Nearby Sharing support on your Chromebook right now

The system theoretically lets you share stuff from a Chromebook to an Android phone

a little wonky at times

chrome:flags into the address bar in any open window.

Type "nearby sharing" into the search box

Click the button next to "Nearby Sharing" and Enable it

restart

you'll see a nearby settings tile show on Chromebook quick settings

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chrome:flags into the address bar in any open window

Type "holding space" into the search box

"Quick access to screenshots, downloads, and files test"? << Enable it

Restart

Once it's activated, you'll see a new icon to the left of the clock and status bar in the lower-right corner of your screen. When you click it, you'll find any screenshots you've captured lately as well as any files or folders that you've pinned

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JustGetMyData walks you through the often complicated process of retrieving your data from sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon.

https://justgetmydata.com/

JustGetMyData is a fork of JustDeleteMe—a website that helps users navigate the often complicated process of scrubbing themselves from sites like Instagram..

if you’re planning to delete certain accounts, it’s a good idea to get a copy of your data first

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feature is said to be live in Windows 10 Build 21286 and it might ship with the update in October

If users want to test it now, they have to download the preview build and switch the device region to the US, Canada, UK, Australia, or India

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more here

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/01/06/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-21286/

Declutter Your Devices to Reduce Security Risks

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https://lifehacker.com/declutter-your-devices-to-reduce-security-risks-1845991606

Here’s a quick tip for telling your Chrome browser to preserve your tab groups across sessions, even after a device restart!

this trick works on all operating systems and it’s pretty easy to do as well!

Just click the three dots “more” menu at the top right of your Chrome browser, go to Settings, Search Engine, and then under ‘On Startup’, change the radio box from ‘Open a New Tab page’ to ‘Continue where you left off’

That’s it

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if you are using the Beta, Developer or Nightly build of Firefox, there is a setting you can change to ensure that you get access to the revamped interface as soon as possible:

Launch Firefox and pay a visit to about:config
Search for browser.proton.enable
Configure the setting to true
Restart Firefox

can't say exactly when you will see anything new, but with the setting enabled you can be sure to clamp your eyes on the new look as soon as it is possible to do so 😜

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Smart Text Selection tool.

When you’re highlighting what it detects to be a measurement, it will include both the number and the unit

Then you’ll see a Convert option, next to Cut, Copy, and Paste and then it will hand it over to the Google app adding the word “convert” to the search term. You will then have to select the unit you want to convert it to.

This seems to work on most units including length, weight, volume, as well as currency

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in Android 9, Google added a feature that allowed you to wirelessly send ADB commands from a computer to your phone over a Wi-Fi network. Not particularly groundbreaking, but it laid the groundwork

Enter developer Tyler Nijmeh and his new app LADB

how to send ADB shell commands to your own phone

What You'll Need:

phone with Android 9 or higher

$2.99 to buy the LADB app on Google Play (or the gumption to build an app from GitHub source)

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https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/send-adb-shell-commands-your-own-phone-no-computer-needed-no-root-needed-0200838/

Enable the Mutify Service

When asked, tap "I have enabled it" in regards to the setting in Spotify that we changed in Step 1. Now, simply enable the switch next to "Mute Ads" and Mutify will start listening for Spotify advertisements.

Enjoy Spotify Without Ads

Merry Christmas from me to you & the good folk at gadgethacks

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Google just took a handful of experimental Chrome browser features and tossed them under one umbrella called ‘Chrome Labs’ which takes the form of a science lab beaker housed at the top right of the browser near your extensions

chrome://flags

type in ‘Chrome Labs’ in the new search box that appears and choose the dropdown "enable"

only available in chrome canary 89.0.4353.0 at least on Mac, Windows, or Linux. It currently shows as unavailable on Chrome OS

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A new Windows 10 utility called TaskbarGroups lets you group shortcuts on the taskbar so they can easily be launched without taking up a lot of space.

Once you pin a group to the taskbar, you can click on the pinned group to open a small overlay containing all of the grouped programs. You can then click on the desired program to launch it.

TaskbarGroups was developed by Jack Schierbeck, who released the source code on Github

https://github.com/tjackenpacken/taskbar-groups

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How to request a refund for Cyberpunk 2077 on PS4 and PS5

https://www.androidcentral.com/how-request-refund-cyberpunk-2077-ps4-and-ps5

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fun fact

copy any bitly URL

paste the bitly URL in address bar and add + to the end

you get a preview of the full URL

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how to enable E2E on Google messages app

To try out E22EE right now, you’ll need to enroll in the Google Messages beta program on Android

(Otherwise, hang tight, as the feature will roll out to everybody in an upcoming update for the stable version of the app)

From there, you’ll need to turn on Chat features in Messages:

Tap the three-dot button in the upper-right, then tap “Settings.”
Select “Chat features.”
Toggle “Enable chat features” on

new screen recording feature for Chromebooks

chrome://flags/#screen-capture

Once you’ve enabled it, you can take advantage of all the goodies the new feature presents

Just hit the screen capture button in the system tray or hit CTRL+SHIFT+Overview and you’ll be in the new interface(shrinking the demo video)

Beta Channel only for now should be rolled out to stable channel in Jan 2021 at some point

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Simple Search extension offers a reminder of what web searches used to look like:

If you run a search using Bing or Google with Simple Search enabled, you'll get a plain and uncluttered list of results, without any of the distractions of ads, info boxes, and sponsored links.

The simplified search results appear on top of the standard results, so if you want to see the original page, it's only a click away

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for Chrome, firefox and edge

For a beginner, it is almost impossible to find a "dark" website on the Tor browser or how it works and that’s where dark web search engines help

8 best dark web search engines for 2020

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https://www.hackread.com/8-best-dark-web-search-engines-for-2020/

tred carefully 😝

How to Automatically Revoke Permissions for Unused Android Apps

Introduced in Android 11, the permission feature offers a handy option that automatically revokes permissions from an app you haven’t opened in a while

This setting can’t be applied globally throughout the OS, which means you will have to enable it separately for each app.

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https://www.howtogeek.com/699129/how-to-enable-automatic-permission-removal-for-unused-android-apps/

i like shortcuts

create our own custom commands for some of those same officially supported actions

https://counter.social/@ecksmc/105274333149935133

starting with the cache/clearing option

Here's all you've gotta do:

Type chrome:settings into the Chrome address bar on your computer (no matter what type of computer or operating system you're using)

Scroll down until you see the Search Engine section and click the line labeled 'Manage search engines'

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