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Tip of the Week: 3 Easy Ways to Improve the Performance of Your Chrome Web Browser

Here are three ways that you can make Google Chrome work more efficiently. Use Chrome’s Task ManagerJust like your computer’s task manager, which shows you how much computing resources your programs are utilizing, Google Chrome has its own built-in task manager that lets you see which tabs and browser extensions are bogging your system down. To open it, look for the three-dot menu in the top-right corner of the browser window and click on it. Look down until you see More Tools. From here, select Task Manager. Alternatively, you can use the shortcut Shift + Escape to open it. Once the window loads, you’ll see the tabs and extensions used by Chrome, along with a percentage as to how much proce...

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Did My Samsung Device Just Wink? Is it Spying on Me?

First off, know that the appearance of an eye icon doesn’t mean that you’re being watched by a hacker. It’s a Samsung feature called Smart Stay, and when you see the eye, it means that the feature is activated. What is Smart Stay?Smart Stay is a clever feature that uses your device's front camera to sense when you are looking at the device. Once your face (or any face) is detected, Smart Stay will then prevent the screen from turning off, overriding any screen timeout setting. As you can imagine, this is a very helpful feature that prevents your screen from turning off while you’re reading a blog or an email, which can be a frustrating experience. You can adjust the feature from the Android ...

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Tip of the Week: Hate Spoilers? You’ll Love This App!

b2ap3_thumbnail_spoiler_alert_400.jpgThe average human being spends a significant portion of their life online, especially now that smartphones make staying connected to the latest happenings in both news and entertainment even easier than before. This, unfortunately, makes it rather easy to see spoilers for major plot points in your favorite movies, TV shows, or video games. To avoid these, try out the Spoiler Alert extension for Google Chrome.

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