How to Set Up the Roav Viva Alexa Car Charger

If you want Alexa in your car, the Roav Viva is an Alexa-enabled car charger that can make that happen for about the price of an Echo Dot. Here’s how it works and how to set it up.

The Best Wireless Headphones For Your Xbox One

In many games the ability to hear in-game cues clearly is the difference between victory and respawn.

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Simplifying the Fortification of your Data Lake with Apache Knox

This blog is a first in a series of security-related blogs that we plan to publish in the near future. It’s a myth that usability and security are mutually exclusive. In this blog, we’ll try to dispel it in the context of Apache Knox. For those who are not familiar with Apache Knox, it is: […]

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The Best Camera Bags Daily Use, Travel, And More

If you want to carry your camera safely you need a dedicated c…

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Here’s Why Microsoft Can’t Make Windows 10 Visually Consistent

Windows 10 is great, but it’s also kind of a mess visually. Why is that?

JBL’s Smart Display With Google Assistant Drops September 3rd For $250

JBL’s Google-powered smart display will land on store shelves on September 3rd.

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Heads Up: Your Ancient Reddit Password is Compromised

If you still use the same Reddit password you did in 2007, wow: you’ve been on Reddit a long time. Also your password is compromised.

How to Change the Default Search Location in Microsoft Outlook

When you perform a search in Outlook, it defaults to searching only the current folder. You can change what you’re searching on the fly, but you can also set that default behavior to be something different.

How Does Android Messages for Web Compare to Similar Apps?

We’ve long had the ability to send text messages from a computer with third party apps like Pushbullet and MightyText. Google has now finally added this functionality to its Android text messaging app. But how does it compare to the tools we’ve had for so long?

Cure Your TV Cable Management Problem With a Behind-the-Wall Kit

There are plenty of ways to disguise cables in your home theater, but nothing will ever be quite as clean as invisible.

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How to Plan a Road Trip with Multiple Destinations on Google Maps

Whether you’re planning a day out on the town, or want to orchestrate the perfect road trip across the country, Google Maps allows you to add up to nine stops, excluding your starting point, when you make directions from both the website and the Maps app. Here’s how you do it.

Here’s What You Should Use Instead of CCleaner

CCleaner just became worse. The popular system-cleaning tool now always runs in the background, nagging you and reporting anonymous data back to the company’s servers. We don’t recommend you upgrade to CCleaner 4.45. Here’s what you should use instead.

CCleaner’s Sketchy Data Collection Feature Automatically Re-Enables Itself

CCleaner’s latest version, 5.45, collects anonymized information about your system, then basically makes it impossible for you to turn the feature off.

First Class GPUs support in Apache Hadoop 3.1, YARN & HDP 3.0

This blog is also co-authored by Zian Chen and Sunil Govindan from Hortonworks. Introduction – Apache Hadoop 3.1, YARN, & HDP 3.0 GPUs are increasingly becoming a key tool for many big data applications. Deep-learning / machine learning, data analytics, Genome Sequencing etc all have applications that rely on GPUs for tractable performance. In many cases, […]

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The Best Indoor Bike Trainers for Every Budget and Discipline

For cyclists, winter is a rough time of year.

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How to Set Up and Install the Nest Protect Smart Smoke Alarm

If you want to add a bit more convenience and safety to your home’s smoke alarm setup, the Nest Protect comes with a handful of great features to make that a reality. Here’s how to set it up and what all you can do with it.

Geek Trivia: The Modern Drinking Fountain Was Invented To Combat?

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Neato’s Botvac D7 Robot Vacuum Can Remember Maps For Multiple Floors In Your Home

Most of the smarter robot vacuums these days can make a map of your home and remember the quickest route through.

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Quickly Load the Cached Version of Any Website with This URL Trick

Can’t get a particular page to open? Just add cache: in front of the URL and Google’s cached copy will open instantly.

How to Turn Off Those Annoying New Google Maps Notifications

Tired of Google Maps notifications alerting you to “Rising Foodie Stars?” Me too. Here’s how to turn them off.

Lenovo Smart Display Review: Google Home Gets a Much Needed (But Expensive) Upgrade

Lenovo has introduced the first of the Google Assistant-enabled smart displays.

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Fast Track to Optimize Your Enterprise Data Warehouse

Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) is traditionally used for generating reports and answering pre-defined queries, where workloads and requirements for service level are static. The drawback is that the platforms impose rigidity, because the schemas must be modeled in advance for queries that are anticipated. Constrained by this limitation, users cannot freely explore and ask questions […]

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How to Enable Dark Mode in Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office includes black and dark gray themes. Windows 10’s system-wide dark mode won’t affect Office apps, but you can choose a dark theme for Office apps like Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

How to Block Messages from Annoying People in Gmail

Raise your hand if you ever had someone that just won’t stop bugging you and keeps sending you unwanted emails. Sure, you could change your phone number and move 3,000 miles away, but changing your email is out of the question! Today we’ll learn how to auto-delete their annoying emails from ever reaching your inbox.

The Best Premium Office Chairs For Back Support, Comfort, And More

Your office chair is something might use for years, and, in the process, rest your body on it almost as much as your bed.

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How to Create a Microsoft account

A Microsoft account is required for most things you do in the Microsoft ecosystem—signing into their various services and apps, and even into Windows itself. Here’s how to create one.

How To Add USB-C Ports To Your Windows PC

USB-C is becoming the standard for connection among laptops and mobile devices. But if your laptop or desktop PC is lacking in ports and you don’t want to replace it, you’ll need an alternative. Here are a few.

In Bengaluru, over 120 electric charging points are set to come up in next 6 months

“Electric charging points will be set up in 124 places such as metro stations, airport, BDA complexes, software parks and shopping malls. We are yet to decide where exactly these charging points will come up on these campuses,” a Bescom official

What Is a MOBI File (and How Do I Open One)?

A file with the .MOBI file extension is used for storing eBooks. It was originally a Mobipocket Reader format but has since been adopted by several different readers as well. Amazon purchased Mobipocket in 2005, and later discontinued the MOBI format in 2011.

The Best Accessories To Turn Your Chromebook Into A Powerhouse Workstation

So you have a shiny new Chromebook and want to give it a little oomph. There are definitely some neat accessories out there to superch…

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