With much of the hype centered around its powerful cameras, it's easy to overlook the equally impressive audio capabilities of the Galaxy S9. After all, the S9 and S9+ are the first Samsung flagships to feature AKG-tuned stereo speakers, and that's not even mentioning all the software enhancements that help deliver rich, immersive sound in several different listening situations.
Recently, many manufacturers have started offering phones with a clean, stock Android UI. Motorola, Essential, Nokia, and OnePlus are probably the biggest names that have listened to user feedback and shifted more towards AOSP. But if your phone still has a bloated OEM skin, there are a few things you can do about it.
Waze is the go-to navigation app for millions of drivers, and it's easy to see why. Benefits such crowd-sourced traffic data, police trap locations, and road work avoidance are just the tip of the iceberg. It can almost be overwhelming, but with these simple tips, you'll master Waze and start navigating like an expert in no time.
In my previous article, I discussed installing and configuring OpenVAS on Kali Linux. Now it's time to start using OpenVAS with the Greenbone Security Assistant to audit networks for security issues. This can be extremely helpful when you are looking for vulnerabilities or misconfigurations in a large number of hosts.
When you first set up an iPhone, you'll be prompted to create a six-digit passcode to unlock your screen and access certain system settings. If you skip this step, you can always go back and create one, which we highly recommend. Without a passcode, everything on your iPhone is accessible by anyone who gets their hands on it — nosey friends, hackers, thieves, local law enforcement, the FBI — and you don't want that, do you?
These days, there are Android apps for every budget—forgive me if that sounds like a car commercial, but that's just the way things are in the age of the smartphone and tablet. You've got apps that require monthly subscriptions, paid apps that will run you a $30 one-time installation fee, and even games that start at 99 cents, but quickly skyrocket in price with in-app purchases.
As with most OEMs, HTC would like you to think that you can do virtually anything with your new HTC One M8, but as a softModder, you know that isn't true. To actually unleash the full potential of that device, you need access to the whole system, not just the parts that HTC deems okay for you to mess with.
When Google introduced their new launcher alongside the Nexus 5, one of the most innovative features was the "always listening" voice search, meaning that at any time you were on your home screen, triggering a Google search was as simple as saying "Okay, Google."
You probably already know by now that a custom Android ROM can change your user experience and give you what feels like a new OS on your device, and there's no shortage of them out there to try out.
Just because you have a Mac doesn't mean you can't root your Nexus 7 tablet. In fact, rooting Android 4.4 KitKat on both the 2013 and original 2012 N7 models is easy, if not easier than rooting it using a Windows PC.
If you have a Jtagged XBox 360, the sky is really the limit as far as what you can do with it. This video will teach you how to install Xexmenu, a custom dashboard application, and an FTP client your XBox 360, allowing you to do all sorts of nefarious things.
It's very easy to get a slightly blurry photograph due to a moving subject, camera shake, or just an incorrect auto-focus, but you don’t have to let that ruin an otherwise terrific picture. All it takes is a little finesse in Photoshop or another photo editing software. This guide covers sharpening a blurry image using Photoshop specifically.
This video provides you with a walkthrough on how to install Gen-A 5.03 on your PSP 3000. In order to do this, you will need ChickHEN and Custom Firmware (CFW). This video does not explain how to install ChickHEN and CFW on your PSP, so be sure to check out another video on how to do that before proceeding with this one. This video assumes you've already hacked your PSP.
If you're into PSP hacking, check out this video for instructions on how to perform the tff exploit, as well as how to get Custom Firmware for the psp 300X series. There are many ways to perform this exploit; this video shows a few of them.
Assuming you have already downloaded your desired theme off of the internet, this video will show you how to load it onto your PSP. Having custom themes on your PSP makes for a more spiffy design. It allows you to break free from the default ones loaded by Microsoft. Theming your Playstation Portable is fast, easy, and requires access to a computer.
Learn how to create custom fiberglass Single Sub enclosures and get professional results. Easy to follow step by step methods for your car audio install. Creating subwoofer boxes from fiberglass is a stronger and lighter alternative to using wood and just as easy if you get the right materials and watch this tutorial.
