Tag - tips

Amazon Alexa • Smart Home

How do I boost the brightness of the Amazon Echo Show 5 screen?

Barry Collins

2 Min Read

Find out how to take control of the Show 5's screen brightness

Windows

Windows taskbar: what is it? How do you move it? How do you hide it? How do you pin apps to it?

Tim Danton

3 Min Read

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Windows taskbar in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10

Software

Why is Firefox running slowly?

Barry Collins

3 Min Read

Find out what's reducing the Firefox browser to a crawl

Photography

How do you measure an item in a photo?

Barry Collins

3 Min Read

Online tools can help you measure items in photos

Broadband • Hardware

2.4GHz vs 5GHz Wi-Fi: which is better?

Barry Collins

4 Min Read

Not sure which wireless band to pick? We can help

Software • Windows

How do you turn off notifications in Windows 10?

Barry Collins

3 Min Read

How to silence annoying Windows 10 alerts

Apps • Software

How do you cure one of the most annoying things about using Slack on a PC?

Barry Collins

2 Min Read

I use Slack a hell of a lot for communicating with colleagues on a variety of projects – but it can be hideously annoying. Something I’ve long...

Microsoft Office • Software

What are the 5 best Microsoft Word features you’ve never used?

Barry Collins

5 Min Read

Discover great new features in Microsoft Word

Photography

Why is buying a 1TB SD card a costly mistake?

Barry Collins

2 Min Read

Why you should avoid super-high capacity memory cards

Apps • Software • Windows

How do I get Post-It Notes for Windows computers?

Barry Collins

3 Min Read

My computer desk is littered with handwritten paper notes: reminders, scribbled phone numbers, notes on articles I’m writing. There’s really no...