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Jun
24
2024

How to Use LastPass for More Than Just Managing Passwords

Store Secure Notes You can store Secure Notes in LastPass as well as passwords. To do this in LastPass on a desktop, click the LastPass icon on your browser’s toolbar, select “Secure Notes,” and click “Add Note.” In the LastPass app for iPhone or Android, open the “Notes” section in your vault and tap the “+” (plus sign) button. To type whatever you want, you can select the “Generic” option and get a big text box. If you want to.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Manage Your LinkedIn Privacy Settings

LinkedIn Privacy: An Overview Unlike other social networks, privacy on LinkedIn isn’t just about managing who can see your posts and your profile, it’s also about managing who can see what you do on the site. Because LinkedIn is all about forming professional connections, having other users see some of your activity is enabled by default. When you open up the privacy settings in LinkedIn by going to Me > Settings and Privacy > Privacy in the upper-right corner, you’ll s.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Use Dictation on a Mac for Voice-to-Text Typing

How to Use Dictation on a Mac Double-press the Fn button to start dictating on your Mac. You should see a microphone icon appear or hear a macOS confirmation tone. If this is your first time using Dictation, click OK in the popup window to confirm you want to use it. After activating Dictation, start saying what you want to type to see it appear on the screen. Dictation ignores pauses in your speech, allowing you to take a moment to compose your thoughts. However, this does mean you need to di.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Check Any Cryptocurrency Price From Your Linux Terminal

Checking Cryptocurrencies Prices From Your Terminal If you are trying to get the latest prices of cryptocurrencies from your Linux terminal, then by following this simple tutorial, you can be up and running in a matter of minutes. This simple project makes use of an application programming interface (API) to pull the latest crypto prices. For this tutorial, you will use the API that is provided by CoinMarketCap. While it is free to use, you would need to first register on the site. While.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Keep Your Cryptocurrency Safe

Mistakes to avoid when dealing with your Cryptocurrency If you own any cryptocurrency, you’ll need to adapt to a new way of keeping your money safe. You can’t just keep your Bitcoins under the bed or deposit your Ether in a bank (at least, not yet). So what are you supposed to do? Mistake 1: Failing to Back Up Wallet Keys Cryptocurrencies don’t come with online banking and password resets. Instead, you have a set of private keys that allow you to access the funds in your var.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Encrypt Files and Folders in Ubuntu

Encrypting files in Linux Encryption is something everyone should take seriously on any platform. You might think you’re more secure on Linux than you are on Windows or even macOS. But is Linux really as secure as you think? Encrypt and Decrypt Files Using GnuPG GnuPG is a free implementation of the OpenPGP standard, also known as Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). It allows you to encrypt your files and sign them, allowing you to securely send files to others. GnuPG can also be used to encryp.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Publish Ebooks on Amazon With Kindle Direct Publishing

Creating a New Kindle Book Once your book is written, you’ll need to head over to the KDP website. Go to kdp.amazon.com and sign in with your Amazon account. The first time you sign in, you’ll see their terms and conditions. To create a new Kindle book, click the + Kindle eBook button: You’ll now see the Kindle eBook Details screen: Go through each field and enter the relevant information. Here are the sections you’ll need to complete: Language Book title (and opt.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Hide Files and Folders From Prying Eyes on Linux

Hide Existing Files and Folders Using the Terminal To hide an existing file or folder using the Terminal, press Ctrl + Alt + T to open a Terminal window. Use the cd command to go to the file or folder you want to hide. For example, we’re going to hide our FilesToHide folder in the Documents folder. So we use the following commands: cd Documents/ cd FilesToHide/ You can also change to a folder by putting the full path in a single cd command: cd ~/Documents/FilesToHide/ The “~&r.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Use Gmail Offline

Read This Before You Start As you may have guessed, Gmail Offline can be used only with Google Chrome. You should never set it up on public or shared computers as the emails are stored in your browser’s storage. For some reason, if you have to, remember to delete the app when you’re done as detailed in a later section. Obviously, you need a working internet connection to set it up first before you can start using it offline. Once you set it up, you can browse through your emails, s.

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Jun
24
2024

How to Text From Your Computer

Texting From a Computer Despite the convenience of instant messaging, SMS still plays an important role for automated alerts and messaging people with older phones. If you use SMS often, you might want to check your text messages online so you can respond faster with your computer keyboard. As it turns out, there are many ways you can view and send text messages from the comfort of your computer. Here are the best apps for checking your SMS messages on a computer. Note that all of these soluti.

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