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I spent weeks eyeing the new Apple Braided Solo Loop for Apple Watch. It looked gorgeous, yet felt expensive at $99. Eventually worn down by my constant window shopping, I hit the buy button. You just can’t beat Apple quality, even if we don’t blame you for feeling uneasy about spending $99 on a watch strap. What Is the Braided Solo Loop? Apple describes the Braided Solo Loop in a fascinating way that also sounds like fancy (and baffling) marketing terminology at first....

When it’s working, Outriders is an addictive third-person shooter with an elaborate system of powers that invites you to turn yourself into a superhuman engine of destruction. In Outriders, you are the nightmare scenario that other people are planning for, capable of taking on battalions and winning. The issue, however, is that it often doesn’t work. Outriders still feels like it’s in beta in a lot of major and minor ways....

How to View Your Facebook Profile as a Public User Facebook allows you to share certain information publicly, with friends, with specific friends, or just with yourself. If you want to view your Facebook profile as the public sees it, you can do so by using Facebook’s public viewing feature. You can do this on Facebook.com and the official Facebook app for iPhone/Android. Instructions are provided for both, however screenshots are provided only for Facebook....

How to Watch the Superman Movies in Release Order If you have a healthy chunk of time to spare for a movie marathon, you could easily get through the original four Superman movies in a weekend. The whole gang is there: ambitious Lois Lane who inexplicably can’t spell, Clark Kent’s gee-whiz disguise marked by oversized glasses and a different hair part, Jimmy Olsen’s trusty camera and enthusiasm, and the no-nonsense Daily Planet editor Perry White....

How to Watch the Tony Awards Live Stream If you’ve cut the cord, but you still want to keep tabs on Broadway, there’s no reason to miss even a moment of glamour, action, or entertainment. With a compatible streaming device, you can watch the Tony Awards live stream from your computer, tablet, smartphone, or even on your television. Time: 5 p.m. PT/ 8 p.m. ET Location: Radio City Music Hall Channel: CBS Stream: Paramount+ CBS holds the exclusive rights to air the Tonys, but there are many different ways to stream the ceremony....

Huawei has recently seen its Western fortunes decline thanks to a conflict with the United States government, significantly hobbling its Android phones due to a lack of Google services. But when it comes to Windows PCs, you can still find Huawei’s MateBook line on the market. And one thing is for sure: the Chinese giant can make one seriously impressive Apple MacBook knockoff. What the Huawei MateBook X Pro Signature Edition lacks in originality it makes up for by being an incredibly polished and well-crafted laptop, featuring one of the best screens we’ve seen on any notebook paired with a great keyboard and decent battery life....

I’ve been a fan of the series since the days of looking up maps for the NES original in Nintendo Power, but Nintendo hasn’t been making it easy. As beloved as the franchise and most of the spin-offs are (ignoring Other M, obviously), it’s functionally been stuffed into the C-tier catalog for years. So despite my affection, I tend to just forget about the series for extended periods. Because the only time anyone talks about Samus Aran is when it relates to Super Smash Bros....

Import Contacts from a CSV File Into Outlook In the database or spreadsheet program, export the contacts data to a CSV (comma separated values) file. Make sure the columns have meaningful headers, though they don’t need to correspond precisely to the fields used in the Outlook address book. You can manually map columns to fields during the import process. The screenshots below are for Outlook 2016. Screens in other versions of Outlook may differ slightly, but the steps are the same....

Subscription-only services like Patreon have helped in this regard, but the major social media players are finally catching on. For instance, Instagram just announced some new features rolling out to creators to help attract more paying subscribers. The image-based social media giant quietly tested out paid subscriptions for creators earlier this year in a closed beta, allowing them the ability to make subscriber-exclusive stories. Today’s announcement brings standard Instagram feed posts into the paid subscriber fold....

