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MakeUseOfby Christine Persaud4d ago
I use Waze virtually every day. Even when I know where I'm going, I still plug the address into my phone and let it navigate through Apple CarPlay in my vehicle. Why?
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi4d ago
Bluetooth headphones can go from perfectly normal to embarrassingly bad audio without disconnecting, stuttering, or giving you any useful clue about what happened.
MakeUseOfby Chris Hachey4d ago
When I moved into my house, I was all excited about working on my lawn. Growing up, I would cut the grass in my yard and enjoyed using the riding mower to keep the lawn looking fresh.
MakeUseOfby Shimul Sood4d ago
I’ve been spending a lot of time with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra lately, and in the process, I’ve been putting One UI 9 through its paces.
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu4d ago
I used Windows 10 for years, and with Microsoft pulling the plug on it, several machines like my 2015 HP EliteBook 850 G2 will be left behind.
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell4d ago
The horror genre translates especially well from book to screen, and with Halloween just around the corner, Mike Flanagan’s new miniseries of Stephen King's classic Carrie is available to watch on...
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan4d ago
In times like these, buying a gaming PC seems impossible due to the absurd component prices, thanks to the AI-led memory and storage shortage.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi4d ago
For years, getting into a car or riding my bike meant mounting my phone to the dashboard, opening Google Maps, starting some music, and plugging my phone in. It seemed like the perfect setup.
MakeUseOfby Brady Klinger-Meyers4d ago
I’ve been running an experiment with Plex for a good while, taking my small collection of DVDs and Blu-rays, ripping them, and hosting them on a separate computer of mine.
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah5d ago
A smart TV seems like a harmless device for streaming content, but it’s easily the most invasive gadget in your living room.
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef5d ago
When a Windows PC crashes, it's hard to tell what triggered it. Often, it's a bad driver or newly installed hardware such as a new memory module or a USB device.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi5d ago
For a long time, I assumed the keyboard switch I enjoyed the most would naturally be the one that helped me type best. Blue switches seemed to confirm that theory.
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah5d ago
Storage is precious (and now expensive too), so anyone running a PC with a smaller SSD has to manage it smartly. That also means doing everything possible to stop Windows itself from wasting space.
MakeUseOfby Oluwaseun Bamisile5d ago
Every device, whether mechanical or electronic, eventually suffers from wear and tear, and SSDs are no exception. The more you use one, the more its memory cells are eventually subjected to wear.
MakeUseOfby Sagar Naresh5d ago
I always felt Android's privacy options were half-baked. Even though it gives a lot of tools for manual control, to be frank, I often feel the built-in toggles aren't enough.
MakeUseOfby Kanika Gogia5d ago
Whenever my PC acted weirdly, I used to hit the Ctrl + Shift + Esc key combo. That’s the ritual of every Windows user.
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu5d ago
After setting up Bitwarden a few years ago, I've barely bothered to change any settings because it just works.
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman5d ago
Have you ever woken up to a dead battery just because your phone's charger came loose, or perhaps your phone's alignment on its wireless charger shifted?
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef5d ago
When trying to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity issues on my old Android phone, I was fiddling with QoS-style features, hoping that something would fix the problem.
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder5d ago
Googlebooks are here, and in a sentence, they're premium laptops that run Googlebook OS — something of a hybrid between Android and ChromeOS.
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