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Last week, Apple silently updated its completely wireless AirPods earbuds to version 3.5.1. The move came as a surprise to many as Apple hadn’t made it explicitly clear that the AirPods were capable of receiving firmware updates. Nevertheless, read on for how to check the firmware of your AirPods and update it… The process of checking and updating your AirPods is relatively straightforward once you realize it’s even a possibility, but Apple doesn’t make it very obvious as to how to start the process....

Content creators are a not-so-secret superpower for extending your brand’s or campaign’s reach. In a recent creator report, Sprout Social’s listening tool found that the conversation on Twitter around content creators increased 35% year over year since 2017. That’s a lot of chatter around a quickly-growing title. And businesses are catching on. Our research found that 74% of marketers planned to spend at least a quarter of their social budget on creator partnerships in coming months....

Although there are numerous services offering disposable email addresses, it is a tedious process, in most cases, to set them up every time you want a new address to sign up for a service. An alternative to this is to create your own temporary system with Gmail using Google Apps Script, which comes from one of the popular blogs on the internet, labnol. Here’s how to use the script and create a disposable email address with Gmail....

Apple’s Face ID is one of the most appreciated features of iPhone smartphones. While many other manufacturers of Android devices tried to implement a similar function in their phones, none of them managed to reach the level of security that Face ID provides. However, Samsung has finally decided to add face recognition to Galaxy S10, S10E, and S10 Plus. While there are some issues that users reported about the face recognition on Galaxy S10 smartphones, such as the fact that it might be fooled by just a photo, the facial recognition feature on Galaxy S10, S10E, and S10 Plus is still a helpful function to lock your phone and secure it....

What is Live Listen? First introduced in 2014, Live Listen lets your mobile device serve as a remote microphone. Originally intended to work with MFI-compatible hearing aids, the technology expanded to AirPods four years later. Today, your earbuds can act as substitute hearing aids. With Live Listen, you can also use your mobile device as a directional microphone, then listen to the audio through your AirPods or AirPods Pro. Live Listen has become a popular choice for parents since it can separate voice from background noise....

Many of our customers enjoy the ability to integrate with Google Reader to aggregate their RSS and social content in a single place. Being able to share all that content right in Sprout is a huge time saver and functionality that our users have come to love and appreciate. So, many of you were likely disappointed to hear that Google will retire its RSS reader service on July 1st of this year....

However, this is not the first time a feature like this has been rolled out to a keyboard app. Earlier, Google also included a search bar on its Gboard keyboard that allowed users to look up anything on the internet in between an on-going conversation. How to use the built-in search tool for SwiftKey As you would expect, Bing is the default search engine here! Here is how it works....

In this way, we don’t need to remember the password for later use. However, the problem kicks in while connecting a second device to the WiFi network. Since we don’t remember the password, we have to ask the password again to the WiFi owner which might look embarrassing. Steps To View Saved WiFi Passwords On Android So, to avoid such unpleasant moments, one needs to figure out a way to access the saved passwords on Android....

The international epic drama series Pachinko debuts today on Apple TV+. Pachinko tells the story of a Korean family who immigrate to Japan in the 20th century, at a time when Japanese attitudes towards Koreans was far from amicable. The first three episodes are streaming now. The series is based on a novel of the same name, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. The plot explores the typical 20th-century Korean experience of Japan, rife with racism and stereotypes....

The second season of Apple’s star-studded drama series The Morning Show has launched on Apple TV+, starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston. Here’s what it’s all about. Apple TV+ launched in November 2019 with the The Morning Show as its leading flagship title. Jennifer Aniston stars as a famous anchor on a popular morning news show. The show opens as her co-anchor Mitch Kessler — played by Steve Carell — is fired for sexual misconduct allegations....

If you don’t have a Smart TV, a Chromecast provides a good way for you to make your TV smart. For example, a Chromecast connects to your TV via HDMI and uses Wi-Fi to cast content from your phone to your TV monitor. There are a few different ways to use your Chromecast without Wi-Fi. For example, you can use guest mode or switch to using your smartphone’s WiFi hotspot....

Application whitelisting and the removal of local administrator access from day-to-day user accounts are two of the best ways to prevent the installation of ransomware applications. However, these approaches are not always technologically or politically possible. Windows 10 controlled folder access is another option for organizations. Controlled folder access (CFA) prevents untrusted applications from making changes to essential folders. Deployed as part of Windows Defender, CFA can prevent malicious applications installed by users from encrypting files in folders identified by Microsoft and the organization....

It’s great to see big changes like home screen widgets with iOS 14, but sometimes the tiny changes can add up to offer some valuable improvements in day-to-day use. One of these small new features is the iPhone emoji search option in iOS 14. The option to search emoji has existed on Mac for years and users have been asking for the ability on iPhone and iPad for a long time....

The keynote starts at 10:00 a.m. (T), we’ll be there covering the conference all day. This isn’t your only viewing option for the remainder of the conference, however. Many of the other events developer sessions will be live streamed from the official I/O site. Sessions include at’s New in Android, Introducing oject Tango Area arning, Android Auto: The Road Ahead. Better yet, is on the ground here at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, so follow us here on Twitter to get live updates throughout I/O....

But few industries are more visibly impacted than Hollywood, which has seen an unprecedented decline in both business and movie attendance. As if things weren’t hard enough with the streaming industry breathing down its neck. Tap or click here to see how all the streaming services compare. The epidemic is hurting the movie industry so badly that theaters across America are closing indefinitely. But Hollywood doesn’t plan on taking this crisis lying down....

You may not be able to travel to any other place due to COVID 19 pandemic, but you can travel back in time thanks to Google Earth’s new feature. Recently, Google added a new Timelapse feature on its Google Map that allows you to see Planet Earn in an entirely new dimension. In the biggest update to Google Earth since 2017, Google has added a new Timelapse feature. The timelapse video shows how things have changed over the past 37 years on Planet Earth....

In today’s digital world, who does not share files? Almost everyone with a smart device does. Be it for personal entertainment or professional usage, files in the form of Videos are widely shared amongst users across the world. Though video files are definitely entertaining and ample to watch, due to their size they are hard to share as well. Video files are generally lengthy and acquire more MB space when you share, upload, or download them....

We switch the color mode and change the wallpaper whenever we think of customization. However, you can do more with Windows 10/11 when it comes to customization. For example, you can easily set video as a wallpaper on Windows 10/11 operating system in few easy steps. BioniX Wallpaper Changer This article will share another best Windows 10/11 customization trick that allows you to use animated GIFs as wallpaper. The process will be super easy, but it relies on a third-party app called ‘BioniX wallpaper changer....

Reminders App Refreshed Before iOS 13, the Reminders app offered a basic, list-style view short on customization and features. Yes, it got the job done, but it was little more than adequate. The new version is more intuitive and flexible and lets you create reminders with subtasks and attachments. You can also set alerts based on time and location, incorporate Apple’s Siri Shortcuts, and more. An Overview The main Reminders screen now includes five main sections, Today, Scheduled, All, Flagged, and My Lists....

Health is always the costliest wealth an individual has. When health is lost everything is lost is proverb with the perfect meaning. Getting track of your health is important in today’s world. The smartphone which evolved as the only gadget needed by man today can help you track your health too. The growth of smartphone into an important part of man’s everyday life can be witnessed by this feature. And the truths that most of the tracking will be done automatically and will help you stay fit and also will help you in emergency stages....