Teaching sight words for kids is not an easy job. Good news, the best sight words apps offer a great way for parents and teachers to help kids learn high frequency sight words on mobile device. These apps are specifically designed to promote easier reading and memorizing. Repetition is a key driver to successful sight word learning. There’s a vast selection of apps providing the same words and a variety of exercises to keep your kids engaged during the practice....

MeetMe offers an incredible way to meet and chat with new people nearby. It has abundant features to video chat, Livestream, and find people of the same interests. But for whatever reasons, you may want to find apps like MeetMe and have a different experience. Most of these alternatives work similarly to MeetMe. They also bring similar features, even better. If you wish to upgrade your chatting experience and meet new people, you are going to find the best tools to download....

Busy dog parents often need help to walk their dogs. If you don’t have time to walk your pups but still want to maintain their health then using a dog walking service can be a brilliant solution. Simply download the best dog walking apps on your Android or iPhone and get connected to the service provider. Currently, so many platforms offer dog walking service, pet sitting service, and the like....

Loom is one of the best screen recorders available out there. However, you will also find several Loom alternatives that serve pretty much similar features but better. Nowadays, the presence of screen recorder apps has become part of essentials. Whether for work, education, or entertainment purposes, this kind of app will always provide a huge help. In this article, you will find a series of alternatives for Loom. Thus, if you are looking for a screen recorder app for your PC or smartphone, you may find the answer on the list below....

OBS is well-known as an open-source software suite for live streaming and recording. With the functionality to record screen and audio at the same time, you can ditch the expensive internal capture card. However, OBS is not a sole player as you can find a bunch of OBS alternatives. As many developers are competing to develop similar software, the market is now flooded with video recording and live streaming tools....

By this time, if you were following our previous posts, you should know how to install, configure and use VirtualBox on Windows and Linux systems (Ubuntu). This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to mount or insert an external USB flash/thumb drive into a VirtualBox guest machine running Windows or Ubuntu Linux VMs. It will allow you to access physical USB content from the guest’s machine. You won’t be able to access external USB devices from your VirtualBox guest machines without first installing its guest additions tool....

Adding a network location or place allows you to access FTP, sFTP, Windows file shares, and some HTTP servers directly from File Explorer, without having to use an FTP client. Unlike a mapped network drive, a network location has no drive or label attached, can point to either external or internal resources, and is easy to set up. Network location is very useful for people connecting to sFTP or FTP servers....

On Windows, one can turn On or Off Bluetooth, pair a Bluetooth device to Windows, fix common Bluetooth errors and enable Bluetooth Swift pairing. When you turn on Bluetooth on Windows, a notification icon will show on the taskbar or corner overflow by default. If Bluetooth is turned off or disabled, you will not see its icon on the taskbar or corner overflow. If for some reason Bluetooth icon is not showing on the taskbar even when it is enabled or turned on, use the steps below to show or hide the Bluetooth notification icon on the taskbar in Windows 11....

Before you get started, make sure you got hands on the common things you need to start the process: Additional things to consider before you start casting to avoid random errors: Step 1: Connect iPhone and TV to Wi-Fi network Tip: To stop streaming, tap the AirPlay icon again and tap your iPhone from the list. Method 2: Mirror your iPhone to Apple TV or an AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV Here are the steps: Tip: To stop mirroring, open Control Center, tap on Screen Mirroring, and then tap Stop Mirroring....

There are different actions one can select to specify what to do when the PC power button is pressed. These include doing nothing, going to sleep, hibernating, or shutdown when the power button is pressed. Changing the way the power button works in Windows 11 requires that you log in as administrator and open the Control Panel app in Windows 11. Below is how to configure one’s PC power button action in Windows 11....

These days you won’t see a dedicated sleep button on many PCs. It use to be a thing. If your PC does have a sleep button, you can specify what happens when you press it. There are different actions one can select to specify what to do when the sleep button is pressed. These include doing nothing, going to sleep, hibernating, or turning off the computer’s display. Changing the way the sleep button works in Windows 11 requires that you log in as administrator and open the Control Panel app in Windows 11....

In some cases, you may want to connect to the Ubuntu desktop via a remote desktop using existing protocols. At this moment, it’s pretty easy. Simply install a few packages and you’re ready to go. Xrdp is an open-source implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) that allows you to graphically control a remote computer. It provides a fully functional Linux terminal server, capable of accepting connections from rdesktop, freerdp, and Microsoft’s own terminal server / remote desktop clients....

By default, Windows displays Tooltips and Infortips which are collectively described as tips. These are small pop-up windows that concisely describe the object being pointed to, including command buttons, folders, and desktop items. Tooltips are used for File Explorer. When you hover your mouse over a folder or desktop item, it provides basic property details such as Date created, Size, Folders, and Files within the folders. This can come in handy when you want to know what is in a folder without opening it....

SmartScreen filter was introduced with Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8) web browser. It was developed to protect user computers from viruses and spyware programs online. SmartScreen filter seems to be so successful that Microsoft implemented this security mechanism within the OS itself starting with Windows 8 and it comes enabled by default. This brief tutorial shows you how to disable and re-enable the SmartScreen filter in Windows 10. Whenever Windows suspects an unrecognized application, it blocks and displays a screen error message that reads: You’re then given a choice to run the program anyway or don’t run it at all....

By default, Windows Update helps get the latest fixes and security improvements, keeping your device running smoothly and staying protected. In some cases, Windows will install device drivers along with other updates. Additionally, users can also install and update device drivers that are included with Windows optional updates. When you do, drivers for specific devices will be installed or updated. Windows also has a policy setting to exclude drivers with Windows updates....

A MAC address is assigned to a network adapter or network interface controller (NIC) which is used for communications on a physical network segment. Knowing your device’s MAC address can help you identify and troubleshoot networking issues. There are many ways one can find their device’s MAC address when using Windows 11. The steps below will go over a few methods you can use to identify your Windows device MAC with a few clicks and simple commands....

Sometimes you may want to know which version of Windows is installed on your PC. Knowing the version can help you decide what software or system drivers to install if you need to. While you probably won’t want to know the exact version number for whatever Windows version you have installed, knowing the general information about your systems can be important. Seasons professionals can simply run a few commands and determine Windows’ version....

In some cases, you may not want to update a particular package. For instance, you have an Nginx web server configured with specific settings and you know updating will change its configuration and stop it from working. You can set up a package hold so that it won’t be updated even when updates are available until you’re ready to update it. Preventing a package from being installed or updated is known as “package holding“....

Jellyfin is an open-source media stream. Anyone can install and set up their own media library similar to Netflix or Plex. With Jellyfin you organize your media content (books, movies, music, etc.) and stream to any device from your server, with no strings attached. Your media, your server, your way. After setting up your home media server with Jellyfin, you can then link your media using Jellyfin Android/iOS app. It’s simple to set up and use....

Ampache is a free, open-source web-based audio/video streaming application. It works like a file manager and allows anyone to stream and access their music and videos from anywhere around the world with Internet access. With Apache, you can browse and manage your music collection, listen to your music and watch your videos from any device from a simple web interface. Whether you’re a small one-person DJ or independent music streaming company, Ampache software has features that can help you broadcast your music to your fans directly from the internet for free....