June 2019 – Page 25

Amazon Shuts Down Spark, the Service Intended to Compete with Instagram

One of the largest spaces for competitiveness in tech is in the area of shopping. Amazon may have started out as a bookseller, but they’ve come to be known as THE place to go for buying nearly anything online. This leads everyone to want to compete with them. But they want to encroach into everyone else’s spaces as well, so they launched Spark two years ago to sell things in an Instagram-type format to compete with Instagram’s sales. They have now shut down Spark but are replacing it with similar shopping tools. Amazon Spark Shuts Down Spark was an image and story feed that was… Read more

Windows Store Not Working? Here’s How to Fix It

The Windows Store, Microsoft Store, whatever you want to call it, isn’t the most popular store out there, riddled as it is with bugs, crashes, and a tendency to just outright not work. It does have some good stuff in it, though (like these free apps), and if you’re a gamer, then you may find that you need to have access to it to download games from the Microsoft stable like Forza Horizon 4 and Gears of War 4. So it’s good to have it working. If your Windows Store stops working, however, here are the best fixes to get it back up and running…. Read more

What Is a Smart Plug and How to Choose the Right One

Adaptable, inexpensive and easy to use, smart plugs and outlets are becoming a regular feature of the modern home. They can be used to remotely manage your appliances, connect with smartphone apps and monitor your household electricity consumption. The best part is you don’t need to dismantle your walls, as smart plugs can easily connect to existing power plugs. Here we will discuss the considerations you must have in choosing the right smart plugs for your needs. Related: 4 Type of Devices You Can Integrate with Amazon Alexa for Full Home Automation What Smart Plugs Do Smart plugs are the ultimate plug-in outlets which… Read more

How to Automatically Create a System Restore Point in Windows on Startup

Your computer is capable of time travel. On Windows 10 the System Restore feature can take your computer back to an earlier point in time. This is useful when your computer needs to recover from a significant issue like a virus. You take your computer back to the last time it worked correctly and restore it to that point. As long as your restore points are recent, you should be able to restore your computer without losing any files. But it’s impossible to know when your computer is going to face a potentially devastating problem, so it’s a good idea to create these System Restore… Read more

Get the Apple Watch Series 3 for under $200

Undeniably, the Apple Watch is the leading smartwatch on the market, amounting to half of all smartwatch sales in 2018, according to the NPD Group. Yet, incredibly, they can still be found at great discounts. The Apple Watch Series 3 may be the previous model, yet it’s still being offered at Apple, for $80 more than this deal. With regard to abilities between the Series 3 and Series 4, it has a lesser processor (S3 with dual core) and doesn’t include the newest feature of having an electrical heart sensor; however, it does employ an optical heart sensor. It also does not include haptic feedback… Read more