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Spotify vs. Apple Music: Who Wins the Music War?

Both Spotify and Apple Music provide music streaming services with plenty of subscribers. While Apple always had a strong legacy in digital music with products like iPod and iTunes, it was Spotify that pioneered what we call today the “open music model” to counter piracy. Given that each has their own massive following, a head-to-head comparison between the two can seem rather pointless. But, in the end, most of us will only purchase one monthly subscription. Accordingly, to answer the question about whether you should go for Spotify or Apple Music, we will focus on the most common… Read more

How to Take Awesome Instagram Photos with 6 Simple Steps

There are many ways to increase your Instagram following by using the right hashtags, finding your niche, etc., but Instagram is primarily a photo-sharing site, so the first step to finding success on the platform is taking good pictures. Here are six steps to creating an Insta-gallery of attractive and professional-grade pictures. Related: How to Prevent Other Instagram Users from Finding You 1. Use Natural Light It is unwise to rely too much on your smartphone’s flash photography feature. While the flash can brightly illuminate the subject, the resulting picture appears too bright to be aesthetically… Read more

Google Maps vs. Waze: Which Is the Best Navigation App?

Waze and Google Maps are the big guns of the smartphone navigation world. Even though both apps are owned by Alphabet, there are substantial differences between the two. Read on to find out whether Google Maps or Waze is the best navigation app. Waze vs. Google Maps: Searching for Destinations Waze’s search can be buggy and unreliable, returning zero results for existing addresses and formatting search results in a confusing way. It also suffers from a problem common to most GPS apps: preferring a result that is thousands of miles away because it is a closer match for… Read more

Five Tools to See Your Steam Spending, Play-Time, and Achievement Stats

Character stats are a staple mechanic in video games, so why aren’t they also front and center on your Steam profile? Steam knows how much money you’ve spent (gold) and how much time you’ve played (experience), and so should you. If learning those numbers strikes fear into you (as it certainly might if you have even a passing video game habit) you may want to skip some of these tools — but the quest is always there, should you choose to accept it. Related: Steam Not Opening? Here Are Some Fixes Finding your Steam ID To… Read more

How to Recover a Blocked Outlook or Microsoft Account

No matter how hard you try to avoid it, eventually the day is going to come when you find yourself locked out of a Microsoft account. Unfortunately, forgetting a password is all but a rite of passage for all internet users. And when it happens, you’re not just locked out of email, you’re also blocked from accessing other Microsoft favorites like OneDrive and Office 365. For better or worse, Microsoft works off a “single sign-on” system, so if you’re locked out, you’re locked out of everything Microsoft. Don’t panic. You’re not stuck in password purgatory forever. Recovery is just a… Read more