Like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, the Google Meet video conferencing app comes with virtual backgrounds and background effects—including a blur feature—that you can apply to obscure whatever is naturally behind you. Why You Should Blur or Change Your Background on Google Meet There are compelling reasons to use a blurred or virtual background during video meetings. Worry less. With a blurred or virtual background, you don’t need to worry about what’s happening behind you during your call....

The brewing system in Minecraft allows the player to create potions that let the player survive lava, rapidly regenerate health, and even see in the dark. Learning how to brew potions in Minecraft will give you an edge in some of the hardest fights the game has to offer. Types of Minecraft Potions There are multiple types of craftable potions in Minecraft, and many can be obtained only through cheats....

Windows 7, 8, 10 and Mac OS X all have built in wizards that help you calibrate your monitor so that it’s not too bright or too dark. For me, my monitors were always super bright and I starting using a third-party program called f.lux that adjusts the color of the monitor during the night.Once I calibrated my monitors, I didn’t need to use f.lux as often, even at night....

PlayStation Network was founded in 2006 and had a major impact on Sony’s two big consoles around that time: PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. PlayStation Network now includes an online marketplace, a subscription service for gaming and social features, movie streaming, and much more.All those embarrassing names we came up with as children no longer have to follow us around forever. Here is how to change your PSN name, and we will also explore a few interesting PlayStation Network username generators for those of you who are a little less creative....

Downloading Reddit videos isn’t as easy as downloading videos from other websites, but it’s still possible (if you have the right tools). If you want to download Reddit videos onto your PC or Mac, here’s what you’ll need to do. Is It Legal to Download Reddit Videos? Before you start downloading Reddit videos, you should check that you’re allowed to do so. Reddit, like all online platforms, is subject to copyright laws....

Not only do you get to listen to music, but you also get to upload your own songs, audio files and audiobooks to listen to for free. Plus, if you tell SoundCloud the music genres you like, it’ll display suggested new content on your account based on your tastes, and you can listen to podcasts too.The best part of it all is that there aren’t any commercial interruptions as you’d find in YouTube, Deezer and other music streaming sites and apps for free listening....

Try the following simple quick fixes to resolve this error. Quick Fixes: Refresh: Press Ctrl-F5 or click on the refresh button. Often an error like this is just a small glitch that’s gone by the time you refresh the page. Try again later: The server connection problem might be an extended glitch. If access to the site is low-priority, wait an hour or two (or even a day) and retry....

We will be resolving this issue with a number of techniques, and you can follow along with each step on your own streaming setup too. Please understand that in some cases, the only solution will be to buy better hardware, but I will try to guide you through boosting more performance out of your PC no matter what. For this guide, I will be using OBS to record, which is arguably the best live streaming software right now....

The good news is that you don’t have to go back to paying for premium or basic cable. In fact, there are a few ways to get free cable TV channels or something close to it while still leaving that cord safely cut and your cable bill at zero dollars. What Hardware Do You Need for Free Cable? Most of the free cable solutions require internet service and a compatible device....

Google Docs may not have much in the way of brochure templates, but customizing a template to fit your needs is simple. You can also create a tri-fold pamphlet yourself, or use a third-party template to make it even easier. Let’s get started. How to Make a Brochure On Google Docs This gives a pretty decent brochure with proper margins and a nice layout. You can start printing these out if you are satisfied, or customize them further....

One way to do just that is by using a common Twitch promotional trick called Twitch raiding. This selfless act helps to promote other Twitch streamers who, in turn, will hopefully return the favor. To help you, here’s everything you’ll need to know about how to raid on Twitch and why it could benefit your channel. What is a Twitch Raid? When a Twitch streamer finishes their stream, they have two options....

It can be anything like an email attachment (as winmail.dat files), image or video, a document or even data, which stores information for software to handle. The information contained within the .dat file can be binary or plain text but is related to the program that created the file.In order to read or open a .dat file, you need to know what kind of file it is, and then convert it to make it easier to open....

If you’re having problems with Discord, you might want to restart or reset it. Quickly resetting your Discord client can help you to restore functionality if you’re suffering from connection problems, app crashes, or if your audio, video, or desktop streaming is unstable. If you want to know how to restart Discord, here’s how. Can You Restart Discord? If you search for this topic online, you’ll see a lot of misinformation (and, if we’re honest, poorly written articles) that fail to define what exactly is meant by a Discord restart....

The first problem is partially taken care of by the email provider. For example, when you use Gmail, the connection is encrypted using SSL and you’ll notice the HTTPS in the address bar.This means anything you send from your computer to Gmail servers will be encrypted. However, once the email leaves Google’s servers and goes across the Internet, it may not be encrypted all the way to its final destination....

You can install Android beta and iOS beta to get a glimpse of what’s to come before the public release is offered to everyone. When you hear about Apple or Google releasing a new feature in an upcoming system update, you can almost always get that same feature early with the beta software.However, it’s important to be aware that the operating systems are not fully developed. They’re instead pre-releases, meaning that they’re still being worked on, the bugs still being squashed, and the features still being ironed on....

This is a troubleshooting guide, so you’ll need to follow each step one by one until you have found a solution that works for you. We will start with the easiest solutions first and will leave the more difficult troubleshooting steps till last. Hopefully, you’ll have your issues solved before you finish the article. How To Fix Robotic, Distorted Voices On Discord Usually, Discord will hit these kind of robotic voice issues when your ping is too high to the server you’re speaking on....

Note: If you haven’t yet redeemed your gift card, you may be able to redeem it on a different account (if it isn’t linked to the original account).

As web browsers come packaged in every major operating system, syncing to a web server and making applications and data accessible through websites has become a solution to many cross-compatibility woes. Such is true in this case and many others.Although available across every major platform, Dropbox is one example. By going to the official Dropbox website, you can access and even modify all files that are currently being shared and synced between your devices....

Thus, when you use Windows 7 with Boot Camp, you are simply booting directly into Windows instead of OS X. This is a great way to run Windows on a Mac because it gives all of your Mac’s power (RAM, processor speed, etc.) to Windows.With virtualization software, such as VMware Fusion or Parallels, your Mac’s power (RAM, processor speed, etc.) is being distributed between both OS X and Windows.Decided that Boot Camp is for you?...

There may be various things that cause the app to crash: some internal problems with Instagram, an issue with your smartphone, or an operating system update (that can cause issues for both iOS and Android devices). If you notice that Instagram keeps crashing, try doing one of the following things and see if it fixes the problem. What to Do if Instagram Keeps Crashing While some people browse Instagram on PC, most users prefer the Instagram mobile app over the desktop version....