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Reduce Mobile Data Usage on Spotify With a premium Spotify account, you can save playlists for offline listening. But if you aren’t sure whether Spotify Premium is worth it, you can still adjust the bitrate when streaming music to reduce data usage instead. Tap the Settings button (which looks like a cog), then go to Music Quality and select Low under the Streaming section. Your music will play at a bitrate of around 24 kbit/s, compared to Normal at 96 kbit/s and High at 160 kbit/s. You.

Where Has Windows Media Player Gone? The quickest way to check if you have Windows Media Player 12 (the latest version) installed and enabled is to open the Start menu and search for it. It comes as an “optional feature” for the majority of Windows 10 versions. However, Microsoft now disables it by default, so there’s every chance your search will yield no results. There are also two versions of the operating system that don’t have it at all: Windows 10 N and Windows 1.

Common Reasons for Video Playback Errors It’s often frustrating to find a video file on your PC that fails to play, especially if it played previously.  There are various factors that affect the playback of a video file. These factors are:  1. Your media player is corrupt and cannot play it. 2. Codecs are missing from your computer. 3. The file extension is unrecognized. 4. A DRM decryption key is missing. 5. The video file is corrupt. 6. The online video service has.

Microsoft TrueType Fonts Back in 1996, Microsoft released a package of fonts, called “TrueType core fonts for the web” with a license giving any user permission to install them. Naturally, in true Microsoft style, the aim was for their fonts to become dominant. Although canceled six years later, the font pack is still available and includes: Andale Mono Arial Black Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Comic Sans MS (Bold) Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) Georgia (Bold, .

Why You Need Recommendations Your LinkedIn profile should tell a potential employer (or valuable industry connection) that you’re a skilled professional. To convince them, you need people to vouch for you. LinkedIn Recommendations, which are different from skill endorsements, are perfect for this. They’re a form of validation of the personal brand that you’re creating on LinkedIn. They confirm what you say about yourself. Think of them as mini-letters of recommendation a way.

What You Need Google Calendar integration requires two Thunderbird add-ons: Lightning (pre-packaged as of Thunderbird 38) adds a Sunbird-type calendar to Thunderbird. Provider for Google Calendar connects Lightning with Google Calendar for bi-directional read and write access. Note: If all you want is to read access to a public calendar, you only need Lightning. First, open the Thunderbird Tools Menu (hamburger icon) and under Add-ons > Extensions check whether you still need to install .

How to Add Music to Apple Music or iTunes Although we’re in an age of streaming, it’s still common to have music files on your computer that you want to add to iTunes or the Apple Music app. You might have ripped these files from a CD, downloaded them online, or produced them yourself. Wherever you got your music files from, all you need to do is drag and drop them into the Apple Music or iTunes window to add them to your library. Make sure you drop the songs in the Library section.

Using a PS3 Controller With Your Android Phone You might choose to pair a PS3 controller with your Android phone because you have a spare one lying around. But because the PS3 controller comes from an older generation of hardware, it has some limitations. While PS3 controllers do have Bluetooth functionality, they don’t seamlessly connect to other hardware like newer controllers. Both the original Sixaxis and DualShock 3 versions of the PS3 controller are specifically meant to connect to.

The Amazing Raspberry Pi The Raspberry Pi is a single-board computer. It launched in the U.K. in 2012 with the intent of getting children to tinker with, create, and learn code. The original form factor was a credit-card-sized board, powered by a phone charger. It provides HDMI output, USB ports, network connectivity, and runs Linux. Later additions to the line included even smaller versions designed to be incorporated in products or run as headless systems. Prices range from $5 for the minima.

Enable Attendee Registration Zoom gives users the option to require attendees to register for Zoom meetings. You can ask for things like name and email, and set custom questions. This also increases your meeting’s security. Here’s how to enable attendee registration for Zoom Meetings. Here are a few notes, however, before we get started. First, this option is only available to licensed users, which makes sense because you’d only use this feature in business meetings anyway. A.