What Is a PEM File? A PEM file is a Privacy Enhanced Mail Certificate file used to privately transmit email. The person receiving this email can be confident that the message wasn’t altered during its transmission, wasn’t shown to anyone else, and was sent by the person who claims to have sent it. PEM files arose out of the complication of sending binary data through email. The PEM format encodes binary with base64 so that it exists as an ASCII string....
How to View Snapchat Stories Open the Snapchat app and swipe left from the camera tab to see Snapchat stories. Alternatively, tap the Stories icon (the two silhouettes) in the toolbar. Tap anybody’s name to view a friend’s stories in the order they were posted. If you’ve been snapping with someone, another way to see their stories is to look at their profile icon in your Conversations tab. Their profile/Bitmoji icon will turn into a clip of their story, which you can tap to watch instantly....
Opening a local file on your computer is as simple as double-clicking it, but to open files on remote computers, like web servers, we must use URLs so that our web browser knows where to look. For example, opening the HTML file that represents the web page explained below, is done by entering it into the navigation bar at the top of the browser you’re using. Other Names Uniform Resource Locators are most commonly abbreviated as URLs, but they’re also called website addresses when they refer to URLs that use the HTTP or HTTPS protocol....
What Are Tech-Related Easter Eggs? In the tech world, Easter eggs are unadvertised features that developers include typically to get a laugh out of users. Easter eggs usually serve no practical purpose other than to entertain. They may incorporate references to pop culture, or they can be obscure in-jokes among programmers. As with real Easter eggs, tech Easter eggs are usually well-hidden, so users must “hunt” to find them. For example, people have discovered dozens of Google Easter eggs including secret games, snarky jokes, and fun animations....
What Is an FOB File? A file with the FOB file extension is a Dynamics NAV Object Container file used with Microsoft’s Dynamics NAV software. These are files that reference objects like tables and forms that the program can use. These files might also be referred to as Navision Attain Object files or Financials Object files. How to Open an FOB File FOB files can be opened with Dynamics NAV (it was previously called Microsoft Navision)....
In most ways, an internet-equipped TV (often called a smart TV) delivers the same functionality as a hardware streaming device like a Roku or Apple TV, as well as the usual television channels provided by an antenna or cable/satellite subscription. How Internet TVs Work You’ll need a high-speed internet connection and an unlimited or generous data allowance with your internet provider to take advantage of all the features of an internet-enabled TV....
What Does an IP Address Look Like? Most IP addresses look like this: Other IP addresses you may come across could look more like this: What Is an IP Address Used For? An IP address provides an identity to a networked device on the internet. Similar to a home or business address that supplies a specific physical location with an identifiable address, devices on a network are differentiated from one another through IP addresses....
What Is Google Workspace (Formerly G Suite)? Google Workspace is Google’s office suite of intelligent office and productivity apps. Google Workspace includes all of Google’s familiar apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and more. These apps still exist as stand-alone tools, but there’s more integration when you use them in the Google Workspace framework. Google Workspace takes Google’s productivity apps, along with the Chat messaging feature, and includes deeper integration between all facets to help foster communication and collaboration for groups, whether you’re running a business or planning a family reunion....
What Is HDMI-CEC? HDMI is the primary connection standard used in the AV environment. Along with HDMI-ARC, HDMI-CEC is an optional feature of HDMI. HDMI-CEC may already be enabled on a device you already own. (Although you may need to activate it manually via the settings menu.) Features HDMI-CEC provides several capabilities, which are listed below. However, not all features listed here are accessible on all HDMI-CEC-enabled products. Feature compatibility between brands often varies....
IMDb is an extremely detailed and rich source of film data that features top movies, news, reviews, movie trailers, showtimes, DVD movie reviews, celebrity profiles, and more. If you’ve ever researched a movie or actor, you’ve probably landed on IMDb. The site is truly a mammoth repository of movie information, and while it’s great that most of it is completely free to access, it can seem cluttered and hard to sift through....
Local backup is the method used to back up data with commercial backup software and free backup tools, and is sometimes an optional, second backup method with online backup services. Local Backup vs Online Backup Local backup is an alternative solution to using an online backup service, which sends your files over the internet to a secure data storage facility owned and operated by a company that you pay a fee to for data storage....
Lossless formats use compression algorithms that preserve audio data so the audio is exactly the same as the original source. This contrasts with lossy audio formats such as AAC, MP3, and WMA, which compress audio using algorithms that discard data. Audio files are made up of sounds and silences. Lossless formats are able to compress the silences to almost zero space while maintaining all the sound data. Which Lossless Formats Are Used for Digital Music?...
The Effects Of Compression Usually, a complex calculation (algorithm) is used so that the effects of the lost data are imperceptible to the naked eye in video and photos or can’t be heard in music. Some of the lost visual data take advantage of the human eye’s inability to detect slight color differences. In other words, with good compression technology, you shouldn’t be able to perceive a loss of picture or sound quality....
What Is Pandora? Pandora is a music streaming service and app that you can use to stream music on a variety of devices, including your smartphone, tablet, computer, smart TV, smart speakers, car stereo system, Blu-ray player, or game console. Pandora allows you to create personalized radio stations based on an artist or song that you like. Once you select a seed song or artist, Pandora automatically gathers and plays songs with similar qualities....
Why Pay With Your Phone? Simplicity and security are the two main reasons. With a mobile payment app like Samsung Pay, you don’t have to worry about losing your wallet. Because the system requires at least one security method such as a PIN or biometric scan, no one else can access your payment methods, even if you lose your device or leave it unattended. As an added layer of security, if you enable Find My Mobile on your device and the device is lost or stolen, you can remotely wipe all the data from the Samsung Pay app....
SATA or PCI Express Communication The existing SATA 3.0 specifications are limited to 6.0 Gbps bandwidth, which translates to roughly 750 MB/s. With overhead for the interface, the effective performance is restricted to 600 MB/s. Many current generations of solid-state drives have reached this limit and need some form of faster interface. The SATA 3.2 specification, of which SATA Express is a part, is a new communication standard between the computer and devices....
TDMA technology, which stands for Time Division Multiple Access, is a cell phone standard that has been incorporated into the more advanced GSM standard, which is now the world’s most widely used cell phone technology.TDMA appeared in second-generation (2G) cell phone systems such as GSM. Most major third-generation (3G) cell phone systems were primarily based upon GSM rival CDMA. 3G allowed for faster data speeds over 2G.While TDMA and CDMA both achieve the same goal, they do so using different methods....
What Is the Brave Browser? Brave is a free web browser that launched in 2016 with the intention of protecting users’ privacy, blocking online advertisements, and rewarding website owners with cryptocurrency payments. In early 2017, Brave launched its own cryptocurrency token, Basic Attention Token, (BAT), which is used to make payments. Later that same year, Brave began to expand beyond supporting websites to share BAT payments with YouTube and Twitch video creators....
What to Do When Your Mac Won’t Turn On If you can’t get your Mac to power up at all, it’s a good idea to start by making sure the most basic box is checked: the power connection. That’s an essential link in the chain, but it isn’t the only possible culprit. If your Mac is a laptop, the battery could be the source of the problem. If your Mac overheats, that can prevent it from turning on too....
Android Controller Standards One reason for this market dynamic is that official support for controllers was established in Android in version 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. The support is so well-integrated you can control your phone or tablet by using a compatible controller. Device Options One of the cheapest iOS game controllers by MSRP is the $49.99 SteelSeries Stratus. You can buy many cheaper ones for Android. In fact, Android Bluetooth controllers work over the Human Interface Device protocol, so they can work with computers as well, though you may find compatibility a little suspect....
