What Is Android Auto, and Is It Better Than Just Using a Phone in Your Car?

Did You Know? The shadow on horizontal sundials in the northern hemisphere moves around the face of the dial in a clockwise fashion, but in the southern hemisphere the shadow on horizontal sundials moves in a counter-clockwise fashion. Geek Trivia Which Of These Proteins Was Named Based On The Part Of The Body It Affects? Legsin (LGS) → Shinsin (SHN) → Scalpin (SCP) → Noggin (NOG) → Advertisement Download Linux BASH Programming Cookbook In this ebook, we provide a compilation of BASH programming examples that will help you kick-start your own projects. We cover a wide range of topics, from user management and permissions setting, to specific commands like sed, tar, etc. With our straightforward tutorials, you will be able to get your own projects up and running in minimum time. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? 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How to Improve Your GoPro's Battery Life How to Use Office 365’s Troubleshooting Tools to Fix Common Problems How to Open the Terminal to a Specific Directory in Linux How to Get Tons of In-App Purchases for Free with Amazon Underground on Android How to Move a Steam Game to Another Drive Without Re-Downloading It How to Disable All of Windows 10’s Built-in Advertising Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Digerati Digerati is a slang term used to refer to individuals who are the “digital elite” (movers and shakers in the tech industry) or who are extremely knowledgeable about computers. 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. Sugar industry bought off scientists, skewed dietary guidelines for decades Harvard researchers got hefty sums to downplay role of sweets in heart disease. [ArsTechnica] Adblock Plus now sells ads "Adblock Plus is launching a new service that... uh, puts more ads on your screen." [The Verge] A Loud Sound Just Shut Down a Bank's Data Center for 10 Hours In a very curious turn of events, an extremely loud noise actually destroyed hard drives within a bank's data center. [Motherboard] This Guy Found 50,000 Records in the Trash—and Kept All of Them You fancy yourself devoted to vinyl and music history? Perhaps, but you've got nothing on this guy. [MEL Magazine] Moon's Birth May Have Vaporized Most of Earth, Study Shows The massive collision that created the moon may have vaporized most of the early Earth, according to a new analysis of samples collected during the Apollo moon missions. [Space.com] How to Close All Tabs at Once in Safari in iOS 10 In iOS 10, Safari supports an unlimited number of tabs. However, if you find yourself with too many tabs open and want to start fresh, there’s a shortcut to close all your tabs at once. Read This Article → What Is the “System Interrupts” Process and Why Is It Running on My PC? If you ever browse through your Task Manager window, you've likely spotted a process named "System interrupts" and then probably ignored it. But if it’s using up your CPU and you’re wondering what you can do about it, we've got the answer for you. Read This Article → How to Hide the NVIDIA GeForce Experience’s In-Game Overlay Icons The latest version of NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience software brings a new in-game “Share” overlay that replaces the old “ShadowPlay” feature. Install GeForce Experience 3.0, sign in, and you’ll see icons appear at the bottom right corner of your screen every time you launch a game. If you don’t want to see those icons, here’s how to get rid of them. Read This Article → What Is Android Auto, and Is It Better Than Just Using a Phone in Your Car? These days, more and more people turn to their phones for GPS and music in their car. And why wouldn’t they? Google Maps is way better than whatever lame system is built into your vehicle. Enter Android Auto: the best of what your phone offers, but built in to the head unit of your dash. Read This Article → What Does Windows 10 Write to a Drive Before Going to Sleep? As you learn more about how operating systems work, you may find yourself curious about what is happening just before your system fully drops into sleep mode. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Read This Article → How to Improve Your GoPro's Battery Life While the GoPro is one of the best action cams out on the market right now, the battery life leaves something to be desired. However, here are some settings that you can optimize to squeeze out as much battery life as possible from your GoPro. Read This Article → How to Use Office 365’s Troubleshooting Tools to Fix Common Problems If you’re experiencing trouble with your Office 365 installation or issues with specific Office apps, Microsoft offers two automated tools that may be able to help you troubleshoot and repair your problems. Read This Article → How to Open the Terminal to a Specific Directory in Linux By default, new Terminal windows open to your Home directory. However, if there's another directory you use often that you want immediate access to when you open the Terminal, there's an easy way to set this up. Read This Article → How to Get Tons of In-App Purchases for Free with Amazon Underground on Android Android games can be a fun way to kill time, but it gets annoying when they continually try to sucker you into micro-transactions. If you’re tired of needing in-app purchases to play a supposedly “free” game, Amazon is here to rescue you with their Amazon Underground program. Read This Article → How to Move a Steam Game to Another Drive Without Re-Downloading It Steam offers multiple library folders, and you can choose where you want to install games when you download them. There’s no obvious way to move a game to another drive after the fact, though–but it is possible, without re-downloading the entire thing. Read This Article → How to Disable All of Windows 10’s Built-in Advertising Windows 10 has a lot of built-in advertising. This isn’t just about the free upgrade offer: Even if you purchase a new PC that comes with a Windows 10 license or spend $200 for a copy of Windows 10 Professional, you’ll see ads in your operating system. You can, however, disable a lot of it. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Linux BASH Programming Cookbook In this ebook, we provide a compilation of BASH programming examples that will help you kick-start your own projects. We cover a wide range of topics, from user management and permissions setting, to specific commands like sed, tar, etc. With our straightforward tutorials, you will be able to get your own projects up and running in minimum time. Click here to download