Posts About Hardware

How to Connect Apple TV to an Old Analog TV

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Mitch Bartlett 3 Comments

I still have a couple of older analog televisions in my home. One of them is almost 20 years old. I have no intention of throwing them away since there is always a way to convert digital signals to analog and make the equipment work properly. An Apple TV box will connect just fine to an older analog TV if you have the right equipment. You'll need to convert the signal from d … [Read more...] about How to Connect Apple TV to an Old Analog TV

What is WPS and How Does it Work?

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Judy Sanhz Leave a Comment

Anyone who has set up a wireless router has come across it, whether you knew what it was for or not. It was first made by the WiFi Alliance, and it was created with the intention to help those who just don't get along with technology. It's not hard to understand how it works and how to deal with it. Before WPS came along creating a wireless network name may have been a real … [Read more...] about What is WPS and How Does it Work?

How to Create Custom Personalized WhatsApp Stickers

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Judy Sanhz 1 Comment

Not to long ago WhatsApp finally added something that Telegram users have been enjoying for a while now: Stickers. When you first access stickers you already have a few options to go with. But, the only downside is that the stickers that are available may not your style and may not express what you want. In that case, your best bet would be to go ahead and create your own … [Read more...] about How to Create Custom Personalized WhatsApp Stickers

Fix “Something Went Wrong. Try restarting GeoForce Experience”

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Mitch Bartlett Leave a Comment

Users of GeoForce Experience software are experiencing an issue when they attempt to use it where they are greeting with a message that says "Something Went Wrong. Try restarting GeoForce Experience". To fix this problem, try these steps: … [Read more...] about Fix “Something Went Wrong. Try restarting GeoForce Experience”

How to Get Famous People to Follow You on Instagram

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Kat Armstrong 1 Comment

Ahhh, Instagram. I both love and hate this social network at the same time. Obviously, I love to share and see photos. However, it has turned into almost nothing more than a marketing tool. Everyone and their sister wants to be an Instagram star. It seems as though every company or brand in the world is trying to sell me something. It’s hard to find accounts who share things j … [Read more...] about How to Get Famous People to Follow You on Instagram

How to Reset the Amazon Fire TV Stick to Factory Settings

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Kat Armstrong 4 Comments

Just as with any type of technology, there may come a day your Amazon Fire TV Stick just is not working the way you want it to. It could be running sluggishly, freezing or even not launching apps the way it should. The stick does not come with much internal storage of its own and if you are not using an external SD card to load apps onto (not available in 1st gen models), it … [Read more...] about How to Reset the Amazon Fire TV Stick to Factory Settings

How to Hard and Soft Factory Reset: Huawei Sensa H715BL

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Kat Armstrong Leave a Comment

Recently, the phone I had been using for a couple of years completely died. At the time, I did not have a lot of extra cash. I headed to WalMart to try and find something that would allow a few apps, take decent photos of all my grandkids and have a large enough screen for these old eyes to see well. Huawei had just released the Sensa H715BL to the world as one of their “lower e … [Read more...] about How to Hard and Soft Factory Reset: Huawei Sensa H715BL

How to Install, Uninstall and Update Apps on Amazon Fire TV

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Kat Armstrong 2 Comments

Congratulations! You must have recently purchased an Amazon Kindle Fire TV. I recently received one as a gift and have been having an absolute blast with it. There are so many different things I can do that I could not before. Since my eyesight is so bad, I absolutely love to mirror my phone’s screen onto my 60” TV! We will discuss how to do that - and more - with your Fire TV S … [Read more...] about How to Install, Uninstall and Update Apps on Amazon Fire TV

How to Restart or Turn off Amazon Fire TV

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Kat Armstrong Leave a Comment

During our lifetimes, technology has advanced at a pace we cannot even describe as rapid. That word just does not seem strong enough to describe the pace at which devices of all types have been upgraded and introduced to the market. In most cases, we are used to turning things off when we are finished using them: our televisions, radios, external speakers and even tablets or … [Read more...] about How to Restart or Turn off Amazon Fire TV

How to Disable the Microphone on Amazon Alexa Echo or Dot

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Kat Armstrong 4 Comments

I'm pretty sure there isn't a soul on the planet who hasn't at least heard of Alexa. The name has become almost the standard symbol for any type of voice-activated assistant. Just a few short years ago, that title was held by Siri, of course. These days, Amazon is completely dominating the market... especially with its Echo and Dot devices selling at the speed of light. When … [Read more...] about How to Disable the Microphone on Amazon Alexa Echo or Dot