Google announced the background change update in its recent workspace blog. It said, “You can now replace your background with an image in Google Meet. You can either use Google’s hand-picked images, which include office spaces, landscapes, and abstract backgrounds, or upload your own image.” The new feature has been added as educational institutions and various organizations continue to operate remotely and are using platforms like Google Meet, etc. to interact and hold meetings....

Lenovo has not tasted a lot of success outside China, which is their home market. Thus, it also remains to be seen whether Lenovo will be Motorola’s expertise to develop a device that stands true to the reputation and fame of the Nexus line. A Google representative has also revealed that the Nexus 6 might be the last of the Nexus device from the tech giant, while the manufacturing partner remains unknown....

The Royal National Institute for Deaf People, the Royal National Institute of Blind People, and the disability charity called Everyone Can have worked with Google to develop this center in London. This is Google’s first accessibility-focused center outside of the USA. How would the technology help? Paul Carter, a BBC technology reporter, says that Google’s tech has the “potential to be significant” for people with disability. He added, “Technology now touches so many aspects of everyone’s daily lives, but for disabled people it can literally be life-changing....

Google continues to maintain the shipping of products directly to consumers 100 percent carbon neutral. All Google products, including all Pixel and Nest devices, now use recycled material in some form. For instance, the back cover of Pixel 5 is made from 100 percent recycled aluminium. Also, the Nest Audio speaker features 70 percent recycled plastic. Working towards its sustainability goal, Google has also clarified that not all of its products are made completely out of recycled materials but form a part of the designs....

Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) RDP is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft that allows you to access your PCs over the internet and has been around since XP Pro. For example, you might need to grab a file or do maintenance on a computer or server at work or home. There are several ways to access your computers from virtually anywhere remotely you have a network connection. Do note that you can remote into a Home version of Windows; however, you need Pro to remote to another PC....

The massively multiplayer online (MMO) game has evolved, offering gamers a breath of fresh air. The unique approach to the game includes the developers’ decision to keep Guild Wars free-to-play that means that gamers won’t have to pay any monthly subscription fees now, which sounds fun. Users can simply buy Guild Wars 2 with a starting price of $59.99, which depends on the version they want. But, what’s good is that there will be no regular bill, just micro-transactions in the game that players can use to enhance their characters....

However, there is one little problem. If you delete a particular conversation all its contents are deleted s well including all the media that was shared between two people. Today, we will discuss how you can retrieve deleted photos from Facebook Messenger. There are three methods with which you can retrieve and download your deleted Facebook Data. Facebook has a database for all its users that still has all the data even if you think you have deleted it from everywhere....

The concept of Big Data is quite new, but people have stored data since the inventions of computer. Large Datasets came into existence in the 1960s and 70s when the first data centres were setup and development of Relational Databases started. In 2005, huge data was being generated because people started to be more active on Facebook, YouTube and other online services. Hadoop was developed the same year. NoSQL started gaining popularity....

This can be problematic when you need to download a lot of large files, such as videos that you want to watch before you go on a plane or long trip. Our tutorial below will show you how to view the amount of storage space used by Prime Video for downloaded movies or TV show episodes on your iPhone. Summary – How to View Storage Usage By the Prime Video iPhone App Our guide continues below with additional information on how to see the amount of storage space that downloaded Prime videos are using on your iPhone, including pictures of these steps....

But if your signature is missing an important piece of information, such as a phone number, then you might be wondering how you can add it to your already existing signature. Fortunately this is a simple adjustment to make, which you can accomplish with our short guide below. Add or Change a Phone Number in an Outlook 2013 Signature This tutorial will assume that you already have a signature set up in Outlook 2013, and that you merely want to add the phone number to that signature, or change something about it....

One way to do this is by including them in the dock. The Apple Watch dock is the menu that appears when you press the button on the side of the watch. This dock includes some apps by default, but you can include more or remove some of the default apps if you want. Our tutorial below will show you how to add an app to the Apple Watch dock so that you have a quick way of launching that app on the watch....

You might have an old email that you keep for legacy reasons, a new one that has a better handle with a different provider, a work email, an email for a hobby, etc. Most email accounts can be set up for free, and there are a lot of benefits to having more than one. But if you want to be able to manage all of them on your device you may be wondering if that’s possible....

Excel will not display a zero if it’s the first number in a string. When you have barcodes or tracking numbers, or something similar where that zero matters, then you might be wondering how to put zeroes at the start of a cell in Excel. Our tutorial below will show you how to accomplish this with a formatting adjustment. How to Put Zeroes at the Beginning of Numbers in Excel Our guide continues below with additional information on how to start numbers with zeroes in Excel, including pictures of these steps....

For the sake of consistency, then, you might be looking for a way to define those cells as currency, so that they display in a uniform fashion. This makes the numbers easier to read, and will help ensure that you don’t incorrectly evaluate a value in a cell as a different number than it actually is. Our tutorial below will show you how to select cells and format them as currency in Google Sheets....

But sometimes you want to send an email to someone without letting the other recipients of the email know about it, which is where the blind carbon copy, or BCC, option comes into play. Most mail applications will give you the ability to BCC someone on a message, including the Web browser version of AOL Mail. Our tutorial below will show you how to use BCC in AOL Mail. How to Add a BCC in AOL Mail The steps in this article were performed in Google Chrome, but will also work in other desktop Web browsers like Microsoft Edge or Firefox....

Ad blocking tools have existed for a while for desktop Web browsers, but blocking ads on your mobile device is a little trickier, especially if you have an iPhone. Fortunately the Microsoft Edge iPhone app includes an ad blocker that you can enable to start blocking ads on sites that you view in the Edge iPhone app. How to Block Ads on Websites in Microsoft Edge iPhone App The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 11....

The Safari browser on your iOS 9 iPhone allows you to choose how cookies are handled, and you can elect to block all of them. Our guide below will show you where to find and enable this setting. Please note that the steps outlined below were performed on an iPhone 6, in iOS 9.2. These same steps may vary for iPhone models running different versions of iOS. Additionally, blocking all cookies on all Web pages can make Web browsing difficult....

Office 2010 was the last version of Office that included Picture Manager, and Microsoft has not updated Picture Manager since Office 2003. As a result, the program is ancient and out-of-date. But if you liked Picture Manager, and its features are all you need, you can install it on your computer without uninstalling your current version of Office. You can install Picture Manager from an Office 2010, 2007, or 2003 installation disc if you have one....

Fortunately you do not need to leave your iPhone’s device name at the default setting in iOS 8, and you can adjust it to almost anything else that you would prefer. Our article below will show you where to find this setting so that you can adjust it as needed. Set a Different Name for Your iPhone in iOS 8 The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 8....

You can set your system language during a clean installation or you can decide to change it afterward. If you need to change the language settings after installation, you can do it from the Settings menu. There are a few things you’ll need to consider before you do this, however. If you want to change the system language in Windows 11, here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Stop Language Settings Syncing on Windows 11 If you have multiple systems, you might want to stop your language settings from syncing before you change them....