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For most people, Halloween is all about distributing candies amongst the trick or treaters or unwinding in front of the TV screen while watching a scary flick. However, the most stressful part about Halloween revolves around decorating and making your place scary enough to give others the heebie-jeebies. In fact, the annual Halloween decoration has turned into something of a contest amongst people. It is no longer just about hanging fake cobwebs or plastic skeletons; it revolves around going all out to give a hair-raising experience to the visitors. Here are some creepy decorations that you can add to your home for a high-tech twist to the popular holiday! 1- Halloween Soundtrack Featuring Alexa Sure, Alexa can update you on the weather and play your favorite tracks. But did you also know that Alexa’s hidden skills also include being able to play spooky, scary sounds on loop that will leave you frightened right out of your wits! Just place your Echo device near the door or wind...

Xbox is a brand of a video game created by Microsoft. Microsoft Xbox 360 is a radically different and more powerful machine designed to compete with other popular gaming platforms like Sony’s PlayStation and Nintendo’s Wii. There are too many features in Microsoft Xbox 360. Microsoft Xbox 360 adds support for Xbox Live, which makes possible for users to play their Xbox 360 games online with other users, plus support for Microsoft’s Kinect, which enables user to control games as well as entertainment content with physical motion or voice commands as an alternative of with a joystick or other similar input device. Far more than a video game console, Microsoft Xbox 360 is a complete media center, that allows its user to play, stream, network and download all types of media, including High-definition movies, songs, pictures, and game content. But besides this, Microsoft Xbox 360 has been subjected to several technical problems. Disk drive problem is one of the common issues mostly user...

Flash Drive is a typically removable, rewritable data storage device that includes with an integrated USB interface. USB flash drive is also known as pen drive, thumb drive, jump drive, etc. USB flash drives are a lot used for storage, data backup and to transfer of computer files. As compared with another device like floppy disks or CDs, flash drives are faster, smaller, more durable, and have more storage capacity. Flash drives can be written or rewritten to an approximately unlimited number of times, similar to hard drive. Flash drives connect to Windows PC, Mac and other devices by means of a built-in USB Type-A Plug. To use a flash drive, you need to insert the drive into a free USB port on the Mac or Windows PC. How to put Pictures on Flash drive from Mac Insert your flash drive into your Mac. USB ports are on the sides of Mac’s casing or behind the monitor. If your flash drive doesn’t fit into your Mac’s USB port, turn it over. Unfortunately, some Macs do not have U...

Well, many people are unaware that SmartThings works with Google Assistant. The SmartThings application can be used for connecting various smart home devices. Apart from that, it works flawlessly with Google Home. Without further ado, let’s go through the step-by-step process of setting up Google Home with Samsung’s SmartThings. Steps for setting up Google Assistant with Samsung’s SmartThings Google Home users Launch the Google Home application. Go to the menu. Make sure that the Google account given in the list is the one used while setting up Google Home. If you want to change the account, then go to the pull-down arrow located beside the account name. Select Home Control. Go to the Devices section and press the + button at the lower right corner. Now, select SmartThings. Key in the email associated to SmartThings. Hit the Next button. Fill in the password. Press the Sign in button. Now, open the menu and select the location. Press the Authorize button. Andro...

Ever since the release of iOS 12, users have received a number of new features for their iPhones and iPads. Apple has made certain changes to the way passwords work in iOS 12. Now, users find it easier to make and use robust passwords. As a matter of fact, passwords can now be shared using AirDrop. Let’s go through the blog and see how passwords work with the new iOS 12. Steps for creating automatic, robust passwords Open the Safari browser app. Visit any website wherein you have to make a new account. Now, just key in the username or email address. In the blank for the password, just tap. A password will get automatically generated by the OS. If you wish to use the auto-generated password, just select the option called Use Strong Password. The password will get saved in iCloud Keychain. If you wish to retrieve the password, just ask Siri to show the password for the specified account. After authenticating the identity, Siri will open the iCloud Keychain containing the s...

Over the time, Kodi has slowly yet steadily created an impression on anybody who wished to share media across the home. Kodi, formerly called Xbox Media Players, has been around for a long time. Four years ago, it was renamed as Kodi. Kodi offers users to access media such as movies and songs and provides a platform for storing and viewing the media across the home. It works on almost every major OS and devices. To optimize your Amazon Fire Stick experience, you should install Kodi on it. Here’s how: Permit Kodi on Amazon Fire Stick Power on the Amazon Fire TV. Allow the home screen to appear. Skip five tabs to the right and choose Settings. In the Settings menu, click on Applications. After that, choose Collect App Usage Data. In the crop-up box that appears, choose the Turn Off option. Hit the back button to get back to the Settings. Now, open the Device tab. In the Device, select Developer options. After that turn ADB debugging on. Now, navigate downwards and choos...

One of the most annoying things faced by users while typing is unintentionally hitting the wrong key. One such key that users often accidentally press is the Caps Lock key. The Caps Lock key is used for shifting to uppercase letters, but at times users turn this key on without realizing and all of their text gets written in capital letters. In the digital world, capitalizing each letter denotes that the user is angry and several people on social media find it offensive and rude. Well, you can disable this key on your keyboard. Here are some ways for disabling the Caps Lock key in Windows. First Method Open the Start Menu. Click on Run. In the Run dialog box, enter regedit. Click on the OK button. Now, visit the following: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout Go to the right-hand segment of the window and right-click. Click on New and select Binary Value from the pop-out menu. Give the new entry the title of Scancode Map. Now, in the Value Data field, type...