Gone are the days of dropping off film canisters or spending hours in a darkroom producing your own photos. Now in the digital era, our photo books are a wall of photos on our phones. That makes sharing pictures with loved ones convenient, just a few presses away. However, nothing beats the nostalgic feeling of …

There’s been a rising demand for cybersecurity in recent years, and it’s only increasing. Just like coding, learning fundamental cybersecurity skills can prove to be invaluable in a digital age, whether you want to start a career in cybersecurity or just better understand how to be more digitally secure in your everyday life.  Before you embark on learning about cybersecurity, …

Like 2021, summer 2022 is breaking a number of heat records. Austin, Texas reported that July is trending as one of the hottest on record at the Camp Mabry climate site. Overseas, the UK issued its first ever “Red Extreme” heat warning amid a devastating heat wave in Europe.  The first day of fall is Sept. 22, so it’s likely …

If you’re wanting to change careers, learning to code can give you the skills necessary to land one of the digital positions being offered by tech giants like Apple and Amazon. Knowing how to code not only expands your career options, but it also creates new prospects for remote employment, so you can work from home (or anywhere). You won’t …

You don’t need to go back to college or buy expensive tools to learn how to draw; all you need is an online art class. From figure drawing to illustration to graphic design, there are online drawing tutorials that can scratch the artsy itch.  We’ve pulled together five of the best drawing classes online to help you learn the fundamentals …

If you own a Pixel 6 (or a Pixel 6A or Pixel 7 in the future), there’s a camera tool that can put an end to photobombers ruining your treasured pictures. It’s called Magic Eraser. The tool gives you the power to remove unwanted items or people pulling focus from both new and old photos without compromising the background with …

Many workplaces navigating remote and hybrid models are using Microsoft Outlook services to help with communications, collaboration and productivity. Depending on where your coworkers are located, getting everyone into a meeting at a convenient time can get a bit hairy. Sharing your calendar with co-workers can be helpful for coordinating meetings and events. It’s also far easier than trying to …

Email signatures add a bit of polish and help people get in contact with you. But manually writing out your name and contact information in every message is tedious — and unnecessary. Automatic signatures save you from having to repeatedly write your contact information on every response.  If you use Microsoft Outlook for correspondence, you can automatically add a signature …

Emoji can be fun to use when texting friends and family, but you can only send so many laughing crying emoji before that emoji seems a little stale. If you’re getting bored with the current emoji options on your phone, we have good news: There are dozens of emoji keyboards you can download and use instead. These other keyboards offer everything from …

These days, a text can include a combination of words and emoji that most people understand. Some people even use emoji in place of acronyms like LOL. Emoji aren’t new, and their history traces back to the emoticons of the 1980s, like :-). However, emoji have gotten far more complex since then. Smileys are still present, but activities, animals and …