How to Run Android on Your Computer

Did You Know? There is no key to the front door of 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British Prime Minister. The door is attended twenty four hours a day by a guard who is responsible for opening the door (and keeping it locked from the inside). Geek Trivia Lemon Ants Are Notable For Their Use Of? Herbicide → Hallucinogenics → Primitive Tools → Aphid Farms → Advertisement Download Free Kit: "Does IT Matter Research Kit - Includes a Free $8.50 Book Summary Download this kit to learn everything you need to know about IT. The Does IT Matter Research Kit brings together the latest in information, coverage of important developments, and expert commentary to help with your IT solutions. This kit includes the Does IT Matter? - Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage Summary eBook that normally is $8.50.Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? 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Geek Comic Today's Tech Term IFTTT IFTTT (short for IF This Then That) is a free web service that automates (performs) user-configured actions (recipes) when certain events take place such as receiving a notification about a change in a product’s price, emailing someone if you missed their call, etc. 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. A black hole has been devouring a star for a decade The X-rays appeared suddenly a decade ago and have not gone away. [ArsTechnica] Are Driverless Cars Safer Than Human Drivers? The case against human drivers [The Atlantic] DARPA and the Navy Are Working on a Giant Drone Catcher - Motherboard Right now the Navy launches drones from large ships, but with this new design drones could be launched (and retrieved) from much smaller vessels. [Motherboard] Amazon's cashier-free Go stores may only need six human employees Automation reduces the number of employees significantly in Amazon's new retail front. [The Verge] How Big of a Photo Can I Print from My Phone or Camera? There's something special about a printed photo. Sure, you can share thousands of photos on Facebook, but none of them will ever be as special as the one photo you hang on the wall in your living room. Read This Article → How to Run Android on Your Computer Android isn’t largely thought of as a desktop operating system, but if you’re curious about how Google’s mobile OS works, running it on a device you already have isn’t a bad idea. This will give you an idea of what to expect on a phone or tablet, all without making a single change to your laptop or desktop since you can easily do this from a flash drive or memory card. Read This Article → How to Control Plex Media Center with the Amazon Echo Plex Media Center is awesome, and voice control is awesome…so what could be better than combining the two? Thanks to a new Alexa skill, you can now issue simple voice commands to your Amazon Echo and control media playback on your Plex Media Server. Read This Article → How to Watch Live TV on Your Apple TV If you want to watch live TV on your Apple TV—cable or antenna—it’s relatively easy to set up and get going. Read This Article → How to Make Your Windows 10 Taskbar Completely Transparent The Windows 10 taskbar is, by default, slightly transparent and tinted to a color you choose. If you know where to look, and you can even increase its transparency with a registry hack. But you can’t make the taskbar completely transparent, so that only your icons show up against your wallpaper. Read This Article → How to Change the Layout of macOS’ System Preferences If you don’t care for the way the System Preferences appear in macOS, you can change them by hiding certain preference panels or by rearranging them alphabetically. Read This Article → How to Rename Your Plex Media Centers for Easy Identification If you’re running more than one Plex Media Center client in your house, then it can sometimes be hard to identify which one is which. Let’s take a look at the not-so-obvious setting you need to tweak to give each of your Plex clients a unique name. Read This Article → How to Disable Notification Sounds in Windows 10 Notifications in Windows have evolved over time, and Windows 10 further expanded the whole notification system. Notifications now slide out along the bottom right of your screen and each is accompanied by a chime, which can be irksome whenever files are added to your Dropbox or you plug in a new device. Read This Article → How to Block Someone on Instagram Instagram is pretty decent as social networks go, but there is still the occasional troll or spam bot. Let's look at how to block them. Read This Article → Why Do Chrome Extensions Need “All Your Data on the Websites You Visit”? Many extensions in the Chrome Web Store want to “read and change all your data on the websites you visit”. That sounds a little dangerous—and it can be—but many extensions just need that permission to do their jobs. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Free Kit: "Does IT Matter Research Kit - Includes a Free $8.50 Book Summary Download this kit to learn everything you need to know about IT. The Does IT Matter Research Kit brings together the latest in information, coverage of important developments, and expert commentary to help with your IT solutions. This kit includes the Does IT Matter? - Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage Summary eBook that normally is $8.50.Click here to download