Six Things You Need to Do Immediately After Plugging In Your New Router

Did You Know? Treeshrews, two families of tiny mammals (Tupaiidae and Ptilocercidae) native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, have the highest brain-to-body mass ratio of any mammal on Earth. Geek Trivia Oscar The Grouch Wasn’t Originally Green, But? Blue → Black → Yellow → Orange → Advertisement Download Business Networking For Dummies ($12 Value) FREE For a Limited Time Grow your business, build your career, find more customers, and build a valuable support network of likeminded business people. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. 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Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. The 3D Printing Revolution That Wasn't MakerBot made a bold bet that 3D printers would become as common as microwaves. Just one problem: no one else shared that dream. [Back Channel] Microsoft shareholders express fear that the company is abandoning mobile Users aggrieved at Microsoft-developed apps coming to Android and iOS first. [ArsTechnica] Pore over these gorgeous Minecraft creations Beautiful Minecraft, a new book from No Starch Press collects incredible Minecraft builds--most requiring millions of blocks and thousands of hours of work--together in a coffee table book format. [Polygon] International Authorities Take Down Avalanche, a Huge Malware Network The network, known as "Avalanche," served as a platform for phishing, malware distribution, and money laundering. [Wired] How to Add Control Panel to Windows’ Context Menu If you find yourself frequently accessing the Windows Control Panel, why not put it where you can get to it the quickest? Right on the context menu. Read This Article → How to Turn Web Apps Into First-Class Desktop Citizens Web apps have been replacing desktop apps for everything from email and document-editing to playing videos and music. You don't have to keep your web apps confined to a browser window—they can become first-class citizens on your desktop. Read This Article → Six Things You Need to Do Immediately After Plugging In Your New Router Most people don’t replace their routers that often, and there are so many important settings, it’s easy to overlook a few and forget how your old one was set up. Here are the first five things you need to do right after powering up your new router. Read This Article → What Is the Significance of Windows Folder Names With Hex Numbers in Them? If you dig deep enough into Windows, sooner or later you will likely see some folders with unusual names comprised of seemingly random numbers and letters. What is the significance of these names? Are they special? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Read This Article → How to Work Around a 404 Error in Homebrew for macOS You’re installing some packages with Homebrew on your Mac, when you see a 404 error. Installation simply stops. Seriously? Read This Article → How to Add and Configure an External Display to your Mac Laptop If you use a MacBook, you can add an external display to give yourself more screen real estate. A second display can really help your productivity and make everything feel a little less cramped. Read This Article → How to Remove the “Send To” Menu from Windows’ Context Menu If you’ve ever wondered whether you can remove the “Send To” submenu from the Windows context menu, it turns out you can. You just have to make a quick Registry edit. Read This Article → How to Clear Cortana’s Search History in Windows 10 Cortana in Windows 10 is more than a simple search feature. It's a personal assistant similar to Siri on iOS or OK Google on Android. Information entered into Cortana is stored on your PC and in your Bing account so results can be customized to you. Read This Article → The Best File Managers for Android While many users can live their entire smartphone lives without ever needing to touch their phones file system, there are times when more advanced measures are needed. When you need to sideload an app or move a downloaded file, for example, you’re going to need a file manager. Here are our picks for the best that Android has to offer. Read This Article → How to Take Photos at Night (That Aren’t Blurry) Taking photos at night is a lot harder than snapping shots during the day. The less light you have to play with, the more compromises you have to make, and the harder you have to work to get a great image. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Business Networking For Dummies ($12 Value) FREE For a Limited Time Grow your business, build your career, find more customers, and build a valuable support network of likeminded business people. Click here to download