Two of the potent methods to collect information from people are to create polls and quizzes. They're generally—if designed correctly—easy to follow and don't take much time of the prospect. If you're looking for a solution to create polls and quizzes, there are both free and premium applications available in the market. Today, we're going to look at one of the excellent free options called—Google Forms. All you need is a Google account and you're good to go. Unless you need highly customized and advanced input controls for your polls and quizzes, Google Forms is your best bet among all the free solutions.
20 Best Terminal Emulators for Linux
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An average Linux user uses a terminal emulator almost every day. No matter what the level of your technical expertise, a terminal emulator plays an important part in the daily routine of a Linux user. Working in a shell environment through a terminal emulator enables you to perform simple to complex tasks—like a pro. There are several good terminal emulators available for the Linux platform. I've handpicked some of them. Almost all of them are free to use and are available for all the popular Linux distributions. Let's get started and quickly compare their features, options, and functions.
How to Automate Tasks in Windows With PowerShell Scripts
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Automation is one of the benefits when using computing systems for different types of tasks. On a Linux system—in general—shell scripts are used to automate critical administration tasks. Is there something similar available on a Windows computer? Well, PowerShell scripts can be used to automate a wide array of jobs. It's like a Swiss army knife when it comes to automating simple to complex tasks on a Windows machine. Initially, learning it can take some time, but, when mastered, you can control your Windows computer through these scripts. Let's see how to use PowerShell scripts for task automation.
How to Use Custom Themes and Icons on Windows
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The default Windows theme is simple and is generally preferred by an average user. But, what if you want to use a custom theme? Fortunately, the process to create a custom Windows theme is easy and doesn't require you to be a geek. We'll look into the step-by-step method to create such a theme. We'll also see how we can apply custom icons to application shortcuts. This too is not that hard. The process for customizing both the themes and icons is more or less similar on Windows 10 and 11. Let's see how we can create a unique desktop experience on Windows through custom themes and icons.
How to Find Your Lost Smartphone Through Your Google Account
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Whether it is a theft or just leaving your smartphone behind—inadvertently, the loss of a smartphone is common across the world. The latter is common among new smartphone users. Fortunately, there are several ways to find and recover your lost smartphone. Third-party applications are available to track and recover a phone. But, Google has an excellent facility to track and find a smartphone. And, that's what we're going to learn today. All you need is a Google account and you're good to go. Using the methodology mentioned below is dead simple. One just needs to be aware of it. Let's get started!
How to Download Files from the Linux Command Line
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Downloading different types of files from within a web browser or through a GUI application is easy. Almost all of us can do it without any issues. But, if you're a frequent Linux command line user and often need to download files from the internet, switching to GUI mode for the same can be cumbersome. Fortunately, there are several tools and commands to download files directly from the Linux command line. Some of these tools are like a Swiss army knife capable of doing several other tasks too. Let's take a look at some of the best and Most reliable file-downloading utilities for the Linux command line.
10 Best Apps Script Functions for Google Sheets Users
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Google Apps Script is a JavaScript platform built specifically to create different types of apps and automation tasks for Google Workspace products. You can use it to interact with almost all of the Google products. Today, we're going to learn about some of the best Apps Script functions aimed at Google Sheets users. With the help of these functions, you can automate some of the most common and repetitive tasks you do when working with a Google Sheets file. Google Apps Script is a collection of easy-to-use APIs that ease programmatic interaction with Google products. Let's get started!
Transforming Retail Advertising: How Digital Signage Solutions Are Outpacing Traditional Methods
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Let's talk about evolution—no, not the kind that involves finches and natural selection—but rather the kind that's transforming the retail advertising industry. I've been walking the fascinating and, let’s be honest, sometimes confusing corridors of the tech world for decades now, and it's increasingly evident that the winds of change are gusting through retail faster than ever.
How to Cast or Mirror Android Screen to a Windows PC
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Nowadays, projecting the screen of one device onto another's screen is quite common. People often project screens of various devices to their smart TVs. Today, we're going to learn how to cast or mirror an Android smartphone's screen to a Windows PC. It applies to other platforms (Mac and Linux) as well. Although there are several premium tools and software to help you do the same, we'll take a look at the free and easiest solution to get the job done. Make sure you're not running a very old version of Android and have at least Windows 7 on your PC. Let's mirror our Android smartphone screen on a PC.
8 Tips on Content Writing to Attract More Followers
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What makes people come back to certain blogs and sites? Is it the information they receive? Is it the positive tone? Perhaps, people choose certain writing styles and delivery manners. It’s always hard to predict or explain posts’ success. Yet, there are certain rules you can follow to try your best to attract followers. Here they are.
A Beginner's Guide to Understanding robots.txt for Better SEO
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If you're a proud owner of a website, you may have dealt with robots.txt file. It's applicable for self-hosted websites where the administrators directly access and edit this file. It's a powerful way to help you dictate how search engine crawlers and content indexing robots access a website. In this tutorial, we'll learn how we can use this file to manage the indexing of our website—which in turn—decides the visibility of content on the search engines. If you're on a hosted platform, chances are that you may not have the privilege to access or edit this file. But still, knowledge of this file can benefit a website owner.
7 Ways Technology Can Improve Your Retail Business
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Technology’s impact on the retail industry has been seen by some as a double-edged sword. The swift rise of e-commerce has brought about the downfall of some of the biggest retailers in the world. But it’s also evened out the playing field and presented more opportunities for up-and-coming businesses—especially those that hail from the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) and startup sectors.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Installing Custom Fonts on Windows
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Whether it's a print or a digital world, fonts are an important part when it comes to presenting content in front of viewers or readers. Windows OS comes with a set of default fonts which is more than enough for an average user. However, graphic designers, web developers, and writers often need custom fonts in their applications. In this guide, we'll learn about installing these custom fonts on a Windows PC. Broadly, fonts are either free or paid. The installation of both types is the same. Although installing and using custom fonts is easy, there are some cons associated with it. We'll discuss that too in this post.
6 Ways to Remove EXIF Data or Metadata From Photos
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Every digital photograph has some information associated with it. It's embedded right into the image file and is not visible. This metadata is known as Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF) which contains information like the camera model and its settings, geolocation, date, and time when the photo was taken. The EXIF data can be sensitive if the image in question needs to be distributed. The image owner may decide not to share the EXIF data with others. In such a case, it's important to remove this EXIF data before sharing the photograph with others. Let's learn how to remove EXIF data from photos.
A Guide to Understanding Different Types of SD Cards
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When it comes to digital storage, there are different types of storage technologies used for different types of electronic gadgets. One such storage technology is the SD card. Nowadays, different types of SD cards are used in medium to small-sized electronic devices to store media and raw data. In this guide, we'll explore the features and characteristics of different types of SD cards. It'll give you a fair idea about the type of SD card you should choose for your work. The most common use of SD cards is either use them as extended storage in smartphones or as the primary storage in digital cameras.