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Use Instagram Stickers to Create Collages in Stories This is perhaps the easiest method that Instagram users have to create a quick collage. You can use as many photos as you would like for these creations, which isn’t possible with other methods. Follow these instructions to create a collage in Stories. Editing Your Collage Note: Do you want to post a collage on your Instagram profile instead of Stories? Before pressing the “Your Story” button to post the Story, tap on the three dots in the upper-right corner and select “Save....

To do that, you have to acquaint yourself with some programming and steps to create your bot and add it to your server. The following guide simplifies what has to be done with easy-to-understand screenshots. Creating Discord Bot on Developer Portal Log in to your Discord account and go to the developer portal. Here, you can create a new bot “application.” Give your application a desired name and click “Create....

Using the Files app, you can access both local and cloud files, import files from external drives, organize your files, view all kinds of file types, perform an in-depth inspection, and more. With that said, it’s time to talk about how to manage your files in iOS using the Files app. 1. Add New File Locations & Connect New Cloud Services The Files app automatically includes the files you have saved to your device (locally) as well as to your iCloud Drive....

While Apple does release new batch of definition files in its daily updates, some users have reported that the files have not been automatically updating the way that they should. This procedure shows you how to check if your virus definition files are up to date, and if not, how you can update them manually. Check To See if Your Malware Definition Is Up To Date In the Spotlight, search for “terminal“....

One advantage of using Apple’s ecosystem is the ability to cast a device’s screen to another using AirPlay. The only catch is that only Apple products are AirPlay-compatible. This means getting your iPhone or iPad’s screen to appear on your Windows-based PC can be a headache. Or at least it used to be. With LonelyScreen users can easily cast their iPhone or iPad’s screen to their Windows-based PC. What Is LonelyScreen?...

How to Check the Number of Charge Cycles on Your Mac Understanding Battery Charge Cycles The lithium-ion batteries inside most MacBook models are designed to retain 80% of their original capacity after 1,000 charge cycles. You have performed one charge cycle once you have discharged 100% of your battery’s capacity. You can view the cycle count limit for your Mac’s battery by visiting Apple’s battery support page. For example, if you consume 50% of your battery’s capacity before charging it back up to 100%, you have completed only half of a charge cycle....

Have any of your email addresses been compromised? If you can’t answer that question for sure, you may want to check out one or more of these sites for the answer. Each site has a different method of checking your email, some of them offering more information than others or giving you help in keeping on top of the breaches. Have I Been Pwned Have I Been Pwned is the most popular site for email and password monitoring, having been in existence since 2013....

Steps to playing the game Open Google Chrome and go to the main Google search page. Alternatively, you can type in the required command in the address bar if you have Google as your default search engine. Using either of the previous options, search for the term “Wimbledon scores.” This will take you to the main results page covering all the information relating to Wimbledon, including a purple header located at the top of the screen carrying the latest scores of the top players in the tournament....

The following are a few tips for you to play your media files on a smart TV. Important Points Not all TVs are “Smart” TVs, even if they look like they should be. If your TV is post-2008, you shouldn’t encounter any issues. Obscure media files (movies, for example, saved as an unusual file type) may prove difficult to play, and the older the TV the less tolerant it will be of weirder requests....

Sometimes it seems that developers update software whether we actually need updates or not. It’s always nice to have bug fixes and the occasional extra feature, but upgrades can get in the way of your productivity. How can you get anything done when you need to learn how to use what feels like a completely different program? This is especially true with software like Excel, which people generally rely on for key parts of their business....

The following is a comprehensive guide on the steps that should be followed if you find yourself locked out of your Google account. We will also cover the best ways to avoid such a situation. Set Up Google Account Recovery To preclude a locked-out situation in future, it is important to set up your Google account recovery details well ahead of time. There are two support agents: your recovery email and any attached phone number....

Click on Your Account and scroll down till you see the “Manage Payment Options”. Here you should be able to delete your credit card detail. That’s it. Image credit: BigStockPhoto

Remove the 3D Objects Folder in Windows 10 To remove the 3D Objects folder from File Explorer, we need to delete a couple of Registry Keys. To open Windows Registry Editor, search for regedit in the Start Menu and open it. Before proceeding, backup the Windows Registry. The backup helps you restore if anything bad happens while you are editing. In the Windows Registry Editor, copy the below path, paste it into the address bar and press the Enter button....

There are a couple of ways to save your favorite routes in Google Maps, which we show you here. Pin Your Favorite Trips On your phone, you might have noticed the “Go” tab across the bottom of the screen. This brings up a segment where all your “pinned” routes pop up at the bottom, giving you easy access to all your favorite routes that you’ve pinned. So how do you pin a route?...

1. Smart Password Management Creating a strong, unique password is perhaps the first step towards securing your Facebook account. Even so, some experts believe it’s important to update your social media passwords regularly to keep hackers at bay. As a result, you should know how to change your Facebook password. PC Mobile You can change your password even when you’re not logged in to your account. You’ll need to access the Facebook Accounts Page and use your email or mobile number to identify your account....

Why Protecting Your Social Media Accounts Is a Must We tend to post everything on our social media accounts. From pictures with friends and family to the locations we’ve recently visited or we’re currently at. Unless we’ve switched our profiles to private, all this info is laid out for anyone to see. What’s more, our accounts aren’t even isolated, as they are often connected to other apps we use. For instance, you can link your Instagram or Spotify to your Facebook account....

Reputable websites tend to host original, unmodified copies of software and are keen to make this clear. After all, their reputation depends on doing so. Many include a “file checksum” for their files which should, in theory at least, highlight any download errors or modifications. The only issue? Comparing the checksum on the website with that of the file downloaded. We have shown you how to compare checksum in Linux....

As it happens, it’s pretty easy these days to sync websites between your phone and your PC using the Chrome browser. Here’s how to send a website from Chrome on your PC to your phone (and vice-versa). Is Chrome too bright for you? Here’s how to add the new Dark Mode in Chrome. First, make sure sure you’re signed into the same Google account on both the PC and phone versions of Chrome....

UFW = Uncomplicated Firewall We’ll use UFW to manage your Linux firewall since it is easy to use and comes installed by default in many distros. In Ubuntu, ufw is disabled by default. You can check its status with the command: If it isn’t active and you want to check whether enabling it will make any difference, use: To disable the firewall, use: Check Existing App Rules To see a list of the applications where the firewall has rules, use: You can check for the ports that are open for those rules with: Note: you should type the “APP_NAME” precisely as it appears in the results of the previous command....

Installation Installing Byobu on most Linux distributions is incredibly easy. Open your terminal and execute the appropriate command for your distribution. Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint (and other Debian-based or Ubuntu-based distros): CentOS/Red Hat Linux/Fedora: ArchLinux: Gentoo: Mac OS X Installation on Mac OS X is almost as simple. The only requirement is that you have Homebrew installed. Homebrew is an unofficial package-manager for Mac OS X. It makes installing command-line utilities extremely easy....