What You Get With Your Microsoft 365 Free Trial A free trial of Microsoft 365 offers all the components of the Office suite, including Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word. A Microsoft 365 subscription also includes apps to edit Microsoft Office files on mobile devices. Android and iOS tablets and phones are supported. You can sign in to Office on up to five devices at the same time, which includes any combination of PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones....

This tool conducts quick scans to check for threats in common areas where viruses hide, but you can also run a full scan to check everything or a custom scan to look in specific folders or drives. Microsoft Security Essentials Features Like any antivirus program, MSE offers several features to help fight threats. It does a good job at balancing ease-of-use with functionality. Fully functional engines to guard against viruses and most other kinds of malware....

Taking Your Shots Here’s how to use Slow Shutter Cam to capture your first light-trails image: How Does the App Do That, Anyway? Slow Shutter Cam takes a series of long-exposure photos in rapid succession and stitches them together into a single image showing the continuous trail of light. This is why keeping your camera steady and still is important. Ideally, the shots link or overlap at the same point within the frame so that the result looks like a single shot....

Compression Levels Many audiophiles and music fans wishing to perfectly preserve their original audio CDs (CD ripping), vinyl records, or tapes (digitizing) often favor a lossless audio format like Monkey’s audio for their first-generation digital copy. When using Monkey’s Audio to compress an original audio source, you can expect to get approximately a 50 percent reduction on the original uncompressed size. Monkey’s Audio achieves better than average lossless compression compared to other lossless formats like FLAC (which varies between 30 percent and 50 percent)....

The Movavi Video Editor 15 Personal Edition presents a solution to a common issue: the inaccessibility and high cost of most video editing software. If those barriers to entry have dissuaded you but you want to learn to edit or create your own pro-looking videos, Movavi may just be the program for you. Movavi features an improved timeline that makes editing simple and accessible without sacrificing fundamental features, and includes some fun extras like stickers, preset title animations, and filters for your footage....

Coleman is the founder and CEO of After the Peanut, a Chicago-based organization that provides various educational STEAM opportunities and programs for K-12 students, including coding programs and STEAM tutoring. After serving as a high school physics and chemistry teacher, Coleman saw where the school system was failing. “There was a lack of diversity in textbooks and even in the curriculum,” Coleman told Lifewire in a phone interview. “I kept a poster in my classroom with about 30 African American scientists on it, and that was the seed to my organization....

Film photography is far from dead. Its popularity is rising, even as film manufacturers like Kodak and Fujifilm struggle with production. One answer for film-lovers facing an uncertain supply is to use a half-frame camera. The Alfie TYCH is just such a device, currently in testing. Like all half-frame cameras, it stretches a 36 exposure roll of 35mm film to 72 exposures. But should you wait for this, pick up an old vintage half-frame camera, or give up on film altogether?...

Ma is the CEO and co-founder of Numerade, a short-form video education platform seeking to arm every student in the world with a personalized artificial intelligence-powered tutor. Founded in 2018, the edtech company creates video and interactive content for learners of all ages across various topics. “Our fundamental belief is that we want to work with students as young as possible so they can get the reinforcement, encouragement, and support that they need,” Ma told Lifewire in a phone interview....

At the end of 2016, a company called HMD Global gained the rights to make and sell smartphones under the Nokia brand. Nokia phones were very popular in Europe as the company has headquarters in Finland. The Nokia Androids are often released in China first before getting a global launch. Some of the Nokia models discussed below are available globally, and even those that don’t have an official U.S. release are available for purchase online....

While this phone is mid-range in most aspects, there is one in which it rivals even the most high-end competitors. The Nord N300 5G features the company’s signature fast-charging components and ships with a 33W wired charger and a 5,000 mAh capacity battery. The phone refills 30 to 40 percent of its battery with just 20 minutes of charging. The other notable spec here is the price. This smartphone costs just $228 while still delivering the aforementioned quick-charging capabilities....

