Upgrading to Windows 10 Pro On systems that came preinstalled with Windows 8, Microsoft introduced a new mechanism for product activation. Instead of using the old OEM SLP (System Lock Protection) key method, which allowed major brands such as Dell, HP, and Lenovo to install Windows in bulk, a unique product key is embedded in the computer’s firmware. This also removed the need for the Certificate of Authenticity stickers you would see attached to a PC running Windows 7 or earlier versions....

It is rumored that Note 5 may come with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) some time back. If this is to be, the 64-bit processor Kryo could indeed zoom up Note 5’s rank as a performer. Then again, we also hear that Note 5 will beef up thanks to an Exynos chipset with 4 GB LPDDR4 DRAM support. Experts are of the opinion that the Note 5 could mean big business and currently the buzz around the chipset, seems to be ringing strong....

Long and strong battery Gionee Marathon M4 is undoubtedly the appropriate choice for people who do not want to carry an extra battery for charging their phones or for those, who do not have access to charging points. The new smartphone comes with 5,000 mAh battery which boasts of a 440 hours standby time. With normal usage, the phone can run for two and a half days on fully charged battery and also comes with excellent power saving mode....

Wikimedia Enterprise lets companies access the Wikimedia content that sources and reuses Wikipedia along with Wikimedia projects at a high volume. Managing director, Search Partnerships at Google, Tim Palmer says that Wikipedia is a unique and valuable resource that is created freely for the world that too by its dedicated volunteer community. They have always supported Wikimedia Foundation in pursuit of their shared goals to expand knowledge and info access for people around the globe....

We’ve shown you ways to customize the New Tab page before, and here’s another quality extension to add that allows you to add a to-do list, notes, custom backgrounds, and more. Awesome New Tab page in Google Chrome To get started, install the Leoh New Tab extension to Chrome. This allows you to replace your current New Tab page with a customizable homepage with features like a clock, weather, bookmarks, notes, to-do lists, and a lot more....

If the tech giant does move to Google custom processor, it will be able to gain greater control over driver updates. The company will no longer have to depend on Qualcomm for driver updates and will be free to update drivers to be compatible with newer versions of Android. It is also a possibility that the new chip will be supported for 5 generations of Android OS updates compared to the current 3 generations of support that Pixel devices currently receive....

Following a submission by P R Srinivasan, the hereditary trustee of Shri Abheeshta Varadaraja Swamy temple, that his village will have to face the ‘divine wrath’ if the proposed ‘Rath’ (car) festival was not held on Monday, Justice G R Swaminathan took up the case while he was in Nagercoil to attend a marriage function on Sunday. The judge in the first line of his ruling said that he held the emergency while being at Nagercoil via WhatsApp due to the impassioned plea of the writ petitioner....

This tutorial will show you how to navigate to the Now Playing screen and choose to repeat a song that is currently playing on your iPhone. Putting a Song on Repeat on the iPhone The steps in the article will assume that a song is currently playing on the iPhone, and that you want to set it up to repeat. Note that the song will continue to repeat until you choose to turn it off....

How to Disable Outlook 2013 Read Receipts Whatever your feelings about read receipts might be, there are still people that will insist on using them. There are certain fields and individuals where a read receipt can actually be important and useful, but many people that use them are simply trying to find out that you have opened an email that they sent to you, and it is no more important than a billion other emails that are sent every day without read receipts....

As of Mac OS X Lion (10.7), the Library folder in your home folder is hidden by default. That doesn’t mean you can’t get to it. It’s hidden, so you don’t accidentally delete settings and data, damaging apps in the process. So, if you decide you want to access the Library folder, be very careful. Today we’re going to cover different ways of accessing the hidden Library folder in your home folder and how to make it permanently available in Finder....

You can make some changes to your background picture, such as adjusting the transparency and offsetting the picture from the center, which allows you to modify the way that the picture is displayed on your slides. Our tutorial below will show you where to go to insert a background picture into one of your slides, and it will show you how to apply the background picture to every slide of your presentation, if that is your desired result....

But you can also create a private window button in your toolbar, which you can then click to start a private browsing window at any time. Our tutorial below will show you how to customize Firefox in this manner and make it a little easier to browse privately. How to Put a Private Window Button in the Toolbar in Firefox The steps in this article are going to modify the toolbar at the top of the window in Firefox by adding a button that you will be able to click which will open a new private window....

But you can also add a link to an image if you find that you need this functionality. Whether the link is there to provide credit to the creator of the image, or to offer your document reader additional information about a topic, the ability to point them to another location can be very helpful. Our short how-to guide below will show you the steps needed in order to add a link to an image....

Need a great gift for a TV lover? Click here to find out about one that is affordable and useful. Add Text Reflection in Word 2010 One important thing to note about adding the text reflection effect in Word 2010 is that it looks much better on larger text. You can use it on text of any size, but it is more visually impressive on text of a larger point size....

What if somebody else wants to join in on the action? Adding them to your group text is simple to do if everyone is using Apple devices. If this isn’t the case, things are a little more complicated. Here’s how to add someone to a group text on iPhone. How to Start a Group Text on iPhone You can start a group text on iPhone whether your contacts are using Apple devices or other brands....

When you have a lot of printed spreadsheets lying around your workspace, it can be difficult to determine which file a spreadsheet came from. One helpful way to solve this problem is to include identifying information in the header section of your worksheets. An effective way to do this is by inserting the filename in the header, which you can do from the “Custom Header” window in Excel 2013. Our tutorial below will show you how to accomplish this and insert workbook information by selecting either the custom header option or the custom footer option....

As a longtime Windows user, you may simply be used to doing this and not looking for a way to expedite the process. Our tutorial below will show you how to take advantage of the ability to customize your Windows 10 startup apps so that these programs open for your automatically every time you restart your computer. How to Change Start Up Apps in Windows 10 Our article continues below with additional information on changing startup apps in Windows 10, including pictures of these steps....

If you would rather move your pictures to your computer, then this article can show you how. Backup iPhone Photos with SkyDrive This method is going to assume that you already have a Microsoft Account and that you are using SkyDrive with it. If you do not, you can click here to sign up for a Microsoft Account. Once you have that, simply return to this tutorial with the email address and password associated with the Microsoft Account to which you want to upload your iPhone pictures....

You may not be able to increase the size of the text, but you can make it easier to read by adjusting the line spacing. Our tutorial below will show you how to change the line spacing for a text box in Powerpoint 2013 if you need to increase or decrease the amount that is currently being used. How to Switch to Double Spacing in a Text Box in Powerpoint 2013 The steps in this article assume that you currently have a text box in Powerpoint 2013 for which you would like to change the line spacing....