If English is your primary language, the QWERTY keyboard is well-optimised for the modern typist. It offers easy access to all 26 letters of the alphabet, as well as numerical keys and a range of popular punctuation marks. However, problems arise if you try and type in many other widely spoken languages. There’s no easy way to add accents to letters, while the Spanish ñ is nearly impossible to access directly from the keyboard....
Streaming subscriptions can add up quickly, and if you want to cut costs you may be thinking about cancelling your BritBox plan. Keep on reading to find out how to cancel BritBox – we also have similar articles for Disney Plus and Netflix . How to cancel BritBox on your PC If you signed up for a BritBox account directly through the website, then all you need to do is sign in to your account on a PC/laptop and take the following steps:...
Only last week Facebook was in the news after it took steps to secure the 50 million affected accounts following a data breach. If your account was affected you will have been automatically logged out of the service and required to log in again. Now with a new week comes a new scam, except this time in a bizarre turn of events no-one has actually been hacked – they just think they have....
The combination of warmth and damp inside and the fact that they’re difficult to air means washing machines can be prone to mould, bad odours and general disgustingness (a technical appliance term). Plus, a blocked filter can render your washing machine ineffective, and even dangerous. That’s why you need to clean your washing machine regularly. You should give it a quick going over every month or so, or when you notice any discolouration or build-up on the door seal, or if you find that your washing is coming out less than fragrant....
Enjoying your favourite movies or TV shows with the volume turned up is one of life’s simple pleasures. But, if you share a home or want to watch late at night, then the other members of your household might not share your enthusiasm. In these moments, headphones are the way to go, but how can you use them with your TV? We show you a few different methods for connecting headphones to the biggest screen in the house....
The main exception is the 2 nd -gen Echo Plus which can be paired with the 3 rd -gen Echo because both models have the same speakers inside. This also applies to the Echo Dot and Dot with clock from both third and fourth generations: it’s only the clock that differentiates them but do note you can’t mix and match different generations of Dot. How to make a stereo pair in the Alexa app Start by opening the Alexa app on your phone....
With a new hacking scandal in the news every other week, everyone should be concerned about the security of their online accounts. Here are a few simple techniques for creating strong passwords – and remembering them! Don’t make passwords easy to break A surprising number of people use the same basic passwords, which a hacker can break in seconds. Examples include: password, QWERTY, 123456, 00000 and Letmein. Take care to avoid personal information that can be guessed with minimal effort....
Windows 10 has been around for almost four years now, and all new PCs and laptops (apart from Chromebooks and Apple products) come pre-loaded with the operating system. Not everyone loves Windows 10 , but you reason for reading this might be because a recent update has brought problems that you want to fix by rolling back. We’ll explain your current options for downgrading Windows 10, and whether or not you can go back to a much older version of Windows such as 7 or 8....
The cost of flights can often make or break a holiday and whether or not you can afford it. Cheap flights are therefore naturally desirable – until something goes wrong. In this article we’ll outline some tips on how to get a cheaper flight from any airline – not just the budget bargain types – and what steps you should take to protect your money if things don’t end up going to plan....
Getting a laptop or PC is an essential purchase for many people heading off to university or another form of education these days. With tuition fees and living costs higher than ever, saving money on the tech you need will be a big help, or even make it feasible. Fortunately, you can save up to 15% with Dell’s student discount deal. Not only will you need a machine for working on, but it’ll also be a great way to keep in touch with friends and family....
If the old adage that a picture says a thousand words hold true, then getting emoji on your smartphone should not only save you time, but also a fair chunk of your tariff’s text allowance. In this feature we’ll show you how to check if your device already has them, and what to do if it doesn’t. How to get emoji on Android: Is your handset compatible? It might come as a surprise that some phones can’t actually decipher emojis at all....
Ever since Nothing began life in 2020, its movements have been closely tracked. The UK-based company was founded by Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, and released its first product last year – the Ear (1) . These affordable earbuds were generally well-received, but it always felt like a smartphone was the product Nothing was building towards. That became a reality with the official announcement of the Phone (1) , which is scheduled to arrive this summer....
If you’re looking for a simple way to get more Bells in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a money tree is perfect. It’s quite straightforward to grow a money tree in Animal Crossing once you know how, so we’ll take you through the process step-by-step. As you progress through Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you’ll want to upgrade your house with new items and new rooms. To begin with it’ll seem like a reasonably easy task: 98,000 Bells aren’t too hard to come by if you pick up and sell lots of shells, fish, bugs and fruit....
Other Excel tutorials: How to create PivotTables in Excel How to budget your money in Excel How to create basic formulae in Excel How to freeze and unfreeze rows and columns in Excel How to import CSV files to Excel Launch Excel then go to the File tab at the top of the screen, click it and then click Open from the menu that appears in the panel below. Navigate to the folder that your CSV file is in and you’ll notice Excel isn’t able to find it....
Modern routers are pretty good at filling your home with a wireless internet connection. Most people know how to fix dead zones by upgrading their router or – better still – by choosing a mesh Wi-Fi system instead. But what about outdoors? Plenty of devices still need a connection outside, such as security cameras, smart lights, doorbells and simply your phone or tablet when you want to use it in the garden....
In general, Macs and PCs play fairly nicely together. Most file types work on both platforms, and both will talk to each other across a network. However, if you have an portable hard drive for your Mac, it can be tricky to share it with a Windows device as it’s likely to be using Apple’s HFS+ or the latest APFS file system, neither of which Windows supports natively. Apple introduced NTFS support in OS X Leopard so you can share a Windows drive with your Mac easily enough....
The best thing to do if you’ve forgotten your passcode on iPhone, iPad or iPod then don’t worry because Apple has a way of recovering your device. You’ll need your device, a cable and a computer. While the method is simple, you will need to have a backup of your device to get it back to normal. There’s simply no way around this if you don’t have the passcode unless Face ID is enabled....
This article is brought to you by PC Advisor in association with Digiarty. There are lots of reasons why you might want to rip and copy a movie from a DVD and store it on your computer. You might want to watch a new DVD on your iPad or tablet (which do not have DVD drives); you might just want to backup your expensive movie collection; another reason might be that your DVD collection is bulging and you want to free up some room in your house (a 1TB hard drive full of movies could save a huge amount of cubic meters in your house)....
Google Home does not officially support email out of the box, but by integrating IFTTT you can send Gmail messages from the smart speaker. ( You’ll also like: Google Home UK review ) This works in much the same way as you would use the service to send a text message from Google Home . So, you’ll need to create the necessary applet(s) in advance for each contact or group of contacts (up to 20 recipients) you want to be able to send a message to....
Is there anything quite so painful as waiting for a really slow computer to boot up, open a programme, or finally stop buffering so you can actually watch the episode on Netflix that has been loading for 20 minutes? When your computer runs slowly, you’ll be tempted to get rid of it entirely – but we’ve got a couple of better ideas. Here are a few tips, tricks and solutions you can use to get your computer running like new again....
