Up until recently, almost all mid- and low-end cameras were just accurate “tributes” to the style and functionality of the pricey GoPro cameras which started the craze. But now things have moved on and newer action camera makers are finding their voice. Right at the front of that mid-range development is the AKASO Brave 6 Plus Action Camera. AKASO Brave 6 Plus Action Camera The AKASO Brave 6 Plus is a modern, full-featured mid-range action camera....

Official Twitter for Android App The Twitter application is an obvious choice to start with. This is the official application and is made by Twitter. As you can imagine, this application will be the closest you will get to using the Twitter website. If your main focus is to see your feed and to send the occasional update, this might be the perfect application for you. You can search Twitter and follow people just like you can from the site....

What Do Apple Services Cost Individually? First things first. Let’s have a reminder of what Apple charges individually for each of its monthly services: Apple Music costs $9.99 for individuals and $14.99 for families.iCloud costs $0.99 for 50GB, $2.99 for 200GB and $9.99 for 2TB.Apple TV costs $4.99.Apple Arcade costs $4.99 for over 120 games. Apple News costs $9.99.Apple Fitness+ (available later this year) will cost $9.99 a month. Each of these services can be purchased separately, and you have the choice of subscribing to as many or as few as you like....

Where We Are Today Thinking back to 2010, it was so simple. You really had two major video streaming service options to choose from: Netflix or Hulu. While both services have dramatically increased their value since then, it was definitely a simpler time. Streaming services had yet to really take hold, and the future was truly unwritten. Last year was a perfect example of what the future of video streaming services will offer....

Do You Make The Twitter Grade? Tweet Grader is a free tool by HubSpot that gives you the opportunity to check the power of your Twitter profile compared to other Twitter users. Your score is based on an algorithm of certain criteria predetermined by Hubspot. To see your TweetGrade, just enter your Twitter name and press Grade to see your score. You will see your Twitter Rank, Follower Count, who you Follow, and your Grade along with a short bio of your account....

Q: How do I get a TACACS+ and RADIUS server working within Windows Server 2003? A: While this is more advanced than the stuff I usually answer, I’ll try to give you a shove in the right direction without elaborating too much. The Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System (TACACS+) is a network security protocol for authentication and accounting, and is distributed freely from the developer’s website. You can find TACACS+ for Windows Server 2003 over here....

If you happen to have an app on your Mac that does not support gestures but you wish it did, you now have a way to assign gestures to the app. There is a free app called Riverflow that lets you assign a gesture to a keyboard shortcut in the apps on your Mac. Basically what it does is let you accomplish a task using a predefined gesture that you would otherwise do with a keyboard shortcut....

By signing up for a free account, it is possible to have all of your email attachments uploaded from Gmail to one of several cloud storage services, such as Dropbox, Skydrive and Google Drive. This is useful enough, but there is scope to take things further. Filters can be configured so that emails are handled differently and to send different types of attachment to different online folders. This gives you a great way to automatically sort your Gmail attachments in a variety of ways so that files sent from particular people are backed up in one folder, while images are saved to another....

Our team of experts have been hopping between all of the major online laptop retailers in search of the absolute best bargains. We’ve compiled a list of our top finds just below, while also using a live blog further down so we can highlight the latest and greatest deals. We’ve made sure to include a variety of different laptops in our bargain hunt, championing discounts for Chromebooks, MacBooks, productivity powerhouses, gaming machines and everything in between....

Windows includes a tool called Windows System Information for checking the hardware and software details. You can check the basic details about your computer with it. To open this tool, go to Run and type in msinfo32. You can also get quick information by opening Computer properties (Windows Key + Break). The DirectX tool can be used to view information about the graphics and sound cards. However, these tools are still basic in nature and will not be able to give complete hardware and software information of the computer....

Chrome Toolbox Options Since you’re just adding features to Google Chrome, many of the features will be activated when an event takes place. By that I mean to be able to view pictures in a different way, there needs to be a picture in the browser window. To start out, you want to take a look at the options menu. You can get to this by clicking on the icon in the top right corner of your browser window....

Best Mac for Games When it comes to gaming, the iMac lineup is undoubtedly the best place to start in this Mac buyer’s guide. Yes, the 16” MacBook also adds a dedicated graphics card, but screen real estate still wins out. With that in mind, you have both the M1 iMac and the 27” iMac. The latter undoubtedly offers the best mix of screen size and quality with a 5K Retina display....

In order to create an HTML signature in the Mail app, you need to go through a nifty trick that gets the job done for you. Here’s how it works. Creating an HTML Signature Launch the Mail app on your Mac by clicking on Launchpad in your dock and searching for and clicking on the “Mail” app icon. When the app launches, click on the “File” menu and select “New Message” to compose a new email....

The implementation In this example, we are going to add the links of the various categories (of Make Tech Easier) to the jumplist. You can, of course, change/modify the links to the URL that you want to place. Open your theme file and place the following meta tag in between the and tag. If you are using WordPress, the tag is located at the header.php file in your theme folder. Things that you need to change: “name=xyz”: This is the name of the item that will appear on the jumplist, so make sure you give it a clear name “action-url=http://xyz....

Jiggyape is an online music player that provides a much better user interface than YouTube. Not only does it allows you to search for your favorite songs/artists, you can also create and save your playlist without having to login to your Youtube account or create a new user account. The best thing is, it is completely free, and there are no ads as well. Creating your playlist When you arrive at Jiggyape, you will see a big fat search bar right at the top of the site....

ZIP files are a great way to bundle together groups of related files while cutting down on storage space. That said, they also introduce a single point of failure. If that ZIP file is damaged or corrupted, all of a sudden you can’t access your files. Whether you’re dealing with files on a hard drive or stored on another sort of media, this can be a big problem. Fortunately, thanks to Recovery ToolBox for ZIP, a damaged ZIP file doesn’t mean that your files are gone for good....

Now, before we get going too far down the road, you probably want to first read about what Windows System Restore can and cannot do for your PC. System Restore is the precursor to the recovery process built into Windows 8.x and Windows 10. Understanding its beginnings may give your system recovery efforts a better chance at success. Note: reducing worry and stress due to a dead or dying computer or hard drive is all about preparation....

However, this question has been raised many times before, but now there is much more riding on it than before. With mass shootings such an issue in the United States, it’s being suggested that video games are to blame. So we posed this question to our writers: “Do you think that violent video games can do harm?” It turned out to be a very interesting, enlightening discussion. Our Discussion Alex spoke up right away....

In fact, a smooth upgrade and downgrade process is one those improved features of Windows 10. And if you would like to downgrade, here is how you can to a previous version of Windows from Windows 10. Note: even though I’m downgrading to Windows 7 from Windows 10, the procedure is the same even if you want to downgrade to Windows 8 or 8.1. Things to Know and Do Before Downgrading Before downgrading from Windows 10, there are a few things you should know and do....

The objective of this article is to introduce you to a few simple computer maintenance tricks. The first task on any PC maintenance techniques list is to ensure that your computer is free from malware infections and is protected against malicious external intrusions. Two important tools that help you ensure this are antivirus and antispyware tools. You must keep these tools updated with the latest definitions released by their manufactures, turn-on their real-time protection feature, and run regular full system scans to ensure that your system is free from any malicious information....