Instagram CEO Adam Grossi mentioned the social network is testing this new feature during an Instagram Live on Thursday. Grossi said that the feature would essentially lock down your account when you are in a moment of risk, so you can’t have any type of interaction with anyone. If you become a target of harassment, the feature will let you suspend your account for a bit, so you don’t get any unwanted comments or DMs....

Fortunately, the ubiquitous and inexpensive flash drive, or any other USB-based drive, is a perfect solution. While many computers don’t have optical drives, they all have USB ports…thankfully. Once you have those installation files on a flash drive, which is exactly what we’ll show you how to do over the course of this tutorial, you can move on to the actual Windows 8 installation process, which we also have a complete tutorial of—but we’ll get to that at the end....

How to Tell if Roblox Is Down for Everyone If you’re experiencing problems with purchases, joining games, lags, or delays and think Roblox is down for everyone, a few simple tests can confirm that. Give these steps a try to see if others are experiencing the same issues you are. What to Do When You Can’t Connect to Roblox If Roblox seems to be working fine for everyone but you, then there are a few things you can try to get it working again....

This additional Samsung software often adds features and altered design elements not yet available on the stock Android operating system while still supporting all of the primary Android functionality users expect. Is Samsung Android? Most Samsung-branded smartphones run some version of the regular Android operating system with additional Samsung design elements and features added on top. Technically, Samsung isn’t Android, but many people and publications refer to Samsung phones as Android phones simply because they support Android apps and run the Android operating system under the hood....

Is My Galaxy Watch 4 Waterproof? Like the Samsung Galaxy Watch before it, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 comes with two separate ratings for water immersions. It has an IP68 rating for Ingress Protection which indicates it’s water-resistant for up to 30 minutes. Alongside that is a 5ATM rating which means it is immersion proof for up to 50 meters of depth. Combined, that means the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 can be submerged in 50 meters of water for up to thirty minutes at a time safely....

How to Tell If Verizon Is Down Verizon wireless outages in your area? Or is it just you? Try these simple steps to figure out if there’s a Verizon outage for everyone. What to Do When You Can’t Connect via Verizon If no one else is reporting a problem with Verizon, then the problem is likely something on your end. There are a few things you can try if Verizon seems to be working fine for everyone else, but not you....

The US Ninth Circuit of Appeals has ruled that scraping public data isn’t against the law. Web scraping is the technical term for extracting information from a website. For instance, when you copy some text from an article as a quote, that’s scraping. It enters a legal gray area when the scraping is done by automated programs that scrape entire websites, especially those holding personal information, such as names and email addresses....

The company announced the new labels on Wednesday that come to life in a video on the Jones Soda app. Consumers use their phone camera to scan the bottle labels’ image within the app, allowing them to see the world of an influencer up close. You’ll be able to have a sneak peek into the life of a BMX rider, a beach volleyball player, a breakdancer, a roller skater, a skateboarder, a surfer, a circus performer, and more....

The StudioCaddy has been designed specifically for the Apple ecosystem to wirelessly charge your MacBook, iPad, iPhone, and AirPods. It also can charge devices that require a wired connection, such as older iPad/iPhone models or the Apple Watch, via built-in USB-A and USB-C ports. In addition, the StudioCaddy also has a fairly small footprint, so it won’t clutter your desk while you charge your devices. It can hold and charge your MackBook (closed), iPad Pro (up to 12....

How to Use Safari’s Keyboard Shortcuts If you hold down the Command key and press a number from one to nine, you can switch between the different tabs currently open on your browser. Before the launch of Safari 9, these shortcuts were used to access websites saved to your Favorites. For example, Command + 1 brought up the first site on the left in the Bookmarks toolbar; Command + 2 accessed the second site from the left, and so on....

If you’re just starting out and using the on-screen keyboard, you’ll learn only the basics. A big part of learning an instrument is building up muscle memory so that your fingers know what to do, and that takes a real instrument. The good news is that GarageBand can connect a MIDI keyboard to your iOS device. A MIDI keyboard is an electronic keyboard that has MIDI IN and MIDI OUT ports....