Now playing: Watch this: The Moto Z and Z Force use magnets to snap on cool mods 1:27 Lenovo on Thursday announced two new Motorola smartphones, the Moto Z and Moto Z Force. The two devices breakaway from the Moto X design we’ve seen for the last few years, and add hot-swappable modules, Moto Mods. …
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8 things every Pebble Time user should know
Pebble Time is a user-friendly smartwatch with a battery that seems to never stop. At least, when compared to the single-day battery life of competing smartwatches from Apple and Google’s Android Wear. Despite its user-friendly design, there are still some tips and tricks hiding under your sleeve. So if you’ve recently picked up a Pebble Time or have had one …
Read More »Google’s secret keyboard feature lets you easily move the cursor
We’ve all experienced a situation where you’re typing a message or email on your phone, notice a typo and need to fix it. The process usually involves tapping on the screen in an attempt to place the cursor where you want it, but instead your phone puts the cursor a row too high or low. Then you tap again, and …
Read More »How to take a screenshot on the Raspberry Pi
So you have Raspbian installed on your Raspberry Pi, maybe you’ve even installed Minecraft and are busy building and modding. Now you want to take a screenshot of your setup to show some friends, but how? You use Scrot, which is short for screenshot. Clever name aside, you’ll need to install Scrot on your Pi and then familiarize yourself with …
Read More »How to uninstall a TarDisk from your Mac
We recently walked you through how to double your Mac’s storage with a small accessory called TarDisk. As was mentioned in our guide, installing TarDisk should be viewed as a permanent solution for your storage woes. With that said, computers don’t last forever and there is bound to come a time when you need to remove a TarDisk from your …
Read More »10 things Apple Music users need to know
When Apple Music launched, it was immediately apparent the app wasn’t as intuitive as we had come to expect from Apple, a company known for thinking through each feature down to the pixel. While Apple has worked hard to update the Music app since its release, there are still some features that are hard to find. Here are 10 things …
Read More »Apple CarPlay: A guide to connecting your iPhone to your car
Getting a new car is fun, until you get into the infotainment system. Car makers — whose expertise is in vehicles, not software — tend to build overly complicated systems that make you feel like a caveman using a smartphone for the very first time. That’s not a good thing when you have other priorities. For instance, keeping your eyes …
Read More »Get the full version of Minecraft running on a Raspberry Pi
Installing Raspbian on your Raspberry Pi means you’ll find Minecraft Pi in the Games section. Minecraft Pi is a bare-bones version of the popular survival game designed to help teach users various programming languages. Sure, it’s fun, but it’s not the Minecraft game we’ve come to know and love. As with all things Raspberry Pi, a group of users have …
Read More »How to add loyalty and membership cards to Samsung Pay
Your wallet is about to get a little bit lighter. Samsung Pay now lets you add membership and loyalty cards to the app, so you can add cards from places like your local library, club stores like Costco, or loyalty cards from places like Starbucks or CVS. Before you can add the new card type to Samsung Pay, update the …
Read More »5 things to know about Google’s VR
True virtual reality — not just Cardboard — might be a part of your next Android phone. Android VR — officially called Daydream — is now a thing, and it’s coming later this year alongside the release of Android N. Google’s VR aspirations are very similar to what Samsung is already doing with its Gear VR headset. You’ll use a …
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