1. My Abandonware My Abandonware is a treasure trove of older video games (mainly for the PC) that have been “abandoned” by their developers. The site features a slew of instantly recognizable titles from first-person shooters like “Doom” to real time strategy games like “WarCraft II.” With over 14,000 titles spanning from 1978 to 2017, it’s safe to say that there is something for everyone. It is important to note the legality of sites that host “abandonware” software....

1. Akismet Akismet by Automattic is included by default in WordPress. When you install WordPress, Akismet is already there. However, in order to use it, you need to get an API key. If you plan to use Akismet for personal and non-commercial use for up to 50,000 comments a month, it’s free. For commercial uses and/or more checks, there are paid plans. When a new comment is submitted to your site, it’s automatically sent to Akismet’s cloud servers where it’s checked....

There are plenty of applications that can do this job for you. In this article, we go through some of the best apps you can use to benchmark your device. What Are Benchmarks and Why You Should Benchmark Your Phone Simply put, benchmarking means testing a device against industry standards to see where it stands among other similar products. A benchmark app’s job is to simulate what would happen if your smartphone is put through rigorous use to figure out the upper limits of its capacities....

1. Screenshot and Record Your Screen To use the Xbox Game Bar’s screenshot and record feature, you need to be in an active window of any app, software, or game. Note that the tool can’t screenshot or record the Windows desktop or File Explorer. Take a Screenshot Note: if you can’t find the Capture window, click on the Capture icon from the top menu. Tip: check out some of the methods for taking a scrolling screenshot on your Windows PC....

Once you’ve signed up with an email service provider, you’ll want to grow your email list. There are plenty of ways to integrate email subscription forms on your website, but if you don’t do it right your email marketing campaign will fail. In this article I will go over five of the best WordPress plugins trusted by millions of users to help you increase your email subscribers and generate leads for your website....

Apple recently released macOS Catalina as a replacement for macOS Mojave. However, this new software release hasn’t been all rosy for the tech giant. It appears that every new OS update to fix these problems by the tech giant leads to new ones popping up. While we keep our fingers crossed that a “fix-it-all” update gets released, here’s how to fix some of the problems. MacOS Catalina Download Problems Make sure you know everything about the OS before you download it....

Please note that there are more than six tools and secrets. There’s no doubt there are many, many more. This list just goes over the most useful and relevant items out there. 1. NEnhancer If you’re looking for a better Netflix viewing experience in the web browser, NEnhancer for Chrome is a wonderful tool to check out. When you install it to your browser you’ll be shown trailers of the content you’re looking to watch along with Internet Movie Database (IMDB) and Rotten Tomatoes ratings next to each item, and many, many other features (hiding suggestions, rows of items in Netflix, etc....

With the following Android apps, you’ll be able to scan your document by simply taking a picture. Not only that, but you can turn your scanned document into a PDF and easily share it with colleagues and friends. 1. Google Drive Price: Free Google Drive comes pre-installed on most Android devices these days, making the app our first choice on the list of best scanning apps for Android, as you won’t have to install any additional apps to do the work....

1. Itemtopia Itemtopia (Android / iOS) is designed to help you track everything from your book collection to receipts. Take images, add pricing, create custom fields, and even add unique spaces to track where your belongings are at any time. It’s a surprisingly powerful app that’s ad-free and free to use with no limitations. Small businesses and teams will also love how easy it is to track finances and inventory. Pros:...

Why 802.11ax Was Created There comes a time in every standard’s life when you see its limitations, and they get so annoying that you decide to go back to the drawing board. In short, this is what made 802.11ax come into being. Of course, the story is a little more complicated than that. Imagine a crowded place – an auditorium – with over a thousand people, each with their smartphones whipped out trying to upload pictures they just took of an event they’re participating in....

1. Quandl for Excel Quandl is one of the best data analyst tools that helps you save a lot of time and effort gathering and formatting all the data you want. The good thing about Quandl Add-in for Excel is that it allows you to search through massive datasets for free and without any restrictions whatsoever. Moreover, you can also download the datasets you need in any format you want....

1. Mozilla Thunderbird Mozilla’s Thunderbird is the most popular email client available for Linux – for good reason. Thunderbird is both intuitive and simple to use and a whole productivity suite rolled into one. Thunderbird can handle your email alongside your calendar, your To-Do lists and even your USENET groups. Not only that, Thunderbird can also has a number of advanced features such as: The ability to have basic frequency graphs for email headers that can be used for a basic id....

The app linuxmessenger is a Linux clone of the Facebook Messenger for Windows. It allows you to login to your Facebook account and chat with your friends with a Facebook look-alike interface. Installation The installation of limuxmessenger is pretty straightforward, even though it doesn’t come with a PPA. First download the zip file from its github page. Extract it to your Home folder. You should see a folder like “linuxmessenger-master”....

How to get started with PowerToys Downloading and setting up PowerToys in Windows 10 is pretty easy: Download the latest version from the GitHub releases page (you’ll probably want to download the .msi file) or by using Chocolatey (directions available on their main GitHub page). If you downloaded the .msi file, install it and launch PowerToys. Find the program in your Windows taskbar and double-click it. Here, you can toggle the features on and off and also control whether PowerToys runs at startup....

iPod Controls from Lock Screen – Speaking of the iPod controls, you can also reach it from the Lock screen via the Home button. When your phone is on Lock, and you hit the Unlock button, instead of hitting the slider to unlock the phone, click the Home button twice and it brings up the iPod controls, with forward and reverse, play/pause, and volume. Voice Control – When your focus is on doing tasks that don’t involve your iPhone, the Voice Control option can be a handy feature....

Use it wisely, however, and this tool can take your gaming up a few notches. So to help you, here’s a list of all the main features you’ll find in Radeon Software Settings, with a particular focus on the “Gaming” and “Display” sections. Graphics Radeon Anti-Lag This feature is designed to reduce input lag by making sure the CPU and GPU speeds are in sync with each other. Sounds great, especially with its promise of up to 32% input lag reduction, but in reality a given game has to support the feature, which may limit its benefits....

Marqueed does what they can to make you feel comfortable about trying out the service from the very beginning. Opening up the site, they offer you choices to try it out, sign up for free, log in, or watch a video showing what Marqueed can be used for. I watched the video, then tried it out before signing up. With all the things we sign up for online, why add to that until we know for sure that we want to?...

Think about that for a minute. If somebody, a complete stranger, were to access your phone, would you be comfortable with them having access to all of the information they could get from your phone? Securing your Android phone or tablet is actually quite easy. The Android OS offers a few different options to secure it so that no one will have access to your information. I am going to briefly cover what the different Android lock screen options are and which one holds the most security....

Read on to learn how apps in the Google Play Store were made less safe after a revision to the Data Privacy Policy. Apple’s Plans for 3rd Party App Stores It was reported that employees with Apple’s software engineering and services department are working on making the Apple platform more open. It would lead to iPhone and iPad users being allowed to download third-party software that doesn’t have to go through the App Store....

Black Friday is the perfect time to upgrade your home appliances, especially with deals like these. We’ve found this incredible discount on the Philips Essential XL Air Fryer, which is the lowest price Argos has ever sold it for at just £150. If you’re after even more deals, make sure you check out our best Black Friday deals round-up, which will be updated throughout the entire sale every time we find another great discount....