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What is a Facebook 'legacy contact' and why do you need one?
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Of all the things you want to do after losing a loved one, cleaning up their social media profiles will probably be at rock bottom on the ...
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TikTok is under fire in India over alleged cyberbullying
Most of us know TikTok - the app that allows users to create 15-second videos - as a place for silly (and sometimes cringy) ...
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How to crop your images to a specific size or aspect ratio
If you want to display images on a screen, it helps to be able to fit them into your website, social media profiles, and ...
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How to track timezones around the world with these free apps
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...
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Google Maps' AR navigation feature could solve the app's biggest little problem
Google is set to roll out an AR-based navigation feature to Maps - and I'm looking forward to it fixing one of my main gripes ...
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Apple's crackdown on screen-recording apps is a privacy win
Apple’s iOS screen recording functionality – which was first introduced in version 11 back in 2017 – comes in handy when you’re making how-to videos, testing UI/UX for your apps, or simply recording gameplay while you crush it on Fortnite. Unfortunately, the feature can also ...
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How to use Instagram collections like a makeshift Pinterest
Instagram's "collection" feature allows you to save any post on the app, and you can also turn every collection into a themed ...
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Facebook's totally not listening to you, its new ad disclosure feature screams desperately
Remember hearing about - or worse, feeling like - people seeing ads related to topics they've merely talked about with friends on the phone or in person? Facebook has previously denied the claim that it eavesdrops on you through your phone's mic to target ads, and other studies have ...
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How to blur your background on Skype video calls
Microsoft just added a 'Blur my background' feature to Skype's video calling functionality. Here's how to use it and avoid ...
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Google’s new extension tells you if your passwords have been compromised
Google's just launched a Chrome browser extension that's designed to help protect your online accounts from intruders. Hopefully, ...
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How WhatsApp fights spam without ever reading your messages
There are more than 1.5 billion people using WhatsApp, and sadly, some of them are your relatives spamming you with bad jokes ...
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How to unsend messages on Facebook Messenger
Facebook messenger rolled out the functionality last night that allows users to delete their sent messages within 10 minutes ...
