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When it comes to productivity and getting things done, Google Chrome can be your largest resource. The right Google Chrome extensions come in handy to keep you focused on your goals. For this article, we dive into the essential extensions tailored to boost your productivity via your PC in the Chrome web browser. 1. Dark Reader The Dark Reader is an extension that takes care of your eyes, allowing you to use the Web day and night without eye discomfort....

Graphic design is the art and science of combining text and graphics to communicate an effective message in the design of websites, logos, graphics, brochures, newsletters, posters, signs, and other types of visual communication. Designers achieve their goals by combining the elements and principles of graphic design. Some concepts, such as contrast, are both elements and principles: the former, as a visual characteristic; and the latter, as the technique by which it’s employed....

The Samsung Group is a South Korea-based conglomerate that includes several subsidiaries. It’s one of the largest businesses in Korea, producing nearly one-fifth of the country’s total exports with a primary focus on electronics, heavy industry, construction, and defense. Other major subsidiaries of Samsung include insurance, advertising, and entertainment. Samsung’s Beginnings With only 30,000 won (about US$27), Lee Byung-chul started Samsung as a trading company based in a city called Taegu in 1938....

Audeze has just announced a new pair of gaming headphones with a fantastic battery and many other bells and whistles. The standout feature of the forthcoming Audeze Maxwell headphones is the “class-leading” battery that gets over 80 hours of playtime per charge. That is nearly four full days of trash-talking or, uh, being trash-talked to (seriously, though, take breaks.) This isn’t just a large battery, however, as these headphones are also built to deliver ultra-low latency, with a latency reduction of up to 300 percent compared to the company’s previous-generation Penrose headset....

Virtual worlds allow players to wander, explore, interact, and play in digital landscapes. Some are open-ended, while others require specific interactions. Virtual worlds created for young children are controlled and managed, but worlds for teens are less supervised and may allow social interaction. They tend to capitalize on the social aspects of virtual worlds and allow for more freedom of expression in avatars (your online persona). Here are four virtual worlds for teenagers that are worth checking out....

People who have browsed the web for an extended amount of time are familiar with advertisements which are usually used to drive a site’s revenue, including this one’s. What some people may not know is that most advertisements can be blocked entirely using various adblocking extensions. For those who don’t know, an Adblocker can turn your favorite webpage from this: To this: The most popular ad-blocking extension on Chrome and FireFox is AdBlock Plus, named as such as a competitor to the unrelated AdBlock has since fallen into obscurity and a messy development cycle....

If you are one of the owners of Motorola Moto X 2014 and your carrier is Verizon, there is a good news for you. Verizon’s Moto X (2014) is getting the Lollipop update now. The US Carrier Verizon has been rolling out the latest version, the Android 5.0 Lollipop to its customers from today. The soak test for the update had started rolling earlier today, and now the non-soak test, i....

Digital camcorders transform moving images into digital data. These video data, called bits, are saved to a storage media like a flash memory card, DVD, or hard disk drive. The amount of data recorded at any given second is called a bit rate or bitrate, and for camcorders, it’s measured in megabits (one million bits) per second. Why Should You Care? Controlling the bit rate not only determines the quality of the video you’re recording but also how long you’ll be able to record before running out of memory....

There are all sorts of buttons, switches, and ports on the outside of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus series phones. Experienced iPhone users will recognize many of them — though one familiar and crucial button has been moved to a new location on these models. This diagram shows you what the iPhone 6 buttons and ports are used for. The iPhone 6 series has been discontinued by Apple, but all of the information in this article applies to any iPhone 6 still in use....

A very popular and trusted torrent site, Limetorrents, is a verified torrent provider with wide categories of movies, TV shows, applications, games, audio files, e-books, and much more. It has a collection of both premium pirated content and free-legal content which is why some countries including the US, UK, Australia, and India have banned the usage of Limetorrents due to copyright infringement issues. Thus, many users are confused about what happened to Limetorrents and want to know the alternative of Limetorrents....

802.11n is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) industry standard for local Wi-Fi network communications, ratified in 2009. It replaced older 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g Wi-Fi technologies but was superseded by the 802.11ac in 2013 and 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) in 2019. 802.11ay (Wi-Fi 7) is up next. Each standard is faster and more reliable than the one that came before it and is generally backward-compatible. The packaging of any Wi-Fi device you purchase reflects which of these standards the device supports....

This article describes what ACSM files are and how to open one so that you can download certain eBooks. What to Know An ACSM file is an Adobe Content Server Message file.Open one with Adobe Digital Editions. What Is an ACSM File? A file with the .ACSM file extension is an Adobe Content Server Message file. It’s used by Adobe Digital Editions to activate and download Adobe DRM protected content....

File sharing is the act of sharing one or more computer files over a network with someone in the same house, a team member at work, or a friend in another country. You can also use file sharing to access your files from anywhere. You can share files over a local network in an office or at home, or you can share files over the internet. Here are several file-sharing methods that you can use for any reason....

This article explains how to sync your iPhone and iPad using the iCloud service. Instructions apply to iPhones and iPads running iOS 12 or iOS 11. What to Know On each device, go to Settings > iCloud > toggle on the app categories and content you want to sync to iCloud.iCloud works with most Apple including iPhones and iPad and can be accessed on Windows devices and the web.The iCloud service is free and comes with 5GB of storage....

It is always good to have an idea of what kind of hardware is installed in your computer and more at the time you need to do some type of upgrade, which in most cases is where this will be more useful. It would be even better if you can gather all this data without having to waste time opening up your laptop/desktop computer. This is when System Information for Windows (SIW) can give you a hand....

This week on tech, boy… what a shake up at Microsoft! Even after announcing 18,000 job cuts, the company managed to keep business as usual. This week the software giant started rolling out the long time awaited Lumia Cyan with Windows Phone 8.1 update which, among many things, it officially brings Cortana, Action center, a third column for Live Tiles, and Word Flow keyboard. Microsoft forces costumers to use Bing in Lumia devices by disabling custom search engine in Internet Explorer....

This week on PUREinfoTech: Microsoft officially begins the rollout of the Windows 10 Creators Update for mobile devices, but only for a limited number of phones. Along with the official release for phones, the software giant also released two new test versions of Windows 10 Mobile, as part of the Redstone 3 update, including build 15207 and build 15208. However, these new builds don’t introduce any new features, instead they only deliver a few fixes and improvements....

A lot falls under the realm of music editing. You can create ringtones or clip out parts of songs that you don’t want. Music editing software can also be used to remove noise from a song, merge several music files into one, lower the overall sound, edit your voice, add virtual instruments, etc. Below is a list of music editors that can do all these things and more. Some are free and others have a free trial period....

The best social media apps offer a range of solutions that can help you easily organize multiple accounts and share information across several social networks without ever needing to post anything separately to your accounts directly from the web. Here are a few of the most popular social media management tools available today. Use them for personal reasons, for your blog, for your small business or for your large brand....

Are you fascinated by the unknown, the unknowable, or the unbelievable? Considering the number of true crime podcasts and murder-mystery shows on the internet, many people are. Here are the best mystery podcasts you should listen to. Best Heist Mystery Podcast: Empty Frames On March 18, 1990, two men in police uniforms visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and left with 13 paintings worth a total of $500 million....