Subscription-only services like Patreon have helped in this regard, but the major social media players are finally catching on. For instance, Instagram just announced some new features rolling out to creators to help attract more paying subscribers. The image-based social media giant quietly tested out paid subscriptions for creators earlier this year in a closed beta, allowing them the ability to make subscriber-exclusive stories. Today’s announcement brings standard Instagram feed posts into the paid subscriber fold....

Instagram CEO Adam Grossi mentioned the social network is testing this new feature during an Instagram Live on Thursday. Grossi said that the feature would essentially lock down your account when you are in a moment of risk, so you can’t have any type of interaction with anyone. If you become a target of harassment, the feature will let you suspend your account for a bit, so you don’t get any unwanted comments or DMs....

Fortunately, the ubiquitous and inexpensive flash drive, or any other USB-based drive, is a perfect solution. While many computers don’t have optical drives, they all have USB ports…thankfully. Once you have those installation files on a flash drive, which is exactly what we’ll show you how to do over the course of this tutorial, you can move on to the actual Windows 8 installation process, which we also have a complete tutorial of—but we’ll get to that at the end....

How to Tell if Roblox Is Down for Everyone If you’re experiencing problems with purchases, joining games, lags, or delays and think Roblox is down for everyone, a few simple tests can confirm that. Give these steps a try to see if others are experiencing the same issues you are. What to Do When You Can’t Connect to Roblox If Roblox seems to be working fine for everyone but you, then there are a few things you can try to get it working again....

This additional Samsung software often adds features and altered design elements not yet available on the stock Android operating system while still supporting all of the primary Android functionality users expect. Is Samsung Android? Most Samsung-branded smartphones run some version of the regular Android operating system with additional Samsung design elements and features added on top. Technically, Samsung isn’t Android, but many people and publications refer to Samsung phones as Android phones simply because they support Android apps and run the Android operating system under the hood....

Is My Galaxy Watch 4 Waterproof? Like the Samsung Galaxy Watch before it, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 comes with two separate ratings for water immersions. It has an IP68 rating for Ingress Protection which indicates it’s water-resistant for up to 30 minutes. Alongside that is a 5ATM rating which means it is immersion proof for up to 50 meters of depth. Combined, that means the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 can be submerged in 50 meters of water for up to thirty minutes at a time safely....

How to Tell If Verizon Is Down Verizon wireless outages in your area? Or is it just you? Try these simple steps to figure out if there’s a Verizon outage for everyone. What to Do When You Can’t Connect via Verizon If no one else is reporting a problem with Verizon, then the problem is likely something on your end. There are a few things you can try if Verizon seems to be working fine for everyone else, but not you....

The US Ninth Circuit of Appeals has ruled that scraping public data isn’t against the law. Web scraping is the technical term for extracting information from a website. For instance, when you copy some text from an article as a quote, that’s scraping. It enters a legal gray area when the scraping is done by automated programs that scrape entire websites, especially those holding personal information, such as names and email addresses....

The company announced the new labels on Wednesday that come to life in a video on the Jones Soda app. Consumers use their phone camera to scan the bottle labels’ image within the app, allowing them to see the world of an influencer up close. You’ll be able to have a sneak peek into the life of a BMX rider, a beach volleyball player, a breakdancer, a roller skater, a skateboarder, a surfer, a circus performer, and more....

The StudioCaddy has been designed specifically for the Apple ecosystem to wirelessly charge your MacBook, iPad, iPhone, and AirPods. It also can charge devices that require a wired connection, such as older iPad/iPhone models or the Apple Watch, via built-in USB-A and USB-C ports. In addition, the StudioCaddy also has a fairly small footprint, so it won’t clutter your desk while you charge your devices. It can hold and charge your MackBook (closed), iPad Pro (up to 12....

How to Use Safari’s Keyboard Shortcuts If you hold down the Command key and press a number from one to nine, you can switch between the different tabs currently open on your browser. Before the launch of Safari 9, these shortcuts were used to access websites saved to your Favorites. For example, Command + 1 brought up the first site on the left in the Bookmarks toolbar; Command + 2 accessed the second site from the left, and so on....

If you’re just starting out and using the on-screen keyboard, you’ll learn only the basics. A big part of learning an instrument is building up muscle memory so that your fingers know what to do, and that takes a real instrument. The good news is that GarageBand can connect a MIDI keyboard to your iOS device. A MIDI keyboard is an electronic keyboard that has MIDI IN and MIDI OUT ports....

The Creative Studio was put together with creative professionals in mind as it comes with a Pro Display XDR, 16-inch MacBook Pro available with either an M1 Pro or M1 Max chip, and the Mac Studio just to name a few. On top of all this, the package comes with the same amenities as the standard Living Vehicle model, like its multiple power sources. The Apple products within the trailer aren’t static and can be customized to your specifications....

Monitor and Control Your Cooling Fans Macs Fan Control provides something that only Apple developers possessed in the past: the ability to control how a Mac’s cooling fans perform. This is not something you should take lightly. Apple used advanced thermal modeling to develop the cooling profiles used in their fan management systems. Geared toward intermediate to advanced Mac users, Macs Fan Control can replace the Apple-supplied fan profile with the one you create....

How to Manage Private Data in Internet Explorer 11 To manage your browsing history and other private data in IE 11, follow these instructions: Temporary Internet files and website files: Delete the IE 11 browser cache, including all multimedia files and copies of web pages. Cookies and website data: Delete user-specific settings and information stored by websites. History: Delete the history of URLs you have visited. Download History: Delete the record of files you have downloaded through IE 11....

The company held its virtual event, Meta Connect, and answered questions regarding the headset formerly called Project Cambria. This is a powerful machine built for advanced users and creators, with a price tag to match. The Meta Quest Pro starts at $1,500, which is nearly four times more expensive than the Quest 2. The major uptick in price may be worth it for VR power users, as this new headset brings plenty of innovations to the virtual table....

What Is OneDrive? OneDrive forms part of a suite of cloud-based services provided by Microsoft. These services can be accessed via a single Microsoft username and password. But what about digital music? Can OneDrive be used to store and stream your song library? Here are a few frequently asked questions on the service’s capabilities as a music sharing platform. Can I Upload My Music Library to OneDrive and Stream It? Yes, but it’s not a one-step process....

How: You can download the app directly from Microsoft Why Do You Care: Microsoft has based the new Edge on the same codebase as Google’s Chrome, using the open-source Chromium. This new browser promises more privacy, security, and modern browser features than the original Edge. While a pre-Chromium Edge browser has been available as a beta for the Mac since May of 2019, this marks the first new version that works across all major OSes (minus Linux, so far)....

The advisory was posted on the Microsoft Security Response Center’s (MSRC) website, which is Mircosoft’s cybersecurity team that strives to protect users from threat actors and attacks. The vulnerability has been dubbed CVE-2021-40444, and it’s being described as a hole in MSHTML, which is the browser engine behind Internet Explorer. What threat actors do is create a Microsoft Office document that houses a malicious ActiveX control. ActiveX controls are small bits of software that allow websites to provide content on Internet Explorer....

How to Find a Jungle in Minecraft Jungles are considered to be a rare occurrence in the game. Like most biomes in Minecraft, Jungles have no set location, but they generally have a higher chance of spawning near Savannas, Mesas, and Desert biomes. Jungles are immediately noticeable due to the large number of tall trees. These trees will almost completely cover the roof of the Jungle with their leaves. Jungle Trees Jungle trees can grow up to 30 blocks high and are typically covered in vines that players can climb....