Author: ProactiveComputing

PayPal is an online payment system that lets you shop without having to enter your credit or debit card information on the web. You can…

Checkboxes are handy for all types of situations, even for data you add to a spreadsheet. In Google Sheets, you can add checkboxes for things…

Cinematic mode debuted alongside the iPhone 13 and 13 Pro as a way of shooting smooth, cinematic footage with an emphasis on depth-of-field. We’ll show…

For years I’ve said that automation is the key to great smart homes. Voice controls are nice, but a system that anticipates your needs is…

Randy Bachman lost his most beloved Gretsch in 1976. The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive guitarist had bought the 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins guitar…

When you write a new formula in Microsoft Excel, half the battle is finding the correct function to use. Luckily, Excel provides a way for…

No one needs low-rise jeans to come back. Or capri trousers. And though they were supremely comfortable for their time, the Juicy Couture tracksuit can…

There’s a lot of talk over foldable phones and whether they’re the future of smartphones. Microsoft decided to go a slightly different route to get…

Google Just months after announcing its commitment to Matter, the unified smart home standard, Google is launching a set of tools to help developers integrate…

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Four days ago, the REvil ransomware gang’s leak site, known as the “Happy Blog,” went offline. Cybersecurity experts wondered aloud what…

The internet is a great place—until it’s not. You can fall into a pit of depressing news and “hot takes.” Yet many people have a…

Creating a mapped network drive allows you to quickly access files and folders on a shared network as if they were on your local machine….

If you’d like to share an Instagram photo or video outside the platform, you’ll have to get that item’s shareable link. We’ll show you how…

Feeling embarrassed by that Facebook photo from your younger days? No worries, you can always delete any of your uploaded photos from Facebook. We’ll show…

You don’t have to stick with text for your questions in Google Forms; you can base your questions on images. Whether you add a single…

Will you be having guests who you know will ask for your Wi-Fi password? You may not want to force your guests to type it…

Enlarge (credit: Google Play) Google has made another tweak to the fee structure for apps hosted on the Google Play app store, again granting certain…

Don’t like the default font that Google Slides uses for your favorite theme? You can change the default font by updating the font style in…

Android 12 is here, rolling out first to Pixel devices and then to everyone else, depending on your phone manufacturer and carrier. The latest version…

If you feel like the last Google Chrome release just happened, you’re not alone. Version 95 of the popular browser is available starting today on…

Ever wanted to run an Android app on Linux but didn’t want to mess with debugging bridges, development environments, or sideloading apps? An app called…

Sometimes you need to know the physical hardware address, or MAC address (short for “Media Access Control”), of your network adapter on a Windows 10…