When your laptop battery is in the red, you don’t want to have to scramble to find an outlet. A portable power bank lets you bring an extra charge with you wherever you go, whether you’re on a plane, in a cab, or simply caught in a power outage. When shopping for a laptop power bank, it’s important to find one with the right ports and power capacity for your needs....
Prime Matter and Brass Token announced the release date for the Psychedelic Action Horror game called The Chant. It takes place in unusual cosmic horror settings and will be released by Prime Matter, a new label. Players will step into the shoes of a protagonist on a trip to explore a secluded island with a dark past. Set on the haunted grounds of a new-age cult, players must confront the hallucinogenic terrors unleashed by a spiritual retreat gone bad....
As usual, Microsoft wants to keep the fun to itself with the Windows Store in Windows 8. Microsoft has always wanted to keep users confined to what they want you to use and the Windows Store is another example. Since the release of Windows 8, several alternatives have popped up to help users have a bigger and better selection of apps to use. We will look at some of the best alternatives to the Window Store out there so you can have every option at your disposal for finding apps for Windows 8....
TikTok has begun a test run of a new TikTok Shopping feature, allowing users to connect directly to their Shopify store or even sell directly through TikTok. The new announcement states that TikTok and Shopify are working together to make it easier to the buy products you see in TikTok videos. That, or make it easier for you to sell your products through your TikTok videos if you’re a creator....
If you are a Mac user, Safari’s deep integration with the Mac OS X operating system makes it the best desktop browser that you can have. While Safari is not as popular as Chrome or Firefox, there are hidden goodies that many users are not aware of – such as the tab management. Here are several tips and tricks to managing tabs in Safari. The Tale of the Thousand Tabs Tabbed browsing was introduced in the mid-90s and took off in the early 2000s....
I like webcomics because they’re so easily consumable. All you need to do is go to a web page on the Internet, and you’re going to be entertained for hours. Most webcomics don’t come with the baggage of comic books. There’s no 50-year-old history to keep track of, easter eggs to find, footnotes to devour or multiple parallel universes to figure out. Someday I want to get started reading real comic books, but until then webcomics will do just fine....
Before we delve into the search for the best fan speed controller software, let us try to understand why the CPU, GPU, and other components of a PC generate excess heat. We know that games and editing software consume more power and therefore generate excess heat. Besides this, there are other problems like drive failure and corrupted files that affect the functioning of the motherboard, resulting in your system getting hot....
Adobe InDesign is a typesetting and desktop publishing software program. It’s a basic Word layout application that lets designers and desktop publishers make stunning layouts. InDesign looks to be the ideal partner for many creatives, from generating flyers and brochures to posters, magazines, newspapers, and more. Here, we have listed the best free alternatives to Adobe InDesign in this article. Also, you can find InDesign alternative for Mac, InDesign alternative for Linux, and InDesign alternative for Windows....
Ever since my podcast consumption crossed from a couple hours a week to something I looked forward to every single day, I knew I needed to up my podcast client game. And just one look around the Google Play Store gave me the answer. For me, Pocket Casts ($3.99) was the clear winner. If you value thoughtful design along with pro features as much as I do, you’ll find that Pocket Casts strikes the right balance between the two....
If you use an analog telephone adapter and a subscription-based Voice-over-IP (VoIP) service for your business, you can save money. Most of the technical problems with this technology stem from the ATA, so that’s the first place to look when troubleshooting. For a good diagnosis, you need to understand what the lights on the ATA mean. The lights help you figure out what’s going on. If they all work as they should, the problem is probably not with the ATA....
It’s not really a big secret that iTunes isn’t exactly the best media player out there. Although I really don’t have any issue with iTunes, I’ve seen the amount of hate that iTunes generates among Mac users. Sometimes, I too want a simplistic media player that will play any format I throw at it, and will neither require any library management. That is where Vox comes in. Vox is a music player that taps into your iTunes library, but really does not carry as much “junk” as iTunes does....
Most people are aware of the difference between left-click and right-click on a mouse, but there are so many other shortcuts that you can make by using all of the buttons on the mouse. Here are some tricks you can try that will reduce the amount of time it takes to complete some common word-processing and browsing activities. The Mouse’s Third Button Ask most people how many buttons a mouse has, and they will tell you there are two....
Home theaters and the other household electronics we use today transfer information digitally as computer code. However, it was the vacuum tube that started the home electronics boom in the first place. Learn why vacuum tube stereo systems are making a comeback in the 21st century. Why Are Vacuum Tube Stereos Still Around? In the years following the end of the Cold War, the traditional vacuum tube became common in high-end audio products....
Ever since the game became hugely popular and sold millions of copies in a few weeks, players are eagerly waiting for the next major update in the DLC roadmap. The upcoming update is called Hearth And Home and as the name suggests, it is related to your base that you have set up with a lot of hard work. Plus, there will be more additions to the cooking part of the game as well....
A system that lacks enough physical memory (RAM) will run significantly slower, as processes are moved between the RAM and swap. If a Linux system begins running slow, one of the first troubleshooting tasks is to free up physical memory. There are multiple tools available to monitor the memory usage on a Linux system, including top, which we have discussed. Smem is another tool, used for monitoring memory usage. In addition to displaying the memory use of processes on the command line, smem can also display a color coded pie and/or bar chart....
VR/AR headsets and smart glasses can be used to enhance the way you go about your day, changing how you interact with and experience the world around you. Since these terms are often incorrectly conflated, we’ve examined the distinctions to clear up what these devices are so that you can make an informed decision when choosing one over the other. Overall Findings VR/AR headsets and smart glasses are useful for different reasons....
This week on Pureinfotech: Microsoft released several April 2019 Update preview builds for testers with devices enrolled in the Windows Insider Program, including build 18358 and build 18356 in the Fast ring, build 18351.26, build 18351.8, and build 18351.7 in the Slow ring, and build 18855 in the Skip Ahead ring for the 20H1 development introducing a few minor improvements. As part of the March 2019 Patch Tuesday update, pretty much all versions of Windows 10 received updates to address a number of issues....
Apple AirPods are wireless Bluetooth earbuds designed specifically to work with your iPhone and iPad. But since they’re Bluetooth audio devices, you can also use them with almost any other computer or smartphone; you can even pair AirPods with an Apple TV. While Apple includes a simple pair of wired earbuds with every iOS device, AirPods offer a number of advantages that you might consider worth upgrading. How AirPods Are Different Than Earbuds Since the very first iPhone was released in 2007, Apple has included a simple pair of wired earbuds in the box....
What does Facebook User mean? You probably saw this term while scrolling through your old conversations. Actually, Facebook User is simply a stand-in term that Facebook uses to label conversations with users who have deactivated or deleted accounts. So you’re looking at your Facebook Messenger, scrolling through your conversations. Suddenly, you see something curious: a blank chat box without a profile picture on it. Weirdly enough, the mysterious profile doesn’t even have a name....
dasHost.exe (Device Association Framework Provider Host) is a file provided by Microsoft and used in Windows operating systems. Under normal circumstances, it shouldn’t be moved or deleted because it’s necessary for certain operations. dasHost.exe is used to connect wireless and wired devices to the computer, such as a printer or mouse. You’ll likely run into it only when browsing through Task Manager; it’s listed along with other running services. It’s also visible in the System32 folder....
