I’ve been toying with virtual reality, mainly using it for playing games, browsing the web, and watching movies. I’ve even exercised using VR. But I also needed to get some work done, and so I gave Immersed a try. Immersed in My Work Even though I was working from home, I was suddenly “immersed” in an office environment. And what a setting! The app lets you choose different immersive environments to work in, ranging from a cave to a spaceship....

Vidity is essentially the consumer brand of The Secure Content Storage Association (SCSA). This consortium includes as founder members 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Warner Bros Home Entertainment, Western Digital, and SanDisk — a grouping which immediately gives you a significant clue to what Vidity is all about. Vidity’s brief, in its own words, is to offer “the ultimate in entertainment, bringing unprecedented quality and the convenience of digital together, delivered across a range of options spanning 4K Ultra HD home theater to compact smartphones with no internet connectivity needed for playback....

The iPhone 12 mini was released last year, and Apple was hoping people would find a place for it in pockets bulging from giant screens. The mini features a pint-sized 5.4-inch display compared to its 6.1-inch big brother, the iPhone 12. But for many people, bigger is better when it comes to screen size. “Almost all of my work is online, and so I always have at least one device with me for work purposes,” Francesca Nicasio, a content marketer at Payment Depot, said in an email interview....

What Is iPhone Emergency SOS? Emergency SOS is built into iOS 12 and iOS 11. When you activate it: Moving a slider or pressing a button places a call to local emergency services.An alarm lets you know that an emergency call is about to be placed.The iPhone notifies designated emergency contacts of your location (your phone’s location).Your emergency contacts are notified when your phone moves to a different location. Because Emergency SOS requires iOS 12 or iOS 11 to work, it’s only available on iPhones with those operating systems....

Clubhouse recently unveiled that it has started beta testing for Android, which means the app is one step closer to being available to those without Apple devices. The timeline has left some questioning whether Clubhouse is too late to its own party for broader adoption, considering the recent launch of Twitter’s new audio chat rooms called Spaces and other platforms offering their own spin on the format to Android users....

Check for large-scale outages across DirecTV’s network.Troubleshoot common internet and television problems on your end. How to Tell if DirecTV is Down Not sure whether it’s DirecTV with the problem or not? Here are a couple of quick ways to check. What to Do When You Can’t Get Connected to DirecTV If no one else seems to be reporting an outage, it’s a good bet the problem lies on your side of things....

Check for large-scale outages across Mediacom’s network.Troubleshoot common internet and television problems on your end. How to Tell If Mediacom Is Down If you think Mediacom might not be working for everyone, do a quick check for widespread outage information with these tips. What to Do When You Can’t Get Connected to Mediacom Troubleshooting takes different forms depending upon which service is causing problems for you. Try these tips to uncover where the issue might be....

Juan Acosta is the founder and CEO of Tabella, a free social app for Catholic communities to digitally connect to their churches. Acosta describes Tabella as the “Nextdoor of religion.” Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Acosta launched the social app in 2019 after deciding it was time to put his skills and talent behind his faith. Users can join ministry groups, connect to their parishes, create and manage events, and tap into an array of Catholic content from articles to podcasts, audio prayers, and videos....

The virus scanner lets you scan any file or folder on the computer without requiring you to scan the entire hard drive, which is a very useful feature. Installing Kaspersky Rescue Disk To install Kaspersky Rescue Disk, first download the ISO image file from the download page. The file will download as krd.iso. At this point, you can choose to create a bootable disc or a bootable USB device. Either one will work, but the latter is a bit more complex....

Printers often get a bad rep for their complicated features and tendencies to glitch. It’s certainly a drag when they do, and for that reason, I actually shy away from using one to print photos myself. Yet, in testing the Kodak Mini 2 Instant Photo Printer, I realized quickly that photo printing at home doesn’t have to be a chore. The Mini 2, which connects to your phone via Bluetooth to retrieve photos and print them, is an easy way to print wallet-sized photos at home or on the go....