Add decorative touches to your home with customized window treatments. In this sewing how-to video Jennifer Thoden demonstrates how to use Deep Pleat Tape and 4 prong hooks to easily make professional pinch pleated drapes... without sewing the pleats. Don't leave your windows looking bare again, watch and learn how to make custom triple pinch pleated drapes.
This video teaches how to use pigment ink to dye or color polymer clay. Learn how to mix colors to create custom pigments on polymer clay.
How to install a video and/or audio card into your custom built DIY PC.
This tutorial tells you about most common variables and extra special effects and others to make your character better in Mugen - the custom PC game engine.
This tutorial describes how to make a list with unique values in Excel.This procedure makes the defined cells in a column (called as list) NOT to accept repeated values, which makes the list more simple, readable, easy to manipulate when preparing a worksheet.
If you're tired of the boring old ringtones on your iPhone but don't want to shell out extra dough to buy a new one, here's an easy way to make your own.
You share your innermost feelings with it on a daily basis. Why, then, settle for something drab, prefab and impersonal? With this handy how-to, you'll learn how make a custom fabric-covered hardbound journal.
If your not sure how to steam your media files to your Playstation3 this video will explain three different ways to achieve just this. Your options will include using a thumb drive, a personal web server or get the appropriate software.
Start by putting tile backer board tape on all the joints on the wall board and then put mortar over the backer board tape. Let the mortar dry and then you can begin the tile job. Install a ledger board at the base of the shower stall about one tile high. Draw some vertical and horizontal lines on the wall to help keep the tile going straight. Also use tile spacers to help keep the tile going straight. Mix up some thin set mortar. Put the thin set mortar on the wall. Apply it with the flat si...
FAST is an expedited travel program for commercial truck drivers that travel between the US and Canada. FAST cards are available to citizens or permanent residents of Canada or the US. The FAST program is viewed as a privilege by both Canada and the US. You can be denied for the FAST program if you do not have a clean driving record and a clean record with the Canadian Border Services and The US Customs and Border Protection. Things such as being caught with undeclared items and having a crim...
This video includes instructions on how to get your PlayStation Portable (PSP) onto the BGSU wireless network.
Watch this instructional model making video to cast your own rubber molds for dioramas and model railroads. You can custom design terrain features this way. You will have your own molds for casting. If you are making large dioramas this will also save you money. Use rubber molds to cast rocks and miniatures castle walls for game terrain, doll houses and dioramas.
This how to video is a quick excerpt from a DIY show. Watch as homeowners learn to pour a shower base and prep the floor for tiling. Follow along to learn how to fabricate a custom shower base in your bathroom.
This how to video is a quick excerpt from a DIY show. Watch as Amy Matthews helps homeowners install a custom door frame and French doors. Follow along and learn how to install French doors in your home.
Flagstone is a beautiful natural stone that looks great in your yard. Learn this easy solution to custom cut flagstone without power tools with this how to video. Cutting flagstone can be a lot easier and neater than you may think with the steps in this tutorial from the DIY network.
These car videos offer great restoration tips for your vintage cars. This how to video demonstrates who to install a custom seat belt retractor system in a 1964 Ford Galaxy. The seat belt is placed up near the roof so that it can remain hidden.
If you need to quickly shape the Styrofoam blocks on your custom built car, build your own hotwire cutter out of an old battery charger, some scrap wood and a piece of NiChrome wire from the hobby shop.
Learn how to apply customized skin to a character in iClone by Reallusion.
In this episode, learn how to create custom T-shirt designs using the Avery 3279 Dark T-Shirt Transfers.
Chris Pirillo demonstrates some lesser known features of the XBox 360 including: the Shut Down feature, Custom music, the manual moving visualization, composite and component video, and changing the vision camera effect.
Some tips for intermediate to advanced Powerpoint users including adding sounds to presentations and creating custom animations.
A guide to installing characters in Mugen - the custom PC game engine.
A short vid on fix your chars portrait and palettes on Mugen - the custom PC game engine.
Your iPhone's Sound Recognition feature is a powerful tool to help keep you alert to the world around you. With it, iOS will inform you if it hears a fire alarm, a door bell, glass breaking, among many other kinds of sounds. In iOS 15, Apple is updating the feature, allowing you to choose the alert tone that plays when iOS recognizes a specific sound.
