Note: Before you start, make sure you’re logging with the same Windows Account on your Windows 8 system and your Xbox Live account on your console. On your Windows 8 system, launch Xbox Companion from the Metro Start screen. if you don’t have it listed on your Start screen you can download it from the App Marketplace. Click I Accept to the Xbox Companion Beta Program Agreement. Now, turn on your Xbox console....

The Awkward Phone Moment We’ve all had it happen: you’re in a meeting, forgot to silence your phone, and suddenly you’re the center of attention because it rings, vibrates, or an alarm goes off. Then, while everyone is staring at you, you’re fidgeting with your phone to unlock it, and find the right place to turn the noise off. Whew! Then some clever person in the group says a stupid joke, you laugh uncomfortably, etc....

In the new 3.1 platform, one of the biggest changes is the new internal linking system. If you are writing in the WordPress interface it will now allow you to Select a new option to link to existing content. This feature was added to the normal hyperlink button on the tools menu, and it will automatically generate a list of recent internal links or allow you to use a search function to find the appropriate one....

From the main menu scroll to and select My Xbox » Family Settings. On the Console Safety screen select On. Now you can adjust the family safety settings. Ratings and Content lets you restrict games, movies and TV shows by age. Under Game Rating select the game ratings they can play. In Movie Ratings, set the movies to allow. Allow or block explicit content. This setting blocks explicit video and music....

Saving to the cloud is just like saving to a memory card connected to your console. You don’t have to carry the memory unit around with you. Your game saves, Microsoft points, Dashboard backgrounds, achievements and more are saved on Xbox Live servers. To enable your Cloud Storage account, make sure you’re signed into Xbox Live. Then from the main menu, navigate to Settings » System. On the System Settings screen select Storage....

I guess I’ll need to make other arrangements. Any groovyReaders out there already grab one of these? What do you think? Feedback? Drop a note in the comments. Would love to hear about it. You should buy that guy and sell it on Ebay for $900.00 ;) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Xbox-One-Latest-Model-500-GB-Black-Console-/251397212862?pt=Video_Games&hash=item3a88710abe Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

Even if you don’t have the Kinect, your console starts up much faster (two seconds according to Microsoft) with the Instant-On setting enabled. While this is a convenient feature, it also requires more electricity, and, while the extra cost on your electric bill may seem negligible to some, about $20 more per year, you might want to conserve the energy and save a bit of money as well. If every Xbox One owner would do this in the United States, it’s estimated that we could save up to $250 million per year in energy costs....

The idea is to offer a new way to search. And that’s because Axis (which you can get here) doesn’t show, like other browsers, strings of text results. It offers visual previews of the pages it has found (of course, it also has predictive text), making it easier for users to pick what they need and browse through the respective previews. Also, by logging in with their Yahoo, Google or Facebook ID users can pick up where they left off on another device....

Paramount Plus $4.99/Week Essentials Subscription Unlike the previous $5.99/month tier that initially launched with Paramount Plus, the new ad-supported subscription is only $4.99/month. However, while it does include national news coverage from the likes of CBSN, it will no longer include local news coverage for your region. Now, for the extra local news coverage, you’ll need to bump up to the ad-free tier which goes for $9.99/month. It is worth noting, though, that if you’re a current subscriber to Paramount Plus with limited commercials, you can stay on it....

No, I didn’t mean, ya know, hot. This all legit, legal, and not crippled trial versions. The cost? Zero, nada, and zilch. That’s right! Adobe Systems is giving it away! The catch? Well, there is the fact that all the software is from CS2 versions or thereabouts for programs such as Acrobat Pro, and Photoshop Elements. CS2 was released in 2005, and so you’re not getting the latest cutting-edge tools....

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You set it up through the Alexa app on your iPhone or Android device. Select Your Voice in settings and then walk through a series of demos that familiarize the software with your voice. The company posted a video on its Help Page that will give you additional details about how to set up Alexa Voice Profiles and different ways that you can use them. Comment Name * Email *...

All you have to do is to click the little “+” sign next to the incompatibility notification, in Google Play Store on your computer. You’ll get an explanation like the one below, if the app be unavailable where you are. Or like this one if, for some reason, your Android device’s software or hardware is not compatible with the app. While you still won’t be able to run it, at least you’ll know why that is....

This app is definitely welcome for fans of Podcasts. It lets you subscribe to podcasts directly on your device without having to sync with iTunes on your computer. This will also make it easier for iDevice users who aren’t familiar with podcasts by providing an easier way to start discovering them. Right now, the app is currently featured in the Apple iTunes Store where you can download it. Start the app, and you get a cool radio dial interface you can scroll through to select different podcast categories....

Apple TV tvOS 12 Dolby Atmos on Apple TV 4K: If you have the latest 4K Apple TV, your audio will be upgraded to the high-quality surround sound format of Atmos. Of course, to take full advantage of the new sound technology you will need a dedicated Atmos speakers setup or an Atmos soundbar, for example. Apple also says it has the largest catalog of Atmos movie titles. And it will upgrade titles you’ve purchased if Atmos is added....

According to the email announcement, prices for the physical backup solutions have remained the same – $99 for the USB flash drive and $189 for the hard drive, but capacity has been increased to up to 64 GB and, respectively, up to 3 TB. They used to be 32 GB and 1 TB. Backbaze is a backup service that offers its customers the possibility to recover data uploaded to it via a download, but also on a flash drive or external hard drive....

I’ve talked a lot about CCLeaner over the years as it’s one of my favorite security/privacy Freeware packages out there for both MAC and Windows. You can use it to clear privacy data off your PC as well as manage startup programs. The publisher of the software Piriform has other great titles we’ve written about like a freeware file/folder recovery or undelete product Recurva or system inventory tool Speccy. All are worth a look if you ever need to recover a file or get detailed info on your system....

First, let’s look at the MANUAL way to Clear Browsing History and Private Data in Firefox: Open Firefox and Click Tools, Clear Private Data TIP: You can also use the Keyboard Shortcuts by Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Del with Firefox open 2. Check any or all items you want to clear/delete. Click Clear Private Data Now and YOU’RE DONE! Now let’s review the How-To configure Firefox to Clear the Browsing History, Cache, Cookies, etc....

What is Carbon Copy Cloner 6? Created by Bombich, Carbon Copy Cloner 6 has two purposes. It allows you to create a one-time clone of your complete Mac and perform regular backups. Along the way, you’ll discover various features Bombich says, “you wish Time Machine did (and more!).” These include: Flexible backup options make it possible to create a backup on your external drive or another Mac, or simply an individual folder or an entire external hard drive....

Note: If your inbox is full and bursting at the seams with emails, this would be a bad thing to do unless you want to wait for all of them to download completely. Granted, if you have the time, it shouldn’t be a problem. How to Force Outlook to Completely Download IMAP Items In Outlook, click the Send/Receive tab, click Send/Receive Groups and select Define Send/Receive Groups. Click the Edit button....