How to Enable Right-Clicking on Web Sites That Block It

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Ubiquitous Computing) refers to everyday devices (i.e. cars, kitchen appliances, tools, apparel, etc.) with embedded technology, software, and connectivity that allows them to be part of a greater whole (boundless network) with all manner of other similarly outfitted devices. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. The inside story of how Amazon created Echo In 2011 the Echo was just an uncertain pitch, in 2016 it's a smash hit. [Business Insider] The science behind the insane popularity of "react" videos on YouTube Controversial theory may explain why we love watching people experience stuff. [ArsTechnica] Razer's history of amazing, must-have, never-going-to-happen faked gadgets Razer takes April Fool's Day pranks seriously. 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Read This Article → How to Enable Right-Clicking on Web Sites That Block It Though it’s less common these days, many sites still use JavaScript or an HTML attribute to disable right-clicking on their pages. It’s a practice we hope goes away, but in the meantime, it’s not too hard to get around those restrictions. Read This Article → How to Change Your Xbox Gamertag Name on Windows 10 Xbox is no longer just a gaming console. It’s an app and set of services integrated into Windows 10. But Xbox still uses whatever old gamertag, or nickname, is associated with your Microsoft account. You may have set this name on an Xbox 360 a decade ago, or may have been provided by Microsoft’s Games for Windows LIVE service. Read This Article → How to Free Up Space Used By Your iPhone or iPad’s Mail App Apple’s Mail app doesn’t provide a lot of control over how much storage it uses. it wants to download and store a lot of emails so they can be indexed and searchable with Spotlight. But the Mail app may sometimes use a large amount of space, which is particularly onerous on storage-limited 16GB iPhones. Read This Article → How to Set Up Amazon Household and Share Prime Benefits, Purchased Content, and More Having multiple Amazon accounts can get pricey, if you pay for Prime multiple times, buy the same movies, and so on. Thankfully, Amazon Household makes it dead simple to share free shipping, purchases, and other benefits across multiple accounts in your household. Read This Article → How to Create Animations with Your Philips Hue Lights Sometimes, all you need out of your Philips Hue lights is for them to just turn on and off when you want them to, but if you’re hosting a party or just want to entertain your kids, animating your lights is a great way to kick things up a notch. Read This Article → How to Clear Your Browsing History in Safari for iOS Clearing your history from time to time shouldn’t be misconstrued as sneaky. It’s actually just a good practice to undertake. Over the course of time, you’re going to visit hundreds or even thousands of websites on your computer or smartphone. Not all these websites will necessarily be ones you’ll visit repeatedly. Some you may visit by accident or out of curiosity. Read This Article → How to Apply Local Group Policy Tweaks to Specific Users For users of Windows Pro or Enterprise editions (and the Ultimate editions of Windows Vista and 7), the Local Group Policy Editor offers quick access to a number of powerful features you can use to control your PC. If you want to apply policy settings to specific users instead of the whole computer, though, you have to do a little extra setup before you get started. Read This Article → How to Customize Your Xbox One’s Privacy Settings Microsoft is no stranger to controversy in the world of privacy, so it’s not too surprising that its flagship Xbox One console comes with such an extensive range of customizable privacy features. Users can configure dozens of settings, from how visible their gaming content is on Xbox Live down to whether a profile can connect to Live at all. Read This Article → Advertisement Download 2016 IT Management Kit (a $17.99 value) FREE for a limited time! Kit includes "Windows 10 at Work for Dummies" plus 3 other resources to help you with IT management. Click here to download