can make someone an admin on Instagram. To do so, go to the person’s profile and click on the three dots in the top right corner....
To make Waze your default map, open the app and click on the three lines in the top left corner. Then select “Settings.” Under “Maps,” select “Waze” and click on the blue button that says “Set as Default. Waze is not available on Android Auto because it requires a proprietary app from Google. To change your default map on WhatsApp for Android, open the app and tap on the three lines in the top left corner of the screen....
To turn off your Xbox One controller, hold the Xbox button on the controller for three seconds until it turns off. There are a few things you can try if your Xbox One controller is unresponsive. First, make sure the controller is properly connected to the console. If it is, try restarting the console. If that doesn’t work, try resetting the controller by holding down the Xbox button and the Bind button for 10 seconds....
If you deal with lots of emails, you know that the better organized you are, the easier it is to get things done. And one of the best ways to get better organized is to sort important message you want to keep into folders. Here’s how to do that in Yahoo! Mail. Create Yahoo! Mail Folders in Your Desktop Browser Log into your Yahoo! Mail account and open your inbox....
There are a few ways to make your radio louder. One is to use the volume buttons on the device itself. Another is to connect an external amplifier. There are a few ways to make your car speakers louder without an amplifier. One way is to connect your car stereo to an external amplifier. Another way is to install a speaker upgrade kit. An amp will not make speakers louder – it will only increase the power output of the speaker....
To turn on dark mode on TikTok Android, open the app and go to Settings. Under General, tap on Dark Mode. You can toggle it on or off as you please. There are a few different reasons why a device might not have a dark mode. One possibility is that the device doesn’t have a light sensor, which is required for dark mode functionality. Another possibility is that the device’s software doesn’t support dark mode, or that the device isn’t set up to use it....
GitLab’s Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines are a popular way to automate builds, tests, and releases each time you push code to your repository. Pipelines run concurrently and consist of sequential stages; each stage can include multiple jobs that run in parallel during the stage. The maximum concurrency of both parallel jobs and cross-instance pipelines depends on your server configuration. Jobs are run by GitLab Runner instances. Runners operate as isolated processes that receive new jobs from their controlling GitLab server....
Chromebooks are cheap, moderately powerful, user-friendly laptops that have become wildly popular with consumers who want a second machine they can take on the road, but don’t feel like dropping a wad of extra cash for the privilege. In case you have one machine that belongs to an entire household or multiple coworkers at the office, here’s how you can create and manage multiple user accounts on the same device....
The purpose of UAC is to inform you when a program makes changes that require administrator permissions. It is a security feature that will block malicious software from making key system changes without your permission. To manage UAC notification settings go to Start \ Getting Started \ Change UAC settings. By default it is set to notify you when programs try to make changes to the computer, which already is a less annoying setting that Vista was....
The Ecobee line of smart thermostats can use remote sensors to monitor the temperature in other areas of your house, rather than just where the thermostat is. Unfortunately, there’s no easy and simple way to select which sensor to use at any given time. Here’s a way around that, though, which lets you pick which sensor to use and when to use it. RELATED: How to Install and Set Up the Ecobee Smart Thermostat...
In years past, automating network drive creation required the use of primitive batch files, luckily for us you can now do it through PowerShell. Note: this tutorial expects that you are using PowerShell 3.0. How to Map Network Drives Using PowerShell Prior to the PowerShell era, we could map networks drives using a batch file that contained a net use command: To do it in PowerShell, press the Win + R keyboard combination to bring up a run box, then type powershell and hit enter....
When you have channel and message notifications flashing in Microsoft Teams, it’s hard to know which are a priority. Mark your message as Important or Urgent so your teammates know to pay attention to it. Being able to send direct messages to people and chat with them in channels within Microsoft Teams is a double-edged sword. Sure, it’s great to be able to contact an individual or a group whenever you need to, but the downside is that everyone else can contact you, too....
Lead is a soft metal and can be melted if the temperature is high enough. However, it’s very dangerous to do this and should only be done by professionals. There is no definitive answer to this question as it depends on the specific weight used in a pinewood derby race. However, generally speaking, pinewood derby weights are not made from lead. There are a few ways to make your Pinewood Derby car lighter....
It can be a little creepy to message someone you don’t know very well on Facebook, but it all depends on the context of the message. If you’re just trying to be friendly, there’s nothing wrong with sending a message to a stranger. However, if you’re trying to hit on them or ask them for something, it might be seen as creepy. There’s no one way to do it, but a good approach is to send a message that’s short and sweet and doesn’t require a lot of effort on his part to respond....
Migration Strategies The simplest and most effective strategy is a blue green deployment—get the new server up and running, and then when it’s production ready, switch traffic over to it, and remove the old server once you’ve verified there are no issues. With load balancing this process can happen incrementally, further reducing chances of availability problems. A blue-green deployment involves copying over all the files, packages, and code on the old server over to the new one....
Yes, you can mirror an image a photo on Android by using the Android’s share function. To do this: open the photo you want to mirror image and press and hold on to it until a menu pops up. Tap “Share.” In the “Share Options” window that opens, tap “Mirror Image.” The photo will now be mirrored. To turn on the mirror image on Android, open the Settings app and tap Display....
Firestick TV is available for iOS and Windows. So this is not for iPhone users. If you are a Windows user, then you can also mirror your device to this fantastic technology. Mirroring has become an essential thing in this era as it allows multiple casting options. It is a bit different from casting. Screencast option allows your phone’s screen to appear on the TV or PC. But mirroring allows your data appears on your TV on the big resolutions....
