The ability to use the HBO Go app requires you to meet a couple of criteria, however. The first thing that you will need is an HBO subscription with your cable provider. If you have that, then you just need to confirm that your provider is one of the ones that offers HBO Go access to their subscribers. You can view a list of cable providers that support HBO Go here....

The new OOBE is more than a cosmetic update. For one, as we covered earlier, users can modify their Windows privacy options in more detail. Microsoft has made the process more transparent for users who want more control over the information they share with the developers. There are some other changes as well. In this article, we’ll walk through the new setup experience and explain each step. How to Configure Your Windows 10 Device During the Out of Box Experience – OOBE If you perform an in-place upgrade from a previous version of Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7, you won’t see the new OOBE....

When there are a lot of similar types of data in nearby columns, it can be difficult to differentiate monetary values from numerical values. Fortunately Excel 2013 offers a number of different formatting choices, so you can apply one of those formatting types to your dollar values and display the $ symbol to the left of them. Displaying the $ Symbol Next to a Number in Excel 2013 The steps in this article are going to show you how to format a cell with the Currency format....

While there are apps and services that can help to block some of these calls, you may be interested in taking a more aggressive approach. There’s a setting on your iPhone 11 that lets you silence unknown callers. This means that calls from unknown callers will go straight to your voicemail. Our guide below is going to show you where to find this setting so that you can silence calls from unknown callers so that they stop bothering you....

How to Keep Your Meeting Request Emails in Your Inbox in Outlook 2013 The steps below are going to change the Outlook 2013 behavior where meeting request emails are deleted after you act on them. Often these meeting request can contain important information that you need to reference later, and having the ability to keep them around by preventing their deletion can prove to be very useful. Step 1: Open Outlook 2013....

One of the side effects of using the same Apple ID on multiple devices, however, is that it is possible for purchased apps to automatically be downloaded to each device on which that setting is enabled. This can be problematic if many apps are being purchased across many devices, as your device storage can quickly be filled. So continue reading our guide below to learn how you can turn off automatic app downloads on your iPhone....

Your iPhone makes it easy for you to take pictures and record videos. Both types of media can be created with the device’s default Camera app. There are also variations of each type of thing you can record, including Live Photos. You may have noticed when viewing your pictures and videos in the Photos app that your videos and Live Photos will start playing automatically. However, this may not be something that you want....

One of these options will have the iPhone speak words as they are typed on the device so that someone who has difficulty reading the screen will know what words they have typed. But if this setting is currently enabled on your iPhone and you either don’t want it or don’t need it, then it could be an unwanted effect. Our guide below will show you how to stop your iPhone from speaking words while you type so that you can type in text messages or emails without a voice repeating everything that you type....

But if you find that you prefer the standard keyboard, or that the Swype keyboard is difficult to use in some situations, then you might be wondering how you can switch from the Swype keyboard to the standard one on your device. Fortunately this is something that you can accomplish with just a few button taps, so check out our short how-to guide below. Using the Regular Keyboard Instead of the Swype Keyboard on an iPhone These steps were performed on an iPhone 6, in iOS 8....

What’s the Difference Between Insider Channels? Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft launched the Windows Insider Program. Currently, the company rolls out updates to three separate groups or “channels.” There is the Dev Channel, Beta Channel, and Release Preview Channel. However, the Windows 11 Insider program doesn’t include a Release Preview Channel at the time of this writing. In fact, when Windows 11 was initially launched for testers, you had to enroll in the Dev Channel....

One additional step that you will need to take for this to happen, however, is that you must sync a playlist with the watch. This saves the songs to the watch so that they can be played through your Bluetooth headphones. Syncing a Playlist to an Apple Watch The steps in this guide were performed with an iPhone 7 running iOS 10, and an Apple Watch 2 running WatchOS 3....

There are, in fact, two ways you can do it. First, use your Google account or directly transfer a vCard file containing the contacts. But while using your Google account is a no-hassle method to transfer contacts from Android to Android, we’ll show you both ways. Then, after reviewing the info, you can determine the method that will work best for you in your situation. How to Transfer Contacts from Android to Android via Google Account It’s important to note that using your Google account allows a hassle-free contact transfer from one Android phone to another....

But Apple Music is largely a streaming service, which means that most of the music you listen to is not stored directly on your device. Therefore, your iPhone needs to access the Internet whenever you stream music that you have not downloaded to your iPhone. This is not much of a problem if you are connected to a Wi-Fi network (since Wi-Fi data does not count against monthly cellular data caps), or if you have unlimited data on your cellular plan, but it can be an issue if you have a limited amount of cellular data available each month....

Fortunately your iOS 9 iPhone allows you to customize the notifications for the individual apps that are installed on the device. Our guide below will show you how to turn off all of the notifications for an app of your choosing. Turning Off Notifications for a Single App in iOS 9 The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 9.2. These steps will work for other iPhone models that are using the same version of iOS....

You don’t want the phone screen on all the time because it will drain your battery. But you want it to turn on fash when you need it. The “Tap to Wake” feature can help with making your content accessible, but I’ve found it to be less helpful than I would hope. If you don’t like it either, then you can follow our tutorial below on how to disable Tap to Wake on an iPhone....

You might eventually decide to turn off some of these sounds, such as the tone that plays when you a dial a number in your Phone app. While that sound can be helpful at times, you might prefer to simply place a call without any audio assistance. Our guide below will show you how to turn off the keyboard tones in Android 6.0 so that dialing a phone number becomes a silent matter....

Your iPhone can connect to cellular and Wi-Fi networks to download data from the Internet. You can read here to learn which type of network connection you are currently using. While Wi-Fi connections are typically faster than cellular, it is very possible that you can connect to a cellular network and get very fast download speeds. One of the more common types of networks where these fast speeds can be found is called LTE (long term evolution)....

But you might feel like you don’t need those precautions if the iPad stays in your home, or if you aren’t signed into any of your accounts. Therefore you may be looking for a method of how to disable iPad passcode so that you can unlock and start using the device without needing to type a passcode at all. How to Get Rid of iPad Passcode Our guide on how to disable iPad passcode continues below with additional information, including pictures of these steps....

But if you are concerned about the duration of your battery life, then you might be looking for a way to change this behavior. Fortunately there is a setting that will let you disconnect from Wi-Fi when the phone goes asleep, and instead download data over a cellular network. This will cause you to use more cellular data, but it will decrease the amount of battery life that is used....

When you start to use your Apple Watch for more and more tasks you may discover that you are having difficulty reading all of that information. One way around this is to take advantage of the “zoom” feature that lets you increase the size of the information on the screen. But you might find that it is tough to use the watch when it’s zoomed and that it is causing more problems than it is fixing....