You might already be familiar with widgets from your iPhone or Android phone—interactive panels that are something in between shortcut icons and full apps. Using these widgets, you can complete tasks ...

This is the latest in my adventures to see what sort of useful things can be done with a Raspberry Pi. The friendly people at the Pi-Shop.ch recently added the Farnell element 14 Pi Desktop to their ...

The Times Union has added desktop notifications as a way to stay informed on important news in the Capital Region and Hudson ...

If you have been paying close attention to Apple devices lately, you’ll notice that widgets are back on the home screen. All of Apple’s major OS updates of late have been focused on widgets. Apple is ...

Google Tasks is an app and add-on that lets you make to-do lists and set reminders. Your Google Tasks reminders are organized into lists, and can be tied to specific ...

In my previous post, I wrote about assembling and using the Farnell element 14 Pi-Desktop kit. I limited that post to the basic installation, configuration and use of the Pi-Desktop enclosure itself.

Google’s Chrome Remote Desktop add-on lets you remote control any PC with the Chrome web browser from another computer running Chrome. But up until now if you’ve wanted to remote control a PC from a ...

While we all love to keep icons and files on the Desktop for quick access, it results in too much clutter. As Windows changed, it allowed you to hide the desktop icons, so everything looked cleaner.

Following the 19th birthday of Vocaloid characters Kagamine Len and Rin, the twins will join Desktop Mate as DLC. Each of ...

Want to sign into a computer from another desktop or a mobile device? Here's how to use Google's Chrome Remote Desktop to make the connection. Once upon a time, in a world not so far away, accessing a ...

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