Without Google Chrome, the Windows Store Will Always Suck

Did You Know? Cheddar cheese wasn’t particularly popular in Britain until the outbreak of World War II. Because the milk-to-cheese yield for cheddar is high, producers switched to making it to get more cheese out of their milk rations. Geek Trivia After Star Trek, James Doohan Starred In Another Sci-Fi Show Called? Space Academy → Jason of Star Command → Doomwatch → Space: 1999 → Advertisement Dashlane - Never Forget Another Password Dashlane has a slick Web 2.0-type interface with a host of similar features--like syncing, password auditing, assisted automatic password changes, and alerts in case of security breaches. Dashlane has definitely led the pack in the good interface department Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles How to Fix Windows Explorer Showing Drives Twice in the Sidebar What Is the Pixel 2’s Visual Core? How to Use Emoji in Photoshop Without Google Chrome, the Windows Store Will Always Suck You Can Speed Up Your Slow iPhone by Replacing the Battery When Does iMessage Mark a Message as “Read”? 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Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Hundreds 'Rickrolled' in Mysterious Campus Prank at Cornell Pranksters hid tiny speakers playing an 8-bit sample of Never Going To Give You Up throughout Cornell, where they're no strangers to love. You know the rules and so do I. [The Cornell Daily Sun] Kids in 'Netflix Only' Homes are Being Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year A kid who watches 2.68 hours of network TV a day would see 230 hours of commercials each year. If they're watching Netflix, they'd see none. [Exstreamist] Apple Plans Combined iPhone, iPad & Mac Apps to Create One User Experience "Starting as early as next year, software developers will be able to design a single application that works with a touchscreen or mouse and trackpad depending on whether it's running on the iPhone and iPad operating system or on Mac hardware." [ Bloomberg] Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older Workers Facebook lets you target ads by demographic, and lots of companies are using that to only advertise positions to young workers. [ProPublica] Designing Against Misinformation Here's what Facebook's strategy to fight fake news stories will look like. [Facebook Design/Medium] How to Fix Windows Explorer Showing Drives Twice in the Sidebar When you plug in an external drive to a Windows 10 machine, it appears as a separate entry in the navigation pane in Windows Explorer. But it also appears as an entry in the nested item under “This PC,” as seen next to Deadpool here. Read This Article → What Is the Pixel 2’s Visual Core? The Google Pixel 2 has one of the best cameras you can get in a smartphone right now. But generally speaking, these “best camera” sort of ratings only apply to the stock camera app. Google is changing that thanks to the “Pixel Visual Core”—a custom image processing chip. But what does this chip do? Read This Article → How to Use Emoji in Photoshop In the last few years, Emoji have become a huge part of pop culture. There's even a movie about them (although I'm trying my best to forget that). With Photoshop CC 2017, Adobe added proper support for Emoji, so let's look at how to use them. Read This Article → Without Google Chrome, the Windows Store Will Always Suck Microsoft won’t allow Google Chrome in the Windows Store. Google tried to help users by putting an “installer” for Chrome in the Store instead, but Microsoft quickly tore it down. Microsoft is making the Store worse just to serve their business interests. The Store even allows other apps that use Google Chrome’s “Chromium” browser engine—just not Chrome itself. Read This Article → You Can Speed Up Your Slow iPhone by Replacing the Battery All phones slow down over time. As hardware gets older and software gets newer, it’s inevitable. But there’s another reason your iPhone might be slow: the battery. Read This Article → When Does iMessage Mark a Message as “Read”? Ever notice how iMessage will mark a message as “Read” when the other person sees it? These are called “read receipts”, and they can provide a lot of peace of mind for those that you message with. But when exactly does the other person know that you’ve read their message? Read This Article → How to See What Your Mac Is Loading at Boot with KnockKnock If you’re a Mac power user, you probably install a lot of software, only to delete it later. But how many of those applications, drivers, and customizations tools are still trying to do things when your Mac starts up? Read This Article → How to Enable and Use Windows 10’s New Built-in SSH Commands Microsoft announced it was bringing an integrated OpenSSH client to Windows in 2015. They’ve finally done it, and an SSH client is hidden in Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update. You can now connect to an Secure Shell server from Windows without installing PuTTY or any other third-party software. Read This Article → PSA: Update Game Consoles Before Giving them for Christmas The last thing you want on Christmas Day is for your kids to be unable to play the game console they’ve waited so long to enjoy. Read on as we highlight why you need to pre-game your console gift giving experience. Read This Article → The Best Non-Mechanical Keyboards If you’re at all interested in computer accessories, you’ve no doubt noticed the trend towards mechanical keyboards. Their satisfying click-clack and deep customization options are appealing to a huge range of people. But that range doesn’t include everyone…and if you aren’t a fan of mechanical boards, you’re probably feeling a little left out. Read This Article → If You Want Android, Just Buy Google’s Pixel Phone Samsung may build the most popular Android phones on the market, but that doesn’t automatically mean they’re the best. In fact, there are a lot of reasons to ignore the Samsungs and LGs of the market and get your Android phone straight from the source: Google. Read This Article → Advertisement Dashlane - Never Forget Another Password Dashlane has a slick Web 2.0-type interface with a host of similar features--like syncing, password auditing, assisted automatic password changes, and alerts in case of security breaches. Dashlane has definitely led the pack in the good interface department Click here to download