This is different from typical location services settings, as this is not app-based but rather a system-based process that actually tracks and stores the number of trips taken to a specific location. For those that value privacy over location-predicted data, it may be best to turn this feature off. This article will detail steps to do so in great detail and explain further why data is collected and how it can be useful to you....
1. How to Disable Location Sharing in Chrome Disabling location sharing in Chrome is pretty easy. Just open the menu and then go to Settings. Open Advanced settings, or type “location” in the Search box, then open the Privacy section and the Content Settings Dialog. Scroll down to the Location section and select the “Do not allow any site to track your physical location” option. You can disable it for all sites, or if you want to allow special sites to track your location anyway, you can add them in the list of exceptions....
Disable Read Receipts on Messenger (PC) If you’re reading Messenger messages through the Facebook website, then on Chrome you can use an extension called “Social Tools“. Once you’ve installed the extension, click its icon to see all the options it has for you. As you can see, it does a whole lot more than just disabling read receipts in Messenger, and does the same thing for Instagram and Facebook too! To block read receipts in Messenger, simply click the grey ‘Block sending “Seen” to other’ slider under Messenger....
Installation Aria2 is cross-platform compatible and is available for Windows, macOS, Linux and even Android. You can find the installer at its GitHub page. You can find the Android version in Google Play. For Linux, you should be able to find it in your repositories/software center/package manager. If you are on Ubuntu, Debian, you can bring it on board with: Let’s Download with aria2c Linux distributions are a great way to see aria2’s versatility in action since they (usually) offer multiple different sources for their installation ISO’s....
But creating video is not always easy and can be time-consuming. There are many different video editors that make these videos. However, some of them are expensive, and some are just too complicated for many people to use if all you want is something simple. ImageToVideo ImagetoVideo is an easy-to-use online tool that can create a video from an image for you in just a few seconds and make it ready to upload to places like Facebook or Twitter....
What SGD Can and Can’t Do The Super Grub Disk is essentially a cleverly configured Grub installation on CD. This means it can handle all the tasks that a bootloader can handle, namely launching your OS. You can use SGD to bypass or repair a broken bootloader, but it can’t recover lost files or run virus scans or other such application-level tasks. Getting the Super Grub Disk You can download the unbelievably small Super Grub Disk ISO file from here....
Maybe you’re a budding author who wants to self publish. Or maybe you’re a software developer who wants to distribute documentation in a slightly different way. You could be a blogger who wants to collect a bunch of their best posts into an ebook. There are several ways to do that. You could fire up your favorite word processor, start typing, and then create a PDF file. Or you could go straight to a format that just about every electronic device can handle....
Here’s how you can the Sharpen, Definition, Noise Reduction, Vignette, White Balance, and Levels effects. Enabling Extra Adjustment Settings in Photos Launch the Photos app on your Mac. When the app launches, double-click on a photo to enlarge it. Click on the “Edit” button in the top-right corner to access the edit options in the app. When the editing panel opens, find the option labeled “Adjust” in the right-panel, and click on it to see all the available adjustment settings for your photos....
Extracting a Page from a PDF Document Right-click on the PDF file you wish to extract a page from and select “Open With” followed by “Preview.” It should launch the PDF document in the Preview app. When Preview launches with the selected PDF document, click on “View” followed by “Thumbnails.” It should launch the thumbnail view for the pages of the PDF document. You should now be able to see the individual pages in that PDF document....
Good to Know: you can create an Reel with a friend. Read on to learn how to use Instagram Collab to create a collaborative Reel. Where Can I Find Reel Templates? The Reel templates option has been added recently to Instagram, so you will want to update your app (Android iOS) before trying to follow the steps below. Each of the options comes with its own preloaded audio and photo/video placeholders that show you how long they will be displayed on the screen....
Don’t panic or worry. This error happens sometimes. Knowing why it happens and how to fix it is the key to getting around it the next time it happens. What Causes the err_cache_miss Error in Chrome In order to fix the “err_cache_miss” error in Chrome, you have to know why it’s happening. As the name implies, the error involves your cache. This is why you often get the error when you try to submit a form, but the connection gets interrupted somehow....
Which File System Should You Use? Before you format your USB drive, you need to think about which file system you should use. File systems are ways of organizing data on a storage device (such as a hard drive or an SD card). Support for various file systems varies depending on your operating system. Windows 10 and 11 offer three file system options when formatting a USB drive: FAT32, NTFS, and exFAT....
I love my Mac dearly, but it’s frustrating to have so many memory hogging applications – especially when I need to have more than one open at a time. For example running a Web browser, Evernote, iTunes, Dropbox, Growl and Voila all at once is just asking for trouble. Having all of these apps open for long periods of times really starts to eat away at my memory and decreases the performance of my Mac....
However, if you don’t have a modern Nexus device, it’s hard to say when you would receive the upgrade if at all, but that doesn’t mean you cannot get some of Nougat’s best features on your device running Marshmallow or earlier. There’s no super hack that can port all of the new features to your older Android device. Nonetheless, we will uncover a few ways to imitate the most interesting Android 7 features on your device for both rooted and and non-rooted devices....
Installing Final Cut Pro X You can purchase Final Cut Pro X from the Mac App Store for $299. Unfortunately, there’s no demo or trial available. Once you have the program downloaded and installed, open it for the first time. By default, Final Cut Pro (FCP to its friends) will set itself up with some useful default. Importing Media Before you can edit anything, you need to get your raw video files into Final Cut Pro....
Thanks to password managers, you don’t have to do that. You can create strong and unique passwords for each of your accounts and have less worry about forgetting them. But what if you want to switch password managers – for example, from LastPass to Dashlane? Here’s how you can import your passwords from LastPass to Dashlane. How to Import Your Passwords from LastPass to Dashlane To start exporting your passwords from LastPass to Dashlane, make sure you have installed Dashlane and have LastPass open....
Also check out some of the best games for Linux. What Is GameMode? GameMode is a command line utility that improves gaming performance on Linux. It is developed and maintained by Feral Interactive. GameMode works by optimizing your system for gaming. It sets your CPU governor to “performance” mode and your system’s I/O priority to real time. This ensures that your games have the best chance of running smoothly without hiccups....
Installing Deepin terminal in Ubuntu Deepin terminal has many Deepin OS-specific dependencies, so installation is not necessarily straightforward on all systems. Fortunately NoobsLab has created a PPA for easy installation of most Deepin specific software. As of the time of writing, NoobsLab’s ppa would work in Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty/12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 17.1 and other Ubuntu derivatives, based on the above versions. To add the PPA and install the software, copy and paste the following lines into your terminal: It will install many dependencies,...
Prerequisites Assuming you have a Ubuntu server, you will need to have the following applications installed and running: Apache2 PHP – at least version 5.4 MySQL – at least version 5.1 Creating Kliqqi Database Before we start, the first step will be creating a database and a user for Kliqqi. In your server log in to MySQL and create a Kliqqi database using the following commands: Creating Kliqqi Database User Create a database user with privileges to access the Kliqqi database....
What do I need? First, be sure to have at least 8GB of free hard drive space on your Mac. Most Mac comes with pretty big hard drives, so this probably won’t be an issue; but if it is, clear the space before you start. Additionally, you’ll need internet access – wired or wireless. You’ll also need the Ubuntu ISO (or disk image) for your Mac, which you can get here VirtualBox by Sun, which you can get here!...
