Craigslist is a great resource for scoring local deals but only if you’re adept at using it. Today we’re taking a look at tips and tools you can use to go from being a casual Craigslist user to a deal-scoring ninja. Photo by Beatrice Murch. You can save huge amounts of money by using Craigslist to score local deals. The site, however, is super Spartan and doesn’t lend itself to easy power use....

Want to make photos really stand out? Create a fun Red/Cyan 3D effect that will pop off the page and screen, just because it’s a heck of a lot of fun. Grab your 3D glasses, and either Photoshop or GIMP! While stereoscopic effects like Cyan/Red 3D are often created with fancy photography tricks, we’ll be creating one today with simple trick image editing. Dive right on in and see how simple it can be, with a simple version for Photoshop beginners, and an optional second part for users that want to give their image a little more oomph....

In Windows we have the Startup folder where we can easily place a shortcut to a program that we want to launch automatically. In Linux Mint there is a way easier way to manage startup applications–here’s how to do it. Note: Since this is just for demonstration purposes I will be setting VLC Media Player to start automatically. However, this will work with any application. The first thing you are going to want to do is click on the Applications menu, then select Other and launch “Startup Applications”...

The Windows 8 Start Screen certainly takes some getting use to, however, one of the things that I really miss about the Start Menu was how i was able to categorize my installed applications. While you cant create folders on the Start Screen, you can group your applications. To get started head over to the Metro Start Screen and move your mouse to the bottom right-hand corner, clicking on the small icon....

The Xbox One has integrated TV features and support for streaming media apps like Netflix and Hulu, but that isn’t where it ends. You can play video and music files you’ve ripped or downloaded by plugging in a USB drive or streaming them over your local network. This is made possible by the Xbox Media Player app, which Microsoft released about nine months after the Xbox One was released. Sony also added a similar PS4 Media Player app to its console, so both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 offer this feature....

Many iPhone and iPad games include banner ads that take up part of your screen. Accidentally tap the ad, and you’ll be ripped from the game and taken to another app, like the App Store or Safari. Enable iOS’ “Guided Access” and you won’t have this problem. This trick doesn’t actually block the ads, it just ensures you won’t accidentally tap them and get ripped from the game you’re playing....

When collaborating on a document with several people, leaving comments is an essential part of the process. You can print the document along with comments, but what if you want you print just the comments? You can do that. Why would you want to print out only the comments on a document? There are several reasons. Maybe you just want a hard copy of the comments you can preserve for your records....

There may come a time when you need to retrain your Google Assistant’s voice model—that is, the one that detects the “OK Google” command. For example, “Hey Google” recently started rolling out on phones, so you’ll need to retrain the voice model to accept this new phrase. RELATED: The Best Things Google Assistant Can Do on Your Android Phone It’s worth mentioning that retraining your voice model doesn’t just apply to the device you retrain....

Discord is all fun and games until your account is stolen. Make sure no one can access your account, even if they steal your password, by implementing two-factor authentication. Don’t forget to regularly update your password and privacy settings. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication in Discord Discord‘s two-factor authentication (2FA) uses Google Authenticator or Authy to send a temporary code to your smartphone every time you log in. Discord won’t let you access your account until you enter this code, thereby confirming your identity....

This feature is more like a side effect of Do Not Disturb’s Scheduled feature available in iOS 12 and later. Once you enabled it, and you give the Weather app access to your location, you’ll see a forecast report for the day when you first tap the lock screen after the Do Not Disturb period is over. To set it up, we’ll first need to schedule Do Not Disturb. The Do Not Disturb feature automatically mutes all incoming notifications (except, of course, if you have enabled Emergency Bypass)....

Are you still using your service provider’s DNS servers? You might have heard about Comcast’s DNS servers dying and taking down the internet for anybody not using the more reliable OpenDNS or Google DNS. Here’s how to set it up on your Verizon FIOS router for every device on your network. There’s lots of other reasons to use OpenDNS or Google DNS other than just their rock-solid reliability—they are often much faster than your ISP’s DNS server, and in the case of OpenDNS, there’s loads of extra features like content filtering, typo correction, anti-phishing, and child protection controls....

This feature was first introduced with iOS 14 for iPhone, which was released in 2020. It can stop apps from using their precise location. Instead, apps will know your approximate location and won’t be able to pin you down to a street or a landmark. The iPhone already comes with multiple location control features, such as the ability to only allow an app to access your location once. This is another tool in Apple’s arsenal....

The first thing any Linux user does after installing Linux is installing their favorite packages. Ubuntu makes this easy by syncing your installed applications between computers. And terminal users can install their favorite packages with a single command. Whether you’re reinstalling Ubuntu from scratch, installing Ubuntu on a new computer, or performing a fresh installation of the latest version, these tricks can save you some time. Ubuntu Software Center Sync The Ubuntu Software Center has an application sync feature....

Mounting your Android phone to transfer files is fast and efficient, but nothing beats the convenience of a wireless file transfer. Today, we’ll show you how to transfer files between Android and your computer without a USB cable. Image by Laihiu What You’ll Need Before we go into the details, you need to install several applications on your Android phone: ES File Explorer is an excellent file manager for Android....

So far we have shown you how to setup a classic dual-boot for Windows 8, and we even showed you how to do it without creating a new partition. If you still aren’t sold on the new version of Windows, here’s how to remove it entirely. Note: We will be playing with the Boot Configuration Database in this guide, and as this is an integral part of the boot process you should follow this guide extremely carefully, or suffer the consequences, which will most likely be an unbootable PC....

There’s more to CCleaner than clicking a single button. This popular application for wiping temporary files and clearing private data hides a variety of features, from fine-grained options for tweaking the cleaning process to full drive-wiping tools. CCleaner is easy for beginners to use — just launch it and click the Run Cleaner button. But there’s a lot more you can do with it. Consider What You Delete CCleaner clears a lot of stuff by default....

Did you know Google has its own dedicated password manager? It’s more than just password-syncing built into the Chrome browser — Google’s solution also offers a web app, mobile apps, deep integration with Android, and automatic generation of strong passwords. Few people have noticed this, which isn’t surprising — this feature has grown from a simple part of the Chrome browser to escape it and provide a larger, cross-platform password manager....

The bash shell is the standard terminal environment included with most Linux distributions, included with macOS, and available for installation on Windows 10. It remembers the commands you type and stores them in a history file. You probably know a few basics of the bash history, but it’s a lot more powerful than you might realize. Keyboard Shortcuts RELATED: The Best Keyboard Shortcuts for Bash (aka the Linux and macOS Terminal)...

We’ve always been big proponents of open source software, but lately we’ve noticed a disturbing trend: open source software is being wrapped in crapware-laden installers and Google / Bing / Yahoo ads designed to trick people. Here’s the details. If you Google (or Bing) for any number of open source applications, the first result will be an ad at the top that takes you somewhere other than the real site....

For many, Solitaire was the go-to time-waster in the 90s and early 2000s when you wanted to distract yourself in class, on a meeting call, or even at home. Microsoft Solitaire ruled back then, and it still rules now. A Brief History of Solitaire It should come as no surprise that what we now commonly refer to as “solitaire” predates computers as a genre of card games you can play with a real set of cards....