Everyone has been in a situation where they’ve been emailed images that are sideways or upside down. It’s easy enough to resolve this issue by rotating the image using one of many basic image editors that are pre-installed on most PCs and Macs. However, what if you receive a PDF file where some of the pages are upside down or turned sideways? This is a trickier problem … [Read more...]
You Can Use A VPN To Unlock Regional Content on the Amazon Fire Stick
Amazon Fire Stick is a major competitor to Google Chromecast and Roku, with Amazon diving ever deeper into the digital content creation pool. There is so much to watch on Amazon alone, and using the Fire Stick you can access all other streaming services. Of course, the content you have access to depends on where you are in the world. If you're not in the US, you may have a … [Read more...]
How to stop Edge “tips” from showing every time you launch Chrome or Firefox
I recently rebuilt my home computer with Windows 10 Anniversary Update. I use Chrome as my default browser but I typically have a second browser for testing websites and keeping another Gmail account open. That second browser is normally Firefox but they have been falling out of favor with Pocket integration, Firefox Hello, and other annoyances. As one less program to install, … [Read more...]
Nexus 6P powers off when battery hits 25%
Android's fragmentation and carrier-delayed updates are the mobile platform's biggest drawbacks. That's the reason why I went with the Nexus line for my latest smartphone. A couple months ago I was able to update my Nexus 6P to Android 7.0 Nougat with an OTA update. While I enjoyed most of the new features of Nougat, I began to notice a problem whenever my battery would get low … [Read more...]
How to ‘Unblock’ multiple files at a time with PowerShell
If you have been frustrated by the warning message on Windows computers "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer.", you are not alone. The warning might pop up when you try to open a file that you downloaded from the Internet. It can cause a decent amount of frustration because of the way it is implemented. If you right-click … [Read more...]