What Is a KYS File? A file with the KYS file extension is an Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts file. Photoshop lets you save custom keyboard shortcuts for opening menus or running certain commands, and the KYS file is what’s used to store those saved shortcuts. For example, you can save custom shortcuts for opening images, creating new layers, saving projects, flattening all the layers, and lots more. To create a Keyboard Shortcuts file in Photoshop, navigate to Window > Workspace > Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus, and use the Keyboard Shortcuts tab to find the small download button that makes the KYS file....

Yahoo Mail New Account Steps The best way to make a new Yahoo account is through the desktop website: How to Send Mail From Yahoo Mail To send an email from Yahoo Mail, select Compose to switch to a mode where you can enter a recipient, subject, and body message. If someone sent you an email in Yahoo Mail, click the message and use the arrows at the top of the email to reply, reply all, or forward it....

As Lenovo notes in a press release, there are four new models in all, including the Legion 5i (with two screen sizes), Legion 5i Pro, and the Legion 7i. You’ll be able to take advantage of new ray-tracing technology with all of these systems, giving you deeper shadows and reflections for the latest games. Both models offer up to 165 Hz on QHD screens with a resolution of 2560 x 1600....

According to LG, this new soundbar outputs at 810W and delivers 9.1.5 channels of surround sound with its up-firing speakers. The company states these up-firing channels help provide realistic sounds and clearer dialogue to elevate the home cinema experience. LG’s new product is split among four components: the main soundbar, two rear speakers, and a big subwoofer. The soundbar supports Dolby Atmos and DTS:X audio codec for that realistic audio experience....

The effort is spearheaded by experienced Linux porter, Hector Martin, and his crowdfunded Asahi Linux project. The project began in January 2021 and has just released its first Alpha that can run on any M1, M1 Pro, or M1 Max machine running macOS 12.3 or later. Notably, the project reached this stage without any official help from Apple, instead discovering an inherent hardware flaw in the M1 chip. “My initial impression of Asahi Linux with its Arch Linux Arm desktop version was that it works better than anticipated, at least on a Mac mini,” Michael Larabel, founder and principal author of computer hardware website, Phoronix, told Lifewire over email....

The device, called Lively Smart, is a simple smartphone with a large screen at 6.2 inches and a simple menu organized into an easy-to-read list. Among the regular features you’d find on a smartphone—such as calls and texts, a camera, and directions—the Lively Smart has access to Lively Health and Safety Services such as Urgent Response and Urgent Care that can connect users to trained Agents or registered nurses in one tap....

Snapping film photos is easy, and you can even develop the film in the kitchen. But making prints? Forget that. You need a darkroom, or at least a dark closet, and it’s a real investment in time and gear. You’re better off buying a dedicated film scanner or, as we’ll see today, scanning the negatives with your smartphone. “The brand new Lomography DigitaLIZA+ and DigitaLIZA Max are new, all-in-one film scanning kits,” Lomography’s Birgit Buchart told Lifewire via email....

The Format of a MAC Address Traditional MAC addresses are 12-digit (6 bytes or 48 bits) hexadecimal numbers. By convention, these addresses are usually written in one of the following three formats, although there are variations: MM:MM:MM:SS:SS:SSMM-MM-MM-SS-SS-SSMMM.MMM.SSS.SSS The leftmost six digits (24 bits), called a prefix, are associated with the adapter manufacturer (M). Each vendor registers and obtains MAC prefixes as assigned by the IEEE. Vendors often possess many prefix numbers associated with their products....

What Types of Data Does Safari Save? Safari saves the following data to improve your future browsing experience by speeding up page load times, reducing the amount of typing required, and more: Browsing history: Each time you visit a website, Safari stores a record of the page name and URL. Cache: Speeds up page loads on subsequent visits. The cache includes image files and other web page components. Cookies: Cookies from web servers are stored on your hard drive as small text files....

To do this, he and his team created a platform with a network of Black designers who have been vetted by experts. Meaningful Gigs works with employers, and will hand-pick design teams from its network. The startup is on a mission to use data to guide people toward their full potential. “The reason that is the mission is that it comes from my own personal story as somebody that doesn’t have a very traditional background, I have always been fascinated with what makes somebody reach their full potential,” Coleman told Lifewire in a phone interview....