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Whether you’re brand new to creating PowerPoint presentations or you’re a pro, you can improve further by incorporating new PowerPoint design ideas. 1. How to Lock an Image in PowerPoint Locking an image in a PowerPoint presentation will prevent the image’s proportions or aspect ratio from getting distorted or out of scale. To lock an image in PowerPoint, follow the steps below: It’s also possible to lock an image or object so it cannot be resized or moved around the slide at all....

Thankfully, there are a number of third party desktop apps that can be better for using Instagram on your PC than the standard desktop website is. In this list, we take a look at three best desktop apps available and explain what their positives and negatives. All downloads were scanned with VirusTotal to make sure they are malware/spyware free. Also, be sure to checkout my post on how to browse and search Instagram using the desktop website....

In this article, I’ll mention the ones I used and give a short overview of how the program works, its effectiveness and any issues that I ran into. It’s worth noting that you should never completely trust the results of a duplicate finder program because there are always scenarios that can confuse the search algorithms and give you false positives. So always double-check once before you delete anything. Also, it goes without saying that you should definitely make a backup of all data before you start this process just in case....

Heavy rain can leave you soaked for hours, sudden cold snaps make traveling miserable, and excessive heat makes exploring new towns a chore. While there isn’t much you can do to change or prevent bad weather outside your home, knowing when it’s coming helps you know what Mother Nature will throw at you. Here are the best animated weather apps for Android or iPhone to help you prepare for certain conditions and avoid cruddy weather....

There are many music visualizers online, but if you want the convenience of using one on your phone no matter where you are, you can try a music visualizer app. Once you download one, you can start playing music. As your phone picks up on it, you’ll be able to see the visualizer moving with the music. In this article we’ve rounded up some of the best music visualizers you can download for both iPhone and Android, so you can have more fun listening to your favorite music....

After all, the original intent of a smart doorbell is to improve home security—not to invite hackers into the home. Enable Two-Factor Authentication A 2017 study from Duo found that only 28% of people use two-factor authentication (2FA.) Two-factor authentication means that after you enter your username and password, you will be prompted to enter a code sent to your mobile device. This code changes each time and makes your login that much more secure, but even SMS messages can be hacked....

File size limits vary depending on the email service. For example, Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL have a limit of 25 Mb per email. Outlook.com is limited to only 10 Mb. Even desktop email clients have limits. Microsoft Outlook only allows a file send of 20 Mb, and while Mozilla Thunderbird is unlimited, you may still experience file size limits depending on what email accounts you connect it to. The trick is to either shrink the file sizes using various utilities or bypass email itself as the primary method for sending the files....

Virtual hackathons combine the learning process with socializing, networking, and having fun. This article shows you the best websites to find virtual hackathons where you can find like-minded people and challenge yourself. What’s a Virtual Hackathon? Despite the name, a hackathon doesn’t necessarily revolve around hacking or cybersecurity, although it can. Traditional hackathons are competitive events where programmers work on specific tech projects that test their problem-solving and coding prowess....

On the other hand, it can make it hard to know where to start—after all, the Angry Birds games are no longer just about destroying an army of invading, egg-stealing pigs. The Angry Birds franchise now includes everything from augmented reality titles to racing games. This guide will walk you through the best Angry Birds titles to date and help you decide exactly which entry in the series is the right one for you....

What is Glide Apps? Glide Apps is a website, glideapps.com, that enables you to create your own app, from a Google Sheet, in as little as 5 minutes. That’s what they claim. Truly, it’s probably going to take more than 5 minutes, but it certainly won’t take as long as learning how to program an app. Maybe 10 minutes. What Do I Need to Build an App? All you need to build an app with Glide Apps is an account with them, a Google Drive account so you can use Google Sheets, and a little time....

Although this is true to some extent, Microsoft has built into Excel the ability to instantly customize column widths and row heights to match the size of the data in the cells. Learn how to use Excel’s AutoFit feature to automatically change the size of columns and rows to the size of the data in a worksheet. Before You Change Column Widths and Row Heights in Excel There are limits to how big and small you can make columns and rows in Excel....

Like other streaming services, too, you may have the problem of picking something to watch. There is a lot to choose from on HBO Max, so here’s a list of the top shows and movies on HBO Max you can watch right now. 1. Euphoria This show follows the main character, Jules, navigating her life as a drug addict in high school. It also follows several other storylines of Jules’ friends and the ways they survive adolescence....

Starting from today, you will now be notified on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn when we have published something. You can also do your usual liking, sharing, discussing and poking, as one does on social media. We have individual dedicated pages set up for the four websites in the AKIC publishing family and here are the links. We would be immensely happy if you would subscribe to everything and tell all your tech-loving and tech-curious friends to subscribe too....

It’s worth noting that Incognito mode is not some way to browse the web securely or anonymously. For example, you can still be tracked online by your ISP, your employer or by the website you are visiting. In Incognito mode, cookies are not downloaded, but web sites can still see your IP address. In addition, you can still be infected by malware or spyware if you visit malicious sites. However, the ability to erase your browsing footprint on the local computer is a great feature and very useful for many occasions and situations....

Anyway, if you’re already in the situation and all you see is the BIOS loading, the Windows logo, and then the screen just goes blank once Windows starts to load, then there are two basic ways to get back to your original settings. Go ahead and select Safe Mode. If for some reason Safe Mode does not work, you can also try selecting Enable VGA Mode. Enable VGA Mode can also be useful for situations where you try to extend your desktop onto another monitor or select another monitor to use as your primary monitor....

You can use fireworks as ammo for your crossbow, beacons for friends playing on the same server, and even extend flight time with the Elytra. There are many tutorials about making fireworks in Minecraft, but it boils down to simple materials. How to Make a Firework Rocket In Minecraft To make a firework rocket in Minecraft, you need only two primary ingredients: gunpowder and paper. This is the absolute, bare-minimum power firework you can produce, and, truthfully, it’s kind of boring....

Unless you take advantage of any special offers, Audible normally costs $14.95 each month. For that price, you receive 1 credit to download a single audiobook at any price each month. Many of the audiobooks have a market price of anywhere from $15 to $40. From a financial standpoint, Audible seems like an excellent deal. But is it right for you? In this article, we’ll take a look at how Audible works once you subscribe....

Most people refer to this process as the YouTube algorithm. It’s how the site calculates which videos to put in a user’s recommended section. It also impacts a user’s search results. So, knowing how this algorithm works is pretty valuable if you’re a creator trying to reach more of an audience. YouTube has not explicitly stated how this algorithm works. However, they have discussed it at times in the past and by doing some investigating on the site, people have worked out a general idea of what goes on within this algorithm....

As a general rule for creating engaging PowerPoint presentations, always tailor your presentation around the content and not the other way around. Let’s learn how to add music to your PowerPoint slides and then customize the music file with the playback controls in the PowerPoint Ribbon. Here are a few things you should know before you upload the first music file: You can add one or several audio files to your slides....

The information collected over time can tell someone everything about you and can be used to help or harm you. This data is known as metadata. What is Metadata? Metadata is data about data. Don’t you hate it when people use a word to define that word? Data is facts that are completely objective. It cannot be reasonably disputed. One is one and zero is zero. The temperature is what it is....