Perfect timing: The new add-on fits in well with all the Zoom conferencing we’re seeing these days as kids and adults work and go to school online. How to access: Whoever hosts the Zoom meeting will need to have at least an Otter for Teams subscription and a minimum of three $20 seat licenses. There’s also a free two month trial if you enter the code “OTTER_RELIEF” at checkout. Recorded bliss: Once activated, Otter will transcribe what everyone says, even if they’re using a headset or external mic....

Photos might look like a simple image-viewing app, but dig in and you’ll find powerful organizing and editing tools. You may think you need Lightroom, but Photos probably has everything you need, and you don’t have to pay a monthly subscription to use it. For high-volume batch edits and deep camera integration, Lightroom wins. But for pretty much everything else, you’ll find Apple’s Photos app to be surprisingly capable....

Free online image editors generally fall into two camps. There are more basic applications that apply global adjustments to photos and more advanced applications that replicate much of the functionality found in full-blown image editing applications, allowing for more precise editing of specific areas of a photo. Photoshop Express Editor falls into the first camp but offers plenty of power to allow the production of impressive results. Highlights of Photoshop Express Editor As you’d expect from Adobe, Photoshop Express Editor is a very well presented online image editor with a good range of features....

Gone biking: When you now look up biking directions, Google Maps will show you walking directions to local bikeshares, turn-by-turn cycling directions to the nearest bikeshare, and, most importantly, bike availability. Best of all, Maps will also provide links to the relevant app to book and unlock the shared bike, rather than you hastily downloading the app when you get there. Perfect path: Of course, a bike ride is no good without a decent route, and Maps will now keep routes up to date to give you both a smooth ride and to prepare you for what’s to come....

The Plantronics Backbeat Pro 5100 true wireless earbuds are a lot more than just earbuds—they are earbuds that aim to put call quality top of their list. These aren’t the best sounding earbuds around, nor are they the most stylish. But from a brand like Plantronics, that has staked its claim on the Bluetooth headset market, you’re likely looking at the on-board microphones as a marquis feature. The call quality really was superb on these earbuds, with a couple of caveats I’ll get into later in the review....

How to Use PlayStation Plus to Play PS2 and PS3 Games Through Your PS4 The PlayStation 4 disc drive and hardware can’t read PS2 or PS3 discs, so the easiest way to access your favorite old games is to use a PlayStation Plus Extra or Deluxe membership. The Extra tier provides access to the Game Catalog, which includes some PS4 titles. The more expensive Deluxe tier also includes the Classics Catalog, which has older titles....

We have used Photoshop Elements 2.0 throughout this tutorial, though it can also be done in Photoshop. You may also be able to follow along using other photo editing software with some slight modifications to the steps. Right-click and save the picture below to your computer and then continue to the next page. Getting a Better Sky Photo You’ll also need to save the image above to your computer. Open both images in either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and begin the tutorial....

Methods to Pause a PowerPoint Slideshow Use any of these methods to pause a presentation in progress: Press the B key to pause the show and display a black screen, so there are no other distractions on screen. To remember this shortcut, note that B stands for black. Press the W key to pause the show and displays a white screen. The W stands for white. If the slideshow has been set with automatic timings, right-click the current slide as the show is running and choose Pause from the shortcut menu....

Seagate is a well-known name in the world of external hard drives, and the Seagate Backup Plus Hub is one of the brand’s desktop HDDs. With large capacities of between 4TB and 10TB, cross-platform compatibility, and dual functionality as both a data hub and a recharging station, the Seagate Backup Plus Hub should be a valuable addition to any home office. I tested the 6TB version of the Backup Plus Hub for a week to see if its design, performance, and features make it a worthwhile investment....

How to Set Up an Email Signature in AOL Follow these steps set up or change your email signature in AOL Mail: What Is an Email Signature? The signature at the end of your email can be a valuable tool in marketing your business, building your brand, promoting your blog, or providing contact information. Email signatures usually contain your name, essential contact information, perhaps a link, and sometimes a witty quote, social media icons, poetry, or ASCII art....