If you’re experiencing issues with constant pausing of YouTube videos, the most likely explanation is that your Internet connection isn’t fast enough to keep up with the demands of streaming video at the selected quality. Other potential causes include a technical fault with YouTube’s servers, a conflict with another program on your system, or an issue with your browser or one of its extensions. Writer Bio
The first webcams relied on slow parallel or serial cable connections to stream video to monitor screens. With the advent of USB in the late 1990s, webcam video improved considerably, but it was still tied to the computer because the cable required to connect the camera was relatively short. Modern wireless cameras let users break the wired chains and place a camera virtually anywhere; it’s also possible to connect and view the camera from remote locations....
Conduct an Internet search for “Internet storage” or “cloud storage” and you’ll get pages of listings for websites offering online storage, free and for a charge. Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and Dropbox are just three examples. Before uploading vacation photos, business documents and your wedding video, you must weigh the pros and cons of these services. Writer Bio
Audio and video syncing software can line up a video clip with a corresponding audio clip to make the two seamless and coherent. Use this software to sync audio and video captured from different sources, or to correct small errors in existing video.
The majority of Garmin’s GPS devices come with a USB cable, which can be used to transfer data to and from a computer or for charging the GPS from a USB port. The slimmest and lightest models use a thin micro-USB connector, while handheld Garmins and the versatile Street Pilot series use the larger mini-USB format. Although most mini-USB cables will work with a Street Pilot, there are a few potential complications....
Every registration for Google’s email service – Gmail – automatically includes an official username that ends with “gmail.com.” During the registration process and afterwards, you use this username and your chosen password to sign in to Gmail and all other Google services, such as Picasa and Google Calendar. Although you can’t change the official username for your Google account, the Google service enables you to create a variety of email addresses, or aliases, under the same account, including email addresses that don’t end with “gmail....
Updated September 01, 2017 GPS Versus iPhone Location You don’t necessarily need to have GPS turned on to locate your phone; some services (such as Lookout) can access your phone’s location using the data connection. If your goal is to find your missing phone, your focus doesn’t necessarily need to be on enabling GPS. Rather, you should look for an application that uses more than one method to find your misplaced phone....
Spy cameras, small enough to either turn an otherwise innocuous object like a pen into a surveillance tool or fit where you can’t see them, have left the realm of mystery-thriller fiction and entered mainstream consumer life. New technologies make it easy for someone to set up a spy camera in your house without your knowledge. Writer Bio
Like other digital video recorders, the DirecTV DVR records and stores television footage so that it can be viewed later. If you would like to keep a recording from a DirecTV DVR, you can either leave it on the DVR, which may prove a problem since DVRs have limited space, or you can extract the video to a computer for storage. Writer Bio
Log in to your Tumblr account and click the mail icon button in your dashboard to visit your account’s aggregate inbox. Locate the question to which you’d like to respond. If you have more than one Tumblr blog and you know which blog received the question, you can filter your inbox asks by selecting the desired blog from the drop-down menu. Click the “Answer” button in the post. The “Answer” button features an outline of a square with the silhouette icon of a pencil....
Generators and alternators both convert mechanical energy from a car’s engine into electrical energy. Generators were used until around 1970, when they were replaced by the alternator, which is used in cars today. Writer Bio
Many varieties of cooking knives are on the market, for use with different foods and for different cutting techniques. Dimpled and smooth blades allow a cook to attain varied cuts.
Over the years, Skype has become one of the leading messaging programs. Although it boasts a world of communication features that enable you to connect with anyone around the world, it is certainly not without drawbacks that can, at times, make it less desirable. Writer Bio
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Unlike Google Earth on the computer, which is entirely Web-based, Google Earth for the iPad is an application you download and save to the device. The Google Earth app draws information and maps from the Internet as an alternative to saving data for the entire globe on your hard drive and is designed to work with a Web connection. However, you can run the program in a limited way when you’re offline using the cache on your iPad to save map data for offline use....
You may notice that the speed of your tablet, smartphone or laptop’s Wi-Fi connection is different at home, work, the mall or at your favorite fast food restaurant. However, a Wi-Fi device’s signal strength is just one of many factors that affect the speed of wireless Internet connections. In fact, you may be able to increase your Wi-Fi speed by simply flicking a light switch. Writer Bio
Follow Limits Tumblr lets you follow up to 5,000 total blogs. Note that this limit is not extended across any additional blogs you may have, even if they are attached to the same email address; each of those blogs can follow 5,000 blogs as well. You are also limited to following up to 200 blogs per day, so choose who you follow carefully. Follow limitations apply only to how many blogs each person can follow; there is no limit to how many people can follow a blog....
An eSATA connection enables external hard drives to connect with the same 6.0 gigabits per second (Gbps) or 3.0 Gbps speeds as internal SATA 6 and 3 connections. This enables external drives to work just as effectively as internal drives for accessing data and, in some cases, booting your computer. Not all BIOS supports booting from eSATA devices, but for those that do, you have the option of quickly changing boot drives to run varying operating systems or boot utilities without ever cracking open your computer....
Text messages are messages sent to mobile phones from other mobile phones. These messages are used to send a short message without having to call the person on the receiving end. Text messages can also be sent from computers to a mobile phone. If you would like to check the text messaging archive on your Verizon phone, you can use the buttons on the phone and the menu interface to access it....
Most computers initially come with one hard drive installed. However, some have more than one, and sometimes users add another hard drive for more storage space. The computer’s operating system normally loads from one hard drive, known as the primary or master drive. If you have more than one hard drive and you are not sure which drive your operating system is on, you should check before removing or replacing one of the drives....
