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Facebook provides a search bar to find people, groups, posts, or just about anything else on Facebook. You can filter results down to the details most relevant to your search. The search bar is geared towards natural-language searches, so if you type what you are looking for in plain language, Facebook is likely to deliver the results you want. Here’s a Facebook search you might use to find posts by a certain friend or to see what the public is saying about a specific topic: Under Posts, you can also sort the results by Posts You’ve Seen, the Date Posted (year only), and posts from a specific Tagged Location....

Browser A browser is a free software program or mobile app that displays web pages, graphics, and other online content. Popular web browsers include Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Safari, but there are many others. Internet users access the web through web browser software, which is included in or can be downloaded on computers and mobile devices. Each web page has a unique address called a URL, which can be entered in a browser’s address bar to navigate directly to a site....

According to CNET, the update can be set up within the device, itself. While previously only available to the Echo Show 10, the update is now available for the first-generation Echo Show 5 and the Echo Show 8. The Home Monitoring setting provides motion alerts, video recordings, and the ability to check in on pets or toddlers. CNET notes that the Home Monitoring function does not entirely replace an actual security camera, since you can’t view livestream footage....

What Is a Cedilla? The cedilla is a diacritical mark that denotes a different pronunciation of the letter it appears under. A cedilla diacritical accent mark looks like a small tail and appears most often on the upper and lower case letter C in English, as in Ç and ç. Its appearance in English comes with words from French, Portuguese, Catalan, and Occitan. Perhaps the most familiar word in English using the cedilla is façade....

With electronic communications, however, re has been repurposed. RE: in an email subject line precedes the subject when the message is a reply to a previous one that uses the same subject. This indicator helps you and your correspondents recognize messages and responses that are on a particular topic, which is helpful if you’re engaged in several email conversations at the same time. When RE: Causes Confusion in Emails RE: is typically added in front of the subject of a reply email automatically....

Verify Time Machine Backups to a Network Disk If you’re backing up your files with Time Machine to a networked location, verifying your backups is a simple process. Verifying might take a while, depending on the size of your backup and your Mac’s speed. Time Machine alerts you if there are any problems with your backup. Verify Time Machine Backups With Local Storage If you’re using a local storage device for your Time Machine backups, you can’t use the Verify Backups option, which works only with a network storage device....

That time is now. The company just officially launched 5G service to more than 1,700 cities throughout America, covering over 100 million existing customers. The company noted that “nearly one in three Americans” live in areas serviced by Verizon 5G UWB (ultra-wideband), along with two million businesses. Verizon highlighted that this network reaches speeds up to 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps) and “brings power and performance comparable to a broadband internet connection to your pocket....

This is actually the industry’s first dedicated showcase for VR and AR titles and Resolution Games made a splash, demoing projects for both the Meta Quest platform and the Steam VR platform. The biggest news is today’s beta launch of mixed-reality shooter Spatial Ops, a game that leverages passthrough technology to let players turn any real-world location into a battlefield. It supports eight players and includes common FPS modes like team deathmatch and capture the flag....

Setting and Plot: Fun, but predictable Watch Dogs: Legion is set in a near-future version of London. The game accurately depicts landmarks, as well as the overall vibe of the city, but it’s a fictional version of London with a heavy tech theme. You have a few different enemies — a group consisting of private military, state operatives, and organized crime, as well as a hacker group called Zero Day. Zero Day pulls off a major terrorist operation in London....

It’s all part of Google’s ongoing ‘Built-In’ platform that embeds many of the company’s key offerings, such as Google Assistant, in vehicles. Cars that ship with Waze pre-installed get real-time routing, full navigation, and alerts. Also, your settings, preferences, and favored places carry over from the standard smartphone app. Everything is built into the car’s display, and, for now, Google is prioritizing vehicles with big and bold displays so as to enhance the navigational experience....

Some smart clothes use advanced textiles with interwoven circuitry, while others implement sensors and additional hardware to give it its smart functionality. Many smart clothes can connect to an app or program on a secondary device using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. However, this wireless connectivity isn’t necessary to classify a garment as a type of smart clothing. What Are Some Examples of Smart Clothes? A variety of small and major companies have begun integrating technology into their clothing, which has resulted in smart clothes popping up in almost every fashion category....

The security threats cause even more concern when we think that VoIP is replacing the oldest and most secure communication system the world ever known – POTS (Plain Old Telephone System). Let us have a look at the threats VoIP users face. Identity and Service Theft Phreaking is a type of hacking that steals service from a service provider or use service while passing the cost to another person. Encryption is not common in SIP, which controls authentication over VoIP calls, so user credentials are vulnerable to theft....

What Does SNMP Mean in Networking? SNMP is a client-server protocol. This means that network administrators need to install and configure an SNMP server, known as a manager, which constantly collects detailed information about SNMP devices on the network. SNMP servers gather and store information about all the SNMP agents. This network management protocol makes it easy to collect real-time information about those devices without creating excessive network traffic. SNMP agents are devices connected to the network that supports SNMP network monitoring....

In other words, telework is any situation where work duties are accomplished outside of the regular office location where a group of employees might also work. However, telework does not refer to situations where employees sometimes take work home with them or where an employee’s job involves a lot of off-site work or travel (like sales). Federal Government Usage The U.S. Office of Personnel Management and General Services Administration uses the term telework for Federal Government reporting purposes and regarding all policy and legislative matters....

The Original Children’s Television Act of 1990 After activists campaigned for higher-quality children’s television, Congress passed the Children’s Television Act (CTA) in 1990. The CTA was also known as the E/I rules or the Kid Vid rules. Under the CTA, a portion of a station or cable channel’s programming had to be designed to educate children. Stations were required to report to the FCC about how they fulfilled this obligation. They also had to keep and publish summaries of their educational programs for parents and consumers....

When Was WPS Introduced? The Wi-Fi Alliance created WPS in 2006 in a bid to simplify network setup for home users. The thinking was it helped novices avoid having to dive into complicated network settings while still having a secure network that protects their data at all times. WPS is on many different devices ranging from routers, modems, TVs, smart home equipment, and much more. If a device connects to your Wi-Fi network, it stands a high chance of having a WPS button....

Most cars came with either a single or double DIN radio, with “double” meaning twice that of single DIN. But there are thousands of vehicles with head units that fall into a strange in-between category. These head units are typically referred to as 1.5 DIN or Din-and-a-half. What Is DIN-and-a-Half? “1.5 DIN” or “Din-and-a-half” refers to head units that are sized somewhere between single and double-DIN units. Put simply, they are half the height of double DIN units—or half again the height of single DIN....

Why Codecs Are Necessary Video and music files are huge, which means they are usually difficult to transfer over the internet. To speed up downloads, algorithms encode, or shrink, a signal for transmission and then decode it for viewing or editing. Without codecs, downloads of video and audio would take three to five times longer than they do now. How Many Codecs Do I Need? There are hundreds of codecs in use; you will need combinations that specifically play your files....

In Windows, commands are usually entered via a command-line interpreter, like Command Prompt or Recovery Console. Commands must always be entered into a command line interpreter exactly. Entering a command incorrectly (wrong syntax, misspelling, etc.) could cause the command to fail or worse, could execute the wrong command or the right command in the wrong way, creating serious problems. There are many kinds of commands, and many phrases that use the word command that probably shouldn’t, because they’re not actually commands....

What Is a CRDOWNLOAD File? CRDOWNLOAD is a temporary file extension used by the Chrome web browser. Files with this extension are called Chrome Partial Download files, so seeing one means that the file isn’t completely downloaded. How Are CRDOWNLOAD Files Used? Partial downloads are due to the fact that either the file is still being downloaded by Chrome or that the download process was interrupted and so it’s only a partial, incomplete file....